Francis Pym (27 October 1756 – 4 December 1833) was a British M.P. and High Sheriff.

Biography

Francis was the son of William Pym and Elizabeth née Kingsley and lived at the family seat of Hasells Hall (which he considerably improved) in

Sandy, Bedfordshire Sandy is a market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, England. It lies to the east of Bedford, to the south west of Cambridge and north of Central London. The town has a population of around 13,400 based on 2015 estimates. The ...

. He was a Whig Member of Parliament for

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council wa ...

from 1806 to 1818, and from 1820 to 1826. He was also

High Sheriff of Bedfordshire This is a list of High Sheriffs of Bedfordshire. Pre-Conquest pre-1042: Aelfstan 1042-1066; Godric, Ralph Talgebose Bondi the staller 1066–1125 *1066-c.1084: Ansculf de Picquigny * Ralph Taillebois *c. 1080 Hugh de Beauchamp *1124 Rich ...

in 1791. He married Anne Palmer in 1784; they had four sons: Francis, Revd William Wollaston, Robert and Charles and two daughters Anne and Catherine who all survived them, and two sons who did not, one having died in infancy and the other, John, a lieutenant in the 13th Light Dragoons, having been killed at the Battle of Waterloo. He was the great-great-great-grandfather of

Francis Leslie Pym Francis Leslie Pym, Baron Pym, (13 February 1922 – 7 March 2008) was a British Conservative Party politician who served in various Cabinet positions in the 1970s and 1980s, including Foreign, Defence and Northern Ireland Secretary, and Leader ...

. He is buried in Sandy, Bedfordshire with a monument sculpted by Thomas Denman.

Hasells Hall

Pym rebuilt the family's seat Hasells Hall (also known as Hazells Hall) located outside Sandy towards Everton. It is a Grade II listed manor house, with grounds designed by

Humphry Repton Humphry Repton (21 April 1752 – 24 March 1818) was the last great English landscape designer of the eighteenth century, often regarded as the successor to Capability Brown; he also sowed the seeds of the more intricate and eclectic styles of ...

References

1756 births 1833 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies High Sheriffs of Bedfordshire People from Sandy, Bedfordshire UK MPs 1806–1807 UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1820–1826 Burials in Bedfordshire {{England-UK-MP-stub