# Exton Sayer

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{{Short description|English lawyer and Whig politician (1691–1731)}}
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'''Exton Sayer''' (c.1691–1731), of [Doctors' Commons](/source/Doctors'_Commons), London, was an English lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the [House of Commons](/source/British_House_of_Commons) from 1726 to 1731. At his death he held several important legal positions.

Sayer was the eldest son of George Sayer of [Doctors' Commons](/source/Doctors'_Commons) and his wife Mary Exton, daughter of Everard Exton, proctor of Doctors' Commons. He was admitted at [Lincoln's Inn](/source/Lincoln's_Inn) on 20 May 1709<ref name=LINCS>{{cite book| url = https://archive.org/details/VOL114201799/page/n373 | title = Admissions Register VOL 1 1420-1799 |publisher= The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn| date=1896}}</ref> and at [Trinity Hall, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_Hall%2C_Cambridge) on 11 June 1709.<ref name=CU>{{acad|id= SR709E|name=Sayer, Exton}}</ref> He was awarded LL.B. in 1713, and was a Fellow of Trinity Hall from 1714 to 1724. In 1718 he was awarded LL.D. and succeeded his grandfather as proctor of Doctors’ Commons. He married Catherine Talbot, daughter of [William Talbot](/source/William_Talbot_(bishop)), [Bishop of Durham](/source/Bishop_of_Durham) on 6 February 1724 and then became Chancellor of Durham diocese. He also obtained valuable leases of ecclesiastical coal-bearing lands. In 1727 he succeeded his father.<ref name = HOP>{{cite web| url =http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/sayer-exton-1691-1731 | title=SAYER, Exton (c.1691-1731), of Doctors' Commons, London. | publisher= History of Parliament Online| accessdate = 2 January 2019 }}</ref>
  
Sayer  was returned as [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament)  for [Helston](/source/Helston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), as a ministerial nominee, at a by-election on 13 May 1726 and quickly became one of the leading government spokesmen. He became [Admiralty Advocate](/source/Admiralty_Advocate) on 30 March 1727. At the   [1727 British general election](/source/1727_British_general_election) he was returned as MP for [Totnes](/source/Totnes_(UK_Parliament_constituency)). On 26 February 1730 he led for the Government against an opposition sponsored petition to end the monopoly of the [East India Company](/source/East_India_Company). He was appointed [Surveyor general of Crown lands](/source/Surveyor_General_of_the_Land_Revenues_of_the_Crown) in 1730.<ref name=HOP/>

Sayer died without issue from a riding accident on 24 September 1731<ref name=HOP/> and was buried in Durham Cathedral.<ref name=CU/>

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 | title =  [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Helston](/source/Helston_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
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