Sir Godfrey Webster, 5th Baronet

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Godfrey Webster with his mother, by Louis Gauffier (1794)

Sir Godfrey Vassall Webster, 5th Baronet (6 October 1789 – 17 July 1836)[1] was an English Tory[2] Member of Parliament (MP).

Webster succeeded to the baronetcy in May 1800.[1]

He was elected at the 1812 general election as an MP for Sussex.[2] He was re-elected in 1818,[2] and held the seat until the 1820 general election,[3] when he did not stand again in Sussex.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "W" (part 1)
  2. ^ a b c d Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 330. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Sussex
18121820
With: Walter Burrell
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
(of Copthall, Essex)
1800–1836
Succeeded by