Lawrence Palk MP (1766 - 1813)

Born 6 Mar 1766 in Holme House, Madras, India

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Bligh) Palk — married 7 Aug 1789 in England

Husband of Dorothy Elizabeth (Vaughan) Palk — married 15 May 1792 in London, England

Descendants

Died 20 Jun 1813 at age 47 in Berkeley Square, London, England

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Biography

Son of Sir Robert Palk Bart.,, Governor of Madras in India, and his wife, Anne Vansittart, Lawrence Palk was born there about 1766.^[1] The next year his father returned to England for good. ^[2]Lawrence attended Harrow and Christ Church College, Oxford before completing his education touring in Europe. ^[1]

He was first returned to Parliament as member for Ashburton in 1787 at a by-election to replace his father who had vacated his seat. ^[3]

On the 7th of August 1789 at St George, Hanover Square he married Lady Mary Bligh, ^[4] daughter of John Bligh, Earl of Darnley ^[1] and his wife, Mary Stoyte. She bore him a son, who was to die in Lawrence's lifetime, before her own death on the 4th of March 1791. ^[1]

Lawrence married Dorothy Elizabeth Vaughan, ^[5] daughter of Wilmot Vaughan, Earl of Lisburne and his Countess, Dorothy Shafto, on the 15th of May 1792. ^[1] They were parents of six sons and two daughters. ^[1]

He had taken Ashburton again in 1790 and was re-elected in 1796 but gave up the seat in order to sit for Devon. ^[6]

His father died on the 29th of April 1798 whereupon Lawrence succeeded to the Baronetage as the second Baronet Palk of Haldon House. ^[1]

Early in his thirties he had become a victim of gout which by 1809 had reduced him to a cripple. Lawrence died on the 20th of June 1813. ^[1]

Research note

"He was baptised on 6 March 1766 at Holme House, Madras, India" Was on the profile without sourcing

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} History of Parliament online 1790-1820: PALK, Lawrence (?1766-1813), of Haldon House, nr. Exeter, Devon
2. ↑ History of Parliament online 1754-1790: PALK, Robert (1717-98), of Haldon House, Devon
3. ↑ History of Parliament online 1754-1790: Ashburton
4. ↑ Westminster, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935 (St George Hanover Square 7 Aug 1789 Lawrence Palk married Mary Bligh)
5. ↑ London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 (St Marylebone, Westminster 15 May 1792 Lawrence Palk widoer of St George Hanover Sq married the Right Honourable Lady Dorothy Elizabeth Vaughan of Ireland at the house of ...........)
6. ↑ History of Parliament online 1790-1820: Ashburton

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