John Bampfylde (1691–1750)

John Bampfylde (8 April 1691 – 17 September 1750) of Hestercombe in Somerset, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1715 and 1741.

Bampfylde was the second son of Colonel Hugh Bampfield (died 1690), (eldest son and heir apparent of Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Baronet (c. 1633–1692) of Poltimore and North Molton, Devon, whom he predeceased) by his wife Mary Clifford, daughter of James Clifford of Ware.

Bampfylde married Elizabeth Basset, daughter of John Basset (1653–1686) [2] of Heanton Punchardon and Umberleigh in Devon, five times MP for Barnstaple, Devon but there were no children before she died.

Bampfyld was returned as Tory Member of Parliament for Exeter on the family interest at the 1715 general election.

He was absent for some divisions, but voted against the Government on the repeal of the Occasional Conformity and Schism Acts.