Sir Francis Vincent, 8th Baronet (1747 – 17 August 1791) was an English diplomat.
Vincent was born in 1747.[1] He was the eldest son of Mary Howard and Sir Francis Vincent, 7th Baronet, who served as MP for Surrey from 1761 until his death in 1775.[2]
His paternal grandparents were Sir Henry Vincent, 6th Baronet and the former Elizabeth Sherman. His maternal grandparents were Lt.-Gen. Hon. Thomas Howard, Governor of Berwick, and Mary Morton (a daughter of Rt. Rev. William Morton, Bishop of Meath).[3]
Upon the death of his father in 1775, he succeeded as the 8th Baronet Vincent, of D'Abernon. Sir Francis served as British Resident Minister in Venice in 1790.[1]
On 12 July 1779, Vincent married Mary Chiswell (1757–1826), the only child of Trench Chiswell, MP for Aldborough, and Mary (née Jurin) Chiswell. Her maternal grandfather was a daughter of Dr. James Jurin of Portland Place. Together, they were the parents of:[1]
Sir Francis died on 17 August 1791 and was succeeded by his only son, Francis.[1]
Through his daughter Anna, he was a grandfather of Mary Caroline Campbell (1820–1894), who married Andrés Avelino de Silva y Fernández de Córdoba, 13th Duke of Aliaga, in 1843.[6]