East Looe

Double Member Borough

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Background Information

Right of Election:

in the freemen

Number of voters:

about 50

Elections

DateCandidate
18 Apr. 1754John Buller
 Francis Gashry
30 Mar. 1761John Buller
 Francis Gashry
28 May 1762Henry Temple, Visct. Palmerston, vice Gashry, deceased
27 Dec. 1765Buller re-elected after appointment to office
 Palmerston re-elected after appointment to office
20 Nov. 1766Palmerston re-elected after appointment to office
19 Mar. 1768John Buller
 Richard Hussey
31 Oct. 1770Richard Leigh vice Hussey, deceased
9 Apr. 1772John Purling vice Leigh, deceased
14 Oct. 1774John Buller
 Sir Charles Whitworth
2 Jan. 1775Thomas Graves vice Whitworth, vacated his seat
5 June 1775William Graves vice Thomas Graves, vacated his seat
13 Sept. 1780John Buller
 William Graves
1 Dec. 1783John James Hamilton vice Graves, vacated his seat
3 Jan 1784Buller re-elected after appointment to office
5 Apr. 1784John Buller
 William Graves
24 May 1786Alexander Irvine vice Graves, vacated his seat
4 Sept. 1786Richard Grosvenor vice Buller, deceased
22 Apr. 1788Robert Grosvenor, Visct. Belgrave, vice Richard Grosvenor, vacated his seat
24 Aug. 1789Belgrave re-elected after appointment to office
4 Feb. 1790John Joshua Proby, Earl of Carysfort, vice Irvine, deceased

Main Article

See WEST LOOE (1754-90 Section).

Notes