Guildford

Borough

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Background Information

Right of Election:

in the freemen and freeholders paying scot and lot

Number of voters:

about 200

Elections

DateCandidateVotes
28 Jan. 1715DENZIL ONSLOW 
 MORGAN RANDYLL 
31 Dec. 1717ROBERT WROTH vice Onslow, appointed to office 
15 Feb. 1720ARTHUR ONSLOW vice Wroth, deceased 
26 Mar. 1722ARTHUR ONSLOW160
 THOMAS BRODRICK105
 Morgan Randyll76
18 Aug. 1727ARTHUR ONSLOW 
 RICHARD ONSLOW 
21 Feb. 1728HENRY VINCENT vice Arthur Onslow, chose to sit for Surrey124
 Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore75
29 Apr. 1734RICHARD ONSLOW105
 COL. RICHARD ONSLOW98
 Charles Child96
24 Nov. 1740DENZIL ONSLOW vice Richard Onslow, called to the Upper House 
2 May 1741COL. RICHARD ONSLOW 
 Denzil Onslow 
27 Dec. 1743DENZIL ONSLOW re-elected after appointment to office 
26 June 1747GEN. RICHARD ONSLOW 
 SIR JOHN ELWILL 

Main Article

Guildford was dominated by the Onslows of Clandon, two miles from the borough, and always returned at least one member of the family.

Author: Romney R. Sedgwick

Notes