Sir Francis Vincent, 7th Baronet, ( – 22 May 1775) of Stoke D'Abernon, was an English country landowner and politician who sat in the

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from 1761 to 1775. The eldest son of Sir Henry Vincent, 6th Baronet, he was educated at Lincoln's Inn in 1734. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 10 January 1757. He was

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for Surrey from

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until his death on 22 May 1775.Mary M. Drummond
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: the House of Commons 1754-1790'' (1964). He married three times; firstly Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of David Kilmaine, a London banker, secondly Mary, the daughter of Lt.-Gen. Hon. Thomas Howard of Great Bookham, Surrey, with whom he had 2 sons and a daughter and thirdly Arabella, the daughter and coheiress of

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and the widow of Anthony Langley Swymmer. He was succeeded by his son, Francis, the 8th baronet.

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1710s births 1775 deaths Members of Lincoln's Inn Baronets in the Baronetage of England Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1761–1768 British MPs 1768–1774 British MPs 1774–1780 People from Stoke d'Abernon {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub