Sir Francis Vyvyan (Aug. 1575 – 11 June 1635), of Trelowarren in

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, was an English Member of Parliament (MP); his surname is sometimes spelt Vivian. The eldest son of Hannibal Vyvyan, an MP,

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and Captain of

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, Francis became Captain of St Mawes Castle himself in 1603. He was MP for

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in the Blessed Parliament of 1604 and

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in the

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of 1614. He was briefly Vice-Admiral for South Cornwall in 1607–08 after his father's retirement from that post, and served as

in 1617. He was knighted in 1618. However, falling from favour, he was dismissed from the captaincy of St Mawes in 1632 and fined £2000. He married twice. His eldest son by his second marriage to Loveday Connock,

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, was knighted shortly before his father's death in 1635, and in 1645 was raised to the dignity of a baronetcy.

References

External links

* ''Vivian's Visitations of Cornwall'' (Exeter: William Pollard & Co, 1887

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Vyvyan genealogy
* , - 1575 births 1635 deaths 16th-century English people English MPs 1604–1611 English MPs 1614 High sheriffs of Cornwall Politicians from Cornwall

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