Sir Roger Martin, 5th Baronet (22 February 1778 - 15 December 1854) was son of

Sir Mordaunt Martin, 4th Baronet Sir Mordaunt Martin, 4th Baronet (c. 1740 – 24 September 1815) was son of Sir Roger Martin, 3rd Baronet and Sophia Mordaunt. He inherited his baronetcy from his father, who was the third Martin Baronet, upon his death in 1762. He lived in Burn ...

and Everilda-Dorothea Smith. He inherited his

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cy from his father, who was the fourth Martin Baronet, upon his death in 1815. He lived in Burnham Market in

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Career

Sir Roger was, from 1794 to at least 1833, a senior merchant and second judge in the court of appeal in

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. He lived at

Burnham Westgate Hall Burnham Westgate Hall is a Georgian country house near Burnham Market, Norfolk, about south of the north Norfolk coast. It was remodelled in Palladian style in the 1780s by John Soane: it was Soane's first substantial country house commission, ...

, which he inherited from his father and lived in until his death there in 1854.

Personal life

Sir Roger had a mistress Mary Ann Clarke, but the couple were never married. Mary Ann did have a daughter, Ellen, and there is suggestion that she may have been an illegitimate child of Sir Roger. Ellen (c. 1827 - 17 January 1893) married John Overman, a farmer of Crabbe Hall, and was buried with him in the graveyard of Burnham Westgate church. With no male heir, the title of Baronet was unable to be passed on and so became extinct on his death on 15 December 1854. As with his immediate family, Sir Roger was buried at Burnham Westgate church with his mistress.

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