Edward Basil Farnham (19 April 1799 – 13 May 1879)[1][2] was a British Conservative politician.
[3] He married Gertrude Emily Cradock-Hartopp, daughter of Sir William Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 3rd Baronet and Jane Mary née Keane, in 1851.
They had at least one child, William Edward John Basil Farnham.
[2] One of the first MPs to support Benjamin Disraeli for leader of the Conservatives,[4] Farnham was first elected Conservative MP for North Leicestershire at the 1837 general election and held the seat until 1859 when he did not stand for re-election.
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