Sir Francis Vincent, 7th Baronet, ( – 22 May 1775) of

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, was an English country landowner and politician who sat in the

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from 1761 to 1775.

Early life

Vincent was born in . He was the eldest son of Elizabeth Sherman and Sir Henry Vincent, 6th Baronet, MP for

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between 1728 and 1734. His sister, Hester Vincent, married John Smith de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde. His paternal grandparents were Sir Francis Vincent, 5th Baronet, MP for

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, and Rebecca Ashe (a daughter of Jonathan Ashe, merchant of

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). His maternal grandparents were Bezaliel Sherman (a Turkey merchant of London) and Annie Norton.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 1277. He was educated at

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in 1734 and succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 10 January 1757.

Career

The Vincent family had owned estates in Surrey since the early 17th century. His grandfather and great-great-grandfather, Sir Francis Vincent, 3rd Baronet, both represented the county in the

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. He was Member of Parliament for

from

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until his death on 22 May 1775.

Personal life

Sir Francis was married three times. His first marriage was on 25 August 1741 to Elizabeth Kilmaine, the daughter and heiress of David Kilmaine, a London banker. She died on 22 November 1744 without issue. His second marriage was on 13 March 1745 to Mary Howard, the daughter of Lt.-Gen. Hon. Thomas Howard of

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, who served as Governor of Berwick, and Mary Moreton (the youngest daughter of

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). Before her death on 16 August 1757, they had two sons and a daughter: * Sir Francis Vincent, 8th Baronet (1747–1791), who married Mary Chiswell, daughter of Trench Chiswell, MP for Aldborough, in 1779. * Henry Dormer Vincent (1751–1833), who married Isabella Hervey, daughter of Hon. Felton Hervey, in 1794. * Mary Vincent (1752–1823), who married Neil Primrose, 3rd Earl of Rosebery, son of James Primrose, 2nd Earl of Rosebery, in 1775. His third marriage was in June 1761 to Arabella ( Astley) Swymmer (d. 1785), the daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Astley, 2nd Baronet, MP for

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and

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, and the widow of Anthony Langley Swymmer, MP for

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from 1747 to 1754.Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 134–136. . Sir Francis died on 22 May 1775. He was succeeded by his eldest son,

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. His widow died on 20 June 1785.L. G. Pine, ''The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms'' (

: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 94.

Descendants

Through his daughter Mary, he was a grandfather of Archibald John Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery, MP for

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and

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. Through his youngest son Henry, he was posthumously a grandfather of Rev. Sir Frederick Vincent, 11th Baronet (1798–1883).

References

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