Edward Yarde


Edward Yarde, of Churston Court in the parish of Churston Ferrers in Devon was a Member of Parliament for Totnes in Devon 1695-1698.
He was the eldest son and heir of Edward Yarde of Churston Court, MP for Ashburton in 1685, by his wife Anne Warre, a daughter of Thomas Warre of Somerset.
In 1696 he married Susanna Sparke, a member of the prominent Sparke family of The Friary, in the parish of St Jude, Plymouth, and widow of Henry II Northleigh of Peamore, Exminster, three times MP for Okehampton. Henry Northleigh's sister Elizabeth Northleigh was the wife of Gilbert Yarde, heir of Highweek and Bradley. Henry II Northleigh was the son and heir of Henry I Northleigh by his wife Lettice Yard, 2nd surviving daughter of Edward Yard of Churston Ferrers. and great-aunt of Edward Yard. By his wife he had five sons including: