Public Service
He served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Herefordshire from 1847 to 1852. In 1849 he inherited the very substantial estates (estimated at over £250,000 - equivalent to ca£10 million in 2005) of his great-uncle, Rev. Dr. Richard Prosser, Archdeacon of Durham. At the time of this inheritance he changed his name by royal licence to Wegg-Prosser.
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