Sir John Fowell, 3rd Baronet
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Sir John Fowell, 3rd Baronet (12 December 1665 – 26 November 1692) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...

  from 1689 to 1692.

Fowell was the son of Sir John Fowell, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Fowell, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Fowell, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1677. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....

 and his wife Elizabeth Chichester, daughter of Sir John Chichester of Raleigh Devon. He inherited the baronetcy
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 the death of his father in 1677.

In 1689, Fowell was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Totnes
Totnes (UK Parliament constituency)
Totnes is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament , using the first-past-the-post voting system....

and sat until his death in 1692. He was one of the 151 MPs who voted against making the Prince of Orange king, but for declaring Princess Mary queen.

Fowell died unmarried at the age of 26 and the baronetcy became extinct.
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