English country landowner and politician
Sir Francis Vincent , 7th Baronet, (c. 1717 – 22 May 1775) of Stoke D'Abernon , was an English country landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1775.
Early life
Vincent was born in c. 1717 . He was the eldest son of Elizabeth Sherman and Sir Henry Vincent, 6th Baronet , MP for Guildford between 1728 and 1734.[ 1] John Smith de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde .[ 2]
His paternal grandparents were Sir Francis Vincent, 5th Baronet , MP for Surrey , and Rebecca Ashe (a daughter of Jonathan Ashe, merchant of London ). His maternal grandparents were Bezaliel Sherman (a Turkey merchant of London) and Annie Norton.[ 2]
He was educated at Lincoln's Inn in 1734 and succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 10 January 1757.[ 3]
Career
The Vincent family had owned estates in Surrey since the early 17th century. His grandfather and great-great-grandfather, Sir Francis Vincent, 3rd Baronet , both represented the county in the Parliament of England .[ 4]
He was Member of Parliament for Surrey from 1761 until his death on 22 May 1775.[ 4]
Personal life
Sir Francis was married three times. His first marriage was on 25 August 1741 to Elizabeth Kilmaine, the daughter and heiress of David Kilmaine, a London banker. She died on 22 November 1744 without issue.[ 2]
His second marriage was on 13 March 1745 to Mary Howard, the daughter of Lt.-Gen. Hon. Thomas Howard of Great Bookham , Surrey , who served as Governor of Berwick , and Mary Moreton (the youngest daughter of William Moreton , Bishop of Meath ). Before her death on 16 August 1757, they had two sons and a daughter:[ 2]
Sir Francis Vincent, 8th Baronet (1747–1791), who married Mary Chiswell, daughter of Trench Chiswell , MP for Aldborough , in 1779.[ 5] Henry Dormer Vincent (1751–1833), who married Isabella Hervey, daughter of Hon. Felton Hervey, in 1794.[ 5]
Mary Vincent (1752–1823), who married Neil Primrose, 3rd Earl of Rosebery , son of James Primrose, 2nd Earl of Rosebery , in 1775.[ 5] His third marriage was in June 1761 to Arabella (née Sir John Astley, 2nd Baronet , MP for Shrewsbury and Shropshire , and the widow of Anthony Langley Swymmer ,[ 2] Southampton from 1747 to 1754.[ 6]
Sir Francis died on 22 May 1775. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Francis . His widow died on 20 June 1785.[ 5]
Descendants
Through his daughter Mary, he was a grandfather of Archibald John Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery , MP for Helston and Cashel .[ 2]
Through his youngest son Henry, he was posthumously a grandfather of Rev. Sir Frederick Vincent, 11th Baronet (1798–1883).[ 2]
References
^ Sedgwick, Romney R. "VINCENT, Henry (?1685-1757), of Stoke d'Abernon, Surr" . www.historyofparliamentonline.org . History of Parliament Online . Retrieved 16 May 2024 . ^ a b c d e f g 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.
^ Debrett, John (1835). Debrett's Baronetage of England: With Alphabetical Lists of Such Baronetcies as Have Merged in the Peerage, Or Have Become Extinct, and Also of the Existing Baronets of Nova Scotia and Ireland . Retrieved 16 May 2024 . ^ a b Drummond, Mary M. "VINCENT, Sir Francis, 7th Bt. (?1717-75), of Stoke d'Abernon, Surr" . www.historyofparliamentonline.org . History of Parliament Online . Retrieved 16 May 2024 . ^ a b c d 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.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 134–136. ISBN 0-900178-13-2 .