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Edmund Bastard (politician)

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John Pollexfen Bastard (left) and Edmund Bastard (right), etching by Samuel William Reynolds, after James Northcote (1795), the National Portrait Gallery.

Edmund Bastard (1758–1816) of Sharpham, Ashprington, Devon, was a British Tory politician. He was the second son of Colonel William Bastard of Kitley House, Yealmpton, Devon by his wife Anne Worsley.

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Dartmouth from 1787 to 1812. In 1787, he was elected unopposed, after in August 1787 George Rose recommended him to William Pitt. In the Parliament, only two speeches of him are recorded, on 26 and 28 May 1788, on a bill to regulate fishery in Newfoundland. This was related to the position of Dartmouth as one of the main ports of the Newfoundland trade.[1]

On 1 July 1783 Bastard married Jane Pownoll (died 1822), daughter and heiress of Captain Philemon Pownoll (died 1780), Royal Navy, the builder of Sharpham House, by whom he had children including his eldest son and heir, Edmund Pollexfen Bastard (1784–1838), who succeeded John Pollexfen Bastard as MP for Devonshire; and second son, Captain John Bastard (died 1835), Royal Navy, of Sharpham, who succeeded his father as member for Dartmouth. Bastard died in June 1816.[1]

Disambiguation

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John Pollexfen Bastard—John Bastard RN and Edmund Pollexfen Bastard—Edmund Bastard

William Bastard 1727–1782Anne Worsley
John Pollexfen Bastard
1756–1816
Edmund Bastard
1758–1816
Jane Pownoll
Edmund Pollexfen Bastard
1784–1838
John Bastard RN
1787–1835
Rev. P. P. Bastard

References

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  1. ^ a b "BASTARD, Edmund (1758-1816), of Sharpham House, nr. Totnes, Devon". The History of Parliament Trust.
  • John Burke, Bastard of Kitley, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Henry Colburn London 1834.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Dartmouth
1787–1812
With: Richard Hopkins 1787–1790
John Charles Villiers 1790–1801
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Member of Parliament for Dartmouth
1801–1812
With: John Charles Villiers 1801–1802
Arthur Howe Holdsworth 1802–1812
Succeeded by