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Norfolk election shown as Armin e Wodehouse stands for county
The London Evening Post notes a writ for Knight of the Shire for Norfolk in place of the late William Wodehouse. Armine Wodehouse departs to contest the seat, with support from Sir John Wodehouse. Reports recount a Hay-Market ball, royal promotions, marriages, smuggler skirmishes, and a London libel trial.
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London
Norfolk
William Wodehouse
Deceas
Armine Wodehouse
John Wodehouse
Bart
Bacon
Wodehouse
Hay-Market
Lord Offunton
Miss Powlet
Hamilton
St. James's Green Park
Fielding
Regiment of Invalids
Xétaurn
Island of
Jersey
Don Carlos
the Two Sicilies
Archbishop of Canterbury
Dukes of Grafton
Newcastle
Royal Garden
Kensington
Sir Robert Walpole
Chelsea
Europe
Robert Drury
Lyon’s Inn
Lomax
Mark Winn
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Anne Uvedale
Ormond Street
Joseph Gulfton
South Sea Company
Tregony
Cornwall
Robert Cowan
Westminster
St. James’square
Coventry
Adolphus Oughton
Wilson
Edinburgh
York
Downs
Ramgate
Sandwich
Jaf
Bloomsbury
Power
Se’anight
Sibtiigs
King’s Bench
Guildhall
William Walker