James Scudamore, 3rd Viscount Scudamore

James Scudamore, 3rd Viscount Scudamore (baptised 15 July 1684 – 2 December 1716),[1] was an English British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1705 to 1716.

Holme Lacy

Scudamore inherited the title Viscount Scudamore and the estate of Holme Lacy from his father, John Scudamore, 2nd Viscount Scudamore, in 1697. He was returned as Member of Parliament for Herefordshire in 1705 and in 1715 was elected for Hereford instead. [2]

He married Frances Digby, daughter of Simon Digby, 4th Baron Digby in 1706.

Scudamore died on 2 December 1716.[2] He and his wife had one daughter Frances (1711–1750), who married Henry Somerset, 3rd Duke of Beaufort, who divorced her in 1743 for adultery with William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot. She remarried Charles FitzRoy-Scudamore and had one daughter Frances (1750–1820), who married Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk but became insane.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.stirnet.com/main/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=79&startUrl=http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/ss4as/scudamore2.htm
  2. 1 2 "SCUDAMORE, James, 3rd Visct. Scudamore of Sligo [I] (1684-1716), of Holme Lacy, Herefs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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