The 1878

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by-election was fought on 14 June 1878. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent

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MP,

Russell Gurney Russell Gurney, FRS (2 September 1804 – 31 May 1878) was an English lawyer and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1878. Life Gurney was born at Norwood, the son of Sir John Gurney, a Baron of the Exc ...

. It was won by the

candidate Alfred Giles.

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