Edmund Soame

Edmund Soame (c. 1669 – 8 September 1706) was an English soldier and politician.

[1] He served in the English Army where he attained the rank of colonel,[2] and was member of Parliament for Thetford from 1701[3] to 1705.

Soame died on board a ship at Torbay on 8 Sept. 1706, aged 37.

The monument erected in West Dereham parish church noted that he had ‘dedicated the revenues of a plentiful estate’ to serving his country, and had proved himself ‘to be as true and brave a patriot in the senate house, as he was a brave and honourable commander in the field’.

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