Sir Charles Bampfylde, 5th Baronet

Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde, 5th Baronet (23 January 1753 – 19 April 1823)[1] was a British politician and baronet.

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Life and career

He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Richard Bampfylde, 4th Baronet and his wife Jane Codrington, daughter of Colonel John Codrington, and he was baptised at St Augustine the Less Church, Bristol in Gloucestershire.[2] Bampfylde was educated at New College, Oxford and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Civil Law (DCL).[2] In 1776, he succeeded his father as baronet.[3]

Between 1774 and 1790, Bampfylde sat as Member of Parliament for Exeter.[4] From 1796, he represented the constituency in the Parliament of Great Britain until the Act of Union in 1801, then in the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1812.[4] On 9 February 1776, he married Catharine Moore, eldest daughter of Admiral Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet at St James's Church, Piccadilly.[5] They had two sons.[5]

Murder attempt and death

On 7 April 1823, a shot was fired at Bampfylde in front of his house at Montagu Square in London by a jealous ex-servant, whose wife was still working in Bampfylde's household.[6] After he had seen his shot hitting Bampfylde, the man killed himself with a second pistol.[6]

Bampfylde survived, but died two weeks later.[5] An autopsy showed that the shot itself had passed the lungs and had come to a stillstand between the ribs, however that with the bullet also a little piece of his braces had entered the body and had effected a deadly gangrene.[7] Bampfylde was buried at Hardington in Somerset.[7] His elder son George succeeded to the baronetcy and was later elevated to the peerage as Baron Poltimore.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB1.htm. Retrieved 5 April 2009. 
  2. ^ a b "ThePeerage - Sir Charles Warwick Bamfylde, 5th Bt". http://www.thepeerage.com/p13107.htm#i131063. Retrieved 13 January 2009. 
  3. ^ a b Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. II (fourth ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. pp. 305–306. 
  4. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Exeter". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ecommons2.htm. Retrieved 5 April 2009. 
  5. ^ a b c Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 140. 
  6. ^ a b Smith, Thomas (1833). A Topographical and Historical Account of the Parish of St Mary-le-Bone. London: John Smith. pp. 315. 
  7. ^ a b Sylvanus, Urban (1823). The Gentleman's Magazine. London: John Harris and Son. pp. 468–469. 

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
John Buller
John Rolle Walter		 Member of Parliament for Exeter
1774 – 1790
With: John Rolle Walter 1774–1776
John Baring 1776–1790		 Succeeded by
James Buller
John Baring
Preceded by
James Buller
John Baring		 Member of Parliament for Exeter
1796 – 1801
With: John Baring		 Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Parliament of Great Britain		 Member of Parliament for Exeter
1801 – 1812
With: John Baring 1801–1802
James Buller 1802–1812		 Succeeded by
William Courtenay
James Buller
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Richard Bampfylde		 Baronet
 (of Poltimore)
1776 – 1823		 Succeeded by
George Bampfylde