Family and Education
b. 11 Aug. 1719, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Selwyn of Matson by Mary, da. of Lt.-Gen. Thomas Farrington of Chislehurst, Kent. educ. Eton 1728-32; Hertford, Oxf. 1739 and 1744; I. Temple 1737; Grand Tour 1739-44. unm. suc. fa. 1751.
Offices Held
Surveyor of maltings and clerk of irons at the Mint 1740 – d.; registrar of ct. of Chancery, Barbados 1753 – d.; paymaster, board of works 1755 – 82; surveyor-gen. of crown lands 1784 – d.
Mayor, Gloucester 1758, 1765.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Matson, Glos.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
SELWYN, George Augustus (1719-91)
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