Sir Edward Boughton, 8th Baronet

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Edward Boughton

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Birthplace: Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: February 26, 1794 (48-57)
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Son of Shuckburgh Boughton and Mary Boughton
Father of Elizabeth Braithwaite
Brother of Mary Egerton; Sir Charles William Rouse-Boughton, 9th Baronet; Elizabeth Upton and Ann Rutherford

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About Sir Edward Boughton, 8th Baronet

Biographical Summary

Sir Edward Boughton, Bart. [1641], of Lawford Hall aforesaid, and of Boston Court, co. Hereford cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of Shuckburgh Boughton, of Poston Court aforesaid, by Mary, da. of the Hon. Algernon Greville, 2d s. of Fulke, 5th Baron Brooke or Beauchamp's Court, which Shuckburgh Boughton (who d. 1763, aged 60) was s. of the 4th Bart., by his 2d wife, Catherine, da. of Sir Charles Shuckburqh, 2d Bart. [1660]. He was b. about 1742 ; suc. to the Baronetcy, 29 Aug. 1780; pulled down Lawford Hall and sold most of the estates in Warwickshire and Leicestershire to enlarge those at Poston Court, etc., in Herefordshire, which had been purchased by his father. He was Sherifif for Herefordshire, 1786-87. He d. unm. s.p. legit. 26 Feb. 1794, in his 53d year, and was bur. m Vow church, co. Hereford. Will pr. April 1794.

SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1902; Vol. II; page 122-123


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Sir Edward Boughton, 8th Baronet's Timeline

1741
1741
Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
1794
February 26, 1794
Age 53
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