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Sir Humphrey Briggs, 4th Baronet

1670 – 1734

English Member of Parliament (died 1734)

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Lived 1670 – 1734 (aged 63–64). Sir Humphrey Briggs, 4th Baronet was an English and British politician.

Sir Humphrey Briggs, 4th Baronet (c. 1670 – 8 December 1734), of Haughton, Shropshire, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1701 and 1727.

Briggs was the eldest son of Sir Humphrey Briggs, 3rd Baronet, of Haughton and Ernstrey Park, Shropshire, and his wife, Lady Barbara ( Wyndham, daughter of Sir Wadham Wyndham of Norrington, Wiltshire). He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford on 2 July 1687, aged 17 and was admitted at Lincoln's Inn in 1687. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 31 January 1699.

Briggs did not stand at the 1715 general election, but was returned at a by-election at Much Wenlock on 13 July 1716. He was convincingly returned for Wenlock at the 1722 general election and stood down in 1727.

Briggs died unmarried on 8 December 1734. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his brother, Hugh.

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Important facts

Born
1670
Birth century
Occupation
Positions held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of Parliament of Great Britain, Member of the 1701 Parliament, Member of the 1702-05 Parliament
Also known as
Humphrey Briggs, Sir Humphrey Briggs, Sir Humphrey Brigges, 4th Bt.

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Who was Sir Humphrey Briggs, 4th Baronet?

English Member of Parliament (died 1734)

When was Sir Humphrey Briggs, 4th Baronet born?

Sir Humphrey Briggs, 4th Baronet was born in 1670.

When did Sir Humphrey Briggs, 4th Baronet die?

Sir Humphrey Briggs, 4th Baronet died on 8 December 1734.

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Sir Humphrey Briggs, 4th Baronet was a politician.

What nationality was Sir Humphrey Briggs, 4th Baronet?

Sir Humphrey Briggs, 4th Baronet was English and British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Sir Humphrey Briggs, 4th Baronet

· Wikidata: Q24260297

· DBpedia: Sir Humphrey Briggs, 4th Baronet

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