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Wenlock
Double 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
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Background Information
Right of Election:
in the freemen
Number of voters:
about 500
Elections
Date | Candidate |
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19 Apr. 1754 | William Forester |
Brooke Forester | |
8 Dec. 1758 | George Forester vice William Forester, deceased |
28 Mar. 1761 | Brooke Forester |
Cecil Forester | |
18 Mar. 1768 | Sir Henry Bridgeman |
George Forester | |
10 Oct. 1774 | Sir Henry Bridgeman |
George Forester | |
13 Sept. 1780 | Sir Henry Bridgeman |
Thomas Whitmore | |
9 Dec. 1780 | George Forester vice Whitmore, chose to sit for Bridgnorth |
7 Apr. 1784 | Sir Henry Bridgeman |
John Bridgeman | |
9 Aug. 1785 | George Forester vice John Simpson (formerly Bridgeman), vacated his seat |
Main Article
The chief interest in the borough 1754-90 was in the Forester family; but the Bridgemans, too, had a certain influence, exercised in alliance with the Foresters.1 There were no contests during this period.
Author: Sir Lewis Namier
Notes
- 1. Namier, Structure, 243-4.