Early life Fownes Luttrell was born on 9 February 1756, the third son of
Henry Fownes Luttrell (né Fownes) and his wife,
Margaret, the daughter and heiress of
Alexander Luttrell of
Dunster Castle. Henry Fownes added Luttrell to his surname on his marriage of Margaret Luttrell and became the proprietor or
Dunster, as well as a number of other manors. He worked to consolidate his family's interest in the borough of Minehead, and, by 1774 effectively controlled both of that borough's seats in the House of Commons. He was educated at
Eton College, which he attended from 1771. He was admitted at
Queen's College, Oxford, and matriculated in 1773. In 1782, he was admitted at the
Middle Temple.
Family He married, on 21 April 1788, Charlotte, third daughter of Francis Drewe of Grange in Devon. They had five sons and seven daughters, of which several died young or unmarried: Louisa Frances (1794–1817), Francis (born 1795; died young), Maria (1796–1820), and Mary Frances (1798–1872), Francis Wynne (1801–1820), Edward (born 1803; died young) and Edward (born 1806; died young). Of the remainder: Mrs Fownes Luttrell died on 27 April 1817. == Political career and later life ==