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List Of Great Britain By-elections (1754–1774)
This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in Great Britain held between 1754 and 1774, with the names of the previous incumbent and the victor in the by-election. In the absence of a comprehensive and reliable source for party and factional alignments in this period, no attempt is made to define them in this article. ''The House of Commons: 1754–1790'' provides some guidance on the complex and shifting political relationships, but it is significant that the compilers of that work make no attempt to produce a definitive list of each member's allegiances. Resignations :See Resignation from the British House of Commons for more details. Where the cause of the by-election is given as "resignation", this indicates that the incumbent was appointed at his own request to an "office of profit under the Crown". Offices used in this period were the Stewards of the Chiltern Hundreds, the Manor of Old Shoreham, the Manor of East Hendred, the Manor of Kennington in Surrey (used once i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections. A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumbent dying or resigning, or when the incumbent becomes ineligible to continue in office (because of a recall, election or appointment to a prohibited dual mandate, criminal conviction, or failure to maintain a minimum attendance), or when an election is invalidated by voting irregularities. In some cases a vacancy may be filled without a by-election or the office may be left vacant. Origins The procedure for filling a vacant seat in the House of Commons of England was developed during the Reformation Parliament of the 16th century by Thomas Cromwell; previously a seat had remained empty upon the death of a member. Cromwell de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Compton (MP) (1816–1877), born Charles Compton, British peer
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Charles Compton may refer to: * Charles Compton (c. 1624–1661), English MP for Northampton 1661–1662 * Charles Compton (MP) (1698–1755), British MP for Northampton 1754–1755 and Envoy to Portugal *Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton (1737–1763), his son, British Ambassador to Venice * Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton (1760–1828), British MP for Northampton 1784–1796, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire *Charles Douglas-Compton, 3rd Marquess of Northampton Charles Douglas-Compton, 3rd Marquess of Northampton, DL (26 May 1816 – 3 March 1877), styled Earl Compton from birth until 1851, was a British peer. Early life Born Charles Compton at Parliament Street, London, he was the son of Spencer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Vernon (MP)
Richard Vernon (18 June 1726 – 16 September 1800) was a British horse breeder and trainer and a politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1754 and 1790. Early life Vernon was born on 18 June 1726, the eldest son of Henry Vernon MP of Hilton Park, Staffordshire. He undertook a Grand Tour through Italy and France in about 1743. He joined the army and was an ensign in the 1st Foot Guards in November 1744. In 1747, he was lieutenant and captain. By 1751 he was closely associated with the Duke of Bedford. Vernon was one of the original members of the Jockey Club. As early as 4 June 1751 the betting-book at the old White's Club records a wager between Lord March and Captain Richard Vernon, alias Fox alias Jubilee Dicky. Vernon was blackballed at the club in the following year because of his friendship with the Duke of Bedford. Horace Walpole described him as ‘a very inoffensive, good-humoured young fellow, who lives in the strongest intimacy with all the fashiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey French (MP)
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Tavistock (UK Parliament Constituency)
Tavistock was the name of a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in Devon between 1330 and 1974. Until 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 it was a parliamentary borough, consisting solely of the town of Tavistock, Devon, Tavistock; it returned two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868, when its representation was reduced to one member. From 1885, the name was transferred to a single-member county constituency covering a much larger area. (Between 1885 and 1918, the constituency had the alternative name of West Devon.) The constituency was abolished for the February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new West Devon (UK Parliament constituency), West Devon constituency. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Municipal Boro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Newsham
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent
Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent PC (1709 – 13 October 1788) was an Irish politician and poet. He was tersely described by Richard Glover as a jovial and voluptuous Irishman who had left popery for the Protestant religion, money and widows. Background The son of Michael Nugent and Mary, daughter of Robert Barnewall, 9th Baron Trimlestown and Margaret Dongan, he was born at Carlanstown, County Westmeath, in 1709. He succeeded his father in the Carlanstown property on 13 May 1739. Political career His wife's property included the borough of St Mawes in Cornwall, and Nugent sat for that constituency from 1741 to 1754, after which date he represented Bristol until 1774,Pages 88 to 91,Lewis Namier, ''The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III'' (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1957) when he returned to St Mawes. By 1782, he had become the longest continually-serving member of the Commons, and so became the Father of the House. In 1747 he succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mawes (UK Parliament Constituency)
St Mawes was a rotten borough in Cornwall, England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England from 1562 to 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom until it was abolished by the Great Reform Act in 1832. History The borough consisted of the manor of St Mawes, a decayed fishing port and market town in the west of Cornwall. Like most of the Cornish boroughs enfranchised or re-enfranchised during the Tudor period, it was a rotten borough from the start. The right to vote rested with the portreeve and "resident burgesses or free tenants", making it essentially a scot and lot borough (there were 87 voters in 1831), but the control of the "patron" was entirely secure. In practice the patron always worked in close collusion with the Crown, and the members returned were generally court nominees throughout the borough's existence. In the 1760s the Boscawen family ( the Viscou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Herbert (of Muckross)
Edward Herbert may refer to: *Edward Herbert (died 1593), MP for Montgomeryshire *Edward Herbert (died 1595), MP for Old Sarum *Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583–1648), Anglo-Welsh soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher *Edward Herbert (attorney-general) (c. 1591–1658), member of the Parliament of England under Kings James I and Charles I *Edward Herbert, 3rd Baron Herbert of Chirbury (died 1678), English aristocrat and soldier *Edward Herbert (of the Grange), judge and MP for Monmouthshire, 1656 *Edward Herbert (judge) (c. 1648–1698), English judge who served as Chief Justice of the King's Bench; MP for Ludlow *Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis (1785–1848), British peer and Tory politician; MP for Ludlow *Edward Charles Hugh Herbert (1802-1852), British MP for Callington 1831-1832 *Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis (1818–1891), British peer and politician; MP for Shropshire North *Edward Herbert (priest) (1767–1814), Archdeacon of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Herbert (Ludlow MP)
Richard Herbert (1704–1754) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1727 and 1754. He was badly injured in a duel. Herbert was baptised on 13 December 1704, the second son of Francis Herbert of Oakley Park, Montgomeryshire, and his wife Dorothy Oldbury, daughter of John Oldbury, merchant of London. His elder brother Henry later became 1st Earl of Powis of the second creation. Herbert was returned as Member of Parliament for Ludlow in the interest of his brother Henry at a by-election on 11 February 1727. He voted for the Administration on the civil list in 1729, but his name does not appear on other lists of that and the succeeding Parliament. He was returned unopposed in 1727 and in 1734. He was not put up as a candidate at the 1741 general election, but was returned again at a by-election on 30 December 1743. He voted for the Hanoverian troops in 1744 and 1746. Herbert joined the army on 4 October 1745 as lieutenant-colonel. In the next year, he cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludlow (UK Parliament Constituency)
Ludlow is a constituency in Shropshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Philip Dunne, a member of the Conservative Party. History From its 1473 creation until 1885, Ludlow was a parliamentary borough. It was represented by two burgesses until 1868, when it was reduced to one member. The seat saw a big reduction in voters between 1727 when 710 people voted to the next contested election in 1812 when the electorate was below 100. The 1832 Reform Act raised the electorate to 300-400. The parliamentary borough was abolished in 1885, and the name transferred to the new county "division" (with lower electoral candidates' expenses and a different returning officer) whose boundaries were expanded greatly to become similar to (and a replacement to) the Southern division of Shropshire. The seat was long considered safe for the Conservatives with the party winning by large majorities from the 1920s until 1997 when the majority was reduced to u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet
Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet PC (c. 1701 – 22 June 1764) was a Welsh Jacobite politician. Sir John was the son of Sir John Philipps, 4th Baronet. He studied at Pembroke College, Oxford, and went on to Lincoln's Inn. In 1736 he was elected mayor of Haverfordwest and in 1741 he became MP for Carmarthen. In 1743, his elder brother, Sir Erasmus Philipps, 5th Baronet, was accidentally drowned, and Sir John inherited the baronetcy and Picton Castle. He gave up the Carmarthenshire seat in 1747, but re-entered Parliament as MP for Petersfield (1754–1761), and Pembrokeshire (1761–1764). In 1763 he became a privy counsellor. A patron of education, he founded several scholarships at his former Oxford college. Proposed by his elder brother, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1742. In 1725, he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry Shepherd of London, with whom he had a son and 3 daughters. Among the family's servants was Cesar Picton, a former slave from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
