Chapter House of St Pauls Cathedral, leaving his nephew to live at the house in Salisbury Court. Comyn was also appointed Accomtant General of Excise from 1734 to 1745. During this time, Comyn took up residences upstream on the River Thames, at Hammersmith and later at Twickenham. In 1745 Comyn was a member of a group who subsidised a fleet of the privateers and over the next two years amassed a large fortune privateering. Comyn was credited with developing life assurance tables based on life expectancy. In the 1747 British general election, Comyn was elected Member of Parliament for Hindon a rotten borough in Hampshire as a government supporter in the interest of Sir Henry Calthorpe. In 1749 Comyn was living at Eversley, Hampshire as well as an estate at Twickenham Meadows. He died at Eversley aged 63 and was buried at Twickenham. He died intestate, and as the proceeds of various privateering expeditions had not been fully distributed, his estate was subject to considerable litigation, with over 100 cases under his name. Comyn married Mary Lucas ( -1730) at St Mary le Bow on 31 January 1713. They had a large family and she died in 1730. On 29 December 1748 Comyn married Mary Colston ( -1780) of St Andrews Holborn at the Lincolns Inn Chapel. Mary was the widow of Francis Colston and daughter of Richard Nicholson. After his death, his widow lived at 13 Bedford Row from 1756 to 1780 in which year she died. Comyn was great-uncle of Stephen George Comyn who was naval chaplain to Lord Nelson. References 1688 births 1751 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1747–1754 People from Molesey