Edward Prideaux Gwyn (c.1698–1736) of

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, Glamorgan. and

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, Dorset was a British Tory politician who sat in the

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from 1724 to 1729. Llansannor_Court

Gwyn was the eldest son of

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of Llansannor, Glamorgan and his wife Margaret Prideaux, daughter of Edmund Prideaux, MP of Forde Abbey, Dorset. His brother

was also an MP. He matriculated at

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on 9 December 1713, aged 15, and was admitted at

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on 22 July 1714. Forde Abbey 061

Gwyn was elected Tory

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for

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at a by-election on 22 February 1724 when his father who had been returned in 1722 decided to sit for

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instead. At the 1727 general election Gwyn was himself returned as MP for Wells in the poll, but was unseated on petition two years later on 18 April 1729. Gwyn was an enthusiastic antiquarian, and collected material for a history of Devonshire He was a frequent correspondent of Thomas Hearne, the Oxford antiquary. In 1734, he succeeded to the estates of his father. Gwyn died unmarried in June 1736 and his brother Francis inherited the estates.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gwyn, Edward Prideaux 1690s births 1736 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1722–1727 British MPs 1727–1734