Edmund Pollexfen Bastard
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Edmund Pollexfen Bastard (12 July 1784 – 8 June 1838) was a British Tory politician, son of Edmund Bastard and his wife Jane Pownoll. He married Anne Jane Rodney, granddaughter of Admiral Rodney.
He succeeded his father as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dartmouth from 1812 to 1816 when that seat was taken by his younger brother, John Bastard.
In the same election Edmund succeeded his uncle, John Pollexfen Bastard, as MP for Devonshire from 1816 to 1830.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Devon for 1834.{{London Gazette|issue=19125|page=206|date=4 February 1834}}
Disambiguation
John Pollexfen Bastard—John Bastard RN and Edmund Pollexfen Bastard—Edmund Bastard
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References
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- John Burke, Bastard of Kitley, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Henry Colburn London 1834.
External links
- {{Hansard-contribs | mr-edmund-bastard-1 | Edmund Pollexfen Bastard }}
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| before = Arthur Howe Holdsworth
| before2 = Edmund Bastard
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| title = Member of Parliament for Dartmouth
| years = 1812–1816
| with = Arthur Howe Holdsworth
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| after = Arthur Howe Holdsworth
| after2 = John Bastard
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| before = John Pollexfen Bastard
| before2 = Sir Thomas Dyke Acland
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| title = Member of Parliament for Devonshire
| years = 1816–1830
| with = Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, to 1818
| with2 = The Viscount Ebrington, later Earl Fortescue 1818–1820;
| with3 = Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, from 1820
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| after = Sir Thomas Dyke Acland
| after2 = The Viscount Ebrington
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Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Dartmouth
Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Devon
Category:High sheriffs of Devon
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