Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet | |
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| Member of Parliament for Penryn | |
| In office November 1640 - ? | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1610 England |
| Died | April 1650 (aged 40) |
| Spouse |
Gertrude Coplestone (m. 1637) |
| Children | 13 |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | Francis Drake (great-uncle) Amias Bampfield (grandfather) Francis Bampfield (brother) Thomas Bampfield (brother) |
| Education | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Royalists (initial) Parliamentarians (later) |
| Commands | Devon Trained Bands Regiment |
| Battles / wars | English Civil War |
Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet (c. 1610 – April 1650)[1] of Poltimore and North Molton and Tamerton Foliot, all in Devon, was an English lawyer and politician. He was one of Devonshire's Parliamentarian leaders during the Civil War.[2]
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Venning, Tim & Hunneyball, Paul, biography of Bampfield, John (c.1586-c.1657), of Poltimore, Devon published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, Cambridge University Press, 2010