Henry Ingram, 7th Viscount of Irvine

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Henry Ingram, 7th Viscount of Irvine (30 April 1691 – 4 April 1761), styled The Honourable Henry Ingram until 1736, was an English landowner and politician.H.W. Forsyth Harwood, 'Ingram, Viscount Irvine', in J. Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland (David Douglas, Edinburgh 1908), V (1908), [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun05paul#page/8/mode/2up pp. 9-20].J.B. Lawson, 'Ingram, Hon. Henry (1691-1761)', in R. Sedgwick (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754 ((Boydell & Brewer), 1970), [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/ingram-hon-henry-1691-1761 History of Parliament online].

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Irvine was the fourth son of Arthur Ingram, 3rd Viscount of Irvine, by Isabella Machell, daughter of John Machell, Member of Parliament for Horsham, of Hills, Sussex.[https://archive.today/20121209073616/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index1540.htm?zoom_highlight=Viscount+Irvine www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk Irvine, Viscount of (S, 1661 - 1778)] He was returned to Parliament for Horsham in 1721 (succeeding his elder brother Arthur), a seat he held until 1736, when he succeeded Arthur in the viscountcy.{{Rayment-hc|h|4|date=June 2012}} This was a Scottish peerage and did not entitle him automatically to a seat in the House of Lords although he was forced to resign his seat in Parliament as Scottish peers were barred from sitting in the House of Commons. He also succeeded Arthur as Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, which he remained until his death.

Lord Ingram married Anne Scarborough, daughter and co-heiress of Charles Scarborough, of Windsor, Berkshire, Clerk of the Green Cloth. There were no children from the marriage. He died in April 1761, aged 69,Will of the Right Honourable Lord Henry, Viscount Irwin (P.C.C. 1761), Choslyn quire. and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his brother George (the sixth son). The Viscountess of Irvine (Anne, wife of the 7th Viscount) died in March 1766.Will of the Right Honourable Anne or Ann, Viscountess Irwin, Dowager (P.C.C. 1766), Tyndal quire.

The portrait of Henry Ingram, 7th Viscount Irwin and his wife Anne, by Philippe Mercier, is at Temple Newsam.Portrait of Henry Ingram at Temple Newsam, [https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/henry-ingram-7th-viscount-irwin-16911761-and-his-wife-anne-c-16991766-37571 see at Art UK website (Bridgeman Images)].