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Wareham
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 freeholders and inhabitants paying scot and lot
Number of voters:
about 120
Population:
(1801): 1,627
Elections
| Date | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 21 June 1790 | LORD ROBERT SPENCER |
| RICHARD SMITH | |
| 27 May 1796 | LORD ROBERT SPENCER |
| CHARLES ROSE ELLIS | |
| 1 Nov. 1796 | SIR GODFREY VASSALL, Bt., vice Ellis, chose to sit for Seaford |
| 1 Mar. 1799 | JOSEPH CHAPLIN HANKEY vice Spencer, vacated his seat |
| 16 June 1800 | JOHN CALCRAFT vice Webster (formerly Vassall), deceased |
| 6 July 1802 | JOHN CALCRAFT |
| ANDREW STRAHAN | |
| 20 Feb. 1806 | CALCRAFT re-elected after appointment to office |
| 3 Nov. 1806 | JONATHAN RAINE |
| ANDREW STRAHAN | |
| 7 May 1807 | SIR GRANBY THOMAS CALCRAFT |
| HON. JOHN WILLIAM WARD | |
| 20 Apr. 1808 | SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY vice Calcraft, vacated his seat |
| 10 Oct. 1812 | ROBERT GORDON |
| THEODORE HENRY BROADHEAD | |
| 17 June 1818 | JOHN CALCRAFT |
| THOMAS DENMAN |
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John Calcraft of Rempstone, whose father had obtained entire command of Wareham by 1768, remained unchallenged patron throughout the period. Even fellow Whigs were paying guests: Romilly in 1808 was expected to pay £3,000 and to attend his election.1 In 1812 Whig hopes that Calcraft would reserve a seat for one of them, entertained particularly by Henry Brougham*, were disappointed when he brought in two ‘purchasers’.2 In 1818 he sold a seat to the Whig grandees for Denman’s benefit.
