William Pomfret Pomfret (1823 – 11 August 1902) was an English banker and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1885 to 1892. Pomfret was born as William Pomfret Burra, the son of William Burra of Ashford,

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and his wife Mary Catharine Pomfret, only child of John Butler Pomfret of

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, Kent. He was educated at

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and

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. Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
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allowing him to assume the surname Pomfret in lieu of Burra, and to quarter the Pomfret

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with his own. By 1885 he had become the senior partner in the Ashford Bank, was a

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for Kent, and was living at Godinton Park, outside the town. At the 1885 general election he was elected as Conservative

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for Ashford. He held the seat at the 1886 general election, retiring prior to the next election in 1892. Pomfret died at Mystole, near

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in August 1902. Pomfret married firstly in 1853, Isabella Nottidge, daughter of George Nottidge of Yardley Lodge, Tunbridge, Kent and secondly in 1878, Flora Rose Hore, daughter of Charles Frederick Hore of Hilden, Beckenham.

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* 1823 births 1902 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 People educated at Shrewsbury School People educated at Tonbridge School People from Ashford, Kent English bankers 19th-century English businesspeople {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1820s-stub