Sir William Hovell Browne ffolkes, 3rd Baronet (21 November 1847 – 9 May 1912) was an English

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politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885. ffolkes was the son of Martin William Browne ffolkes and his wife Henrietta Bridget Wale, daughter of

Sir Charles Wale Sir Charles Wale Order of the Bath, KCB (16 August 1765 – 20 March 1845) was an England, English General and the last United Kingdom, British governor of Martinique between about 1812 and 1815. On 25 February 1831 he was appointed Colonel of the ...

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, Cambridgeshire. He was educated at

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and at

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. His father was killed by lightning in 1849 and he succeeded his grandfather Sir William ffolkes, 2nd Baronet to the baronetcy in 1860. He was a captain in the

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and was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant. In 1876 he was High Sheriff of Norfolk.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
/ref> ffolkes stood for parliament unsuccessfully at

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in 1874. At the 1880 general election he was elected

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for King's Lynn. He held the seat until 1885. He became chairman of

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and was awarded KCVO in 1909. ffolkes lived at Hillington Hall and died at the age of 64. ffolkes married Emily Charlotte Elwes, daughter of

Robert Elwes Robert Hamond Elwes (1856 – 28 January 1881) was a Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards famous for having died valiantly at the Battle of Laing's Nek, South Africa as immortalized in Elizabeth (Lady Butler) Thompson's painting, "Floreat Etona! ...

of Congham House, Norfolk in 1875. His only daughter married John Dawnay, 9th Viscount Downe, and had issue. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his cousin.

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* 1847 births 1912 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1880–1885 People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order High Sheriffs of Norfolk Members of Norfolk County Council Deputy Lieutenants of Norfolk Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain People from Hillington, Norfolk {{GreatBritain-baronet-stub