John Edmund de Beauvoir explained

Sir John Edmund de Beauvoir
Office:Member of Parliament
for Windsor
Term Start:7 January 1835
Term End:6 April 1835
Predecessor:Samuel Pechell
John Ramsbottom
Successor:John Ramsbottom
John Elley
Alongside:John Ramsbottom
Birth Date:10 December 1794
Birthname:John Edmund Browne
Nationality:British
Party:Radical
Spouse:

Sir John Edmund de Beauvoir, 2nd Baronet (10 December 1794 – 29 April 1869),[1] known as John Edmund Browne until 14 October 1826, was a British Radical politician.[2] [3]

He was the son of Sir John Edmond Browne, 1st Baronet and Margaret Lorinan. Between 1825 and 1826, he married Mary Wright, daughter of Richard Wright, but after he death in 1831, he remarried to Laetitia Mann, daughter of Reverend Charles Mann and Susanna MacDougal on 16 March 1867. He was appointed a Knight on 9 March 1827, and succeeded as 2nd Baronet Browne of Palmerstown on 5 September 1835, upon his father's death.[3]

De Beauvoir was elected Radical Member of Parliament for Windsor at the 1835 general election but was unseated four months later. While he attempted to regain the seat at the 1837 and 1841 general elections, he was unsuccessful.[2] [4]

He was also an officer in the 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 10 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180722142411/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons4.htm. 22 July 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017 .
  2. Book: Stooks Smith , Henry. . . The Parliaments of England . 1844-1850 . 2nd . 1973 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-13-2 . 11–13 .
  3. Web site: Darryl . Lundy . Sir John Edmond de Beauvoir, 2nd Bt. . The Peerage . 10 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190210151258/http://www.thepeerage.com/p18509.htm. 10 February 2019 . 18 June 2013 . live.
  4. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. 336.