Edward Loveden Loveden

The change was imposed on him by a relative – Edward Loveden, variously stated as his uncle[2] or great-uncle[1] – as a condition of their bequest to him of the manor at Buscot.

[1] Loveden entered the House of Commons from the Abingdon constituency in 1783 when he won a by-election caused by of the death of the sitting member, Henry Howorth.

[4] Loveden retained his seat in the 1784 general election and, despite some local opposition based on his parsimonious tendencies, again in 1790.

Margaret died in 1784 and in the following year he married the widowed Elizabeth Nash, a daughter of the MP John Darker.

[7][8] Loveden attempted to control his daughters, objecting without success to the marriage of Margaret to Samuel Wilson Warneford and then driving away the fiancé of Jane.