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List of MPs elected in the 1741 British general election

List of MPs elected in the 1741 British general election

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List of MPs elected in the 1741 British general election

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11th Parliament (1754)

This is a list of the 558 MPs or members of Parliament elected to the 314 constituencies of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1741, the 9th Parliament of Great Britain and their replacements returned at subsequent by-elections, arranged by constituency.[1]

Elections took place between 30 April 1741 and 11 June 1741.

Table of contents:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z By-elections Changes

A

Aberdeen Burghs (seat 1/1) John Maule Whig
Aberdeenshire (seat 1/1) Sir Arthur Forbes Whig
Abingdon (seat 1/1) John Wright
Aldborough (seat 1/2) John Jewkes - died
Replaced by Nathaniel Newnham 1743
Whig
.
Aldborough (seat 2/2) Andrew Wilkinson Whig
Aldeburgh (seat 1/2) William Conolly Whig
Aldeburgh (seat 2/2) Richard Plumer
Amersham (seat 1/2) Sir Henry Marshall Tory
Amersham (seat 2/2) Thomas Gore - took office
Replaced by William Drake 1746
Tory
.
Andover (seat 1/2) John Pollen Whig
Andover (seat 2/2) John Wallop .
Anglesey (seat 1/1) John Owen Opp. Whig
Anstruther Easter Burghs (seat 1/1) John Stewart
Appleby (seat 1/2) George Bubb Dodington - sat for Bridgwater
Replaced by Sir Charles Wyndham 1742
Appleby (seat 2/2) John Ramsden Ind Whig
Argyllshire (seat 1/1) Charles Campbell - died
Replaced by James Stuart Mackenzie 1742
Whig
.
Arundel (seat 1/2) James Lumley
Arundel (seat 2/2) Garton Orme
Ashburton (seat 1/2) John Harris
Ashburton (seat 2/2) John Arscott
Aylesbury (seat 1/2) Charles Pilsworth
Aylesbury (seat 2/2) Viscount Petersham
Ayr Burghs (seat 1/1) The Earl of Granard
Ayrshire (seat 1/1) Patrick Crauford

B

Banbury (seat 1/1) William Moore - died
Replaced by John Willes 1746|
Banffshire (seat 1/1) James Abercromby Whig
Barnstaple (seat 1/2) John Harris
Barnstaple (seat 2/2) Henry Rolle
Bath (seat 1/2) General George Wade
Bath (seat 2/2) Philip Bennet
Beaumaris (seat 1/1) The 6th Viscount Bulkeley Tory
Bedford (seat 1/2) Samuel Ongley Tory
Bedford (seat 2/2) Sir Boteler Chernock Tory
Bedfordshire (seat 1/2) Sir Roger Burgoyne Whig
Bedfordshire (seat 2/2) Sir John Chester, 6th Bt Tory
Bere Alston (seat 1/2) Samuel Heathcote Whig
Bere Alston (seat 2/2) Sir William Morden
Berkshire (seat 1/2) Peniston Powney Tory
Berkshire (seat 2/2) Winchcombe Howard Packer - died
Replaced by Henry Pye 1746
Tory
.
Berwickshire (seat 1/1) Hon. Alexander Hume-Campbell Opp. Whig
Berwick-upon-Tweed (seat 1/2) Thomas Watson . Tory
Berwick-upon-Tweed (seat 2/2) The Viscount Barrington Tory
Beverley (seat 1/2) Charles Pelham Tory
Beverley (seat 2/2) William Strickland
Bewdley (seat 1/1) William Bowles Whig
Bishop's Castle (seat 1/2) Marquess of Carnarvon - succeeded to a peerage
Replaced by Granville Leveson Gower 1744
Bishop's Castle (seat 2/2) Andrew Hill
Bletchingley (seat 1/2) (Sir) Kenrick Clayton
Bletchingley (seat 2/2) Sir William Clayton - died
Replaced by William Clayton 1745
Bodmin (seat 1/2) Thomas Bludworth
Bodmin (seat 2/2) John LaRoche Whig
Boroughbridge (seat 1/2) George Gregory - died
Replaced by Earl of Dalkeith 1746
Whig
.
Boroughbridge (seat 2/2) James Tyrrell - died
Replaced by William Murray 1742
Bossiney (seat 1/2) Richard Liddell - unseated on petition
Replaced by John Sabine 1741 – unseated on petition
Replaced by Richard Liddell 1742 - died
Replaced by William Breton 1746
Bossiney (seat 2/2) Thomas Foster| - unseated on petition
Replaced by Christopher Tower 1741 – unseated on petition
Replaced by Thomas Foster 1742
Boston (seat 1/2) Lord Vere Bertie
Boston (seat 2/2) John Michell
Brackley (seat 1/2) George Lee - took office
Replaced by Sewallis Shirley 1742
Whig
.
Brackley (seat 2/2) Paul Methuen Whig
Bramber (seat 1/2) Thomas Archer
Bramber (seat 2/2) Harry Gough (senior)
Brecon (seat 1/1) John Talbot Whig
Breconshire (seat 1/1) John Jeffreys
Bridgnorth (seat 1/2) Thomas Whitmore Whig
Bridgnorth (seat 2/2) William Whitmore
Bridgwater (seat 1/2) George Dodington Whig
Bridgwater (seat 2/2) Vere Poulett Tory
Bridport (seat 1/2) William Bowles - sat for Bewdley
Replaced by Viscount Deerhurst 1742- died
Replaced by Viscount Deerhurst 1744
Whig
.
.
Bridport (seat 2/2) George Richards - died
Replaced by Thomas Grenville 1746 - died
Replaced by James Grenville 1747
Bristol (seat 1/2) Edward Southwell Opp. Whig
Bristol (seat 2/2) Sir Abraham Elton - died
Replaced by Robert Hoblyn 1742
Whig
.
Buckingham (seat 1/2) George Chamberlayne Whig
Buckingham (seat 2/2) George Grenville Whig
Buckinghamshire (seat 1/2) Richard Grenville Whig
Buckinghamshire (seat 2/2) Richard Lowndes
Bury St Edmunds (seat 1/2) Thomas Hervey
Bury St Edmunds (seat 2/2) Thomas Norton Whig
Buteshire (seat 0/0) Alternating seat with Caithness - unrepresented in this Parliament

C

Caernarvon Boroughs (seat 1/1) Sir Thomas Wynn, Bt Whig
Caernarvonshire (seat 1/1) William Bodvell
Caithness (seat 1/1) Alexander Brodie
Callington (seat 1/2) Thomas Coplestone Whig
Callington (seat 2/2) Hon. Horatio Walpole Whig
Calne (seat 1/2) William Elliot Whig
Calne (seat 2/2) Walter Hungerford
Cambridge (seat 1/2) Viscount Dupplin Whig
Cambridge (seat 2/2) James Martin - died
Replaced by Christopher Jeffreason 1744
Cambridgeshire (seat 1/2) Soame Jenyns
Cambridgeshire (seat 2/2) Samuel Shepheard
Cambridge University (seat 1/2) Edward Finch Whig
Cambridge University (seat 2/2) Thomas Townshend Whig
Camelford (seat 1/2) The Earl of Inchiquin
Camelford (seat 2/2) Charles Montagu
Canterbury (seat 1/2) Thomas Watson - succeeded to a peerage
Replaced by Sir Thomas Hales 1746
.
Whig
Canterbury (seat 2/2) Thomas Best
Cardiff Boroughs (seat 1/1) Herbert Mackworth Tory
Cardigan Boroughs (seat 1/1) Thomas Pryse - died
Replaced by John Symmons 1746
Cardiganshire (seat 1/1) Walter Lloyd – unseated on petition
Replaced by Thomas Powell 1742
Carlisle (seat 1/2) Charles Howard
Carlisle (seat 2/2) John Hylton - died
Replaced by John Stanwix 1746
Tory
.
Carmarthen (seat 1/1) Sir John Philipps
Carmarthenshire (seat 1/1) Sir Nicholas Williams - died
Replaced by John Vaughan 1745
Castle Rising (seat 1/2) Viscount Andover Tory
Castle Rising (seat 2/2) Charles Churchill - died
Replaced by Richard Rigby 1745
Whig
Whig
Cheshire (seat 1/2) Charles Cholmondeley Tory
Cheshire (seat 2/2) John Crewe
Chester (seat 1/2) Sir Charles Bunbury - died
Replaced by Philip Henry Warburton 1742
Tory
.
Chester (seat 2/2) Robert Grosvenor Tory
Chichester (seat 1/2) James Brudenell - died
Replaced by Viscount Bury 1746
Whig
.
Chichester (seat 2/2) John Page
Chippenham (seat 1/2) Edward Bayntun Rolt Whig
Chippenham (seat 2/2) Sir Edmond Thomas
Chipping Wycombe (seat 1/2) Harry Waller Whig
Chipping Wycombe (seat 2/2) Edmund Waller Whig
Christchurch (seat 1/2) Charles Armand Powlett 1740 Whig
Christchurch (seat 2/2) Edward Hooper
Cirencester (seat 1/2) Thomas Master Tory
Cirencester (seat 2/2) Henry Bathurst Tory
City of Durham see Durham (City of) ...
City of London see London (City of) ...
Clackmannanshire (seat 0/0) Alternating seat with Kinross-shire - unrepresented in this Parliament
Clitheroe (seat 1/2) Thomas Lister - died
Replaced by Thomas Lister, jun. 1745
Tory
.
Clitheroe (seat 2/2) William Curzon
Clyde Burghs see Glasgow Burghs ...
Cockermouth (seat 1/2) Sir John Mordaunt
Cockermouth (seat 2/2) William Finch Opp Whig
Colchester (seat 1/2) John Olmius – unseated on petition
Replaced by Samuel Savill
Colchester (seat 2/2) Matthew Martin – unseated on petition
Replaced by Charles Gray
Whig
Tory
Corfe Castle (seat 1/2) John Bond - died
Replaced by Thomas Erle Drax 1744
Corfe Castle (seat 2/2) Henry Bankes
Cornwall (seat 1/2) Sir William Carew - died
Replaced by Sir Coventry Carew 1744
Tory
.
Cornwall (seat 2/2) Sir John St Aubyn - died
Replaced by Sir John Molesworth 1744
Tory
.
County Durham see Durham (County) ...
Coventry (seat 1/2) William Grove
Coventry (seat 2/2) Earl of Euston
Cricklade (seat 1/2) Sir Thomas Reade Whig
Cricklade (seat 2/2) Welbore Ellis
Cromartyshire (seat 1/1) Sir William Gordon - died
Replaced by Sir John Gordon 1742
Cumberland (seat 1/2) James Lowther Whig
Cumberland (seat 2/2) Sir Joseph Pennington - died
Replaced by Sir John Pennington 1745
Whig
,

D

Dartmouth (seat 1/2) George Treby - died
Replaced by Lord Archibald Hamilton 1742
Whig
Dartmouth (seat 2/2) Walter Carey Whig
Denbigh Boroughs (seat 1/1) John Wynn Whig
Denbighshire (seat 1/1) Watkin Williams Tory
Derby (seat 1/2) Lord James Cavendish - took office
Replaced by Viscount Duncannon 1742
Whig
.
Derby (seat 2/2) John Stanhope Opp. Whig
Derbyshire (seat 1/2) Marquess of Hartington Whig
Derbyshire (seat 2/2) Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Bt. Tory
Devizes (seat 1/2) Francis Eyles - took office
Replaced by George Lee 1742
Whig
Whig
Devizes (seat 2/2) John Garth Whig
Devon (seat 1/2) Sir William Courtenay, Bt
Devon (seat 2/2) Theophilus Fortescue - died
Replaced by Sir Thomas Dyke Acland 1746
Whig
.
Dorchester (seat 1/2) Nathaniel Gundry
Dorchester (seat 2/2) John Browne Tory
Dorset (seat 1/2) George Chafin Toty
Dorset (seat 2/2) Edmund Morton Pleydell Tory
Dover (seat 1/2) Lord George Sackville
Dover (seat 2/2) Thomas Revell
Downton (seat 1/2) Anthony Duncombe Whig
Downton (seat 2/2) Joseph Windham-Ashe John Verney - died
Replaced by Joseph Windham Ashe 1742 - died
Replaced by George Proctor 1746
.
Whig
.
Droitwich (seat 1/2) Thomas Foley Tory
Droitwich (seat 2/2) Thomas Winnington - sat for Worcester
Replaced by Lord George Bentinck 1742
Whig
Whig
Dumfries Burghs (seat 1/1) Lord John Johnstone - died
Replaced by Sir James Johnstone 1743
Dumfriesshire (seat 1/1) Sir John Douglas
Dunbartonshire (seat 1/1) John Campbell Whig
Dunwich (seat 1/2) Sir George Downing, Bt Whig
Dunwich (seat 2/2) Jacob Garrard Downing
Durham (City of) (seat 1/2) John Shafto - died
Replaced by John Tempest 1742
Tory
.
Durham (City of) (seat 2/2) Henry Lambton Whig
Durham (County) (seat 1/2) George Bowes Whig
Durham (County) (seat 2/2) John Hedworth Independent Whig
Dysart Burghs (seat 1/1) James Oswald 1746

E

East Grinstead (seat 1/2) Earl of Middlesex - took office
Replaced by John Butler 1742
East Grinstead (seat 2/2) Sir Whistler Webster
East Looe (seat 1/2) Francis Gashry Whig
East Looe (seat 2/2) James Buller Tory
East Retford (seat 1/2) John White
East Retford (seat 2/2) William Mellish
Edinburgh (seat 1/1) Archibald Stewart
Edinburghshire (seat 1/1) Sir Charles Gilmour
Elgin Burghs (seat 1/1) Sir James Grant - died
Replaced by William Grant 1747
Elginshire (seat 1/1) Sir Ludovick Grant
Essex (seat 1/2) Thomas Bramston
Essex (seat 2/2) Sir Robert Abdy Tory
Evesham (seat 1/2) Sir John Rushout
Evesham (seat 2/2) Edward Rudge
Exeter (seat 1/2) Sir Henry Northcote - died
Replaced by Sir Richard Bampfylde 1743
Exeter (seat 2/2) Humphrey Sydenham
Eye (seat 1/2) Stephen Cornwallis - died
Replaced by Edward Cornwallis 1743
Eye (seat 2/2) John Cornwallis

F

Fife (seat 1/1) Sir John Anstruther
Flint Boroughs (seat 1/1) Sir George Wynne, Bt – unseated on petition
Replaced by Richard Williams 1742
Flintshire (seat 1/1) Sir John Glynne
Forfarshire (seat 1/1) William Maule
Fowey (seat 1/2) Jonathan Rashleigh Tory
Fowey (seat 2/2) William Wardour - died
Replaced by George Edgcumbe 1746|

G

Gatton (seat 1/2) George Newland
Gatton (seat 2/2) Charles Docminique - died
Replaced by Paul Humphrey 1745
Glamorganshire (seat 1/1) Bussy Mansel - succeeded to a peerage
Replaced by Thomas Mathews 1745
Glasgow Burghs (seat 1/1) Neil Buchanan - died
Replaced by John Campbell 1744
Gloucester (seat 1/2) Benjamin Bathurst I
Gloucester (seat 2/2) John Selwyn
Gloucestershire (seat 1/2) Thomas Chester
Gloucestershire (seat 2/2) Norborne Berkeley
Grampound (seat 1/2) Daniel Boone
Grampound (seat 2/2) William Banks
Grantham (seat 1/2) Sir Michael Newton - died
Replaced by Sir John Cust 1743
Grantham (seat 2/2) Marquess of Granby
Great Bedwyn (seat 1/2) Sir Edward Turner Whig
Great Bedwyn (seat 2/2) Lascelles Metcalfe
Great Grimsby (seat 1/2) William Lock
Great Grimsby (seat 2/2) Robert Knight
Great Marlow (seat 1/2) Samuel Tufnell
Great Marlow (seat 2/2) Sir Thomas Hoby - died
Replaced by William Ockenden 1744
Great Yarmouth (seat 1/2) Roger Townshend
Great Yarmouth (seat 2/2) Edward Walpole
Guildford (seat 1/2) Denzil Onslow
Guildford (seat 2/2) Colonel Richard Onslow

H

Haddington Burghs (seat 1/1) James Fall
Replaced by Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet 1742
Haddingtonshire (seat 1/1) John Cockburn
Hampshire (seat 1/2) Lord Harry Powlett
Hampshire (seat 2/2) Paulet St John
Harwich (seat 1/2) John Phillipson
Harwich (seat 2/2) Hill Mussenden
Haslemere (seat 1/2) James Oglethorpe Tory
Haslemere (seat 2/2) Peter Burrell
Hastings (seat 1/2) James Pelham
Hastings (seat 2/2) Andrew Stone Whig
Haverfordwest (seat 1/1) Sir Erasmus Philipps - died
Replaced by George Barlow 1743
Hedon (seat 1/2) The Earl of Mountrath - died
Replaced by George Anson 1744
Hedon (seat 2/2) George Berkeley - died
Replaced by Samuel Gumley 1746 - unseated on petition
Replaced by Luke Robinson 1747
Helston (seat 1/2) John Evelyn
Helston (seat 2/2) John Harris
Hereford (seat 1/2) Edward Cope Hopton
Hereford (seat 2/2) Thomas Geers Winford
Herefordshire (seat 1/2) Velters Cornewall
Herefordshire (seat 2/2) Edward Harley - succeeded to a peerage
Replaced by Thomas Foley 1742
Hertford (seat 1/2) Nathaniel Brassey
Hertford (seat 2/2) George Harrison
Hertfordshire (seat 1/2) Jacob Houblon
Hertfordshire (seat 2/2) Charles Gore
Heytesbury (seat 1/2) Pierce A'Court-Ashe
Heytesbury (seat 2/2) Edward Ashe
Higham Ferrers (seat 1/1) Henry Finch - sat for Malton
Replaced by Henry Seymour Conway 1741
Hindon (seat 1/2) Sir Henry Calthorpe
Hindon (seat 2/2) William Steele
Honiton (seat 1/2) Henry Reginald Courtenay
Honiton (seat 2/2) Sir William Yonge Whig
Horsham (seat 1/2) Sir Richard Mill, Bt
Horsham (seat 2/2) Charles Ingram
Huntingdon (seat 1/2) Edward Wortley Montagu
Huntingdon (seat 2/2) Wills Hill - sat for Warwick
Replaced by Albert Nesbitt 1741
Huntingdonshire (seat 1/2) William Mitchell
Huntingdonshire (seat 2/2) Coulson Fellowes
Hythe (seat 1/2) Hercules Baker - died
Replaced by Thomas Hales 1744
Hythe (seat 2/2) William Glanville

I

Ilchester (seat 1/2) Charles Lockyer
Ilchester (seat 2/2) Sir Robert Brown
Inverness Burghs (seat 1/1) Kenneth Mackenzie
Inverness-shire (seat 1/1) Norman Macleod
Ipswich (seat 1/2) Samuel Kent
Ipswich (seat 2/2) Edward Vernon

K

Kent (seat 1/2) Sir Roger Twisden
Kent (seat 2/2) Sir Edward Dering Tory
Kincardineshire (seat 1/1) Sir James Carnegie
King's Lynn (seat 1/2) Sir Robert Walpole -raised to the peerage
Replaced by Edward Bacon 1742
Whig
.
King's Lynn (seat 2/2) Sir John Turner
Kingston upon Hull (seat 1/2) George Crowle
Kingston upon Hull (seat 2/2) William Carter - died
Replaced by Harry Pulteney 1744
Kinross-shire (seat 1/1) Sir John Bruce Hope, 7th Baronet
Kirkcudbright Stewartry (seat 1/1) Basil Hamilton - died
Replaced by John Maxwell 1742
Knaresborough (seat 1/2) Richard Arundell
Knaresborough (seat 2/2) Sir Henry Slingsby, Bt

L

Lanarkshire (seat 1/1) Sir James Hamilton Whig
Lancashire (seat 1/2) Lord Strange
Lancashire (seat 2/2) Richard Shuttleworth Tory
Lancaster (seat 1/2) Robert Fenwick
Lancaster (seat 2/2) Sir Thomas Lowther - died
Replaced by Francis Reynolds 1745
Launceston (seat 1/2) Sir William Irby
Launceston (seat 2/2) Sir William Morice
Leicester (seat 1/2) George Wrighte
Leicester (seat 2/2) James Wigley
Leicestershire (seat 1/2) Sir Thomas Cave
Leicestershire (seat 2/2) Edward Smith
Leominster (seat 1/2) John Caswall - died
Replaced by Robert Harley 1742
Leominster (seat 2/2) Capel Hanbury
Lewes (seat 1/2) Thomas Pelham - died
Replaced by Sir John Shelley 1743
Lewes (seat 2/2) John Morley Trevor - died
Replaced by Sir Francis Poole 1743
Lichfield (seat 1/2) George Venables Vernon
Lichfield (seat 2/2) Sir Lister Holte, Bt
Lincoln (seat 1/2) Charles Monson
Lincoln (seat 2/2) Sir John Tyrwhitt, 6th Bt
Lincolnshire (seat 1/2) Robert Vyner
Lincolnshire (seat 2/2) Thomas Whichcot
Linlithgow Burghs (seat 1/1) James Carmichael
Replaced by John Mackye 1742
Linlithgowshire (seat 1/1) George Dundas - took office
Replaced by Charles Hope Weir 1743
Liskeard (seat 1/2) Richard Eliot
Liskeard (seat 2/2) Charles Trelawny
Liverpool (seat 1/2) Thomas Salusbury
Liverpool (seat 2/2) Richard Gildart
London (City of) (seat 1/4) George Heathcote Tory
London (City of) (seat 2/4) Sir John Barnard Tory
London (City of) (seat 3/4) Sir Daniel Lambert Tory
London (City of) (seat 4/4) Sir Robert Godschall - died
Replaced by William Calvert 1742
Tory
Whig
Lostwithiel (seat 1/2) Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton
Lostwithiel (seat 2/2) John Crosse
Ludgershall (seat 1/2) Charles Selwyn
Ludgershall (seat 2/2) Thomas Hayward
Ludlow (seat 1/2) Henry Arthur Herbert - raised to the peerage
Replaced by Richard Herbert 1743
Ludlow (seat 2/2) Sir William Corbet, Bt
Lyme Regis (seat 1/2) John Scrope
Lyme Regis (seat 2/2) Henry Holt Henley
Lymington (seat 1/2) Lord Nassau Powlett - died
Replaced by Charles Powlett 1741
Lymington (seat 2/2) Harry Burrard

M

Maidstone (seat 1/2) Lord Guernsey
Maidstone (seat 2/2) John Bligh
Maldon (seat 1/2) Sir Thomas Drury, Bt
Maldon (seat 2/2) Robert Colebrooke
Malmesbury (seat 1/2) Giles Earle
Malmesbury (seat 2/2) William Rawlinson Earle
Malton (seat 1/2) Henry Finch
Malton (seat 2/2) Lord James Cavendish - died
Replaced by John Mostyn 1741
Marlborough (seat 1/2) Sir John Hynde Cotton
Marlborough (seat 2/2) John Crawley
Marlow see Great Marlow ...
Melcombe Regis see Weymouth and Melcombe Regis ...
Merionethshire (seat 1/1) William Vaughan Ind
Middlesex (seat 1/2) William Pulteney - raised to the peerage
Replaced by Sir Roger Newdigate 1742
Middlesex (seat 2/2) Sir Hugh Smithson Tory
Midhurst (seat 1/2) Sir John Peachey - died
Replaced by Sir John Peachey 1744
Midhurst (seat 2/2) Thomas Bootle
Milborne Port (seat 1/2) Jeffrey French
Milborne Port (seat 2/2) Thomas Medlycott - took office
Replaced by Michael Harvey 1742
Minehead (seat 1/2) Thomas Carew
Minehead (seat 2/2) Francis Whitworth - died
Replaced by John Periam 1742
Mitchell (seat 1/2) Edward Clive - took office
Replaced by Richard Lloyd 1745
Mitchell (seat 2/2) John Ord - died
Replaced by Sir Edward Pickering 1745
Monmouth Boroughs (seat 1/1) Lord Charles Noel Somerset - succeeded to a peerage
Replaced by Sir Charles Kemys Tynte 1745
Monmouthshire (seat 1/2) Thomas Morgan, the Elder
Monmouthshire (seat 2/2) Charles Hanbury Williams
Montgomery (seat 1/1) James Cholmondeley
Montgomeryshire (seat 1/1) Sir Watkin Williams Wynn - sat for Denbighshire
Replaced by Robert Williams 1742
Morpeth (seat 1/2) Robert Ord
Morpeth (seat 2/2) Sir Henry Liddell
Much Wenlock (seat 1/2) see Wenlock ...

N

Nairnshire (seat 0/0) Alternating seat with Cromartyshire - unrepresented in this parliament
Newark (seat 1/2) Lord William Manners
Newark (seat 2/2) Job Staunton Charlton
Newcastle-under-Lyme (seat 1/2) Baptist Leveson-Gower
Newcastle-under-Lyme (seat 2/2) Randle Wilbraham
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (seat 1/2) Sir Walter Calverley-Blackett, Bt
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (seat 2/2) Nicholas Fenwick
Newport (Cornwall) (seat 1/2) Nicholas Herbert
Newport (Cornwall) (seat 2/2) Thomas Bury
Newport (Isle of Wight) (seat 1/2) Anthony Chute
Newport (Isle of Wight) (seat 2/2) Monoux Cope
New Radnor Boroughs (seat 1/1) Thomas Lewis Whig
New Romney (seat 1/2) Henry Furnese
New Romney (seat 2/2) Sir Francis Dashwood Tory
New Shoreham (seat 1/2) Charles Frederick
New Shoreham (seat 2/2) Thomas Brand
Newton (Lancashire) (seat 2/2) Legh Master
Newton (Lancashire) (seat 1/2) William Shippen - died
Replaced by Peter Legh 1743
Newtown (Isle of Wight) (seat 1/2) Sir John Barrington
Newtown (Isle of Wight) (seat 2/2) Henry Holmes
New Windsor (seat 1/2) Henry Fox
New Windsor (seat 2/2) Lord Sidney Beauclerk - died
Replaced by Lord George Beauclerk 1744
New Woodstock (seat 2/2) James Dawkins
New Woodstock (seat 1/2) John Spencer - died
Replaced by John Trevor 1746
Norfolk (seat 1/2) Armine Wodehouse Tory
Norfolk (seat 2/2) Viscount Coke Whig
Northallerton (seat 1/2) William Smelt - took office
Replaced by Henry Lascelles 1745
Northallerton (seat 2/2) Henry Peirse
Northampton (seat 1/2) Hon. George Compton
Northampton (seat 2/2) William Wilmer - died
Replaced by George Montagu 1744
Northamptonshire (seat 1/2) Sir Edmund Isham
Northamptonshire (seat 2/2) Thomas Cartwright Tory
Northumberland (seat 1/2) Sir William Middleton, Bt
Northumberland (seat 2/2) John Fenwick
Norwich (seat 1/2) Thomas Vere
Norwich (seat 2/2) Horatio Walpole Whig
Nottingham (seat 1/2) John Plumptre Whig
Nottingham (seat 2/2) Borlase Warren - died
Replaced by Sir Charles Sedley 1747
Tory
Nottinghamshire (seat 1/2) William Levinz
Nottinghamshire (seat 2/2) John Mordaunt

O

Okehampton (seat 1/2) George Lyttelton
Okehampton (seat 2/2) Thomas Pitt
Old Sarum (seat 1/2) William Pitt .
Old Sarum (seat 2/2) George Lyttelton - sat for Okehampton
Replaced by James Grenville 1742 - took office
Replaced by Edward Willes 1747
Orford (seat 1/2) Henry Legge
Orford (seat 2/2) Viscount Glenorchy - took office
Replaced by John Bateman 1746
Orkney and Shetland (seat 1/1) Robert Douglas - died
Replaced by James Halyburton 1747
Oxford (seat 1/2) Thomas Rowney, junior
Oxford (seat 2/2) Philip Herbert
Oxfordshire (seat 1/2) Sir James Dashwood
Oxfordshire (seat 2/2) Viscount Quarendon - succeeded to a peerage
Replaced by Norris Bertie 1743
Oxford University (seat 1/2) Edward Butler - died
Replaced by Peregrine Palmer 1745
Tory
Tory
Oxford University (seat 2/2) Viscount Cornbury Tory

P

Peeblesshire (seat 1/1) Alexander Murray
Pembroke Boroughs (seat 1/1) William Owen
Pembrokeshire (seat 1/1) John Campbell
Penryn (seat 1/2) John Evelyn
Penryn (seat 2/2) Edward Vernon - sat for Ipswich
Replaced by George Boscawen 1743
Perth Burghs (seat 1/1) John Drummond - died
Replaced by Thomas Leslie 1743
Perthshire (seat 1/1) Lord John Murray
Peterborough (seat 1/2) The Earl Fitzwilliam - raised to the peerage
Replaced by Armstead Parker 1742
Whig
Tory
Peterborough (seat 2/2) Sir Edward Wortley Montagu Whig
Petersfield (seat 1/2) John Jolliffe
Petersfield (seat 2/2) Francis Fane
Plymouth (seat 1/2) Arthur Stert
Plymouth (seat 2/2) Lord Vere Beauclerk
Plympton Erle (seat 1/2) Richard Edgcumbe Whig
Plympton Erle (seat 2/2) Thomas Clutterbuck - died
Replaced by Richard Edgcumbe 1742 - raised to the peerage
Replaced by The Lord Sundon 1742
Pontefract (seat 1/2) George Morton Pitt
Pontefract (seat 2/2) John Monckton
Poole (seat 1/2) Joseph Gulston
Poole (seat 2/2) Thomas Missing
Portsmouth (seat 1/2) Martin Bladen - died
Replaced by Thomas Gore 1746
Portsmouth (seat 2/2) Philip Cavendish - died
Replaced by Sir Charles Hardy 1743 - died
Replaced by Isaac Townsend 1744
Preston (seat 1/2) Nicholas Fazakerley
Preston (seat 2/2) James Shuttleworth

Q

Queenborough (seat 1/2) Richard Evans
Queenborough (seat 2/2) Thomas Newnham

R

Radnor Boroughs see New Radnor Boroughs ...
Radnorshire (seat 1/1) Sir Humphrey Howorth
Reading (seat 1/2) John Blagrave
Reading (seat 2/2) William Strode
Reigate (seat 1/2) James Cocks
Reigate (seat 2/2) Philip Yorke Whig
.
Renfrewshire (seat 1/1) Alexander Cuninghame - died
Replaced by William Mure 1742
Richmond (Yorkshire) (seat 1/2) John Yorke
Richmond (Yorkshire) (seat 2/2) Sir Conyers Darcy
Ripon (seat 1/2) William Aislabie Tory
Ripon (seat 2/2) Henry Vane Whig
Rochester (seat 1/2) Edward Vernon - sat for Ipswich
Replaced by David Polhill 1743
Rochester (seat 2/2) Nicholas Haddock - died
Replaced by Sir Chaloner Ogle 1746
Ross-shire (seat 1/1) Charles Ross - died
Replaced by Sir Harry Munro 1746
Roxburghshire (seat 1/1) John Rutherfurd - took office
Replaced by William Douglas 1742
Rutland (seat 1/2) James Noel
Rutland (seat 2/2) John Finch
Rye (seat 1/2) Phillips Gybbon
Rye (seat 2/2) Admiral Sir John Norris

S

St Albans (seat 1/2) James West
St Albans (seat 2/2) Thomas Ashby - died
Replaced by Hans Stanley 1743
St Germans (seat 1/2) John Hynde Cotton
St Germans (seat 2/2) James Newsham
St Ives (seat 1/2) John Bristow|
St Ives (seat 2/2) Lieutenant-Colonel Gregory Beake
St Mawes (seat 1/2) Robert Nugent
St Mawes (seat 2/2) James Douglas
Salisbury (seat 1/2) Sir Jacob Bouverie
Salisbury (seat 2/2) Sir Edward Seymour
Saltash (seat 1/2) John Clevland - took office
Replaced by Stamp Brooksbank 1743
Saltash (seat 2/2) Thomas Corbett
Sandwich (seat 1/2) Josiah Burchett Whig
Sandwich (seat 2/2) Sir George Oxenden Whig
Scarborough (seat 1/2) William Thompson - died
Replaced by Edwin Lascelles 1744
Tory
Scarborough (seat 2/2) William Osbaldeston
Seaford (seat 1/2) Sir William Hall Gage - died
Replaced by William Gage 1744
Seaford (seat 2/2) William Hay
Selkirkshire (seat 1/1) John Murray
Shaftesbury (seat 1/2) Peter Walter
Shaftesbury (seat 2/2) Charles Ewer - died
Replaced by George Pitt 1742
Shrewsbury (seat 1/2) William Kinaston
Shrewsbury (seat 2/2) Sir Richard Corbet
Shropshire (seat 1/2) Sir John Astley
Shropshire (seat 2/2) Richard Lyster
Shoreham see New Shoreham ...
Somerset (seat 1/2) Henry William Portman
Somerset (seat 2/2) Thomas Prowse
Southampton (seat 1/2) Peter Delmé
Southampton (seat 2/2) Edward Gibbon Senior
Southwark (seat 1/2) Ralph Thrale
Southwark (seat 2/2) Thomas Inwen - died
Replaced by Alexander Hume 1743
Stafford (seat 1/2) Hon. William Chetwynd
Stafford (seat 2/2) The Viscount Chetwynd
Staffordshire (seat 1/2) Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot Tory
Staffordshire (seat 2/2) William Leveson Gower Tory
Stamford (seat 1/2) William Noel
Stamford (seat 2/2) John Proby
Steyning (seat 1/2) Hitch Younge
Steyning (seat 2/2) Charles Eversfield
Stirling Burghs (seat 1/1) James Erskine
Stirlingshire (seat 1/1) Lord George Graham - died
Replaced by Thomas Erskine 1747
Stockbridge (seat 1/2) Charles Churchill
Stockbridge (seat 2/2) Matthew Lamb
Sudbury (seat 1/2) Thomas Fonnereau
Sudbury (seat 2/2) Carteret Leathes
Suffolk (seat 1/2) Sir Jermyn Davers - died
Replaced by John Affleck 1743
Suffolk (seat 2/2) Sir Cordell Firebrace
Surrey (seat 1/2) Arthur Onslow
Surrey (seat 2/2) The Lord Baltimore 1742
Sussex (seat 1/2) Henry Pelham Whig
Sussex (seat 2/2) James Butler - died
Replaced by Earl of Middlesex 1742
Whig
.
Sutherland (seat 1/1) James St Clair

T

Tain Burghs (seat 1/1) Charles Erskine - election void
Replaced by Robert Craigie 1742
Tamworth (seat 1/2) Lord John Sackville
Tamworth (seat 2/2) John Floyer
Taunton (seat 1/2) Sir John Chapman Whig
Taunton (seat 2/2) John Buck - died
Replaced by Percy Wyndham O'Brien 1745
Tory
Whig
Tavistock (seat 1/2) Hon. Charles Fane Whig
Tavistock (seat 2/2) Lord Sherard Manners - died
Replaced by The Viscount Limerick 1742
Tewkesbury (seat 1/2) The Viscount Gage
Tewkesbury (seat 2/2) John Martin
Thetford (seat 1/2) Lord Augustus FitzRoy - died
Replaced by Lord Henry Beauclerk 1741
Thetford (seat 2/2) Charles FitzRoy
Thirsk (seat 2/2) Frederick Meinhardt Frankland
Thirsk (seat 1/2) Sir Thomas Frankland
Tiverton (seat 1/2) Arthur Arscott
Tiverton (seat 2/2) Dudley Ryder
Totnes (seat 2/2) Sir Joseph Danvers, Bt
Totnes (seat 1/2) Sir Charles Wills - died
Replaced by Sir John Strange 1742
Tregony (seat 1/2) Henry Penton
Tregony (seat 2/2) Thomas Watts - died
Replaced by George Cooke 1742
Truro (seat 1/2) Charles Hamilton
Truro (seat 2/2) James Hammond - died
Replaced by Edward Boscawen 1742

W

Wallingford (seat 1/2) John Bance
Wallingford (seat 2/2) John Rush
Wareham (seat 1/2) Henry Drax
Wareham (seat 2/2) John Pitt
Warwick (seat 1/2) Wills Hill
Warwick (seat 2/2) Henry Archer
Warwickshire (seat 1/2) Sir Charles Mordaunt
Warwickshire (seat 2/2) Edward Digby - died
Replaced by William Craven 1746
Wells (seat 1/2) Francis Gwyn
Wells (seat 2/2) George Speke 1735
Wendover (seat 1/2) The Earl Verney
Wendover (seat 2/2) John Hampden
Wenlock (seat 2/2) Sir Brian Broughton Delves - died
Replaced by Isaac Hawkins Browne 1744
Wenlock (seat 1/2) Brooke Forester
Weobley (seat 1/2) Lieutenant-Colonel The Lord Carpenter
Weobley (seat 2/2) The Viscount Palmerston
West Looe (seat 1/2) Benjamin Keene
West Looe (seat 2/2) Sir Charles Wager - died
Replaced by John Frederick 1743
Whig
.
Westbury (seat 1/2) Hon. George Evans
Westbury (seat 2/2) Joseph Townsend
Westminster (seat 1/2) Sir Charles Wager - election void
Replaced by Lord Perceval 1741
Whig
Tory
Westminster (seat 2/2) The Lord Sundon - election void
Replaced by Charles Edwin 1741
Whig
Tory
Westmorland (seat 1/2) Sir Philip Musgrave
Westmorland (seat 2/2) Daniel Wilson
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 1/4) John Tucker
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 2/4) Joseph Damer
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 3/4) John Raymond
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 4/4) James Steuart
Whitchurch (seat 2/2) John Selwyn
Whitchurch (seat 1/2) John Wallop - sat for Andover
Replaced by William Sloper 1742 - died
Replaced by Charles Clarke 1743 - took office
Replaced by Thomas Wentworth 1743
Wigan (seat 1/2) Sir Roger Bradshaigh - died
Replaced by Richard Clayton 1747
Wigan (seat 2/2) The Earl of Barrymore
Wigtown Burghs (seat 1/1) William Stewart (c 1706–1748)
Wigtownshire (seat 1/1) William Dalrymple
Wilton (seat 1/2) Robert Sawyer Herbert
Wilton (seat 2/2) William Herbert
Wiltshire (seat 1/2) Sir Robert Long Tory
Wiltshire (seat 2/2) Edward Popham
Winchelsea (seat 1/2) The Viscount Doneraile
Winchelsea (seat 2/2) Thomas Orby Hunter
Winchester (seat 1/2) George Brydges
Winchester (seat 2/2) William Powlett
Windsor see New Windsor ...
Woodstock see New Woodstock ...
Wootton Bassett (seat 1/2) Robert Neale
Wootton Bassett (seat 2/2) John Harvey-Thursby
Worcester (seat 1/2) Thomas Winnington - died
Replaced by Thomas Vernon 1746
Worcester (seat 2/2) Samuel Sandys - raised to the peerage
Replaced by Sir Henry Harpur 1744
Worcestershire (seat 1/2) Sir Herbert Pakington, Bt
Worcestershire (seat 2/2) Edmund Pytts I
Wycombe see Chipping Wycombe ...

Y

Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (seat 1/2) Thomas Gibson - died
Replaced by Robert Carteret 1744
Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (seat 2/2) Colonel Maurice Bocland
Yarmouth (Norfolk) see Great Yarmouth ...
York (seat 1/2) Godfrey Wentworth
York (seat 2/2) Edward Thompson - died
Replaced by George Fox 1742
Yorkshire (seat 1/2) Sir Miles Stapylton, Bt
Yorkshire (seat 2/2) Viscount Morpeth - died
Replaced by Charles Cholmley Turner 1742

By-elections

See also


References

  1. "Constituencies 1715-1754". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  • The House of Commons 1715–1754, ed. R Sedgwick (1970)

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