Sir Francis Boynton, 4th Baronet (17 November 1677 – 16 September 1739), of
Barmston in the
East Riding of Yorkshire
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, was an English landowner and
member of parliament
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.
Life
Boynton was the eldest son of the Reverend Henry Boynton, Rector of Barmston. He was educated at
Beverley Grammar School and
St John's College, Cambridge. Admitted at
Gray's Inn
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in 1696, he became a barrister.
He inherited the baronetcy on 22 December 1731, on the death of his cousin
Sir Griffith Boynton, who had no children. He served in Parliament as member for
Hedon
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It is ...
from 1734 until his death five-and-a-half years later.
On 8 April 1703, he married Frances Heblethwayte, daughter of James Heblethwayte, and they had three children:
*
Griffith Boynton (1712–1761), who succeeded to the baronetcy
* Francis Boynton
* Constance, who married Ralph Hutton
References
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Boynton genealogy
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English landowners
People educated at Beverley Grammar School
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