Edmund Pollexfen Bastard

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Edmund Pollexfen Bastard (12 July 1784 – 8 June 1838) was a British Tory politician, son of Edmund Bastard and his wife Jane Pownoll. He married Anne Jane Rodney, granddaughter of Admiral Rodney.

He succeeded his father as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dartmouth from 1812 to 1816 when that seat was taken by his younger brother, John Bastard.

In the same election Edmund succeeded his uncle, John Pollexfen Bastard, as MP for Devonshire from 1816 to 1830.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Devon for 1834.

References

• John Burke, Bastard of Kitley, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Henry Colburn London 1834.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edmund Pollexfen Bastard

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Arthur Howe Holdsworth Edmund Bastard	Member of Parliament for Dartmouth 1812–1816 With: Arthur Howe Holdsworth	Succeeded by Arthur Howe Holdsworth John Bastard
Preceded by John Pollexfen Bastard Sir Thomas Dyke Acland	Member of Parliament for Devonshire 1816–1830 With: Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, to 1818 The Viscount Ebrington, later Earl Fortescue 1818–1820; Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, from 1820	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Dyke Acland The Viscount Ebrington