Sir Charles Bampfylde, 5th Baronet

Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde, 5th Baronet (23 January 1753 – 19 April 1823)^[1] was a British politician and baronet.

Life and career

He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Richard Bampfylde, 4th Baronet and his wife Jane Codrington, daughter of Colonel John Codrington, and he was baptised at St Augustine the Less Church, Bristol in Gloucestershire.^[2] Bampfylde was educated at New College, Oxford and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Civil Law (DCL).^[2] In 1776, he succeeded his father as baronet.^[3]

Between 1774 and 1790, Bampfylde sat as Member of Parliament for Exeter.^[4] From 1796, he represented the constituency in the Parliament of Great Britain until the Act of Union in 1801, then in the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1812.^[4] On 9 February 1776, he married Catharine Moore, eldest daughter of Admiral Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet at St James's Church, Piccadilly.^[5] They had two sons.^[5]

Murder attempt and death

On 7 April 1823, a shot was fired at Bampfylde in front of his house at Montagu Square in London by a jealous ex-servant, whose wife was still working in Bampfylde's household.^[6] After he had seen his shot hitting Bampfylde, the man killed himself with a second pistol.^[6]

Bampfylde survived, but died two weeks later.^[5] An autopsy showed, that the shot itself had passed the lungs and had come to a stillstand between the ribs, however that with the bullett also a little piece of his braces had entered the body and had affected a deadly gangrene.^[7] Bampfylde was buried at Hardington in Somerset.^[7] His elder son George succeeded to the baronetcy and was later elevated to the peerage as Baron Poltimore.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB1.htm. Retrieved 5 April 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "ThePeerage - Sir Charles Warwick Bamfylde, 5th Bt". http://www.thepeerage.com/p13107.htm#i131063. Retrieved 13 January 2009. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. II (fourth ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. pp. 305–306. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Exeter". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ecommons2.htm. Retrieved 5 April 2009. 
5. ^ ^{a b c} Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 140. 
6. ^ ^{a b} Smith, Thomas (1833). A Topographical and Historical Account of the Parish of St Mary-le-Bone. London: John Smith. pp. 315. 
7. ^ ^{a b} Sylvanus, Urban (1823). The Gentleman's Magazine. London: John Harris and Son. pp. 468–469. 

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Charles Bampfylde, 5th Baronet

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by John Buller John Rolle Walter	Member of Parliament for Exeter 1774 – 1790 With: John Rolle Walter 1774–1776 John Baring 1776–1790	Succeeded by James Buller John Baring
Preceded by James Buller John Baring	Member of Parliament for Exeter 1796 – 1801 With: John Baring	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Exeter 1801 – 1812 With: John Baring 1801–1802 James Buller 1802–1812	Succeeded by William Courtenay James Buller
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Richard Bampfylde	Baronet (of Poltimore) 1776 – 1823	Succeeded by George Bampfylde

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Date of birth	23 January 1753
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Date of death	19 April 1823
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