Edward Bourchier Hartopp (1808–1884), was a British politician. He was

High Sheriff of Leicestershire This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Leicestershire, United Kingdom. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most ...

. He was the

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MP for

North Leicestershire North Leicestershire, formally the "Northern Division of Leicestershire", was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Member of Parl ...

1859–68. Hartopp was born 14 December 1808, the son of Edward Hartopp and Anna Eleanora Wrey. He was educated at

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and Christchurch, Oxford. In 1833 he was made High Sheriff of Leicestershire and was MP for North Leicestershire from 1859 - 1868. In 1834 he married Honoria Gent the daughter of Major-General William Gent. He owned the parishes of

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and

Little Dalby Little Dalby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Burton and Dalby, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is south-east of Melton Mowbray. In 1931 the parish had a population of 118. On 1 ...

. He died 31 December 1884 at his residence at 21

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in London. His son,

William Hartopp William Wrey Hartopp (22 April 1836 – 20 July 1874) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Life Hartopp was the son of the politician Edward Bourchier Hartopp and his wife, Honoria Gent. He was educated at Eton College ...

, was a first-class cricketer.

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1808 births 1884 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 High Sheriffs of Leicestershire People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1800s-stub