Henry Martin, MP

HENRY MARTIN, MP

appears to have held the manor of Colston Bassett, first as lessee, than as trustee and finally as owner under the provisions of Mrs. Kaye’s will. He was the second son of Capt. William Martin, R.N., by Arabella, daughter of Admiral William Rowley, of Tending Hall, county of Suffolk, K.B. After some years in the army he took up the profession of the law. He became a K.C. in 1805, was M.P. for Kilsale for 16 years, and was made a master in chancery. He married Maria Elizabeth, elder daughter of Francis Edmunds, of Wetsborough, co. York, esq.; she was co-heiress to her brother Francis Edmunds, who died without issue. Mr. Martin died 18th June, 1839 at the age of 75; his wife died 31st August, 1827. Both were buried at Colston Bassett, and a mural monument to their memory is now in the new Church http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/monographs/young1942/chapter3b.htm