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Brent Spencer Follett QC (1810 – 23 January 1887)[1] was a British Conservative politician and barrister.
Born at Topham, he was the fourth son of Benjamin Follett and his wife Ann Webb, daughter of John Webb.[2] His older brother was William Webb Follett (1796-1845), MP and Solicitor General.[2] He was a student of the Inner Temple from 17 March 1828 and then went to the Lincoln's Inn on 21 November 1829, where he was called to the bar on 7 June 1833.[3]
He became a Queen's Counsel on 11 July 1851 and a bencher four months later on 3 November 1851.[3][4] In 1852, he entered the House of Commons for Bridgwater, representing the constituency as a Member of Parliament (MP) until 1857.[1] With the Land Registry Act 1862, Follett became the first Chief Land Registrar of the new created HM Land Registry, a post he held until his death in 1887.[5]
On 14 October 1848 at Stockport, he married Caroline Amelia Skirrow, youngest daughter of Walter Skirrow.[6] They had two sons, John Skirrow Follett and William Webb Spencer Follett who would both become barristers.[3][4]
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