[5] They had at least one son, Matthias Wolverley Attwood, who became Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenwich.
He joined the family bank—Spooner, Attwood and Holman—as a partner, and in 1810 and 1811 he became a prominent pamphleteering opponent of the resumption of cash payments, converting publicist William Cobbett, while his brother, Thomas, led the opposition to the orders in council at Birmingham.
[5] His campaigning led to Attwood's decision to stand for election to parliament, and he was recommended to the Tory MP for Fowey, George Lucy.
While Lucy was not initially convinced, only Attwood was found to be willing to risk the election and shoulder the expense of the canvas.
Lucy also believed Attwood would support the government on all matters except resumption, and had no qualms about voting against Catholic relief.