List of Great Britain by-elections (1754–1774)

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This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in Great Britain held between 1754 and 1774, 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: 1754–1790 provides some guidance on 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 member's allegiances.

Resignations

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

Where the cause of the by-election is given as "resignation", this indicates that the incumbent was appointed at his own request to an "office of profit under the Crown". Offices used in this period were the Stewards of the Chiltern Hundreds, the Manor of Old Shoreham, the Manor of East Hendred, the Manor of Kennington in Surrey (used once in 1757) and the Manor of Shippon in Berkshire (used once in 1765). These appointments are used as a constitutional device for leaving the House of Commons, whose Members are not permitted to resign. If the vacancy was caused by appointment to another office then 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.

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.

11th Parliament (1754–1761)

DateConstituencyc/uFormer IncumbentWinnerCause
9 December 1754 Bury St Edmunds u Felton Hervey Felton Hervey Election voided due to Double Return
Augustus John Hervey
9 December 1754 Dartmouth u* John Jeffreys John Jeffreys Warden of the Mint
9 December 1754 Lostwithiel u Thomas Clarke Thomas Clarke Master of the Rolls
9 December 1754 Northampton u George Compton Charles Compton Succeeded to a peerage
9 December 1754 Petersfield u William Beckford Sir John Philipps Chose to sit for City of London
10 December 1754 Ludlow u* Richard Herbert Edward Herbert Death
10 December 1754 St Mawes u Robert Nugent James Newsham Chose to sit for Bristol
10 December 1754 Tavistock u Jeffrey French Richard Vernon Death
12 December 1754 Thetford u Charles FitzRoy Scudamore Herbert Westfaling Chose to sit for Hereford
13 December 1754 Totnes u Sir John Strange Sir Richard Lloyd Death
16 December 1754 Caernarvon Boroughs u William Wynn Robert Wynne Death
18 December 1754 Rutland u Lord Burghley Lord Burghley Succeeded to a peerage
20 December 1754 Boroughbridge u Lewis Watson John Fuller Chose to sit for Kent
20 December 1754 Edinburghshire u Robert Dundas Robert Dundas Lord Advocate
24 December 1754 Taunton c* John Halliday Robert Maxwell Death
25 December 1754 Hampshire u Lord Harry Powlett Marquess of Winchester Succeeded to a peerage
26 December 1754 Northamptonshire u* Valentine Knightley William Cartwright Death
30 December 1754 Wareham u Henry Drax Henry Drax Election voided due to Double Return
Thomas Erle Drax
William Augustus Pitt William Augustus Pitt
John Pitt
1 January 1755 Elgin Burghs u* William Grant Andrew Mitchell Resignation (Lord of Justiciary)
13 January 1755 Cambridge u* Thomas Bromley Charles Sloane Cadogan Succeeded to a peerage
15 January 1755 Chichester u Viscount Bury Augustus Keppel Succeeded to a peerage
17 January 1755 Lymington u Marquess of Winchester Lord Harry Powlett Resignation to contest Hampshire
27 January 1755 Bishop's Castle u Barnaby Backwell Walter Waring Death
5 February 1755 Bewdley u William Henry Lyttelton William Finch Resignation (Governor of South Carolina)
6 February 1755 Cumberland u Sir James Lowther Sir William Lowther Death
11 March 1755 Radnorshire u Sir Humphrey Howorth Howell Gwynne Death
15 March 1755 Boroughbridge u* John Fuller Sir Cecil Bishopp Death
18 March 1755 Old Sarum u Thomas Pitt Sir William Calvert Resignation
19 April 1755 Dover u William Cayley Peter Burrell Resignation (Commissioner of Excise)
1 May 1755 Hertfordshire u Paggen Hale William Plumer Death
5 May 1755 Herefordshire u* Lord Harley Sir John Morgan Succeeded to a peerage
15 June 1755 Lichfield c Viscount Trentham Henry Vernon Succeeded to a peerage
19 November 1755 Reading u* William Strode John Dodd Death
19 November 1755 New Windsor u* Henry Fox Henry Fox Southern Secretary
20 November 1755 Brackley u Thomas Humberston Sir William Moreton Death
21 November 1755 Christchurch u Sir Thomas Robinson Sir Thomas Robinson Master of the Great Wardrobe
21 November 1755 Ludgershall u Sir John Bland Henry Digby Death
21 November 1755 Seaford u* William Hay James Peachey Death
22 November 1755 Hedon u* Charles Saunders Charles Saunders Comptroller of the Navy
22 November 1755 Tiverton u Sir William Yonge Thomas Ryder Death
24 November 1755 East Retford u* John Shelley John Shelley Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London
24 November 1755 Wareham u Henry Drax Edward Drax Death
25 November 1755 Plymouth u* The Viscount Barrington The Viscount Barrington Secretary at War
29 November 1755 Morpeth u Robert Ord Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh Resignation (Chief Baron of the Scottish Exchequer)
29 November 1755 Okehampton u Sir George Lyttelton Sir George Lyttelton Chancellor of the Exchequer
3 December 1755 Cardiganshire u John Lloyd Wilmot Vaughan Death
9 December 1755 Northampton u Charles Compton Richard Backwell Death
10 December 1755 Chester u* Sir Robert Grosvenor Thomas Grosvenor Death
19 December 1755 Dumfriesshire u Lord Charles Douglas Sir James Veitch Became the eldest son of a Scottish Peer
19 December 1755 Liverpool u* John Hardman Ellis Cunliffe Death
22 December 1755 Cambridge u* Viscount Dupplin Viscount Dupplin Paymaster of the Forces
27 December 1755 Cockermouth u* Percy Wyndham O'Brien Percy Wyndham O'Brien Junior Lord of the Treasury
27 December 1755 New Woodstock u* The Viscount Bateman The Viscount Bateman Lord of the Admiralty
29 December 1755 Gloucester u* George Augustus Selwyn George Augustus Selwyn Paymaster of the Works
29 December 1755 Higham Ferrers u* John Yorke John Yorke Patentee for Commissions of Bankruptcy
29 December 1755 Ilchester u John Talbot John Talbot Lord of Trade
29 December 1755 Norwich u Lord Hobart Lord Hobart Comptroller of the Household
29 December 1755 Warwick u The Earl of Hillsborough The Earl of Hillsborough Treasurer of the Chamber
30 December 1755 Penryn u* Richard Edgcumbe Richard Edgcumbe Lord of the Admiralty
30 December 1755 New Romney u Henry Furnese Henry Furnese Junior Lord of the Treasury
30 December 1755 Seaford u* The Viscount Gage The Viscount Gage Paymaster of Pensions
30 December 1755 Tavistock u* Richard Rigby Richard Rigby Lord of Trade
31 December 1755 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis u George Bubb Dodington George Bubb Dodington Treasurer of the Navy
Welbore Ellis Welbore Ellis Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
1 January 1756 Dunwich u Soame Jenyns Soame Jenyns Lord of Trade
19 January 1756 Hindon u Bisse Richards William Mabbott Death
19 February 1756 Berwickshire u Alexander Hume Campbell Alexander Hume Campbell Lord Clerk Register
4 March 1756 Appleby u* Philip Honywood Philip Honywood Void Election
u William Lee Fletcher Norton
18 March 1756 Bristol c* Richard Beckford Jarrit Smith Death
19 March 1756 Liverpool u Thomas Salusbury Charles Pole Death
17 April 1756 Orford u* John Offley John Offley Surveyor of the King's Private Roads
23 April 1756 Evesham c John Porter Edward Rudge Death
28 April 1756 Cheshire u* Charles Cholmondeley Thomas Cholmondeley Death
29 April 1756 Petersfield u William Gerard Hamilton William Gerard Hamilton Lord of Trade
6 May 1756 Dover u Peter Burrell Hugh Valence Jones Death
19 May 1756 Cumberland u Sir William Lowther Sir William Fleming Death
1 June 1756 Newark-on-Trent u* John Manners John Manners Housekeeper at Whitehall
25 June 1756 Norwich u* Horatio Walpole Edward Bacon Elevated to the peerage
26 June 1756 Newport (Cornwall) u* Edward Bacon Richard Bull Resignation to contest Norwich
28 June 1756 Tamworth u* Thomas Villiers Viscount Villiers Elevated to the peerage
7 December 1756 Buckingham u* George Grenville George Grenville Treasurer of the Navy
u James Grenville William Pitt Junior Lord of the Treasury
7 December 1756 Sandwich u* Claudius Amyand The Viscount Conyngham Resignation (Commissioner of Customs)
8 December 1756 Bath u Sir Robert Henley Sir Robert Henley Attorney General for England and Wales
8 December 1756 Ilchester u* John Talbot Joseph Tolson Lockyer Death
8 December 1756 Norwich u* Lord Hobart Harbord Harbord Succeeded to a peerage
8 December 1756 New Romney u Henry Furnese Rose Fuller Death
8 December 1756 Reigate u* Charles Yorke Charles Yorke Solicitor General for England and Wales
8 December 1756 Stockbridge u George Hay The Viscount Powerscourt Appointed Lord of the Admiralty
8 December 1756 Winchelsea u* Thomas Orby Hunter Thomas Orby Hunter Lord of the Admiralty
8 December 1756 New Woodstock u* The Viscount Bateman The Viscount Bateman Treasurer of the Household
9 December 1756 Penryn u Richard Edgcumbe Richard Edgcumbe Comptroller of the Household
9 December 1756 Warwick u The Earl of Hillsborough John Spencer Became a British Peer
10 December 1756 Aylesbury c Thomas Potter Thomas Potter Paymaster of the Forces
10 December 1756 Boroughbridge u William Murray Earl of Euston Appointed Lord Chief Justice and elevated to the peerage
10 December 1756 Poole u Sir Richard Lyttelton Sir Richard Lyttelton Master of the Jewel Office
11 December 1756 Aldborough u* William Pitt Nathaniel Cholmley Southern Secretary
11 December 1756 Callington u* John Sharpe Fane William Sharpe Death
11 December 1756 Dorchester u* John Pitt John Pitt Lord of the Admiralty
11 December 1756 Okehampton u Sir George Lyttelton William Pitt Elevated to the peerage
11 December 1756 Orford u* Henry Bilson Legge Henry Bilson Legge Chancellor of the Exchequer
11 December 1756 Tiverton u* Thomas Ryder Nathaniel Ryder Resignation
13 December 1756 Great Bedwyn u William Sloper Robert Brudenell Resignation (Lord of Trade)
13 December 1756 Downton u James Cope Edward Poore Death
13 December 1756 Harwich u John Phillipson Viscount Duncannon Death
13 December 1756 Great Yarmouth u* Charles Townshend Charles Townshend of Honingham Treasurer of the Chamber
14 December 1756 Saltash u Viscount Duncannon Charles Townshend Junior Lord of the Treasury
21 December 1756 Bury St Edmunds u Viscount Petersham Earl of Euston Succeeded to a peerage
23 December 1756 Glamorganshire c Charles Edwin Thomas William Mathews Death
23 December 1756 Selkirkshire u* Gilbert Elliot Gilbert Elliot Lord of the Admiralty
24 December 1756 Sutherland u George Mackay George Mackay Master of the Mint in Scotland
4 January 1757 Staffordshire u William Leveson Gower Henry Thynne Death
14 January 1757 Buckingham u* William Pitt James Grenville Chose to sit for Okehampton
15 January 1757 Boroughbridge u Earl of Euston Thomas Thoroton Chose to sit for Bury St Edmunds
24 February 1757 King's Lynn u* Horatio Walpole Horace Walpole Succeeded to a peerage
25 February 1757 Castle Rising u* Horace Walpole Charles Boone Resignation to contest King's Lynn
8 March 1757 Whitchurch u* William Powlett George Jennings Death
28 March 1757 Rochester u* John Byng Isaac Townsend Death (Executed)
13 April 1757 Berkshire u* Peniston Powney Arthur Vansittart Death
13 April 1757 Weobley u Savage Mostyn Savage Mostyn Naval Lord
15 April 1757 Bossiney u Edwin Sandys Edwin Sandys Lord of the Admiralty
18 April 1757 St Mawes u* Henry Seymour Conway Henry Seymour Conway Groom of the Bedchamber
25 April 1757 Portsmouth u Sir William Rowley Sir William Rowley Naval Lord
27 April 1757 Cumberland u* Sir William Fleming Sir James Lowther Death
27 April 1757 Wilton u* William Herbert Nicholas Herbert Death
30 April 1757 Huntingdonshire u* The Lord Carysfort The Lord Carysfort Lord of the Admiralty
16 May 1757 West Looe u* William Noel William Trelawny Resignation (Puisne Justice of the Common Pleas)
19 May 1757 Launceston u* Humphry Morice Humphry Morice Second Clerk Comptroller of the Green Cloth
23 May 1757 Dartmouth u* Walter Carey Richard Howe Death
26 May 1757 Bury St Edmunds u* Earl of Euston Augustus John Hervey Succeeded to a peerage
13 June 1757 Lyme Regis u* Francis Fane Henry Fane Death
14 June 1757 Cambridge University u* Edward Finch Edward Finch Master of the Robes
4 July 1757 Kingston upon Hull u* Richard Crowle Sir George Montgomery Metham Death
5 July 1757 New Windsor c Henry Fox Henry Fox Paymaster of the Forces
6 July 1757 Aylesbury u* Thomas Potter John Wilkes Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
6 July 1757 Winchelsea u Thomas Orby Hunter Thomas Orby Hunter Lord of the Admiralty
7 July 1757 New Woodstock u* The Viscount Bateman The Viscount Bateman Master of the Buckhounds
9 July 1757 Bath u* Sir Robert Henley William Pitt Resignation (Lord Keeper)
9 July 1757 Orford u* Henry Bilson Legge Henry Bilson Legge Chancellor of the Exchequer
John Offley John Offley Groom of the Bedchamber
12 July 1757 Calne u Thomas Duckett George Hay Resignation (Steward of the Manor of Kennington in Surrey)
12 July 1757 Cockermouth u The Earl of Thomond The Earl of Thomond Treasurer of the Household
13 July 1757 Downton u* James Hayes Charles Pratt Resignation
13 July 1757 Okehampton u William Pitt Thomas Potter Resignation to contest Bath
30 July 1757 Anstruther Burghs u* Sir Henry Erskine Sir Henry Erskine Surveyor of the King's Private Roads
6 December 1757 Maidstone u Lord Guernsey Savile Finch Succeeded to a peerage
6 December 1757 Southampton u* Hans Stanley Hans Stanley Lord of the Admiralty
7 December 1757 Ipswich u* Edward Vernon Thomas Staunton Death
7 December 1757 Weobley u Savage Mostyn George Venables Vernon Death
10 December 1757 Eye u Courthorpe Clayton Courthorpe Clayton Avener and Clerk Marshal
10 December 1757 Chipping Wycombe u John Waller Edmund Waller Death
14 December 1757 Richmond u John Yorke Thomas Yorke Death
15 December 1757 Wells u The Lord Digby Robert Digby Death
20 December 1757 Northumberland u* Sir William Middleton George Shafto Delaval Death
21 January 1758 Hindon u James Dawkins James Calthorpe Death
28 January 1758 Orford u Henry Bilson Legge Henry Bilson Legge Resignation upon becoming Surveyor of Petty Customs of the Port of London
31 January 1758 Cambridge u Viscount Dupplin Viscount Dupplin Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
3 February 1758 East Retford u* John Shelley John Shelley Clerk of the Pipe
14 February 1758 Knaresborough u Richard Arundell Robert Walsingham Death
3 March 1758 Stirling Burghs u George Haldane Robert Haldane Resignation (Governor of Jamaica)
22 March 1758 County Durham u Viscount Barnard Raby Vane Succeeded to a peerage
25 April 1758 Eye u Nicholas Hardinge Henry Townshend Death
26 April 1758 Flintshire u* Sir Thomas Mostyn Sir Roger Mostyn Death
1 June 1758 Newport (I.o.W.) u* Ralph Jenison Charles Holmes Death
24 June 1758 Reigate u* Charles Cocks Charles Cocks Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance
29 June 1758 Tiverton u* Henry Pelham Sir Edward Hussey Montagu Resignation (Commissioner of Customs)
29 November 1758 Cambridge u Viscount Dupplin Soame Jenyns Succeeded to a peerage
30 November 1758 City of London u* Slingsby Bethell Sir Richard Glyn Death
1 December 1758 Nottingham u* The Viscount Howe William Howe Death
1 December 1758 York c Sir John Armytage William Thornton Death
2 December 1758 Dunwich u Soame Jenyns Alexander Forrester Resignation to contest Cambridge
2 December 1758 Penryn u Richard Edgcumbe John Plumptre Succeeded to a peerage
8 December 1758 Wenlock u William Forester George Forester Death
13 December 1758 Bedfordshire u The Earl of Upper Ossory Henry Osborn Death
22 December 1758 Lancaster u* Edward Marton George Warren Death
27 December 1758 New Shoreham u* Richard Stratton Sir William Peere Williams Death
29 December 1758 Harwich u Viscount Duncannon Thomas Sewell Succeeded to a peerage
30 December 1758 Launceston c George Lee Sir John St Aubyn Death
c* Sir John St Aubyn Peter Burrell By-election results reversed on petition 21 February 1759
3 January 1759 Yorkshire u* Sir Conyers Darcy Sir George Savile Death
26 January 1759 Winchelsea u Thomas Orby Hunter George Gray Resignation (Superintendent of Supplies to the Allied Armies in Germany)
10 February 1759 Steyning u* Hitch Younge Frazer Honywood Death
15 February 1759 Bishop's Castle u Walter Waring Henry Grenville Resignation
21 March 1759 Malmesbury u* Lord George Bentinck Thomas Conolly Death
20 April 1759 Suffolk u* Sir Cordell Firebrace Rowland Holt Death
8 May 1759 Essex u* Sir John Abdy Sir William Maynard Death
25 May 1759 Camelford u* Sir John Lade Bartholomew Burton Death
4 June 1759 Banbury u* Lord North Lord North Junior Lord of the Treasury
6 June 1759 Northampton u Charles Montagu Frederick Montagu Death
8 June 1759 Dover u* Hugh Valence Jones Edward Simpson Resignation (Irish Revenue Commissioner)
14 June 1759 Westmorland u John Dalston Robert Lowther Death
19 November 1759 Oxford u* Thomas Rowney Sir Thomas Stapleton Death
20 November 1759 Ipswich u* Samuel Kent George Montgomerie Death
21 November 1759 Montgomery u* William Bodvell Richard Clive Death
24 November 1759 Haslemere u* James More Molyneux Thomas More Molyneux Death
24 November 1759 Okehampton u Thomas Potter George Brydges Rodney Death
26 November 1759 Totnes u* Sir Richard Lloyd Richard Savage Lloyd Resignation (Baron of the Exchequer)
1 December 1759 Leominster u* Sir Charles Hanbury Williams Chase Price Death
1 December 1759 Liskeard u* Edmund Nugent Philip Stephens Resignation (Commission in the Army)
3 December 1759 Hampshire u Marquess of Winchester Henry Bilson Legge Succeeded to a peerage
10 December 1759 Old Sarum u Viscount Pulteney Viscount Pulteney Accepted a Commission in the Army
13 December 1759 Hertford u George Harrison Viscount Fordwich Death
20 December 1759 Orford u* Henry Bilson Legge Charles FitzRoy Surveyor of Petty Customs of the Port of London
26 December 1759 Bristol u* Robert Nugent Robert Nugent Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
1 January 1760 Tavistock u* Richard Rigby Richard Rigby Master of the Rolls in Ireland
2 January 1760 Norwich u* Edward Bacon Edward Bacon Lord of Trade
17 January 1760 Lanarkshire c* James Vere Daniel Campbell Death
18 January 1760 Dysart Burghs u* James Oswald James Oswald Junior Lord of the Treasury
25 January 1760 Eye u* Henry Townshend Viscount Brome Resignation
26 January 1760 Orford u* Charles FitzRoy Charles FitzRoy Groom of the Bedchamber
26 January 1760 Plymouth u* Samuel Dicker George Pocock Death
30 January 1760 St Germans u* Edward Eliot Edward Eliot Lord of Trade
29 March 1760 Southampton u* Anthony Langley Swymmer Henry Dawkins Death
31 March 1760 Guildford u* Richard Onslow George Onslow Death
5 April 1760 Winchelsea u George Gray Thomas Orby Hunter Resignation
2 June 1760 Chipping Wycombe u* The Earl of Shelburne Viscount FitzMaurice Became a British Peer
18 June 1760 Kent u* Lewis Watson Sir Wyndham Knatchbull Wyndham Elevated to the peerage
2 December 1760 Seaford u* James Peachey James Peachey Groom of the Bedchamber
4 December 1760 St Mawes u Henry Seymour Conway Henry Seymour Conway Groom of the Bedchamber
8 December 1760 Orford u Charles FitzRoy Charles FitzRoy Groom of the Bedchamber
u* John Offley John Offley Groom of the Bedchamber
9 December 1760 County Durham c* George Bowes Robert Shafto Death
1 January 1761 Berwickshire u* Alexander Hume Campbell James Pringle Death
12 January 1761 Edinburghshire u* Robert Dundas Sir Alexander Gilmour Resignation (Lord President of the Court of Session)
14 January 1761 Cambridge University u* Edward Finch Edward Finch Surveyor of the King's Private Roads

12th Parliament (1761–1768)

DateConstituencyc/uFormer IncumbentWinnerCause
4 December 1761 Bramber u(*) Andrew Archer The Lord Winterton Chose to sit for Coventry
4 December 1761 Eye u Henry Cornwallis Henry Townshend Death
4 December 1761 Ilchester u The Earl of Egmont William Wilson Chose to sit for Bridgwater
4 December 1761 New Shoreham u Sir William Peere Williams The Lord Pollington Death
4 December 1761 Winchelsea u* The Earl of Thomond Thomas Sewell Cofferer of the Household
5 December 1761 Gatton u Sir James Colebrooke Edward Harvey Death
5 December 1761 Harwich u* John Roberts John Roberts Lord of Trade
5 December 1761 Chipping Wycombe u* Viscount FitzMaurice Isaac Barré Succeeded to a peerage
7 December 1761 Durham City c(*) Henry Lambton Ralph Gowland Death
Ralph Gowland John Lambton By-election results reversed on petition 11 May 1762
7 December 1761 Fowey u George Edgcumbe Robert Walsingham Succeeded to a peerage
7 December 1761 Minehead u The Earl of Thomond The Earl of Thomond Cofferer of the Household
7 December 1761 Newport u* John Lee William de Grey Death
8 December 1761 East Grinstead u Lord George Sackville Sir Thomas Hales Chose to sit for Hythe
8 December 1761 Plympton Erle u George Treby George Hele Treby Death
10 December 1761 Derbyshire u* Lord George Cavendish Lord George Cavendish Comptroller of the Household
10 December 1761 Dunbartonshire u* John Campbell Archibald Edmonstone Became a Scottish Peer
11 December 1761 Malton u* Henry Finch Savile Finch Death
17 December 1761 Old Sarum u* Thomas Pitt Thomas Pitt Death
18 December 1761 Clitheroe u* Thomas Lister Nathaniel Lister Death
28 December 1761 Ayr Burghs u Lord Frederick Campbell Alexander Wedderburn Chose to sit for Glasgow Burghs
28 December 1761 Cumberland u Sir James Lowther Sir Wilfrid Lawson Chose to sit for Westmorland
1 February 1762 Downton u Charles Pratt Thomas Pym Hales Resignation (Chief Justice of the Common Pleas)
1 February 1762 Reigate u* Charles Yorke Charles Yorke Attorney General for England and Wales
1 February 1762 Wigan u* Fletcher Norton Sir Fletcher Norton Solicitor General for England and Wales
19 February 1762 Wigtown Burghs u Archibald Montgomerie Keith Stewart Chose to sit for Ayrshire
24 February 1762 Hampshire u* Sir Simeon Stuart Sir Simeon Stuart Chamberlain of the Exchequer
27 February 1762 Edinburgh u George Lind James Coutts Resignation (Conservator of Scottish Privileges in the Netherlands)
18 March 1762 Wigtownshire u John Hamilton James Murray Resignation to contest Wigtown Burghs
20 March 1762 Rye u* Phillips Gybbon John Norris Death
24 March 1762 Taunton u The Earl of Tyrconnell Laurence Sulivan Death
25 March 1762 Leicestershire u* Edward Smith Sir Thomas Cave Death
7 April 1762 Newport (I.o.W.) u Charles Holmes William Rawlinson Earle Death
15 April 1762 Wigtown Burghs u Keith Stewart John Hamilton Resignation
27 April 1762 Westminster u* Edward Cornwallis Edwin Sandys Resignation (Governor of Gibraltar)
4 May 1762 Bramber u William Fitzherbert George Venables Vernon Resignation to contest Derby
5 May 1762 Bridgwater u* The Earl of Egmont Viscount Perceval Became a British Peer
5 May 1762 Derby u* George Venables Vernon William Fitzherbert Elevated to the peerage
7 May 1762 Dorchester u* The Lord Milton John Damer Became a British Peer
11 May 1762 Marlborough u* Lord Brudenell James Long Elevated to the peerage
14 May 1762 Tiverton u Sir Edward Hussey Montagu Charles Gore Elevated to the peerage
19 May 1762 Devon u* Sir William Courtenay John Parker Elevated to the peerage
24 May 1762 Bodmin u John Parker Sir Christopher Treise Resignation to contest Devon
28 May 1762 East Looe u* Francis Gashry The Viscount Palmerston Death
3 June 1762 Buteshire u James Stuart Henry Wauchope Death
5 June 1762 Huntingdonshire u Viscount Mandeville Lord Charles Greville Montagu Succeeded to a peerage
7 June 1762 Buckingham u* George Grenville George Grenville Northern Secretary
9 June 1762 King's Lynn u* Sir John Turner Sir John Turner Junior Lord of the Treasury
9 June 1762 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis u Sir Francis Dashwood Sir Francis Dashwood Chancellor of the Exchequer
11 June 1762 Plymouth u* The Viscount Barrington The Viscount Barrington Treasurer of the Navy
12 June 1762 Weobley u Marquess of Titchfield William Lynch Succeeded to a peerage
17 June 1762 Selkirkshire u Gilbert Elliot Gilbert Elliot Treasurer of the Chamber
30 June 1762 Cockermouth u Charles Jenkinson Charles Jenkinson Treasurer of the Ordnance
30 November 1762 Buckingham u* George Grenville George Grenville First Lord of the Admiralty
30 November 1762 Dunwich u Henry Fox Henry Fox Clerk of the Pells in Ireland
30 November 1762 East Grinstead u* Sir Thomas Hales John Irwin Death
1 December 1762 Eye u Henry Townshend Richard Burton Death
u* Viscount Brome The Viscount Allen Succeeded to a peerage
1 December 1762 Lyme Regis u* Thomas Fane Lord Burghersh Succeeded to a peerage
1 December 1762 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis u The Lord Waltham Richard Jackson Death
3 December 1762 Great Grimsby u Henry Knight The Lord Luxborough Death
6 December 1762 Corfe Castle u Henry Bankes John Campbell Resignation (Commissioner of Customs)
13 December 1762 Nottinghamshire u* Lord Robert Manners Sutton Thomas Willoughby Death
13 December 1762 Warwick u Viscount Dungarvan Paul Methuen Succeeded to a peerage
15 December 1762 Abingdon u* John Morton John Morton Chief Justice of Chester
16 December 1762 Oxford University u Peregrine Palmer Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot Death
21 December 1762 Lancashire u* Lord Strange Lord Strange Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
22 December 1762 Aylesbury u Welbore Ellis Welbore Ellis Secretary at War
23 December 1762 Tavistock u* Richard Rigby Richard Rigby Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
27 December 1762 Bewdley u(*) Sir Edward Winnington Sir Edward Winnington Storekeeper of the Ordnance
27 December 1762 Cumberland u* Sir Wilfrid Lawson Sir James Lowther Death
27 December 1762 Ipswich u The Lord Orwell The Lord Orwell Lord of Trade
27 December 1762 Newcastle-under-Lyme u Henry Vernon Sir Lawrence Dundas Death
27 December 1762 Weobley u* Henry Frederick Thynne Henry Frederick Thynne Third Clerk Comptroller of the Green Cloth
28 December 1762 Christchurch u* James Harris James Harris Lord of the Admiralty
28 December 1762 Yarmouth u* Henry Holmes Jeremiah Dyson Death
29 December 1762 Calne u* Daniel Bull Thomas FitzMaurice Resignation (Commissioner of Taxes)
1 January 1763 Huntingdonshire u The Lord Carysfort The Lord Carysfort Lord of the Admiralty
3 January 1763 Launceston u* Humphry Morice Humphry Morice Comptroller of the Household
7 January 1763 Fifeshire u James St Clair James Wemyss Death
12 January 1763 Oxfordshire u* Lord Charles Spencer Lord Charles Spencer Out-Ranger of Windsor Forest and Surveyor of Gardens and Waters
3 February 1763 Knaresborough u* Sir Henry Slingsby Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy Death
21 February 1763 Lewes u Sir Francis Poole William Plumer Death
24 February 1763 Bury St Edmunds u Augustus John Hervey William Hervey Resignation
1 March 1763 Harwich u* Charles Townshend Charles Townshend First Lord of Trade
3 March 1763 Westmorland u Sir James Lowther Robert Lowther Resignation to contest Cumberland
15 March 1763 Westminster u* Viscount Pulteney Lord Warkworth Death
16 March 1763 Richmond u Earl of Ancram Thomas Dundas Resignation
7 April 1763 Totnes u Browse Trist Henry Seymour Resignation
21 April 1763 Yarmouth u The Lord Holmes The Lord Holmes Governor of the Isle of Wight
23 April 1763 Christchurch u* James Harris James Harris Junior Lord of the Treasury
23 April 1763 Wells u The Lord Digby The Lord Digby Lord of the Admiralty
23 April 1763 Winchelsea u* Thomas Orby Hunter Thomas Orby Hunter Junior Lord of the Treasury
25 April 1763 Buckingham u* George Grenville George Grenville First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer
26 April 1763 Maldon c* Bamber Gascoyne John Huske Lord of Trade
26 April 1763 Old Sarum u Thomas Pitt Thomas Pitt Lord of the Admiralty
27 April 1763 Gloucestershire u* Norborne Berkeley Thomas Tracy Resignation
27 April 1763 Pontefract u William Gerard Hamilton William Gerard Hamilton Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland
28 April 1763 Bath c* The Viscount Ligonier Sir John Sebright Resignation
28 April 1763 Dartmouth u* The Viscount Howe The Viscount Howe Naval Lord
28 April 1763 St Ives u Charles Hotham Charles Hotham Groom of the Bedchamber
29 April 1763 Dunwich u Henry Fox Sir Jacob Garrard Downing Elevated to the peerage
30 April 1763 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis u Sir Francis Dashwood Charles Walcott Succeeded to a peerage
4 May 1763 Oxfordshire u* Lord Charles Spencer Lord Charles Spencer Comptroller of the Household
6 May 1763 Kirkcudbright Stewartry u John Ross Mackye John Ross Mackye Treasurer of the Ordnance
11 May 1763 Glamorganshire u Sir Edmond Thomas Sir Edmond Thomas Surveyor-General of Woods North and South of Trent
12 May 1763 Ross-shire u* James Stuart Mackenzie James Stuart Mackenzie Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
18 May 1763 Dysart Burghs u James Oswald James Oswald Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
21 November 1763 Bridgwater u* Edward Southwell The Lord Coleraine Resignation to contest Gloucestershire
21 November 1763 Northampton u Spencer Compton Lucy Knightly Succeeded to a peerage
22 November 1763 Honiton c* Henry Reginald Courtenay Sir George Yonge Death
22 November 1763 Horsham u* Charles Ingram Robert Pratt Became a Scottish Peer
22 November 1763 Milborne Port u* Thomas Medlycott Thomas Hutchings Medlycott Death
22 November 1763 Newcastle-under-Lyme u John Waldegrave Thomas Gilbert Succeeded to a peerage
22 November 1763 Tavistock u* Richard Neville Neville Richard Neville Neville Paymaster of Pensions
23 November 1763 Gloucestershire u* Thomas Chester Edward Southwell Death
24 November 1763 Bishop's Castle c* Francis Child George Clive Death
25 November 1763 Plympton Erle u* George Hele Treby Paul Henry Ourry Death
30 November 1763 Kent u* Sir Wyndham Knatchbull Wyndham Sir Brook Bridges Death
1 December 1763 Saltash u John Clevland Augustus John Hervey Death
5 December 1763 Brecon u* Thomas Morgan Charles Morgan Resignation to contest Monmouthshire
13 December 1763 Essex c* William Harvey John Luther Death
15 December 1763 Monmouthshire u* William Morgan Thomas Morgan Death
24 December 1763 West Looe u Francis Buller Francis Buller Groom Porter
24 December 1763 Wigan c Sir Fletcher Norton Sir Fletcher Norton Attorney General for England and Wales
27 December 1763 Newport (Cornwall) u* William de Grey William de Grey Solicitor General for England and Wales
29 December 1763 Stirlingshire u James Campbell James Campbell Governor of Stirling Castle
5 January 1764 Westmorland u* Robert Lowther John Robinson Resignation
17 January 1764 Argyllshire u Dugald Campbell Lord William Campbell Resignation (Master of the Revels in Scotland)
23 January 1764 Hereford c* John Symons John Scudamore Death
25 January 1764 Aylesbury c* John Wilkes Welbore Anthony Bacon Expulsion
9 February 1764 Steyning u Frazer Honywood Richard Fuller Death
18 February 1764 Dunwich u* Sir Jacob Garrard Downing Miles Barne Death
22 March 1764 Cambridgeshire u* Viscount Royston Sir John Hynde Cotton Succeeded to a peerage
23 March 1764 Perthshire c* John Murray David Graeme Became a Scottish Peer
23 March 1764 Rochester u Viscount Parker Sir Charles Hardy Succeeded to a peerage
2 April 1764 Corfe Castle u* Viscount Malpas John Bond Death
11 April 1764 Norfolk u* George Townshend Thomas de Grey Succeeded to a peerage
23 April 1764 Cambridge u* Charles Sloane Cadogan Charles Sloane Cadogan Surveyor of Gardens and Waters
24 April 1764 Bedford u* Richard Vernon Richard Vernon Third Clerk Comptroller of the Green Cloth
24 April 1764 Yarmouth u Jeremiah Dyson Jeremiah Dyson Lord of Trade
15 January 1765 Devizes c* John Garth Charles Garth Death
15 January 1765 Southampton u* Hans Stanley Hans Stanley Governor of the Isle of Wight
15 January 1765 Wallingford u John Hervey Sir George Pigot Death
15 January 1765 Winchelsea u* Sir Thomas Sewell Sir Thomas Sewell Master of the Rolls
16 January 1765 Midhurst u William Hamilton Bamber Gascoyne Resignation
17 January 1765 Brackley u* Robert Wood Robert Wood Groom Porter
18 January 1765 Berwick-upon-Tweed u* John Craufurd Sir John Delaval Death
18 January 1765 Wilton u* Nicholas Herbert Nicholas Herbert Secretary of Jamaica
18 January 1765 Yarmouth u The Lord Holmes John Eames Death
19 January 1765 Bossiney u John Richmond Webb John Richmond Webb Judge of the Brecon Circuit
19 January 1765 Dover u Edward Simpson Marquess of Lorne Death
19 January 1765 West Looe c Francis Buller John Sargent Death
21 January 1765 Fowey c* Jonathan Rashleigh Philip Rashleigh Death
21 January 1765 Stamford u* John Chaplin George René Aufrère Death
4 February 1765 Bridport u Sir Gerard Napier Benjamin Way Death
6 February 1765 Hampshire u Henry Bilson Legge Sir Richard Mill Death
6 February 1765 Salisbury c Julines Beckford Samuel Eyre Death
6 February 1765 Warwickshire u William Craven William Throckmorton Bromley Succeeded to a peerage
12 February 1765 Pembrokeshire c* Sir John Philipps Sir Richard Philipps Death
15 February 1765 Brackley u* Marshe Dickinson Viscount Hinchingbrooke Death
4 March 1765 Stafford c William Richard Chetwynd John Crewe Death
26 April 1765 Ilchester c* Joseph Tolson Lockyer Peter Legh Death
15 May 1765 Cornwall u* James Buller Sir John Molesworth Death
30 May 1765 Poole c Joseph Gulston Joseph Gulston Resignation
3 June 1765 Devizes u* William Willy James Sutton Death
3 June 1765 Harwich u* Charles Townshend Charles Townshend Paymaster of the Forces
5 June 1765 Anstruther Burghs u Sir Henry Erskine Sir Henry Erskine Secretary to the Order of the Thistle
7 June 1765 Kincardineshire u Sir James Carnegie Sir Alexander Ramsay Irvine Death
11 June 1765 St Germans u Philip Stanhope William Hussey Resignation
13 June 1765 Selkirkshire u Gilbert Elliot John Pringle Resignation to contest Roxburghshire
20 June 1765 Roxburghshire u* Walter Scott Gilbert Elliot Resignation (Receiver and Cashier of Excise in Scotland)
24 June 1765 Glasgow Burghs u* Lord Frederick Campbell Lord Frederick Campbell Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
17 November 1765 Hythe u William Glanville William Amherst Death
23 December 1765 Dorchester u* Thomas Foster William Ewer Death
23 December 1765 Harwich u* John Roberts John Roberts Lord of Trade
23 December 1765 Leicester u James Wigley Anthony James Keck Death
23 December 1765 Reigate u* Charles Yorke Charles Yorke Attorney General for England and Wales
23 December 1765 Rochester c Isaac Townsend Grey Cooper Death
23 December 1765 Seaford u* The Viscount Gage The Viscount Gage Paymaster of Pensions
23 December 1765 New Shoreham u* The Viscount Midleton Samuel Cornish Death
23 December 1765 Southwark u* Alexander Hume Henry Thrale Death
23 December 1765 Tamworth u* Viscount Villiers Edward Thurlow Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
23 December 1765 Thetford u* Henry Seymour Conway Henry Seymour Conway Southern Secretary
23 December 1765 Wendover u* Verney Lovett Edmund Burke Resignation
23 December 1765 Whitchurch u* Thomas Townshend Thomas Townshend Junior Lord of the Treasury
23 December 1765 New Windsor u* Augustus Keppel Augustus Keppel Naval Lord
23 December 1765 Great Yarmouth u* Charles Townshend Charles Townshend Lord of the Admiralty
24 December 1765 Berwick-upon-Tweed u Thomas Watson Wilmot Vaughan Resignation (Steward of the Manor of Shippon, Berkshire)
24 December 1765 Winchester u* Lord Harry Powlett George Paulet Succeeded to a peerage
26 December 1765 Dartmouth u* The Viscount Howe The Viscount Howe Treasurer of the Navy
26 December 1765 Derby u* William Fitzherbert William Fitzherbert Lord of Trade
26 December 1765 Hedon u* Sir Charles Saunders Sir Charles Saunders Naval Lord
26 December 1765 Hythe u Lord George Sackville Lord George Sackville Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
26 December 1765 Leicestershire u* Sir Thomas Palmer Sir John Palmer Death
26 December 1765 Liverpool u* Sir William Meredith Sir William Meredith Lord of the Admiralty
26 December 1765 Newport (I.o.W.) u Thomas Lee Dummer Thomas Dummer Death
26 December 1765 Plymouth u* The Viscount Barrington The Viscount Barrington Secretary at War
26 December 1765 Pontefract u* The Viscount Galway The Viscount Galway Master of the Staghounds
26 December 1765 Stamford u* George Bridges Brudenell George Bridges Brudenell Second Clerk Comptroller of the Green Cloth
26 December 1765 Sussex u* Thomas Pelham Thomas Pelham Comptroller of the Household
26 December 1765 Thirsk u Henry Grenville James Grenville Resignation (Commissioner of Customs)
26 December 1765 Wells c(*) The Lord Digby Robert Child Became a British Peer (Two Returns Made)
Peter Taylor
Robert Child Robert Child Child Declared elected 15 January 1766
Peter Taylor
27 December 1765 Aldborough u(*) Andrew Wilkinson Viscount Villiers Resignation (Storekeeper of the Ordnance)
27 December 1765 East Looe u* The Viscount Palmerston The Viscount Palmerston Lord of Trade
John Buller John Buller Lord of the Admiralty
27 December 1765 Guildford u* George Onslow George Onslow Out-Ranger of Windsor Forest
28 December 1765 Higham Ferrers u John Yorke John Yorke Lord of Trade
28 December 1765 Huntingdonshire u Lord Charles Greville Montagu Robert Bernard Resignation (Governor of South Carolina)
30 December 1765 East Grinstead u Earl of Middlesex Sir Charles Farnaby Succeeded to a peerage
30 December 1765 Knaresborough u* Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy King's Counsel
u Lord John Cavendish Lord John Cavendish Junior Lord of the Treasury
2 January 1766 Cardiff Boroughs u* Herbert Mackworth Herbert Mackworth Death
2 January 1766 Edinburghshire u* Sir Alexander Gilmour Sir Alexander Gilmour Third Clerk Comptroller of the Green Cloth
8 January 1766 Surrey u* George Onslow George Onslow Junior Lord of the Treasury
8 January 1766 Worcestershire u* William Dowdeswell William Dowdeswell Chancellor of the Exchequer
9 January 1766 Monmouthshire u* Capel Hanbury John Hanbury Death
17 January 1766 Anstruther Burghs c* Sir Henry Erskine Sir John Anstruther Death
17 January 1766 Perth Burghs u George Dempster George Dempster Secretary to the Order of the Thistle
24 January 1766 Bossiney u* John Richmond Webb Lord Mount Stuart Death
27 January 1766 Leicester u George Wrighte John Darker Death
4 February 1766 Helston u Francis Godolphin William Windham Succeeded to a peerage
7 February 1766 Dartmouth u* John Jeffreys Richard Hopkins Death
15 March 1766 Kingston upon Hull u* Sir George Montgomery Metham William Weddell Resignation (Clerk of the Wardrobe)
1 April 1766 Bridgnorth u* William Whitmore William Whitmore Warden of the Mint
2 April 1766 Berkshire u* Henry Pye Thomas Craven Death
4 April 1766 Lostwithiel u George Howard Viscount Beauchamp Resignation (Governor of Minorca)
22 April 1766 Calne u Thomas Duckett John Calcraft Death
8 May 1766 Shropshire u* Richard Lyster Charles Baldwyn Death
28 May 1766 Dumfries Burghs u Thomas Miller James Montgomery Resignation (Lord Justice Clerk)
16 June 1766 Great Bedwyn u William Woodley William Burke Resignation pending appointment as Governor of the Leeward Islands
17 November 1766 Banbury u* Lord North Lord North Joint Paymaster of the Forces
17 November 1766 Coventry u* James Hewitt Henry Seymour Conway Resignation (Puisne Justice of the King's Bench)
17 November 1766 Harwich u Charles Townshend Charles Townshend Chancellor of the Exchequer
17 November 1766 Honiton u* Sir George Yonge Sir George Yonge Lord of the Admiralty
18 November 1766 Buckingham u James Grenville James Grenville Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
18 November 1766 Christchurch u* Thomas Robinson Thomas Robinson Lord of Trade
18 November 1766 Newport (Cornwall) u* William de Grey William de Grey Attorney General for England and Wales
18 November 1766 Chipping Wycombe u* Isaac Barré Isaac Barré Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
19 November 1766 Barnstaple u* Sir George Amyand John Clevland Death
19 November 1766 Bath c* William Pitt John Smith Elevation to the peerage
19 November 1766 Penryn u* Sir Edward Turner Francis Basset Death
19 November 1766 Scarborough u* William Osbaldeston Fountayne Wentworth Osbaldeston Death
20 November 1766 East Looe u The Viscount Palmerston The Viscount Palmerston Lord of the Admiralty
25 November 1766 East Retford u John Shelley John Shelley Treasurer of the Household
27 November 1766 Middlesex u* George Cooke George Cooke Joint Paymaster of the Forces
4 December 1766 Nairnshire u Pryse Campbell Pryse Campbell Junior Lord of the Treasury
5 December 1766 Ross-shire u* James Stuart Mackenzie James Stuart Mackenzie Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
9 December 1766 Queenborough u* Sir Peircy Brett Sir Peircy Brett Naval Lord
10 December 1766 Portsmouth u* Sir Edward Hawke Sir Edward Hawke First Lord of the Admiralty
12 December 1766 Argyllshire u* Lord William Campbell Robert Campbell Resignation (Governor of Nova Scotia)
15 December 1766 Southampton u* Hans Stanley Hans Stanley Cofferer of the Household
16 December 1766 Bristol u* Robert Nugent Robert Nugent First Lord of Trade
22 December 1766 Boston u* John Michell Charles Amcotts Death
23 December 1766 Dover u Marquess of Lorne John Bindley Elevated to the peerage
23 December 1766 Lewes u Thomas Sergison Lord Edward Bentinck Death
9 January 1767 Aberdeen Burghs u David Scott Sir John Lindsay Death
9 January 1767 Cockermouth u Charles Jenkinson John Elliot Lord of the Admiralty
20 January 1767 Appleby u* John Stanwix Charles Jenkinson Death
26 January 1767 Chichester u* Lord George Henry Lennox William Keppel Resignation to contest Sussex
28 January 1767 Somerset u Thomas Prowse Sir Thomas Dyke Acland Death
3 February 1767 Sussex u* John Butler Lord George Henry Lennox Death
4 February 1767 Tregony u* William Trevanion Thomas Pownall Death
5 February 1767 Roxburghshire u* Sir Gilbert Elliot Gilbert Elliot Keeper of the Signet
12 February 1767 Steyning u* John Thomlinson Sir John Filmer Death
11 March 1767 Preston u* Nicholas Fazakerley Sir Peter Leicester Death
21 March 1767 Leominster c Chase Price Edward Willes Resignation
24 March 1767 Wiltshire u* Sir Robert Long Thomas Goddard Death
7 April 1767 Bedfordshire u* Marquess of Tavistock The Earl of Upper Ossory Death
18 May 1767 Herefordshire u* Sir John Morgan Thomas Foley Death
8 June 1767 Boroughbridge u Brice Fisher James West Death
8 June 1767 New Woodstock u* Anthony Keck William Gordon Death
16 June 1767 Truro u* John Boscawen Edward Hugh Boscawen Death
1 July 1767 Helston u* Sir John Evelyn William Evelyn Death
10 July 1767 West Looe u* Sir William Trelawny James Townsend Resignation (Governor of Jamaica)
30 November 1767 Banbury u* Lord North Lord North Chancellor of the Exchequer
30 November 1767 Harwich u Charles Townshend Thomas Bradshaw Death
1 December 1767 Dartmouth u* Richard Hopkins Richard Hopkins Third Clerk Comptroller of the Green Cloth
2 December 1767 Great Bedwyn u Thomas Cotes Sir Thomas Fludyer Death
3 December 1767 Monmouth u* Benjamin Bathurst John Stepney Death
4 December 1767 Amersham u Benet Garrard John Affleck Death
4 December 1767 Appleby u* Charles Jenkinson Charles Jenkinson Junior Lord of the Treasury
4 December 1767 Liverpool u* Sir Ellis Cunliffe Richard Pennant Death
4 December 1767 Whitchurch u* Thomas Townshend Thomas Townshend Joint Paymaster of the Forces
7 December 1767 Ashburton u John Harris Robert Palk Death
16 December 1767 Glamorganshire u Sir Edmond Thomas Richard Turbervill Death
17 December 1767 Petersfield u Richard Pennant Richard Croftes Resignation to contest Liverpool
19 December 1767 Exeter u John Tuckfield William Spicer Death
31 December 1767 Peeblesshire u John Dickson Adam Hay Death
28 January 1768 Tavistock u* Richard Rigby Richard Rigby Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
29 January 1768 Chippenham u* Sir Samuel Fludyer Sir Thomas Fludyer Death
6 February 1768 Leominster u* Edward Willes John Carnac Resignation (Puisne justice of the King's Bench)
3 February 1768 Oxford University u Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot Sir William Dolben Death
22 February 1768 Tiverton u Charles Gore John Duntze Death

13th Parliament (1768–1774)

DateConstituencyc/uFormer IncumbentWinnerCause
18 May 1768 New Windsor u Lord George Beauclerk Richard Tonson Death
20 May 1768 Great Bedwyn u Robert Brudenell William Burke Chose to sit for Marlborough
20 May 1768 Warwick u Henry Archer Paul Methuen Death
24 May 1768 Cockermouth u* Charles Jenkinson George Johnstone Chose to sit for Appleby
27 May 1768 Droitwich u Thomas Foley Edward Foley Chose to sit for Herefordshire
27 June 1768 Bristol u The Viscount Clare The Viscount Clare Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
2 July 1768 Ludgershall u* Viscount Garlies Viscount Garlies Commissioner of Police for Scotland
5 July 1768 Staffordshire u* Lord Grey John Wrottesley Succeeded to a peerage
11 July 1768 Tavistock u* Richard Rigby Richard Rigby Paymaster of the Forces
13 November 1768 Great Bedwyn u* James Brudenell William Northey Resignation to contest Marlborough
16 November 1768 Wareham u Ralph Burton Whitshed Keene Death
16 November 1768 Newcastle-under-Lyme u* John Wrottesley George Hay Resignation to contest Staffordshire
17 November 1768 Marlborough u* Robert Brudenell James Brudenell Death
21 November 1768 Richmond u Sir Lawrence Dundas William Norton Chose to sit for Edinburgh
29 November 1768 Peterborough u Sir Matthew Lamb Viscount Belasyse Death
30 November 1768 Tamworth u William de Grey Charles Vernon Chose to sit for Newport (Cornwall)
1 December 1768 Coventry u Andrew Archer Sir Richard Glyn Succeeded to a peerage
5 December 1768 Pontefract c The Viscount Galway The Viscount Galway Void Election
Sir Rowland Winn Henry Strachey
9 December 1768 Sussex u Thomas Pelham Richard Harcourt Succeeded to a peerage
10 December 1768 Glasgow Burghs u* Lord Frederick Campbell Lord Frederick Campbell Lord Clerk Register
14 December 1768 St Germans u* Edward Eliot Benjamin Langlois Chose to sit for Liskeard
u Samuel Salt George Jennings
14 December 1768 Middlesex c* George Cooke John Glynn Death
23 December 1768 Wigtown Burghs u George Augustus Selwyn Chauncy Townsend Chose to sit for Gloucester
28 December 1768 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis u* Jeremiah Dyson Jeremiah Dyson Junior Lord of the Treasury
29 December 1768 Linlithgow Burghs u John Lockhart Ross James Dickson Chose to sit for Lanarkshire
4 January 1769 Cardiganshire u* The Viscount Lisburne The Viscount Lisburne Lord of Trade
13 January 1769 Cardigan Boroughs c Pryse Campbell Ralph Congreve Death
8 February 1769 Guildford u* Sir Fletcher Norton Sir Fletcher Norton Justice in Eyre, South of the Trent
15 February 1769 Kent u John Frederick Sackville Sir Charles Farnaby Succeeded to a peerage
16 February 1769 Middlesex u* John Wilkes John Wilkes Expulsion
18 February 1769 Poole u* Joshua Mauger Joshua Mauger Void Election
23 February 1769 Lymington u Adam Drummond Hugo Meynell Chose to sit for St Ives
16 March 1769 Middlesex u John Wilkes John Wilkes Expulsion (Declared Incapable of being re-elected)
22 March 1769 Cockermouth u Sir George Macartney Sir James Lowther Resignation following appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland
27 March 1769 Chippenham u Sir Thomas Fludyer Henry Dawkins Death
29 March 1769 Warwickshire u* William Throckmorton Bromley Thomas Skipwith Death
3 April 1769 Bletchingley u* Sir Kenrick Clayton Frederick Standert Death
4 April 1769 Perth Burghs u William Pulteney George Dempster Chose to sit for Cromartyshire
13 April 1769 Middlesex c* John Wilkes John Wilkes Expulsion (Declared Incapable of being re-elected)
c John Wilkes Henry Lawes Luttrell Luttrell declared elected 15 April 1769
24 April 1769 Bossiney u* Henry Lawes Luttrell Sir George Osborn Resignation to contest Middlesex
8 May 1769 Totnes u Peter Burrell Peter Burrell Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown
15 May 1769 Brecon u Charles Morgan John Morgan Resignation to contest Breconshire
15 May 1769 Cambridge u* Charles Sloane Cadogan Charles Sloane Cadogan Master of the Mint
17 May 1769 Breconshire u* Thomas Morgan Charles Morgan Death
26 May 1769 Richmond u Alexander Wedderburn Charles John Crowle Resignation
9 June 1769 Stirling Burghs u James Masterton James Masterton Barrack Master General for Scotland
15 January 1770 Hertford c* William Cowper Paul Feilde Death
15 January 1770 Winchelsea u* Thomas Orby Hunter Arnold Nesbitt Death
16 January 1770 Bishop's Castle u* William Clive Alexander Wedderburn Resignation
17 January 1770 Penryn u* Francis Basset William Lemon Death
17 January 1770 St Mawes u Edmund Nugent Michael Byrne Resignation
20 January 1770 Dover c Viscount Villiers Sir Thomas Pym Hales Succeeded to a peerage
31 January 1770 Lichfield u* Thomas Anson George Adams Resignation
1 February 1770 Cambridge University u Charles Yorke William de Grey Resignation (Lord Chancellor)
2 February 1770 Grantham u Sir John Cust Francis Cust Death
8 February 1770 Petersfield u Welbore Ellis Welbore Ellis Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
10 February 1770 Great Yarmouth u* Charles Townshend Charles Townshend Junior Lord of the Treasury
12 February 1770 Newport (Cornwall) u William de Grey Richard Henry Alexander Bennet Resignation to contest Cambridge University
21 February 1770 Westbury u Sir William Blackstone Charles Dillon Resignation (Puisne Justice of the King's Bench)
26 February 1770 Midhurst u* Charles James Fox Charles James Fox Lord of the Admiralty
27 February 1770 Plymouth u Francis Holburne Grey Francis Holburne Grey Naval Lord
1 March 1770 Christchurch u Thomas Robinson Thomas Robinson Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
5 March 1770 New Romney u Sir Edward Dering John Morton Resignation to provide a seat for Morton
7 March 1770 Cardiganshire u* The Viscount Lisburne The Viscount Lisburne Lord of the Admiralty
20 March 1770 Pembrokeshire u* Sir Richard Philipps Hugh Owen Void Election
22 March 1770 Roxburghshire u* Sir Gilbert Elliot Sir Gilbert Elliot Treasurer of the Navy
4 April 1770 Tamworth u Edward Thurlow Edward Thurlow Solicitor General for England and Wales
12 April 1770 Anglesey u Owen Meyrick Sir Nicholas Bayly Death
12 April 1770 Stafford u The Viscount Chetwynd William Neville Hart Death
14 April 1770 Eye u* The Viscount Allen Richard Phillipson Resignation
17 April 1770 Great Bedwyn u William Northey William Northey Lord of Trade
18 April 1770 Horsham u* James Grenville James Wallace Resignation
20 April 1770 Warwick u Lord Greville Lord Greville Lord of Trade
23 April 1770 Carmarthenshire u* George Rice George Rice Treasurer of the Chamber
30 April 1770 Westminster u Edwin Sandys Sir Robert Bernard Succeeded to a peerage
30 April 1770 New Woodstock u Lord Robert Spencer Lord Robert Spencer Lord of Trade
7 May 1770 Wigtown Burghs u Chauncy Townsend William Stewart Death
21 May 1770 Southampton u* Hans Stanley Hans Stanley Governor of the Isle of Wight
23 May 1770 Bossiney u Sir George Osborn Sir George Osborn Groom of the Bedchamber
25 May 1770 Midhurst u Lord Stavordale Lord Stavordale Resignation
25 May 1770 Milborne Port u Thomas Hutchings Medlycott The Earl of Catherlough Resignation
11 July 1770 City of London u* William Beckford Richard Oliver Death
11 July 1770 Scarborough c Fountayne Wentworth Osbaldeston Sir James Pennyman Death (Two MPs elected due to a Double Return)
Ralph Bell
Sir James Pennyman Sir James Pennyman Pennyman Declared Elected 27 November 1770
Ralph Bell
6 August 1770 Gloucestershire u* Thomas Tracy Sir William Guise Death
6 September 1770 Wendover u* Sir Robert Darling Joseph Bullock Death
2 October 1770 Wiltshire u* Thomas Goddard Charles Penruddocke Death
20 October 1770 Okehampton u Thomas Brand Richard FitzPatrick Death
31 October 1770 East Looe u Richard Hussey Richard Leigh Death
3 November 1770 Ludlow u Edward Herbert Thomas Herbert Death
20 November 1770 Christchurch u Thomas Robinson James Harris Succeeded to a peerage
22 November 1770 Cambridgeshire u* Marquess of Granby Sir Sampson Gideon Death
26 November 1770 Buckingham u* George Grenville James Grenville Death
26 November 1770 New Shoreham c Sir Samuel Cornish John Purling Death
John Purling Thomas Rumbold By-election results reversed 17 December 1770
26 December 1770 Weobley u* Henry Frederick Thynne Bamber Gascoyne Resignation (Joint-Postmaster General)
29 January 1771 Bere Alston u Sir Francis Henry Drake Francis William Drake Resignation (Master of the Household)
29 January 1771 Great Bedwyn u William Northey Benjamin Hopkins Death
29 January 1771 Bury St Edmunds u* Augustus John Hervey Augustus John Hervey Naval Lord
30 January 1771 New Woodstock u* Lord Robert Spencer John Skynner Resignation to contest Oxford
31 January 1771 Orkney and Shetland u* Thomas Dundas Thomas Dundas Resignation (Commissioner of Police for Scotland)
31 January 1771 Oxford u* George Nares Lord Robert Spencer Resignation (Puisne Justice of the Common Pleas)
1 February 1771 Bishop's Castle u Alexander Wedderburn Alexander Wedderburn Solicitor General for England and Wales
1 February 1771 Tamworth u Edward Thurlow Edward Thurlow Attorney General for England and Wales
2 February 1771 Castle Rising u* Thomas Whately Thomas Whately Lord of Trade
4 February 1771 Cambridge University c* William de Grey Richard Croftes Resignation (Chief Justice of the Common Pleas)
11 February 1771 Downton u Richard Croftes James Hayes Resignation to contest Cambridge University
16 February 1771 Huntingdonshire u* Viscount Hinchingbrooke Viscount Hinchingbrooke Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
27 February 1771 Haddington Burghs c Patrick Warrender Patrick Warrender King's Remembrancer in Scotland
9 March 1771 Rochester u William Gordon Thomas Pye Resignation
20 March 1771 Elgin Burghs u Sir Andrew Mitchell Thomas Lockhart Death
11 May 1771 Wootton Bassett u* Henry St John Henry St John Groom of the Bedchamber
13 May 1771 Arundel u Lauchlin Macleane John Stewart Resignation
13 May 1771 Shaftesbury c* Ralph Payne Francis Sykes Resignation (Governor of the Leeward Islands)
15 May 1771 Orford u* Edward Colman Robert Seymour Conway Resignation (Gentlemen Usher of the Privy Chamber)
15 May 1771 Salisbury u* Edward Bouverie Viscount Folkestone Resignation
8 June 1771 Castle Rising u Jenison Shafto Crisp Molineux Death
15 June 1771 Montgomery u Richard Clive Frederick Cornewall Death
18 July 1771 Monmouthshire c* Thomas Morgan John Morgan Death
23 July 1771 Lancashire u Lord Strange The Viscount Molyneux Death
10 August 1771 Plymouth u* Francis Holburne Grey Sir Charles Hardy Death
20 September 1771 Bridgnorth u* William Whitmore Thomas Whitmore Death
4 October 1771 Brackley u* Robert Wood Timothy Caswall Death
22 November 1771 Callington c* Fane William Sharpe William Skrine Death
13 December 1771 Northampton u* Thomas Howe Wilbraham Tollemache Death
18 December 1771 Suffolk u* Sir John Rous Rowland Holt Death
9 January 1772 Linlithgow Burghs u* James Dickson Sir James Cockburn Death
27 January 1772 Lyme Regis u* Lord Burghersh Henry Fane Succeeded to a peerage
27 January 1772 Wallingford c* John Cator John Cator Warden of the Mint
31 January 1772 Brecon u* John Morgan Charles Van Resignation to contest Monmouthshire
31 January 1772 Derby c* William Fitzherbert Wenman Coke Death
3 February 1772 Castle Rising u Thomas Whately Thomas Whately Surveyor of the King's Private Roads
4 February 1772 Lancashire u* Lord Archibald Hamilton Sir Thomas Egerton Resignation
5 February 1772 Hampshire u* Lord Henley Sir Henry St John Succeeded to a peerage
12 February 1772 Weobley u Bamber Gascoyne Bamber Gascoyne Lord of Trade
15 February 1772 Petersfield u* William Jolliffe William Jolliffe Lord of Trade
20 February 1772 Argyllshire u* Robert Campbell Adam Livingston Resignation (Receiver and Cashier of Customs in Scotland)
25 February 1772 Essex u* Sir William Maynard John Conyers Death
28 February 1772 Dysart Burghs u James Townsend Oswald James Townsend Oswald Secretary for the Leeward Islands
5 March 1772 Shropshire u Sir John Astley Sir Watkin Williams Wynn Death
9 March 1772 Montgomeryshire u Edward Kynaston Watkin Williams Death
7 April 1772 Milborne Port c The Earl of Catherlough Richard Combe Death
Richard Combe George Prescott By-election results reversed on petition 22 May 1772
9 April 1772 East Looe u Richard Leigh John Purling Death
10 April 1772 New Woodstock u* John Skynner John Skynner Puisne Justice of Chester
5 May 1772 Stockbridge u Richard Worge James Hare Death
9 May 1772 Saltash c(*) Thomas Bradshaw John Williams Lord of the Admiralty
John Williams Thomas Bradshaw By-election results reversed on petition 8 June 1772
18 May 1772 Aldborough u Andrew Wilkinson Earl of Lincoln Resignation
22 May 1772 Beverley c Hugh Bethell Sir Griffith Boynton Death
10 June 1772 Castle Rising u Thomas Whately Lord Guernsey Death
15 June 1772 Lyme Regis u* Henry Fane Henry Fane Surveyor of the King's Private Roads
27 July 1772 Boroughbridge u James West Henry Clinton Death
28 July 1772 Scarborough u* George Manners The Earl of Tyrconnel Death
7 August 1772 Harwich u* John Roberts Charles Jenkinson Death
21 August 1772 Wiltshire c* Edward Popham Ambrose Goddard Death
18 September 1772 Rochester c* John Calcraft George Finch Hatton Death
9 November 1772 New Windsor u* Richard Tonson John Hussey Montagu Death
4 December 1772 Reigate u Sir Charles Cocks Sir Charles Cocks Clerk of the Ordnance
4 December 1772 St Mawes u Michael Byrne James Edward Colleton Death
5 December 1772 Ludgershall u Viscount Garlies Viscount Garlies Lord of Trade
5 December 1772 St Germans u* Benjamin Langlois Benjamin Langlois Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance
7 December 1772 Wilton u* Henry Herbert Henry Herbert Resignation to contest Wiltshire
11 December 1772 Pontefract u The Viscount Galway The Viscount Galway Death
16 December 1772 Cornwall c Sir John St Aubyn Humphrey Mackworth Praed Death
28 December 1772 Harwich u Charles Jenkinson Charles Jenkinson Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
28 December 1772 Penryn u William Lemon William Lemon Resignation to contest Cornwall
30 December 1772 Berkshire u* Edward Kynaston John Elwes Death
1 January 1773 Appleby u Charles Jenkinson Fletcher Norton Resignation to contest Harwich
1 January 1773 Midhurst u Charles James Fox Charles James Fox Junior Lord of the Treasury
14 January 1773 Northamptonshire u* Sir Edmund Isham Lucy Knightley Death
25 January 1773 Coventry u* Sir Richard Glyn Walter Waring Death
2 April 1773 Dover c Sir Thomas Pym Hales Thomas Barret Death
14 April 1773 Newport (I.o.W.) u John Eames John St John Resignation (Commissioner of Taxes)
16 April 1773 Clitheroe u* Nathaniel Lister Thomas Lister Resignation
26 April 1773 Tain Burghs u* Alexander Mackay James Grant Resignation
13 May 1773 Aldeburgh u* Nicholas Linwood Thomas Fonnereau Death
11 June 1773 Perthshire c* David Graeme James Murray Resignation
15 September 1773 Lancaster u* Francis Reynolds Lord Richard Cavendish Death
25 November 1773 Worcester c Henry Crabb Boulton Thomas Bates Rous Death (Election Voided 8 February 1774)
15 December 1773 Maldon c John Huske Charles Rainsford Death
23 December 1773 City of London c* Sir Robert Ladbroke Frederick Bull Death
20 January 1774 Newcastle-under-Lyme u* Sir George Hay Sir George Hay Judge of the High Court of the Admiralty
21 January 1774 Warwick u* Lord Greville Charles Francis Greville Succeeded to a peerage
22 January 1774 Ludgershall u Viscount Garlies Whitshed Keene Became a Scottish Peer
28 January 1774 Wareham u Whitshed Keene Thomas de Grey Lord of Trade
16 February 1774 Peterborough u* Viscount Belasyse Richard Benyon Succeeded to a peerage
24 February 1774 Merioneth u* John Pugh Pryse Evan Lloyd Vaughan Death
28 February 1774 Huntingdon u* Robert Jones William Augustus Montagu Death
1 March 1774 Worcester c Thomas Bates Rous Nicholas Lechmere Void Election
14 March 1774 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis u Jeremiah Dyson Jeremiah Dyson Cofferer of the Household
15 March 1774 Orford u* Viscount Beauchamp Viscount Beauchamp Junior Lord of the Treasury
19 March 1774 Liverpool u* Sir William Meredith Sir William Meredith Comptroller of the Household
21 March 1774 Grampound u Charles Wolfran Cornwall Charles Wolfran Cornwall Junior Lord of the Treasury
22 March 1774 Eye u William Cornwallis Marquess of Carmarthen Resignation
28 March 1774 Pontefract u The Viscount Galway Robert Monckton Death
29 March 1774 Portsmouth c* Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh Peter Taylor Death
7 April 1774 Droitwich u* Robert Harley Andrew Foley Death
11 May 1774 Haslemere u* William Burrell Sir Merrick Burrell Resignation (Commissioner of Excise)
31 May 1774 Worcestershire u* John Ward Edward Foley Succeeded to a peerage
31 May 1774 Droitwich u Edward Foley Rowland Berkeley Resignation to contest Worcestershire
13 August 1774 Winchelsea u* The Earl of Thomond William Nedham Death
6 September 1774 Thetford u John Drummond Viscount Petersham Death

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