Higham Ferrers

Single Member Borough

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Background Information

Right of Election:

in the resident freemen

Number of voters:

about 80

Elections

DateCandidate
17 Apr. 1754John Yorke
29 Dec. 1755Yorke re-elected after appointment to office
25 Mar. 1761John Yorke
28 Dec. 1765Yorke re-elected after appointment to office
18 Mar. 1768Frederick Montagu
8 Oct. 1774Frederick Montagu
8 Sept. 1780Frederick Montagu
4 Apr. 1782Montagu re-elected after appointment to office
10 Apr. 1783Montagu re-elected after appointment to office
2 Apr. 1784Frederick Montagu

Main Article

Higham Ferrers was a pocket borough of the Marquess of Rockingham, and after his death in 1782, of his nephew and heir, Earl Fitzwilliam.

Author: John Brooke

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