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GWYN, Edward Prideaux (?1698-1736), of Llansannor, Glam. and Forde Abbey, Dorset.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Family and Education
b. ?1698, 1st s. of Francis Gwyn and bro. of Francis Gwyn. educ. Ch. Ch. Oxf. 9 Dec. 1713, aged 15; M. Temple 22 July 1714. unm. suc. fa. 1734.
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Biography
The ‘great confident’ and correspondent of Hearne, the Oxford antiquary, Gwyn devoted much of his time to antiquarian matters, including the collection of material for a history of Devonshire.1 He succeeded his father as a Tory at Christchurch in 1724, and again at Wells in 1727, but was unseated on petition two years later. He died c. June 1736.2