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