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Newton
Borough
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
Available from Boydell and Brewer
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Background Information
Right of Election:
in burgage holders1
Number of voters:
about 36
Elections
| Date | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 7 Feb. 1715 | SIR FRANCIS LEICESTER |
| WILLIAM SHIPPEN | |
| 27 Mar. 1722 | SIR FRANCIS LEICESTER |
| WILLIAM SHIPPEN | |
| 22 Aug. 1727 | LEGH MASTER |
| WILLIAM SHIPPEN | |
| 29 Apr. 1734 | LEGH MASTER |
| WILLIAM SHIPPEN | |
| 8 May 1741 | LEGH MASTER |
| WILLIAM SHIPPEN | |
| 15 Dec. 1743 | PETER LEGH vice Shippen, deceased |
| 1 July 1747 | PETER LEGH |
| SIR THOMAS EGERTON |
Main Article
Newton, a proprietary borough, was under the absolute control of the Leghs of Lyme who held the barony and nominated the returning officers.2 In 1715 the proprietor was Peter Legh, a non-juror,3 who returned Tory friends and members of his family till his death in 1744, when it passed to his nephew and heir, Peter Legh.
