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Calne
Double Member Borough
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
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Background Information
Right of Election:
in the corporation
Number of voters:
25
Elections
Date | Candidate |
---|---|
16 Apr. 1754 | William Northey |
Thomas Duckett | |
12 July 1757 | George Hay vice Duckett, vacated his seat |
28 Mar. 1761 | Thomas Duckett |
Daniel Bull | |
29 Dec. 1762 | Thomas Fitzmaurice vice Bull, vacated his seat |
22 Apr. 1766 | John Calcraft vice Duckett, deceased |
22 Mar. 1768 | Thomas Fitzmaurice |
John Dunning | |
7 Oct. 1774 | John Dunning |
Isaac Barré | |
11 Sept. 1780 | John Dunning |
Isaac Barré | |
5 Apr. 1782 | James Townshend vice Dunning, appointed to office |
Barré re-elected after appointment to office | |
19 July 1782 | Barré re-elected after appointment to office |
2 Apr. 1784 | Isaac Barré |
James Townshend | |
20 Aug. 1787 | Joseph Jekyll vice Townshend, deceased |
Main Article
In 1754 the leading interests at Calne were in Thomas Duckett, who owned the manor of Calne and Calstone, and William Northey, who owned the prebend manor of Calne. In January 1754 John, 1st Earl of Shelburne, acquired Bowood and with it a foothold in the borough, which he and his son proceeded to extend during the next ten years. In 1761 William, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, bought the estate of Bremhill for £57,000; in 1763 the manor of Calne and Calstone for £28,000; and in 1765 the prebend manor for £12,000. By now he had secured complete control of the borough, but his purchases of farms and estates around Calne continued throughout this period.1
Author: John Brooke
Notes
- 1. Lansdowne mss.