Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet explained

Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet (14 June 1809 – 8 January 1857)^[1] was an English Conservative Party politician.

Life

He was the son of Edmund Filmer, a younger son of Sir Edmund Filmer, 6th Baronet, and his wife Emelia Skene, daughter of George Skene.^[2] He matriculated in 1827 at Oriel College, Oxford.

Filmer was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in March 1838 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for West Kent,^[3] having unsuccessfully contested the same constituency at the 1837 general election. He held the seat until his death in 1857, aged 47. His son the 9th Baronet was elected as MP for West Kent in 1859.

In 1850 Sir Edmund built Leagrave Hall on land close to Luton in Bedfordshire which had been purchased in 1771 by Sir Beversham Filmer.^[4]

Arms

Escutcheon:	Barry of six Or and Sable on a chief of the last three cinquefoils of the first.^[5]
Crest:	A falcon volant Proper beaked and legged Or standing on a ruined castle of the last.

Notes and References

1. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1) . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231424/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Kcommons1.htm . 10 August 2009 . usurped . 1 December 2009.
2. Book: A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . Henry Colburn . 1839 . 407.
3. Book: Craig, F. W. S. . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 . 2nd . 1989 . F. W. S. Craig . First published 1977 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 406 . 0-900178-26-4.
4. Web site: Moorlands Independent School and Nursery, Luton, Bedfordshire :: Key Information . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090208231323/http://moorlandsschool.com/keyinfo_detail.asp?Section=3&Ref=19 . 2010-07-28 . 8 February 2009.
5. Book: Burke's Peerage . 1915.