ARSCOTT, John (c.1718-88), of Tetcott, Devon.

Constituency Dates
Ashburton 1747
Family and Education
b. c. 1718, 1st s. of Arthur Arscott by his 2nd w. m. Thomasin Spry.
Offices Held

Commissary gen. of the newly raised marines 1739 – ?48.

Address
Main residence: Tetcott, Devon.
biography text

Returned on the interest of John Harris, John Arscott voted with the Administration. In December 1743 he became trustee for a pension on the Irish establishment granted to his aunt, the wife of Sir William Yonge.1Cal. Treas. Bks. and Pprs. 1742-5, p. 338. Re-elected in 1747, he did not stand again. He died 14 Jan. 1788, aged 69.

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Notes
  • 1. Cal. Treas. Bks. and Pprs. 1742-5, p. 338.