Colonel John Selwyn (20 August 1688 – 5 November 1751) of Matson, Gloucestershire,a British Army officer, courtier and politician, sat in the House of Commons between 1715 and 1751.
[1] Selwyn was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for Truro on the Boscawen interest at the 1715 general election.
After the Whigs came together again in 1720, he was appointed to the post of Receiver General and comptroller of customs, but had to give up his seat in the House of Commons in February 1721 and did not stand in 1722.
After the Prince of Wales became King George II in 1727, Selwyn continued as Groom of the Bedchamber until 1730, when he became treasurer of the Queen's Household.
He spoke for the new colony of Georgia in a debate on the army estimates on 3 February 1738 and voted regularly with the Government.