Edward Basil Farnham

Edward Basil Farnham
Member of Parliament
for North Leicestershire
In office
2 August 1837 – 9 May 1859
Preceded byLord Charles Manners
Charles March-Phillipps
Succeeded byJohn Manners
Edward Bourchier Hartopp
Personal details
Born19 April 1799
Died13 May 1879(1879-05-13) (aged 80)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Getrude Emily Cradock-Hartopp
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(m. 1851)​

Edward Basil Farnham (19 April 1799 – 13 May 1879)[1][2] was a British Conservative politician.

Farnham was the son of Edward Farnham and Harriet, daughter of Dr. Rhudde.[3] He married Gertrude Emily Cradock-Hartopp, daughter of Sir William Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 3rd Baronet and Jane Mary née Keane, in 1851. They had at least one child, William Edward John Basil Farnham. Farnham lived at Quarndon House in Leicestershire.[2]

One of the first MPs to support Benjamin Disraeli for leader of the Conservatives,[4] Farnham was first elected Conservative MP for North Leicestershire at the 1837 general election and held the seat until 1859 when he did not stand for re-election.[5]

Outside of politics, Farnham was a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for Leicestershire,[2] as well as, in 1870, High Sheriff of Leicestershire. He was also a major in the Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry.[4]

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  2. ^ a b c Lundy, Darryl (2 August 2018). "Edward Basil Farnham". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018.
  3. ^ Burke, John; Burke, John Bernard (1847). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Volume I: A to L. London: Henry Colburn. p. 399. Retrieved 10 August 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b Wiebe, M. G.; Millar, Mary S.; Robson, Ann P., eds. (1997). Benjamin Disraeli, Letters: 1852–1856. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 85. ISBN 0-8020-4137-X. Retrieved 10 August 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 415–416. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.