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Eye
Borough
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Background Information
Right of Election:
in inhabitants paying scot and lot
Number of voters:
about 170 in 1747
Elections
Date | Candidate | Votes |
---|---|---|
1 Feb. 1715 | EDWARD HOPKINS | |
THOMAS SMITH | ||
28 June 1716 | HOPKINS re-elected after appointment to office | |
24 Mar. 1722 | SPENCER COMPTON | |
EDWARD HOPKINS | ||
3 Nov. 1722 | JAMES CORNWALLIS vice Compton, chose to sit for Sussex | |
3 Nov. 1722 | HOPKINS re-elected after appointment to office | |
18 Aug. 1727 | STEPHEN CORNWALLIS | |
JOHN CORNWALLIS | ||
26 Apr. 1734 | STEPHEN CORNWALLIS | |
JOHN CORNWALLIS | ||
5 May 1741 | STEPHEN CORNWALLIS | |
JOHN CORNWALLIS | ||
9 Dec. 1743 | EDWARD CORNWALLIS vice Stephen Cornwallis, deceased | |
26 Jan. 1747 | EDWARD CORNWALLIS re-elected after appointment to office | |
29 June 1747 | ROGER TOWNSHEND | 95 |
EDWARD CORNWALLIS | 95 | |
John Cornwallis | 74 | |
15 Feb. 1748 | NICHOLAS HARDINGE vice Townshend, appointed to office | |
5 May 1749 | COURTHORPE CLAYTON vice Cornwallis, appointed to office |
Main Article
Eye was the pocket borough of the Cornwallises, whose estate of Brome was two miles away and who obtained a crown grant of the manor in 1698.1 The only contest occurred in 1747 when John Cornwallis stood unsuccessfully against his brother’s interest.
Author: Romney R. Sedgwick
Notes
- 1. W. A. Copinger, Suff. Manors, iii. 259.