Constituency Dates
Ashburton 1741 – 1754
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.

Author
S.R.M.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Notes
  • 1. Cal. Treas. Bks. and Pprs. 1742-5, p. 338.