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Devon
County
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Background Information
Number of voters:
about 3,000
Elections
| Date | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 5 Feb. 1715 | SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY |
| SIR COPLESTONE WARWICK BAMPFYLDE | |
| 2 Apr. 1722 | SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY |
| SIR COPLESTONE WARWICK BAMPFYLDE | |
| 29 Aug. 1727 | SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY |
| JOHN ROLLE | |
| 2 June 1730 | HENRY ROLLE vice John Rolle, deceased |
| 30 Apr. 1734 | SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY |
| HENRY ROLLE | |
| 3 Feb. 1736 | JOHN BAMPFYLDE vice Courtenay, deceased |
| 19 May 1741 | SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY |
| THEOPHILUS FORTESCUE | |
| 15 Apr. 1746 | SIR THOMAS ACLAND vice Fortescue, deceased |
| 7 July 1747 | SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY |
| SIR RICHARD WARWICK BAMPFYLDE |
Main Article
The Devonshire country gentlemen were accustomed to return the heads of three Tory families, the Courtenays, Bampfyldes, and Rolles, who were ‘chose in their turn’1 till 1741, when the Rolles dropped out on going over to the Court.
Author: Shirley Matthews
Notes
- 1. Thos. Care to the Pretender, July 1739, Stuart mss 216/111.
