Gilbert Affleck

For other people named Gilbert Affleck, see Gilbert Affleck (disambiguation).

Gilbert Affleck (c. 1684 – 12 November 1764)[1] was a British politician.

He was the son of John Affleck and his wife Neeltice, daughter of Gilbert Schape.[2] Affleck entered the British House of Commons as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridge in 1722, representing the constituency until 1727 and again from 1737 to 1741.[1]

On 3 November 1705, he married Anna Dolben, daughter of John Dolben, at Westminster Abbey in London.[3] They had twelve sons and six daughters.[2] His second and oldest surviving son John sat also in the Parliament of Great Britain, while his tenth son Edmund was a rear-admiral in the Royal Navy.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Cambridge". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons1.htm. Retrieved 18 June 2009. 
  2. ^ a b Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. II (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 822. 
  3. ^ a b "ThePeerage - Gilbert Affleck". http://www.thepeerage.com/p12128.htm#i121279. Retrieved 26 February 2007. 
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Thomas Bacon
Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt		 Member of Parliament for Cambridge
1722–1727
With: Thomas Bacon		 Succeeded by
Thomas Bacon
Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt
Preceded by
Thomas Bacon
Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt		 Member of Parliament for Cambridge
1737–1741
With: Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt		 Succeeded by
Viscount Dupplin
James Martin