Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell

Colonel Henry Blundell-Hollinshead Blundell (24 January 1831 – 28 September 1906) was a British army officer and Conservative politician.

He was the eldest son of Richard Benson Blundell-Hollinshead Blundell of Deysbrook and Jane Leigh. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1854.

Military career
His military career began in 1855 when he became an ensign in the Rifle Brigade, serving in the Crimean War and then moving to Canada during the Trent Affair. He subsequently transferred to the Grenadier Guards. He rose through the ranks, becoming Assistant Adjutant-General of the Home District in 1877, and retiring on half-pay with the rank of colonel in 1882. He was admitted to the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath in 1887.

Marriage
In 1863 he married Beatrice Byng, daughter of Vice-Admiral the Honourable Henry Dilkes Byng. Beatrice served as maid of honour to Queen Victoria. The couple had no children, and she died in 1884. Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell commissioned the building of St Matthew's Church, Highfield, Wigan in her memory. The church was in an area of the Lancashire Coalfield owned by the Blundell family.

Political career
He successfully stood for the Conservative Party in the 1885 general election, becoming the member of parliament for Ince. He lost the seat in 1892, but regained it in 1895. He remained Inces's MP until he was heavily defeated at the general election of January 1906.

Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell died on 28 September the same year, and was buried on 2 October at St Cuthbert's Churchyard in Halsall, near Ormskirk.