Truro

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 corporation

Number of voters:

24

Elections

DateCandidate
31 Jan. 1715JOHN SELWYN
 SPENCER COWPER
9 Aug. 1717COWPER re-elected after appointment to office
17 Mar. 1721THOMAS WYNDHAM vice Selwyn, appointed to office
12 Apr. 1722SPENCER COWPER
 THOMAS WYNDHAM
 Thomas Denton
 Darrell Trelawny
25 Aug. 1727HUGH BOSCAWEN
 SIDNEY MEADOWS
4 May 1734KELLAND COURTENAY
 ROBERT TREFUSIS
13 May 1741CHARLES HAMILTON
 JAMES HAMMOND
21 June 1742EDWARD BOSCAWEN vice Hammond, deceased
30 Dec. 1743HAMILTON re-elected after appointment to office
3 July 1747EDWARD BOSCAWEN
 JOHN BOSCAWEN
28 June 1751EDWARD BOSCAWEN re-elected after appointment to office

Main Article

Both the Truro seats were controlled by Hugh Boscawen, 1st Lord Falmouth, and after him by his son Hugh, 2nd Lord Falmouth, whose seat at Tregothnan lay near by, and who had much property in the town. The only contest occurred in 1722, when two local candidates stood unsuccessfully. The 2nd Lord Falmouth wrote to the Prince of Wales, 12 May 1741:

Great endeavours have been made to corrupt my friends in Truro, but without effect, so I hope there will be no opposition to Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Hammond.1

He retained control of both seats without opposition.

Author: Eveline Cruickshanks

Notes

  • 1. Royal archives, Windsor.