Family and Education
b. ?1691, 1st surv. s. of Col. Jeremiah Bubb, M.P., of Foy, Herefs. being o.s. by his 2nd w. Alicia, da. of John Dodington of Dodington Som. educ. Winchester 1703; Exeter, Oxf. 18 July 1707, aged 16; L. Inn 1711; Grand Tour 1711-13. m. c.1725, Katherine, da. of Edmund Beaghan of Sissinghurst, Kent, sis. of Edmund Hungate Beaghan, s.p. suc. fa. 1692; 28 Mar. 1720 to fortune of his uncle George Dodington, having taken the name of Dodington only by private Act of Parliament in 1718. cr. Baron Melcombe 6 Apr. 1761.
Offices Held
Envoy to Spain 1715 – 17; clerk of pells [I] 1720 – d.; ld. lt. Som. 1720 – 44; ld. of Treasury 1724 – 40; treasurer of the navy 1744 – 49, Dec. 1755 – Nov. 1756; P.C. 3 Jan. 1745; treasurer of the chamber to Prince of Wales 1749–51.
Main residence: Eastbury, Dorset.
DODDINGTON
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Commons 1715-1754
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BUBB, George (?1691-1762)
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