Sir James Howe, 2nd Baronet (c. 1669 – 19 January 1736), of

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, near Hindon, Wiltshire, was an English Tory politician who sat in the

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and

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between 1698 and 1709. Howe was the son of

Sir George Grobham Howe, 1st Baronet Sir George Grobham Howe, 1st Baronet (c. 1627 – 26 September 1676) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1676. Howe was the son of George Howe (d. 1647) of Berwick St Leonard, Wiltshire and his wife Doroth ...

of Berwick St Leonard, and his wife Elizabeth Grimston, daughter of

Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet (27 January 1603 – 2 January 1685) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1685 and was Speaker in 1660. During the English Civil War he remain ...

. His father had been MP for Hindon. He succeeded to the

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on the death of his father in 1676. He married Elizabeth Nutt, daughter of Edward Nutt of

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, Kent in 1689. She died in 1691 and he married as his second wife Elizabeth Stratford, daughter of Henry Stratford of Halling Gloucester in August 1694.Joseph Jackson Howard, Frederick Arthur Crisp, Maltravers H. Extraordinary ''Visitation of England and Wales, Volume 13''
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1698 English general election After the conclusion of the 1698 English general election the government led by the Whig Junto believed it had held its ground against the opposition. Over the previous few years, divisions had emerged within the Whig party between the 'court' sup ...

, Howe was elected as Tory

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for Hindon. He was returned at the first general election of 1701, but chose not to stand in at the second general election of that year. He was re-elected MP for Hindon at the 1702 general election and held the seat until the 1705 election when he was defeated. At the

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he was returned again as MP for Hindon but was unseated on petition in February 1709. Howe died without issue on 19 January 1736 aged 66. His estates were inherited by his nephew

Henry Lee Warner Henry Lee Warner (23 July 1688 – 13 December 1760) was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1711 to 1713. Warner was the son of Henry Lee and his wife Dorothy Howe, daughter of Sir George Grobham ...

, who had sat for Hindon from 1711 to 1713.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Howe, James 1660s births 1736 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England Politicians from Wiltshire Year of birth uncertain English MPs 1698–1700 English MPs 1701 English MPs 1702–1705