 He stood down in 1812 and was succeeded by his nephew Edmund Pollexfen Bastard (1784-1838) (the eldest son of his younger brother Edmund Bastard (1758–1816)), who held the seat until 1830.According to the Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, Bastard
indirectly inspired the familiar form of the children's rhyme "Old Mother Hubbard..."
after instructing its author Sarah Catherine Martin, his sister-in-law, to "run away and write one of your stupid little rhymes.