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Edward Southwell Sr.

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Edward Southwell
Edward Southwell Sr. in 1702
Born(1671-09-04)4 September 1671
Kings Weston, Bristol, England
Died4 December 1730(1730-12-04) (aged 59)
Kings Weston, Bristol, England
EducationKensington School, London
Alma materMerton College, Oxford, England
OccupationLawyer & politician
Spouse(s)
(m. 1704; died 1709)

Anne Blathwaite
Parents
RelativesEdward (son)

Edward Southwell Sr. (4 September 1671 – 4 December 1730) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician.

Biography

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He was the second but only surviving son of Sir Robert Southwell of Kings Weston, near Bristol and educated at Kensington School, Lincoln's Inn (1686) and Merton College, Oxford (1687).[1]

He served in a number of high public offices including Chief Prothonotary of the Common Pleas in Ireland (1692–1700), clerk of the Privy Council (1693 to death), judge of the Admiralty court and vice-admiral of Munster (1699 to death). He was several times joint commissioner of the Privy Seal (1701–1702, 1715 and 1716). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1692 and twice served on their council.[2]

He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Kinsale from 1692 to 1699, for Dublin University from 1703 to 1713 and then again for Kinsale from 1713 to his death.[3]

In 1702 Southwell succeeded his father as Principal Secretary of State (Ireland) and was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland the same year. Both appointments were for life.[4]

He sat in the House of Commons of England and the House of Commons of Great Britain between 1702 and 1715 as MP for Rye, Tregony and Preston.[5]

Kings Weston House, Bristol

In 1712 he commissioned Sir John Vanbrugh to build Kings Weston House in Kingsweston, Bristol.

He died in 1730 and was buried at Kingsweston. He had married Elizabeth Cromwell, 8th Baroness Cromwell, who died in 1709, and their son Edward Southwell succeeded in turn to the Secretaryship and to the Kings Weston estate. He had later married Anne, daughter of William Blathwaite of Derham, Gloucestershire.

References

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  1. ^ "SOUTHWELL, Edward (1671–1730), of Kings Weston, Glos. and Spring Garden, Westminster". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Fellows Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 15 January 2017.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
  4. ^ "PRIVY COUNSELLORS - IRELAND". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "SOUTHWELL, Edward (1671-1730), of Kings Weston, Glos. And Spring Garden, Westminster | History of Parliament Online".
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Kinsale
1692–1703
With: Jonas Stawell 1692–95
James Weller 1695–1703
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Dublin University
1703–1713
With: Sir William Robinson
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Kinsale
1713–1731
With: Henry Hawley to 1725
Anthony Stawell 1725
Sir Richard Meade, Bt from 1725
Succeeded by
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Rye
1702–1707
With: Thomas Fagg to 1705
Philip Herbert from 1705
Succeeded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Parliament of England
Member of Parliament for Rye
17071708
With: Philip Herbert to December 1707
Phillips Gybbon from December 1707
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Tregony
April 1713 – September 1713
With: George Robinson
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Preston
17131715
With: Henry Fleetwood
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Secretary of State
1702–1730
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Secretary for Ireland
1703–1707
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Secretary for Ireland
1710–1713
Succeeded by