Edmund Morton Pleydell (?1693-1754), of Milborne St. Andrew,

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, was an English politician who sat in the

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between 1723 and 1747. Pleydell was the fourth but eldest surviving son of Edmund Pleydell of Midgehall, Wiltshire and his wife Anne Morton, daughter of

Sir John Morton, 2nd Baronet Sir John Morton, 2nd Baronet (c. 1627–1699) of Milbourne St Andrew in Dorset, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1661 and 1695. Origins He was the eldest surviving son of Sir George Morton, 1st Ba ...

, MP of Milborne St. Andrew. He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford on 10 April 1712, aged 18. He married by 1724, Deborah Kyffyn, daughter of William Kyffyn of Denbighshire. His father, whom he succeeded in 1726, was MP for

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, as were many members of the Pleydell family. Pleydell was elected

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(MP) for Dorchester at the 1722 general election but was unseated on petition on 13 February 1723. At the 1727 general election he was elected MP for

in a contest. He was returned unopposed in the general elections of 1734 and

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. He voted consistently against the Administration and did not stand in

1747 Events January–March * January 31 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. * February 11 – King George's War: A combined French and Indian force, commanded by Captain Nicolas Antoine II Co ...

. Pleydell died on 16 March 1754 leaving four sons and three daughters.

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1690s births Date of birth unknown 1754 deaths 18th-century English people Politicians from Dorset Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub