Henry Parkman Sturgis

Henry Parkman Sturgis (1 March 1847 – 1 March 1929) was an American-born banker in England and a Liberal politician. Early life Sturgis was born in the United States on 1 March 1847. He was a son of Russell Sturgis and his third wife, Julia Overing Boit, a daughter of Eleanor Auchmuty (née Jones) Boit and John Boit Jr., one of the first Americans involved in the maritime fur trade. Among his siblings were the authors Julian Sturgis and Howard Sturgis and Mary Greene Hubbard Sturgis (wife of Bertram Falle, 1st Baron Portsea). From his father's previous marriage to Mary Greene Hubbard, his elder half-brother was prominent architect and builder John Hubbard Sturgis. Sturgis was named after his uncle, Henry Parkman Sturgis (1806–1869), who with his brother Russell Sturgis (1805–1887) made a fortune from the Manila-based mercantile house Russell & Sturgis founded with George Robertson Russell. His cousin Maria Trinidad Howard Sturgis Middlemore was an author. Education and career Sturgis was educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford. He became a partner in Baring Bros. & Co. of Liverpool (his father was senior partner in London) and was a director of London and Westminster Bank.