Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet
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Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet (21 April 1749 – 10 June 1833) was a British baronet and politician.
Born Edmund Bunney, he was the son of Joseph Bunney and Mary Cradock in Freathby, Leicestershire
. He changed his name upon his marriage to Anne Hurlock in 1777 to Cradock-Hartopp consequent upon the provisions of the wills of his uncle Joseph Cradock and his wife's grandfather Sir John Hartopp, 4th and last Baronet.
He was High Sheriff of Leicestershire
for 1781 and Member of Parliament
for Leicestershire
between 1798 and 1806.
In 1792 he acquired Four Oaks Hall, Sutton Coldfield
the town of which he was briefly Warden in 1823.
He was awarded the Baronetcy in 1796.
He married in 1777, Anne, the daughter of Joseph Hublock, Governor of Benoolen and one of the Directors of the East India Company. He died in Bristol in 1833 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son Edmund.
Born Edmund Bunney, he was the son of Joseph Bunney and Mary Cradock in Freathby, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
. He changed his name upon his marriage to Anne Hurlock in 1777 to Cradock-Hartopp consequent upon the provisions of the wills of his uncle Joseph Cradock and his wife's grandfather Sir John Hartopp, 4th and last Baronet.
He was High Sheriff of Leicestershire
High Sheriff of Leicestershire
This is a list of High Sheriffs of Leicestershire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred...
for 1781 and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Leicestershire
Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
Leicestershire was a county constituency in Leicestershire, represented in the House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament , traditionally called Knights of the Shire, by the bloc vote system of election, to the Parliament of England until 1707, to the Parliament of Great Britain from...
between 1798 and 1806.
In 1792 he acquired Four Oaks Hall, Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield is a suburb of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Sutton is located about from central Birmingham but has borders with Erdington and Kingstanding. Sutton is in the northeast of Birmingham, with a population of 105,000 recorded in the 2001 census...
the town of which he was briefly Warden in 1823.
He was awarded the Baronetcy in 1796.
He married in 1777, Anne, the daughter of Joseph Hublock, Governor of Benoolen and one of the Directors of the East India Company. He died in Bristol in 1833 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son Edmund.