WEBB, Borlase Richmond (c.1696-1738), of Biddesden, in Ludgershall, Wilts.

Constituency	Dates
Ludgershall	1727 – 34

Family and Education

b. c. 1696, 2nd s. but h. of John Richmond Webb of Biddesden by his 1st w. educ. Turin acad. 1716.1HMC Stuart , iii. 162. m. 6 July 1727, Hester Newton, s.p. suc. fa. 1724

Address

Main residence: Biddesden, in Ludgershall, Wilts.

biography text

Borlase Webb, who was given a commission in his father’s regiment as a small boy, left the army with him in 1715. Returned with his father as a Tory for Ludgershall in 1722 he was again successful in 1727, voting against the excise bill in 1733. Under his father’s will he succeeded to the family estates to the exclusion of his elder brother Edmund. Defeated in 1734, he died 3 Mar. 1738.

Author

R.S.L.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. HMC Stuart , iii. 162.