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Henry Fownes Luttrell ( 1722 – 30 October 1780), born Henry Fownes, of Dunster Castle, Somerset, was High Sheriff of Somerset from 1754 to 1755, and a member of parliament for the borough of Minehead from 1768 to 1774. Fownes was born into a family belonging to Devon's gentry and led the life of a country squire. In 1747, he married Margaret Luttrell, the heiress of Dunster Castle and added his wife's name to his own to comply with her late father's will. In accordance with the era's laws concerning the property rights of married women, on his marriage he became the legal owner of his wife's property, including not only Dunster Castle, but also the lordships of the manors of Dunster, Heathfield, and Kilton amongst others. The newly named Fownes Luttrell altered the castle considerably, remodelling its interior and park and building the Conygar Tower, a folly in the grounds. Following the death of his wife in 1766 he remarried in 1771. When Fownes Luttrell's candidate for the 1754 election was defeated, he realised that his estate bought him relatively little political power. Frustrated, he set about nursing his interest in the borough. Later, a compromise with a rival landowner placed one of the borough's two parliamentary seats in his pocket. He stood for election in 1768 and was returned with the support of the Government. He was returned again in 1774 alongside his eldest son, John; the Prime Minister was disgruntled that he had not returned his own favoured candidate and Fownes Luttrell resigned on the condition that the Government's candidate would not interfere in the future without his permission. Thenceforth until abolition by the Reform Act of 1832 the borough's parliamentary seats were effectively controlled by his family. Fownes Luttrell was an inactive politician, and is not known to have spoken or voted in Parliament during the six years he was a member. Instead, he led the life of a country squire, hunting and managing his estates. Fownes Luttrell died in 1780, and his eldest son succeeded to his estates. == Early life and family == Henry Fownes was born about 1722 or 1723, the eldest son of John Fownes of Kittery Court, Kingswear, Devon, Member of Parliament for Dartmouth, and his wife Anne Maddock, daughter of Samuel Maddock of Tamerton Foliott.〔Namier (1964a)〕〔See also Matthews (1970).〕 He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, in 1741, but did not take a degree.〔Maxwell Lyte (1909), vol. i, p. 227〕 On 16 February 1747, Fownes married his second cousin Margaret Luttrell (born 7 February 1726), the daughter and heiress of Alexander Luttrell (1705–1737), MP, whose family had owned Dunster Castle since 1376, by his wife Margaret Trevelyan, daughter of Sir John Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet of Nettlecombe, Somerset.〔〔Maxwell Lyte (1909), vol. i, p. 226 states that they were second cousins.〕 According to Sir Henry Maxwell Lyte, the historian of Dunster Castle, "the union proved exceptionally happy and her letters to her husband ... are conceived in the spirit of the sincerest affection." Following his marriage and inheritance not only was he required under the bequest to add to his surname but was also compelled to spend six months of each year at Dunster Castle.〔 By his wife he had six sons and four daughters.〔〔Maxwell Lyte (1909), vol. i, p. 259〕 Of these, several died as infants: Alexander Fownes Luttrell (born and died in 1749),〔 Anne Fownes Luttrell (born and died 1750),〔Maxwell Lyte (1909), vol. i, p. 261〕 Anne Fownes Luttrell (born and died 1751),〔 and Anne Fownes Luttrell (born and died 1758);〔 while Lieutenant Henry Fownes Luttrell (1753–77) was an officer in the Royal Horse Guards, but died unmarried〔Maxwell Lyte (1909), vol. i, pp. 260〕 and Margaret Fownes Luttrell (1747–92) married, in 1769, John Henry Southcote of Buckland Toutsaints, Devon, and sat for a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds that year.〔 The remainder were otherwise notable: * Lieutenant-Colonel John Fownes Luttrell (1752–1816). He was a member of parliament for Minehead from 1774 to 1806 and again from 1807 to 1816.〔〔See also R.G. Thorne, "(Fownes Luttrell, John I (1752–1816), of Dunster Castle, Som. )", ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790–1820'', 1986, ed. R. Thorne〕 * The Reverend Alexander Luttrell (baptised 1754; died 1816). He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and took holy orders; in 1807, he married Lucy Gatchell.〔Maxwell Lyte (1909), vol. ii, pp. 533–534〕 * Francis Fownes Luttrell (1756–1823). He sat as a member of parliament for Minehead from 1780 to 1783 and went on to be Chair of the Board of Customs from 1813 to 1819.〔〔see also Sir L. Namier, "(Fownes Luttrell, Francis (1756–1823) )", ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754–1790'', 1964, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke.〕 * Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Fownes Luttrell (1763–1811). He was an army officer and sat as a member of parliament for Minehead from 1795 to 1796.〔〔see also R.G. Thorne, "(Fownes Luttrell, Thomas (1763–1811), of Dunster Castle, Som. )", ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790–1820'', 1986, ed. R. Thorne〕 Margaret Luttrell died in 1766.〔 Fownes Luttrell remarried five years later to Frances Bradley, a daughter of Samuel Bradley of Dunster. She died in 1803.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Fownes Luttrell (died 1780)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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