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Colonel Alexander Luttrell
Colonel Alexander Luttrell
Colonel Alexander Luttrell
Member of Parliament
for Minehead
In office
1690–1705
Personal details
Born 20 October 1663
Dunster, Somerset, England
Died 22 September 1711(1711-09-22) (aged 47)
Dunster, Somerset, England
Resting place Priory Churchyard of St. George, Dunster, West Somerset District, Somerset, England
Spouse Dorothy Yarde (20 July 1702 to his death)
Children Two sons, one daughter
Parents Francis Luttrell (1628–1666), Lucy Symonds
Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford
Occupation Landowner, army officer and politician
Military service
Years of service 1688 to 1705
Rank Colonel

Alexander Luttrell (20 October 1663 – 22 September 1711) was an English army officer and politician.

Dunster Castle
Dunster Castle – seat of the Luttrell family

He was the third son of Francis Luttrell (1628–1666) of Dunster Castle. His mother Lucy was a daughter of Thomas Symonds of Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire. Colonel Francis Luttrell (1659–1690) was his older brother. He inherited the heavily indebted Dunster Castle after the death of both his elder brothers and then his brother Francis's son in 1703.

He sat in the House of Commons of England from 1690 to 1707 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Minehead, and then held the seat for a further year in the House of Commons of Great Britain.

He married, in 1702, Dorothy, the daughter of Edward Yard of Churston Ferrers, Devon and had two sons and a daughter.

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