List of Great Britain by-elections (1715–1734)

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This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in Great Britain held between 1715 and 1734, with the names of the previous incumbent and the victor in the by-election.

Contents

In the absence of a comprehensive and reliable source, for party and factional alignments in this period, no attempt is made to define them in this article. The House of Commons: 1715–1754 provides some guidance to the complex and shifting political relationships, but it is significant that the compilers of that work make no attempt to produce a definitive list of each members allegiances.

Resignations

See Resignation from the British House of Commons for more details.

Where the cause of by-election is given as "resignation", this indicates that the incumbent was appointed to an "office of profit under the Crown" causing him to vacate his seat and prohibited membership in the House of Commons. This office is noted in brackets.

In addition certain offices of profit, such as cabinet positions, required the MP to seek re-election. These offices are noted separately.

Dates

During this period England (but not Scotland) counted its legal year as beginning on 25 March. For the purposes of this list the year is considered to have started on 1 January.

By-elections

The c/u column denotes whether the by-election was a contested poll or an unopposed return. If the winner was re-elected, at the next general election and any intermediate by-elections, this is indicated by an * following the c or u. In a few cases the winner was elected at the next general election but had not been re-elected in a by-election after the one noted. In those cases no * symbol is used.

5th Parliament (1715–1722)

DateConstituencyc/uFormer IncumbentWinnerCause
1 April 1715 Andover u* John Wallop James Brudenell Chose to sit for Hampshire
5 April 1715 East Grinstead u Spencer Compton The Viscount Shannon Chose to sit for Sussex
7 April 1715 Portsmouth u* Sir Charles Wager Sir Charles Wager Comptroller of the Navy
16 April 1715 Aldborough u James Stanhope William Monson Chose to sit for Cockermouth
18 April 1715 Lymington u Lord William Powlett Richard Chaundler Chose to sit for Winchester
18 April 1715 Wareham u George Pitt George Pitt, junior Chose to sit for Hampshire
21 April 1715 Thirsk u* Thomas Frankland Thomas Frankland Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance
27 April 1715 Carnarvonshire u* William Griffith John Griffith Death
30 April 1715 Aylesbury u John Deacle Trevor Hill Chose to sit for Evesham
3 May 1715 Haverfordwest c John Laugharne Sir George Barlow Death
Sir George Barlow John Barlow By-election result reversed on petition 4 July 1715
3 May 1715 St Germans u Waller Bacon Lord Stanhope Chose to sit for Norwich
19 May 1715 Shaftesbury c* Edward Nicholas Edward Nicholas On Petition both incumbents were unseated and replaced by William Benson. A by-election was held for the second seat.
Samuel Rush
25 May 1715 Oxfordshire u Francis Clerke James Herbert Death
27 May 1715 Renfrewshire u Sir Robert Pollock Sir Robert Pollock Governor of Fort William
31 May 1715 Essex c* Thomas Midleton William Harvey Death
William Harvey Robert Honywood By-election results reversed on petition 18 May 1716
7 June 1715 Northampton c* George Montagu William Wilmer Succeeded to a peerage
28 September 1715 Kent u Mildmay Fane John Fane Death
7 October 1715 Ayrshire u* John Montgomerie John Montgomerie Accepted a Commission in the Army
11 October 1715 Worcester u* Thomas Wylde Thomas Wylde Irish Revenue Commissioner
2 November 1715 Rutland u* Lord Finch Lord Finch Junior Lord of the Treasury
5 November 1715 Wenlock u Thomas Newport Thomas Newport Junior Lord of the Treasury
7 November 1715 Petersfield u Leonard Bilson Samuel Pargiter Fuller Death
8 November 1715 King's Lynn u* Robert Walpole Robert Walpole First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer
17 November 1715 Winchester u* Lord William Powlett Lord William Powlett Teller of the Exchequer
21 November 1715 Shrewsbury u Thomas Jones Andrew Corbet Death
30 November 1715 Surrey u Sir Richard Onslow Thomas Onslow Resignation (Teller of the Exchequer)
2 December 1715 Bedford u* William Farrer William Farrer Master of St Katharine's by the Tower
2 December 1715 Downton u* John Eyre Giles Eyre Death
7 December 1715 Bletchingley u* Thomas Onslow William Clayton Out-Ranger of Windsor Forest
27 December 1715 Newark-on-Trent c* Conyers Darcy Conyers Darcy Commissioner exercising the office of Master of the Horse
2 January 1716 Carmarthen u* Richard Vaughan Richard Vaughan Chief Justice of the Carmarthen Circuit
14 January 1716 Midhurst u John Fortescue Aland John Fortescue Alan Solicitor General for England and Wales
24 January 1716 Bere Alston u Lawrence Carter Lawrence Carter King's Counsel
26 January 1716 Malmesbury u* Joseph Addison Joseph Addison Lord of Trade
2 February 1716 Northumberland u Thomas Forster Francis Blake Delaval Expelled for supporting the Jacobite Rising
22 February 1716 Glamorganshire u* Robert Jones Sir Charles Kemeys Death
24 February 1716 Glasgow Burghs u* Thomas Smith Daniel Campbell Death
17 March 1716 Honiton c* Sir William Courtenay Sir William Pole Chose to sit for Devon
19 March 1716 Castle Rising u* William Feilding William Feilding First Clerk Comptroller of the Green Cloth
3 April 1716 Andover u* James Brudenell James Brudenell Master of the Jewel Office
6 June 1716 Reading c Robert Clarges Charles Cadogan Void Election
c* Felix Calvert Owen Buckingham
27 June 1716 Wells c William Coward Thomas Strangways Horner Death
Thomas Strangways Horner John Dodd By-election results reversed on petition 12 April 1717
28 June 1716 Eye u* Edward Hopkins Edward Hopkins Irish Revenue Commissioner
30 June 1716 Denbighshire c* Sir Richard Myddelton Watkin Williams Death
30 June 1716 Maidstone c Sir Robert Marsham Sir Barnham Rider Elevated to the peerage
2 July 1716 New Woodstock u* William Cadogan William Clayton Elevated to the peerage
4 July 1716 Buckinghamshire u* Richard Hampden Richard Hampden Teller of the Exchequer
9 July 1716 Brackley u* Paul Methuen Paul Methuen Southern Secretary
11 July 1716 Plympton Erle u* Richard Edgcumbe Richard Edgcumbe Junior Lord of the Treasury
16 July 1716 Lancaster u* William Heysham William Heysham, jnr Death
16 July 1716 Wenlock u* Thomas Newport Sir Humphrey Briggs Elevated to the peerage
30 July 1716 Forfarshire u* John Carnegie James Scott Expelled for supporting the Jacobite Rising
3 August 1716 Old Sarum u* Thomas Pitt Sir William Strickland Resignation (Governor of Jamaica)
29 January 1717 Cardiganshire u Lewis Pryse Owen Brigstocke Expulsion for refusing to take loyalty oaths
27 February 1717 Midhurst u* John Fortescue Aland The Lord Midleton Resignation (Baron of the Exchequer)
28 February 1717 Ipswich u* Sir William Thompson Sir William Thompson Solicitor General for England and Wales
28 February 1717 Seaford u* Sir William Ashburnham Henry Pelham Resignation (Commissioner of the Alienation Office)
2 March 1717 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis u John Baker Edward Harrison Death
5 March 1717 Richmond u* Thomas Yorke John Yorke Death
6 March 1717 Herefordshire u Sir Thomas Morgan Sir Hungerford Hoskyns Death
9 March 1717 Christchurch u* William Ettrick Francis Gwyn Death
12 March 1717 Hereford c* The Viscount Scudamore Herbert Rudhale Westfaling Death
13 March 1717 Kingston upon Hull u* William Maister Nathaniel Rogers Death
15 March 1717 Reigate c Sir John Parsons William Jordan Death
19 March 1717 Leominster c* The Lord Coningsby George Caswall Became a British Peer
11 April 1717 Minehead c Sir William Wyndham Samuel Edwin Void Election
Sir John Trevelyan Thomas Gage
Samuel Edwin Sir John Trevelyan By-election results reversed on petition 23 May 1717
Thomas Gage James Milner
12 April 1717 New Woodstock u Sir Thomas Wheate Sir Thomas Wheate Storekeeper of the Ordnance
16 April 1717 Morpeth u* The Viscount Castlecomer George Carpenter Chose to sit for Ripon
18 April 1717 Cambridgeshire u John Jenyns Robert Clarke Death
22 April 1717 Bridport u William Coventry William Coventry Second Clerk Comptroller of the Green Cloth
22 April 1717 Totnes u Arthur Champernowne Sir John Germain Death
22 April 1717 Tregony u* James Craggs the Younger James Craggs the Younger Secretary at War
24 April 1717 Dover u* Matthew Aylmer Matthew Aylmer Naval Lord
25 April 1717 Malmesbury u Joseph Addison Joseph Addison Southern Secretary
25 April 1717 Newport I.o.W. u Anthony Morgan James Stanhope Chose to sit for Yarmouth
25 April 1717 Stafford u William Richard Chetwynd William Richard Chetwynd Lord of the Admiralty
26 April 1717 Arundel u Thomas Micklethwaite Thomas Micklethwaite Junior Lord of the Treasury
29 April 1717 Cockermouth c* James Stanhope Thomas Pengelly First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer
1 May 1717 Hampshire u John Wallop John Wallop Junior Lord of the Treasury
2 May 1717 Berwickshire u* George Baillie George Baillie Junior Lord of the Treasury
2 May 1717 Haddingtonshire u* John Cockburn John Cockburn Lord of the Admiralty
16 May 1717 Bury St Edmunds u* Aubrey Porter James Reynolds Death
23 May 1717 Carmarthenshire u Marquess of Winchester Sir Thomas Stepney Elevated to the peerage
29 May 1717 Gloucestershire c Matthew Moreton Matthew Moreton Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
10 June 1717 Milborne Port c(*) John Cox Michael Harvey Death
Michael Harvey Charles Stanhope By-election results reversed on petition 6 July 1717
17 June 1717 Leominster c George Caswall George Caswall Previous by-election declared void
25 June 1717 Tewkesbury u* Anthony Lechmere Nicholas Lechmere Resignation (Receiver-General and Cashier of Customs)
8 July 1717 Cockermouth c Nicholas Lechmere Lord Percy Seymour Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Two MPs elected due to a Double Return)
Wilfrid Lawson
Lord Percy Seymour Lord Percy Seymour Seymour declared elected 18 January 1718
Wilfrid Lawson
10 July 1717 Amersham u* The Viscount Fermanagh The Viscount Fermanagh Death
22 July 1717 Newport I.o.W. u James Stanhope Sir Tristram Dillington Elevated to the peerage
22 July 1717 Stockbridge u* Martin Bladen Martin Bladen Lord of Trade
23 July 1717 Lewes u* Thomas Pelham Thomas Pelham Lord of Trade
24 July 1717 Aldborough u* William Jessop William Jessop Commissioner and Receiver of the Alienation Office
26 July 1717 Lymington u Sir Joseph Jekyll Sir Joseph Jekyll Master of the Rolls
27 July 1717 West Looe u Thomas Maynard Thomas Maynard Commissioner for Stores in Minorca
30 July 1717 Thirsk u Ralph Bell Thomas Pitt Resignation (Customer of Hull)
8 August 1717 Fifeshire u* Sir John Anstruther Sir John Anstruther Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland
9 August 1717 Truro u* Spencer Cowper Spencer Cowper Chief Justice of Chester
29 November 1717 Penryn u Hugh Boscawen Hugh Boscawen Joint Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
30 November 1717 Buckingham u Abraham Stanyan Edmund Halsey Resignation (Clerk of the Privy Council)
3 December 1717 St Albans c William Hale Joshua Lomax Death
4 December 1717 Oxfordshire u* Sir Robert Jenkinson Sir Banks Jenkinson Death
4 December 1717 Oxford University u* Sir William Whitelock George Clarke Death
9 December 1717 Bere Alston u Horatio Walpole Edward Carteret Resignation (Surveyor and Auditor General of the Revenue in America)
13 December 1717 Ipswich u* William Churchill Francis Negus Resignation (Bookseller, Bookbinder, and Stationer to the King)
18 December 1717 Reading u Owen Buckingham Owen Buckingham Victualling Commissioner
25 December 1717 Surrey c Thomas Onslow Denzil Onslow Succeeded to a peerage
26 December 1717 Launceston u John Anstis John Anstis Garter King of Arms
31 December 1717 Guildford u Denzil Onslow Robert Wroth Out-Ranger of Windsor Forest
31 January 1718 Boroughbridge c* Thomas Wilkinson Sir Wilfrid Lawson Resignation (Joint-Receiver General of Land Taxes for Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland)
22 February 1718 Barnstaple u Sir Arthur Chichester John Basset Death
26 February 1718 Bodmin u Francis Robartes Earl of Burford Death
4 March 1718 Haverfordwest u John Barlow Sir John Philipps Death
4 March 1718 Worcester u* Samuel Swift Samuel Sandys Death
19 March 1718 Tewkesbury u Nicholas Lechmere Nicholas Lechmere Attorney General for England and Wales
20 March 1718 Tregony u James Craggs the Younger James Craggs the Younger Southern Secretary
25 March 1718 Rochester u* Sir John Jennings Sir John Jennings Naval Lord
28 March 1718 Dover u Matthew Aylmer Matthew Aylmer Master of Greenwich Hospital
28 March 1718 East Retford u* Thomas White Thomas White Clerk of the Ordnance
28 March 1718 Portsmouth u* Sir Charles Wager Sir Charles Wager Naval Lord
28 March 1718 Rye u Sir John Norris Sir John Norris Naval Lord
28 March 1718 Wareham u Thomas Erle Henry Drax Resignation (Given a pension)
29 March 1718 Arundel u* Thomas Micklethwaite Joseph Micklethwaite Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance and Death
29 March 1718 New Woodstock u William Clayton William Clayton Junior Lord of the Treasury
4 April 1718 Ripon u John Aislabie John Aislabie Chancellor of the Exchequer
5 April 1718 Scarborough u William Thompson William Thompson Warden of the Mint
9 April 1718 Buckinghamshire u Richard Hampden Richard Hampden Treasurer of the Navy
24 April 1718 Lichfield c(*) Walter Chetwynd William Sneyd Paymaster of Pensions
William Sneyd Walter Chetwynd By-election results reversed on petition 10 December 1718
21 November 1718 Shaftesbury c(*) William Benson William Benson Surveyor of the King's Works
William Benson Sir Edward des Bouverie By-election results reversed 24 January 1719
22 November 1718 Weobley c* Charles Cornewall Nicholas Philpott Death
24 November 1718 Aldeburgh c* William Johnson Samuel Lowe Death
26 November 1718 Lostwithiel u Thomas Liddell Edward Eliot Death
27 November 1718 Cambridgeshire u John Bromley Francis Whichcote Death
1 December 1718 Saltash u William Shippen John Francis Buller Chose to sit for Newton
1 December 1718 Corfe Castle c(*) William Okeden Joshua Churchill Death (Two MPs elected due to a Double Return)
John Bankes
Joshua Churchill Joshua Churchill Churchill declared elected 21 January 1719
John Bankes
2 December 1718 East Looe u* James Bateman Horatio Walpole Death
23 December 1718 Lanarkshire c* James Lockhart Lord Archibald Hamilton Death
29 December 1718 Plympton Erle u* George Treby George Treby Secretary at War
29 December 1718 Totnes u* Sir John Germain Charles Wills Death
9 January 1719 Montgomeryshire u* Edward Vaughan Price Devereux Death
10 January 1719 St Germans u John Knight John Knight Secretary of the Leeward Islands
21 January 1719 Rutland u John Noel Marquess of Granby Death
3 February 1719 Leicester u James Winstanley Thomas Noble Death
26 March 1719 Ludlow u* Francis Herbert Sir Robert Raymond Death
21 April 1719 Lewes u* John Morley Trevor Philip Yorke Death
30 April 1719 Totnes u* Charles Wills Charles Wills Lieutenant General of the Ordnance
30 November 1719 Bridport u* William Coventry Dewey Bulkeley Succeeded to a peerage
30 November 1719 Malmesbury u Joseph Addison Fleetwood Dormer Death
1 December 1719 Wallingford c Edmund Dunch Henry Grey Death
3 December 1719 Aldeburgh c* Henry Johnson Walter Plumer Death
3 December 1719 Chichester u Sir Richard Farington Henry Kelsall Death
4 December 1719 Callington u* Samuel Rolle Thomas Coplestone Death
5 December 1719 Ripon u The Viscount Castlecomer William Aislabie Death
7 December 1719 Fowey u* Henry Vincent Nicholas Vincent Death
14 December 1719 Wells c* John Dodd Thomas Edwards Death
15 December 1719 Surrey c* Lord Guernsey John Walter Succeeded to a peerage
17 December 1719 Bishop's Castle u Richard Harnage Sir Matthew Decker Death
17 December 1719 Leicestershire c* Sir Thomas Cave Lord William Manners Death
5 January 1720 Elginshire u Alexander Grant James Brodie Death
9 January 1720 Ayr Burghs u Charles Oliphant Thomas Kennedy Death
25 January 1720 Richmond u Harry Mordaunt Richard Abell Death
2 February 1720 Newark-on-Trent u Conyers Darcy Conyers Darcy Master of the Household
15 February 1720 Guildford u* Robert Wroth Arthur Onslow Death
22 February 1720 Bath c Samuel Trotman Robert Gay Death
10 March 1720 Shropshire u Sir Robert Corbet Sir Robert Corbet Second Clerk of the Green Cloth
15 March 1720 Reading c Owen Buckingham Richard Thompson Death
15 March 1720 Tregony u Sir Edmund Prideaux Charles Talbot Death
24 March 1720 Monmouthshire u* John Morgan John Hanbury Death
25 March 1720 Winchelsea u* Robert Bristow Robert Bristow Second Clerk Comptroller of the Green Cloth
30 March 1720 Gloucestershire u* Thomas Stephens Henry Berkeley Death
30 March 1720 Lewes u Philip Yorke Philip Yorke Solicitor General for England and Wales
16 April 1720 Knaresborough u* The Earl Mountrath Richard Arundell Death
19 April 1720 Bridgwater c George Dodington William Pitt Death
20 April 1720 Chippenham u Giles Earle Giles Earle First Clerk Comptroller of the Green Cloth
21 April 1720 Reigate u William Jordan Thomas Jordan Death
23 April 1720 Dorchester c Henry Trenchard Robert Browne Death
Robert Browne Abraham Janssen By-election results reversed 18 May 1720
6 May 1720 Hindon u Reynolds Calthorpe John Pitt Death
9 May 1720 Sandwich c* Sir Henry Oxenden Sir George Oxenden Death
11 May 1720 Haddington Burghs u Sir David Dalrymple Sir David Dalrymple Auditor of the Exchequer in Scotland
13 May 1720 Monmouth u William Bray Andrews Windsor Death
21 May 1720 Ludlow u Sir Robert Raymond Sir Robert Raymond Attorney General for England and Wales
25 May 1720 Nottingham u* John Plumptre John Plumptre Treasurer of the Ordnance
7 June 1720 Seaford u* Henry Pelham Henry Pelham Treasurer of the Chamber
11 June 1720 Corfe Castle u Joshua Churchill Joshua Churchill Victualling Commissioner
11 June 1720 Seaford u* Sir Gregory Page Francis Chamberlayne Death
14 June 1720 Old Sarum u Sir William Strickland Sir William Strickland Muster-Master General
18 June 1720 Boroughbridge u Sir Wilfrid Lawson Sir Wilfrid Lawson Groom of the Bedchamber
18 June 1720 Bossiney u Henry Cartwright Henry Cartwright Victualling Commissioner
22 June 1720 Gloucestershire u Matthew Moreton Edmund Bray Elevated to the peerage
22 June 1720 Hampshire u* John Wallop Lord Nassau Powlett Elevated to the peerage
22 June 1720 King's Lynn u* Robert Walpole Robert Walpole Paymaster of the Forces
Sir Charles Turner Sir Charles Turner Junior Lord of the Treasury
23 June 1720 Castle Rising u* Charles Churchill Charles Churchill Governor of Royal Hospital Chelsea
23 June 1720 Plympton Erle u* Richard Edgcumbe Richard Edgcumbe Junior Lord of the Treasury
24 June 1720 Brackley u* Paul Methuen Paul Methuen Comptroller of the Household
24 June 1720 Penryn u Hugh Boscawen Viscount Rialton Elevated to the peerage
25 June 1720 Lostwithiel u Edward Eliot John Newsham Resignation (Commissioner of Excise)
11 July 1720 Kingston upon Hull u* Sir William St Quintin Sir William St Quintin Joint Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
19 July 1720 Heytesbury u* Edward Ashe Edward Ashe Lord of Trade
7 December 1720 Boston c* Richard Wynn Richard Ellys Death
14 December 1720 Rochester u* Sir John Jennings Sir John Jennings Governor of Greenwich Hospital
19 December 1720 Cambridge University c* Thomas Paske Thomas Willoughby Death
19 December 1720 Plymouth u Sir George Byng Sir George Byng Treasurer of the Navy
20 December 1720 Dover u* The Lord Aylmer George Berkeley Death
Philip Papillon Henry Furnese Resignation (Receiver of the Stamp Duties)
29 December 1720 Elginshire u* James Brodie Alexander Brodie Death
29 December 1720 Staffordshire u* William Ward William Leveson Gower Death
3 January 1721 Lincolnshire c* Sir Willoughby Hickman Sir William Massingberd Death
1 February 1721 Cricklade c Jacob Sawbridge Matthew Ducie Moreton Expulsion (Director of the South Sea Company)
8 February 1721 Devizes u* Francis Eyles Benjamin Haskins Stiles Expulsion (Director of the South Sea Company)
10 February 1721 Yarmouth u Sir Theodore Janssen William Plumer Expulsion (Director of the South Sea Company)
11 February 1721 Great Grimsby c Sir Robert Chaplin Arthur Moore Expulsion (Director of the South Sea Company)
25 February 1721 Corfe Castle u Joshua Churchill John Bond Death
6 March 1721 Worcestershire u* Thomas Vernon Sir Thomas Lyttelton Death
13 March 1721 Grampound u Charles Cooke Richard West Death
17 March 1721 Truro u* John Selwyn Thomas Wyndham Resignation (Receiver General and Comptroller of Customs)
18 March 1721 Edinburgh u* Sir George Warrender John Campbell Death
23 March 1721 Tregony u James Craggs the Younger Daniel Pulteney Death
24 March 1721 Leominster u George Caswall William Bateman Expulsion
1 April 1721 Ripon u* John Aislabie William Aislabie Expulsion
5 April 1721 Rutland u Marquess of Granby Sir Thomas Mackworth Succeeded to a peerage
10 April 1721 King's Lynn u* Robert Walpole Robert Walpole First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer
10 April 1721 Seaford u Henry Pelham Henry Pelham Junior Lord of the Treasury
12 April 1721 Carlisle c* Thomas Stanwix Henry Aglionby Governor of Kingston upon Hull
29 April 1721 Bere Alston c(*) Edward Carteret Philip Cavendish Resignation (Joint-Postmaster General)
Philip Cavendish St John Brodrick By-election results reversed on petition 6 June 1721
1 May 1721 Lostwithiel u* Galfridus Walpole Marquess of Hartington Resignation (Joint-Postmaster General)
6 May 1721 Salisbury u* Francis Swanton Anthony Duncombe Death
11 May 1721 Launceston u* Edward Herle Alexander Pendarves Death
17 May 1721 Oxfordshire u* James Herbert Henry Perrot Death
25 May 1721 Whitchurch c(*) Thomas Vernon Frederick Tylney Expulsion for attempting to influence a member of a committee on the South Sea Bubble
Frederick Tylney John Conduitt By-elections results reversed 26 June 1721
10 June 1721 Flint Boroughs u* Sir John Conway Thomas Eyton Death
12 June 1721 Horsham u* Arthur Ingram Charles Eversfield Became a Scottish Peer
20 July 1721 Cockermouth u Lord Percy Seymour Anthony Lowther Death
24 July 1721 Surrey u Denzil Onslow Sir William Scawen Death
2 August 1720 Newport I.o.W. u Sir Tristram Dillington Thomas Stanwix Death
30 August 1721 Breconshire u* Edward Williams William Gwyn Vaughan Death
2 September 1721 Ayr Burghs u Thomas Kennedy Duncan Forbes Resignation (Baron of the Scottish Exchequer)
25 October 1721 Tewkesbury c* Nicholas Lechmere The Viscount Gage Elevated to the peerage
27 October 1721 New Woodstock u Sir Thomas Wheate Charles Crisp Clayton Death
31 October 1721 Plymouth u Sir George Byng Pattee Byng Elevated to the peerage
1 November 1721 St Ives c* Sir John Hobart Sir John Hobart Lord of Trade
6 November 1721 Midhurst u William Woodward Knight Sir Richard Mill Death
7 November 1721 Hedon u* Hugh Cholmley Daniel Pulteney Resignation (Victualling Commissioner)
7 November 1721 Tregony u* Daniel Pulteney John Merrill Lord of the Admiralty
22 November 1721 Barnstaple u* John Basset Sir Hugh Acland Death
18 December 1721 Minehead c(*) James Milner Sir Richard Lane Death
Sir Richard Lane Robert Mansel By-election results reversed on petition 9 January 1722
29 December 1721 Orford c Sir Edward Turnor Sir Edward Duke Death
5 January 1722 Haddington Burghs u* Sir David Dalrymple Sir James Dalrymple Death
8 February 1722 Chipping Wycombe u Sir John Wittewrong John Neale Death

6th Parliament (1722–1727)

DateConstituencyc/uFormer IncumbentWinnerCause
22 October 1722 Buckingham u Alexander Denton William Heathcote Resignation (Justice of the Common Pleas)
24 October 1722 Boroughbridge u Conyers Darcy Joseph Danvers Chose to sit for Richmond
24 October 1722 Oxford u Sir John Walter Francis Knollys Death
24 October 1722 Stamford u* Brownlow Cecil William Noel Succeeded to a peerage
25 October 1722 Cambridge u Sir John Hynde Cotton Gilbert Affleck Chose to sit for Cambridgeshire
26 October 1722 Marlborough u* Earl of Hertford Thomas Gibson Chose to sit for Northumberland
27 October 1722 Amersham u Montague Garrard Drake Thomas Chapman Chose to sit for Buckinghamshire
27 October 1722 East Looe u Horatio Walpole William Lowndes Chose to sit for Great Yarmouth
27 October 1722 Huntingdonshire u Viscount Hinchingbrooke John Proby Death
27 October 1722 Lymington u Lord Harry Powlett Sir Gilbert Heathcote Chose to sit for Hampshire
29 October 1722 Newport I.o.W. u Earl of March Charles Cadogan Chose to sit for Chichester
31 October 1722 Suffolk u* Sir Robert Davers Sir William Barker Death
1 November 1722 Winchelsea u George Bubb Dodington Thomas Townshend Chose to sit for Bridgwater
2 November 1722 Liskeard u* Edward Eliot Thomas Clutterbuck Death
3 November 1722 Eye u Spencer Compton James Cornwallis Chose to sit for Sussex
Edward Hopkins Edward Hopkins Master of the Revels in Ireland
3 November 1722 Old Sarum u Robert Pitt George Morton Pitt Chose to sit for Okehampton
6 November 1722 East Grinstead u* Spencer Compton The Viscount Shannon Chose to sit for Sussex
6 November 1722 Wiltshire u Robert Hyde Richard Goddard Death
22 November 1722 Warwick c* William Colemore Sir William Keyt Death
27 November 1722 Pembroke Boroughs u* Thomas Ferrers William Owen Death
3 December 1722 Westminster c Archibald Hutcheson Charles Montagu Void Election
John Cotton The Lord Carpenter
7 December 1722 Dunwich c Edward Vernon Sir John Ward Chose to sit for Penryn
11 December 1722 Coventry c* Sir Adolphus Oughton Sir Adolphus Oughton Void Election
John Neale John Neale
11 December 1722 Ilchester u William Burroughs Thomas Paget Resignation (Auditor of the Leather Duty)
11 December 1722 Newport (Cornwall) u Sir William Pole John Morice Chose to sit for Honiton
22 January 1723 Chippenham c Edward Rolt Thomas Boucher Death
25 January 1723 Malmesbury u John Fermor Charles Stewart Death
31 January 1723 Beverley c Sir Charles Hotham Sir Charles Hotham Death
2 February 1723 Liverpool c Sir Thomas Johnson Langham Booth Resignation (Collector of Customs on the Rappahannock River in Virginia)
3 February 1723 Saltash u Thomas Swanton Philip Lloyd Death
11 February 1723 Calne u Benjamin Haskins-Stiles Edmund Pike Heath Chose to sit for Devizes
18 February 1723 Bramber u William Charles van Huls David Polhill Death
20 February 1723 Northumberland c(*) Earl of Hertford William Wrightson Elevated to the peerage
William Wrightson Ralph Jenison By-election results reversed on petition 16 April 1724
28 February 1723 Calne u George Duckett Matthew Ducie Moreton Resignation (Commissioner of Excise)
11 March 1723 Berwick-upon-Tweed u The Viscount Barrington Henry Grey Expulsion
19 March 1723 Queenborough u James Littleton Viscount Forbes Death
2 April 1723 Hereford c William Mayo James Wallwyn Death
2 May 1723 Appleby c Sir Richard Sandford James Lowther Death
7 May 1723 Berwick-upon-Tweed c Grey Neville William Kerr Death
24 May 1723 Brecon c* William Morgan Thomas Morgan Chose to sit for Monmouthshire
24 May 1723 Minehead c* Robert Mansel Francis Whitworth Death
1 June 1723 Maidstone c Sir Thomas Culpeper Sir Barnham Rider Death
3 June 1723 Wilton u* Robert Sawyer Herbert Robert Sawyer Herbert Groom of the Bedchamber
6 June 1723 Dover u* George Berkeley George Berkeley Master of St Katharine's Hospital
10 June 1723 King's Lynn u* Robert Walpole Robert Walpole Secretary of State
11 June 1723 Great Yarmouth u* Charles Townshend William Townshend Elevated to the House of Lords through a Writ of acceleration
12 June 1723 Hedon u* William Pulteney William Pulteney Cofferer of the Household
16 January 1724 Rochester u Sir Thomas Palmer Sir Thomas Colby Death
17 January 1724 Southwark c George Meggott John Lade Death
18 January 1724 Taunton c John Trenchard Abraham Elton Death
20 January 1724 Chichester c* Earl of March Lord William Beauclerk Succeeded to a peerage
20 January 1724 Higham Ferrers c* Thomas Watson Wentworth John Finch Death
20 January 1724 Old Sarum u George Morton Pitt John Pitt Resignation (Registrar of the Excise Office)
20 January 1724 West Looe u* George Delaval Edward Trelawny Death
21 January 1724 East Looe u* John Smith George Cholmondeley Death
22 January 1724 Castle Rising u* William Feilding The Earl of Mountrath Death
23 January 1724 Kingston upon Hull c* Sir William St Quintin George Crowle Death
29 January 1724 Hampshire u Lord Nassau Powlett Lord Nassau Powlett Auditor General of Revenue in Ireland
4 February 1724 Bere Alston u Sir John Hobart Sir Robert Rich Chose to sit for St. Ives
5 February 1724 Seaford u* Sir Philip Yorke Sir Philip Yorke Attorney General for England and Wales
12 February 1724 Lincolnshire c* Sir William Massingberd Robert Vyner Death
17 February 1724 East Looe u William Lowndes Sir Henry Hoghton Death
22 February 1724 Christchurch c Francis Gwyn Edward Prideaux Gwyn Chose to sit for Wells
25 February 1724 Lostwithiel c* Marquess of Hartington Sir Orlando Bridgeman Chose to sit for Grampound
c Lord Stanhope Henry Parsons Resignation (Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard)
10 March 1724 Helston u Sir Robert Raymond Sir Clement Wearg Resignation (Puisne Justice of the King's Bench)
16 March 1724 Westbury c James Bertie The Lord Carbery Chose to sit for Middlesex
7 April 1724 Liverpool u* William Cleiveland Thomas Bootle Death
10 April 1724 Bridgwater u* George Bubb Dodington George Bubb Dodington Junior Lord of the Treasury
10 April 1724 Honiton u* William Yonge William Yonge Junior Lord of the Treasury
16 April 1724 Sussex u* Henry Pelham Henry Pelham Secretary at War
18 April 1724 Plympton Erle u* Richard Edgcumbe Richard Edgcumbe Joint Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
George Treby George Treby Teller of the Exchequer
21 April 1724 Newark-on-Trent u* Richard Sutton Richard Sutton Second Clerk Comptroller of the Green Cloth
1 May 1724 Plymouth u Pattee Byng Pattee Byng Treasurer of the Navy
9 May 1724 Thirsk u* Thomas Frankland Thomas Frankland Irish Revenue Commissioner
19 November 1724 Bletchingley c George Evelyn Henry Herbert Death
19 November 1724 Cambridgeshire c* Lord Harley Samuel Shepheard Succeeded to a peerage
19 November 1724 Stafford c(*) John Dolphin Francis Elde Death
Francis Elde The Viscount Chetwynd Elde expelled and by-election results reversed 4 February 1725
20 November 1724 Liverpool u* Langham Booth Thomas Brereton Death
20 November 1724 Newcastle-under-Lyme c Sir Brian Broughton Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot Death
23 November 1724 Steyning c John Gumley John Gumley Commissioner General of Musters
27 November 1724 Malton u* Sir William Strickland Henry Finch Death
11 December 1724 City of London c Peter Godfrey Sir Richard Hopkins Death
12 December 1724 Ludgershall u John Richmond Webb Anthony Cornish Death
31 December 1724 Perthshire u Lord James Murray David Graeme Became a Scottish Peer
4 January 1725 Carmarthen u Richard Vaughan James Phillips Death
26 January 1725 Reigate u* Sir Joseph Jekyll Sir Joseph Jekyll First Commissioner of the Great Seal
15 March 1725 Fowey u John Goodall William Bromley Death
29 March 1725 Launceston u Alexander Pendarves John Freind Death
1 April 1725 Bury St Edmunds c James Reynolds Lord Hervey Resignation (Puisne Justice of the King's Bench)
2 April 1725 Cardigan Boroughs u Stephen Parry Thomas Powell Death
6 April 1725 East Grinstead u* John Conyers Edward Conyers Death
10 April 1725 Anglesey c* The Viscount Bulkeley Hugh Williams Death
10 April 1725 Yarmouth u* Thomas Stanwix Maurice Morgan Death
13 April 1725 Heytesbury u Pierce A'Court Lord Charles Cavendish Death
16 April 1725 Linlithgow Burghs c* Daniel Weir John Murray Death
3 June 1725 Brackley u* Paul Methuen Sir Paul Methuen Treasurer of the Household
8 June 1725 Bridgnorth u* William Whitmore St John Charlton Death
9 June 1725 Bedford c* George Huxley John Thurlow Brace Victualling Commissioner
14 June 1725 Helston u Walter Carey Walter Carey Warden of the Mint
14 June 1725 Scarborough u* Sir William Strickland Sir William Strickland Junior Lord of the Treasury
16 June 1725 Rutland u* Lord Finch Lord Finch Comptroller of the Household
16 June 1725 York u* Edward Thompson Edward Thompson Irish Revenue Commissioner
28 June 1725 Bodmin c Richard West Richard West Lord Chancellor of Ireland
30 June 1725 Inverness Burghs u* Duncan Forbes Duncan Forbes Lord Advocate
2 July 1725 Dumfriesshire u* Charles Erskine Charles Erskine Solicitor General for Scotland
26 January 1726 Steyning u John Pepper Marquess of Carnarvon Death
27 January 1726 Lewes u Henry Pelham Sir Nicholas Pelham Death
27 January 1726 Tiverton u Thomas Bere George Deane Death
29 January 1726 West Looe u* Edward Trelawny Edward Trelawny Victualling Commissioner
31 January 1726 Bodmin u* Richard West John LaRoche Death
31 January 1726 Droitwich u* Edward Jeffreys Thomas Winnington Death
1 February 1726 Chipping Wycombe c(*) Charles Egerton Viscount Milsington Death
1 February 1726 Newport I.o.W. u* The Lord Whitworth George Huxley Death
1 February 1726 St Mawes u Samuel Travers Samuel Molyneux Death
8 February 1726 Haverfordwest u* Francis Edwardes Sir Erasmus Philipps Death
18 February 1726 Newport u* Sir Nicholas Morice Thomas Herbert Death
3 March 1726 Chipping Wycombe c(*) Viscount Milsington Viscount Milsington Previous By-election declared void 22 February 1726
Viscount Milsington Harry Waller By-election results reversed on petition 17 March 1726
4 April 1726 Dunwich u Sir John Ward John Sambrooke Death
9 April 1726 Christchurch u Sir Peter Mews Jacob Banks Death
28 April 1726 Knaresborough u* Richard Arundell Richard Arundell Surveyor-General of the King's Works
28 April 1726 Perthshire c David Graeme Mungo Haldane Death
2 May 1726 Durham City u* Charles Talbot Charles Talbot Solicitor General for England and Wales
3 May 1726 Shaftesbury u* Edward Nicholas Stephen Fox Death
6 May 1726 Sudbury c William Windham William Windham Lieutenant Governor of Chelsea Hospital
11 May 1726 Warwickshire u* Robert Digby Edward Digby Death
13 May 1726 Helston u Sir Clement Wearg Exton Sayer Death
14 May 1726 Preston u* Daniel Pulteney Daniel Pulteney Clerk of the Council in Ireland
21 May 1726 Rye u* Phillips Gybbon Phillips Gybbon Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown
30 May 1726 Ipswich u* Sir William Thompson Sir William Thompson Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer
30 May 1726 Old Sarum u Thomas Pitt George Pitt Death
31 May 1726 Launceston u John Willes Henry Vane Second Justice of Chester
31 May 1726 New Windsor u* Earl of Burford Lord Vere Beauclerk Succeeded to a peerage
1 June 1726 Dartmouth u Thomas Martyn Thomas Martyn Justice for Caernarvon, Merioneth and Anglesey
1 June 1726 Grampound u Marquess of Hartington Marquess of Hartington Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners
5 June 1726 Sandwich c* Sir George Oxenden Sir George Oxenden Lord of the Admiralty
9 June 1726 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis u John Ward John Willes Expulsion following conviction for forgery
16 June 1726 Westmorland u* Anthony Lowther Anthony Lowther Irish Revenue Commissioner
6 July 1726 Roxburghshire c Sir Gilbert Elliot Sir Gilbert Elliot Resignation (Lord of Session)
23 January 1727 Hertford c Edward Harrison George Harrison Resignation (Joint Postmaster General)
25 January 1727 Dorset c Thomas Strangways George Pitt Death
25 January 1727 Downton u* John Verney John Verney Second Justice of the Brecon Circuit
25 January 1727 Maldon u* John Comyns Henry Parsons Resignation (Baron of the Exchequer)
26 January 1727 Lostwithiel c Henry Parsons Sir William Stanhope Victualling Commissioner
27 January 1727 Fowey u* Nicholas Vincent The Viscount FitzWilliam Death
27 January 1727 Leicester u Lawrence Carter Thomas Boothby Skrymsher Resignation (Baron of the Exchequer)
28 January 1727 Petersfield c(*) Edmund Miller Joseph Taylor Baron of the Exchequer in Scotland
Joseph Taylor Edmund Miller By-election results reversed on petition 4 May 1727
30 January 1727 Tamworth u Richard Swinfen George Compton Death
30 January 1727 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis u* Thomas Pearse Edward Tucker Resignation (Commissioner of the Navy)
31 January 1727 Cardiff Boroughs u* Edward Stradling Bussy Mansel Death
31 January 1727 Cockermouth u* Thomas Pengelly William Finch Resignation (Chief Baron of the Exchequer)
31 January 1727 Newport I.o.W. u Charles Cadogan Sir William Willys Succeeded to a peerage
1 February 1727 Yorkshire c* Sir Arthur Kaye Cholmley Turner Death
2 February 1727 Whitchurch c Thomas Vernon Thomas Farrington Death
6 February 1727 Gloucester u John Snell John Howe Death
11 February 1727 Ludlow u* Acton Baldwyn Richard Herbert Death
15 February 1727 Higham Ferrers u* John Finch John Finch King's Counsel
1 March 1727 Buckingham u* Richard Grenville John Fane Death
7 April 1727 Whitchurch u* John Conduitt John Conduitt Master of the Mint
12 April 1727 Surrey u* Sir Nicholas Carew Thomas Scawen Death
24 April 1727 Steyning u Marquess of Carnarvon William Stanhope Death
1 May 1727 Lancaster u* William Heysham Christopher Tower Death
17 May 1727 Horsham u* Henry Ingram Henry Ingram Commissary General of Stores at Gibraltar
22 May 1727 East Looe u Viscount Malpas Viscount Malpas Master of the Robes
7 June 1727 Worcestershire u* Sir Thomas Lyttelton Sir Thomas Lyttelton Lord of the Admiralty
22 June 1727 Elginshire u* Alexander Brodie Alexander Brodie Lord Lyon King of Arms

7th Parliament (1727–1734)

DateConstituencyc/uFormer IncumbentWinnerCause
20 February 1728 Buckingham u* Thomas Lewis George Chamberlayne Chose to sit for Salisbury
20 February 1728 Queenborough c* John Crowley George Saunders Death
21 February 1728 Aylesbury u William Stanhope Edward Rudge Chose to sit for Buckinghamshire
21 February 1728 Guildford c Arthur Onslow Henry Vincent Chose to sit for Surrey
22 February 1728 Hastings u* Thomas Townshend Thomas Pelham Chose to sit for Cambridge University
22 February 1728 Hythe c* Sir Samuel Lennard William Glanville Death
22 February 1728 Sussex u* Spencer Compton James Butler Elevated to the peerage
23 February 1728 Amersham u* Baptist Leveson-Gower Thomas Lutwyche Chose to sit for Newcastle-under-Lyme
24 February 1728 Tavistock u Sir John Cope Sir Humphrey Monoux Chose to sit for Hampshire
28 February 1728 Milborne Port u Thomas Medlycott Thomas Medlycott Irish Revenue Commissioner
28 February 1728 Winchelsea u John Scrope Sir Archer Croft Chose to sit for Bristol
29 February 1728 Lostwithiel u* Sir Orlando Bridgeman Anthony Cracherode Chose to sit for Bletchingley
Darell Trelawny Sir Edward Knatchbull Death
29 February 1728 Plympton Erle u George Treby John Fuller Chose to sit for Dartmouth
1 March 1728 Old Sarum u Thomas Pitt Matthew St Quintin Chose to sit for Okehampton
1 March 1728 Plymouth u* George Treby Robert Byng Chose to sit for Dartmouth
1 March 1728 Tiverton u Sir William Yonge James Nelthorpe Chose to sit for Honiton
2 March 1728 Bere Alston u* Sir Francis Henry Drake Sir Archer Croft Chose to sit for Tavistock
u Sir John Hobart Lord Walden Chose to sit for Norfolk
2 March 1728 Bramber c Sir Richard Gough John Gumley Death
John Gumley James Hoste By-election result reversed on petition 4 April 1728
2 March 1728 St Mawes u John Knight William East Chose to sit for Sudbury
4 March 1728 Rutland u* John Noel Thomas Noel Death
16 March 1728 Elgin Burghs u William Steuart Patrick Campbell Chose to sit for Ayr Burghs
16 March 1728 Stirling Burghs u* Henry Cunningham Lord Erskine Chose to sit for Stirlingshire
16 March 1728 Wigtown Burghs u William Dalrymple John Dalrymple Chose to sit for Wigtownshire
18 March 1728 Wendover c Richard Hampden John Hamilton Chose to sit for Buckinghamshire
23 April 1728 Winchelsea u Sir Archer Croft Peter Walter Chose to sit for Bere Alston
13 May 1728 New Romney u* Sir Robert Furnese David Papillon Chose to sit for Kent
16 May 1728 Amersham c Montague Garrard Drake Marmaduke Alington Death
22 May 1728 Peterborough u Sidney Wortley Montagu Joseph Banks Death
25 May 1728 Exeter u Samuel Molyneux John Belfield Death
30 May 1728 Old Sarum u The Earl of Londonderry Thomas Harrison Resignation (Governor of the Leeward Islands)
3 June 1728 Malmesbury u* Giles Earle Giles Earle Irish Revenue Commissioner
5 June 1728 Lincoln c Sir John Monson Sir John Tyrwhitt Elevated to the peerage
6 June 1728 Honiton u* Sir William Yonge Sir William Yonge Lord of the Admiralty
6 June 1728 Thirsk u* Sir Thomas Frankland Sir Thomas Frankland Lord of Trade
19 June 1728 Yorkshire u Sir Thomas Watson Wentworth Sir George Savile Elevated to the peerage
26 June 1728 Norfolk u Sir Thomas Coke Harbord Harbord Elevated to the peerage
u* Sir John Hobart Sir Edmund Bacon Elevated to the peerage
16 July 1728 Roxburghshire u William Douglas William Douglas Keeper of Register of Hornings
27 January 1729 Queenborough c* Sprig Manesty Richard Evans Death
29 January 1729 Buckinghamshire u* Richard Hampden Sir Thomas Lee Death
29 January 1729 Lyme Regis c* Henry Holt Henley Henry Holt Henley Clerk of the Pipe
29 January 1729 Peterborough u The Earl FitzWilliam Charles Gounter Nicoll Death
29 January 1729 New Shoreham u Francis Chamberlayne Samuel Ongley Death
Sir Nathaniel Gould John Gould
31 January 1729 Chichester u Charles Lumley James Lumley Death
31 January 1729 Orford u Price Devereux William Acton Chose to sit for Montgomeryshire
1 February 1729 Midhurst u The Viscount Midleton Sir Richard Mill Death
6 February 1729 Tregony u Thomas Smith Matthew Ducie Moreton Death
12 February 1729 Wareham u Joseph Gascoigne Nathaniel Gould Death
26 February 1729 Wareham u Sir Edward Ernle Thomas Tower Death
27 February 1729 West Looe u* John Willes John Willes Chief Justice of Chester
3 March 1729 Aldborough u* William Jessop William Jessop Puisne Justice of Chester
13 March 1729 Dorchester u* William Chapple William Chapple Chief Justice of Carnarvon, Merioneth and Anglesey
25 March 1729 Cromartyshire u Sir Kenneth Mackenzie Sir George Mackenzie Death
8 April 1729 Pontefract u* Sir William Lowther Sir William Lowther Death
12 April 1729 Wiltshire u* Sir James Long John Howe Death
1 May 1729 Cardigan Boroughs c(*) Francis Cornwallis Richard Lloyd Death (Two MPs Elected due to Double Return)
Thomas Powell
c* Thomas Powell Richard Lloyd Lloyd declared elected 7 May 1730
Richard Lloyd
13 May 1729 Lymington c Anthony Morgan William Powlett Death
22 May 1729 Malton u* Henry Finch Henry Finch Receiver General of Revenues of Minorca
28 May 1729 Liverpool c Thomas Brereton Sir Thomas Aston Victualling Commissioner
29 May 1729 Dartmouth u* Walter Carey Walter Carey Clerk of the Privy Council
29 May 1729 Southampton u* Robert Eyre William Heathcote Resignation (Commissioner of Excise)
2 June 1729 Newport (I.o.W.) u* George Huxley George Huxley Muster-Master General
1 July 1729 Lanarkshire u Lord Archibald Hamilton Lord Archibald Hamilton Naval Lord
5 August 1729 Stirling Burghs u Lord Erskine Lord Erskine Accepted a Commission in the Army
20 January 1730 Andover u* Viscount Milsington William Guidott Became a Scottish Peer
21 January 1730 Banbury c Francis North Toby Chauncy Succeeded to a peerage
22 January 1730 Boston c Henry Pacey The Lord Coleraine Death
23 January 1730 Southwark c* Edmund Halsey Thomas Inwen Death
24 January 1730 Appleby u* Sackville Tufton Walter Plumer Succeeded to a peerage
26 January 1730 Durham City c* Robert Shafto John Shafto Death
26 January 1730 Scarborough u* John Hungerford William Thompson Death
26 January 1730 Winchester c Lord William Powlett Norton Powlett Death
27 January 1730 Ipswich c William Thompson Philip Broke Resignation (Baron of the Exchequer)
30 January 1730 Weobley c John Birch John Birch Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer
3 February 1730 Derby u* William Stanhope Charles Stanhope Elevated to the peerage
7 February 1730 Huntingdonshire c* Marquess of Hartington Robert Piggott Succeeded to a peerage
7 February 1730 Pontefract u John Lowther John Mordaunt Death
13 February 1730 Aylesbury c Philip Lloyd Thomas Ingoldsby Equerry to the King
13 February 1730 Selkirkshire u* John Pringle James Rutherford Resignation (Lord of Session)
18 February 1730 Rutland c Lord Finch William Burton Succeeded to a peerage
20 February 1730 Bridport u James Pelham John Jewkes Chose to sit for Newark
23 February 1730 Orford u Dudley North Robert Kemp Death
23 March 1730 St Albans c Caleb Lomax Thomas Gape Death
25 March 1730 Beaumaris u* Watkin Williams Wynn The Viscount Bulkeley Chose to sit for Denbighshire
29 April 1730 Lostwithiel u* Sir Edward Knatchbull Edward Walpole Death
7 May 1730 Orkney and Shetland u George Douglas Robert Douglas Became a Scottish Peer
8 May 1730 Aldeburgh u William Windham Sir John Williams Death
14 May 1730 Honiton u* Sir William Yonge Sir William Yonge Junior Lord of the Treasury
14 May 1730 Great Yarmouth c Horatio Walpole Horatio Walpole Cofferer of the Household
16 May 1730 Bury St Edmunds u Lord Hervey Lord Hervey Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
u* Thomas Norton Thomas Norton Deputy Governor of Chelsea Hospital
18 May 1730 King's Lynn u* Sir Charles Turner Sir Charles Turner Teller of the Exchequer
20 May 1730 Totnes u Exton Sayer Exton Sayer Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown
20 May 1730 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis c* William Betts George Dodington Void Election
21 May 1730 Dartmouth u* George Treby George Treby Master of the Household
21 May 1730 Northamptonshire c* Sir Justinian Isham Sir Justinian Isham Death
21 May 1730 Sussex u* Henry Pelham Henry Pelham Paymaster of the Forces
22 May 1730 Scarborough u* Sir William Strickland Sir William Strickland Secretary at War
26 May 1730 Droitwich u* Thomas Winnington Thomas Winnington Lord of the Admiralty
26 May 1730 Andover u* James Brudenell James Brudenell Lord of Trade
27 May 1730 Newport (I.o.W.) u* William Fortescue William Fortescue King's Counsel
29 May 1730 Richmond u* Sir Conyers Darcy Sir Conyers Darcy Comptroller of the Household
30 May 1730 Thirsk u* Sir Thomas Frankland Sir Thomas Frankland Lord of the Admiralty
2 June 1730 Devon u* John Rolle Henry Rolle Death
22 June 1730 Bere Alston u Sir Archer Croft Sir Archer Croft Lord of Trade
27 January 1731 Chipping Wycombe u* William Lee Sir Charles Vernon Resignation (Justice of the King's Bench)
30 January 1731 Bedford c* James Metcalfe Sir Jeremy Sambrooke Death
31 January 1731 Grampound u Humphry Morice Isaac le Heup Death
5 February 1731 Bridgwater u* Sir Halswell Tynte Thomas Palmer Death
9 February 1731 Yarmouth u Maurice Morgan Maurice Morgan Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Wight
25 March 1731 Bossiney c Robert Corker James Cholmondeley Death
3 May 1731 Rochester u* David Polhill David Polhill Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London
5 May 1731 Berkshire u* Robert Packer Winchcombe Howard Packer Death
14 May 1731 Great Marlow c John Clavering George Robinson Resignation (Groom of the Bedchamber)
17 May 1731 Knaresborough u* Richard Arundell Richard Arundell Surveyor of the King's Private Roads
17 May 1731 Monmouthshire u William Morgan Lord Charles Noel Somerset Death
19 May 1731 Malton u* Wardell George Westby Sir William Wentworth Resignation (Commissioner of Customs)
20 May 1731 Lichfield u* Walter Chetwynd George Venables Vernon Resignation (Governor of Barbados)
4 June 1731 Ayr Burghs u William Steuart William Steuart Paymaster of Pensions
21 January 1732 Aldeburgh u* Samuel Lowe George Purvis Death
21 January 1732 Plymouth u* Robert Byng Robert Byng Commissioner of the Navy
22 January 1732 Christchurch c Charles Wither Philip Lloyd Death
22 January 1732 New Woodstock u* Marquess of Blandford John Spencer Death
24 January 1732 Preston c* Daniel Pulteney Nicholas Fazakerley Death
25 January 1732 Totnes c Exton Sayer Sir Henry Gough Death
9 February 1732 Suffolk u* Sir William Barker Sir Robert Kemp Death
26 February 1732 Oxford University u* William Bromley Viscount Cornbury Death
8 April 1732 Great Marlow c* George Robinson Sir Thomas Hoby Expulsion
14 April 1732 Weobley c John Birch James Cornewall Expulsion
15 April 1732 Droitwich u* Richard Foley Edward Foley Death
15 April 1732 Minehead u* Francis Whitworth Francis Whitworth Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases
26 April 1732 Poole u* Denis Bond Thomas Wyndham Expulsion
28 April 1732 Peeblesshire c* John Douglas Sir James Nasmyth Death
29 April 1732 Great Bedwyn u Sir William Willys Francis Seymour Death
15 May 1732 New Windsor u* Lord Vere Beauclerk Lord Vere Beauclerk Commissioner of the Navy
30 May 1732 Nottinghamshire u* Sir Robert Sutton Thomas Bennett Expulsion
The Viscount Howe William Levinz Resignation (Governor of Barbados)
15 June 1732 Liskeard u Thomas Clutterbuck Thomas Clutterbuck Lord of the Admiralty
13 July 1732 Aberdeenshire u* Sir Archibald Grant Sir Arthur Forbes Expelled due to his role in the Charitable Corporation
23 January 1733 Northampton u Edward Montagu Edward Montagu Governor of Kingston upon Hull
23 January 1733 Rye u John Norris Matthew Norris Resignation (Usher of the Customs House in the Port of London)
23 January 1733 St Albans c Thomas Gape John Merrill Death
24 January 1733 Chester c* Sir Richard Grosvenor Robert Grosvenor Death
25 January 1733 Brackley u* William Egerton George Lee Death
26 January 1733 East Retford u* Thomas White John White Death
26 January 1733 West Looe u* Edward Trelawny Thomas Walker Resignation (Commissioner of Customs in Scotland)
29 January 1733 Ipswich u* Francis Negus William Wollaston Death
29 January 1733 St Germans u Sidney Godolphin Richard Eliot Death
1 February 1733 Bath u* George Wade George Wade Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed
1 February 1733 Thetford u* Robert Jacomb Charles FitzRoy Death
9 February 1733 Bodmin u* Robert Booth Sir John Heathcote Death
15 February 1733 Ross-shire u Charles Ross John Munro Death
16 February 1733 Bedfordshire u Pattee Byng Charles Leigh Succeeded to a peerage
1 March 1733 Forfarshire u James Scott Robert Scott Death
7 March 1733 Kingston upon Hull u* George Crowle George Crowle Victualling Commissioner
13 March 1733 Chichester c Lord William Beauclerk Sir Thomas Prendergast Death
21 March 1733 Chester c* Sir Thomas Grosvenor Sir Charles Bunbury Death
1 March 1733 St Germans u* Sir Gilbert Heathcote Dudley Ryder Death
2 April 1733 Kent u* Sir Robert Furnese Sir Edward Dering Death
9 April 1733 Banbury u* Toby Chauncy William Knollys Death
27 April 1733 Denbigh Boroughs u* Robert Myddelton John Myddelton Death
16 May 1733 New Windsor u* Viscount Malpas Lord Sidney Beauclerk Succeeded to a peerage
17 May 1733 Yarmouth u Maurice Morgan Maurice Bocland Death
22 May 1733 Malmesbury u* William Rawlinson Earle William Rawlinson Earle Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance
29 May 1733 Northallerton u* Leonard Smelt Leonard Smelt Clerk of the Ordnance
11 June 1733 Mitchell u Thomas Farrington Thomas Farrington Auditor of the Land Revenues for Wales
25 June 1733 Andover u James Brudenell James Brudenell Groom of the Bedchamber
27 June 1733 Bury St Edmunds u Lord Hervey Thomas Hervey Elevated to the House of Lords through a Writ of acceleration
4 July 1733 Hampshire u* Lord Harry Powlett Lord Harry Powlett Naval Lord
3 August 1733 Selkirkshire u James Rutherford James Rutherford Commissary of Peebles
25 January 1734 Durham City u* Charles Talbot Henry Lambton Elevated to the peerage and appointed Lord Chancellor
25 January 1734 Seaford u* Philip Yorke William Hay Appointed Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and elevated to the peerage
26 January 1734 Downton u John Verney John Verney Chief Justice of Chester
28 January 1734 St Germans u* Dudley Ryder Dudley Ryder Solicitor General for England and Wales
28 January 1734 West Looe u* John Willes John Willes Attorney General for England and Wales
29 January 1734 Peterborough u* Charles Gounter Nicoll Armstead Parker Death
31 January 1734 Sudbury c John Knight Richard Jackson Death
5 February 1734 Bere Alston u Lord Walden William Morden Succeeded to a peerage
5 February 1734 Leicestershire u* Sir Clobery Noel Ambrose Phillipps Death
6 February 1734 Berkshire u* Sir John Stonhouse William Archer Death
6 February 1734 Kingston upon Hull u* The Viscount Micklethwaite Henry Maister Death
6 February 1734 Saltash u* Edward Hughes Thomas Corbett Death
6 February 1734 Warwickshire u* William Peyto Sir Charles Mordaunt Death
15 February 1734 Sutherland u* Lord Strathnaver Sir James Fergusson Became a Scottish Peer

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