Edward Basil Farnham

Edward Basil Farnham
Edward Basil Farnham
Member of Parliament ; for North Leicestershire
	In office; 2 August 1837 – 9 May 1859 Serving with John Manners (1857–1859); Charles Manners (1852–1857); Lord Charles Manners (1837–1852)
Preceded by	Lord Charles Manners; Charles March-Phillipps
Succeeded by	John Manners; Edward Bourchier Hartopp
Personal details
Born	19 April 1799
Died	13 May 1879 (aged 80)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Getrude Emily Cradock-Hartopp (m. 1851)

Edward Basil Farnham (19 April 1799 – 13 May 1879)[1][2] was a British Conservative politician.

Farnham was the son of Edward Farnham and Harriet, daughter of Dr. Rhudde.[3] 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.[2]

One of the first MPs to support Benjamin Disraeli for leader of the Conservatives,[4] 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.[5]

Outside of politics, Farnham was a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for Leicestershire,[2] as well as, in 1870, High Sheriff of Leicestershire. He was also a major in the Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry.[4]

References

Rayment, Leigh (16 June 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Lundy, Darryl (2 August 2018). "Edward Basil Farnham". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018.
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.
Wiebe, M. G.; Millar, Mary S.; Robson, Ann P., eds. (1997). Benjamin Disraeli, Letters: 1852–1856. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 85. ISBN 0-8020-4137-X. Retrieved 10 August 2018 – via Google Books.
Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 415–416. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr Edward Farnham

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[leighrayment-1] Rayment, Leigh (16 June 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[thepeerage-2] Lundy, Darryl (2 August 2018). "Edward Basil Farnham". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018.

[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.

[disraeli-4] Wiebe, M. G.; Millar, Mary S.; Robson, Ann P., eds. (1997). Benjamin Disraeli, Letters: 1852–1856. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 85. ISBN 0-8020-4137-X. Retrieved 10 August 2018 – via Google Books.

[craig1832-5] Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 415–416. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.