Sir Cecil Bishopp, 6th Baronet, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Sir Cecil Bishopp, 6th Baronet

British politician

Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1700

Date of Death: 15-Jun-1778

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Sir Cecil Bishopp, 6th Baronet (30 October 1700 – 15 June 1778), later Bisshopp, was a British politician.
He succeeded to the title of 6th Baronet Bishopp, of Parham, co.
Sussex on 25 October 1725.
He was Member of Parliament for Penryn between 1727 and 1734, having been returned unopposed on the interest of the Boscawen family into which he had married.
He also represented Boroughbridge between 1755 and 1768.
He married Hon.
Anne Boscawen, daughter of Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth and Charlotte Godfrey, in 1726.
In addition to Parham Park, Sussex he was also the owner of a house at 11 Berkeley Square, London which Horace Walpole purchased from Bisshopp's heirs in 1779 and in which Walpole lived until he died there in 1797.
Sir Cecil died on 15 June 1778 at the age of 77.