DOLBEN, SIR WILLIAM, BART., only surviving son of Sir John Dolben, Bart. (qv); b. 26 Jan 1726/7; adm. (aged 7) Sep 1734; KS 1740; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1744, matr. 28 May 1744, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1744 - void by marriage 27 Jun 1748; DCL 7 Jul 1763; succ. father as 3rd baronet 20 Nov 1756; High Sheriff, Northants. 1760; Verderer of Rockingham Forest 1765; MP Oxford University 3 Feb 1768-68, Northamptonshire 1768-74, Oxford University 1780-1806; a respected member of the House of Commons and a steady supporter of Wilberforce’s measures for the abolition of the slave trade; m. 1st, 17 May 1748 Judith, dau. of Somerset English, Housekeeper of Hampton Court Palace; m. 2nd, 14 Oct 1789 Charlotte, widow of John Scotchmer, Troston Hall, Suffolk, banker, and sister of John Affleck (qv); d. 20 Mar 1814. DNB.
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