1775 in succession to John Wilkes. He was commissioned as Colonel of the East Kent Militia in 1779 and held the command until his death. Family Sawbridge had married firstly on 15 November 1763 Mary Diana Bridgeman, daughter of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet. She died without issue in 1764 and he married secondly Anne Stephenson daughter of Sir William Stephenson. His son Samuel Elias Sawbridge was Member of Parliament for Canterbury. Samuel Elias Sawbridge (7 January 1769 – 27 May 1850) Ann Sawbridge (born 20 June 1776) Wanly Sawbridge (born 9 June 1779) References Attribution External links 1732 births 1795 deaths Sheriffs of the City of London 18th-century lord mayors of London Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1768–1774 British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1780–1784 British MPs 1784–1790 British MPs 1790–1796 Kent Militia officers