Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet

For his son, see Sir Edmund Filmer, 9th Baronet.

Sir Edmund Filmer, 1830 portrait

Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet (14 June 1809 – 8 January 1857)[1] was an English Conservative Party politician.

Life

He was the son of Edmund Filmer, a younger son of Sir Edmund Filmer, 6th Baronet, and his wife Emelia Skene, daughter of George Skene.[2] He matriculated in 1827 at Oriel College, Oxford.[3]

Filmer was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in March 1838 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for West Kent,[4] having unsuccessfully contested the same constituency at the 1837 general election. He held the seat until his death in 1857, aged 47.[1] His son the 9th Baronet was elected as MP for West Kent in 1859.[4]

In 1850 Sir Edmund built Leagrave Hall on land close to Luton in Bedfordshire which had been purchased in 1771 by Sir Beversham Filmer.[5]

Arms

Coat of arms of Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet

Crest A falcon volant Proper beaked and legged Or standing on a ruined castle of the last. Escutcheon Barry of six Or and Sable on a chief of the last three cinquefoils of the first.[6]

References

1. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
2. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Henry Colburn. 1839. p. 407.
3. Foster, Joseph (1888–1891). "Filmer, (Sir) Edmund (Bart.) (2)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: James Parker – via Wikisource.
4. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [First published 1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 406. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
5. "Moorlands Independent School and Nursery, Luton, Bedfordshire :: Key Information". Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
6. Burke's Peerage. 1915.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Edmund Filmer

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir William Geary, Bt Thomas Law Hodges	Member of Parliament for West Kent 1838 – 1857 With: Thomas Law Hodges to 1841 Viscount Marsham 1841–1845 Thomas Austen 1845–1847 Thomas Law Hodges 1847–1852 William Masters Smith from 1852	Succeeded by Charles Wykeham Martin William Masters Smith
Baronetage of England
Preceded by John Filmer	Baronet (of East Sutton) 1834–1857	Succeeded by Edmund Filmer