Sir Francis Warre, 1st Baronet

In 1669 his father died and he succeeded to the estates which made him one of the largest landowners in Somerset.

He was educated at Sherborne[2] and matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford on 16 October 1674, aged 15.,[3] From 1678 to 1678 he was a Captain in the.

He continued to sit as a Tory under King William III and Queen Anne.

He did not stand in the 1695 and 1698 general elections, but regained his seat at Bridgwater without opposition at a by-election on 29 November 1699.

He was returned unopposed in the 1705 English general election and voted against the Court candidate for Speaker on 25 October 1705.

At the 1708 British general election he was returned again as Tory MP and voted against the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710.

He had one son, Michael by his first marriage who was a Captain of Dragoons and who predeceased him, dying at Ghent.

Hestercombe House , the seat of the Warre family