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Edmund Pytts ( c. 1696 – 24 November 1753) was a British Tory politician, MP for Worcestershire 1741–1753.
Pytts was the son of Samuel Pytts MP and Frances Sandys, the daughter of Samuel Sandys MP. [1] He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford in 1713, aged 16. [2] Pytts stood unsuccessfully at Ludlow in 1727. He was elected MP for Worcestershire in 1741, and re-elected unopposed in 1747. [1] A Tory, he voted against the government in all recorded votes. [1]
On 24 January 1727, Pytts married Susanna, daughter of Jonathan Collet. She died on 2 April 1742. They had four sons and four daughters, [1] including Edmund Pytts MP. On 12 December 1752, he married Anne, daughter of Sir Streynsham Master and widow of Gilbert Coventry, 4th Earl of Coventry. [1]
He died on 24 November 1753. [1]
- ^ a b c d e f "PYTTS, Edmund (?1696-1753), of Kyre, nr. Tenbury, Worcs". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
Edmund Pytts ( c. 1696 – 24 November 1753) was a British Tory politician, MP for Worcestershire 1741–1753.
Pytts was the son of Samuel Pytts MP and Frances Sandys, the daughter of Samuel Sandys MP. [1] He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford in 1713, aged 16. [2] Pytts stood unsuccessfully at Ludlow in 1727. He was elected MP for Worcestershire in 1741, and re-elected unopposed in 1747. [1] A Tory, he voted against the government in all recorded votes. [1]
On 24 January 1727, Pytts married Susanna, daughter of Jonathan Collet. She died on 2 April 1742. They had four sons and four daughters, [1] including Edmund Pytts MP. On 12 December 1752, he married Anne, daughter of Sir Streynsham Master and widow of Gilbert Coventry, 4th Earl of Coventry. [1]
He died on 24 November 1753. [1]
- ^ a b c d e f "PYTTS, Edmund (?1696-1753), of Kyre, nr. Tenbury, Worcs". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.