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Nathaniel Webb (MP)

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in 1742. In 1741 he inherited his father's West Indian plantations. He married Elizabeth Nanton on 2 December 1747. In 1765 he inherited the family property in Taunton from his brother
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with the support of Lord North, who was then recorder of Taunton. He was returned after an expensive contest but was unseated on petition on 16 March 1775. He successfully contested
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Webb was the second son of Nathaniel Webb and his wife Bethiah Gerrish, daughter of William Gerrish of
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
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at a by-election on 14 December 1775. He did not stand again in
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House of Commons
Montserrat
Eton College
Robert
1768 general election
Member of Parliament
Taunton
1774 general election
Ilchester
1780



"WEBB, Nathaniel (1725-86), of Taunton, Som"
Parliament of Great Britain
Laurence Sulivan
Robert Maxwell
Member of Parliament
Taunton
1768
Alexander Popham
Hon. Edward Stratford
John Halliday
Alexander Popham
Peregrine Cust
William Innes
Member of Parliament
Ilchester
1780
Owen Salusbury Brereton

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