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Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet

1749 – 1833

British politician

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Lived 1749 – 1833 (aged 84). Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet was a British politician.

Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet (21 April 1749 – 10 June 1833) was a British baronet and politician.

Life Born Edmund Bunney, he was the son of Joseph Bunney and Mary Cradock in Freathby, Leicestershire.

He married in 1777, Anne, the daughter of Joseph Hurlock, Governor of Bencoolen and one of the Directors of the East India Company. Her mother was Anne, daughter of Sir John Hartopp, last of the Hartopp baronets. Upon his marriage, Edmund Bunney changed his name to Cradock-Hartopp, as required by the wills of his maternal uncle Joseph Cradock and his wife's maternal grandfather.

He was High Sheriff of Leicestershire for 1781 and Member of Parliament for Leicestershire between 1798 and 1806. In 1792 he acquired Four Oaks Hall, Sutton Coldfield, the town of which he was briefly Warden in 1823. He was awarded the Cradock-Hartopp baronetcy in 1796.

He died in Bristol in 1833 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son Edmund.

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High Sheriff of Leicestershire, Member of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain
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Who was Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet?

British politician (1749-1833)

When was Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet born?

Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet was born on 21 April 1749.

When did Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet die?

Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet died on 10 June 1833.

What was Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet's occupation?

Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet was a politician.

What nationality was Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet?

Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet was British.

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· Wikipedia: Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet

· Wikidata: Q7526471

· DBpedia: Edmund Cradock-Hartopp

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