Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde, 5th Baronet (23 January 1753 – 19 April 1823) of Poltimore in Devon, was a British politician who served twice as Member of Parliament for Exeter, in 1774–1790 and 1796–1812.

Origins

He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Richard Bampfylde, 4th Baronet by his wife Jane Codrington (d. 1789), daughter and heiress of Colonel John Codrington of Charlton House, Wraxall, Somerset, near

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. He was baptised at St Augustine the Less Church, Bristol in Gloucestershire.

Career

Bampfylde was educated at New College, Oxford and was awarded the degree of

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(DCL). In 1776, he succeeded his father as

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. He was

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for 1820–21 after the death in office of Gerard Berkeley Napier. Between 1774 and 1790 Bampfylde sat as Member of Parliament for Exeter. From 1796 he represented the constituency in the Parliament of Great Britain until the Act of Union in 1801, then in the

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until 1812.

Marriage and progeny

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On 9 February 1776, at

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, he married Catharine Moore, eldest daughter of Admiral

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, by whom he had two sons and a daughter: *

George Bampfylde, 1st Baron Poltimore George Warwick Bampfylde, 1st Baron Poltimore (23 March 1786 – 19 December 1858), of Poltimore, Devon, known from 1823 to 1831 as Sir George Bampfylde, 6th Baronet, was a British peer. Origins Lord Bampfylde was the eldest son and heir of ...

(1786–1858), eldest son and heir, in 1831 elevated to the peerage as

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. *Rev. Charles Bampfylde, a priest. *Louisa Bampfylde, wife of Lieutenant Edward Wells,

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.Vivian, p.41

Murder attempt and death

On 7 April 1823 a shot was fired at Bampfylde in front of his house at

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in London by a jealous ex-servant, whose wife was still working in Bampfylde's household. After he had seen his shot hitting Bampfylde, the man killed himself with a second pistol. Bampfylde survived, but died two weeks later. An autopsy showed that the shot itself had passed the lungs and had come to a stillstand between the ribs, however that with the bullet also a little piece of his braces had entered the body and had effected a deadly gangrene. Bampfylde was buried at Hardington in Somerset.

Succession

His elder son

succeeded to the baronetcy and was later elevated to the peerage as

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bampfylde, Charles, 5th Baronet 1753 births 1823 deaths Alumni of New College, Oxford Baronets in the Baronetage of England British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1780–1784 British MPs 1784–1790 British MPs 1796–1800 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Exeter Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Exeter UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs 1802–1806 UK MPs 1806–1807 UK MPs 1807–1812 High Sheriffs of Somerset