Henry John AdeaneDL (18 June 1789 – 11 May 1847) was an English barrister and politician.[1]
Early life and education
Adeane was the second but first surviving son of Robert Jones Adeane of
Babraham,
Cambridgeshire, and Annabella Blake, daughter of
Sir Patrick Blake, 1st Baronet, of Langham Hall, Suffolk. Although the Adeane family's alleged descent from the ancient noble Deyne or Dene family, of Wallingford, was included in their entry in Burke's Peerage, this was later omitted, as part of the company's endeavour to shed a reputation for inclusion of "apocryphal" family traditions, which were "expunged, erroneous particulars and incorrect descents discovered and omitted...".[2][3] He was the grandson of Gen.
James Whorwood Adeane. He was educated at
Trinity College, Cambridge.[1]
Career
Adeane became a member of
Lincoln's Inn in 1810 and the
Inner Temple in 1813. He was called to the bar in 1814.[1]
Adeane married firstly, on 24 October 1822, Katharine Judith (1804 – 27 June 1825), daughter of
John King of Aldenham House, Herts. They had two sons and one daughter:
Alethea Louisa Maria Adeane (1830–1923), married
Henry Grenfell MP
Lucy Elizabeth Adeane (1832–1904), married Admiral Sir
Edward Sotheby
Emmeline Augusta Adeane (1835 – 27 November 1930), married Rev. Thomas Erskine, rector of Steppingley, grandson of
1st Lord Erskine and great-grandson of the
10th Earl of Buchan[5]
^A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Colonial Gentry, Sir Bernard Burke, ed. Ashworth P. Burke, Harrison & Sons, London, 1895, p. 878 (end matter p. 2)