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297: 91: 31: 284:, a constituency traditionally represented by at least one distinguished military or naval figure, from 1713 to 1715. Furthermore, in 1712 he was promoted to General, and appointed commander of land forces in Great Britain. However, together with the other Tories, he was dismissed from his offices following the accession of 265:, for political reasons. Webb subsequently received full credit and the thanks of Parliament for the action, and the following year he was promoted to Lieutenant-General. Nevertheless, from this point onwards Webb became the centre of Tory agitation against 1018: 288:. Unable to expect re-election at Newport under the new Governor, his old rival Cadogan, he was forced once more to fall back on the family seat at Ludgershall, which he represented again from 1715 until his death. 280:, a military post which among other advantages gave substantial influence in choosing the Members of Parliament who sat for the island's three boroughs; he took advantage of this by sitting as MP for 226:
in 1695. In September 1697, he was dangerously injured in a duel. The following year he briefly lost his seat in Parliament, but his defeat at Ludgershall was overturned on petition. He served in
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has a castellated round turret, built to carry a bell brought from Lille. The architect is unknown, perhaps Webb himself. The house stands in parkland and is
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Webb died on 5 September 1724. He left his estates (which he had enlarged by buying further land in Ludgershall parish) to his second son
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Baggs, A. P.; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H. (1995). "Parishes: Ludgershall". In Crowley, D. A. (ed.).
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MP and Joanna Bancks. In 1692 or 1693, possibly using the wealth he acquired by his marriage, he purchased
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at Biddesden with a large house in brick with stone dressings, built in stages around 1711–1712.
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in Wiltshire, an estate which carried with it the decisive electoral influence over the
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A Biographical History of England, from the Revolution to the End of George I's Reign
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On 3 February 1690 Webb married Henrietta Borlase, daughter of
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British army commanders in the War of the Spanish Succession
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In September 1708, commanding the British troops at the
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in the campaign of 1702–1703, was a Brigadier at the
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Christian Richter
General
Biddesden House
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Hanoverian Tory
Hanoverian Succession
Jacobite
Colonel Edmund Richmond Webb
Wiltshire
Prince George of Denmark
Henry St John
Tory
Queen Anne
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Dragoons
Glorious Revolution
Patrick Sarsfield
Wincanton Skirmish
William Borlase
Biddesden House
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