David Papillon

David Papillon FRS (1691 – 26 February 1762) of Acrise Place, Kent was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1722 and 1741.

He was educated at Morland’s School, Bethnal Green, London and was admitted at the Inner Temple in 1706.

[2] Papillon was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for New Romney at the 1722 British general election.

He gave up his seat at Dover to the Sackville family at the 1741 British general election, in return for appointment as Commissioner of excise from 1742.

He held his post with the excise until 1754 when he arranged for it to be transferred to his son, with the help of his schoolfellow and lifelong friend, Lord Hardwicke.