Sir Coplestone Warwick Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet (c. 1689 – 7 October 1727) of Poltimore and

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, Devon, was a British landowner and High Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1710 to 1727.

Origins

Bampfylde was the eldest son of Colonel Hugh Bampfylde (c. 1663–1691) (son and heir apparent of

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(c. 1633–1692), whom he predeceased) and his wife Mary Clifford, daughter of James Clifford of Ware. He matriculated at

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on 26 January 1708, aged 18. His father died in a fall from his horse in 1691 and in 1692 he succeeded his grandfather

(c. 1633–1692) as 3rd baronet. His mother protected him in his infancy against lawsuits challenging his property rights.

Career

At the

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, Bampfylde was returned unopposed as MP for

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. He was then returned unopposed as MP for Devon at the

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. He was returned unopposed again at the

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and voted against the Government in all divisions. During The Fifteen, he was suspected of Jacobite sympathies and was temporarily imprisoned. He was also mentioned in the seventh report of the South Sea Company inquiry as having accepted £1,000 stock in the company on 22 March 1720 without paying for it. At the 1722 general election he was again returned unopposed for Devon and sat until his death in 1727.

Inheritance

As well as having inherited his grandfather's extensive Devonshire estates, including Poltimore and North Molton, Bampfylde also inherited the estates of his distant cousin Warwick Bampfylde (1623–1695) of Hardington, Somerset (5th in descent from Peter Bampfylde of Hardington, younger brother of Sir William I Bampfylde (died 1474) of Poltimore), to whom he acted as

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Marriage and children

In June 1716 Bampfylde married Gertrude Carew, daughter of Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet (died 1692) of

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, Cornwall. They had two daughters and a son and heir

Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Baronet Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Baronet (21 November 1722 – 15 July 1776) of Poltimore, North Molton, Warleigh, Tamerton Foliot and Copplestone in Devon and of Hardington in Somerset,Wotton, Thomas, The English Baronetage, Vol 2, London, ...

(1722–1767).

Death and succession

Bampfylde died on 7 October 1727 and was buried at Poltimore a week later. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Sir Richard Bampfylde, 4th Baronet (1722–1767).

References

External links

Burial record on findagrave.com
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