Henry Parnell, 5th Baron Congleton
The Lord Congleton | |
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Parnell's grave in Zillebeke | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 6 September 1911 – 10 November 1914 Hereditary peerage | |
| Preceded by | Henry Parnell, 4th Baron Congleton |
| Succeeded by | John Parnell, 6th Baron Congleton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Henry Bligh Fortescue Parnell 6 September 1890 Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Died | 10 November 1914 (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 (6 September 1890 – 10 November 1914) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and aristocrat of the British peerage. At the age of 24, he was killed in action in the Ypres Salient, becoming the second British parliamentarian to die on the front line during the First World War.