He was Member of Parliament for Surrey  from 1761 until his death on 22 May 1775.
(meta data) TITLE: VINCENT, Sir Francis, 7th Bt. (?1717-75), of Stoke d'Abernon, Surr. | History of Parliament Online # History of Parliament Online Home Research > Members > 1754-1790 > VINCENT, Sir Francis, 7th Bt. (?1717-75) ## Go To Section 1386-1421 1422-1504 1509-1558 1558-1603 1604-1629 1640-1660 1660-1690 1690-1715 1715-1754 1754-1790 1790-1820 1820-1832 ## INDEX # VINCENT, Sir Francis, 7th Bt. (?1717-75), of Stoke d'Abernon, Surr. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964Available from Boydell and Brewer ## Biography Detail Family & Education Offices Held End Notes ## Related Resources 1754-1790 Members 1754-1790 Constituencies 1754-1790 Parliaments 1754-1790 Surveys ### Constituency ### Dates SURREY1761 - 22 May 11775 ### Family and Education b. ?1717, 1st s. of Sir Henry Vincent, 6th Bt., M.P., of Stoke d'Abernon by Elizabeth, da. of Bezaleel Sherman of London, Turkey merchant educ. L. Inn 1734. m. (1) 25 Aug. 1741, Elizabeth (d. 22 Nov. 1744), da. and h. of David Kilmaine, London banker, s.p.; (2) 13 Mar. 1746, Mary (d. 16 Aug. 1757), da. of Lt.-Gen. Hon. Thomas Howard of Great Bookham, Surr., 2s. 1da.; (3) June 1761, Arabella, da. and coh. of Sir John Astley, 2nd Bt., wid. of Anthony Langley Swymmer, s.p. suc. fa. 10 Jan. 1757. ### Offices Held ### Biography The Vincent family had owned estates in Surrey since the early seventeenth century. Vincent's grandfather and great-great-grandfather both represented the county, and in 1761 he himself was returned for it unopposed. In Bute's list of December 1761 he was counted as a Government supporter, but he voted against the peace preliminaries in both divisions; was classed by Jenkinson in the autumn of 1763 as 'doubtful'; voted against the Grenville Administration over Wilkes and general warrants; and on 10 May 1764 was included by Newcastle among his 'sure friends'. In Newcastle's 'plan for a new Administration', dated 30 June 1765, Vincent was put down for the Board of Green Cloth, and similarly in the plans of 2, 5 and 9 July.1 But on 12 July Newcastle wrote to Rockingham:2 'I am told Sir Francis Vincent would rather choose, at present, to have some little place for his son.' Vincent voted against the Rockingham Administration on Dowdeswell's plan for taxing windows, 18 Apr. 1766,3 and in Rockingham's list of November 1766 he was classed as 'doubtful'. He probably voted with Opposition on the land tax, 27 Feb. 1767. Newcastle's list of 2 Mar. 1767 classed him as 'Administration'. At the general election of 1768 Vincent was again returned unopposed for Surrey. Throughout this Parliament he constantly voted with Opposition. Only three speeches of his are reported—none on a major issue. In 1774 Vincent contested Surrey and headed the poll with a large majority. His vote with the Opposition on Wilkes, 22 Feb. 1775, was his last before his death on 22 May 1775. ### Ref Volumes: 1754-1790 ### Author: Mary M. Drummond ### Notes 1. Fortescue, i. 127, 131, 137, 143. 2. Add. 32967, f. 349. 3. Harris's 'Debates'. ## Go To Section 1386-1421 1422-1504 1509-1558 1558-1603 1604-1629 1640-1660 1660-1690 1690-1715 1715-1754 1754-1790 1790-1820 1820-1832 ## INDEX
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Sir Francis Vincent, 7th Baronet
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Sir Francis Vincent, 7th Baronet, (c.1717 – 22 Feb 1775) of Stoke D'Abernon, was an English country landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1775. 
 The eldest son of Sir Henry Vincent, 6th Baronet, he was educated at Lincoln's Inn in 1734. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 10 January 1757. 
