Sir Godfrey Vassall Webster, 5th Baronet (6 October 1789 – 17 July 1836)
was an English
Tory
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Member of Parliament
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(MP).
Webster succeeded to the
baronetcy
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in May 1800.
He was elected at the
1812 general election {{Short description, None
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as an MP for
Sussex.
He was re-elected in
1818
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Battle of Koregaon: Troops of the British East India Company score a decisive victory over the Maratha Empire.
** Mary Shelley's ''Frankenstein'' is published anonymously in London.
* January 2 – ...
,
and held the seat until the
1820 general election,
when he did not stand again in Sussex.
References
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1789 births
1836 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
Tory MPs (pre-1834)
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
UK MPs 1812–1818
UK MPs 1818–1820
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