Renn Hampden was a

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(MP) for

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from 1842 to 1847. Initially he lost the seat by one vote in the general election of 1841 but after an

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two votes for his opponent were struck off, one for bribery and one by disqualification of the voter, and Hampden was deemed elected in April 1842.''Reading Mercury'', Saturday 16 April 1842
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