died october born somerset high sheriff somerset member parliament borough born family belonging devon gentry led life country married added wife comply late father accordance era laws concerning property rights married women marriage legal owner wife property including newly named altered castle considerably interior park building tower grounds following death wife remarried candidate election defeated realised estate bought relatively little political power frustrated set nursing interest borough later compromise rival landowner placed borough parliamentary seats pocket stood election returned support government returned alongside eldest son john prime minister returned favoured candidate resigned condition government candidate interfere future permission abolition reform act borough parliamentary seats effectively controlled family inactive politician known spoken voted parliament years member instead led life country hunting managing estates died eldest son succeeded estates early life family born eldest son devon member parliament wife daughter oxford degree february married second cousin born february daughter family owned castle wife daughter sir somerset according sir historian union proved exceptionally happy letters husband conceived spirit affection following marriage inheritance required add surname compelled spend months year wife sons daughters died alexander born died anne born died anne born died anne born died lieutenant officer died unmarried married devon sat portrait sir year remainder notable lieutenant colonel member parliament reverend baptised died educated cambridge took holy orders married sat member parliament went lieutenant colonel army officer sat member parliament died years later married daughter died country father died inherited position father left debts lifestyle provisions parents forced support niece daughter francis brother situation caused family seat closed valued family silver possession sold cases relatives went live mother new husband wealthy landowner married resident devon improve wife estate obtained sell found buyers subsequently attempted sell manor offered parliamentary seats borough largely high prices fact fact inherited control seats putting sale spending helped recover estate invested manor near purchased went buy manor number leisure particularly enjoyed hunting keeping horses beginning numerous significant alterations style renovated great converted bedroom created hall southern castle altered changes castle noteworthy particularly use newly fashionable alterations castle grounds created park constructed commissioned designed decorative improve views castle built gatehouse statue neptune wood similar time commissioning reconstruction adjacent bridge rebuilt castle reduced level adjoining walls removed road passing gateway covered additionally acre park built south castle required number tenant farmers member parliament lord manor theoretically gave natural interest elections parliament borough power influence votes let slip control warned estate agent appear sure quarter vote happen quarter fail serving high sheriff somerset barred standing candidate member parliament merchant london approached offered candidate borough place warned returned member instead lord local landowner offered considerable financial support candidate incumbent mps offered sell parts estate loyal supporters intervention duke newcastle request led forming alliance petitioned parliament supported angered eventually agreed truce agreed return member oppose candidates reluctant stand supported pair spend seven years dealing estate consolidating interest coupled arrangement meant duly returned alongside earl brother beating outsider earl parliament entertained voters castle village laid expensive wife death decided stand general election despite efforts build support factions opposition gain form patronage travelled london obtained government control offices prevented opponents won election accumulating worth expenses process member parliament recorded speaking appear small number division lists surviving according appear real parliamentary life probably far fighting devon somerset appears prime minister lord north believed return government support promised return government candidate election time came north supported warned rival elected alongside eldest son john caused dispute north dispute resolved elder offered resign december favour condition seek approval friends future draft document outlining conditions included payment return resignation despite resigning asserted influence control seats son francis elected alongside remained mps went sit son thomas john son called john elected subsequently died october ancestry portrait unknown artist bbc paintings portrait margaret
Henry Fownes Luttrell (died 1780)