Sir Edmund Fortescue, 1st Baronet
Sir Edmund Fortescue, 1st Baronet (baptised 22 September 1642 – 30 December 1666) was an English politician, MP for Plympton Erle.
He was the second son of Sir Edmund Fortescue of Fallapit and his wife Jane, daughter of Thomas Southcote.[1]
He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, matriculating in 1658.[2]
He married Margery, daughter of Henry Sandys, 5th Baron Sandys. They had one son and two daughters:[3]
- Sir Sandys Fortescue, 2nd Baronet (1661–1683)
- Jane Fortescue (1662–1682), married William Coleman
- Sarah Fortescue (1664–1685)
He was knighted and created a baronet on 31 March 1664, and elected MP for Plympton Erle in October 1666. He died on 30 December 1666, and was buried at East Allington.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "FORTESCUE, Sir Edmund, 1st Bt. (1642-66), of Fallapit, East Allington, Devon". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Burke, J. & J. B. (1841). "Fortescue, of Fallapit". A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland (2nd ed.). p. 206. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
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