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Buckingham
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 the corporation
Number of voters:
13
Elections
| Date | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 15 Apr. 1754 | George Grenville |
| James Grenville | |
| 7 Dec. 1756 | George Grenville re-elected after appointment to office |
| William Pitt vice James Grenville, appointed to office | |
| 14 Jan. 1757 | James Grenville vice Pitt, chose to sit for Okehampton |
| 26 Mar. 1761 | George Grenville |
| James Grenville | |
| 7 June 1762 | George Grenville re-elected afterappointment to office |
| 30 Nov. 1762 | George Grenville re-elected after appointment to office |
| 25 Apr. 1763 | George Grenville re-elected after appointment to office |
| 18 Nov. 1766 | James Grenville re-elected after appointment to office |
| 17 Mar. 1768 | George Grenville |
| Henry Grenville | |
| 26 Nov. 1770 | James Grenville jun. vice George Grenville, deceased |
| 7 Oct. 1774 | James Grenville jun. |
| Richard Grenville | |
| 8 Sept. 1780 | James Grenville jun. |
| Richard Aldworth Neville | |
| 19 Feb. 1782 | William Wyndham Grenville vice Neville, vacated his seat |
| 4 Apr. 1782 | James Grenville jun. re-elected after appointment to office |
| 5 Jan. 1784 | William Wyndham Grenville re-elected after appointment to office |
| 2 Apr. 1784 | James Grenville jun. |
| Edmund Nugent |
Main Article
Buckingham was a pocket borough of the Grenville family; and none but Grenvilles or relatives by marriage were returned during this period.
