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Gatton
Double Member Borough
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Background Information
Right of Election:
in inhabitants paying scot and lot
Number of voters:
2
Elections
| Date | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 16 Apr. 1754 | James Colebrooke |
| Thomas Brand | |
| 25 Mar. 1761 | Sir James Colebrooke |
| Thomas Brand | |
| 5 Dec. 1761 | Edward Harvey vice Colebrooke, deceased |
| 21 Mar. 1768 | John Damer |
| Joseph Martin | |
| 7 Oct. 1774 | Sir William Mayne |
| Robert Scott | |
| 27 Dec. 1774 | Robert Mayne vice Sir William Mayne, chose to sit for Canterbury |
| William Adam vice Scott, chose to sit for Wootton Bassett | |
| 9 Sept. 1780 | William Mayne, Baron Newhaven |
| Robert Mayne | |
| 9 Sept. 1782 | Maurice Lloyd vice Robert Mayne, deceased |
| 1 Apr. 1784 | William Mayne, Baron Newhaven |
| Maurice Lloyd | |
| 26 Feb. 1787 | James Fraser vice Lloyd, vacated his seat |
Main Article
Gatton had a fairly wide franchise, but because of its decayed state was a complete pocket borough. In 1754 the patrons were Sir James Colebrooke, lord of the manor of Gatton, and the Rev. John Tattersall, lord of the manor of Upper Gatton. Colebrooke died in 1761 and was succeeded by his brother George; Tattersall died in 1769 and was succeeded by his brother James. The Tattersalls were closely connected with the Duke of Bedford, and from 1754 to 1768 placed their seat at Gatton at Bedford’s disposal.
In 1774 Sir William Mayne (later Lord Newhaven) bought the manors of Gatton and acquired control of both seats. About 1786 he conveyed his estates there to his relatives the Grahams of Kinross;1‘since when’, wrote Oldfield in 1792,2 the borough ‘has been purchased and repurchased by three or four different persons’.
