Sir William John Henry Browne ffolkes, 2nd Baronet, FRS (30 August 1786 – 24 March 1860) was an English Whig politician who sat in the

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from 1830 to 1837. ffolkes was the son of Sir Martin ffolkes, 1st Baronet. He was educated at

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and was admitted at

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on 6 April 1805. He was awarded B.A. in 1810 and M.A. in 1813. He succeeded to the

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on the death of his father on 11 December 1821. He was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1828–29 and in 1830 was elected member of parliament for

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, a seat he held until it was divided under the

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. He was then elected MP for Norfolk West in the reformed parliament and sat until 1837. He was a J.P. and deputy lieutenant for Norfolk and chairman of Norfolk Quarter Sessions. He died at the age of 73. He had married Charlotte Philippa Browne, daughter of Dominick Geoffrey Browne, of Castle MacGarrett, Co. Mayo and sister of Dominick, first Lord Oranmore on 21 April 1818. His son Martin was killed by lightning, and he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ffolkes, William, 2nd Baronet 1786 births 1860 deaths People educated at Harrow School Deputy lieutenants of Norfolk Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain High sheriffs of Norfolk Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Norfolk UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 People from Hillington, Norfolk