Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet (14 June 1809 – 8 January 1857) was an English

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politician.

Life

He was the son of Edmund Filmer, a younger son of Sir Edmund Filmer, 6th Baronet, and his wife Emelia Skene, daughter of

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. He matriculated in 1827 at

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. Filmer was elected to the

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at a

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in March 1838 as a

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(MP) for

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, having unsuccessfully contested the same constituency at the 1837 general election. He held the seat until his death in 1857, aged 47. His son the 9th Baronet was elected as MP for West Kent in 1859. In 1850 Sir Edmund built

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Hall on land close to

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in Bedfordshire which had been purchased in 1771 by Sir Beversham Filmer.

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* 1809 births 1857 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1800s-stub