Sir Edward Vavasour, 1st Baronet
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The Honourable Sir Edward Marmaduke Joseph Vavasour, 1st Baronet DL (formerly Edward Marmaduke Joseph Stourton; 6 May 1786 – 16 March 1847) was an English landowner and baronet.
Vavasour was born on 6 May 1786 as Edward Marmaduke Joseph Stourton. He was the son of Charles Stourton, 17th Baron Stourton and Hon. Mary Langdale. His elder brother was William Stourton, 18th Baron Stourton and his younger brother was Charles Langdale, the Whig MP for Beverley and Knaresborough.[1]
His paternal grandparents were William Stourton, 16th Baron Stourton and Winifred Howard (a leading Roman Catholic who was a great-granddaughter of the 6th Duke of Norfolk).[2] His mother was a daughter of Marmaduke, 5th Baron Langdale and his wife, Constantia Smythe (a sister of Walter Smythe and, therefore, an aunt of Maria Anne Smythe, who, following her second marriage became known as Mrs. Fitzherbert, the longtime companion of George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV).[3]