Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby

This article is about the 17th-century English soldier. For the 17th-century Baptist insurrectionary, see Henry Danvers (Baptist).

Henry Danvers, Earl of Danby in a portrait of the 1630s by Anthony van Dyck.

Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby, KG (28 June 1573 – 20 January 1643/4) was an English soldier. Outlawed after a killing, he regained favour and became a Knight of the Garter.[1]

  1. ^ Barker, George Fisher Russell (1888). "Danvers, Henry" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 14. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 37–39.