George Augustus Selwyn b. 11 Aug 1719 Chislehurst, Kent d. 25 Jan 1791 Cleveland Court, St James's, London: The genealogy of the Selwyn and related families.

1719 - 1791 (71 years)

Name	George Augustus Selwyn
Nickname	The Wit
Born	11 Aug 1719	Chislehurst, Kent
Christened	27 Aug 1719	Chislehurst, Kent
Gender	Male
Died	25 Jan 1791	Cleveland Court, St James's, London
Age	71 years
Buried	Matson, Gloucester
Person ID	I0508	The Selwyn Family Tree
Last Modified	25 Sep 2016

Father	Col. John Selwyn, b. 20 Aug 1688, Scadbury Park, Kent , d. 5 Nov 1751, Matson (Age 63 years)
Mother	Mary Farrington, b. 1690, d. 18 Nov 1777 (Age 87 years)
Married	29 Mar 1711	St. Martin in the Fields,Westminster,London,England
Documents		Obligation of marriage between John Selwyn and Mary Farrington
Documents		Allegation of marriage between John Selwyn and Mary Farrington dated 29 Mar 1711
Family ID	F081	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Children

1. Maria Emilia Fagnani, b. 24 Aug 1771, d. 2 Mar 1856, Île de France

(Age 84 years) [Adopted]

Family ID F375 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 11 Aug 1719 - Chislehurst, Kent
	Christened - 27 Aug 1719 - Chislehurst, Kent
	Died - 25 Jan 1791 - Cleveland Court, St James's, London
	Buried - - Matson, Gloucester

Photos » Slide Show		Portrait of George Augustus Selwyn and his pug Raton by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1776)
		The Out of Town Party. Sir Joshua Reynolds (1781) Left to right: George Selwyn, George James Williams, Richard Edgecumbe
		George Augustus Selwyn From the picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds
		Frederick, 5th Earl of Carlisle & George Selwyn
		Frederick, 5th Earl of Carlisle & George Augustus Selwyn by Sir Joshua Reynolds
		The Out of Town party George Selwyn, Gilly Williams and Dick Edgcumbe at Strawberry Hill by Sir Joshua Reynolds @ The Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

Headstones		Brass plate to the memory of George Augustus Selwyn
Headstones		Memorial Inscription in St. Katharine's, Matson

Notes

Project Gutenberg entry
Entry on Online-Casino-Players.com
Inherited Matson House in 1751
M.P. for Ludgershall, 1747 - 1754
M.P. for Gloucester, 1754-1780
M.P. for Ludgershall, 1780 - 25 Jan. 1791
Entry on History of Parliament
s. John, of Chislehurst, Kent, arm. HART HALL, matric. 1 Feb, 1738-9, aged 19; surveyor-general of the Crown lands, surveryor of the meltings and clerk of the irons in the Mint, registrar in the Court of Chancery in the Island of Barbados, M.P. Ludgershall 1747-54, Gloucester (city) 1754-80, and Ludgershall 1780, until his death 25 Jan, 1791.
Entertained George III and Queen Charlotte at Matson during their visit to Cheltenham in 1788.
Held lands in Charlotte, North Carolina as described in this article from NCpedia.

George Augustus Selwyn[1]