Francis Basset of Tehidy, son of Francis and Margaret (St. Aubyn) Basset, was born 9 Aug 1757 in Walcot, Oxford. He was created a Baronet on 24 Nov 1779. He was named Lord de Dunstanville of Tehidy Park in Cornwall on 17 Jun 1796. He was also named Lord Basset of Stratton in Cornwall. He married Frances Susanna Coxe, daughter of John Hippisley Coxe of Ston Easton, Somerset, on 16 May 1780. She died 14 Jun 1823. He married (2) Harriet Lemon, daughter of Sir William Lemon, Bart. of Carclew, on 13 Jul 1824. He died 14 Feb 1835 when the title of de Dunstanville became extinct, while the Barony of Basset and the Tehidy estates passed to his daughter, Frances.
1757 CHARLBURY OXON VELLUM DOCUMENT INDENTURE FRANCIS BASSETT & Hon. ROBERT LEE
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Francis Basset in 1778 from Wikipedia
Portrait by Pompeo Batoni, Prado, Madrid
