Andrew Arcedeckne

Andrew Arcedeckne (8 January 1780 – 8 February 1849) was a British landowner and MP.

He was the eldest son of Jamaica plantation owner Chaloner Arcedeckne of Cockfield Hall and Glevering Hall, Suffolk and educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He succeeded his father in 1809 and made Glevering Hall his home.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk for 1819–1820 and was Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Dunwich from 1826 to 1831.

He married his cousin Ann Harriet, the daughter of Francis Love Beckford of Basing Park.

References
    • "ARCEDECKNE, Andrew (1780-1849), of Glevering Hall, Hacheston, Suff. and 1 Grosvenor Square, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    Michael Barne
    George Henry Cherry    		 Member of Parliament for Dunwich
    1826–1831
    With: Michael Barne to 1830
    Frederick Barne from 1830    		 Succeeded by
    Frederick Barne
    Earl of Brecknock


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