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Kingston-upon-Hull
Borough
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Background Information
Right of Election:
in the freemen
Number of voters:
about 900
Elections
Date | Candidate | Votes |
---|---|---|
2 Feb. 1715 | SIR WILLIAM ST. QUINTIN | |
WILLIAM MAISTER | ||
13 Mar. 1717 | NATHANIEL ROGERS vice Maister, deceased | |
11 July 1720 | ST. QUINTIN re-elected after appointment to office | |
31 Mar. 1722 | NATHANIEL ROGERS | 773 |
SIR WILLIAM ST. QUINTIN | 448 | |
George Crowle | 420 | |
23 Jan. 1724 | GEORGE CROWLE vice St. Quintin, deceased | 419 |
Sir Henry Hoghton | 299 | |
23 Aug. 1727 | JOSEPH MICKLETHWAIT, Visct. Micklethwait | 719 |
GEORGE CROWLE | 717 | |
Matthew Chitty St. Quintin | 167 | |
7 Mar. 1733 | CROWLE re-elected after appointment to office | |
6 Feb. 1734 | HENRY MAISTER vice Micklethwait, deceased | |
1 May 1734 | GEORGE CROWLE | 389 |
HENRY MAISTER | 384 | |
Robert Thornton | 7 | |
17 May 1738 | CROWLE re-elected after appointment to office | |
7 May 1741 | GEORGE CROWLE | |
WILLIAM CARTER | ||
2 May 1744 | HARRY PULTENEY vice Carter, deceased | |
29 June 1747 | LORD ROBERT MANNERS | 594 |
THOMAS CARTER | 559 | |
Richard Crowle | 353 |
Main Article
At George I’s accession, the chief interests at Hull were in the sitting Whig Members, Sir William St. Quintin, an East Riding baronet, and William Maister, a Hull merchant, who had shared the representation continuously since the reign of William III. They were supported by the Government, who had an interest based on the officers of the garrison, the customs, and Trinity House, and by the corporation, who could influence elections through the mayor as returning officer and the power of creating freemen. After their deaths the predominant figure in Hull politics was George Crowle, a townsman, who, although originally returned against a candidate backed by the Government and the corporation,1 steadily supported Walpole and Pelham, building up a strong interest at great expense to himself. Crowle held his seat for nearly a quarter of a century, the other seat being filled by government supporters without serious opposition. When he retired in 1747 he gave his interest against his brother, to a government candidate,2 Lord Robert Manners, who held his seat for the next thirty-five years. In the 2nd Lord Egmont’s electoral survey, c.1749-50, Hull is described as ‘in the Crown’s hands’.