HERLE, Edward (1682-1721), of Landrew and Prideaux, Cornw.

Constituency	Dates
Launceston (Dunheved)	1715 – 14 Apr. 1721

Family and Education

bap. 12 Apr. 1682, 1st s. of Nicholas Herle, M.P., of Landrew by his w. Elizabeth Reed of Upton, Devon. educ. Exeter, Oxf. 1699. m. 1714, Elizabeth, da. and h. of William Northmore, of Thornleigh, Devon, 1s. 1da. suc. uncle at Prideaux 1697.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Cornw. 1713.

Address

Main residence: Landrew and Prideaux, Cornw.

biography text

Returned as a Tory for Launceston in 1715 on the recommendation of George Granville, M.P., 1st Lord Lansdowne,1John Bewes to John Anstis, 22 Feb. 1715, N. & Q. (ser. 8), xii. 442-4. Herle is not recorded as voting. Described as ‘a gentleman of bright parts, a lovely aspect, and admired and esteemed by all’, but ‘miserably tormented by the gout, so as to be a perfect cripple with it’,2C. S. Gilbert, Cornwall, iii. 41. he died 14 Apr. 1721.

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. John Bewes to John Anstis, 22 Feb. 1715, N. & Q. (ser. 8), xii. 442-4.
2. C. S. Gilbert, Cornwall, iii. 41.