EDWARDES, Francis (d.1725), of Johnston, nr. Haverfordwest, Pemb.

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Constituency

Dates

1722 - Dec. 1725

Family and Education

2nd s. of Owen Edwardes of Treffgarne, Pemb. by Damaris, da. of James Perrott. m. (1) s.p.; (2) Lady Elizabeth Rich, o. da. of Robert, 5th Earl of Warwick, 2s. 1da.

Offices Held

Biography

According to the 2nd Earl of Oxford,

Lady Elizabeth Rich had run out her fortune and retired to Wales, and there married Francis Edwardes, who was a younger son of a gentleman; he was a purser of a ship; got £60 per ann.1

On the death intestate in 1721 of her nephew, the 7th Earl of Warwick, she became heir-at-law to his estates, including considerable property in Kensington. A year later Edwardes was returned as a Tory for Haverfordwest.

He died 15 Dec. 1725.

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: Romney R. Sedgwick

Notes

  • 1. N. & Q. (ser. 8), i. 326.