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Castle Rising
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 freemen
Number of voters:
about 50
Elections
| Date | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 20 Apr. 1754 | Thomas Howard |
| Horatio Walpole | |
| 25 Feb. 1757 | Charles Boone vice Walpole, vacated his seat |
| 28 Mar. 1761 | Thomas Howard |
| Charles Boone | |
| 21 Mar. 1768 | Thomas Whatley |
| Jenison Shafto | |
| 2 Feb. 1771 | Whatley re-elected after appointment to office |
| 8 June 1771 | Crisp Molyneux vice Shafto, deceased |
| 3 Feb. 1772 | Whatley re-elected after appointment to office |
| 10 June 1772 | Heneage Finch, Lord Guernsey vice Whatley, deceased |
| 8 Oct. 1774 | Alexander Wedderburn |
| Robert Mackreth | |
| 2 Jan. 1775 | Charles Finch vice Wedderburn, chose to sit for Okehampton |
| 24 May 1777 | John Chetwynd Talbot vice Finch, vacated his seat |
| 12 Sept. 1780 | John Chetwynd Talbot |
| Robert Mackreth | |
| 2 Jan. 1782 | Talbot re-elected after appointment to office |
| 25 May 1782 | Sir James Erskine vice Talbot, called to the Upper House |
| 3 Apr. 1784 | Charles Boone |
| Walter Sneyd |
Main Article
Castle Rising was a complete pocket borough, shared by the families of Walpole and Howard. George, 3rd Earl of Orford, nominated to one seat throughout this period; the other was controlled by Henry, 12th Earl of Suffolk, and after his death in 1779 by his mother, Lady Andover.
