List of Great Britain by-elections (1734–54)
This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in Great Britain held between 1734 and 1754, 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: 1715-1754 provides some guidance to 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 members allegiances.
Resignations
- See Resignation from the British House of Commons for more details.
Where the cause of by-election is given as "resignation", this indicates that the incumbent was appointed on his own request to an "office of profit under the Crown". Offices used, in this period, were the Stewards of the Chiltern Hundreds (first used in 1751), Steward of the Honour of Otford (used once in 1742) or Chief Steward and Keeper of the Courts of the Honour of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Northampton (used once in 1752). These appointments are made as a constitutional device for leaving the House of Commons, whose Members are not permitted to resign. If the vacancy was caused by appointment to another office then this office is noted in brackets.
In addition certain offices of profit, such as cabinet positions, required the MP to seek re-election. These offices are noted separately.
Dates
Until 1752 England (but not Scotland) counted its legal year as beginning on 25 March. For the purposes of this list the year is considered to have started on 1 January.
By-elections
The c/u column denotes whether the by-election was a contested poll or an unopposed return. If the winner was re-elected, at the next general election and any intermediate by-elections, this is indicated by an * following the c or u. In a few cases the winner was elected at the next general election but had not been re-elected in a by-election after the one noted. In those cases no * symbol is used.
8th Parliament (1735–1741)
Date | Constituency | c/u | Former Incumbent | Winner | Cause |
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17 February 1735 | Amersham | c* | Thomas Lutwyche | Thomas Gore | Death |
17 February 1735 | Stockbridge | c | John Montagu | John Berkeley | Death |
17 February 1735 | Chipping Wycombe | u | Edmund Waller | Sir Charles Vernon | Chose to sit for Great Marlow |
18 February 1735 | Old Sarum | u* | Thomas Pitt | William Pitt | Chose to sit for Okehampton |
19 February 1735 | Aldborough | u* | Henry Pelham | John Jewkes | Chose to sit for Sussex |
William Jessop | Andrew Wilkinson | Death | |||
19 February 1735 | Kent | u | The Viscount Vane | Sir Christopher Powell | Death |
19 February 1735 | Norwich | c* | Waller Bacon | Thomas Vere | Death |
20 February 1735 | Ashburton | u | Sir William Yonge | Thomas Bladen | Chose to sit for Honiton |
20 February 1735 | Bewdley | u | William Bowles | Phineas Bowles | Chose to sit for Bridport |
20 February 1735 | East Looe | u | Edward Trelawny | Samuel Holden | Ineligible to sit (Commissioner of Customs in Scotland) |
20 February 1735 | West Looe | u | Edward Trelawny | John Owen | Ineligible to sit (Commissioner of Customs in Scotland) |
21 February 1735 | Plympton Erle | u | Richard Edgcumbe | Thomas Walker | Chose to sit for Lostwithiel |
22 February 1735 | Queenborough | u | Sir George Saunders | Lord Archibald Hamilton | Death |
26 February 1735 | Bedfordshire | u* | John Spencer | Sir Roger Burgoyne | Chose to sit for New Woodstock |
27 February 1735 | Aldeburgh | u | George Purvis | George Purvis | Commissioner of the Navy |
28 February 1735 | Hindon | u* | Stephen Fox | Henry Fox | Chose to sit for Shaftesbury |
28 February 1735 | Weymouth and Melcombe Regis | c* | George Bubb Dodington | John Tucker | Chose to sit for Bridgwater |
5 March 1735 | Suffolk | u* | Sir Robert Kemp | Sir Cordell Firebrace | Death |
6 March 1735 | Monmouthshire | u* | John Hanbury | Charles Hanbury Williams | Death |
7 March 1735 | Lanarkshire | u* | Lord William Hamilton | Sir James Hamilton | Death |
11 March 1735 | Exeter | u* | John King | Sir Henry Northcote | Succeeded to a peerage |
17 March 1735 | Nairnshire | u | John Campbell | Alexander Brodie | Chose to sit for Pembrokeshire |
20 March 1735 | Colchester | c | Isaac Lemyng Rebow | Jacob Houblon | Death |
28 March 1735 | Okehampton | u* | William Northmore | George Lyttelton | Death |
31 March 1735 | Lostwithiel | u | Philip Lloyd | Matthew Ducie Moreton | Death |
3 April 1735 | Tamworth | c(*) | George Compton | Charles Cotes | Chose to sit for Northampton |
7 April 1735 | Bridgwater | u | Thomas Palmer | Charles Wyndham | Death |
9 April 1735 | Hastings | u | Sir William Ashburnham | Sir William Ashburnham | Receiver of Fines in the Alienation Office |
14 April 1735 | Cirencester | u* | William Wodehouse | Henry Bathurst | Death |
19 April 1735 | Whitchurch | u* | John Conduitt | John Mordaunt | Chose to sit for Southampton |
22 April 1735 | Wendover | c | John Boteler | The Viscount Limerick | Void Election |
1 May 1735 | Forfarshire | c* | Thomas Lyon | William Maule | Became a Scottish Peer |
5 May 1735 | Gatton | u* | Paul Docminique | Charles Docminique | Death |
9 May 1735 | Dumfries Burghs | c | Charles Erskine | William Kirkpatrick | Chose to sit for Dumfriesshire (Two MPs elected due to a Double Return) |
Sir John Douglas | |||||
William Kirkpatrick | William Kirkpatrick | Kirkpatrick declared elected 13 February 1736 | |||
Sir John Douglas | |||||
17 May 1735 | Honiton | u* | Sir William Yonge | Sir William Yonge | Secretary at War |
20 May 1735 | Horsham | u | Henry Ingram | Henry Ingram | Commissary General of Stores for Minorca |
20 May 1735 | Wendover | u* | John Hampden | John Hampden | Commissary General for Gibraltar |
21 May 1735 | Reading | u | Richard Potenger | Richard Potenger | Puisne Justice of Chester |
27 May 1735 | St Mawes | u | Richard Plumer | Richard Plumer | Lord of Trade |
23 January 1736 | Yarmouth | u* | Paul Burrard | Thomas Gibson | Death |
28 January 1736 | Scarborough | c(*) | Sir William Strickland | Viscount Dupplin | Death |
Viscount Dupplin | William Osbaldeston | By-election results reversed on petition 21 April 1736 | |||
2 February 1736 | Midhurst | u | Bulstrode Peachey Knight | Sir Henry Peachey | Death |
3 February 1736 | Devon | u | Sir William Courtenay | John Bampfylde | Death |
10 February 1736 | New Romney | u | David Papillon | Sir Robert Austen | Chose to sit for Dover |
17 February 1736 | Newport (I.o.W.) | u* | William Fortescue | The Viscount Boyne | Resignation (Baron of the Exchequer) |
24 February 1736 | Dorchester | u* | John Browne | John Browne | King's Counsel |
13 March 1736 | Derby | u* | Charles Stanhope | John Stanhope | Death |
19 March 1736 | Lostwithiel | u* | Matthew Ducie Moreton | John Crosse | Succeeded to a peerage |
5 April 1736 | Hythe | u* | Hercules Baker | Hercules Baker | Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital |
22 April 1736 | Hertfordshire | c | Sir Thomas Saunders Sebright | Charles Caesar | Death |
27 April 1736 | Argyllshire | u* | Sir James CampbellCharles Campbell | Chose to sit for Stirlingshire | |
4 May 1736 | Lancashire | u | Sir Edward Stanley | Peter Bold | Succeeded to a peerage |
6 May 1736 | Sutherland | u* | Sir James Fergusson | James St Clair | Resignation (Senator of the College of Justice) |
28 May 1736 | Droitwich | u* | Thomas Winnington | Thomas Winnington | Junior Lord of the Treasury |
22 June 1736 | Pembrokeshire | u* | John Campbell | John Campbell | Lord of the Admiralty |
7 February 1737 | Horsham | u | Henry Ingram | Charles Ingram | Became a Scottish Peer |
9 February 1737 | Oxford University | c | George Clarke | William Bromley | Death |
9 February 1737 | Tregony | u | John Goddard | Sir Robert Cowan | Death |
9 February 1737 | West Looe | u | Sir John Willes | John Strange | Resignation (Chief Justice of the Common Pleas) |
10 February 1737 | Cambridge | c | Thomas Bacon | Gilbert Affleck | Death |
10 February 1737 | Portsmouth | u | Thomas Lewis | Charles Stewart | Death |
10 February 1737 | Tiverton | u* | Dudley Ryder | Dudley Ryder | Attorney General for England and Wales |
15 February 1737 | Coventry | c* | Sir Adolphus Oughton | John Neale | Death |
28 February 1737 | Marlborough | c* | Edward Lisle | John Crawley | Chose to sit for Hampshire |
2 March 1737 | Tregony | u | Sir Robert Cowan | Joseph Gulston | Death |
8 March 1737 | Yarmouth | u | Lord Harry Powlett | Anthony Chute | Chose to sit for Hampshire |
9 March 1737 | Glamorganshire | u* | William Talbot | Bussy Mansel | Succeeded to a peerage |
10 March 1737 | Weymouth and Melcombe Regis | u | Edward Tucker | John Olmius | Resignation (Supervisor of the Portland Quarries) |
23 March 1737 | Norfolk | u* | William Wodehouse | Armine Wodehouse | Death |
31 March 1737 | Northamptonshire | u* | Sir Justinian Isham | Sir Edmund Isham | Death |
31 March 1737 | Oxford University | c* | William Bromley | Edward Butler | Death |
12 April 1737 | Coventry | u* | John Neale | Earl of Euston | Previous By-election voided 22 March 1737 |
u | John Bird | John Neale | Resignation (Commissioner of Stamp Duties) | ||
16 April 1737 | Castle Rising | u* | Thomas Hanmer | Viscount Andover | Death |
27 April 1737 | Leicester | c* | Sir George Beaumont | James Wigley | Death |
24 May 1737 | Bossiney | c | Townshend Andrews | Peregrine Poulett | Death |
10 June 1737 | Southampton | c | John Conduitt | Thomas Lee Dummer | Death |
22 June 1737 | Chippenham | c* | Rogers Holland | Edward Bayntun Rolt | Chief Justice of the North Wales Circuit |
22 June 1737 | Hindon | u | Henry Fox | Henry Fox | Surveyor-General of Works |
25 June 1737 | Dorchester | u | William Chapple | Robert Browne | Resignation (Puisne Justice of the King's Bench) |
27 June 1737 | Newport (I.o.W.) | u | The Viscount Boyne | The Viscount Boyne | Irish Revenue Commissioner |
27 June 1737 | Whitchurch | u | John Mordaunt | John Mordaunt | Equerry to the King |
28 June 1737 | Malmesbury | u* | Giles Earle | Giles Earle | Junior Lord of the Treasury |
28 June 1737 | Minehead | c | Alexander Luttrell | Sir William Codrington | Death |
30 June 1737 | Wilton | u* | Robert Sawyer Herbert | Robert Sawyer Herbert | Lord of Trade |
1 July 1737 | Hythe | u* | William Glanville | William Glanville | Irish Revenue Commissioner |
4 July 1737 | Fowey | u* | John Hedges | William Wardour | Death |
7 July 1737 | Knaresborough | u* | Richard Arundell | Richard Arundell | Master of the Mint |
7 July 1737 | Northumberland | u* | Ralph Jenison | Ralph Jenison | Master of the Buckhounds |
21 July 1737 | Inverness Burghs | u | Duncan Forbes | Duncan Urquhart | Resignation (Lord President of the Court of Session) |
4 August 1737 | Dumfriesshire | u | Charles Erskine | Charles Erskine | Lord Advocate |
4 August 1737 | Edinburghshire | c* | Robert Dundas | Sir Charles Gilmour | Resignation (Senator of the College of Justice) |
30 January 1738 | Winchelsea | u | Robert Bristow | Robert Bristow | Death |
31 January 1738 | Newark-on-Trent | u* | Richard Sutton | Lord William Manners | Death |
31 January 1738 | Stafford | u* | Thomas Foley | The Viscount Chetwynd | Death |
1 February 1738 | Orford | u | Lewis Barlow | John Cope | Death |
1 February 1738 | Ripon | u* | William Aislabie | William Aislabie | Auditor of the Imprest |
2 February 1738 | Beverley | c* | Sir Charles Hotham | Charles Pelham | Death |
3 February 1738 | Midhurst | u* | Sir Henry Peachey | Sir John Peachey | Death |
9 February 1738 | Cockermouth | c | Sir Wilfrid Lawson | Eldred Curwen | Death |
13 February 1738 | Lewes | u* | Thomas Pelham | John Morley Trevor | Death |
13 February 1738 | Stamford | u* | William Noel | William Noel | King's Counsel |
14 February 1738 | Great Yarmouth | u* | William Townshend | Roger Townshend | Death |
16 February 1738 | Leicestershire | u | Ambrose Phillipps | Lord Grey | Death |
21 February 1738 | Dunwich | u | Sir Orlando Bridgeman | William Morden | Resignation (Governor of Barbados) |
9 March 1738 | Shaftesbury | c | Jacob Banks | Philip Bennet | Death |
10 March 1738 | New Windsor | c | Lord Vere Beauclerk | Lord Vere Beauclerk | Naval Lord (Two MPs elected due to a Double Return) |
Richard Oldfield | |||||
Lord Vere Beauclerk | Lord Vere Beauclerk | Beauclerk declared elected 27 March 1738 | |||
Richard Oldfield | |||||
5 April 1738 | Great Bedwyn | c | Robert Murray | Edward Popham | Death |
16 May 1738 | Gatton | u* | William Newland | George Newland | Death |
17 May 1738 | Kingston-upon-Hull | u* | George Crowle | George Crowle | Commissioner of the Navy |
18 May 1738 | Morpeth | u | Viscount Morpeth | Henry Furnese | Succeeded to a peerage |
22 May 1738 | Seaford | u* | William Hay | William Hay | Victualling Commissioner |
25 May 1738 | Dartmouth | u* | Walter Carey | Walter Carey | Second Clerk Comptroller of the Green Cloth |
29 May 1738 | Helston | u | John Harris | John Harris | Paymaster of the Board of Works |
2 June 1738 | Bury St Edmunds | u* | Thomas Hervey | Thomas Hervey | Surveyor of the King's Gardens |
19 June 1738 | Dumfries Burghs | u | William Kirkpatrick | Sir Robert Laurie | Resignation (Court of Session) |
8 February 1739 | Oxford | u | Matthew Skinner | James Herbert | Resignation (Chief Justice of Chester) |
9 February 1739 | Grampound | u | Philip Hawkins | Thomas Trefusis | Death |
9 February 1739 | King's Lynn | u* | Sir Charles Turner | Sir John Turner | Death |
9 February 1739 | Minehead | c* | Sir William Codrington | Thomas Carew | Death |
10 February 1739 | Thetford | u* | Sir Edmund Bacon | Lord Augustus FitzRoy | Death |
14 February 1739 | Nottinghamshire | u* | Thomas Bennet | John Mordaunt | Death |
14 February 1739 | Wenlock | u* | Samuel Edwards | Brooke Forester | Death |
16 February 1739 | Cardiff Boroughs | u* | Herbert Windsor | Herbert Mackworth | Succeeded to a peerage |
16 February 1739 | Reigate | u | Sir Joseph Jekyll | John Hervey | Death |
16 April 1739 | Ashburton | u | Roger Tuckfield | Joseph Taylor | Death |
20 April 1739 | Beaumaris | u* | The Viscount Bulkeley | The Viscount Bulkeley | Death |
28 May 1739 | New Shoreham | c | John Phillipson | John Phillipson | Commissioner of the Navy |
8 June 1739 | Aberdeen Burghs | u* | John Middleton | John Maule | Death |
13 June 1739 | Plymouth | c | Robert Byng | John Rogers | Resignation (Governor of Barbados) |
John Rogers | Charles Vanbrugh | By-election results reversed on petition 17 January 1740 | |||
21 November 1739 | Cricklade | u(*) | William Gore | Charles Gore | Death |
23 November 1739 | Arundel | u* | John Lumley | Garton Orme | Death |
24 November 1739 | Hedon | u | Sir Francis Boynton | Harry Pulteney | Death |
27 November 1739 | Huntingdonshire | c | Lord Robert Montagu | Charles Clarke | Succeeded to a peerage |
4 December 1739 | Berkshire | u* | William Archer | Peniston Powney | Death |
6 December 1739 | Reading | c* | Richard Potenger | John Blagrave | Death |
12 December 1739 | Bristol | c* | Thomas Coster | Edward Southwell | Death |
20 December 1739 | Leicestershire | u | Lord Grey | Lord Guernsey | Succeeded to a peerage |
2 January 1740 | Caernarvonshire | u | John Griffith | John Wynn | Death |
3 January 1740 | Monmouthshire | u* | Charles Hanbury Williams | Charles Hanbury Williams | Paymaster of the Marines |
14 January 1740 | Maldon | u | Henry Parsons | Benjamin Keene | Death |
15 January 1740 | Maidstone | c | John Finch | Robert Fairfax | Death |
22 January 1740 | Newport (Cornwall) | u* | Thomas Herbert | Nicholas Herbert | Death |
30 January 1740 | Oxfordshire | u* | Sir William Stapleton | Sir James Dashwood | Death |
20 February 1740 | Lincolnshire | u* | Sir Thomas Lumley Saunderson | Thomas Whichcot | Succeeded to a peerage |
22 February 1740 | Bere Alston | u* | Sir Francis Henry Drake | Samuel Heathcote | Death |
26 February 1740 | Devizes | u* | Sir Joseph Eyles | John Garth | Death |
27 February 1740 | Oxfordshire | u* | Henry Perrot | Viscount Quarendon | Death |
13 March 1740 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | u* | Lord Polwarth | The Viscount Barrington | Became a Scottish Peer |
25 March 1740 | Liskeard | u* | George Dennis | Charles Trelawny | Death |
3 April 1740 | Christchurch | c* | Joseph Hinxman | Charles Armand Powlett | Death |
10 April 1740 | Brecon | c* | John Talbot | John Talbot | Puisne Justice of Chester |
28 April 1740 | New Windsor | u* | Lord Sidney Beauclerk | Lord Sidney Beauclerk | Vice-Chamberlain of the Household |
2 May 1740 | Wilton | u* | William Herbert | William Herbert | Groom of the Bedchamber |
15 May 1740 | Middlesex | c* | Sir Francis Child | Sir Hugh Smithson | Death |
24 November 1740 | Bedford | u* | Sir Jeremy Sambrooke | Sir Boteler Chernock | Death |
24 November 1740 | Guildford | u* | Richard Onslow | Denzil Onslow | Succeeded to a peerage |
24 November 1740 | New Shoreham | u | Thomas Frederick | John Frederick | Death |
25 November 1740 | Banbury | u* | Viscount Wallingford | William Moore | Death |
26 November 1740 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | u* | John Lawton | Randle Wilbraham | Death |
26 November 1740 | Plymouth | u* | Charles Vanbrugh | Lord Henry Beauclerk | Death |
26 November 1740 | Reading | c(*) | Henry Grey | William Strode | Death |
William Strode | John Dodd | By-election results reversed on petition 17 February 1741 | |||
26 November 1740 | Somerset | u* | Sir William Wyndham | Thomas Prowse | Death |
26 November 1740 | Steyning | c* | Sir Robert Fagg | Hitch Younge | Death |
27 November 1740 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | u* | George Liddell | Thomas Watson | Death |
27 November 1740 | Dartmouth | u* | George Treby | George Treby | Junior Lord of the Treasury |
27 November 1740 | East Looe | u* | Samuel Holden | Henry Legge | Death |
1 December 1740 | Barnstaple | c | Sir John Chichester | John Basset | Death |
1 December 1740 | Northallerton | u* | Leonard Smelt | William Smelt | Death |
3 December 1740 | Oxford | u* | James Herbert | Philip Herbert | Death |
11 December 1740 | Shropshire | u* | Corbet Kynaston | Richard Lyster | Death |
12 December 1740 | Montgomeryshire | u | Price Devereux | Robert Williams | Succeeded to a peerage |
22 December 1740 | Wallingford | c | William Hucks | Joseph Townsend | Death |
24 December 1740 | Denbighshire | u(*) | Sir Watkin Williams Wynn | Sir Watkin Williams Wynn | Steward of Bromfield and Yale |
27 December 1740 | Malmesbury | u* | William Rawlinson Earle | William Rawlinson Earle | Clerk of the Ordnance |
21 February 1741 | Portsmouth | u | Charles Stewart | Edward Vernon | Death |
30 March 1741 | Aldeburgh | u | George Purvis | Francis Gashry | Death |
9th Parliament (1741–1747)
10th Parliament (1747–1754)
Date | Constituency | c/u | Former Incumbent | Winner | Cause |
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7 December 1747 | Reigate | u* | Philip Yorke | Charles Yorke | Chose to sit for Cambridgeshire |
8 December 1747 | Shaftesbury | c | George Pitt | William Beckford | Chose to sit for Dorset |
8 December 1747 | Stamford | u* | Lord Burghley | Robert Barbor | Chose to sit for Rutland |
11 December 1747 | Cockermouth | u | Sir Charles Wyndham | William Finch | Chose to sit for Taunton |
11 December 1747 | Richmond | u* | Sir Conyers Darcy | Earl of Ancram | Chose to sit for Yorkshire |
11 December 1747 | St Ives | c | Lord Hobart | John Plumptre | Chose to sit for Norwich |
12 December 1747 | Bossiney | u | Sir Edward Wortley Montagu | William Ord | Chose to sit for Peterborough |
12 December 1747 | Tavistock | u* | Richard Leveson Gower | Sir Richard Wrottesley | Chose to sit for Lichfield |
14 December 1747 | Plympton Erle | u | Richard Edgcumbe | George Treby | Chose to sit for Lostwithiel |
George Edgcumbe | William Baker | Chose to sit for Fowey | |||
15 December 1747 | Portsmouth | u | Thomas Gore | Edward Legge | Chose to sit for Bedford |
15 December 1747 | Saltash | u | Edward Boscawen | Stamp Brooksbank | Chose to sit for Truro |
17 December 1747 | Downton | c | George Lyttelton | Richard Temple | Chose to sit for Okehampton |
17 December 1747 | Old Sarum | u | Thomas Pitt | Earl of Middlesex | Chose to sit for Okehampton |
Sir William Irby | The Viscount Doneraile | Chose to sit for Bodmin | |||
21 December 1747 | Pembroke Boroughs | u* | William Owen | Hugh Barlow | Chose to sit for Pembrokeshire |
26 December 1747 | Tiverton | c | Sir William Yonge | Henry Conyngham | Chose to sit for Honiton |
28 December 1747 | Coventry | c* | Viscount Petersham | Samuel Greatheed | Chose to sit for Bury St Edmunds |
28 December 1747 | Portsmouth | u* | Edward Legge | Sir Edward Hawke | By-election voided due to Legge having died 87 days before election |
20 January 1748 | Barnstaple | u | Henry Rolle | Sir Bourchier Wrey | Elevated to the peerage |
2 February 1748 | Clitheroe | u | Sir Nathaniel Curzon | Nathaniel Curzon | Chose to sit for Derbyshire |
15 February 1748 | Eye | u* | Roger Townshend | Nicholas Hardinge | Resignation (Receiver General of Customs) |
18 February 1748 | Northumberland | c | John Fenwick | Lord Ossulston | Death |
Lord Ossulston | Lancelot Allgood | By-election results reversed on petition 14 February 1749 | |||
8 March 1748 | Derby | u | John Stanhope | John Stanhope | Lord of the Admiralty |
10 March 1748 | Huntingdon | u | Kelland Courtenay | John Montagu | Death |
25 March 1748 | Bath | c* | George Wade | Sir John Ligonier | Death |
14 April 1748 | Northamptonshire | c* | Thomas Cartwright | Valentine Knightley | Death |
16 April 1748 | Montgomery | u | Henry Herbert | Francis Herbert | Death |
21 April 1748 | Callington | u | Thomas Coplestone | Edward Bacon | Death |
27 April 1748 | Cornwall | u* | Sir Coventry Carew | James Buller | Death |
6 May 1748 | Cambridge | u | Samuel Shepheard | Christopher Jeffreason | Death |
21 May 1748 | Bury St Edmunds | u* | Viscount Petersham | Viscount Petersham | Customer of the Port of Dublin |
21 May 1748 | Ludlow | u | Sir William Corbet | Sir William Corbet | Clerk of the Pipe |
24 May 1748 | Lyme Regis | u | Henry Holt Henley | Robert Henley | Death |
20 June 1748 | Aberdeen Burghs | c | John Maule | Charles Maitland | Resignation (Baron of the Exchequer in Scotland) |
7 December 1748 | Ludlow | u* | Sir William Corbet | Henry Bridgeman | Death |
9 December 1748 | Bewdley | c* | William Bowles | William Henry Lyttelton | Death |
12 December 1748 | St Germans | u* | Richard Eliot | Edward Eliot | Death |
12 December 1748 | Tamworth | u* | Sir Henry Harpur | Sir Robert Burdett | Death |
13 December 1748 | Essex | u* | Sir Robert Abdy | Sir John Abdy | Death |
15 December 1748 | Knaresborough | u* | Richard Arundell | Richard Arundell | Clerk of the Pipe |
17 December 1748 | Horsham | u* | Charles Ingram | Sir Lionel Pilkington | Death |
20 December 1748 | Derby | u | John Stanhope | Thomas Rivett | Death |
30 December 1748 | Christchurch | u* | Edward Hooper | Sir Thomas Robinson | Resignation (Commissioner of Excise) |
30 December 1748 | Tamworth | u* | Thomas Villiers | Thomas Villiers | Lord of the Admiralty |
5 January 1749 | Pontefract | u | William Monckton | The Viscount Galway | Resignation (Receiver General of Crown Rents for Yorkshire and County Durham) |
31 January 1749 | Cambridge | u | Christopher Jeffreason | Charles Sloane Cadogan | Death |
9 March 1749 | Shrewsbury | u* | William Kinaston | Thomas Hill | Death |
30 March 1749 | Weobley | u* | Savage Mostyn | Savage Mostyn | Comptroller of the Navy |
1 April 1749 | Thirsk | u | Frederick Meinhardt Frankland | William Monckton | Resignation (Irish Revenue Commissioner) |
3 May 1749 | County Durham | u | Henry Vane | Henry Vane | Junior Lord of the Treasury |
5 May 1749 | Eye | u* | Edward Cornwallis | Courthorpe Clayton | Resignation (Governor of Nova Scotia) |
5 May 1749 | Orford | u* | Henry Legge | Henry Legge | Treasurer of the Navy |
9 May 1749 | Caernarvon Boroughs | u* | Sir Thomas Wynn | Sir William Wynn | Death |
6 June 1749 | Cirencester | u* | Thomas Master | John Coxe | Death |
17 June 1749 | Tavistock | u | Sir Richard Wrottesley | Sir Richard Wrottesley | Second Clerk Comptroller of the Green Cloth |
19 June 1749 | Great Yarmouth | u* | Charles Townshend | Charles Townshend | Lord of Trade |
21 June 1749 | Dunwich | u* | Sir George Downing | Sir Jacob Garrard Downing | Death |
21 November 1749 | Oxford | u | Philip Herbert | The Viscount Wenman | Death |
24 November 1749 | Downton | u | Richard Temple | Henry Vane | Death |
28 November 1749 | Andover | c* | Viscount Lymington | John Griffin Griffin | Death |
28 November 1749 | Gatton | c | George Newland | Charles Knowles | Death |
30 November 1749 | West Looe | u* | William Noel | William Noel | Chief Justice of Chester |
5 December 1749 | Denbighshire | u* | Sir Watkin Williams Wynn | Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton | Death |
13 December 1749 | Rye | u | Sir John Norris | Thomas Pelham | Death |
20 December 1749 | Hastings | u* | Andrew Stone | Andrew Stone | Lord of Trade |
23 December 1749 | Christchurch | u* | Sir Thomas Robinson | Sir Thomas Robinson | Master of the Great Wardrobe |
27 December 1749 | Denbigh Boroughs | u* | Richard Myddelton | Richard Myddelton | Steward of Bromfield and Yale |
29 December 1749 | Ayr Burghs | u | Charles Erskine | Sir Henry Erskine | Death |
18 January 1750 | Totnes | u* | Sir John Strange | Sir John Strange | Master of the Rolls |
23 January 1750 | Lancashire | u* | Richard Shuttleworth | Peter Bold | Death |
31 January 1750 | Oxford University | c* | Viscount Cornbury | Sir Roger Newdigate | Elevated to the House of Lords through a Writ of acceleration |
2 February 1750 | Launceston | u | Sir William Morice | Humphry Morice | Death |
27 February 1750 | Taunton | u* | Sir Charles Wyndham | William Rowley | Succeeded to a peerage |
8 March 1750 | Middlesex | c* | Sir Hugh Smithson | George Cooke | Succeeded to a peerage |
6 April 1750 | Plymouth | u | Lord Vere Beauclerk | Charles Saunders | Elevated to the peerage |
10 April 1750 | New Shoreham | u | Charles Frederick | Charles Frederick | Surveyor-General of the Ordnance |
23 April 1750 | Boroughbridge | u* | Earl of Dalkeith | Lewis Watson | Death |
25 April 1750 | Yorkshire | u* | Sir Miles Stapylton | The Viscount Downe | Resignation (Commissioner of Customs) |
15 May 1750 | Westminster | c | Viscount Trentham | Viscount Trentham | Lord of the Admiralty |
18 May 1750 | Lanarkshire | u | Sir James Hamilton | Patrick Stuart | Death |
22 January 1751 | East Grinstead | u* | Sydney Smythe | Joseph Yorke | Resignation (Baron of the Exchequer) |
23 January 1751 | Rochester | u* | Sir Chaloner Ogle | John Byng | Death |
25 January 1751 | Heytesbury | u* | William Ashe | William Ashe-à Court | Death |
25 January 1751 | Old Sarum | u | The Viscount Doneraile | Paul Jodrell | Death |
25 January 1751 | Wareham | u* | John Pitt | Henry Drax | Resignation to contest Dorchester |
28 January 1751 | Weymouth and Melcombe Regis | u | Richard Plumer | Lord George Augustus Cavendish | Death |
29 January 1751 | Dorchester | u | John Browne | George Damer | Death |
u* | Nathaniel Gundry | John Pitt | Resignation (Puisne Justice of the Common Pleas) | ||
14 February 1751 | Edinburghshire | u | Sir Charles Gilmour | Robert Balfour Ramsay | Death |
27 March 1751 | Aberdeen Burghs | u* | Charles Maitland | David Scott | Death |
1 April 1751 | Newark-on-Trent | c* | Job Staunton Charlton | Job Staunton Charlton | Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance |
4 April 1751 | Haddington Burghs | u* | Andrew Fletcher | Andrew Fletcher | Auditor of the Exchequer in Scotland |
10 April 1751 | Worcestershire | u* | Viscount Deerhurst | John Bulkeley Coventry | Succeeded to a peerage |
22 April 1751 | Downton | c | George Proctor | Thomas Duncombe | Death |
27 April 1751 | Gatton | u* | Paul Humphrey | James Colebrooke | Death |
4 May 1751 | Hindon | c | Valens Comyn | Francis Blake Delaval | Death |
8 May 1751 | Hampshire | u* | Francis Whithed | Alexander Thistlethwayte | Death |
8 May 1751 | Surrey | u* | The Lord Baltimore | Thomas Budgen | Death |
13 May 1751 | Saltash | u | Thomas Corbett | George Brydges Rodney | Death |
28 May 1751 | Winchester | c | George William Brydges | George Paulet St John | Death |
13 June 1751 | Malmesbury | u | James Douglas | Edward Digby | Death |
24 June 1751 | Chippenham | u* | Edward Bayntun Rolt | Edward Bayntun Rolt | Surveyor-General of the Duchy of Cornwall |
24 June 1751 | Taunton | u | William Rowley | William Rowley | Naval Lord |
26 June 1751 | Tregony | u* | William Trevanion | William Trevanion | Auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall |
27 June 1751 | Derbyshire | u | Marquess of Hartington | Lord Frederick Cavendish | Elevated to the House of Lords through a Writ of acceleration |
28 June 1751 | St Germans | u* | Edward Eliot | Edward Eliot | Receiver General of the Duchy of Cornwall |
28 June 1751 | Truro | u* | Edward Boscawen | Edward Boscawen | Naval Lord |
2 July 1751 | Liskeard | u | Charles Trelawny | Charles Trelawny | Assay-Master of Tin for the Duchy of Cornwall |
25 July 1751 | Wigtownshire | u* | John Stewart | John Stewart | Clerk of the Pipe of the Exchequer in Scotland |
19 November 1751 | Gloucester | u* | John Selwyn | Charles Barrow | Death |
21 November 1751 | Bath | u* | Robert Henley | Robert Henley | King's Counsel |
21 November 1751 | Whitchurch | u | John Selwyn | Lord Robert Bertie | Death |
22 November 1751 | Bramber | u | Henry Gough | Henry Pelham | Death |
22 November 1751 | Carmarthen | u* | Thomas Mathews | Griffith Philipps | Death |
22 November 1751 | Old Sarum | c | Paul Jodrell | Simon Fanshawe | Death |
26 November 1751 | Christchurch | u* | Sir Charles Armand Powlett | Harry Powlett | Death |
26 November 1751 | Pontefract | u | The Viscount Galway | Robert Monckton | Death |
9 December 1751 | St Ives | c | John Plumptre | Samuel Stephens | Death |
24 December 1751 | East Retford | u* | William Mellish | John Shelley | Resignation (Commissioner of Excise) |
26 December 1751 | East Looe | u* | Francis Gashry | Francis Gashry | Treasurer and Paymaster of the Ordnance |
30 December 1751 | Wilton | u* | Robert Sawyer Herbert | Robert Sawyer Herbert | Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown |
2 January 1752 | Fifeshire | u | James Oswald | James Oswald | Lord of Trade |
7 February 1752 | Dover | u* | Thomas Revell | William Cayley | Death |
18 February 1752 | Marlborough | u* | Sir John Hynde Cotton | Sir John Hynde Cotton | Death |
22 February 1752 | Bossiney | u | Richard Heath | William Montagu | Death |
28 March 1752 | Dorchester | c | George Damer | George Clavell | Death |
3 April 1752 | Northallerton | u* | Henry Lascelles | Daniel Lascelles | Resignation (Chief Steward of the Honour of Berkhampstead) |
10 April 1752 | Gatton | u | Charles Knowles | William Bateman | Resignation (Governor of Jamaica) |
13 January 1753 | St Mawes | u | The Lord Sundon | Sir Thomas Clavering | Death |
16 January 1753 | Westbury | u* | Matthew Michell | Peregrine Bertie | Death |
16 January 1753 | Westminster | u* | Sir Peter Warren | Edward Cornwallis | Death |
17 January 1753 | Buckingham | u | Viscount Cobham | Temple West | Succeeded to a peerage |
17 January 1753 | Wendover | u* | The Earl Verney | The Earl Verney | Death |
19 January 1753 | Bodmin | c* | John LaRoche | George Hunt | Death |
19 January 1753 | Bridgwater | u* | Peregrine Poulett | Robert Balch | Death |
19 January 1753 | Lyme Regis | u* | John Scrope | Thomas Fane | Death |
20 January 1753 | Bere Alston | u* | Sir Francis Henry Drake | Sir Francis Henry Drake | Second Clerk Comptroller of the Green Cloth |
20 January 1753 | Bishop's Castle | c* | Samuel Child | John Dashwood King | Death |
20 January 1753 | Ludgershall | u | George Augustus Selwyn | George Augustus Selwyn | Registrar of the Court of Chancery in Barbados |
21 January 1753 | Rutland | c* | James Noel | Thomas Noel | Death |
27 January 1753 | Mitchell | u | Albert Nesbitt | Arnold Nesbitt | Death |
29 January 1753 | Beaumaris | u | The Viscount Bulkeley | John Owen | Death |
7 February 1753 | Cheshire | u | John Crewe | Charles Crewe | Death |
31 March 1753 | New Woodstock | u* | John Trevor | Anthony Keck | Succeeded to a peerage |
6 April 1753 | Salisbury | u(*) | Edward Poore | Edward Poore | Puisne Justice of Carmathen |
25 April 1753 | Maidstone | u* | William Horsemonden Turner | Gabriel Hanger | Death |
12 May 1753 | Downton | u | Henry Vane | James Hayes | Resignation to contest County Durham |
19 May 1753 | County Durham | u* | Henry Vane | Henry Vane | Succeeded to a peerage |
21 November 1753 | Harwich | u* | Viscount Coke | Wenman Coke | Death |
21 November 1753 | Higham Ferrers | u* | John Hill | John Yorke | Death |
24 November 1753 | Lichfield | c | Richard Leveson Gower | Sir Thomas Gresley | Death |
Sir Thomas Gresley | Henry Vernon | By-election results reversed on petition 29 January 1754 | |||
28 November 1753 | Flint Boroughs | u* | Kyffin Williams | Sir John Glynne | Death |
5 December 1753 | Bedfordshire | u* | Sir Danvers Osborn | The Earl of Upper Ossory | Resignation (Governor of New York) |
13 December 1753 | Selkirkshire | u* | John Murray | Gilbert Elliot | Death |
26 December 1753 | Worcestershire | u* | Edmund Pytts | Edmund Pytts, jun. | Death |
25 January 1754 | Midhurst | u* | Sir Thomas Bootle | John Sargent | Death |
26 January 1754 | Rochester | u* | David Polhill | Nicholas Haddock | Death |
9 February 1754 | Petersfield | u* | William Conolly | William Gerard Hamilton | Death |
15 February 1754 | Amersham | u* | Sir Henry Marshall | Isaac Whittington | Death |
15 February 1754 | Boroughbridge | u* | Lewis Watson | Lewis Watson | Auditor of the imprests |
25 February 1754 | Wendover | u* | John Hampden | John Calvert | Death |
References
- List of MPs since 1660
- Return of the name of every member of the lower house of parliament of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with name of constituency represented, and date of return, from 1213 to 1874.
- The House of Commons 1715-1754, edited by Romney Sedgwick (London : Published for the History of Parliament Trust by H.M.S.O., 1970) ISBN 0118800981