Northallerton

Borough

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Background Information

Right of Election:

in burgage holders

Number of voters:

about 200

Elections

DateCandidate
3 Feb. 1715CHOLMLEY TURNER
 LEONARD SMELT
30 Mar. 1722LEONARD SMELT
 HENRY PEIRSE
19 Aug. 1727LEONARD SMELT
 HENRY PEIRSE
29 May 1733SMELT re-elected after appointment to office
27 Apr. 1734LEONARD SMELT
 HENRY PEIRSE
1 Dec. 1740WILLIAM SMELT vice Leonard Smelt, deceased
7 May 1741HENRY PEIRSE
 WILLIAM SMELT
16 May 1745HENRY LASCELLES vice Smelt, appointed to office
1 July 1747HENRY PEIRSE
 HENRY LASCELLES
3 Apr. 1752DANIEL LASCELLES vice Henry Lascelles, appointed to office

Main Article

Northallerton was controlled by two neighbouring Whig families, the Peirses and the Smelts, who owned most of the burgages. Each returned one Member till 1745, when the Smelts were bought out by Henry Lascelles, who thenceforth shared the borough with the Peirses.

Author: Romney R. Sedgwick

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