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Not to be confused with Martin Folkes.
Martin FfolkesFRS
1st Baronet
In office
1774–1821
Succeeded byWilliam John Henry Browne ffolkes
Member of the British Parliament
for King's Lynn
In office
1790–1821
High Sheriff of Norfolk
In office
1783–1784
Personal details
Born21 May 1749
Died11 December 1821
Hillingdon, UK
SpouseFanny Turner
Children3
Alma materEmmanuel College, Cambridge
Occupationlawyer
Military service
Rank
  • captain (1794)
  • major (1804
UnitNorfolk Rangers

Sir Martin Browne ffolkes, 1st Baronet, FRS (21 May 1749 – 11 December 1821) was an English baronet and Member of Parliament.

Martin ffolkes was the only son of William ffolkes, a barrister of Hillington, Norfolk and his second wife Mary, the daughter and heiress of Sir William Browne, MD, President of the Royal College of Physicians. His uncle was Martin Folkes, President of the Royal Society.

He was educated at Eton School from 1758 to 1766 and Emmanuel College, Cambridge and then entered Lincoln's Inn in 1768 to study law. He succeeded his father in 1783, inheriting lands in Norfolk. On the death of his grandfather Sir William Browne in 1774 he restyled himself Browne ffolkes and was created a baronet later that year. He married Fanny, the daughter and coheir of Sir John Turner, 3rd Baronet of Warham, on 28 December 1777; they had a son and two daughters.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1783–84 and in 1790 was elected MP for King's Lynn, sitting until his death in office in 1821.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1772. He was an officer in the Norfolk Rangers – a captain in 1794 and by 1804 a major.

He died at Hillington in 1821 and was succeeded by his elder son, William John Henry Browne ffolkes.

References

  1. ^ "BROWNE FFOLKES, Sir Martin, 1st bt. (1749-1821), of Hillington, King's Lynn, Norf". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Ffolkes, Martin Browne, Sir, 1st Baronet (1749–1821)". University of Toronto. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. "Fellows Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded byHoratio Walpole
Crisp Molineux 		Member of Parliament for King's Lynn
1790–1800
With: Horatio Walpole 		Succeeded byParliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byParliament of Great Britain Member of Parliament for King's Lynn
1801–1821
With: Lord Walpole 1801–1809
Lord Walpole 1809–1821 		Succeeded byLord Walpole
Marquess of Titchfield
Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation Baronet
(of Hillington)
1774–1821 		Succeeded byWilliam ffolkes
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