Sir Thomas Webster, of Battle Abbey, 1st Bt.

Sir Thomas Webster

bap. 12 Nov. 1676, 1st s. of Sir Godfrey Webster, merchant, of Fenchurch St., London, and Nelmes, Havering, Essex, by Abigail, da. and coh. of Thomas Gordon of Mere, Staffs. by Mary da. and coh. of Henry Whistler of Epsom, Surr. educ. M. Temple 1697. m. 2 Oct. 1701 Jane (d. 1760), da. and h. of Edward Cheek of Sandford Orcas, Som., 2s. 3da. suc. fa. 1720. cr. Bt. 21 May 1703.1. See http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/we... for extensive biography.

Sir Thomas Webster was created a baronet by Queen Anne in 1703. He was a rich city merchant, a supplier of hemp to the Royal Navy, and for a number of years an MP.