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)