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Birkbeck as caricatured by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) in Vanity Fair, August 1885
Sir Edward Birkbeck, 1st Baronet (11 October 1838 – 2 September 1907) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
He was born in 1838 and served as Conservative MP for North Norfolk from 1879 (being returned at a by-election following the death of Colonel Duff) to 1885 and for East Norfolk from 1885 to 1892. He was defeated in the 1892 general election by Sir Robert Price. He was created a baronet, of Horstead Hall, in the parish of Horstead, in the County of Norfolk on 9 March 1886. The baronetage became extinct in 1907 on his death.
Birkbeck resided at Horstead Hall, a mansion located in extensive and secluded grounds outside Horstead, Norfolk, remodelled in the Tudor style in 1835. He entertained Lord Salisbury there on at least one occasion (1887), and bred Jersey cattle there. Sir Edward greatly improved the farm buildings, adding, among other things, a watertower in the Italian style that remains a local landmark, cottages and one of the two lodges facing towards Buxton.
Sir Edward served as, among other things, President of the National Sea Fisheries Protection Association.
Sir Edward Birkbeck died on 2 September 1907. The Horstead Hall estate passed to a collateral branch of the family. His wife survived him. A branch of the family still resides in the area, at Rippon Hall, a mansion in much the same style between Buxton and Reepham.
References
- "No. 25564". The London Gazette. 2 March 1886.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded byJames Duff Sir Edmund Lacon |
Member of Parliament for North Norfolk 1879 – 1885 With: Sir Edmund Lacon |
Succeeded byHerbert Cozens-Hardy |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for East Norfolk 1885 – 1892 |
Succeeded bySir Robert Price |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baronet (of Horstead Hall) 1886–1907 |
Extinct |