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Thirsk
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
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Background Information
Right of Election:
in burgage holders
Number of voters:
about 50
Elections
Date | Candidate |
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16 Apr. 1754 | Thomas Frankland |
Roger Talbot | |
30 Mar. 1761 | Thomas Frankland |
Henry Grenville | |
26 Dec. 1765 | James Grenville vice Henry Grenville, appointed to office |
19 Mar. 1768 | Sir Thomas Frankland |
William Frankland | |
12 Oct. 1774 | Sir Thomas Frankland |
Thomas Frankland | |
12 Sept. 1780 | Sir Thomas Gascoigne |
Beilby Thompson | |
3 Apr. 1784 | Sir Thomas Frankland |
Sir Gregory Page Turner | |
11 Jan. 1785 | Robert Vyner vice Frankland, deceased |
Main Article
Thirsk was a complete pocket borough of the family of Frankland of Thirkleby, who possessed a majority of the burgages.