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Richmond
Double Member Borough
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
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Background Information
Right of Election:
in burgage holders
Number of voters:
about 270
Elections
| Date | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 18 Apr. 1754 | William Henry Kerr, Earl of Ancram |
| John Yorke | |
| 14 Dec. 1757 | Thomas Yorke vice John Yorke, deceased |
| 30 Mar. 1761 | William Henry Kerr, Earl of Ancram |
| Sir Ralph Milbanke | |
| 16 Mar. 1763 | Thomas Dundas vice Ancram, vacated his seat |
| 21 Mar. 1768 | Sir Lawrence Dundas |
| Alexander Wedderburn | |
| 21 Nov. 1768 | William Norton vice Dundas, chose to sit for Edinburgh |
| 26 May 1769 | Charles Crowle vice Wedderburn, vacated his seat |
| 12 Oct. 1774 | Sir Lawrence Dundas |
| Thomas Dundas | |
| 6 Jan. 1775 | Charles Dundas vice Thomas Dundas, chose to sit for Stirlinghshire |
| 19 Dec. 1775 | William Norton vice Sir Thomas Dundas, chose to sit for Edinburgh |
| 11 Sept. 1780 | Sir Lawrence Dundas |
| James Graham, Marquess of Graham | |
| 9 Apr. 1781 | George Fitzwilliam vice Dundas, chose to sit for Edinburgh |
| 5 Jan. 1784 | Graham re-elected after appointment to office |
| 2 Apr. 1784 | Murrough O'Brien, Earl of Inchinquin |
| Charles Dundas | |
| 7 Feb. 1786 | Sir Grey Cooper vice Dundas, vacated his seat |
Main Article
In 1754 the families of Yorke and Darcy returned one Member each, but the Darcys, having purchased the burgages of the Wharton family, obtained the predominant interest, and in 1761 returned both Members. Sir Conyers Darcy bequeathed the manor of Aske and his burgages at Richmond to his nephew, the last Earl of Holdernesse, who, in 1762, sold them to Sir Lawrence Dundas.1 Henceforth the Dundas family had complete control of the borough.
Author: Sir Lewis Namier
Notes
- 1. C. Clarkson, Hist. Antiq. Richmond, 122.
