Francis Pym (1756–1833)
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Francis Pym was a British M.P. and High Sheriff.
He was the son of William and Elizabeth née Kingsley Pym and lived at the family seat of Hasells Hall (which he considerably improved) in Sandy, Bedfordshire. He was Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
from 1806 to 1820 as a Whig. He was also High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
in 1791.
He married Anne Palmer in 1784; they had four sons: Francis, Revd William Wollaston, Robert and Charles and two daughters Anne and Catherine who all survived them, and two sons who did not, one having died in infancy and the other, John, a Lieutenant in the 13th Light Dragoons, having been killed at the Battle of Waterloo.
He was the great-great-great-grandfather of Francis Leslie Pym.
He was the son of William and Elizabeth née Kingsley Pym and lived at the family seat of Hasells Hall (which he considerably improved) in Sandy, Bedfordshire. He was Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Bedfordshire was a United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency, which elected two Members of Parliament from 1295 until 1885, when it was divided into two constituencies under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.-History:...
from 1806 to 1820 as a Whig. He was also High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
-1066–1125:*1066-c.1084: Ansculf de Picquigny*Ralph Taillebois*Hugh de Belcamp*1124 Richard of WinchesterFrom 1125 through the end of 1575, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.-1575–1599:...
in 1791.
He married Anne Palmer in 1784; they had four sons: Francis, Revd William Wollaston, Robert and Charles and two daughters Anne and Catherine who all survived them, and two sons who did not, one having died in infancy and the other, John, a Lieutenant in the 13th Light Dragoons, having been killed at the Battle of Waterloo.
He was the great-great-great-grandfather of Francis Leslie Pym.