Sir Godfrey Webster, 5th Baronet

For other people named Godfrey Webster, see Godfrey Webster (disambiguation).

Godfrey Webster with his mother, by Louis Gauffier (1794)

Sir Godfrey Vassall Webster, 5th Baronet (6 October 1789 – 17 July 1836)[1] was an English Tory[2] Member of Parliament (MP).

Webster succeeded to the baronetcy in May 1800.[1]

He was elected at the 1812 general election as an MP for Sussex.[2] He was re-elected in 1818,[2] and held the seat until the 1820 general election,[3] when he did not stand again in Sussex.[2]

In 1815 he was one of the Original Members of the Royal Yacht Squadron.

  1. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "W" (part 1)
  2. ^ a b c d Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 330. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)