Sir Edmund Fortescue, 1st Baronet explained

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.

He married Margery, daughter of Henry Sandys, 5th Baron Sandys. They had one son and two daughters:^[2]

• 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The History of Parliament. FORTESCUE, Sir Edmund, 1st Bt. (1642-66), of Fallapit, East Allington, Devon.. 13 October 2019.
2. Book: Burke, J. & J. B.. 1841. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Fortescue, of Fallapit. 206. 2nd. 13 October 2019.