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'''James Scudamore, 3rd Viscount Scudamore''' (1684 – 2 December 1716),<ref>[http://www.stirnet.com/main/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=79&startUrl=http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/ss4as/scudamore2.htm Stirnet]</ref>  was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the [[House of Commons]] from 1705 to 1716.
[[File:Holme Lacy House Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 616739.jpg|thumb|Holme Lacy]]
Scudamore was baptised on 15 July 1684, the second, but eldest surviving son of [[John Scudamore, 2nd Viscount Scudamore]], and his wife Lady Frances Cecil, daughter of [[John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter]]. He matriculated at [[Gloucester Hall, Oxford]] in 1695 and was awarded DCL in 1712. He inherited the title [[Viscount Scudamore]] and the  estate of [[Holme Lacy]] from his father in 1697. From 1698 to 1703, he travelled abroad in France, Italy, Holland, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He married Frances Digby, daughter of [[Simon Digby, 4th Baron Digby]] on 7 March 1706.<ref name=HOP/>
Scudamore was returned unopposed as Tory [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Herefordshire]] at the  [[1705 English general election|1705 general election]]. He was elected MP for Herefordshire again in a contest in [[1708 British general election|1708]]. In 1710 he suffered a severe fall from his horse when riding hurriedly to Hereford on electioneering business and suffered some impairment. Nevertheless, he was re-elected MP for Herefordshire at the [[1710 British general election|1710 general election]] and returned unopposed in [[1713 British general election|1713]].<ref name = HOP>{{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/scudamore-james-1684-1716| title= SCUDAMORE, James, 3rd Visct. Scudamore of Sligo [I] (1684-1716), of Holme Lacy, Herefs.| publisher= History of Parliament Online (1690-1715)| accessdate = 16 August 2018}}</ref> At the [[1715 British general election|1715 general election]], he changed seats and was elected MP for [[Hereford (UK Parliament constituency)|Hereford]] instead.<ref name = HOP2>{{cite web| url = https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/scudamore-james-1684-1716 | title= SCUDAMORE, James, 3rd Visct. Scudamore [I] (1684-1716), of Holme Lacy, Herefs.| publisher= History of Parliament Online (1715-1754)| accessdate = 24 October 2018}}</ref>
Scudamore died on 2 December 1716 from the effects of his fall from the horse.<ref name = HOP2/>  He and his wife had one daughter [[Frances Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort|Frances]] (1711–1750), who married [[Henry Somerset, 3rd Duke of Beaufort]], who divorced her in 1743 for adultery with [[William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot]]. She remarried to [[Charles FitzRoy-Scudamore]] and had one daughter Frances (1750–1820), who married [[Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk]] but became insane.
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