Constituency Dates
East Grinstead 1741 – 1761
Family and Education
b. aft. 1699,1PCC 147 Shaller, 130 Lynch. 1st s. of Sir Thomas Webster, 1st Bt., of Copped Hall, Essex, and Battle Abbey. m. 20 Nov. 1766, Martha, da. of Rev. Richard Nairne, dean of Battle, s.p. suc. fa. 30 May 1751.
Address
Main residence: Battle Abbey, Suss.
biography text

After contesting Hastings unsuccessfully in 1734,2John Collier to Newcastle, 18 Apr. 1734, Add. 32689, f. 200. Webster was returned in 1741 unopposed at East Grinstead, where his father had acquired an interest. Voting consistently against the Government, he was classed as Opposition in 1747. Despite this he wrote to Newcastle, 12 Apr. 1751, asking for a place in Prince George’s establishment for his brother-in-law, Sir Edmund Thomas.3Add. 32724, f. 231.

He died 21 Sept. 1779.

Author
A.N.N.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Notes
  • 1. PCC 147 Shaller, 130 Lynch.
  • 2. John Collier to Newcastle, 18 Apr. 1734, Add. 32689, f. 200.
  • 3. Add. 32724, f. 231.