Family and Education

b. c.1718, 1st s. of Arthur Arscott by his 2nd w. m. Thomasin Spry.

Offices Held

Commissary gen. of the newly raised marines 1739-?48.

Biography

Returned on the interest of John Harris, John Arscott voted with the Administration. In December 1743 he became trustee for a pension on the Irish establishment granted to his aunt, the wife of Sir William Yonge.1 Re-elected in 1747, he did not stand again. He died 14 Jan. 1788, aged 69.

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: Shirley Matthews

Notes

• 1. Cal. Treas. Bks. and Pprs. 1742-5, p. 338.