King's Lynn

Borough

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Background Information

Right of Election:

in the freemen

Number of voters:

about 300

Elections

DateCandidateVotes
28 Jan. 1715ROBERT WALPOLE 
 SIR CHARLES TURNER 
8 Nov. 1715WALPOLE re-elected after appointment to office 
22 June 1720WALPOLE re-elected after appointment to office 
22 June 1720 TURNER re-elected after appointment to office 
10 Apr. 1721WALPOLE re-elected after appointment to office 
27 Mar. 1722ROBERT WALPOLE 
 SIR CHARLES TURNER 
10 June 1723WALPOLE re-elected after appointment to office 
24 Aug. 1727SIR ROBERT WALPOLE 
 SIR CHARLES TURNER 
18 May 1730TURNER re-elected after appointment to office 
6 May 1734SIR ROBERT WALPOLE 
 SIR CHARLES TURNER 
9 Feb. 1739SIR JOHN TURNER vice Sir Charles Turner, deceased 
4 May 1741SIR ROBERT WALPOLE 
 SIR JOHN TURNER 
25 Feb. 1742EDWARD BACON vice Walpole, called to the Upper House 
29 June 1747HORATIO WALPOLE jun.199
 SIR JOHN TURNER184
 Morton Folkes131

Main Article

King's Lynn was dominated by the Turners, a leading town family, in alliance with the Walpoles, each returning one Member.

Author: Romney R. Sedgwick

Notes