Sir Francis Vincent, 7th Baronet

Sir Francis Vincent, 7th Baronet, (c. 1717 – 22 May 1775) of Stoke D'Abernon, was an English country landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1775.

Early life
Vincent was born in c. 1717. He was the eldest son of Elizabeth Sherman and Sir Henry Vincent, 6th Baronet, MP for Guildford between 1728 and 1734. His sister, Hester Vincent, married John Smith de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde.

His paternal grandparents were Sir Francis Vincent, 5th Baronet, MP for Surrey, and Rebecca Ashe (a daughter of Jonathan Ashe, merchant of London). His maternal grandparents were Bezaliel Sherman (a Turkey merchant of London) and Annie Norton.

He was educated at Lincoln's Inn in 1734 and succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 10 January 1757.

Career
The Vincent family had owned estates in Surrey since the early 17th century. His grandfather and great-great-grandfather, Sir Francis Vincent, 3rd Baronet, both represented the county in the Parliament of England.

He was Member of Parliament for Surrey from 1761 until his death on 22 May 1775.

Personal life
Sir Francis was married three times. His first marriage was on 25 August 1741 to Elizabeth Kilmaine, the daughter and heiress of David Kilmaine, a London banker. She died on 22 November 1744 without issue.

His second marriage was on 13 March 1745 to Mary Howard, the daughter of Lt.-Gen. Hon. Thomas Howard of Great Bookham, Surrey, who served as Governor of Berwick, and Mary Moreton (the youngest daughter of William Moreton, Bishop of Meath). Before her death on 16 August 1757, they had two sons and a daughter:


 * Sir Francis Vincent, 8th Baronet (1747–1791), who married Mary Chiswell, daughter of Trench Chiswell, MP for Aldborough, in 1779.
 * Henry Dormer Vincent (1751–1833), who married Isabella Hervey, daughter of Hon. Felton Hervey, in 1794.
 * Mary Vincent (1752–1823), who married Neil Primrose, 3rd Earl of Rosebery, son of James Primrose, 2nd Earl of Rosebery, in 1775.

His third marriage was in June 1761 to Arabella ( Astley) Swymmer (d. 1785), the daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Astley, 2nd Baronet, MP for Shrewsbury and Shropshire, and the widow of Anthony Langley Swymmer, MP for Southampton from 1747 to 1754.

Sir Francis died on 22 May 1775. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Francis. His widow died on 20 June 1785.

Descendants
Through his daughter Mary, he was a grandfather of Archibald John Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery, MP for Helston and Cashel.

Through his youngest son Henry, he was posthumously a grandfather of Rev. Sir Frederick Vincent, 11th Baronet (1798–1883).