Edmund Soame (c. 1669 â 8 September 1706) was an English soldier and politician. He served in the English Army where he attained the rank of colonel, and was member of Parliament for Thetford from 1701 to 1705.
Soame died on board a ship at Torbay on 8 Sept. 1706, aged 37. Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester wrote to Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, âÂÂI am very much concerned for the death of Colonel Soame, both on your account, and the interest I had myself in himâÂÂ. The monument erected in West Dereham parish church noted that he had âÂÂdedicated the revenues of a plentiful estateâ to serving his country, and had proved himself âÂÂto be as true and brave a patriot in the senate house, as he was a brave and honourable commander in the fieldâÂÂ.