List of MPs elected in the 1780 British general election
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List of MPs elected in the 1780 British general election
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14th Parliament
(1774)
15th Parliament
(1780)
16th Parliament
(1784)
17th Parliament
(1790)
This is a list of the 558 MPs or members of Parliament elected to the 314 constituencies of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1780, the 15th Parliament of Great Britain and their replacements returned at subsequent by-elections, arranged by constituency.[1]
A
[edit ] Abingdon (seat 1/1)
John Mayor – resigned
Replaced by Henry Howorth 1782 – died
Replaced by Edward Loveden Loveden 1783 Tory
Whig
Replaced by Henry Howorth 1782 – died
Replaced by Edward Loveden Loveden 1783 Tory
Whig
Aldborough (seat 1/2)
Sir Richard Sutton, Bt – sat for Sandwich
Replaced by Edward Onslow 1780 – resigned
Replaced by Sir Samuel Brudenell Fludyer, Bt 1781
Replaced by Edward Onslow 1780 – resigned
Replaced by Sir Samuel Brudenell Fludyer, Bt 1781
Appleby (seat 1/2)
William Lowther – sat for Carlisle
Replaced by William Pitt the Younger 1781 Tory
Whig
Replaced by William Pitt the Younger 1781 Tory
Whig
B
[edit ] Bere Alston (seat 1/2)
Lord Algernon Percy – sat for Northumberland
Replaced by Viscount Feilding 1780
Replaced by Viscount Feilding 1780
Berwickshire (seat 1/1)
Hugh Hepburne-Scott – void election re-elected1781
Buckingham (seat 2/2)
James Grenville
Grenvillite
Buteshire (seat 0/0)
Alternating seat with Caithness. No representation in 1780
C
[edit ] Castle Rising (seat 1/2)
John Chetwynd Talbot – succeeded to peerage
Replaced by Major Sir James Erskine 1782
Replaced by Major Sir James Erskine 1782
Clackmannanshire (seat 0/0)
Alternating seat with Kinross-shire. No representation in 1780
Colchester (seat 1/2)
Sir Robert Smyth, Bt
Rad. Whig
Colchester (seat 2/2)
Isaac Martin Rebow – died
Replaced by Christopher Potter 1781 – on petition
Replaced by Sir Edmund Affleck, Bt 1782 Whig
Replaced by Christopher Potter 1781 – on petition
Replaced by Sir Edmund Affleck, Bt 1782 Whig
Coventry (seat 1/2)
Sir Thomas Hallifax – unseated on petition
Replaced by Edward Roe Yeo 1781– died
replaced by Hon. William Seymour-Conway 1783
Replaced by Edward Roe Yeo 1781– died
replaced by Hon. William Seymour-Conway 1783
D
[edit ] Derbyshire (seat 1/2)
Lord Richard Cavendish – died
Replaced by Lord George Cavendish 1781 Whig
Whig
Replaced by Lord George Cavendish 1781 Whig
Whig
Dunbartonshire (seat 1/1)
Lord Frederick Campbell – unseated on petition
Replaced by George Keith Elphinstone 1781
Replaced by George Keith Elphinstone 1781
E
[edit ] Edinburgh (seat 1/1)
William Miller – unseated on petition
Replaced by Sir Lawrence Dundas 1781 – died
replaced by James Hunter Blair 1781
Replaced by Sir Lawrence Dundas 1781 – died
replaced by James Hunter Blair 1781
F
[edit ]G
[edit ] Gloucestershire (seat 2/2)
Sir William Guise, Bt – died
Replaced by Hon. George Cranfield Berkeley 1783
Replaced by Hon. George Cranfield Berkeley 1783
H
[edit ] Haslemere (seat 1/2)
Sir James Lowther – sat for Cumberland
Replaced by Walter Spencer Stanhope, 1780
Replaced by Walter Spencer Stanhope, 1780
I
[edit ]K
[edit ] Kirkcudbright Stewartry (seat 1/1)
Peter Johnston – void election
Replaced by John Gordon 1781 – result reversed
Replaced by Peter Johnston 1782
Replaced by John Gordon 1781 – result reversed
Replaced by Peter Johnston 1782
L
[edit ] Launceston (seat 1/2)
Viscount Cranborne – succeeded to peerage
Replaced by Hon. Charles Perceval 1780
Replaced by Hon. Charles Perceval 1780
Lostwithiel (seat 1/2)
Hon. John St. John – sat for Newport
Replaced by Commodore George Johnstone 1780
Replaced by Commodore George Johnstone 1780
M
[edit ]N
[edit ] Nairnshire (seat 0/0)
Alternating seat with Cromartyshire. No representation in 1780
Newtown (Isle of Wight) (seat 1/2)
Edward Meux Worsley– died
Replaced by Henry Dundas 1782 – resigned
Replaced by Richard Pepper Arden 1783
Replaced by Henry Dundas 1782 – resigned
Replaced by Richard Pepper Arden 1783
O
[edit ] Old Sarum (seat 2/2)
Thomas Pitt (the younger) – raised to the peerage
Replaced by The Hon. John Villiers 1784
Replaced by The Hon. John Villiers 1784
P
[edit ] Plympton Erle (seat 1/2)
Viscount Cranborne – succeeded to peerage
Replaced by Hon. James Stuart 1780
Replaced by Hon. James Stuart 1780
Pontefract (seat 2/2)
Viscount Galway – resigned
Replaced by Nathaniel Smith 1783 – results reversed
Replaced by John Smyth 1783
Replaced by Nathaniel Smith 1783 – results reversed
Replaced by John Smyth 1783
Q
[edit ]R
[edit ] Richmond (Yorkshire) (seat 2/2)
Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bt – sat for Edinburgh
Replaced by George Fitzwilliam 1781
Replaced by George Fitzwilliam 1781
S
[edit ] Shaftesbury (seat 1/2)
Sir Thomas Rumbold – unseated on petition
Replaced by Hans Winthrop Mortimer 1781
Replaced by Hans Winthrop Mortimer 1781
Stirlingshire (seat 1/1)
Sir Thomas Dundas
Pro-Admin Whig
Sudbury (seat 2/2)
Philip Champion Crespigny – unseated on petition
Replaced by Sir James Marriott 1781
Replaced by Sir James Marriott 1781
Surrey (seat 1/2)
Admiral the Hon. Augustus Keppel – ennobled
Replaced by Viscount Althorp 1782 –succeeded to peerage
Replaced by Sir Robert Clayton 1783
Replaced by Viscount Althorp 1782 –succeeded to peerage
Replaced by Sir Robert Clayton 1783
T
[edit ] Truro (seat 1/2)
Henry Rosewarne – died
Replaced by John Pollexfen Bastard 1783 – resigned
Replaced by Sir John St Aubyn, Bt 1784
Replaced by John Pollexfen Bastard 1783 – resigned
Replaced by Sir John St Aubyn, Bt 1784
W
[edit ] Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 2/4)
William Chaffin Grove – resigned
Replaced by William Richard Rumbold 1781
Replaced by William Richard Rumbold 1781
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 4/4)
Warren Lisle – resigned as ineligible
Replaced by Gabriel Steward 1780
Replaced by Gabriel Steward 1780
Y
[edit ]By-elections
[edit ]See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Constituencies 1754–1790". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 August 2017.