John Pollexfen Bastard and Edmund Bastard

Edmund Bastard (1758–1816) of

Sharpham, Ashprington Sharpham is an historic estate in the parish of Ashprington, Devon. The Georgian mansion house, known as Sharpham House, overlooks the River Dart and is a Grade I listed building. The house was commenced in about 1770 by the Royal Navy capta ...

, Devon, was a British

Tory A Tory () is a person who holds a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism, which upholds the supremacy of social order as it has evolved in the English culture throughout history. The ...

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 A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

(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 with the position of Darthmouth as one of the main ports of the Newfoundland trade. On 1 July 1783 Bastard married Jane Pownoll (died 1822), daughter and heiress of Captain

Philemon Pownoll Philemon Pownoll (c. 1734 – 15 June 1780) of Sharpham in the parish of Ashprington in Devon, England, was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War and the American War of In ...

(died 1780), Royal Navy, the builder of Sharpham House, by whom he had children including his eldest son and heir,

Edmund Pollexfen Bastard Edmund Pollexfen Bastard (12 July 1784 – 8 June 1838) was a British Tory politician, son of Edmund Bastard and his wife Jane Pownoll. He married Anne Jane Rodney, granddaughter of Admiral Rodney. He succeeded his father as Member of Parli ...

(1784–1838), who succeeded

John Pollexfen Bastard John Pollexfen Bastard (18 September 1756 – 4 April 1816) was a British Tory politician, landowner and colonel of the East Devon Militia who was born and lived at Kitley House, Yealmpton, Devon. He married Sarah Wymondesold of East Lockinge, ...

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.

Disambiguation

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

References

* John Burke, Bastard of Kitley, ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland'' Henry Colburn London 1834. 1758 births 1816 deaths People from Dartmouth, Devon Tory MPs (pre-1834) Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Dartmouth British MPs 1784–1790 British MPs 1790–1796 British MPs 1796–1800 UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs 1802–1806 UK MPs 1806–1807 UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub