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 | | His fathers name was Bubb, but the son took the name of Doddington on inheriting a large property by the death of an uncle of that name (1720). |
 | | From 1722 to 1754 he sat in parliament for Bridgewater; from 1724 to 1740 was a lord of the treasury; and, in 1744, became treasurer of the navy under Henry Peiham, and, again in 1755, under Newcastle and Fox. |
 | | In April 1761 be was raised to the peerage as Baron Melcombe of Melcombe Regis in Dorsetsliire. |
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