Edward Basil Farnham

Edward Basil Farnham
Member of Parliament
for North Leicestershire
In office
2 August 1837 – 9 May 1859
Preceded byLord Charles Manners
Charles March-Phillipps
Succeeded byJohn Manners
Edward Bourchier Hartopp
Personal details
Born19 April 1799
Died13 May 1879(1879-05-13) (aged 80)
PartyConservative
Spouse
Getrude Emily Cradock-Hartopp
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(m. 1851)​

Edward Basil Farnham (19 April 1799 – 13 May 1879) was a British Conservative politician.

Farnham was the son of Edward Farnham and Harriet, daughter of Dr. Rhudde. He married Gertrude Emily Cradock-Hartopp, daughter of Sir William Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 3rd Baronet and Jane Mary née Keane, in 1851. They had at least one child, William Edward John Basil Farnham. Farnham lived at Quarndon House in Leicestershire.

One of the first MPs to support Benjamin Disraeli for leader of the Conservatives, Farnham was first elected Conservative MP for North Leicestershire at the 1837 general election and held the seat until 1859 when he did not stand for re-election.

Outside of politics, Farnham was a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for Leicestershire, as well as, in 1870, High Sheriff of Leicestershire. He was also a major in the Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry.

References

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  3. ↑ Burke, John; Burke, John Bernard (1847). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Volume I: A to L. London: Henry Colburn. p. 399. Retrieved 10 August 2018 – via Google Books.
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