Sir Edmund Fortescue, 1st Baronet
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Sir Edmund Fortescue, 1st Baronet (baptised 22 September 1642 – 30 December 1666) was an English politician, MP for Plympton Erle.
He was the second son of Sir Edmund Fortescue of Fallapit and his wife Jane, daughter of Thomas Southcote.[1]
He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, matriculating in 1658.[2]
He married Margery, daughter of Henry Sandys, 5th Baron Sandys. They had one son and two daughters:[3]
- Sir Sandys Fortescue, 2nd Baronet (1661–1683)
- Jane Fortescue (1662–1682), married William Coleman
- Sarah Fortescue (1664–1685)
He was knighted and created a baronet on 31 March 1664, and elected MP for Plympton Erle in October 1666. He died on 30 December 1666, and was buried at East Allington.[1]
