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Tavistock
Borough
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986
Available from Boydell and Brewer
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Background Information
Right of Election:
in the freemen
Number of voters:
less than 100
Population:
(1801): 3,420
Elections
| Date | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 19 June 1790 | HON. RICHARD FITZPATRICK |
| HON. CHARLES WILLIAM WYNDHAM | |
| 27 Dec. 1790 | LORD JOHN RUSSELL I vice Wyndham, chose to sit for Midhurst |
| 28 May 1796 | LORD JOHN RUSSELL I |
| HON. RICHARD FITZPATRICK | |
| 25 Mar. 1802 | LORD ROBERT SPENCER vice Russell, called to the Upper House |
| 12 July 1802 | LORD ROBERT SPENCER |
| HON. RICHARD FITZPATRICK | |
| 17 Feb. 1806 | SPENCER re-elected after vacating his seat |
| FITZPATRICK re-elected after appointment to office | |
| 3 Nov. 1806 | LORD ROBERT SPENCER |
| HON. RICHARD FITZPATRICK | |
| 11 May 1807 | LORD WILLIAM RUSSELL |
| HON. RICHARD FITZPATRICK | |
| 20 July 1807 | CHARLES GREY, Visct. Howick, vice Fitzpatrick, chose to sit for Bedfordshire |
| 19 Jan. 1808 | GEORGE PONSONBY vice Howick, called to the Upper House |
| 8 Oct. 1812 | LORD WILLIAM RUSSELL |
| HON. RICHARD FITZPATRICK | |
| 4 May 1813 | LORD JOHN RUSSELL II vice Fitzpatrick, deceased |
| 12 Mar. 1817 | LORD ROBERT SPENCER vice Lord John Russell II, vacated his seat |
| 18 June 1818 | LORD WILLIAM RUSSELL |
| LORD JOHN RUSSELL II | |
| 27 Mar. 1819 | JOHN PETER GRANT vice Lord William Russell, vacated his seat |
Main Article
Tavistock remained completely under the control of the Whig dukes of Bedford, who returned members of their family and political friends.
