Background
Stafford was the son of George Stafford-Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford, and Frances Henrietta, daughter of Edward Sulyarde. His father had succeeded as seventh Baronet of Cossey in 1807.
Stafford was the son of George Stafford-Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford, and Frances Henrietta, daughter of Edward Sulyarde. His father had succeeded as seventh Baronet of Cossey in 1807.
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In 1824 he had managed to obtain a reversal of the attainder of the barony of Stafford (the attainder had been imposed on his ancestor William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford and 1st Baron Stafford in 1680). The family assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Stafford at the same time. In 1821 Henry Jerningham was admitted to Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Stafford was returned to Parliament for Pontefract at the 1830 general election, a seat he held until the dissolution of Parliament in December 1834.
He did not stand again at the 1835 general election. In 1851 he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the House of Lords.
Lord Stafford was twice married. Lady Stafford died in November 1912.
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