Appendix VI: Commissions appointed under Acts of Parliament

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, ed. D. Hayton, E. Cruickshanks, S. Handley, 2002
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Commissions appointed under Act of Parliament

 

Commissioners to state public accounts 1690-7, appointed under the Act of 2 Gul. & Mar., §. 2, c. 11; and renewed under further Acts of 4 Gul. & Mar., c. 11; 5 Gul. & Mar., c. 23; 6 &7 Gul. III, c. 9; and 7 & 8 Gul. III, c. 8

Elected on 26 Dec. 1690 (all sitting MPs):

 

 

Sir Matthew Andrews

Robert Austen I

Sir Samuel Barnardiston, 1st Bt.

Sir Thomas Clarges

Sir Peter Colleton, 2nd Bt.

Paul Foley I

Robert Harley

Sir Benjamin Newland

Sir Robert Rich, 2nd Bt.

Elected on 12 Apr. 1690 (all sitting MPs):

Sir Edward Abney

Sir Thomas Pope Blount, 1st Bt.

Sir Thomas Clarges

Paul Foley I

Robert Harley

Sir James Houblon

Charles Hutchinson

Elected on 21 Mar. 1695 (all sitting MPs):

Sir Thomas Pope Blount, 1st Bt.

Hon. Henry Boyle

Sir Thomas Clarges

Francis Gwyn

Robert Harley

Charles Hutchinson

Sir John Thompson, 1st Bt.

Elected on 5 Feb. 1696 (all sitting MPs):

Hon. Henry Boyle

William Bromley II

Sir Thomas Dyke, 1st Bt.

Paul Foley I

Hon. John Granville

Francis Gwyn

Robert Harley

Commissioners to inquire into Irish forfeitures 1699, appointed under the Act of 10 Gul. III, c.9

Elected on 21 Apr. 1699:

Francis Annesley*

Sir Francis Brewster

James Hamilton

Henry Langford

(Sir) Richard Levinge*

Henry Hamilton-Moore, 3rd Earl of Drogheda [I]

John Trenchard+

Trustees to state and to sell Irish forfeited estates, 1700-3, appointed under the Act of 11 Gul. III, c. 2

Elected on 30 Mar. 1700:

Francis Annesley*

John Baggs

John Cary

William Fellows

James Hamilton

Thomas Harrison*

James Hooper

John Isham

Henry Langford

Thomas Rawlins

Sir Henry Sheres

John Trenchard+

Sir Cyril Wych*

Commissioners to state public debts of army, navy, transport service, and prizes taken during the war 1700-5, appointed under the Act of 11 Gul. III, c.8; renewed under further Act of 13 &14 Gul. III, c. 1

Elected 7 Apr. 1700:

Samuel Atkins

William Farrer*

George Langton

Thomas Lister I*

Thomas Morrice

Commissioners to state public accounts 1702-4, appointed under the Act of 1 Anne, c. 4; and renewed under further Act of 1 Anne, §. 2, c. 23

Elected on 18 Mar. 1702 (all sitting MPs):

William Bromley II

Hon. James Brydges

Robert Byerley

Thomas Coke

Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Bt.

Henry St. John II

Francis Scobell

Elected on 7 Jan. 1703 (all sitting MPs):

William Bromley II

Robert Byerley

Thomas Coke

Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Bt.

Sir William Drake

Henry St. John II

Francis Scobell

Commissioners to state public accounts 1711-14, appointed under the Act of 9 Anne, c. 18; renewed under further Acts of 10 Anne, c. 11; and 12 Anne, c. 3

Elected on 19 Mar. 1711 (all sitting MPs):

Francis Annesley

Hon. Henry Bertie II

Clobery Bromley

Thomas Lister I

George Lockhart

William Shippen

Salwey Winnington

Elected on 10 June 1714 (all sitting MPs):

Sir William Barker, 5th Bt.

Hon. Henry Bertie II

Abraham Blackmore

James Bulteel

Jonathan Elford

Thomas Lister I

George Lockhart

Ref Volumes: 1690-1715

Author: D. W. Hayton

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