Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Baronet (21 November 1722 – 15 July 1776) of

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and

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in Devon and of Hardington in Somerset,Wotton, Thomas, The English Baronetage, Vol 2, London, 1741, p.195, Bampfylde of Poltimore England, was Member of Parliament for

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(1743–47) and for

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(1747–76).

Origins

He was the only son and heir of

Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet Sir Coplestone Warwick Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet (c. 1689 – 7 October 1727) of Manor of Poltimore, Poltimore and Manor of North Molton, North Molton, Devon, was a Great Britain, British landowner and High Tory politician who sat in the British Hou ...

of Poltimore, North Molton and Warleigh in Devon and of Hardington in Somerset, by his wife Gertrude Carew, daughter of

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, of Antony in Cornwall. He was baptised in Poltimore in

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Career

In 1727, aged only five, he succeeded his father as 4th

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. He was educated at

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and graduated as

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in 1741. He was Member of Parliament for

from 1743 to 1747 and subsequently for

from 1747 until his death in 1776. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the East Devon Militia from its formation in 1758 until he resigned in 1771.

Marriage and progeny

On 8 August 1742 in the chapel of

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, London, he married Jane Codrington (d.1789), daughter and heiress of Colonel John Codrington of Charlton House,

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, by whom he had six sons and seven daughters including: * Charles Warwick Bampfylde (1751–1751), eldest son who died an infant, buried at Poltimore. *

Sir Charles Bampfylde, 5th Baronet Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde, 5th Baronet (23 January 1753 – 19 April 1823) of Manor of Poltimore, Poltimore in Devon, was a politics of the United Kingdom, British politician who served twice as Member of Parliament for Exeter (UK Parliamen ...

(1753–1823), MP, 2nd and eldest surviving son and heir. *

John Codrington Bampfylde John Codrington Warwick Bampfylde (or Bampfield; 27 August 1754 – 1796/1797) was an 18th-century English poet. He came from a prominent Devon family, his father being Sir Richard Bampfylde, 4th Baronet, and was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambr ...

(1754–1797),Vivian, p.41 3rd son, the poet. * Amias Warwick Bampfylde (1757–1834), 4th son. * Richard Warwick Bampfylde (1759–1834), 5th son, appointed by his father Rector of Poltimore also Rector of

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, Devon. * Charlotte Bampfylde (born 1750), 5th daughter, wife of

Abel Moysey Abel Moysey (18 August 1743 – 24 September 1831), of Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset, was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1790. Moysey was the only son of Abel Moysey, a Bath physician, and his wife ...

(1743–1831) of Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset, MP for

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(1774–1790). * Harriet, who married George Daniell, a physician, and was grandmother to

George Daniell (medical doctor) George Warwick Bampfylde Daniell (1864–1937) was medical practitioner and anaesthesiologist who practised in South Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries. Daniell was the son of the Rev. George Daniell and the grandson of George Daniell, also a ...

Landholdings

In 1741 his seats were

and

in Devon and Hardington in Somerset. His

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was Bampfield House, demolished in World War II.Several of his children were born at Bampfield House (Vivian, p.41)

Death, burial & succession

Bampfylde died on 15 July 1776 and was buried at

. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest surviving son

(1753–1823).

Origins

Career

Marriage and progeny

Landholdings

Death, burial & succession

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