Sir Humphrey Briggs, 4th Baronet

Sir Humphrey Briggs, 4th Baronet (c. 1670 – 8 December 1734), of Haughton, Shropshire, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1701 and 1727.

Briggs was the eldest son of Sir Humphrey Briggs, 3rd Baronet, of Haughton and Ernstrey Park, Shropshire, and his wife, Lady Barbara ( Wyndham, daughter of Sir Wadham Wyndham of Norrington, Wiltshire).[1] He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford on 2 July 1687, aged 17 and was admitted at Lincoln's Inn in 1687.[2] He succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 31 January 1699.[1]

Briggs was elected as Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for Shropshire in the general election of February 1701. However, he was defeated in the November 1701 general election. In July 1702 he was returned unopposed as MP for Bridgnorth and was re-elected in a contest in 1705. He was returned unopposed for Bridgnorth in the 1708 general election. He supported he Whig administration, and voted for the naturalization of the Palatines in 1709 and for the impeachment of Henry Sacheverell in 1710. The 1710 British general election was dominated by the issue of the impeachment and Briggs and the other Whig Member for Bridgnorth, were narrowly defeated by two Tories in a fierce contest.[3]

Briggs did not stand at the 1715 general election, but was returned at a by-election at Much Wenlock on 13 July 1716. He was convincingly returned for Wenlock at the 1722 general election and stood down in 1727.[4]

Briggs died unmarried on 8 December 1734. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his brother, Hugh.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1902), Complete Baronetage volume 2 (1625-1649), vol. 2, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 9 October 2018
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph. "'Braly-Bruer', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford, 1891), pp. 171-200". British History Online. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b "BRIGGS, Sir Humphrey, 4th Bt. (c.1670-1734), of Haughton, Salop". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  4. ^ "BRIGGS, Sir Humphrey, 4th Bt. (?1670-1734), of Haughton, Salop". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 9 September 2018.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Shropshire
1701
With: Robert Lloyd
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth
1702–1707
With: Sir Edward Acton, Bt 1702-1705
William Whitmore 1705-1707
Succeeded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Parliament of England
Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth
1707–1710
With: William Whitmore
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Wenlock
1716–1727
With: William Forester 1716-1722
Samuel Edwards 1722-1727
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Humphrey Briggs
Baronet
(of Haughton)
1699-1727
Succeeded by
Hugh Briggs