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Thetford
Borough
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Background Information
Right of Election:
in the corporation
Number of voters:
31
Elections
| Date | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 29 Jan. 1715 | DUDLEY NORTH |
| JOHN WARD | |
| 26 Mar. 1722 | SIR EDMUND BACON |
| ROBERT JACOMB | |
| 24 Aug. 1727 | SIR EDMUND BACON |
| ROBERT JACOMB | |
| 1 Feb. 1733 | CHARLES FITZROY vice Jacomb, deceased |
| 4 May 1734 | SIR EDMUND BACON |
| CHARLES FITZROY | |
| 10 Feb. 1739 | LORD AUGUSTUS FITZROY vice Bacon, deceased |
| 7 May 1741 | LORD AUGUSTUS FITZROY |
| CHARLES FITZROY | |
| 29 Dec. 1741 | LORD HENRY BEAUCLERK vice Lord Augustus Fitzroy, deceased |
| 8 Dec. 1743 | FITZROY re-elected after appointment to office |
| 2 July 1747 | LORD HENRY BEAUCLERK |
| CHARLES FITZROY |
Main Article
The representation of Thetford was controlled by the owner of the adjoining estate of Euston. In 1715 Euston belonged to the dowager Duchess of Grafton, whose second husband, Sir Thomas Hanmer, nominated two Tories at that election. From 1722 both Members were Whigs, nominated by her son, the 2nd Duke of Grafton, to whom the estate passed on her death in 1723.
