Samuel Edwin (12 March 1671 – 27 September 1722), of Llanmihangel Plas, Glamorgan, was an English politician who sat in the

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briefly in 1717. Edwin was the eldest son of

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, who was

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from 1697 to 1698, and his wife Elizabeth Sambrooke, daughter of Samuel Sambrooke, merchant of London. He matriculated at

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on 15 April 1687, aged 15 and was admitted at

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on 11 July 1689. He married Lady Catherine Montagu, daughter of

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by licence dated 20 September 1697. In 1707, on the death of his father, he inherited extensive properties in Westminster and Glamorgan. Edwin stood for Parliament as a Tory at

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at the

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, but was unsuccessful. He was returned as

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for Minehead in the poll at a by-election on 11 April 1717 but was unseated on petition just over a month later on 23 May. He stood for Minehead again at the 1722 general election, but was again defeated. Edwin died on 27 September 1722 leaving a son and daughter. His son

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was an MP for

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from 1741 to 1747, and for

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from 1747 to 1756. His daughter Anne married Thomas Wyndham MP of Clearwell Court.

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1671 births 1722 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1715–1722 Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Members of Lincoln's Inn {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub