Sir James Pennyman, 6th Baronet
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Sir James Pennyman, 6th Baronet (1736–1808) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 26 years from 1770 to 1796.
Life
Pennyman was the only son of Ralph Pennyman of Beverley and his wife Bridget Gee, daughter of Thomas Gee of Bishop Burton, Yorkshire and was baptized on 6 December 1736. He was educated at Westminster School in 1749, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1756. He married firstly Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Sir Henry Grey, 2nd Baronet of Howick, Northumberland on 9 December 1762. He succeeded his father in 1768, and succeeded his uncle in the baronetcy on 14 January 1770.[2][3]
Pennyman was elected Member of Parliament for Scarborough at a by-election on 27 November 1770. At the 1774 general election he was elected MP for Beverley and was re-elected in 1780, 1784 and 1790. He stood down at the 1796.[2]
Pennyman made a second marriage to Mary Maleham or Matcham of Westminster in May 1801. He died on 27 March 1808.
His first wife Lady Pennyman (who died only a few weeks before his second marriage) is buried in Dawlish parish church with a monument by John Flaxman.[4]
References
- ^ Trust, National. "Sir James Pennyman Bt (1736 - 1808) 709309". www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk.
- ^ a b "PENNYMAN, Sir James, 6th Bt. (1736-1808), of Ormesby, Yorks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.150