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Wiltshire
County
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
Available from Boydell and Brewer
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Background Information
Number of voters:
about 2,260 in 1713
Elections
| Date | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 25 Jan. 1715 | SIR RICHARD HOWE |
| ROBERT HYDE | |
| 10 Apr. 1722 | SIR RICHARD HOWE |
| ROBERT HYDE | |
| 6 Nov. 1722 | RICHARD GODDARD vice Hyde deceased |
| 22 Aug. 1727 | SIR JAMES LONG |
| JOHN IVORY TALBOT | |
| 12 Apr. 1729 | JOHN HOWE vice Long, deceased |
| 7 May 1734 | JOHN IVORY TALBOT |
| JOHN HOWE | |
| 12 May 1741 | SIR ROBERT LONG |
| EDWARD POPHAM | |
| 30 June 1747 | SIR ROBERT LONG |
| EDWARD POPHAM |
Main Article
The Wiltshire Members were drawn from six Tory families, all long settled in the county and with landed estates there. Only in 1715 was there any opposition and then it was not pressed to a poll.
