Family and Education
b. 18 Dec. 1779, 1st s. of George Garland†, Newfoundland merchant, of Leeson House, Purbeck, Dorset and Amy, da. of Benjamin Lester†, Newfoundland merchant, of Poole. unm. ?2s. ?2da. illegit. suc. mat. grandfa. 1802; changed name to Lester 15 May 1805; suc. fa. 1825. d. 16 July 1838.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Poole 1804 – 05, mayor 1815 – 16.
Capt. Poole vol. inf. 1803, Dorset vol. inf. 1804, maj. 1805 – 08; capt. E. Dorset militia 1813.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: 65 High Street, Poole; Stone Cottage, nr. Poole, Dorset.
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
LESTER, Benjamin Lester (1779-1838)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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