Sir Edmund Fowell, 1st Baronet
Sir Edmund Fowell, 1st Baronet (1593 – October 1674) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648 and in 1656.
Fowell was the son of Arthur Fowell of Fowellscombe and his wife Maria Reynell, daughter of Richard Reynell of East Ogwell.[1] He was knighted at Greenwich on 3 November 1619.
In November 1640, Fowell was elected Member of Parliament for Ashburton in the Long Parliament. He did not sit in the Rump Parliament after 1648. In 1656 he was elected MP for Devon in the Second Protectorate Parliament.[2] He was a member of the parliamentary committee and Deputy Lieutenant of Devon and president of the committee for sequestration. He was created a baronet on 30 April 1661.[1]
Fowell died at the age of 81.
Fowell married Margaret Paulett, daughter of Sir Anthony Paulett of Hinton St George.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies
- ↑ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by Constituency in abeyance |
Member of Parliament for Ashburton 1640-1648 With: Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet |
Succeeded by Not represented in Rump Parliament |
| Preceded by Thomas Saunders Robert Rolle Arthur Upton Thomas Reynell William Morice
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Member of Parliament for Devon 1656 With: Thomas Saunders Robert Rolle Arthur Upton Thomas Reynell William Morice John Hale Sir John Northcote, Bt Captain Henry Hatsell Sir John Yonge John Doddridge |
Succeeded by Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet Robert Rolle |