Career
Foreign Ipswich, in the 8th, 9th, and 10th Parliament of Great Britain, sitting from 23 January 1735 to his death in 1759. He was a younger son of Thomas Kent of Christchurch, Southwark, a Norway merchant. He was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey for 1729-1730.
He served as "Distiller to the Court" in 1739.