Sir Francis Vincent, 7th Baronet, ( – 22 May 1775) of
Stoke D'Abernon, was an English country landowner and politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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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
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
for
Surrey from
1761
Events
January–March
* January 14 – Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmad Shah Durrani and his coalition decisively defeat the Maratha Confederacy, and restore the Mughal Empire to Shah Alam II.
* January 16 – Siege of Pond ...
until his death on 22 May 1775.
[Mary M. Drummond]
VINCENT, Sir Francis, 7th Bt. (?1717-75), of Stoke d'Abernon, Surr.
in ''The History of Parliament
The History of Parliament is a project to write a complete history of the United Kingdom Parliament and its predecessors, the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of England. The history will principally consist of a prosopography, in w ...
: 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
Sir John Astley, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Astley, 2nd Baronet (baptized 24 January 1687 – 29 December 1771) was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons for 44 years from 1727 to 1771.
The son of Sir Richard Astley, 1st Baronet and Henrietta Borl ...
and the widow of Anthony Langley Swymmer. He was succeeded by his son, Francis, the 8th baronet.
References
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
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