Sir Edmund Fowell, 1st Baronet

Who was Sir Edmund Fowell, 1st Baronet?

Sir Edmund Fowell, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648 and in 1656.

Fowell was the son of Arthur Fowell of Fowellscombe and his wife Maria Reynell, daughter of Richard Reynell of East Ogwell. He was knighted at Greenwich on 3 November 1619.

In November 1640, Fowell was elected Member of Parliament for Ashburton in the Long Parliament. He did not sit in the Rump Parliament after 1648. In 1656 he was elected MP for Devon in the Second Protectorate Parliament. He was a member of the parliamentary committee and Deputy Lieutenant of Devon and president of the committee for sequestration. He was created a baronet on 30 April 1661.

Fowell died at the age of 81.

Fowell married Margaret Paulett, daughter of Sir Anthony Paulett of Hinton St George.