Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Baronet

Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Baronet
Armorial of Bampfylde, Barons Poltimore: Or, on a bend gules three mullets argent
Member of the English Parliament for Tiverton
In office 1659–1659 Serving with Francis Warner
Preceded by	Robert Shapcote
Succeeded by	Not represented in Restored Rump
Member of the English Parliament for Devon
In office 1671–1679 Serving with Sir John Rolle
Preceded by	Sir John Rolle Earl of Torrington
Succeeded by	Sir Edward Seymour Sir William Courtenay
Member of the English Parliament for Devon
In office 1685–1689 Serving with Sir Bourchier Wrey
Preceded by	Samuel Rolle Sir William Courtenay
Succeeded by	Samuel Rolle Francis Courtenay
Personal details
Born	ca. 1633
Died	9 February 1692(1692-02-09) Warleigh, England
Cause of death	Gout
Resting place	Poltimore, Devon, England
Father	Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet
Relatives	Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet (grandson)

Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Baronet (ca. 1633 – 9 February 1692) of Poltimore and North Molton and Warleigh, Tamerton Foliot, in Devon, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1689.

Bampfylde was the eldest son of Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet (1590-1650), of Poltimore and North Molton, by his wife Gertrude Coplestone, 4th daughter of Amyas Coplestone and co-heiress of her brother John Coplestone of Copplestone in the parish of Colebrooke and of Warleigh in the parish of Tamerton Foliot, Devon. His brother-in-law was Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet, husband of his sister Gertrude Bampfylde.

He matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford on 20 March 1651, where he befriended Sir John Drake, 1st Baronet. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1651 on the death of his father. He was nominated Justice of the Peace for Devon in 1656 and one year later became a Commissioner for Assessment. In 1659 Bampfylde was elected Member of Parliament for Tiverton, Devon, in the Third Protectorate Parliament. Although his father and two of his uncles were considered Parliamentarians, Bampfylde himself was a very active Royalist. In February 1660 he delivered a petition from Devon's population for more rights to the king's general George Monck, on the discovery of which by Parliament he was temporarily imprisoned in the Tower of London. In 1660 he was appointed a Commissioner of Militia, serving subsequently as colonel of the Devon Militia. He became the first High Sheriff of Devon after the Restoration of the Monarchy and toured the Western Circuit as a Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Devon from 1661 and worked as Commissioner for Corporations in the following two years. In 1671 Bampfylde was elected MP for Devon in 1671 in a by-election to the Cavalier Parliament which seat he held until 1679. He was again elected MP for Devon in 1685 and held the seat until 1689.