Family and Education
b. c. 1679, 8th but 1st surv. s. of Sir Francis Masham‡, 3rd bt. and Mary, da. of Sir William Scott, bt., marquis de la Mezansene, of Rouen, Normandy. m. c. June 1707 (with 2,000 guineas), Oxford DNB (Abigail Masham). Abigail (d.1734), da. of Francis Hill, Levant merchant, of London, cos. Robert Harley, (later earl of Oxford), 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 2da. d.v.p. suc. fa. as 4th bt. 1723. d. 16 Oct. 1758; will 10 Feb. 1758, pr. 8 Nov. 1758. TNA, PROB 11/841.
Offices Held
Page of honour to Princess Anne by 1692; equerry to Prince George, of Denmark, by 1702 – 06; groom of bedchamber to Prince George of Denmark 1706 – 08; cofferer of household 1711 – 14; remembrancer of Exchequer in reversion 1713.
Ensign, Coldstream Gds. 1697, capt. 10 Jan.1704, brevet col. 20 Oct. 1704, col. of regt. of horse (Visct. Windsor’s) 1707, brig. gen. 1710.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Otes, Essex; St James’, Westminster; Langley, Berks. (1714–23); High Laver, Essex (1723–58) and Cork Street, London (1725–36).
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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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