Irton, Edmund Lamplugh (1761 -1820)

Edmund Lamplugh Irton of Irton Hall, Irton, Copeland, Cumberland,was the eldest son of Samuel Irton (d. 1766), and Frances, daughter of Robert Tubman of Cockermouth. Edmund attended Trinity College Cambridge. He married firstly Miss Hodgson of Hawkshead, and secondly, on 2 August 1787, Harriet, daughter of John Hayne of Ashbourne Green, Derbyshire. They had four children, the eldest son, Samuel, inherited Irton Hall on the death of his father. Edmund’s fine library was sold by auction around 1853 at Irton Hall.