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

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of Ugborough in

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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 (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, Member of Parliament 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 Member of Parliament 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

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(d. 1788), whose son was

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(1772–1840) of

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. *Margaret Fowell, who in 1679 married (as his 1st wife) Arthur Champernowne of Dartington, Devon, and was the mother of Arthur Champernowne (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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fowell, John 1665 births 1692 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1689–1690 English MPs 1690–1695 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Totnes