Sir Edmund Prideaux, 4th Baronet (1647–1720), of Netherton, Farway was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1720. Prideaux was born on 4 April 1647, the eldest son of Sir Peter Prideaux, 3rd Baronet of Netherton and his wife Elizabeth Granville, daughter. of Sir Bevil Granville of Stowe, Cornwall. He matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford on 18 April 1663, aged 16 and was admitted at Inner Temple in 1667. In 1680, he was called to the bar. He married Susanna Austin, widow of John Austin of Derhams, Middlesex, and daughter. of James Winstanley of Branston, Leicestershire on 23 February 1673. They had two sons and a daughter, but she died in 1687. He then married Elizabeth Saunderson, daughter of Hon. George Saunderson of South Thoresby, Lincolnshire in