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Thetford
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:
31
Elections
| Date | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 19 Apr. 1754 | Lord Henry Beauclerk |
| Charles Fitzroy Scudamore | |
| 12 Dec. 1754 | Herbert Westfaling vice Scudamore, chose to sit for Hereford |
| 28 Mar. 1761 | Henry Seymour Conway |
| Aubrey Beauclerk | |
| 23 Dec. 1765 | Conway re-elected after appointment to office |
| 16 Mar. 1768 | Henry Seymour Conway |
| John Drummond | |
| 6 Sept. 1774 | Charles Stanhope, Visct. Petersham, vice Drummond, deceased |
| 10 Oct. 1774 | Charles Fitzroy |
| Charles Fitzroy Scudamore | |
| 11 Sept. 1780 | Charles Fitzroy Scudamore |
| Richard Hopkins | |
| 6 Apr. 1782 | George Henry Fitzroy, Earl of Euston, vice Scudamore, vacated his seat |
| 6 Apr. 1783 | Hopkins re-elected after appointment to office |
| 5 Apr. 1784 | Sir Charles Kent |
| George Jennings |
Main Article
Euston Hall, seat of the Dukes of Grafton, is four miles from Thetford, and during this period the borough was under Grafton’s control.
