Matthew Martin (1676-1749) of Alresford Hall, Essex, was an East India Company mariner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1722 and 1742.
He was returned unopposed at MP for Colchester at the 1734 general election and voted with the Administration on the Spanish convention in 1739 .
He was re-elected at the poll in a contest for Colchester at the 1741 general election, but was unseated on petition on 26 February 1742.
[2] Martin died on 20 July 1749 and was buried in the family vault at St Peter's Church, Alresford.
His surviving daughters were Sarah, and Mary who married Isaac Lemyng Rebow[1] with whom Martin was returned at the 1734 general election.