Constituency Dates
Maidstone 25 Apr. 1753 – 1754
Bridgwater 21 Nov. 1763 – 1754
Family and Education
b. 9 Jan. 1697, 1st surv. s. of Sir George Hanger of Driffield Hall, Glos., Turkey merchant, by Anne, da. and coh. of Sir John Beale, 1st Bt., of Farningham, Kent. m. 18 Jan. 1736, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Richard Bond of Cobrey Court, Herefs., 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 1731, and to Coleraine estates on d. of cos. Anne, wid. of Henry Hare, 3rd Baron Coleraine [I] 1754, cr. Baron Coleraine [I] 26 Feb. 1762.
Offices Held

Entered Bengal establishment of E.I. Co. 1714, factor 1718, junior merchant 1722, senior merchant 1724.

Address
Main residences: Cannon Place, Bray, Berks.; Kempsford Hall, Glos.
biography text

Hanger resigned from the East India Company on the death of his elder brother in 1725. In 1753 he was returned, probably on Lord Romney’s interest, for Maidstone, where he himself had some local connexions. He was classed as a Tory in 1754.

He died 24 Jan. 1773.

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