Edward Roe Yeo

Edward Roe Yeo[lower-alpha 1] (3 July 1742 โ€“ 23 December 1782) was a British Member of Parliament.

He was the only son of George Yeo of Huish, Devon by his wife Ann Beresford. Educated at Eton College 1758โ€“60, and at Exeter College, Oxford 1761, he trained as a lawyer in the Middle Temple, 1751.[1]

He was twice Member of Parliament for Coventry, 1774โ€“1780 and from 27 February 1781 to 23 December 1782 (his death), though there is no record of him having spoken in Parliament.[1]

He died unmarried on 23 December 1782,[1] and was the last in the line of Yeo of Huish.[3]

Notes

  1. Alternative spellings of his middle name given as "Rooe" in his History of Parliament biography,[1] "Rouse" by Vivian (1895),[2] and "Roise" by the editors of the 1811 edition of Risdon.[3]

References

  1. Drummond, Mary M. "YEO, Edward Roe (or Rooe) (1742-82), of Huish, Devon and Normanton, Leics". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  2. Vivian, J.L., ed. (1895). The Visitations of the County of Devon, Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620. With additions by Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. Vivian. Exeter: Henry S. Eland. p. 836.
  3. Risdon, Tristram (1811). Rees; et al. (eds.). The Chorographical Description or Survey of the County of Devon (updated ed.). Plymouth: Rees and Curtis. p. 419.


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