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King's Lynn
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 the freemen
Number of voters:
about 300
Elections
Date | Candidate | Votes |
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28 Jan. 1715 | ROBERT WALPOLE | |
SIR CHARLES TURNER | ||
8 Nov. 1715 | WALPOLE re-elected after appointment to office | |
22 June 1720 | WALPOLE re-elected after appointment to office | |
22 June 1720 | TURNER re-elected after appointment to office | |
10 Apr. 1721 | WALPOLE re-elected after appointment to office | |
27 Mar. 1722 | ROBERT WALPOLE | |
SIR CHARLES TURNER | ||
10 June 1723 | WALPOLE re-elected after appointment to office | |
24 Aug. 1727 | SIR ROBERT WALPOLE | |
SIR CHARLES TURNER | ||
18 May 1730 | TURNER re-elected after appointment to office | |
6 May 1734 | SIR ROBERT WALPOLE | |
SIR CHARLES TURNER | ||
9 Feb. 1739 | SIR JOHN TURNER vice Sir Charles Turner, deceased | |
4 May 1741 | SIR ROBERT WALPOLE | |
SIR JOHN TURNER | ||
25 Feb. 1742 | EDWARD BACON vice Walpole, called to the Upper House | |
29 June 1747 | HORATIO WALPOLE jun. | 199 |
SIR JOHN TURNER | 184 | |
Morton Folkes | 131 |
Main Article
King's Lynn was dominated by the Turners, a leading town family, in alliance with the Walpoles, each returning one Member.