Sir Edmund Filmer, 9th Baronet

Sir Edmund Filmer, 9th Baronet (11 July 1835 – 17 December 1886)[1] was an English Conservative Party politician.

For his father, see Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet.

He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1859 general election as a member of parliament (MP) for West Kent.[2] The seat had previously been held by his father, the 8th Baronet from 1838 until his death in 1857, but that 9th Baronet's tenure was shorter since he did not defend his seat at the next general election, 1865.[2] He was appointed Sheriff of Kent for 1870.[3]

Fifteen years later, Filmer returned to Parliament when he was elected at the 1880 general election as MP for Mid Kent.[4] However he resigned his seat in 1884, by taking the Chiltern Hundreds.[4][5]

Sir Edmund was married to Mary Georgina Filmer (née Cecil, 1838–1903), an early proponent of photomontage.[6]

Arms
Coat of arms of Sir Edmund Filmer, 9th Baronet
Crest
A falcon volant Proper beaked and legged Or standing on a ruined castle of the last.
Escutcheon
Barry of six Or and Sable on a chief of the last three cinquefoils of the first.[7]

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 406. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  3. "No. 23584". The London Gazette. 7 February 1870. p. 721.
  4. Craig, op. cit., page 406
  5. Department of Information Services (9 June 2009). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
  6. Roberta Smith, "The Pastime of Victorian Cutups", The New York Times, 4 February 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  7. Burke's Peerage. 1915.


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