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Sir Thomas Cooke (who with Sir P. Rich as his colleague, had been
defeated in Southwark at the general election), became Alderman
of Queenhithe in 1692 and in November 1694 was elected Tory
M.P. for Colchester. |
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The Whig ex-Alderman Papillon was re-elected for Dover; of the Tories, Newland
and Herne again represented their old constituencies, C. Duncombe (late
Alderman of Broad Street), came in for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight), and in
December, 1690, Sir B. Firebrace (formerly Alderman of Billingsgate), was
elected for Chippenham, defeating the Whig Alderman Sir H. Edwin (Tower).
Being unseated on petition, Firebrace stood again and defeated General
Talmash to whom, however, a second petition assigned the seat, and on
Talmash's death in 1694, he was again a candidate but did not secure election.
Jeffrey Jefferies, a future Tory Alderman sat for Brecon. |
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1695–98 |
Sir John Parsons, re-elected for Reigate, was the only Alderman
returned at the General Election in addition to the City members. |
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Sir Thomas Cooke (Queenhithe), was defeated at Colchester, and
Sir F. Child [Farringdon Without] at Devizes, both in the Tory
interest. |
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Of the ex-Aldermen, Sir B. Newland and Sir. J. Herne were re-elected, Papillon
exchanged Dover for the City, and Duncombe Yarmouth for Downton; the
last-named was expelled the House in February, 1698. J. Jefferies also was
re-elected, and J. Bateman, a future Alderman and Lord Mayor, failed as a
Whig at Totnes. |
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1698–1700 |
Sir T. Cooke recovered his lost seat at Colchester, and Sir F. Child
came in for Devizes. |
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Sir R. Clayton retired from the City representation and went back to
Bletchingley. |
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Two Whig Aldermen, Sir O. Buckingham, [Bishopsgate] and Sir T.
Stampe [Cripplegate], stood in conjunction for Reading, but
only the former was returned. |
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Sir J. Parsons either voluntarily retired or failed to secure re-election. |
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The Tory ex-Aldermen Newland and Herne were returned for the last time by
Southampton and Dartmouth, both dying in 1699. W. Jolliffe, who sat for
Poole as a Whig, may perhaps be identical with the ex-Alderman of Queenhithe
of that name. Of future Aldermen, Jefferies lost his seat for Brecon; Sir
H. Furnese sat as a Whig for Bramber until February, 1699 and R. Heysham
as a Tory for Lancaster throughout the Parliament. |
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1701 (Jan.–Nov.) |
The Tory Aldermen were well represented; Child and Cooke were
re-elected; Parsons recovered his seat for Reigate, Sir C.
Duncombe (now Alderman of Bridge), though defeated both in
the City and at Downton came in for Ipswich, and by his local
influence, no doubt, helped to secure the return of Sir R.
Bedingfeld [Dowgate] for Hedon. Sir J. Jefferies, who recovered
his former seat for Brecon was chosen Alderman of Portsoken in
September. |
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The only Whig Alderman elected, except the City members was Sir
O. Buckingham, re-chosen at Reading. |
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W. Jolliffe was re-elected for Poole. Of future Aldermen, Furnese
(who became Sheriff in September), exchanged Bramber for Sandwich, but
was disqualified as being a Trustee of Exchequer Bills, and Heysham was again
returned for Lancaster. Sir S. Garrard, a Tory, came in for Agmondesham at
a bye-election in March. |
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[Duncombe's colleague at Ipswich was Joseph Martin, also a Tory and for many
years a Common Councillor for Billingsgate] |
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From September, 1701 till the dissolution the Aldermanic Members of
the House of Commons reached the highest number on record
(11), viz: Sir R. Clayton, Sir J. Parsons, Sir W. Ashhurst, Sir J.
Fleet, Sir F. Child, Sir T. Cooke, Sir O. Buckingham, Sir R.
Bedingfeld, Sir W. Withers, Sir C. Duncombe, Sir J. Jefferies.
Of these, three (Clayton, Ashhurst and Buckingham) belonged to
the Whig party, the other eight being Tories. |
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1701–1702 |
The Whig representation of the Court of Aldermen in Parliament was
confined to the City where all four seats were secured by that
party, Buckingham being defeated at Reading. |
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Four of the Tory Aldermen in the late Parliament (Parsons, Child,
Cooke and Jefferies) were re-elected. |
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Sheriff Sir H. Furnese recovered his seat for Sandwich and Heysham was
re-elected for Lancaster, as also was W. Jolliffe for Poole. |
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1702–1705 |
The four Tory Aldermen of the preceding Parliament (Parsons,
Child, Cooke and Jefferies), who were re-elected were reinforced
by Sir C. Duncombe, who being returned for both Downton and
Hedon made choice of the former seat, and at a bye-election in
the following November by Sir S. Garrard, now Alderman of
Aldersgate. Child, who was returned both for Devizes and the
City gave up his old seat for the former borough and served for
the City. |
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For the Whigs, Buckingham was successful at Reading, and Sir R.
Clayton, after losing his seat for the City, had a seat provided
for him at Bletchingley. |
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Ex-Alderman Sir B. Bathurst returned to the House after fifteen years' absence as
Tory M.P. for Romney: he died in 1704. W. Jolliffe was re-elected
for Poole. |
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Furnese and Heysham were also re-elected. |
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After November, 1702, the Aldermanic representation in the House of
Commons again stood at the highest point on record, eleven
Aldermen (3 Whigs and 8 Tories) having seats in that assembly,
viz: Sir R. Clayton, Sir W. Prichard, Sir J. Parsons, Sir J.
Fleet, Sir F. Child, Sir T. Cooke, Sir O. Buckingham,
Sir J. Jefferies, Sir S. Garrard, Sir C. Duncombe and Sir G.
Heathcote, five other members of the Court having had
parliamentary experience (Sir S. Dashwood, Sir W. Ashhurst,
Sir T. Abney, Sir R. Bedingfeld, Sir W. Withers). |
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1705–1708 |
Five of the six Tory Aldermen who sat in the previous Parliament
were re-elected (Parsons, Child, Jefferies, Duncombe and Garrard)
Child returning to his old seat at Devizes. |
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Sir T. Cooke lost his seat for Colchester and contested it again
unsuccessfully at a bye-election in December, 1705. |
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The Whig Aldermen, Clayton and Buckingham, were re-chosen for
Bletchingley and Reading respectively, but the former being also
elected for the City, naturally retained that seat and abandoned
the pocket borough. |
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Furnese and Heysham were also re-elected. |
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1708–1710 |
The Tory Aldermen, Parsons, Jefferies, Duncombe, and Garrard were
re-elected, Child giving up his seat to contest the City again, where
he was defeated. Jefferies died in 1709. |
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W. Lewen, Tory M.P. for Poole, was elected Alderman of Castle
Baynard in November, 1708. |
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Ex-Alderman G. Page (Farringdon Without) came in for Shoreham on the Whig
interest; Furnese and Heysham were once more re-elected, and two future
Aldermen, both Whigs (T. Scawen and R. Baylis), represented Grampound and
Thetford respectively. |
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[P. King, one of the Whig members for Beeralston, was elected Recorder in July,
1708] |
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1710–1713 |
The only Aldermen re-elected were Parsons and Duncombe, the latter
of whom died in 1711. |
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W. Lewen who lost his seat for Poole at the general election,
recovered it at a bye-election in March, 1711. |
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Sir F. Child, who had left Devizes in 1708 to contest the City, now
returned to that constituency. |
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In May, 1711, Sir H. Furnese, who had again been returned for
Sandwich, was elected Alderman of Bridge in succession to
Duncombe; he died in the following year. |
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In June, 1711, Sir J. Bateman [Coleman Street], one of the Whig
candidates for the City at the general election, found a seat at
Ilchester. He, however, supported the Tory Government in the
division on the French Commercial Treaty, although three of the
four Tory members for the City, together with Lewen, voted with
the Whigs on this question. |
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Ex-Alderman Page was re-elected at Shoreham, and J. St. Amand (former's
Alderman of Castle Baynard) stood as a Tory, without success, at Steyning. |
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Robert Child, son of Sir Francis, whom he afterwards succeeded in his
Aldermanry, came in for Helston on the Tory interest in December, 1710
Heysham was again elected for Lancaster. |
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[The Recorder (King) was re-elected; Joseph Martin represented Hastings as a
Tory, being knighted in 1712, and Serjeant Richardson, one of the Judges of
the Sheriffs' Court, sat for Dunwich in the same interest] |
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1713–1715 |
The Tories, Parsons and Lewen, were again elected, as also was Sir
J. Bateman, who was now identified with the Tories. |
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R. Child succeeded his father in the representation of Devizes and on
his death became Alderman of Farringdon Without (October,
1713). |
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Sir Ambrose Crowley [Dowgate] who sat as a Tory for Andover, died
a little earlier in the same month. |
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Ex-Alderman Page was defeated at Shoreham; Heysham was returned for
Lancaster again, being now practically a Whig, which party adopted him as
one of its candidates for the City at the next election. John Eyles (afterwards
Alderman of Vintry) nephew of the late Sir John Eyles, represented
Chippenham as a Whig. |
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[The Recorder (Sir P. King) again sat for Beeralston and Sir J. Martin for
Hastings; Serjeant Richardson was defeated by the future Recorder,
W. Thompson, at Ipswich, but regained the seat on petition and died a few
days before the dissolution] |
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1715–1722 |
Sir J. Parsons and Sir W. Lewen were re-elected; the former died in
1717, and the latter a few weeks before the dissolution. |
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Sir J. Bateman was defeated at Ilchester, where two Whigs were
returned, but secured a seat for East Looe; he died in 1718. |
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The Lord Mayor, Sir W. Humfreys [Cheap], was elected as a Whig
for Marlborough, and Sir G. Heathcote [Walbrook], who had
been out of Parliament since his defeat in the City when Lord
Mayor-elect, now returned to the House as Whig member for
Helston. |
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John Eyles, who was re-elected for Chippenham, succeeded to the
Baronetcy and became Alderman of Vintry in 1716, and Charles
Cooke, who was returned for Grampound, was chosen Alderman
of Bassishaw in 1717 on the death of Parsons. He acted with
the Whigs and was rewarded with the post of a Lord of Trade,
which office he held at his death in 1721. |
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Sir G. Page, who had been made a Baronet on the return of the Whigs to power,
recovered his seat for Shoreham, which he represented till his death in 1720. |
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[The new Recorder, W. Thompson, who from 1717 to 1720 was also SolicitorGeneral, regained his former seat at Ipswich; Sir J. Martin was ejected from
his seat at Hastings and G. Caswall, who was returned at a bye-election for
Leominster as a Whig in 1717, was expelled the House as one of the South
Sea Directors in 1721, being at the time one of the Sheriffs of London] |
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1722–1727 |
Sir John Eyles was re-elected for Chippenham. The only other
Alderman returned at the general election, except F. Child elected
for the City, was Humphrey Parsons [Portsoken] son of the late
Sir John, who had unsuccessfully contested Reigate on his
father's death in 1717 and now came in on the Tory interest for
Harwich, being again unsuccessful at Reigate and also in the
City. |
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Sir G. Heathcote returned to the House in October, 1722, as member
for Lymington, and Sir John Ward [Candlewick] who had failed
to secure re-election for the City, came back in the following
December as a Whig representative of Dunwich; he died
in 1726. |
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John Crowley, son of the late Sir Ambrose, and himself a future Alderman (then
Common Councilman) of Dowgate, sat for Okehampton as a Tory and Joseph
Eyles (Sir John's brother) afterwards Alderman of Cheap, represented Devizes
as a Whig; W. Smith, a future Alderman of Aldgate, contested Lyme Regis
against two Whigs. |
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[The Recorder, Sir W. Thompson, continued to sit for Ipswich and Sir G. Caswall
returned to his old seat for Leominster] |
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1727–1734 |
Sir John Eyles exchanged Chippenham for the City; Sir G. Heathcote
(now Alderman of Bridge Without) sat for St. Germans; he died
in January, 1733. |
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F. Child [Farringdon Without] who had been a Tory member for the
City in the preceding Parliament, now sat for Middlesex. |
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J. Crowley, who was elected for Queenborough, became Alderman of
Dowgate in September, 1727, and died in the following January. |
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Sir John Williams [Cripplegate] who had been one of the Tory
candidates for the City at the General Election, came in for
Aldeburgh in May, 1730. |
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Sir Joseph Eyles was returned for Southwark. George Heathcote (afterwards
Alderman of Walbrook), was returned as an anti-Walpolean Whig for Hindon
[The Recorder, Thompson, retained his seat for Ipswich until his elevation to
the Bench in 1730, and Sir G. Caswall continued to sit for Leominster.
Henry Neale, a Common Councilman for Tower, contested Weymouth] |
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1734–1741 |
Sir F. Child retained his seat for Middlesex till his death in April,
1740. The only other Alderman returned at the General
Election (except for the City) was G. Champion [Bridge] who
was returned for Aylesbury. He was a staunch Walpolean and
lost the Lord Mayoralty through his vote in Parliament for the
Spanish Convention in 1739. Sir John Eyles was defeated in
his candidature for his former seat at Chippenham. |
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Sir Joseph Eyles, who retired from Southwark and was elected by
his old constituency Devizes, became Alderman of Cheap after a
keen party fight in January, 1739, and died in February, 1740.
His Southwark seat was taken by George Heathcote, who in
October, 1735 was chosen Alderman of Walbrook. |
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Henry Marshall, who sat for the Tory borough of Agmondesham,
was elected Alderman of Farringdon Within in November, 1737. |
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E. Gibbon (future Alderman of Vintry and father of the historian) sat for Petersfield
in the Tory interest [Sir G. Caswall, now a Common Councilman for
Langbourn, continued to represent Leominster, voting generally with Walpole.
J. Strange, the Solicitor-General, who sat for Totnes, became Recorder in
1739] |
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1741–1747 |
Alderman Marshall retained his seat at Agmondesham: C. Ewer
[Broad Street] was elected as a Tory for Shaftesbury, and died in
June, 1742. |
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E. Gibbon, who exchanged Petersfield for Southampton, was elected
Alderman of Vintry in March, 1743, but resigned that office in
1745. |
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Sir J. Barnard, who was re-elected for the City, was also nominated
for Tiverton against the Attorney-General (Sir D. Ryder) but
polled only 2 votes against 22. |
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Sir W. Billers [Cordwainer] contested Romney unsuccessfully for
the Walpoleans. |
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[The Recorder, Sir J. Strange, gave up his seat for Totnes, but was again elected
there in January, 1742: in the following December he resigned the Recordership. John Caswall, who succeeded his relative, Sir George, at Leominster,
was also his successor in the Common Council: he died early in 1742] |
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1747–1754 |
Sir H. Marshall continued to represent Agmondesham till his death
shortly before the Dissolution in 1754. |
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W. Baker [Bassishaw] was elected for Plympton in December, 1747,
and W. Beckford, who a few days earlier in the same month had
been returned for Shaftesbury, was chosen Alderman of Billingsgate in June, 1752. Both were strong Whigs. |
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E. Ironside [Cordwainer] a Tory suspected of Jacobitism, contested
Gatton in November, 1749, polling 7 votes to 6 for Admiral
Knowles who, however, was declared elected on a scrutiny. |
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[In Southwark, two ex-Common Councilmen, W. Belchier (Walbrook) and Sir
J. Creed (Langbourn) were candidates, the former being successful] |
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1754–1761 |
W. Baker again sat for Plympton: W. Beckford, who was elected for
the City, was also returned for Petersfield. He appears at this
time to have been acting in concert with the Tories in opposition
to the Whig Government; his brother Richard Beckford (who
was chosen Alderman of Farringdon Without in October, 1754.
and died in January 1756) stood at the General Election for
Bristol in conjunction with Sir John Philipps, a prominent Tory
leader, and secured his own return: Philipps, who was defeated,
was given the seat vacated by William Beckford at Petersfield. |
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Three other Aldermen were elected at the General Election, besides
the above and the four City members, viz.: M. Dickinson
[Queenhithe] for Brackley, S. Fludyer [Cheap] for Chippenham,
J. Porter [Lime Street] for Evesham. Fludyer was a Tory, the
others Whigs: Porter died in 1756. |
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Sir W. Calvert, who lost his seat for the City at the General Election,
came in for Old Sarum in March, 1755. |
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Sir C. Gascoyne [Vintry] contested Southwark unsuccessfully
against ex-Councilman Belchier. |
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John Wilkes, future Alderman and Lord Mayor, contested Berwick at the
General Election, and obtained a seat for Aylesbury in 1757. |
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[Sir W. Moreton, the Recorder, was elected to fill a vacancy at Brackley in
March, 1755, thus becoming the colleague of Alderman Dickinson, and Sir J.
Creed was returned at Canterbury] |
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During the year 1755 the 26 existing Aldermen included 10 sitting
members of Parliament (Barnard, Baker, Ladbroke, Calvert,
Bethell, Dickinson, Fludyer, W. Beckford, Porter, R. Beckford)
and two ex.-M.P.'s (Jannsen and Champion). |
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1761–1768 |
Three Aldermen were re-elected, viz.: Sir W. Baker, M. Dickinson
(who died in 1765, being then Chairman of Committees in the
House of Commons) and Sir S. Fludyer, who contested the City
unsuccessfully, but was again returned for Chippenham. The
last-named died in January, 1768. |
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Wilkes sat for Aylesbury till his expulsion in 1764: J. Townsend (afterwards
Alderman of Bishopsgate), was elected for West Looe in the Whig interest in
1767: W. Lee (afterwards Alderman of Aldgate), stood as a Whig for Bridport. |
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[Sir J. Creed was defeated at Canterbury, John Paterson, Deputy for Farringdon
Within, represented Ludgershall, and Sir T. Fludyer, ex-Common Councilman
for Bassishaw, after an unsuccessful contest at Devizes in 1765, was elected
for Great Bedwin in December, 1767, a seat which he exchanged early in the
following year for that at Chippenham vacated by his brother's death] |
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1768–1774 |
B. Crosby [Bread Street] sat for Honiton as a Whig. |
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Wilkes, who contested the City unsuccessfully, was returned for
Middlesex, and promptly expelled; he was then three times
re-elected, the House of Commons on the last occasion (April
1769), seating his opponent, Colonel Luttrell. In the meantime
Wilkes had been chosen Alderman of Farringdon Without in
January, 1769. |
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Sir R. Glyn [Dowgate] who had been defeated in the City at the
General Election came in for Coventry as a supporter of the
Government in December, 1768, and held that seat until his death
four years later. |
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Three sitting Members in the course of this Parliament joined the
Aldermanic body, viz: J. Townsend (West Looe), elected for
Bishopsgate in June, 1769, J. Sawbridge (Hythe), for Langbourn
in the following month and B. Hopkins (Great Bedwin) for Broad
Street in February, 1773. Townsend was an adherent of the
Chatham and Shelburne section of the Whigs, Sawbridge was an
advanced Radical of the Republican type, Hopkins was nominally
a Whig, but generally supported the Court. |
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Sir W. Lewes, elected Alderman of Lime Street in 1772, stood two
unsuccessful contests at Worcester in November, 1773 and March,
1774, in the Whig interest. |
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[Serjeant Glynn, who became Wilkes' colleague in Middlesex in December, 1768,
was chosen Recorder in 1772. W. Baker, who succeeded his father, Sir
William, in the representation of Plympton, served as Sheriff 1770–1771 in
conjunction with Joseph Martin, M.P. for Gatton (both Whigs); the latter was
elected Alderman of Lime Street in September, 1772, but refused the office and
was succeeded by Sir W. Lewes. Sir T. Fludyer, who was re-elected for
Chippenham and ex-Sheriff Sir R. Darling, who was Burke's Tory colleague at
Wendover, died in 1769 and 1770 respectively. P. Feilde, one of the Judges of
the Sheriffs' Court, sat as a Whig for Hertford after January, 1770. W.
Belchier attempted, without success, to regain the seat for Southwark which
he had given up in 1761] |
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1771–1780 |
Wilkes recovered his seat for Middlesex and retained it unmolested,
having the Recorder as his colleague till the latter's death in 1779. |
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Sir W. Rawlinson [Dowgate] represented Queenborough as a Tory,
he resigned his gown in May, 1777. |
|
Alderman Harley retired from the City and contested Herefordshire
unsuccessfully, but was returned for that county in May, 1776 in
the interests of the Court. |
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Sawbridge, who secured his election for the City, stood also again for
Hythe, where he was lowest on the poll, and Sir W. Lewes was
again defeated at Worcester. |
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Ex-Sheriff W. Lee, afterwards Alderman of Aldgate, was an unsuccessful Whig
candidate for Southwark. |
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[Ex-Sheriff Sayre, an extreme Whig, stood for Seaford. Ex-Sheriff Martin sat
for Tewkesbury till his death in 1776; ex-Sheriff Baker, who contested the City
at the General Election, was elected for Aldborough in 1777: P. Feilde again
represented Hertford and Serjeant Adair, the Whig M.P. for Cockermouth, was
chosen Recorder in 1779 in succession to Glyn] |
|
1780–1784 |
Aldermen Harley and Wilkes were re-elected for Herefordshire and
Middlesex respectively. |
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Sir T. Hallifax [Aldersgate] was returned for Coventry as a Whig in
November, 1780, the Sheriffs having made no return at the
general election (at which he was a candidate) owing to the
interruption of the poll by rioting. He was unseated on petition
in February, 1781. |
|
J. Townsend [Bishopsgate] came back to the House after eight years'
absence in April, 1782 as M.P. for Lord Shelburne's pocket
borough of Calne. |
|
Ex-Alderman Sir W. Rawlinson was re-elected for Queenborough as
a supporter of the North administration, through the influence
of Lord Sandwich. He followed Lord Sandwich in adhering to
Lord North when the latter coalesced with Fox against
Shelburne and Pitt in 1783. |
|
Sir W. Lewes [Lime Street] made a fourth unsuccessful attack on
the representation of Worcester at the General Election, but was
returned for the City of London, whilst Lord Mayor, in the
following year (1781). |
|
T. Wooldridge [Bridge] stood as a Whig for Abingdon, and after his
defeat presented a petition which the House voted to be "frivolous
and vexatious." |
|
Ex-Sheriff Baker, representing the Whigs, sat for Hertford; B. Hammett (a future
Alderman), then a Common Councilman of Farringdon Within was elected
as a Tory for Taunton in March, 1782. [Serjeant Adair, the Recorder, contested
Southwark as a Whig at a bye-election in September 1782] |
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1784–1790 |
Harley, Wilkes and Townsend were re-elected for their respective
constituencies, the last-named dying in 1787. Both Wilkes and
Townsend were, equally with the Tory Harley, supporters of Pitt.
So also was Sir T. Hallifax, who now came in for Aylesbury and
died in 1789. |
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Sir B. Turner [Cordwainer] one of the Sheriffs, a strong Reformer,
but like Wilkes, opposed to the Coalition, was elected for
Southwark; he died two months later, being succeeded in his
parliamentary seat by Paul le Mesurier, who in the following
October was chosen Alderman of Dowgate, and in the Aldermanry
of his Ward by Brook Watson, one of the City members, both
being supporters of Pitt. |
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On the day of Le Mesurier's election to Dowgate, R. Atkinson, who
had been a Government candidate for the City at the general
election, and in June had found a seat at Romney, was chosen
Alderman of Tower; he died May 26, 1785. A week later (June 3.
1785), B. Hammett, who had been re-elected for Taunton in the
Government interest, became Alderman of Portsoken. |
|
Sir W. Rawlinson was returned by the influence of his patron.
Lord Sandwich, for Huntingdon at the General Election as a
supporter of the Coalition. |
|
Alderman Sawbridge, who was re-elected for the City, stood also for
Hythe where he was defeated. |
|
Ex-Sheriff Baker was in the number of "Fox's Martyrs," as the victims of popular
indignation against the Coalition were styled, being rejected at Hertford. In
July, 1788, Sheriff M. Bloxam, a future Alderman, came in on the Government
interest for Maidstone. |
|
Between 1785 and 1787 there were (inclusive of the City Members),
ten Aldermen sitting contemporaneously in Parliament, viz:
Harley, Hallifax, Wilkes, Townsend, Sawbridge, Lewes, Newnham,
Watson, Le Mesurier and Hammett, two others (Turner and
Atkinson), having died within a year of each other since the
General Election. The four City members with Wilkes and
Le Mesurier supported Pitt's motion for Parliamentary Reform
in 1785. |
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1790–1796 |
Harley, Le Mesurier and Hammett, all supporters of Pitt's
administration, were re-elected for Herefordshire, Southwark
and Taunton respectively. J. W. Anderson [Aldersgate] was
one of four elected on a double return for Okehampton. On
petition he lost his seat, but in 1793 came in for the City as a
Ministerialist. Sir J. Sanderson [Bridge] was elected for
Malmesbury in the same interest in February, 1792. |
|
N. Newnham [Vintry] who had lost his seat for the City at the
general election and unsuccessfully contested Ludgershall in
April, 1791, was returned for that borough in June, 1793; he had
been a Foxite, but now was included in that section of the Whigs,
which, led by the Duke of Portland and Burke, transferred its
support to the Government when Fox and his followers opposed
the war with France. |
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M. Bloxam continued to represent Maidstone, and ex-Sheriff Baker came back to
Parliament as Whig member for Hertfordshire, having teen again defeated in
the county town. |
|
1796–1802 |
Aldermen Harley and Sir B. Hammett (who died in 1800, having
resigned his Aldermanry in 1798), were re-elected for their
respective constituencies, and Sir J. Sanderson exchanged
Malmesbury for Hastings, dying in 1798. |
|
Sir R. C. Glyn [Bishopsgate] was returned as a supporter of the
Tory Government for St. Ives. |
|
Sir J. Eamer [Langbourn] stood unsuccessfully as a Tory for
Ilchester. |
|
M. Bloxam was re-elected for Maidstone, and was knighted in 1800. |
|
[Ex-Sheriff Baker, who gradually forsook his Foxite connexion and became a
supporter of the administration, retained his seat for Hertfordshire] |
|
1802–1806 |
Both Harley and Glyn retiring from the House of Commons, the
former after forty years' service, no Alderman was elected at the
beginning of this Parliament, except the four City members. |
|
In June, 1803, Sir M. Bloxam, who still represented Maidstone, was
chosen Alderman of Bridge, and J. Prinsep, who sat for
Queenborough, became Alderman of Lime Street in December,
1804. Both were Tories, the former appears to have supported
the Addington section of the party. |
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The Lord Mayor, Sir J. Eamer [Langbourn] came forward as a Tory candidate for
East Retford but did not go to the poll. |
|
Ex-Alderman Williams (Cornhill), sat for Wootton Bassett as a Tory and J. Atkins,
afterwards Alderman of Walbrook, for Arundel as a Whig. |
|
[Ex-Sheriff Baker, now an avowed Tory, was defeated in Hertfordshire, but
recovered the seat in 1805] |
|
1806–1807 |
Both Bloxam and Prinsep lost their seats, the former being defeated
at Maidstone and the latter who retired from Queenborough
being unsuccessful at Colchester. |
|
J. Perring [Broad Street], was returned in the Tory interest for
Romney. |
|
Ex-Aldermen Williams and Hibbert (Bridge), sat for Wootton Bassett and Seaford
respectively; the latter supported the Whigs, except on the Colonial Slavery
question. |
|
Of future Aldermen, W. Jacob was returned for Westbury as a Tory and C. Smith,
then Common Councilman for Cordwainer, was defeated at East Looe. |
|
[Ex-Sheriff Baker was re-elected as a Tory for Hertfordshire, and Sheriff Jonathan
Miles contested Tregony in the advanced Whig interest] |
|
1807–1812 |
The four City members were the only Aldermen returned at the
General Election. |
|
W. Jacob who then contested Yarmouth unsuccessfully for the Tories,
came in for Rye in 1808, and was chosen Alderman of Lime
Street in November, 1809, which position he resigned in
March, 1811. |
|
Sir J. Perring returned to the House as Member for Hythe in 1810. |
|
Ex-Alderman Hibbert retained his seat for Seaford; Williams contested
Grampound at the General Election, won the seat on petition in March, 1808,
and was unseated on a counter petition two months later. In January, 1809,
he stood for St. Albans without success, but in the following month came in for
Kilkenny. |
|
[Sheriff Sir J. Miles was an unsuccessful candidate for Barnstaple and John
Elliot, Common Councilman for Bread Street, stood for Westminster in the Tory
interest against Sir F. Burdett and Lord Cochrane] |
|
1812–1818 |
Sir J. Perring was re-elected for Hythe and C. Smith [Cordwainer]
won a seat for the Government at St. Albans. |
|
M. Wood [Cripplegate] was a Whig candidate for Grampound at a
bye-election in 1814. |
|
Ex-Alderman Williams was returned for Dorchester, a seat which he retained for
more than twenty years, giving a steady support to the Tory party. |
|
[Two ex-Common Councilmen sat in this Parliament, B. Shaw [Queenhithe]
representing Westbury as a Tory pro-Catholic till 1814, when he retired, and
C. E. Wilsonn (Langbourn) coming in for Bewdley as a Tory in that year] |
|
1818–1820 |
Sir J. Perring again sat for Hythe and W. Heygate [Coleman Street]
represented Sudbury as a moderate Whig who generally supported
the Government. |
|
Sir W. Curtis, having been defeated in the City, was returned for
Bletchingley as a Tory in February, 1819. |
|
The Lord Mayor, C. Smith, who stood for re-election at St. Albans,
was unsuccessful. |
|
Ex-Alderman Williams was re-elected for Dorchester. |
|
[D. W. Harvey, a prominent metropolitan ultra-Radical, who was then Common
Councilman for Bishopsgate, came in for Colchester, which he had contested at
the General Election of 1812 and at a bye-election in 1817. Three ex-Common
Councilmen were candidates at the General Election. B. Shaw was defeated
at Grampound, and N. Atcheson (Broad Street), a Whig, at Petersfield;
M. Attwood (Bridge) was elected in the Tory interest for Fowey in March,
1819, but unseated on petition] |
|
1820–1826 |
W. Heygate was re-elected as an avowed ministerialist for Sudbury;
C. Smith recovered his lost seat at St. Albans. |
|
W. Thompson who was seated on petition for Callington in June, 1820
(with ex-Councilman M. Attwood as his colleague) became
Alderman of Cheap in August, 1821; he was a moderate Reformer. |
|
J. Atkins [Walbrook] a former Tory representative of the City,
stood unsuccessfully for Barnstaple in March, 1824. |
|
Ex-Alderman Williams continued to sit for Dorchester. |
|
[D. W. Harvey, who had retired from the Common Council, was re-elected for
Colchester; B. Shaw was defeated at Hedon. N. Atcheson again contested
Petersfield; ex-Sheriff Parkyns, a very eccentric person, stood as an ultraRadical for Arundel in February, 1823, having contested Carlisle in 1818.
T. Denman, Whig member for Nottingham, became Common Serjeant in
April, 1822] |
|
1826–1830 |
C. Smith was re-elected for St. Albans; J. Atkins [Walbrook] was
returned for Arundel in the Tory interest, having represented
that borough as a Whig in the Parliament of 1802. |
|
Sir W. Curtis [Bridge Without] the "Father of the City" was returned
for Hastings, but resigned his seat and retired finally from
Parliament in December, 1826. |
|
Ex-Alderman Williams still sat for Dorchester and W. H. Hughes, a future
Alderman, contested Oxford as a Whig without success. |
|
[M. Attwood and D. W. Harvey were re-elected; A. Spottiswoode, who represented
Saltash as a Tory, served as Sheriff for the year 1827–1828; the Common
Serjeant (Denman) contested Leicester unsuccessfully. Two Common
Councilmen, F. Gye (Bridge) and T. Bish (Cornhill), the former a Tory and the
latter a Whig, were elected for Chippenham and Leominster respectively;
Bish lost his seat on petition, and B. Smith (Cripplegate) stood as a Whig
for Rye] |
|
1830–1831 |
Atkins was re-elected and H. Winchester [Vintry] sat as a Tory for
Maidstone. |
|
Ex-Alderman Williams continued to represent Dorchester; W. H. Hughes was
returned for Oxford and T. Farncomb, afterwards Alderman of Bassishaw,
contested Southwark for the Tories at a bye-election in November, 1830. [The
Common Serjeant (Denman), was elected at Nottingham; he resigned his civic
office at the end of the year on becoming Attorney-General. D. W. Harvey and
ex-Sheriff Spottiswoode were returned in opposite interests for Colchester, the
latter losing his seat on petition. M. Attwood forsook Callington for
Boroughbridge. F. Gye, who had left the Common Council, gave up his seat
at Chippenham and contested Berwick; J. Mirehouse, a Common Pleader
(afterwards Common Serjeant), was an unsuccessful candidate for Marlborough.
B. Smith was again beaten at Rye] |
|
1831–1832 |
Atkins retained his seat, but Winchester was defeated at Maidstone. |
|
W. T. Copeland [Bishopsgate] who contested Coleraine as a Reformer
at the General Election was seated on petition in August, 1831. |
|
W. H. Hughes, who was re-elected for Oxford, was elected Alderman
of Portsoken by the Court of Aldermen on the rejection of Michael
Scales in January, 1832, but ousted by the Court of King's Bench
on a writ of quo warranto in the following July. (He became
Alderman of Bread Street in 1843, after his parliamentary career
had closed). |
|
Ex-Alderman Williams, D. W. Harvey and M. Attwood were re-elected for their
respective constituencies, and B. Smith stood a third unsuccessful contest
at Rye. |
|
1832–1834 |
The City members (Wood, Waithman and Key), were the only
Aldermen returned at the General Election. |
|
Alderman Thompson, late one of the City members, unsuccessfully
contested Sunderland as a Moderate Whig, and was returned
for that borough in April, 1833. |
|
W. T. Copeland repeated the experience of the preceding Parliament:
he was defeated at Coleraine by the Mayor's casting vote
at the General Election, but recovered the seat on petition in
May, 1833. |
|
W. H. Hughes similarly was thrown out at Oxford, but was elected
for that city in March, 1833, being (like Thompson and
Copeland) a very moderate Reformer. |
|
Ex-Alderman Williams was returned for Dorchester for the last time; J. Lainson
(afterwards Alderman of Bread Street), unsuccessfully contested East Surrey
as a supporter of the Grey ministry, and J. Humphery, afterwards Alderman
of Aldgate, was returned by the Reform party for Southwark. |
|
[M. Attwood, a staunch Tory, was the first Member for Whitehaven, his former
constituency, Boroughbridge, having been disfranchised by the Reform Bill.
D. W. Harvey was re-elected at Colchester and T. Bish was returned for
Leominster as a Whig] |
|
1835–1837 |
Aldermen Thompson and Copeland were re-elected, nominally as
Reformers, but they gave a steady support to Sir R. Peel, both
in office and opposition and before the end of the Parliament were
definitely identified with the Conservative party. W. H. Hughes,
who was re-elected for Oxford, adopted the same course. |
|
M. P. Lucas [Tower] received a few Conservative votes at Maidstone
but was not a serious candidate. |
|
J. Humphery, who was re-elected for Southwark as a Liberal (having
D. W. Harvey as his colleague), was elected Alderman of Aldgate
in December, 1835. |
|
C. Farebrother [Lime Street] unsuccessfully contested Lambeth for
the Conservatives. |
|
[M. Attwood was re-elected for Whitehaven and T. Bish for Leominster. Sheriff
Raphael, a Roman Catholic Liberal, who had stood for Evesham in 1830,
contested Pontefract at the General Election; in the following June he
was returned under the patronage of O'Connell for Carlow County, but was
unseated on petition and subsequently published an address to the electors,
detailing his pecuniary transactions with O'Connell in connection with the
election, in which the Irish agitator's conduct was represented in a very
unfavourable light. The Recorder (the Hon. C. E. Law) was elected for
Cambridge University as a Tory in March, 1835, and his future successor, the
Hon. J. A. Stuart-Wortley, for Halifax in the same interest, having contested it
in 1832. B. Smith sat for Sudbury as a Liberal] |
|
1837–1841 |
Aldermen Thompson, Humphery and Copeland were re-elected, the
last-named exchanging Coleraine for Stoke-on-Trent. |
|
Sir James Duke (then Sheriff and Common Councilman for
Billingsgate) was returned as a Liberal for Boston at the General
Election: in December 1840, he became Alderman of Farringdon
Without. |
|
W. H Hughes, standing as a Conservative, was defeated at Oxford by
the future Chief Justice Erle. |
|
Ex-Sheriff Salomons, who had been elected Alderman of Aldgate before
Humphery, but had been unseated owing to his inability as a Jew
to take the required oath, was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate
for Shoreham. |
|
[M. Attwood and the Recorder were re-elected, as also was D. W. Harvey, who
quitted Parliament in 1839 on appointment to the newly instituted office of
Commissioner of the City Police. B. Smith was defeated at Norwich, but
gained the seat on petition] |
|
1841–1847 |
Thompson, Copeland, Humphery and Duke were re-elected, and in
September, 1841, Thompson exchanged his seat at Sunderland for
the representation of Westmorland. |
|
J. Johnson [Dowgate] was an unsuccessful Conservative candidate for
Plymouth and ex-Sheriff Salomons contested Maidstone as a
Liberal. |
|
In the disruption of the Conservative party on the Corn Law question,
Thompson voted with the Protectionists, whilst Copeland joined
the two Conservative non-Aldermanic members for the City (Lyall
and Masterman), in support of Free Trade. |
|
[M. Attwood, B. Smith and the Recorder were re-elected. A. Galloway (Common
Councilman for Farringdon Without) was defeated at Dover, standing as an
advanced Liberal. Ex-Sheriff J. Pilcher unsuccessfully contested Southwark
in 1845 as a Conservative against Sir W. Molesworth, and in January, 1847,
ex-Sheriff W. J. Chaplin was returned for Salisbury as a Liberal] |
|
1847–1852 |
The old members, Thompson, Copeland, Humphery and Duke were
re-elected; the last-named (then Lord Mayor), resigned his seat
for Boston in 1849 and was returned for the City, which during
the past six years had been, for the first time in more than
five centuries, without a direct Aldermanic representative in
Parliament. |
|
T. Sidney [Billingsgate] was elected as a Conservative Free Trader
for Stafford. |
|
In May, 1851, W. Cubitt, who sat as a Conservative Free Trader for
Andover, was chosen Alderman of Langbourn. |
|
D. Salomons contested Greenwich at the General Election, and
(having been in December, 1847 chosen Alderman of Cordwainer),
was returned there in June, 1851, defeating Alderman D. W.
Wire [Walbrook] (like himself a Liberal), who being then a
Common Councillor for his Ward, had contested Boston as
Sir J. Duke's colleague in 1847 and again on Sir James's
retirement in 1849, and had stood a third unsuccessful contest
(after his elevation to the Aldermanry), in April, 1851. |
|
R. W. Carden [Dowgate] then Sheriff, contested St. Albans as a
Conservative unsuccessfully in 1850, on the death of ex-Sheriff
Raphael who had been returned at the General Election; a
petition against the successful candidate was followed by a Royal
Commission of Inquiry which elicited revelations of wholesale
corruption in the electorate, resulting in the disfranchisement of
the borough. |
|
A future Alderman, R. Hartley Kennedy, contested the Inverness boroughs as an
independent Liberal against a member of the same party. |
|
[The Recorder (Law) was re-elected; on his death in 1850, the Recordership was
given to the Right Hon. J. A. Stuart-Wortley, the Peelite Member for
Buteshire, which he had represented since 1842. Ex-Sheriff Chaplin retained
his seat for Salisbury; C. Pearson, the City Solicitor, an ex-Common
Councilman for Bridge, was elected for Lambeth as an Independent Liberal
(ousting a Member of the Whig Government): he resigned his seat in July,
1850. Another ex-Member of the Common Council, A. Pellatt, stood as an
advanced Radical and anti-State-Church candidate for Bristol, polling under
200 votes, and two existing members of that body, J. Hartley (Farringdon
Within), a Conservative and C. Gilpin (Bishopsgate), a Liberal, were defeated
respectively at Sligo, in July, 1848, and at the Perth boroughs, in May, 1852] |
|
1852–1857 |
W. Thompson continued to sit for Westmorland till his death in 1854. |
|
Cubitt was re-elected for Andover and T. Challis [Cripplegate] came
in for Finsbury as a Liberal. |
|
Copeland and Salomons lost their seats and Sidney, who abandoned
Stafford, was an unsuccessful Peelite candidate for Leeds. |
|
[The Recorder, who resigned that office on becoming Solicitor-General in
November, 1856, continued to sit for Buteshire as a Peelite: T. Chambers,
Liberal Member for Hertford, was elected Common Serjeant in January, 1857.
Sheriff Swift was returned for Sligo county at the General Election in the
Liberal interest; ex-Sheriff Chaplin was again elected for Salisbury; ex-Sheriff
Laurie, a Conservative, who was elected for Barnstaple in 1854, lost his seat on
petition, his unsuccessful opponent, W. Tite, the eminent architect (formerly
a Common Councilman for Aldgate), becoming Liberal Member for Bath in
1855; ex-Sheriff Nicoll (a Common Councilman for Cornhill), stood for
Frome as a Liberal in 1854, and again in 1856, when he lost by one
vote only; ex-Sheriff Kennard was elected for Newport (Isle of Wight) in the
Conservative interest in February, 1857, a few weeks before the Dissolution.
J. Locke, one of the Common Pleaders, contested Hastings unsuccessfully for
the Liberals and A. Pellatt came in for Southwark in succession to Alderman
Humphery, who retired at the end of the preceding Parliament. J. T. Norris,
Common Councilman for Aldersgate, contested Abingdon as a Liberal in 1854. |
|
1857–1859 |
Cubitt was re-elected; Alderman Copeland recovered his former seat
for Stoke-on-Trent and Sir R. Carden [Dowgate] was elected
in the Conservative interest for Gloucester. |
|
In February, 1859 Alderman Salomons came in again for Greenwich
at a bye-election. |
|
Alderman Sidney stood unsuccessfully as a Peelite for Worcester, and
W. A. Rose as a moderate Conservative (in conjunction with
ex-Sheriff Kennard) for Newport (Isle of Wight), where both he
and his colleague were defeated. |
|
Ex-Alderman White (Bassishaw) was returned in the advanced Liberal interest
for Plymouth. |
|
[The late Recorder (Stuart-Wortley) was re-elected for Buteshire; the Common
Serjeant (Chambers), lost his seat at Hertford; J. Locke (Common Pleader,
an office which he resigned in the following July), was elected as a Liberal for
Southwark, ousting A. Pellatt: ex-Sheriffs Nicoll and Laurie were elected at
Frome and Barnstaple respectively: ex-Sheriff Swift lost his seat for Sligo
county. W. Tite was re-elected at Bath. Three Liberal Common Councilmen,
secured seats in this Parliament: C. Gilpin (Bishopsgate) being elected for
Northampton, W. Cox (Broad Street) for Finsbury and J. T. Norris
(Aldersgate), for Abingdon] |
|
1859–1865 |
Aldermen Cubitt, Copeland and Salomons were re-elected. Cubitt
resigned his seat for Andover to contest the City in July, 1861,
was again elected for Andover in December, 1862, and died in
October, 1863, having resigned his Aldermanry in the preceding
January. |
|
Alderman Sidney contested Stafford as a Liberal at the General
Election and secured a seat there at a bye-election in August, 1860. |
|
W. A. Rose [Queenhithe] was elected for Southampton as a
Conservative during bis Lord Mayoralty in December, 1862, and
J. C. Lawrence [Walbrook] was returned for Lambeth as a
Liberal in May, 1865. |
|
Sir R. Carden was defeated at Gloucester, and unsuccessfully contested
Marylebone in 1861. |
|
Ex-Alderman White was rejected at Plymouth, but was elected for Brighton in
1860. |
|
[Ex-Sheriff Kennard recovered his lost seat at Newport; ex-Sheriff Nicoll was
defeated at Frome; Stuart-Wortley, the ex-Recorder, contested the West
Riding of Yorkshire unsuccessfully for the Conservatives; Messrs. Gilpin (who
retired from the Common Council in 1860), Norris, Tite and Locke were
re-elected, the last named again defeating A. Pellatt. W. Cox lost his seat at
Finsbury, but recovered is at a bye-election in December, 1861. P. A. Taylor,
formerly Common Councilman for Farringdon Within, was elected for
Leicester as an advanced Radical in 1862, having contested that borough in
1861, and Newcastle-on-Tyne at the General Election] |
|
1865–1868 |
Alderman Salomons was re-elected, and A. Lusk [Aldgate] was
returned for Finsbury as a Liberal, defeating W. Cox, who
professed the same creed. |
|
J. C. Lawrence and W. A. Rose lost their seats, though the latter's
colleague as a Conservative candidate at Southampton (the
Recorder, Russell Gurney), came in at the head of the poll. |
|
Alderman and Sheriff T. Dakin [Candlewick] was the unsuccessful
Liberal candidate for Thetford. |
|
Ex-Alderman White was re-elected at Brighton; two future Aldermen were defeated
at the General Election, F. W. Truscott (then Common Councilman for
Dowgate), who stood as a Conservative for Dudley, and W. M'Arthur, who
contested Pontefract as a Liberal. In 1866 R. N. Fowler was the unsuccessful
Conservative candidate for Penryn at a bye-election. |
|
[Ex-Sheriff Kennard, J. Locke, C. Gilpin, W. Tite and P. A. Taylor were re-elected,
J. T. Norris lost his seat at Abingdon, the Common Serjeant (T. Chambers),
was returned for Marylebone and ex-Sheriff T. Cave for Barnstaple, both as
Liberals] |
|
1868–1874 |
Aldermen Salomons and Lusk were re-elected; the former, who had
Mr. Gladstone as his colleague at Greenwich, died in July, 1873. |
|
J. C. Lawrence recovered his seat for Lambeth, having as his colleague
W. M'Arthur, who was chosen Alderman of Coleman Street
in September, 1872. |
|
Sir S. Waterlow [Langbourn] was elected as a Liberal for
Dumfrieshire; being disqualified as having held a Government
contract at the date of his election, he lost his seat and standing
again was defeated in March, 1869. He also stood for Southwark
unsuccessfully in 1870. |
|
Reading was contested for the Conservatives by Sir R. Carden and
Southwark for the same party by W.J.R. Cotton [Lime Street]
at the General Election. |
|
J. Figgins, Common Councilman for Farringdon Without, was
elected in the Conservative interest for Shrewsbury: in June,
1873, he succeeded Sir J. Duke as Alderman of his Ward. |
|
Ex-Alderman White was again returned for Brighton and R. N. Fowler won a
seat for the Conservatives at Penryn. |
|
[The Recorder (R. Gurney), the Common Serjeant (T. Chambers), ex-Sheriff
Cave, C. Gilpin, P. A. Taylor and Sir W. Tite (who died in 1873) were
re-elected, and C. Reed, Deputy of Farringdon Within, was returned as a
Liberal for Hackney, defeating Common Councilman J. J. Homer (Cornhill),
who stood also as a Liberal in the licensed victualling interest. W. Cox
was again defeated at Finsbury; ex-Sheriff Sir F. Lycett contested Worcester
for the Liberals at the General Election and was also unsuccessful at
Liskeard in 1869. Ex-Sheriff Sir J. Bennett (Common Councilman for
Cheap) was one of many Liberal candidates for the seat at Greenwich,
vacated by Sir D. Salomons' death in 1873] |
|
1874–1830 |
Aldermen Lusk, Sir J. C. Lawrence and M'Arthur were re-elected,
and Sir S. Waterlow was returned for Maidstone. |
|
Alderman Figgins was defeated at Shrewsbury and Sheriff Sir C.
Whetham [Bridge] at Bridport, which he contested for the
Conservatives. |
|
Sir R. Carden [Bridge Without] stood unsuccessfully for Barnstaple.
in February, 1880. |
|
Ex-Alderman White and R. N. Fowler lost their seats at Brighton and Penryn
respectively. |
|
[The Recorder (Gurney), was re-elected to represent the Conservatives of
Southampton with ex-Sheriff Sir F. Perkins as a Liberal colleague. The
Common Serjeant (Sir T. Chambers), who was re-elected for Marylebone,
succeeded to the Recordership on Gurney's death, when the former office
was conferred on W. T. Charley, Conservative member for Salford. Ex-Sheriff
Cave, P. A. Taylor and C. Gilpin were re-elected, the last-named dying the
same year. Deputy Reed was again returned for Hackney, but lost the seat on
petition. Ex-Sheriff Sir J. Bennett contested Maldon at the General Election,
and ex-Sheriff Sir F. Lycett fought two unsuccessful contests at St. Ives,
in December, 1874 and March, 1875, and also stood for Worcester in 1878.
Commissioner Kerr, Judge of the City of London Court, was defeated at
Peterborough as an independent Liberal] |
|
1380–1885 |
Sir J. C. Lawrence, Sir A. Lusk and Alderman McArthur were
re-elected, and Sir R. Carden returned to the House after 21
years' absence as M.P. for Barnstaple. |
|
Sir S. Waterlow lost his seat for Maidstone and the Lord Mayor,
Sir F. Truscott (Dowgate), contested Gravesend unsuccessfully
in the Conservative interest against ex-Sheriff T. Bevan, who,
however, lost his seat on petition, when Sir S. Waterlow, who
afterwards (September, 1883) resigned his Aldermanry, succeeded
him (July, 1880). |
|
In June, 1884, Sir J. W. Ellis [Broad Street] was elected for
Mid-Surrey as a Conservative, bringing the number of Aldermen in
Parliament to eight, at which number it had stood from 1880
until Sir S. Waterlow's resignation of his Aldermanic position
in 1883, being the largest number on record since 1796. |
|
J. E. Saunders, Deputy (afterwards Alderman) of Coleman Street was a Liberal
Candidate for Greenwich. |
|
[The Recorder (Sir T. Chambers) and P. A. Taylor were re-elected, the latter
retiring from Parliament in 1884. The Common Serjeant (Sir W. Charley),
lost his seat at Salford and afterwards (1883), contested Ipswich. Deputy Sir
C. Reed was elected for St. Ives and died in 1881. Commissioner Kerr failed
at Kilmarnock and ex-Sheriff Shaw at Aberdeen at the General Election, the
latter, who was a Conservative, having previously contested that constituency
in 1872 and 1874] |
|
1885–1886 |
The election of 1885 was singularly disastrous to the Aldermanic
candidates; nine members stood for election and only two were
successful, viz.: Sir R. Fowler in the City and Sir J. W. Ellis in
the Kingston division of Surrey, both being Conservatives. |
|
The unsuccessful candidates were Sir W. J. R. Cotton in the City,
W. Lawrence [Bread Street] in South Paddington, Sir J. C.
Lawrence in North Lambeth, Sir W. M'Arthur in West
Newington, Sir H. E. Knight [Cripplegate] in West Marylebone,
J. Whitehead [Cheap] in North Westmorland and P. Cowan
[Cordwainer] in Whitechapel. Of these Sir W. Cotton was a
Conservative, standing against two other Conservatives and a
Liberal, Aldermen Whitehead and Cowan were the official
candidates of the Liberals and Conservatives respectively, and
were defeated in straight party fights; the remaining four stood as
moderate Liberals against more advanced members of that party
as well as Conservatives, the latter being in each case successful. |
|
Ex-Alderman Sir S. Waterlow also was defeated in Mid-Kent. |
|
Two future Aldermen, Deputy Saunders and G. Faudel-Phillips, were unsuccessful
Liberal candidates for the Dartford division of Kent and for West Hertfordshire (Watford) respectively. |
|
Ex-Sheriff T. Bevan was defeated at Gravesend, and the Common Serjeant (Sir
W. Charley) again at Ipswich. Common Councilman B. Fletcher (Farringdon
Within) sat as a Liberal for the Chippenham Division of Wilts. Four other
members of the Common Council were amongst the rejected, viz.: Messrs.
Alpheus Cleophas Morton (Farringdon Without) at Hythe, E. Dresser Rogers
(Aldgate) at Peckham, W. Malthouse (Farringdon Without) at Walworth, and
B. S. F. McGeagh (Castle Baynard) in North Aberdeen. Of these the last
stood as a Conservative, the rest represented various shades of Liberalism
(that of Mr. Morton being the most pronounced), the fissiparous tendencies of
that party being to an exceptional degree brought into evidence at this
election. Mr. E. M. Nelson, ex-Common Councilman for Dowgate attacked,
but without success, in the Conservative interest Speaker Peel's seat at
Warwick and Leamington] |
|
1886–1892 |
Sir J. Ellis was re-elected. Two Aldermen were defeated at the
General Election, viz.: Alderman Whitehead in North Westmorland and Sir J. C. Lawrence in West Carmarthenshire, and
Alderman H. D. Davies [Bishopsgate] was unsuccessful at
Rochester in April, 1889. The first of these represented the
Gladstonians, the second the Liberal Unionists, and the lastnamed the Conservatives. |
|
Deputy Saunders again failed to carry the Dartford division against Sir W. Hart
Dyke. |
|
[Three Gladstonian ex-Sheriffs were unsuccessful candidates, Mr. E. K. Bayly in
North Camberwell, Sir J. Bennett in North Wilts, and Mr. Clarence Smith in
West Cambridgeshire, where Sir C. Hall was returned, who became Recorder
in February, 1892. The Common Serjeant, Sir W. Charley, was defeated by
another Conservative in North Belfast in March, 1892. Of the existing
Common Councilmen, Mr. B. Fletcher lost his seat for the Chippenham
division; Mr. J. Judd (Farringdon Within) led the Liberal forlorn hope against
Sir M. Hicks-Beach in West Bristol, Mr. E. J. Stoneham (Cheap) contested
Bethnal Green (North-East) as a Liberal Unionist, and Mr. A. C. Morton was
unsuccessful at Chistchurch, but secured a seat for Peterborough in October,
1889. Ex-Common Councilman T. P. Baptie (Broad Street) was the defeated
Gladstone candidate at Maidstone] |
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1892–1895 |
Sir J. Whitehead [Cheap] was elected as a Liberal for Leicester,
but retired from Parliament in August, 1894. |
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The seat for North Westmorland which Sir James had twice
contested for the Gladstonians fell to a Conservative ex-Lord
Mayor, Sir J. Savory [Langbourn] |
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Alderman Davies won the seat at Rochester for the Conservatives but
was unseated on petition. |
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[The Recorder, Sir C. Hall, lost his seat for West Cambridgeshire, but came in
for Holborn in the following August: his old opponent, ex-Sheriff C. Smith,
won a seat for the Liberals in East Hull, and ex-Sheriff Bayly achieved a
similar success in North Camberwell. Sheriff Foster was elected as a
Conservative for the Lowestoft division of Suffolk, defeating Common
Councilman Judd; Mr. A. C. Morton was re-elected at Peterborough, and
Mr. W. O. Clough, Common Councilman for Cheap, was returned in the
Liberal interest for Portsmouth. Another representative of that Ward,
Mr. H. H. Bridgman, contested Taunton as a Liberal, Mr. J. H. Lile
(Farringdon Without) stood in the same interest for the Truro division of
Cornwall, Mr. T. P. Baptie was defeated at Bath, and Mr. B. Fletcher at
Christchurch] |
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1895–1900 |
Sir J. Savory (who in 1898 exchanged the Ward of Langbourn for
Bridge Without) was re-elected for North Westmorland, and
Alderman Davies came in for Chatham. |
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Mr. W. M. Guthrie (a future Alderman) was returned by the Conservatives for
Bow and Bromley. |
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[The Recorder, Sir C. Hall, held his seat for Holborn till his death in 1900: in that
year Mr. Clough, who had been re-elected for Portsmouth, retired from
parliament. Ex-Sheriff Foster was re-elected, but ex-Sheriff Bayly was
defeated in North Camberwell, Sir C. Smith in East Hull, and Mr. A. C.
Morton lost his seat for Peterborough, the constituency which has the unique
distinction of having, in contests between Liberals, rejected successively
Sir G. Cornewall Lewis and the future Lord Penzance in favour of the late
Mr. G. H. Whalley] |
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1900–1906 |
Sir H. D. Davies was re-elected for Chatham, and Mr. Guthrie, who
continued to represent Bow and Bromley, was elected Alderman
of Cornhill on Sir J. C. Dimsdale's retirement in December, 1902. |
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Sir J. Savory was defeated in North Westmorland by a very youthful
Liberal, who has since been converted to Conservatism, and the
Lord Mayor, Sir A. J. Newton [Bassishaw], failed to carry
West Southwark as a Liberal Unionist. |
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[Ex-Sheriff Dewar, who in 1897 had been the unsuccessful Conservative candidate
for the Walthamstow division of Essex, now secured a seat in the St. George's
division of the Tower Hamlets. Sheriff Joseph Lawrence unsuccessfully
contested Cardiff at the General Election for the Conservatives (against
Sir E. Reed, who, like Mr. Rigg, Sir J. Savory's successful opponent, has since
joined the Unionists), but in May, 1901, was returned for the Monmouth
boroughs. Sir Clarence Smith was defeated in North Bristol, Mr. A. C.
Morton at Bath, and Mr. A. M. Torrance, of the London County Council (an
ex-Common Councilman for Bread Street) was the unsuccessful Liberal
candidate for East Islington. Mr. J. A. Rentoul (Conservative) member for
East Down was appointed one of the Judges of the City of London Court
in 1901, and thereupon retired from parliament] |
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1906 |
For the first time since 1328 a House of Commons was elected
including not a single Alderman of London among its members.
Indeed no Alderman or ex-Alderman was a candidate, Sir
H. D. Davies and Mr. Guthrie voluntarily retiring from
parliament. |
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[Ex-Sheriffs Sir T. Dewar and Sir J. Lawrence also retired from parliament.
Ex-Sheriff Sir T. H. Brooke-Hitching unsuccessfully contested the Elland
Division of the West Riding of Yorkshire for the Conservatives. Mr. A. C.
Morton returned to the House as member for Sutherlandshire and Mr. E. H.
Lamb (Common Councilman for Candlewick) was elected in the Liberal
interest for Rochester. Mr. A. M. Torrance won a seat for the Liberals in
Central Glasgow] |
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The London County Council, the parliamentary aspirations of whose
prominent members have always been in evidence, returned
thirty—all belonging to the Liberal or Labour parties. |
