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Aldborough
Double Member Borough
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
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Background Information
Right of Election:
in inhabitants paying scot and lot
Number of voters:
about 50
Elections
| Date | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 17 Apr. 1754 | William Pitt |
| Andrew Wilkinson | |
| 11 Dec. 1756 | Nathaniel Cholmley vice Pitt, appointed to office |
| 28 Mar. 1761 | Andrew Wilkinson |
| Nathaniel Cholmley | |
| 27 Dec. 1765 | George Bussy Villiers, Visct. Villiers, vice Wilkinson, appointed to office |
| 19 Mar. 1768 | Aubrey Beauclerk |
| Andrew Wilkinson | |
| 18 May 1772 | Henry Fiennes Pelham Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, vice Wilkinson, vacated his seat |
| 8 Oct. 1774 | Charles Wilkinson |
| Abel Smith | |
| 4 Mar. 1777 | William Bake vice Wilkinson, vacated his seat |
| 6 Mar. 1778 | William Hangar vice Smith, vacated his seat |
| 8 Sept. 1780 | Sir Richard Sutton |
| Charles Mellish | |
| 28 Nov. 1780 | Edward Onslow vice Sutton, chose to sit for Sandwich |
| 8 June 1781 | Sir Samuel Brudenell Fludyer vice Onslow, vacated his seat |
| 20 Jan. 1784 | John Gally Knight vice Mellish, vacated his seat |
| 31 Mar. 1784 | John Gally Knight |
| Richard Pepper Arden | |
| 25 June 1788 | ARDEN re-elected after appointment to office |
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