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Lyme Regis
Borough
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Background Information
Right of Election:
in the freemen
Number of voters:
about 40
Population:
(1801): 1,451
Elections
Date | Candidate |
---|---|
19 June 1790 | HON. HENRY FANE |
HON. THOMAS FANE | |
8 Feb. 1793 | HON. THOMAS FANE re-elected after appointment to office |
27 May 1796 | HON. HENRY FANE |
HON. THOMAS FANE | |
5 July 1802 | HON. THOMAS FANE |
HENRY FANE | |
18 Mar. 1806 | JOHN FANE, Lord Burghersh, vice Hon. Thomas Fane, vacated his seat |
31 Oct. 1806 | JOHN FANE, Lord Burghersh |
HENRY FANE | |
5 May 1807 | JOHN FANE, Lord Burghersh |
HENRY FANE | |
7 Oct. 1812 | JOHN FANE, Lord Burghersh |
HENRY FANE | |
29 Mar. 1816 | JOHN THOMAS FANE vice Burghersh, vacated his seat |
17 June 1818 | JOHN 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.