Henry Mordaunt was a Royal Navy officer and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1705 to 1710. He commanded a 70-gun ship of the line during the War of the Spanish Succession and being set upon by a superior French force, showed great courage in ensuring that his ship did not fall into enemy hands.
- Occupation
- military officer, politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1705-07 Parliament, member of the 2nd Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1681, 1682, 1679
