{{Short description|British landowner and politician}} {{for|his son|Henry Sturt, 1st Baron Alington}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Use British English|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Henry Sturt | image = File:Henry Charles Sturt Jackson.jpg | alt = | caption = Henry Charles Sturt, engraving after Sir Francis Grant | office1 = Member of Parliament for Dorset | term1 = 1835–1846 | office2 = Member of Parliament for Dorchester | term2 = April - August 1830 | office3 = Member of Parliament for Bridport | term3 = 1817–1820 | birth_date = {{birth date|1795|08|09|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1866|04|14|1795|08|09|df=yes}} | death_place = | father = Charles Sturt | relatives = Humphrey Sturt (grandfather) | spouse = Charlotte Brudenell | children = 2+, including Henry and Charles }} '''Henry Charles Sturt''' ({{IPAc-en|s|t|ɜr|t}}; 9 August 1795 – 14 April 1866), of Crichel House, Dorset, was a British landowner and politician.

==Background== Sturt was the son of Charles Sturt (1763–1812);<ref name="HoP">{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/sturt-henry-1795-1866| title = STURT, Henry Charles (1795-1866), of Crichel House, Wimborne Minster, Dorset| publisher= History of Parliament Online|accessdate = 2012-04-16}}</ref> who was the son of Humphrey Sturt and his wife Mary Pitfield, daughter of Charles Pitfield and Dorothy Ashley.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.martinstown.co.uk/WEBSITE/sturt.htm |title=The Ancient Feudal Manor and Lordship of Winterborne St. Martin (Dorsetshire) - The family of Sturt |publisher=Martinstown.co.uk |date=2003-09-20 |accessdate=2012-02-09 |archive-date=7 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107214231/http://www.martinstown.co.uk/WEBSITE/sturt.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Political career== Sturt was elected to Parliament for Bridport in 1817, a seat he held until 1820. In 1823 he was appointed Sheriff of Dorset and later represented Dorchester in 1830 and Dorset between 1835 and 1846.<ref name="HoP"/>

==Family== Sturt married Lady Charlotte Penelope, daughter of Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan. They had several children, including Henry Sturt, who was elevated to the peerage as Baron Alington in 1876, and Col. Charles Napier Sturt, MP for Dorchester. Sturt died in April 1866, aged 70.

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== External links == * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-henry-sturt-1 | Henry Sturt }}

{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef| before = William Best <br /> Sir Horace St Paul, Bt }} {{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for Bridport | with = Sir Horace St Paul, Bt | years = 1817–1820 }} {{s-aft| after = James Scott <br />Christopher Spurrier }} {{s-bef| before = Robert Williams <br /> Anthony William Ashley-Cooper }} {{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for Dorchester | with = Robert Williams | years = April 1830 – August 1830}} {{s-aft| after = Robert Williams <br />Lord Ashley }} {{s-bef| before = Lord Ashley <br /> William John Bankes <br /> Hon. William Ponsonby }} {{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for Dorset | with = Lord Ashley 1835–1846 | with2 = Hon. William Ponsonby 1835–1837 | with3 = Hon. John Fox-Strangways 1837–1841 | with4 = George Bankes 1841–1846 | years = 1835–1846 }} {{s-aft| after = George Bankes <br />Henry Ker Seymer <br /> John Floyer }} {{s-end}}

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