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Lancashire
Double Member County
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
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Background Information
Number of voters:
about 8,000
Elections
| Date | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 23 Apr. 1754 | James Smith Stanley, Lord Strange |
| Peter Bold | |
| 14 Apr. 1761 | James Smith Stanley, Lord Strange |
| James Shuttleworth | |
| 21 Dec. 1762 | Strange re-elected after appointment to office |
| 5 Apr. 1768 | Lord Archibald Hamilton |
| James Smith Stanley, Lord Strange | |
| 23 July 1771 | Charles William Molyneux, Visct. Molyneux, vice Strange, deceased |
| 4 Feb. 1772 | Sir Thomas Egerton vice Hamilton, vacated his seat |
| 11 Oct. 1774 | Edward Smith Stanley, Lord Stanley |
| Sir Thomas Egerton | |
| 26 Mar. 1776 | Hon. Thomas Stanley vice Lord Stanley, called to the upper House |
| 22 Feb. 1780 | Thomas Stanley vice Hon. Thomas Stanley, deceased |
| 18 Sept. 1780 | Sir Thomas Egerton |
| Thomas Stanley | |
| 13 Apr. 1784 | Thomas Stanley |
| John Blackburne |
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There were no contests for Lancashire during this period. One seat was always held by a Stanley (apart from the years 1771-4), and the other by a country gentleman.
