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Sir Edward Hungerford, KB, (20 October 1632 – 1711), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1702. He was famous for his profligate ways and sold thirty manors, including the family seat at Farleigh Hungerford to fund his extravagant lifestyle. He founded Hungerford Market, at Charing Cross as a commercial venture. ==Origins== Hungerford was the son and heir of Anthony Hungerford (1607/8-1657) by his wife Rachel Jones, daughter of Rice Jones of Asthall, Oxfordshire and was baptised at Black Bourton, Oxfordshire.〔 cites: ''Notes and Queries'', 4th ser. vi. 454, by Canon Jackson.〕 His father was a supporter of the royalist cause in the Civil War. Hungerford was a student of Queen's College, Oxford in 1649. He succeeded to the family estates on the death of his father in 1657.
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