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Plymouth
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 the freeholders and freemen till 1739, afterwards in the freemen1
Number of voters:
about 200
Elections
| Date | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 2 Feb. 1715 | SIR JOHN ROGERS |
| SIR GEORGE BYNG | |
| 19 Dec. 1720 | BYNG re-elected after appointment to office |
| 31 Oct. 1721 | PATTEE BYNG vice Sir George Byng, called to the Upper House |
| 22 Mar. 1722 | PATTEE BYNG |
| WILLIAM CHETWYND | |
| 1 May 1724 | BYNG re-elected after appointment to office |
| 24 Aug. 1727 | GEORGE TREBY |
| ARTHUR STERT | |
| 1 Mar. 1728 | ROBERT BYNG vice Treby, chose to sit for Dartmouth |
| 21 Jan 1732 | BYNG re-elected after appointment to office |
| 30 Apr. 1734 | ROBERT BYNG |
| ARTHUR STERT | |
| 13 June 1739 | JOHN ROGERS vice Byng, appointed to office |
| Charles Vanbrugh | |
| VANBRUGH vice Rogers, on petition, 17 Jan. 1740 | |
| 26 Nov. 1740 | LORD HENRY BEAUCLERK vice Vanbrugh, deceased |
| 11 May 1741 | LORD VERE BEAUCLERK |
| ARTHUR STERT | |
| 31 Dec. 1744 | BEAUCLERK re-elected after appointment to office |
| 3 July 1747 | LORD VERE BEAUCLERK |
| ARTHUR STERT | |
| 6 Apr. 1750 | CHARLES SAUNDERS vice Beauclerk, called to the Upper House |
Main Article
The control of Plymouth was in the Admiralty. Under Walpole it was managed for the Government by George Treby, who had property and an interest there.2 In 1739 the Commons restricted the right of election, previously by usage in the freemen and freeholders, to the freemen only, unseating John Rogers, who had been elected largely by the freeholders,3 thus confirming the government interest in the town.
