Edward Southwell, Sr.

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Edward Southwell, Sr. in 1702

Edward Southwell, Sr. (4 September 1671 – 4 December 1730) was an Anglo-Irish politician, the son of Sir Robert Southwell.

He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Kinsale from 1692 to 1699, for Dublin University from 1703 to 1713 and then again for Kinsale from 1713 to his death.

In 1702 Southwell succeeded his father as Principal Secretary of State (Ireland) and was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland the same year. He married Elizabeth Cromwell, 8th Baroness Cromwell, who died in 1709, and their son Edward Southwell succeeded in turn to the Secretaryship.

He sat in the House of Commons of England and the House of Commons of Great Britain between 1702 and 1715 as MP for Rye, Tregony and Preston.

References

• http://thepeerage.com/p31829.htm#i318285

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Andrew Murrogh Miles de Courcey	Member of Parliament for Kinsale 1692–1703 With: Jonas Stawell 1692–95 James Weller 1695–1703	Succeeded by William Southwell Henry Hawley
Preceded by William Crowe Richard Aldworth	Member of Parliament for Dublin University 1703–1713 With: Sir William Robinson	Succeeded by Marmaduke Coghill John Elwood
Preceded by William Southwell Henry Hawley	Member of Parliament for Kinsale 1713–1731 With: Henry Hawley to 1725 Anthony Stawell 1725 Sir Richard Meade, Bt from 1725	Succeeded by Gervais Parker Sir Richard Meade, Bt
Parliament of England
Preceded by Joseph Offley Thomas Fagg	Member of Parliament for Rye 1702–1707 With: Thomas Fagg to 1705 Philip Herbert from 1705	Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Parliament of England	Member of Parliament for Rye 1707–1708 With: Philip Herbert to December 1707 Phillips Gybbon from December 1707	Succeeded by Phillips Gybbon Sir John Norris
Preceded by Viscount Rialton George Robinson	Member of Parliament for Tregony April 1713 – September 1713 With: George Robinson	Succeeded by James Craggs Sir Edmund Prideaux, Bt
Preceded by Sir Henry Hoghton, Bt Henry Fleetwood	Member of Parliament for Preston 1713–1715 With: Henry Fleetwood	Succeeded by Sir Henry Hoghton, Bt Henry Fleetwood
Political offices
Preceded by Sir Robert Southwell	Secretary of State (Ireland) 1702–1730	Succeeded by Edward Southwell
Preceded by Francis Gwyn	Chief Secretary for Ireland 1703–1707	Succeeded by George Dodington
Preceded by Joseph Addison	Chief Secretary for Ireland 1710–1713	Succeeded by Sir John Stanley