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 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.
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edward, southwell, september, 1671, december, 1730, anglo, irish, lawyer, politician, edward, southwell, 1702born, 1671, september, 1671kings, weston, bristol, englanddied4, december, 1730, 1730, aged, kings, weston, bristol, englandeducationkensington, school. Edward Southwell Sr 4 September 1671 4 December 1730 was an Anglo Irish lawyer and politician Edward SouthwellEdward Southwell Sr in 1702Born 1671 09 04 4 September 1671Kings Weston Bristol EnglandDied4 December 1730 1730 12 04 aged 59 Kings Weston Bristol EnglandEducationKensington School LondonAlma materMerton College Oxford EnglandOccupationLawyer amp politicianSpouse s Elizabeth Cromwell m 1704 died 1709 wbr Anne BlathwaiteParentsRobert Southwell father Elizabeth Dering mother RelativesEdward son Biography editHe 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 nbsp 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 edit SOUTHWELL Edward 1671 1730 of Kings Weston Glos and Spring Garden Westminster History of Parliament Online Retrieved 15 January 2017 Fellows Details Royal Society Retrieved 15 January 2017 permanent dead link 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 PRIVY COUNSELLORS IRELAND Archived from the original on 7 June 2008 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link SOUTHWELL Edward 1671 1730 of Kings Weston Glos And Spring Garden Westminster History of Parliament Online Parliament of Ireland Preceded byAndrew MurroghMiles de Courcy Member of Parliament for Kinsale1692 1703 With Jonas Stawell 1692 95James Weller 1695 1703 Succeeded byWilliam SouthwellHenry Hawley Preceded byWilliam CroweRichard Aldworth Member of Parliament for Dublin University1703 1713 With Sir William Robinson Succeeded byMarmaduke CoghillJohn Elwood Preceded byWilliam SouthwellHenry Hawley Member of Parliament for Kinsale1713 1731 With Henry Hawley to 1725Anthony Stawell 1725Sir Richard Meade Bt from 1725 Succeeded byGervais ParkerSir Richard Meade Bt Parliament of England Preceded byJoseph OffleyThomas Fagg Member of Parliament for Rye1702 1707 With Thomas Fagg to 1705Philip Herbert from 1705 Succeeded byParliament of Great Britain Parliament of Great Britain Preceded byParliament of England Member of Parliament for Rye1707 1708 With Philip Herbert to December 1707Phillips Gybbon from December 1707 Succeeded byPhillips GybbonSir John Norris Preceded byViscount RialtonGeorge Robinson Member of Parliament for TregonyApril 1713 September 1713 With George Robinson Succeeded byJames CraggsSir Edmund Prideaux Bt Preceded bySir Henry Hoghton BtHenry Fleetwood Member of Parliament for Preston1713 1715 With Henry Fleetwood Succeeded bySir Henry Hoghton BtHenry Fleetwood Political offices Preceded bySir Robert Southwell Secretary of State1702 1730 Succeeded byEdward Southwell Preceded byFrancis Gwyn Chief Secretary for Ireland1703 1707 Succeeded byGeorge Dodington Preceded byJoseph Addison Chief Secretary for Ireland1710 1713 Succeeded bySir John Stanley nbsp This article about a Member of the Parliament of Ireland up to 1800 is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about an 18th century Member of the Parliament of England up to 1707 is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain 1707 1800 representing an English constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Southwell Sr amp oldid 1221405568, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
