Lyme Regis

Borough

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Background Information

Right of Election:

in the freemen

Number of voters:

about 40

Population:

(1801): 1,451

Elections

DateCandidate
19 June 1790HON. HENRY FANE
 HON. THOMAS FANE
8 Feb. 1793 HON. THOMAS FANE re-elected after appointment to office
27 May 1796HON. HENRY FANE
 HON. THOMAS FANE
5 July 1802HON. THOMAS FANE
 HENRY FANE
18 Mar. 1806 JOHN FANE, Lord Burghersh, vice Hon. Thomas Fane, vacated his seat
31 Oct. 1806JOHN FANE, Lord Burghersh
 HENRY FANE
5 May 1807JOHN FANE, Lord Burghersh
 HENRY FANE
7 Oct. 1812JOHN FANE, Lord Burghersh
 HENRY FANE
29 Mar. 1816 JOHN THOMAS FANE vice Burghersh, vacated his seat
17 June 1818JOHN THOMAS FANE
 VERE FANE

Main Article

The 9th and 10th Earls of Westmorland remained in complete control of Lyme from 1784, when opposition to them had last been attempted, until 1832, invariably returning members of their family.

Author: R. G. Thorne

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