Buckingham

Double Member Borough

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Background Information

Right of Election:

in the corporation

Number of voters:

13

Elections

DateCandidate
15 Apr. 1754George Grenville
 James Grenville
7 Dec. 1756George Grenville re-elected after appointment to office
 William Pitt vice James Grenville, appointed to office
14 Jan. 1757James Grenville vice Pitt, chose to sit for Okehampton
26 Mar. 1761George Grenville
 James Grenville
7 June 1762George Grenville re-elected afterappointment to office
30 Nov. 1762George Grenville re-elected after appointment to office
25 Apr. 1763George Grenville re-elected after appointment to office
18 Nov. 1766James Grenville re-elected after appointment to office
17 Mar. 1768George Grenville
 Henry Grenville
26 Nov. 1770James Grenville jun. vice George Grenville, deceased
7 Oct. 1774James Grenville jun.
 Richard Grenville
8 Sept. 1780James Grenville jun.
 Richard Aldworth Neville
19 Feb. 1782William Wyndham Grenville vice Neville, vacated his seat
4 Apr. 1782James Grenville jun. re-elected after appointment to office
5 Jan. 1784William Wyndham Grenville re-elected after appointment to office
2 Apr. 1784James Grenville jun.
 Edmund Nugent

Main Article

Buckingham was a pocket borough of the Grenville family; and none but Grenvilles or relatives by marriage were returned during this period.

Author: John Brooke

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