Sir Basil Firebrace, 1st Baronet

Sir Basil Firebrace, 1st Baronet (1652 – 7 May 1724) was a supplier of wines to the royal household, Sheriff of London, and MP for Chippenham, Wiltshire, from 1690 to 1692.

[7] Firebrace also became a prominent figure in the East India Company[8] and was imprisoned in the Tower of London by Parliament for bribery and fraud in relation to its activities.

[13] He was appointed 1st Baronet Firebrace in 1698 by King William III, was bankrupted in 1701 and again imprisoned, for stabbing a creditor.

[2] He married Elizabeth, the daughter of merchant Thomas Hough on 7 September 1671, at St Margaret's, Westminster.

[7] Of the survivors, Hester (c. 1675- c.1725) married Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh, Charles (1680–1727) later inherited the baronetcy and their final child, George, was born in 1681.