Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Baronet (21 November 1722 – 15 July 1776) was a British

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 politician.

He was the only son of Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet

Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet

Sir Coplestone Warwick Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet was a British High Tory politician.He was the oldest son of Colonel Hugh Bampfylde and his wife Mary Clifford, daughter of James Clifford. Bampfylde was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. In 1692, his father having died the year before, he succeeded...

 and his wife Gertrude Carew, daughter of Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet

Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet

Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1660 and 1692....

, and he was baptised in Poltimore in Devon

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. In 1727, aged only five, he succeeded his father as baronet

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. Bampfylde was educated at New College, Oxford

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 and graduated with a Master of Arts

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 in 1741. He was Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Exeter

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 from 1743 to 1747 and subsequently for Devonshire

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 until his death in 1776.

On 8 August 1742, he married Jane Codrington, daughter of Colonel John Codrington in the chapel of Somerset House

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. They had six sons and seven daughters. Bampfylde was buried at Poltimore and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest surviving son Charles

Sir Charles Bampfylde, 5th Baronet

Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde, 5th Baronet was a British politician and baronet.-Life and career:He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Richard Bampfylde, 4th Baronet and his wife Jane Codrington, daughter of Colonel John Codrington, and he was baptised at St Augustine the Less Church, Bristol in...

. The poet John Codrington Bampfylde

John Codrington Bampfylde

John Codrington Warwick Bampfylde or Bampfield was an 18th century English poet. He came from a prominent Devon family, his father being Sir Richard Bampfylde, 4th Baronet, and was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He led a dissipated life in London, and presumably suffered from some mental...

was his third son.