Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet

Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet
Member of Parliament for Penryn
In office
November 1640 - ?
Personal details
Bornc. 1610 (1610)
England
DiedApril 1650 (1650-05) (aged 40)
Spouse
Gertrude Coplestone
(m. 1637)
Children13
Parent
RelativesFrancis Drake (great-uncle)
Amias Bampfield (grandfather)
Francis Bampfield (brother)
Thomas Bampfield (brother)
EducationWadham College, Oxford
OccupationLawyer, politician
Military career
AllegianceRoyalists (initial)
Parliamentarians (later)
CommandsDevon Trained Bands Regiment
Battles / warsEnglish Civil War
Arms of Bampfylde: Or, on a bend gules three mullets argent

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]

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ 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