Sir Edmund Fowell, 1st Baronet

Sir Edmund Fowell, 1st Baronet (1593 – October 1674) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648.

Fowell was the son of Arthur Fowell of Fowellscombe and his wife Maria Reynell, daughter of Richard Reynell of East Ogwell.^[1] He was knighted at Greenwich on 3 November 1619.

In November 1640, Fowell was elected Member of Parliament for Ashburton in the Long Parliament. He did not sit in the Rump Parliament after 1648. He was a member of the parliamentary committee and Deputy Lieutenant of Devon and president of the committee for sequestration. He was created a baronet on 30 April 1661.^[1]

Fowell died at the age of 81.

Fowell married Margaret Paulett, daughter of Sir Anthony Paulett of Hinton St George.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies

Parliament of England
Preceded by Constituency in abeyance	Member of Parliament for Ashburton 1640-1648 With: Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet	Succeeded by Not represented in Rump Parliament

[Burke-1] John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies

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