Sir Francis Vincent, 8th Baronet explained

Sir Francis Vincent, 8th Baronet (1747 – 17 August 1791) was an English diplomat.

Early life

Vincent was born in 1747. He was the eldest son of Mary Howard and Sir Francis Vincent, 7th Baronet, who served as MP for Surrey from 1761 until his death in 1775.[1]

His paternal grandparents were Sir Henry Vincent, 6th Baronet and the former Elizabeth Sherman. His maternal grandparents were Lt.-Gen. Hon. Thomas Howard, Governor of Berwick, and Mary Morton (a daughter of Rt. Rev. William Morton, Bishop of Meath).[2]

Career

Upon the death of his father in 1775, he succeeded as the 8th Baronet Vincent, of D'Abernon. Sir Francis served as British Resident Minister in Venice in 1790.

Personal life

On 12 July 1779, Vincent married Mary Chiswell (1757–1826), the only child of Trench Chiswell, MP for Aldborough, and Mary (Jurin) Chiswell. Her maternal grandfather was a daughter of Dr. James Jurin of Portland Place. Together, they were the parents of:

Sir Francis died on 17 August 1791 and was succeeded by his only son, Francis.[5]

Descendants

Through his daughter Anna, he was a grandfather of Mary Caroline Campbell (1820–1894), who married Andrés Avelino de Silva y Fernández de Córdoba, 13th Duke of Aliaga, in 1843.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Drummond . Mary M. . VINCENT, Sir Francis, 7th Bt. (?1717-75), of Stoke d'Abernon, Surr. . www.historyofparliamentonline.org . . 16 May 2024.
  2. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 1277.
  3. Book: The American Genealogist . 1954 . D.L. Jacobus . 109 . 15 May 2024 . en.
  4. Web site: Alfonso de Silva Fernández de Híjar y Campbell . dbe.rah.es . . 15 May 2024.
  5. L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 94.
  6. Web site: Andrés Avelino de Silva y Fernández de Córdoba XV Duque de Hijar . www.fundacionmedinaceli.org . Fundacion Medinaceli . 16 May 2024.