biography text
Webster inherited six burgages at East Grinstead as well as other property in the borough, and was returned there with the consent of the Sackvilles, who owned a majority of the burgages. He had been in opposition and at odds with the Pelhams in Sussex affairs; and in 1754 was classed by Dupplin as an Opposition Whig. He appears, however, to have gone over to Administration, and in 1755 solicited Newcastle for employment for his brother-in-law. He did not stand at the general election of 1761. In 1768 he declined, because of ill-health, an invitation from Lord Pelham and the Duke of Richmond to represent Sussex.1Add. 32861, f. 397; 33088, ff. 284, 286, 319.
He died 21 Sept. 1779.