Sir Samuel Barnardiston, 2nd Baronet
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Sir Samuel Barnardiston, 2nd Bt. (28 January 1659 – 3 January 1709) was an English MP
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 and Barrister
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. He lived at Brightwell
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, Suffolk
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.

Barnardiston was admitted to Gray's Inn
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 on 10 February 1679. He was M.P.
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 for Ipswich
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 between 1698 and 1700.

He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Barnardiston
Barnardiston Baronets
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, of Brightwell Hall, Suffolk on 8 November 1707, on the death of his uncle, Sir Samuel Barnardiston, 1st Baronet
Sir Samuel Barnardiston, 1st Baronet
Sir Samuel Barnardiston, 1st Baronet was an English Whig Member of Parliament and deputy governor of the East India Company, defendant in some high-profile legal cases and involved in a highly contentious parliamentary election.-Life:...

. He married Martha Richmond, daughter of Thomas Richmond
Thomas Richmond
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, on 13 August 1709, with a portion of £6,000.

He died on 3 January 1709 at age 49 at Charter House yard, Middlesex
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, without issue. He was buried on 11 January 1709 at Ketton
Ketton
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, Suffolk. His will (dated 20 January 1709) was probated in December 1711.

Sources

  • http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/icommons.htm
  • http://www.thepeerage.com/i117.htm#s1679
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