Sir Edward Stopford GCB

Order of the Bath

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 (28 September 1766-14 September 1837), was an Anglo-Irish

Anglo-Irish

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 soldier and politician.

Stopford was the second son of James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown

James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown

James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown KP, PC , known as Viscount Stopford from 1762 to 1770, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Tory politician....

, and his wife Mary (née Powys). James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown

James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown

James George Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown KP, PC , known as Viscount Stopford from 1770 to 1810, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Tory politician....

, was his elder brother and Admiral

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 the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford his younger brother. He served in the British Army

British Army

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 and achieved the rank of Lieutenant-General. In 1810 he succeeded his elder brother as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Marlborough

Marlborough (UK Parliament constituency)

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, a seat he held until 1818. He was honoured when he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.

Stopford died in September 1837, aged 70. He never married.

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