Sir Edmund Fowell, 1st Baronet (1593 – October 1674) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  from 1640 to 1648 and in 1656.

Fowell was the son of Arthur Fowell of Fowellscombe and his wife Maria Reynell, daughter of Richard Reynell of East Ogwell. He was knighted at Greenwich on 3 November 1619.

In November 1640, Fowell was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Ashburton

Ashburton (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the Long Parliament

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. He did not sit in the Rump Parliament

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 after 1648. In 1656 he was elected MP for Devon

Devon (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the Second Protectorate Parliament

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. He was a member of the parliamentary committee and Deputy Lieutenant

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 of Devon and president of the committee for sequestration. He was created Baronet

Fowell Baronets

The Fowell Baronetcy, of Fowellscombe in the County of Devon, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 30 April 1661 for Edmund Fowell, previously Member of Parliament for Ashburton. The second Baronet also represented Ashburton in Parliament. The third Baronet was Member of...

on 30 April 1661.

Fowell died at the age of 81.

Fowell married Margaret Paulett, daughter of Sir Anthony Paulett of Hinton St George.