Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet

For his son, see Sir Edmund Filmer, 9th Baronet.
Sir Edmund Filmer, 1830 portrait

Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet (14 June 1809 – 8 January 1857) was an English Conservative Party politician.

Life

He was the son of Edmund Filmer, a younger son of Sir Edmund Filmer, 6th Baronet, and his wife Emelia Skene, daughter of George Skene. He matriculated in 1827 at Oriel College, Oxford.

Filmer was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in March 1838 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for West Kent, having unsuccessfully contested the same constituency at the 1837 general election. He held the seat until his death in 1857, aged 47. His son the 9th Baronet was elected as MP for West Kent in 1859.

In 1850 Sir Edmund built Leagrave Hall on land close to Luton in Bedfordshire which had been purchased in 1771 by Sir Beversham Filmer.

Arms

Coat of arms of Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet
Crest
A falcon volant Proper beaked and legged Or standing on a ruined castle of the last.
Escutcheon
Barry of six Or and Sable on a chief of the last three cinquefoils of the first.