Henry Parnell, 5th Baron Congleton

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The Right Honourable Henry Parnell Baron Congleton
Grave of the 5th Baron Congleton
Member of the House of Lords Hereditary Peer
In office 6 September 1911 – 10 November 1914
Preceded by	Henry Parnell, 4th Baron Congleton
Succeeded by	John Parnell, 6th Baron Congleton
Personal details
Born	(1890-09-06)6 September 1890 Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died	November 10, 1914(1914-11-10) (aged 24) Zillebeke, West Flanders, Belgium
Resting place	Zillebeke Churchyard Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	New College, Oxford

Henry Bligh Fortescue Parnell, 5th Baron Congleton, known as Harry Parnell, (6 September 1890 – 10 November 1914) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and aristocrat of the British peerage.^[1] At the age of 24, he was killed in action in Ypres Salient becoming one of the first British parliamentarians to die on the frontline during the First World War.^[2]