Edmund Gilling Hallewell

Edmund Gilling Hallewell (1796 – 5 November 1881)[1] was an English politician and Irish Conservative Party Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom who represented the constituency of Newry from 1851 to 1852.[2]

For the British Army officer, see Edward Gilling Hallewell (British Army officer).

Hallewell was born in Boroughbridge, Yorkshire,[3] the second son of Reverend John Hallewell of Farnham. His mother, Ellen, was a daughter of Edmund Gilling of Marton-le-Moor, Yorkshire.[1] He was educated at Ripon Grammar School.[1]

In 1821, he married Martha Watts, only daughter and heir of Joseph Watts of Stratford House, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Their son Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Hallewell (1822–1869) married Sophia Reid,[4] the daughter of General Sir William Reid.[1] In 1855, he married Anne Winthrop, the third daughter of Admiral Winthrop.[1]

For 50 years, he was a Magistrate for Gloucestershire. He died at his home, Beauchamp House in Churcham, near Gloucester, aged 85.[5]

References
  1. Walford, Edward (1882). The county families of the United Kingdom. ISBN 9785871943618. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
  3. 1851 England Census
  4. Rugby School Register
  5. "Deaths". The Belfast Newsletter. 26 February 1884. p. 6.


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