List of Great Britain by-elections (1734–1754)
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)
9th Parliament (1741–1747)
Date | Constituency | c/u | Former Incumbent | Winner | Cause |
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28 December 1741 | Higham Ferrers | u | Henry Finch | Henry Seymour Conway | Chose to sit for Malton |
29 December 1741 | Huntingdon | u | Wills Hill | Albert Nesbitt | Chose to sit for Warwick |
29 December 1741 | Thetford | u* | Lord Augustus FitzRoy | Lord Henry Beauclerk | Death |
30 December 1741 | Malton | u* | Lord James Cavendish | John Mostyn | Death |
31 December 1741 | Lymington | u* | Lord Nassau Powlett | Charles Powlett | Death |
31 December 1741 | Westminster | u | Sir Charles Wager | Charles Edwin | Void Election |
The Lord Sundon | Lord Perceval | ||||
1 January 1742 | Appleby | u | George Bubb Dodington | Sir Charles Wyndham | Chose to sit for Bridgwater |
2 January 1742 | Whitchurch | u | John Wallop | William Sloper | Chose to sit for Andover |
4 January 1742 | Downton | u | John Verney | Joseph Windham Ashe | Death |
4 January 1742 | Droitwich | u | Thomas Winnington | Lord George Bentinck | Chose to sit for Worcester |
5 January 1742 | Old Sarum | u* | George Lyttelton | James Grenville | Chose to sit for Okehampton |
6 January 1742 | Herefordshire | u | Edward Harley | Thomas Foley | Succeeded to a peerage |
14 January 1742 | Sussex | u* | James Butler | Earl of Middlesex | Death |
21 January 1742 | Yorkshire | c | Viscount Morpeth | Charles Cholmley Turner | Death |
23 January 1742 | East Grinstead | u | Earl of Middlesex | John Butler | High Steward of the Honour of Otford |
25 January 1742 | Totnes | u* | Sir Charles Wills | Sir John Strange | Death |
28 January 1742 | Tavistock | u | Lord Sherard Manners | The Viscount Limerick | Death |
28 January 1742 | Tregony | u | Thomas Watts | George Cooke | Death |
2 February 1742 | Milborne Port | u(*) | Thomas Medlycott | Michael Harvey | Resignation (Commissioner of Hawkers and Pedlars) |
5 February 1742 | Argyllshire | u | Charles Campbell | James Stuart Mackenzie | Death |
18 February 1742 | Roxburghshire | u | John Rutherfurd | William Douglas | Resignation (Commission in the Army) |
23 February 1742 | Rye | u* | Phillips Gybbon | Phillips Gybbon | Junior Lord of the Treasury |
24 February 1742 | Evesham | u* | Sir John Rushout | Sir John Rushout | Junior Lord of the Treasury |
24 February 1742 | King's Lynn | u | Sir Robert Walpole | Edward Bacon | Elevated to the peerage |
24 February 1742 | Northampton | u | George Compton | George Compton | Junior Lord of the Treasury |
8 March 1742 | Derby | c* | Lord James Cavendish | Viscount Duncannon | Resignation (Auditor of Foreign Accounts or Imposts in Ireland) |
9 March 1742 | Worcester | u | Samuel Sandys | Samuel Sandys | Chancellor of the Exchequer |
19 March 1742 | Minehead | u | Francis Whitworth | John Periam | Death |
20 March 1742 | Lewes | u | John Morley Trevor | John Morley Trevor | Lord of the Admiralty |
22 March 1742 | Brackley | u* | George Lee | Sewallis Shirley | Lord of the Admiralty |
23 March 1742 | Portsmouth | u | Philip Cavendish | Philip Cavendish | Naval Lord |
24 March 1742 | Surrey | c* | The Lord Baltimore | The Lord Baltimore | Lord of the Admiralty |
27 March 1742 | Dartmouth | u | George Treby | Lord Archibald Hamilton | Death |
29 March 1742 | Leominster | c | John Caswall | Robert Harley | Death |
2 April 1742 | Bridport | u | William Bowles | Viscount Deerhurst | Chose to sit for Bewdley |
2 April 1742 | Montgomeryshire | u | Sir Watkin Williams Wynn | Robert Williams | Chose to sit for Denbighshire |
2 April 1742 | Tain Burghs | c | Charles Erskine | Robert Craigie | Void Election |
6 April 1742 | Hastings | u* | Andrew Stone | Andrew Stone | Secretary of Barbados |
8 April 1742 | Andover | u* | John Pollen | John Pollen | Justice of Carmathen |
23 April 1742 | Durham City | u* | John Shafto | John Tempest | Death |
3 May 1742 | Peterborough | u | The Earl Fitzwilliam | Armstead Parker | Became a British Peer |
3 May 1742 | Plympton Erle | u | Richard Edgcumbe | The Lord Sundon | Elevated to the peerage |
5 May 1742 | Chester | u* | Sir Charles Bunbury | Philip Henry Warburton | Death |
15 May 1742 | Plympton Erle | u | Thomas Clutterbuck | Thomas Clutterbuck | Treasurer of the Navy |
21 June 1742 | Truro | u* | James Hammond | Edward Boscawen | Death |
1 July 1742 | Shaftesbury | u* | Charles Ewer | George Pitt | Death |
13 July 1742 | City of London | u* | Sir Robert Godschall | William Calvert | Death |
21 July 1742 | York | u* | Edward Thompson | George Fox | Death |
22 July 1742 | Christchurch | u* | Edward Hooper | Edward Hooper | Paymaster of Pensions |
22 July 1742 | Dorchester | u* | Nathaniel Gundry | Nathaniel Gundry | King's Counsel |
22 July 1742 | Grampound | u | Daniel Boone | Daniel Boone | Muster-Master General |
23 July 1742 | Cambridge University | u* | Edward Finch | Edward Finch | Groom of the Bedchamber |
23 July 1742 | Devizes | u | Francis Eyles | George Lee | Resignation (Superintendent of the King’s Foundries) |
23 July 1742 | Orford | u* | Henry Legge | Henry Legge | Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases |
27 July 1742 | Cockermouth | u* | William Finch | William Finch | Vice-Chamberlain of the Household |
28 July 1742 | Ripon | u | Henry Vane | Henry Vane | Vice-Treasurer of Ireland |
5 August 1742 | Middlesex | u | William Pulteney | Sir Roger Newdigate | Elevated to the peerage |
10 August 1742 | Edinburghshire | u* | Sir Charles Gilmour | Sir Charles Gilmour | Paymaster of the Works |
24 November 1742 | Bristol | u* | Sir Abraham Elton | Robert Hoblyn | Death |
29 November 1742 | Boroughbridge | u* | James Tyrrell | William Murray | Death |
4 December 1742 | Plympton Erle | u* | Thomas Clutterbuck | Richard Edgcumbe | Death |
23 December 1742 | Renfrewshire | c* | Alexander Cuninghame | William Mure | Death |
27 December 1742 | West Looe | u | Sir Charles Wager | Sir Charles Wager | Treasurer of the Navy |
30 December 1742 | Cromartyshire | u | Sir William Gordon | Sir John Gordon | Death |
31 December 1742 | Kirkcudbrightshire | u | Basil Hamilton | John Maxwell | Death |
20 January 1743 | Dumfries Burghs | u* | Lord John Johnstone | Sir James Johnstone | Death |
20 January 1743 | Perth Burghs | u* | John Drummond | Thomas Leslie | Death |
31 January 1743 | Whitchurch | u | William Sloper | Charles Clarke | Death |
11 February 1743 | St Albans | c | Thomas Ashby | Hans Stanley | Death |
18 February 1743 | Whitchurch | u | Charles Clarke | Thomas Wentworth | Resignation (Baron of the Exchequer) |
22 February 1743 | Penryn | u* | Edward Vernon | George Boscawen | Chose to sit for Ipswich |
22 February 1743 | Rochester | c* | Edward Vernon | David Polhill | Chose to sit for Ipswich |
23 March 1743 | Oxfordshire | u* | Viscount Quarendon | Norris Bertie | Succeeded to a peerage |
23 March 1743 | Suffolk | u* | Sir Jermyn Davers | John Affleck | Death |
18 April 1743 | Grantham | u* | Sir Michael Newton | Sir John Cust | Death |
21 April 1743 | Saltash | u | John Clevland | Stamp Brooksbank | Resignation (Commissioner of the Navy) |
27 April 1743 | Calne | u* | William Elliot | William Elliot | Equerry to the King |
13 May 1743 | Linlithgowshire | c* | George Dundas | Charles Hope Weir | Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland |
30 June 1743 | Southwark | c* | Thomas Inwen | Alexander Hume | Death |
6 December 1743 | Lewes | u | Thomas Pelham | Sir John Shelley | Death |
u* | John Morley Trevor | Sir Francis Poole | Death | ||
8 December 1743 | Thetford | u* | Charles Fitzroy | Charles FitzRoy | Groom Porter |
9 December 1743 | Aldeburgh | u* | John Jewkes | Nathaniel Newnham | Death |
9 December 1743 | Eye | u* | Stephen Cornwallis | Edward Cornwallis | Death |
10 December 1743 | West Looe | u* | Sir Charles Wager | John Frederick | Death |
13 December 1743 | Harwich | u* | John Phillipson | John Phillipson | Lord of the Admiralty |
13 December 1743 | Haverfordwest | u | Sir Erasmus Philipps | George Barlow | Death |
14 December 1743 | Portsmouth | u | Philip Cavendish | Sir Charles Hardy | Death |
15 December 1743 | Newton | u* | William Shippen | Peter Legh | Death |
15 December 1743 | Sussex | u* | Henry Pelham | Henry Pelham | First Lord of the Treasury |
20 December 1743 | Exeter | u | Sir Henry Northcote | Sir Richard Bampfylde | Death |
26 December 1743 | New Windsor | u* | Henry Fox | Henry Fox | Junior Lord of the Treasury |
27 December 1743 | Guildford | u | Denzil Onslow | Denzil Onslow | Paymaster of the Works |
27 December 1743 | Worcester | u | Thomas Winnington | Thomas Winnington | Paymaster of the Forces |
28 December 1743 | Evesham | u* | Sir John Rushout | Sir John Rushout | Treasurer of the Navy |
29 December 1743 | Malton | u* | Henry Finch | Henry Finch | Surveyor of the King's Works |
30 December 1743 | Ludlow | u* | Henry Arthur Herbert | Richard Herbert | Elevated to the peerage |
30 December 1743 | Truro | u | Charles Hamilton | Charles Hamilton | Receiver General of the Revenues of Minorca |
10 January 1744 | Worcester | c | Samuel Sandys | Sir Henry Harpur | Elevated to the peerage |
12 January 1744 | Sussex | u | Earl of Middlesex | Earl of Middlesex | Junior Lord of the Treasury |
13 January 1744 | Edinburghshire | c* | Sir Charles Gilmour | Sir Charles Gilmour | Lord of Trade |
26 March 1744 | Glasgow Burghs | u* | Neil Buchanan | John Campbell | Death |
4 April 1744 | Cornwall | u* | Sir William Carew | Sir Coventry Carew | Death |
13 April 1744 | Northampton | u | William Wilmer | George Montagu | Death |
23 April 1744 | Midhurst | u | Sir John Peachey | Sir John Peachey | Death |
2 May 1744 | Kingston upon Hull | u | William Carter | Harry Pulteney | Death |
9 May 1744 | Seaford | u | Sir William Hall Gage | William Gage | Death |
3 December 1744 | Hythe | u* | Hercules Baker | Thomas Hales | Death |
3 December 1744 | Great Marlow | c* | Sir Thomas Hoby | William Ockenden | Death |
3 December 1744 | New Windsor | u* | Lord Sidney Beauclerk | Lord George Beauclerk | Death |
5 December 1744 | Bridport | u | Viscount Deerhurst | Viscount Deerhurst | Death |
5 December 1744 | New Woodstock | u | John Spencer | John Spencer | Ranger of Windsor Great Park |
6 December 1744 | Bishop's Castle | u | Marquess of Carnarvon | Granville Leveson Gower | Succeeded to a peerage |
7 December 1744 | Corfe Castle | u | John Bond | Thomas Erle Drax | Death |
7 December 1744 | Wenlock | u* | Sir Brian Broughton Delves | Isaac Hawkins Browne | Death |
8 December 1744 | Hedon | c* | The Earl of Mountrath | George Anson | Death |
8 December 1744 | Scarborough | c* | William Thompson | Edwin Lascelles | Death |
12 December 1744 | Cornwall | u* | Sir John St Aubyn | Sir John Molesworth | Death |
14 December 1744 | Yarmouth | u | Thomas Gibson | Robert Carteret | Death |
20 December 1744 | Kincardineshire | c* | Sir James Carnegie | Sir James Carnegie | Accepted a Commission in the Army |
20 December 1744 | Linlithgowshire | u* | Charles Hope Weir | Charles Hope Weir | Commissary General of the Musters in Scotland |
28 December 1744 | Buckingham | u* | George Grenville | George Grenville | Lord of the Admiralty |
28 December 1744 | Cambridge | u | James Martin | Christopher Jeffreason | Death |
28 December 1744 | Portsmouth | u* | Sir Charles Hardy | Isaac Townsend | Death |
29 December 1744 | Marlborough | u* | Sir John Hynde Cotton | Sir John Hynde Cotton | Treasurer of the Chamber |
29 December 1744 | Chipping Wycombe | u* | Edmund Waller | Edmund Waller | Cofferer of the Household |
31 December 1744 | Bridgwater | u* | George Bubb Dodington | George Bubb Dodington | Treasurer of the Navy |
31 December 1744 | Plymouth | u* | Lord Vere Beauclerk | Lord Vere Beauclerk | Junior Lord of the Treasury |
31 December 1744 | Stafford | u* | William Chetwynd | William Chetwynd | Master of the Mint |
1 January 1745 | Wareham | u(*) | Henry Drax | Henry Drax | Lord of Trade |
2 January 1745 | Glamorganshire | u | Bussy Mansel | Thomas Mathews | Succeeded to a peerage |
2 January 1745 | West Looe | u | Benjamin Keene | Benjamin Keene | Paymaster of Pensions |
3 January 1745 | Carmathen | u | Sir John Philipps | Sir John Philipps | Lord of Trade |
4 January 1745 | Knaresborough | u* | Richard Arundell | Richard Arundell | Junior Lord of the Treasury |
4 January 1745 | Okehampton | u* | George Lyttelton | George Lyttelton | Junior Lord of the Treasury |
8 January 1745 | Cumberland | u* | Sir Joseph Pennington | Sir John Pennington | Death |
15 January 1745 | Bletchingley | u* | Sir William Clayton | William Clayton | Death |
21 January 1745 | Hedon | u | George Anson | George Anson | Naval Lord |
14 March 1745 | Monmouth | u | Lord Charles Noel Somerset | Sir Charles Kemys Tynte | Succeeded to a peerage |
16 April 1745 | Harwich | u* | John Phillipson | John Phillipson | Surveyor General of Woods and Forests North and South of Trent |
16 April 1745 | Taunton | u | John Buck | Percy Wyndham O'Brien | Death |
19 April 1745 | Orford | u* | Henry Legge | Henry Legge | Lord of the Admiralty |
25 April 1745 | Lancaster | c* | Sir Thomas Lowther | Francis Reynolds | Death |
8 May 1745 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | u* | Baptist Leveson Gower | Baptist Leveson Gower | Lord of Trade |
14 May 1745 | Mitchell | u | Edward Clive | Richard Lloyd | Resignation (Baron of the Exchequer) |
16 May 1745 | Northallerton | u* | William Smelt | Henry Lascelles | Resignation (Receiver General of Casual Revenue in Barbados) |
24 October 1745 | Castle Rising | u | Charles Churchill | Richard Rigby | Death |
25 October 1745 | Gatton | u* | Charles Docminique | Paul Humphrey | Death |
29 October 1745 | Clitheroe | u* | Thomas Lister | Thomas Lister, jun. | Death |
30 October 1745 | Ludlow | u* | Richard Herbert | Richard Herbert | Accepted a Commission in the Army |
31 October 1745 | Grantham | u* | Marquess of Granby | Marquess of Granby | Accepted a Commission in the Army |
9 November 1745 | Huntingdonshire | u | William Mitchell | William Montagu | Death |
9 November 1745 | Mitchell | u | John Ord | Sir Edward Pickering | Death |
12 November 1745 | Oxford University | u* | Edward Butler | Peregrine Palmer | Death |
21 November 1745 | Carmarthenshire | u* | Sir Nicholas Williams | John Vaughan | Death |
23 January 1746 | Canterbury | u | Thomas Watson | Sir Thomas Hales | Succeeded to a peerage |
28 January 1746 | Cirencester | u* | Henry Bathurst | Henry Bathurst | King's Counsel |
31 January 1746 | Orford | u | Viscount Glenorchy | John Bateman | Resignation (Master of the Jewel Office) |
3 February 1746 | Malton | u* | John Mostyn | John Mostyn | Groom of the Bedchamber |
12 February 1746 | Dysart Burghs | u | James Oswald | James Oswald | Commissioner of the Navy |
26 February 1746 | Amersham | u* | Thomas Gore | William Drake | Muster-Master General |
26 February 1746 | Old Sarum | u | James Grenville | James Grenville | Lord of Trade |
u* | William Pitt | William Pitt | Vice-Treasurer of Ireland | ||
1 March 1746 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | u* | The Viscount Barrington | The Viscount Barrington | Lord of the Admiralty |
3 March 1746 | Portsmouth | u* | Martin Bladen | Thomas Gore | Death |
20 March 1746 | Cardigan Boroughs | c* | Thomas Pryse | John Symmons | Death |
15 April 1746 | Devon | u | Theophilus Fortescue | Sir Thomas Dyke Acland | Death |
21 April 1746 | New Shoreham | u* | Charles Frederick | Charles Frederick | Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance |
22 April 1746 | Boroughbridge | u* | George Gregory | Earl of Dalkeith | Death |
23 April 1746 | Aldeburgh | u* | Andrew Wilkinson | Andrew Wilkinson | Storekeeper of the Ordnance |
12 May 1746 | Old Sarum | u | William Pitt | William Pitt | Paymaster of the Forces |
13 May 1746 | Worcester | u* | Thomas Winnington | Thomas Vernon | Death |
19 May 1746 | Honiton | u* | Sir William Yonge | Sir William Yonge | Vice-Treasurer of Ireland |
31 May 1746 | New Windsor | u* | Henry Fox | Henry Fox | Secretary at War |
30 June 1746 | Derby | u* | Viscount Duncannon | Viscount Duncannon | Lord of the Admiralty |
30 June 1746 | Orford | u* | Henry Legge | Henry Legge | Junior Lord of the Treasury |
4 July 1746 | Knaresborough | u* | Richard Arundell | Richard Arundell | Treasurer of the Chamber |
4 July 1746 | New Woodstock | u | John Spencer | John Trevor | Death |
5 July 1746 | Bossiney | u | Richard Liddell | William Breton | Death |
22 July 1746 | Pembrokeshire | u | John Campbell | John Campbell | Junior Lord of the Treasury |
30 July 1746 | Fowey | u* | William Wardour | George Edgcumbe | Death |
19 August 1746 | Chichester | u* | James Brudenell | Viscount Bury | Death |
24 November 1746 | Cambridge | u | Viscount Dupplin | Viscount Dupplin | Lord of Trade |
24 November 1746 | Petersfield | u | Francis Fane | Francis Fane | Lord of Trade |
24 November 1746 | Rochester | u* | Nicholas Haddock | Sir Chaloner Ogle | Death |
26 November 1746 | Banbury | u* | William Moore | John Willes | Death |
26 November 1746 | Berkshire | u* | Winchcombe Howard Packer | Henry Pye | Death |
26 November 1746 | Carlisle | c* | John Hylton | John Stanwix | Death |
28 November 1746 | Downton | u* | Joseph Windham Ashe | George Proctor | Death |
29 November 1746 | Hedon | c(*) | George Berkeley | Samuel Gumley | Death |
Samuel Gumley | Luke Robinson | By-election results reversed on petition 11 February 1747 | |||
11 December 1746 | Ross-shire | c | Charles Ross | Sir Harry Munro | Death |
12 December 1746 | Bridport | c | George Richards | Thomas Grenville | Death |
24 December 1746 | Warwickshire | u* | Edward Digby | William Craven | Death |
29 December 1746 | Whitchurch | u* | John Selwyn | John Selwyn | Paymaster of the Marines |
26 January 1747 | Eye | u* | Edward Cornwallis | Edward Cornwallis | Groom of the Bedchamber |
6 February 1747 | Stirlingshire | u | Lord George Graham | Thomas Erskine | Death |
10 February 1747 | Tregony | u | Henry Penton | Henry Penton | King's Letter Carrier |
18 February 1747 | Elgin Burghs | u* | Sir James Grant | William Grant | Death |
19 February 1747 | Orkney and Shetland | u* | Robert Douglas | James Halyburton | Death |
11 March 1747 | Wigan | u* | Sir Roger Bradshaigh | Richard Clayton | Death |
12 May 1747 | Thirsk | u* | Sir Thomas Frankland | Thomas Frankland | Death |
25 May 1747 | Bridport | u* | Thomas Grenville | James Grenville | Death |
26 May 1747 | Nottingham | u* | Borlase Warren | Sir Charles Sedley | Death |
28 May 1747 | Old Sarum | u | James Grenville | Edward Willes | Receiver of the Crown and Fee Farm Rents for Warwickshire and Leicestershire |
10th Parliament (1747–1754)
Date | Constituency | c/u | Former Incumbent | Winner | Cause |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 (I) | Edmund Pytts (II) | 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