Sir John Fowell, 3rd Baronet (12 December 1665 – 26 November 1692) of Fowelscombe in the

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Ugborough Ugborough () is a village and civil parish in South Hams in the English county of Devon. It lies south of Dartmoor, from the A38 road, near to the town of Ivybridge. The parish, which had a population of 1,884 in 2011, includes a number of se ...

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, was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1689 to 1692.

Origins

Fowell was the son and heir of

Sir John Fowell, 2nd Baronet Sir John Fowell, 2nd Baronet (14 August 1623 – 8 January 1677) of Fowelscombe in the parish of Ugborough in Devon, was thrice elected a Member of Parliament for Ashburton in Devon, between 1659 and 1677. He fought in the Parliamentary arm ...

(1623–1677), of Fowelscombe, by his wife Elizabeth Chichester (d.1678), a daughter of Sir John Chichester (1598-1669) of

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in the parish of

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in Devon,

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for

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in Cornwall in 1624.

Career

He inherited the

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on the death of his father in 1677.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> In 1689 Fowell was elected

for

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in Devon, and sat until his death in 1692. He was one of the 151 MPs who voted against making the Prince of Orange king, but in favour of declaring Princess Mary queen.

Death and succession

Fowell died unmarried at the age of 26 when the baronetcy became extinct. His heirs were his two surviving sisters, who until 1711 held the Fowell estates of Fowelscombe and Ludbrooke in co-parcenary: *Elizabeth Fowell (d.post-1680), who in 1679 married (as his 1st wife) George Parker (1651-1743) of Boringdon in the parish of Colebrook, and of

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, both in Devon. The marriage was without progeny, but by his second wife Anne Buller, George Parker was the grandfather of

John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon (1735 – 27 April 1788) was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Origins Parker was the eldest son of John Parker (1703–1768) of Boringdon Hall, Plympton, and Saltram House, by his wife Catherine Poulet ...

(d. 1788), whose son was

John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley FRS (3 May 1772 – 14 March 1840), known as 2nd Baron Boringdon from 1788 to 1815, was a British peer and politician. Origins Morley was the only son of John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon, of Boringdon Hall, ...

(1772–1840) of

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. *Margaret Fowell, who in 1679 married (as his 1st wife) Arthur Champernowne of

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, Devon, and was the mother of

Arthur Champernowne Sir Arthur Champernowne (c.1524 – 1 April 1578) was an English politician, high sheriff and soldier who lived at Dartington Hall in Devon, England. Champernowne belonged to a large Anglo-Norman family that originated from Cambernon, in N ...

(d.1717) of Dartington, MP for Totnes. In 1711 a division of the estates took place, with Fowelscombe going to the Champernowne family, which held it until 1758,Risdon, p.385

References

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