Edward Prideaux Gwyn, MP

ConstituencyDatesCHRISTCHURCH22 Feb. 1724 - 1727WELLS1727 - 18 Apr. 1729Family and Education b. ?1698, 1st s. of Francis Gwyn and bro. of Francis Gwyn. educ. Ch. Ch. Oxf. 9 Dec. 1713, aged 15; M. Temple 22 July 1714. unm. suc. fa. 1734.

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Biography The ‘great confident’ and correspondent of Hearne, the Oxford antiquary, Gwyn devoted much of his time to antiquarian matters, including the collection of material for a history of Devonshire.1 He succeeded his father as a Tory at Christchurch in 1724, and again at Wells in 1727, but was unseated on petition two years later. He died c. June 1736.2

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754 Author: Eveline Cruickshanks Notes 1. HMC Portland, vii. 234; Hearne, Colls. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.), vi. 95; ix. 360 and passim. 2. PCC Admon. Act Bk. 1736