Gilbert Affleck (c. 1684 – 12 November 1764), of

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, Suffolk, was a

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Tory politician who sat in the

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between 1722 and 1741. Dalham Hall - geograph

Affleck was the eldest surviving son of John Affleck, of Fort St. George,

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, and his wife Nealtie Schape, daughter of Gilbert Schape, merchant of

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. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 6 February 1702, aged 17. On 3 November 1705, he married Anna Dolben, daughter of

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and Elizabeth Mulso, at

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. He succeeded his father to Dalham Hall in 1718. Affleck was returned as Tory

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(MP) for

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at a by-election on 25 October 1722 on the interest of his cousin, Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt. He did not stand at the 1727 British general election and was out of parliament for ten years. He decided to stand again for Cambridge at a by election in 1737 with the support of Samuel Shepheard, in opposition to another Tory candidate put forward by Cotton. Cotton had lost favour with the corporation by this time, and Affleck was returned as MP on 10 February 1737. He did not stand at the 1741 general election. Affleck died on 12 November 1764, aged 79. He and his wife had twelve sons and six daughters. His second and eldest surviving son

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sat also in the Parliament of Great Britain, while his tenth son

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was a rear-admiral in the

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. His daughter Mary was the mother of William Danby (1752-1833) the writer.

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