Edward Ayscough (died 1699)

Sir Edward Ayscough (1650 – 3 October 1699) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1685 and 1699.

[1] He was educated at Melton, Lincolnshire and admitted at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1667.

He was high steward of Great Grimsby from 1686 to October 1688 and commissioner for prizes from 1689 to June 1699.

[3] Together, they were the parents of one son and seven daughters, including:[3] Sir Edward died on 3 October 1699, at the age of about 49, at Grasby, Lincolnshire, and was buried at Stallingborough.

[1] His only surviving son Charles died soon after him, and the estates were shared by his daughters, to whom he had made bequests amounting to over £10,000.