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In 1783 Selwyn was returned for Whitchurch by his cousin Thomas Townshend when he became Lord Sydney. Following Sydney’s political line, he voted against the Fox-North Coalition, and supported Pitt’s Administration. His only reported speech was on 30 Apr. 1783 when during a debate on a bill for the arrest of persons found during the night with housebreaking tools, he said that his experience at the bar showed him the necessity for such a bill.
He died 21 Aug. 1817.
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