He was elected a member of the Parliament of Great Britain for Essex from 13 December 1763 to 1784.[2] A Whig, he left his wife in 1764 and went to Paris at the time when the government was pursuing John Wilkes. Richard Watson persuaded him to return and be reconciled with his wife and family.[2]
The family lived at Great Myles house in Kelvedon Hatch, near Ongar, Essex.
Family
On 20 January 1762 Luther had obtained a licence to marry Levina Alexander Bennet,[3] daughter of Bennet Alexander Bennet (1702–1745) and his wife Mary Ash (born 1719), who married again in 1747 to Richard Bull. Levina's brother was Richard Henry Alexander Bennet.
^Ancestry.com. London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA. (subscription required) Accessed 15 December 2015