Henry Mainwaring Henry Mainwaring Sir Henry Mainwaring (1587–1653), was an English lawyer, soldier, author, seaman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622. He was for a time a pirate based in Newfoundland and then a naval officer with the Royal Navy. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Mainwaring was born in Ightfield, Shropshire, second son of Sir George Mainwaring and his wife Ann, the daughter of Sir William More of Loseley Park in Surrey. His maternal grandfather was Sir William More, Vice-Admiral of Sussex. He graduated from Brasenose College at Oxford University,
Townshend Mainwaring Townshend Mainwaring Townshend Mainwaring (16 March 1807 – 25 December 1883) was a British Conservative Party politician. Mainwaring was the second son of the Reverend Charles Mainwaring and Sarah Townshend, daughter of John Townshend. He married Anna Maria Salusbury, the eldest daughter of Colonel John Lloyd Salusbury, in 1837. Mainwaring was first elected MP Denbigh Boroughs in 1841 but stood down at the 1847 election. He returned to parliament for the same seat in 1857 and held it until 1868. In 1840, Mainwaring was High Sheriff of Denbighshire, and he was also at some point a Justice of the Peace