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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Corporation elections CORPORATION ELECTIONS The annual election of the capital burgesses was made an excuse for … proved 'of inconveniancye to the Townshipp by retardin the election . . . and sometimes produced quarrellings and … in the neighbourhood'. For this reason, and because the election that year was to fall on a Sunday, the feast was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Sir Sampson Gideon, and 97 to Philip Yorke. In the first election of 1802, however, the town supported the Hardwicke … were shown, though less markedly, in the general election of the same year, when, out of an electorate of 224, …
A History of the County of Oxford
A History of the County of Oxford
… took up arms. 332 In the controversial Oxfordshire election of 1754, although those voting for the Old Interest … bonfires, and public rejoicing greeted John Wilkes's election as MP for Middlesex and his subsequent release from … Interest vote totalled 72 per cent. R. J. Robson, Oxon. Election of 1754 (1949), 57. Ibid. 66; Oxf. Jnl. Synopsis, 4 …