Constituency Dates
Taunton 1747 – 54
Family and Education
b. c. 1719, 1st s. of Nathaniel Webb of Montserrat and of Taunton, Som. by his 1st w. Bethiah, da. of William Gerrish. educ. M. Temple 1736, called 1741; I. Temple 1745. unm. 1PCC 357 Rushworth. suc. fa. 1741.
Address
Main residences: Taunton, Som.; Marylebone, Mdx.
biography text

Webb’s father, of a Somerset family, who made his fortune as a merchant in the West Indies.2Oliver, Antigua, iii. 214. bought considerable properties in and around Taunton. Returned unopposed for Taunton on the dissenting interest in 1747, standing jointly with Sir Charles Wyndham,3Egremont to Newcastle, 12 July 1754, Add. 32736, f. 23; HMC 15th Rep. VII, 124-5. he was classed as a government supporter. At the general election of 1754 he withdrew, refusing to face the expense of a contest. He died 9 Sept. 1765.

Author
S.R.M.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Notes
  • 1. PCC 357 Rushworth.
  • 2. Oliver, Antigua, iii. 214.
  • 3. Egremont to Newcastle, 12 July 1754, Add. 32736, f. 23; HMC 15th Rep. VII, 124-5.