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Beaumaris
Single 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 the corporation
Number of voters:
24
Elections
| Date | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 2 Apr. 1754 | Richard Thelwall Price |
| 2 Apr. 1761 | Richard Thelwall Price |
| 25 Mar. 1768 | Sir Hugh Williams |
| 22 Oct. 1774 | Sir Hugh Williams |
| 16 Sept. 1780 | Sir George Warren |
| 17 Apr. 1784 | Hugh Fortescue |
| 25 July 1785 | Sir Hugh Williams vice Fortescue, called to the Upper House |
Main Article
Beaumaris was a pocket borough of the Bulkeley family of Baron Hill. During the minority of the 7th Viscount (1754-73), it was controlled first by his maternal grandfather Thomas Rowlands, and after his death in 1763 by the dowager Lady Bulkeley, who married secondly Sir Hugh Williams.
