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Obituary and election notices from 1780 British papers
Notices report the deaths of Lord Grosvenor and the Earl of Salis bury and list MPs elected or re elected for numerous constituencies including Orford Wenlock Bridgnorth Liverpool Nottingham Bodmin and others. It notes a petition alleging corruption in Milborne Port and details various candidates thanking freeholders and clergy for support in Wiltshire Kent Surrey Gloucester Somerset Hereford Berkshire Nottingham and Cornwall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Grosvenor
Cheshire
Earl of Salissury
Vis
Count Cranbarn
Quickiwood
Baldeck
Herts
Bentlemen
Lord Viscoun
Beauchamp
Seymour Conway
Orford
Henry Bridgman
Bart
Thomas Whitmore
Wenlock
Ifg
Admiral Pigot
Bridgnorth
Henry Rawlinson
Bamber Gascoyne
Liverpool
Edward
Charles Cavendith Bentick
Lord Wolveard
Charles Bentinck
Charles ‘Medow
Nottingham
Thomas Clarges
Batt
Robert Vyner
Linvalncay
George Hunt
William Masterman
Bodmyn
Glyn Wynn
Carnarvoh
Hugh Owen
Pembroke
Lord Bulkeley
Anglesea
John Campbell
Cardigan
Watkin Williams
Flint
Philip Yorke
Jocelyn Dean
Lord Hyde
William Evelyn
Francis Cockayne Cutt
Helston
Vaughan
John Haffey Delaval
Berwick
Lord Westcote
Bewdley
Herbert Mackworth
Cardiff
Wiliam Augustus Cunningham
County of Kinlithgow
Montgomery
Lucy Knightley
Thomas Powys
Northamptonshire
Greatin
Wilthire
Paul Methuen
Merrick Butrell
Cecil
Viscount Cranbarn
Thosn
Glitherog
Lancashire
Major Lifter
Parker
Curzon
Major Lifters
Rae
Arundel
Sulex
Patrick Crawford
Fitzherketra
Wyndhath
Temple Luttrell
John Hunter
Milborne Port
Grenville
Thomas Medlycott
House of Commons
Townson
City of
London
Beverly
Yorkshire
France
Spain
Channel
Evans
Downs
Deal
Admiral Drake
West Indies
Torbay
Grand Fleet
Portsmouth
Namar
Alfred
Monarch
Monarca
Princetla
Prince William
Belliqueux
Panther