Plympton sentence example
plympton
- He was in parliament for many years, representing Plympton from 1685, Windsor from 1689, and Weymouth from 1700.
- Part of Plymouth was established as Plympton in 1707, and part as Kingston in 1726.
- Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was successively member of parliament for St Germans, Plympton and Lostwithiel from 1701 to 1742; on two occasions he served as a lord of the treasury; and from 1724 to 1742 he was paymaster-general for Ireland, becoming chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster in 1743.