English politician
Sir Edmund Fortescue, 1st Baronet (baptised 22 September 1642 – 30 December 1666) was an English politician, MP for Plympton Erle .
He was the second son of Sir Edmund Fortescue of Fallapit and his wife Jane, daughter of Thomas Southcote.[ 1]
He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford , matriculating in 1658.[ 2]
He married Margery, daughter of Henry Sandys, 5th Baron Sandys . They had one son and two daughters:[ 3]
Sir Sandys Fortescue, 2nd Baronet (1661–1683)
Jane Fortescue (1662–1682), married William Coleman
Sarah Fortescue (1664–1685)
He was knighted and created a baronet on 31 March 1664, and elected MP for Plympton Erle in October 1666. He died on 30 December 1666, and was buried at East Allington .[ 1]
^ a b "FORTESCUE, Sir Edmund, 1st Bt. (1642-66), of Fallapit, East Allington, Devon" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 13 October 2019 .
^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Fortescue, (Sir) Edmund" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714 . Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource .
^ Burke, J. & J. B. (1841). "Fortescue, of Fallapit". A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland (2nd ed.). p. 206. Retrieved 13 October 2019 .