List of MPs elected in the British general election, 1796

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MPs elected in the British general election, 1796

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This is a list of the 558 MPs or Members of Parliament elected to the 314 constituencies of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1796, the 18th and final Parliament of Great Britain prior to the Union with Ireland to form the United Kingdom. [1]

Parliament of Great Britain parliament from 1714 to 1800

The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts created a new unified Kingdom of Great Britain and dissolved the separate English and Scottish parliaments in favour of a single parliament, located in the former home of the English parliament in the Palace of Westminster, near the City of London. This lasted nearly a century, until the Acts of Union 1800 merged the separate British and Irish Parliaments into a single Parliament of the United Kingdom with effect from 1 January 1801.

Contents

The candidates returned in contested elections are listed in the descending order of the number of votes received.

Table of contents:

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

A

Aberdeen Burghs (seat 1/1) Alexander Allardyce
Aberdeenshire (seat 1/1) James Ferguson Tory
Abingdon (seat 1/1) Thomas Metcalfe Tory
Aldborough (seat 1/2) Trench Chiswell Replaced by John Blackburn 1797
Aldborough (seat 2/2) Charles Duncombe
Aldeburgh (seat 1/2) Sir John Aubrey, Bt. Whig
Aldeburgh (seat 2/2) Michael Angelo Taylor Foxite Whig. Vacated seat and replaced by George Johnstone, May 1800
Amersham (seat 1/2) Thomas Drake Tyrwhitt-Drake Tory
Amersham (seat 2/2) Charles Drake Garrard Tory
Andover (seat 1/2) Benjamin Lethieullier Replaced by Thomas Assheton Smith I 1797
Andover (seat 2/2) Coulson Wallop
Anglesey (seat 1/1) Sir Arthur Paget Whig
Anstruther Easter Burghs (seat 1/1) John Anstruther Foxite Whig Replaced by Alexander Campbell 1797
Appleby (seat 1/2) John Tufton Died and replaced by Robert Adair, June 1799
Appleby (seat 2/2) John Courtenay
Argyllshire (seat 1/1) Lord Frederick Campbell Vacated seat and replaced by Lord John Campbell, Oct 1799
Arundel (seat 1/2) Sir George Thomas, Bt. Vacated seat. Replaced by Nisbet Balfour, July 1797
Arundel (seat 2/2) James Greene
Ashburton (seat 1/2) Robert Mackreth
Ashburton (seat 2/2) Lawrence Palk Chose to sit for Devon. Replaced by Walter Palk, Nov 1796
Aylesbury (seat 1/2) Scrope Bernard
Aylesbury (seat 2/2) Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake
Ayr Burghs (seat 1/1) John Campbell II
Ayrshire (seat 1/1) Hugh Montgomerie Ennobled June 1796. Replaced by William Fullarton

B

Banbury (seat 1/1) Dudley Long North
Banffshire (seat 1/1) Sir William Grant Whig
Barnstaple (seat 1/2) John Clevland
Barnstaple (seat 2/2) Richard Wilson I
Bath (seat 1/2) Thomas Thynne Ennobled Dec 1796. Replaced by Lord John Thynne
Bath (seat 2/2) Sir Richard Pepper Arden
Beaumaris (seat 1/1) The Lord Newborough
Bedford (seat 1/2) Samuel Whitbread
Bedford (seat 2/2) William MacDowall Colhoun
Bedfordshire (seat 1/2) Hon. St Andrew St John
Bedfordshire (seat 2/2) John Osborn
Bedwyn See Great Bedwyn
Bere Alston (seat 1/2) John Mitford Vacated seat, July 1799. Replaced by Lord Lovaine
Bere Alston (seat 2/2) William Mitford
Berkshire (seat 1/2) George Vansittart
Berkshire (seat 2/2) Charles Dundas
Berwickshire (seat 1/1) George Baillie
Berwick-upon-Tweed (seat 1/2) The Earl of Tyrconnel
Berwick-upon-Tweed (seat 2/2) John Callender
Beverley (seat 1/2) William Tatton Died and replaced by John Bacon Sawrey Morritt, Mar 1799
Beverley (seat 2/2) Napier Christie Burton
Bewdley (seat 1/1) Miles Peter Andrews
Bishops Castle (seat 1/2) William Clive
Bishops Castle (seat 2/2) Henry Strachey
Bletchingley (seat 1/2) Sir Lionel Copley, Bt Sat for Tregony and replaced by Benjamin Hobhouse, Feb 1797
Bletchingley (seat 2/2) John Stein
Bodmin (seat 1/2) Sir John Morshead, Bt
Bodmin (seat 2/2) John Nesbitt
Boroughbridge (seat 1/2) Sir John Scott Ennobled, Aug 1799. Replaced by Hon. John Scott
Boroughbridge (seat 2/2) Francis Burdett
Bossiney (seat 1/2) John Stuart-Wortley Died Jan 1797. Replaced by Hon. James Stuart-Wortley
Bossiney (seat 2/2) John Lubbock
Boston (seat 1/2) Thomas Fydell I
Boston (seat 2/2) Viscount Milsington
Brackley (seat 1/2) John William Egerton
Brackley (seat 2/2) Samuel Haynes
Bramber (seat 1/2) Charles Rouse-Boughton Appointed to Crown office. Replaced by John Henry Newbolt, Feb 1800
Bramber (seat 2/2) James Adams
Brecon (seat 1/1) Sir Charles Gould Morgan Chose to sit for Monmouthshire. Replaced by Sir Robert Salusbury, Bt, Nov 1796
Breconshire (seat 1/1) Sir Charles Morgan, Bt Previously known as Charles Gould.
Bridgnorth (seat 1/2) John Whitmore
Bridgnorth (seat 2/2) Isaac Hawkins Browne
Bridgwater (seat 1/2) George Pocock
Bridgwater (seat 2/2) Jeffreys Allen
Bridport (seat 1/2) George Barclay
Bridport (seat 2/2) Charles Sturt
Bristol (seat 1/2) The Lord Sheffield
Bristol (seat 2/2) Charles Bragge Later known as Charles Bathurst.
Buckingham (seat 1/2) Thomas Grenville
Buckingham (seat 2/2) George Nugent
Buckinghamshire (seat 1/2) James Grenville Vacated seat and replaced Jun 1797 by Richard Temple Nugent Grenville, Earl Temple
Buckinghamshire (seat 2/2) Marquess of Titchfield
Bury St Edmunds (seat 1/2) Sir Charles Davers, Bt
Bury St Edmunds (seat 2/2) Lord Hervey
Buteshire (seat 1/1) Frederick Stuart

C

Caernarvon Boroughs (seat 1/1) Hon. Edward Paget
Caernarvonshire (seat 1/1) Robert Williams
Caithness (seat 0/0) Alternated with Buteshire. No representation in 1796
Callington (seat 1/2) Sir John Call, Bt.
Callington (seat 2/2) Paul Orchard
Calne (seat 1/2) Joseph Jekyll
Calne (seat 2/2) Sir Francis Baring, Bt. Whig
Cambridge (seat 1/2) Edward Finch Tory
Cambridge (seat 2/2) Robert Manners Tory
Cambridgeshire (seat 1/2) James Whorwood Adeane
Cambridgeshire (seat 2/2) Charles Philip Yorke Tory
Cambridge University (seat 1/2) William Pitt Pittite Tory (Regarded self as Whig)
Cambridge University (seat 2/2) Earl of Euston Whig
Camelford (seat 1/2) William Joseph Denison
Camelford (seat 2/2) John Angerstein
Canterbury (seat 1/2) John Baker Replaced on petition by Sir John Honywood, Bt, May 1797
Canterbury (seat 2/2) Samuel Elias Sawbridge Replaced on petition by George Gipps. Gipps died and replaced by George Watson, Feb 1800
Cardiff Boroughs (seat 1/1) Lord Evelyn Stuart Tory
Cardigan Boroughs (seat 1/1) Hon. John Vaughan
Cardiganshire (seat 1/1) Thomas Johnes
Carlisle (seat 1/2) John Christian Curwen
Carlisle (seat 2/2) Sir Frederick Fletcher-Vane, Bt
Carmarthen (seat 1/1) Magens Dorrien Magens
Carmarthenshire (seat 1/1) James Hamlyn
Castle Rising (seat 1/2) Charles Bagot-Chester
Castle Rising (seat 2/2) Horatio Churchill
Cheshire (seat 1/2) John Crewe
Cheshire (seat 2/2) Thomas Cholmondeley
Chester (seat 1/2) Viscount Belgrave
Chester (seat 2/2) Thomas Grosvenor
Chichester (seat 1/2) Thomas Steele
Chichester (seat 2/2) George White-Thomas
Chippenham (seat 1/2) George Fludyer
Chippenham (seat 2/2) James Dawkins
Chipping Wycombe (seat 1/2) Earl Wycombe
Chipping Wycombe (seat 2/2) Sir John Dashwood-King, Bt
Christchurch (seat 1/2) George Rose
Christchurch (seat 2/2) William Stewart Rose Vacated seat. Replaced by William Chamberlayne, 1800
Cirencester (seat 1/2) Sir Robert Preston, Bt
Cirencester (seat 2/2) Michael Hicks-Beach
Clackmannanshire (seat 1/1) Sir Ralph Abercromby Vacated seat. Replaced by Sir Robert Abercromby, Feb 1798
Clitheroe (seat 1/2) Lord Edward Bentinck
Clitheroe (seat 2/2) Hon. Robert Curzon
Cockermouth (seat 1/2) John Baynes Garforth
Cockermouth (seat 2/2) Edward Burrow
Colchester (seat 1/2) Robert Thornton
Colchester (seat 2/2) The Lord Muncaster
Corfe Castle (seat 1/2) Henry Bankes
Corfe Castle (seat 2/2) John Bond
Cornwall (seat 1/2) Sir William Lemon, Bt
Cornwall (seat 2/2) Francis Gregor
Coventry (seat 1/2) William Wilberforce Bird
Coventry (seat 2/2) Nathaniel Jefferys
Cricklade (seat 1/2) Thomas Estcourt
Cricklade (seat 2/2) Lord Portchester
Cromartyshire (seat 1/1) Duncan Davidson
Cumberland (seat 1/2) Sir Henry Fletcher, Bt
Cumberland (seat 2/2) John Lowther

D

Dartmouth (seat 1/2) John Charles Villiers
Dartmouth (seat 2/2) Edmund Bastard
Denbigh Boroughs (seat 1/1) Richard Myddelton Died 1796 and replaced 1797 by Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones
Denbighshire (seat 1/1) Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
Derby (seat 1/2) George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington Vacated seat in 1897 and replaced by George Walpole
Derby (seat 2/2) Edward Coke
Derbyshire (seat 1/2) Lord John Cavendish Died 1796 and replaced 1797 by George Cavendish
Derbyshire (seat 2/2) Edward Miller Mundy
Devizes (seat 1/2) Henry Addington
Devizes (seat 2/2) Joshua Smith
Devon (seat 1/2) John Pollexfen Bastard
Devon (seat 2/2) Sir Lawrence Palk, Bt
Dorchester (seat 1/2) Hon. Cropley Ashley-Cooper
Dorchester (seat 2/2) Francis Fane
Dorset (seat 1/2) William Morton Pitt
Dorset (seat 2/2) Francis John Browne
Dover (seat 1/2) Charles Small Pybus
Dover (seat 2/2) John Trevanion
Downton (seat 1/2) Hon. Edward Bouverie
Downton (seat 2/2) Sir William Scott
Droitwich (seat 1/2) Andrew Foley
Droitwich (seat 2/2) Sir Edward Winnington, Bt
Dumfries Burghs (seat 1/1) Alexander Hope Vacated seat and replaced by William Johnstone Hope, May 1800
Dumfriesshire (seat 1/1) Sir Robert Laurie, Bt
Dunbartonshire (seat 1/1) William Cunninghame Bontine Vacated seat and replaced by Alexander Telfer Smollett, May 1797. Smollett died and replaced by Sir James Colquhoun, 3rd Bt, Nov 1799
Dunwich (seat 1/2) The Lord Huntingfield
Dunwich (seat 2/2) Snowdon Barne
Durham (City of) (seat 1/2) William Henry Lambton Died 1797 and replaced 1798 by Ralph John Lambton
Durham (City of) (seat 2/2) Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, Bt
Durham (County) (seat 1/2) Ralphe Milbanke
Durham (County) (seat 2/2) Rowland Burdon
Dysart Burghs (seat 1/1) Sir James St Clair-Erskine

E

East Grinstead (seat 1/2) Nathaniel Dance-Holland
East Grinstead (seat 2/2) James Strange
East Looe (seat 1/2) John Buller
East Looe (seat 2/2) William Graves Replaced by Frederick William Buller 1798
East Retford (seat 1/2) William Petrie
East Retford (seat 2/2) Sir Wharton Amcotts, Bt
Edinburgh (seat 1/1) Henry Dundas Tory
Edinburghshire (seat 1/1) Robert Dundas Tory. Appointed to Crown office and replaced 1801 by Robert Saunders Dundas
Elgin Burghs (seat 1/1) Alexander Brodie
Elginshire (seat 1/1) James Brodie
Essex (seat 1/2) Thomas Berney Bramston
Essex (seat 2/2) Colonel John Bullock Whig
Evesham (seat 1/2) Charles Thellusson
Evesham (seat 2/2) Thomas Thompson
Exeter (seat 1/2) John Baring Independent
Exeter (seat 2/2) Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde Whig
Eye (seat 1/2) Hon. William Cornwallis
Eye (seat 2/2) Mark Singleton Vacated seat and replaced 1799 by James Cornwallis

F

Fife (seat 1/1) Sir William Erskine, Bt.
Flint Boroughs (seat 1/1) Watkin Williams
Flintshire (seat 1/1) Sir Roger Mostyn, Bt Died and replaced Nov 1796 by Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bt , who in turn was replaced on petition Jun 1797 by John Lloyd
Forfarshire (seat 1/1) Sir David Carnegie, Bt.
Fowey (seat 1/2) Philip Rashleigh
Fowey (seat 2/2) Reginald Pole Carew Appointed to Crown office and replaced Jun 1799 by Edwartd Golding

G

Gatton (seat 1/2) John Petrie Vacated seat and replaced by James Du Pre, Apr 1800
Gatton (seat 2/2) Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bt Sat for Lincolnshire and replaced Nov 1796 by John Heathcote who vacated seat and was in turn replaced Apr 1799 by Walter Stirling
Glamorganshire (seat 1/1) Thomas Wyndham
Glasgow Burghs (seat 1/1) William McDowall
Gloucester (seat 1/2) John Webb Whig
Gloucester (seat 2/2) John Pitt Tory
Gloucestershire (seat 1/2) Hon. George Cranfield Berkeley Whig
Gloucestershire (seat 2/2) Marquess of Worcester Tory
Grampound (seat 1/2) Bryan Edwards Died and replaced July 1800 by Sir Christopher Hawkins, Bt
Grampound (seat 2/2) Robert Sewell
Grantham (seat 1/2) Simon Yorke
Grantham (seat 2/2) George Manners-Sutton
Great Bedwyn (seat 1/2) Thomas Bruce Died 1797 and replaced Dec 1797 by Robert John Buxton
Great Bedwyn (seat 2/2) Hon. John Wodehouse
Great Grimsby (seat 1/2) Ayscoghe Boucherett
Great Grimsby (seat 2/2) William Mellish
Great Marlow (seat 1/2) Thomas Williams
Great Marlow (seat 2/2) Owen Williams
Great Yarmouth (seat 1/2) Lord Charles Townsend Killed 1796 and replaced Oct 1796 by William Loftus
Great Yarmouth (seat 2/2) Stephens Howe Died and replaced Oct 1796 by Henry Jodrell
Guildford (seat 1/2) Viscount Cranley Whig
Guildford (seat 2/2) Chapple Norton

H

Haddington Burghs (seat 1/1) Robert Baird Vacated seat and replaced Mar 1802 by Hon. Thomas Maitland
Haddingtonshire (seat 1/1) Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton Vacated seat and replaced May 1800 by Charles Hope
Hampshire (seat 1/2) Sir William Heathcote, Bt
Hampshire (seat 2/2) William John Chute
Harwich (seat 1/2) John Robinson
Harwich (seat 2/2) Richard Hopkins Died and replaced April 1799 by Hon Henry AugustusDillon
Haslemere (seat 1/2) James Lowther Sat for Westmorland and replaced Nov 1796 by George Wood
Haslemere (seat 2/2) James Clarke Satterthwaite
Hastings (seat 1/2) Sir James Sanderson, Bt Died and replaced July 1798 by William Sturges
Hastings (seat 2/2) Nicholas Vansittart
Haverfordwest (seat 1/1) William Edwardes, Baron Kensington
Hedon (seat 1/2) Christopher Atkinson
Hedon (seat 2/2) Sir Lionel Darell, Bt
Helston (seat 1/2) Charles Abbot Tory
Helston (seat 2/2) Richard Richards Vacated seat and replaced by Lord Francis Osborne
Hereford (seat 1/2) James Walwyn Died and replaced by Thomas Powell Symonds, Nov 1800
Hereford (seat 2/2) John Scudamore Died and replaced Oct 1796 by John Scudamore jnr
Herefordshire (seat 1/2) Hon Thomas Harley Tory
Herefordshire (seat 2/2) Robert Biddulph
Hertford (seat 1/2) Nathaniel, Baron Dimsdale
Hertford (seat 2/2) John Calvert
Hertfordshire (seat 1/2) William Plumer
Hertfordshire (seat 2/2) William Baker
Heytesbury (seat 1/2) The Viscount Clifden
Heytesbury (seat 2/2) Sir John Leicester, Bt
Higham Ferrers (seat 1/1) James Adair Died and replaced Sep 1798 by Stephen Thurston Adey who also died and was replaced in turn Nov 1801 by Francis Ferrand Foljambe
Hindon (seat 1/2) Matthew Lewis
Hindon (seat 2/2) James Wildman
Honiton (seat 1/2) George Chambers
Honiton (seat 2/2) George Shum
Horsham (seat 1/2) Sir John Macpherson, Bt
Horsham (seat 2/2) James Fox-Lane
Hull see Kingston-upon-Hull
Huntingdon (seat 1/2) William Henry Fellowes
Huntingdon (seat 2/2) John Calvert
Huntingdonshire (seat 1/2) Lord Frederick Montagu
Huntingdonshire (seat 2/2) Viscount Hinchingbrooke
Hythe (seat 1/2) Sir Charles Farnaby-Radcliffe, Bt Died and replaced by Hon Charles Marsham, Nov 1798
Hythe (seat 2/2) William Evelyn

I

Ilchester (seat 1/2) Sir Robert Clayton, Bt Died and replaced May 1799 by Lewis Bayly
Ilchester (seat 2/2) William Dickinson
Inverness Burghs (seat 1/1) Sir Hector Munro
Inverness-shire (seat 1/1) John Simon Frederick Fraser
Ipswich (seat 1/2) Sir Andrew Hamond, Bt
Ipswich (seat 2/2) Charles Alexander Crickitt

K

Kent (seat 1/2) Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bt
Kent (seat 2/2) Sir William Geary, Bt
Kincardineshire (seat 1/1) Robert Barclay Allardice Died and replaced June 1797 by Sir John Wishart-Belsches, Bt
King's Lynn (seat 1/2) Hon. Horatio Walpole
King's Lynn (seat 2/2) Sir Martin ffolkes, Bt
Kingston-upon-Hull (seat 1/2) Sir Charles Turner, Bt
Kingston-upon-Hull (seat 2/2) Samuel Thornton
Kinross-shire (seat 0/1) Alternated with Clackmannanshire. Unrepresented in this Parliament
Kirkcudbright Stewartry (seat 1/1) Patrick Heron Whig
Knaresborough (seat 1/2) Lord John Townshend Whig
Knaresborough (seat 2/2) James Hare Whig

L

Lanarkshire (seat 1/1) Sir James Denham-Steuart, Bt Tory
Lancashire (seat 1/2) Thomas Stanley
Lancashire (seat 2/2) John Blackburne
Lancaster (seat 1/2) John Dent
Lancaster (seat 2/2) Richard Penn
Launceston (seat 1/2) Hon. John Theophilus Rawdon
Launceston (seat 2/2) James Brogden
Leicester (seat 1/2) Samuel Smith
Leicester (seat 2/2) Thomas Boothby Parkins Died and replaced Dec 1800 by Thomas Babington
Leicestershire (seat 1/2) Penn Assheton Curzon Died and replaced Oct 1797 by George Anthony Legh Keck
Leicestershire (seat 2/2) William Pochin Died and replaced Nov 1798 by Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, Bt
Leominster (seat 1/2) John Hunter Vacated seat and replaced June 1797 by William Taylor
Leominster (seat 2/2) George Augustus Pollen
Lewes (seat 1/2) Thomas Kemp
Lewes (seat 2/2) Hon John Cressett-Pelham
Lichfield (seat 1/2) Lord Granville Leveson-Gower Vacated seat and replaced Mar 1799 by Sir John Wrottesley, Bt
Lichfield (seat 2/2) Thomas Anson
Lincoln (seat 1/2) George Rawdon Died and replaced Apr 1800 by Humphrey Sibthorp
Lincoln (seat 2/2) Richard Ellison
Lincolnshire (seat 1/2) Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bt
Lincolnshire (seat 2/2) Robert Vyner
Linlithgow Burghs (seat 1/1) Viscount Stopford
Linlithgowshire (seat 1/1) Hon. John Hope Vacated seat and replaced May 1800 by Hon. Alexander Hope
Liskeard (seat 1/2) Hon. Edward James Eliot Died and replaced Nov 1797 by Murrough O'Brien. O'Brien vacated seat and replaced by George Murray, Dec 1800
Liskeard (seat 2/2) Hon. Hon. John Eliot
Liverpool (seat 1/2) Isaac Gascoyne Tory/Ultra-Tory
Liverpool (seat 2/2) Banastre Tarleton Tory
London (City of) (seat 1/4) William Lushington
London (City of) (seat 2/4) William Curtis Tory
London (City of) (seat 3/4) Harvey Christian Combe
London (City of) (seat 4/4) Sir John William Anderson, Bt
Lostwithiel (seat 1/2) Hans Sloane
Lostwithiel (seat 2/2) William Drummond
Ludgershall (seat 1/2) Earl of Dalkieth
Ludgershall (seat 2/2) Thomas Everett
Ludlow (seat 1/2) Robert Clive
Ludlow (seat 2/2) Richard Payne Knight
Lyme Regis (seat 1/2) Hon. Henry Fane
Lyme Regis (seat 2/2) Thomas Fane
Lymington (seat 1/2) (Sir) Harry Burrard (later Burrard-Neale)
Lymington (seat 2/2) William Manning

M

Maidstone (seat 1/2) Matthew Bloxham
Maidstone (seat 2/2) Oliver De Lancey
Maldon (seat 1/2) Joseph Holden Strutt
Maldon (seat 2/2) Charles Callis Western
Malmesbury (seat 1/2) Samuel Smith Sat for Leicester and replaced Nov 1797 by Philip Metcalfe
Malmesbury (seat 2/2) Peter Thellusson
Malton (seat 1/2) William Baldwin Replaced by Charles Lawrence Dundas 1798
Malton (seat 2/2) George Damer Ennobled and replaced Feb 1798 by Bryan Cooke
Marlborough (seat 1/2) Charles Bruce, Lord Bruce
Marlborough (seat 2/2) Hon. James Bruce Vacated seat and replaced by Robert Brudenell
Merionethshire (seat 1/1) Sir Robert Williames Vaughan
Middlesex (seat 1/2) William Mainwaring Tory
Middlesex (seat 2/2) George Byng Whig
Midhurst (seat 1/2) Sylvester Douglas Ennobled and replaced Dec 1800 by George Smith
Midhurst (seat 2/2) Charles Long
Milborne Port (seat 1/2) Henry Paget, Lord Paget
Milborne Port (seat 2/2) Sir Robert Ainslie, Bt
Minehead (seat 1/2) John Fownes Luttrell Tory
Minehead (seat 2/2) John Langston (MP) Tory
Mitchell (seat 1/2) Sir Stephen Lushington, Bt
Mitchell (seat 2/2) Sir Christopher Hawkins, Bt Vacated seat and replaced Apr 1799 by John Simpson
Monmouth Boroughs (seat 1/1) Sir Charles Thompson, Bt Died and replaced by Lord Edward Somerset, Mar 1799
Monmouthshire (seat 1/2) James Rooke
Monmouthshire (seat 2/2) Charles Morgan (formerly Gould)
Montgomery (seat 1/1) Whitshed Keene
Montgomeryshire (seat 1/1) Francis Lloyd Replaced by Charles Williams-Wynn 1799
Morpeth (seat 1/2) Viscount Morpeth
Morpeth (seat 2/2) William Huskisson

N

Nairnshire (seat 0/0) Henry Frederick Campbell
Newark (seat 1/2) Thomas Manners-Sutton
Newark (seat 2/2) Mark Wood
Newcastle-under-Lyme (seat 1/2) William Egerton
Newcastle-under-Lyme (seat 2/2) Edward Bootle-Wilbraham
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (seat 1/2) Charles Brandling Vacated seat and replaced Jan 1798 by Charles John Brandling
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (seat 2/2) Sir Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Baronet
Newport (Cornwall) (seat 1/2) William Northey
Newport (Cornwall) (seat 2/2) Joseph Richardson
Newport (Isle of Wight) (seat 1/2) Jervoise Clarke Jervoise Chose to sit for Yarmouth, IoW and replaced Nov, 1796 by William Hamilton Nisbet
Newport (Isle of Wight) (seat 2/2) Edward Rushworth Chose to sit for Yarmouth, IoW and replaced by Andrew Strahan
New Radnor Boroughs (seat 1/1) George Capel-Coningsby, Viscount Malden Ennobled and replaced Mar 1799 by Richard Price
New Romney (seat 1/2) John Fordyce
New Romney (seat 2/2) John Willett Willett
New Shoreham (seat 1/2) Hon. Charles William Wyndham
New Shoreham (seat 2/2) Sir Cecil Bisshopp, Bt
Newton (Lancashire) (seat 1/2) Thomas Peter Legh
Newton (Lancashire) (seat 2/2) Thomas Brooke Died and replaced Sep 1797 by Thomas Langford Brooke. Brooke replaced Sep 1797 on petition by Peter Patten
Newtown (Isle of Wight) (seat 1/2) Sir Richard Worsley, Bt Vacated seat and replaced Feb 1801 by Sir Edward Law
Newtown (Isle of Wight) (seat 2/2) Charles Shaw-Lefevre
New Windsor (seat 1/2) Hon. Robert Fulke Greville Tory
New Windsor (seat 2/2) Henry Isherwood Died and replaced Feb 1797 by Sir William Johnston, Bt
New Woodstock (seat 1/2) Ralph Payne, Baron Lavington Appointed to Crown office and replaced Jan, 1799 by Charles Moore
New Woodstock (seat 2/2) Sir Henry Dashwood, Bt
Norfolk (seat 1/2) Thomas Coke |
Norfolk (seat 2/2) Sir John Wodehouse, Bt Replaced by Jacob Astley 1797
Northallerton (seat 1/2) Henry Peirse (younger)
Northallerton (seat 2/2) Hon. Edward Lascelles
Northampton (seat 1/2) Hon. Spencer Perceval
Northampton (seat 2/2) Hon. Edward Bouverie
Northamptonshire (seat 1/2) Thomas Powys Vacated seat and replaced by William Ralph Cartwright, Aug 1797
Northamptonshire (seat 2/2) Francis Dickins
Northumberland (seat 1/2) Charles Grey
Northumberland (seat 2/2) Thomas Richard Beaumont
Norwich (seat 1/2) Hon. Henry Hobart Died and replaced May 1799 by John Frere
Norwich (seat 2/2) William Windham
Nottingham (seat 1/2) Robert Smith Ennobled and replaced Nov 1797 by Sir John Borlase Warren, Bt
Nottingham (seat 2/2) Daniel Parker Coke
Nottinghamshire (seat 1/2) Lord William Bentinck
Nottinghamshire (seat 2/2) Hon. Evelyn Pierrepont

O

Okehampton (seat 1/2) Thomas Tyrwhitt Whig
Okehampton (seat 2/2) Richard Bateman-Robson Whig
Old Sarum (seat 1/2) Richard Wellesley, Earl of Mornington Vacated seat and replaced July 1797 by Charles Williams-Wynn
Old Sarum (seat 2/2) George Hardinge
Orford (seat 1/2) Lord Robert Seymour
Orford (seat 2/2) Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Orkney and Shetland (seat 1/1) Robert Honyman
Oxford (seat 1/2) Francis Burton
Oxford (seat 2/2) Henry Peters
Oxfordshire (seat 1/2) Lord Charles Spencer Appointed to Crown Office and replaced by Lord Francis Spencer
Oxfordshire (seat 2/2) John Fane (1751–1824)
Oxford University (seat 1/2) Sir William Dolben, Bt
Oxford University (seat 2/2) Francis Page Vacated seat and replaced Mar 1801 by Sir William Scott

P

Peeblesshire (seat 1/1) William Montgomery Died and replaced by James Montgomery, Dec 1800
Pembroke Boroughs (seat 1/1) Hugh Barlow Whig
Pembrokeshire (seat 1/1) Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford
Penryn (seat 1/2) Thomas Wallace Tory
Penryn (seat 2/2) William Meeke
Perth Burghs (seat 1/1) David Scott
Perthshire (seat 1/1) Thomas Graham
Peterborough (seat 1/2) Hon. Lionel Damer
Peterborough (seat 2/2) Richard Benyon Benyon died and was replaced Oct 1796 by French Laurence
Petersfield (seat 1/2) William Jolliffe
Petersfield (seat 2/2) Hylton Jolliffe Vacated seat and was replaced Jam 1797 by Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet
Plymouth (seat 1/2) Sir Frederick Rogers, Bt Replaced by Francis Glanville 1797
Plymouth (seat 2/2) William Elford
Plympton Erle (seat 1/2) William Adams
Plympton Erle (seat 2/2) William Mitchell Vacated seat and replaced June 1799 by Richard Hankey
Pontefract (seat 1/2) Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway
Pontefract (seat 2/2) John Smyth
Poole (seat 1/2) Hon. Charles Stuart Died and replaced Apr 1801 by George Garland
Poole (seat 2/2) John Jeffery
Portsmouth (seat 1/2) Hon. Thomas Erskine
Portsmouth (seat 2/2) Lord Hugh Seymour Died and was replaced Nov 1801 by John Markham
Preston (seat 1/2) Lord Stanley
Preston (seat 2/2) Sir Henry Hoghton, Bt

Q

Queenborough (seat 1/2) John Sargent
Queenborough (seat 2/2) Evan Nepean

R

Radnorshire (seat 1/1) Walter Wilkins
Reading (seat 1/2) Francis Annesley
Reading (seat 2/2) Richard Aldworth Neville Ennobled and replaced in June 1797 by John Simeon
Reigate (seat 1/2) Hon. John Somers Cocks
Reigate (seat 2/2) Joseph Sydney Yorke
Renfrewshire (seat 1/1) Boyd Alexander
Richmond (Yorkshire) (seat 1/2) Hon. Lawrence Dundas
Richmond (Yorkshire) (seat 2/2) Charles George Beauclerk

Vacated seat and replaced Dec 1798 by Arthur Shakespeare

Ripon (seat 1/2) William Lawrence Tory
Ripon (seat 2/2) Sir George Allanson-Winn, Bt Tory. Ennobled and replaced Apr 1798 by John Heathcote
Rochester (seat 1/2) Sir Richard King, Bt
Rochester (seat 2/2) Hon. Henry Tufton
Ross-shire (seat 1/1) Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross, Bt.
Roxburghshire (seat 1/1) Sir George Douglas
Rutland (seat 1/2) Gerard Noel Edwardes Whig
Rutland (seat 2/2) Sir William Lowther, Bt
Rye (seat 1/2) Hon. Robert Banks Jenkinson Tory
Rye (seat 2/2) Robert Saunders Dundas Tory

S

St Albans (seat 1/2) Hon. Richard Bingham Tory. Vacated seat and replaced June 1800 by William Stephen Poyntz
St Albans (seat 2/2) Thomas Skip Dyot Bucknall Tory
St Germans (seat 1/2) Hon. William Eliot
St Germans (seat 2/2) Lord Grey
St Ives (seat 1/2) William Praed
St Ives (seat 2/2) Sir Richard Glyn, Bt
St Mawes (seat 1/2) Sir William Young, Bt Tory
St Mawes (seat 2/2) Sir George Nugent, Bt Chose to sit for Buckingham. Replaced Oct 1796 by Jeremiah Crutchley
Salisbury (seat 1/2) Hon. William Henry Bouverie
Salisbury (seat 2/2) William Hussey
Saltash (seat 1/2) The Lord Macdonald
Saltash (seat 2/2) Edward Bearcroft Died and replaced Dec 1796 by Charles Smith
Sandwich (seat 1/2) Sir Philip Stephens, Bt
Sandwich (seat 2/2) Sir Horatio Mann, Bt
Scarborough (seat 1/2) Lord Charles Somerset Tory
Scarborough (seat 2/2) Hon. Edmund Phipps Tory
Seaford (seat 1/2) Charles Rose Ellis Tory
Seaford (seat 2/2) George Ellis Tory
Selkirkshire (seat 1/1) Mark Pringle
Shaftesbury (seat 1/2) Paul Benfield
Shaftesbury (seat 2/2) Walter Boyd
Shrewsbury (seat 1/2) Sir William Pulteney, Bt Whig
Shrewsbury (seat 2/2) Hon. William Hill Tory
Shropshire (seat 1/2) John Kynaston (later Powell)
Shropshire (seat 2/2) Sir Richard Hill, Bt
Somerset (seat 1/2) William Dickinson
Somerset (seat 2/2) William Gore-Langton
Southampton (seat 1/2) George Henry Rose
Southampton (seat 2/2) James Amyatt
Southwark (seat 1/2) Henry Thornton Independent
Southwark (seat 2/2) George Woodford Thellusson Whig Replaced by George Tierney 1796
Stafford (seat 1/2) Edward Monckton Tory
Stafford (seat 2/2) Richard Brinsley Sheridan Whig
Staffordshire (seat 1/2) Sir Edward Littleton, Bt Whig
Staffordshire (seat 2/2) Earl Gower Whig Replaced by Lord Granville Leveson-Gower 1799
Stamford (seat 1/2) Sir George Howard Died and replaced Oct 1796 by John Leland
Stamford (seat 2/2) John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort
Steyning (seat 1/2) John Henniker-Major
Steyning (seat 2/2) James Lloyd
Stirling Burghs (seat 1/1) Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone Tory Replaced by William Tait 1797; Replaced by Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane 1800
Stirlingshire (seat 1/1) Sir George Keith Elphinstone
Stockbridge (seat 1/2) Joseph Foster Barham Whig. Vacated seat and replaced Apr 1799 by John Agnew
Stockbridge (seat 2/2) George Porter Whig
Sudbury (seat 1/2) William Smith
Sudbury (seat 2/2) Sir James Marriott
Suffolk (seat 1/2) Sir Charles Bunbury, Bt
Suffolk (seat 2/2) Charles Cornwallis, Viscount Brome
Surrey (seat 1/2) Lord William Russell Whig
Surrey (seat 2/2) Sir John Frederick, Bt Tory
Sussex (seat 1/2) Hon. Thomas Pelham Ennobled July 1801 and replaced by John Fuller
Sussex (seat 2/2) Charles Lennox
Sutherland (seat 1/1) James Grant

T

Tain Burghs (seat 1/1) William Dundas Tory
Tamworth (seat 1/2) Sir Robert Peel Tory
Tamworth (seat 2/2) Thomas Carter
Taunton (seat 1/2) Sir Benjamin Hammet Died and replaced Aug 1800 by John Hammet
Taunton (seat 2/2) William Morland
Tavistock (seat 1/2) Lord John Russell
Tavistock (seat 2/2) Hon. Richard FitzPatrick
Tewkesbury (seat 1/2) James Martin
Tewkesbury (seat 2/2) William Dowdeswell Appointed to Crown office and replaced Dec 1797 by Christopher Bethell Codrington
Thetford (seat 1/2) Joseph Randyll Burch
Thetford (seat 2/2) John Harrison
Thirsk (seat 1/2) Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt
Thirsk (seat 2/2) Sir Gregory Page-Turner, Bt
Tiverton (seat 1/2) Hon. Dudley Ryder
Tiverton (seat 2/2) Hon. Richard Ryder
Totnes (seat 1/2) Lord Arden
Totnes (seat 2/2) Lord George Seymour Vacated seat and replaced Feb 1801 by William Adams
Tregony (seat 1/2) Sir Lionel Copley, Bt
Tregony (seat 2/2) John Nicholls
Truro (seat 1/2) John Leveson-Gower
Truro (seat 2/2) John Lemon

W

Wallingford (seat 1/2) Lord Eardley Whig
Wallingford (seat 2/2) Sir Francis Sykes, Bt

Lord Eardley

Tory
Wareham (seat 1/2) Sir Godfrey Vassall Whig Replaced by John Calcraft 1800
Wareham (seat 2/2) Lord Robert Spencer Replaced by Joseph Chaplin Hankey 1799
Warwick (seat 1/2) Hon. George Villiers
Warwick (seat 2/2) Samuel Robert Gaussen
Warwickshire (seat 1/2) Sir John Mordaunt, Bt
Warwickshire (seat 2/2) Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn, Bt
Wells (seat 1/2) John Paine Tudway
Wells (seat 2/2) Charles William Taylor
Wendover (seat 1/2) John Hiley Addington Tory
Wendover (seat 2/2) George Canning Tory
Wenlock (seat 1/2) John Simpson
Wenlock (seat 2/2) Cecil Forester
Weobley (seat 1/2} Lord George Thynne
Weobley (seat 2/2} Lord John Thynne Vacated seat and replaced Dec 1796 by Inigo Freeman Thomas. Thomas then vacated seat and was replaced Apr 1800 by Sir Charles Talbot, Bt.
Westbury (seat 1/2) Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, Bt
Westbury (seat 2/2) George Ellis Chose to sit for Seaford and replaced Apr 1800 by John Simon Harcourt
West Looe (seat 1/2) John Buller Vacated seat and replaced Nov 1796 by John Hookham Frere
West Looe (seat 2/2) Sitwell Sitwell
Westminster (seat 1/2) Hon. Charles James Fox Foxite Whig
Westminster (seat 2/2) Sir Alan Gardner, Bt Tory
Westmorland (seat 1/2) Sir Michael le Fleming, Bt Tory
Westmorland (seat 2/2) James Lowther Tory
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 1/4) Sir James Pulteney, Bt (formerly Murray)Tory
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 2/4) Andrew Stuart Died and replaced May 1801 by Charles Adams
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 3/4) Gabriel Tucker Steward Tory
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 4/4) William Garthshore Tory
Whitchurch (seat 1/2) Hon. John Townshend Ennobled and replaced Jul 1800 by Hon. William Augustus Townshend
Whitchurch (seat 2/2) William Brodrick
Wigan (seat 1/2) Hon. Orlando Bridgeman Ennobled and replaced Jun 1800 by George William Gunning
Wigan (seat 2/2) John Cotes
Wigtown Burghs (seat 1/1) John Spalding
Wigtownshire (seat 1/1) Hon. William Stewart
Wilton (seat 1/2) Viscount FitzWilliam
Wilton (seat 2/2) Philip Goldsworthy Died and replaced Feb 1801 by John Spencer
Wiltshire (seat 1/2) Ambrose Goddard
Wiltshire (seat 2/2) Henry Penruddocke Wyndham
Winchelsea (seat 1/2) Richard Barwell Vacated seat and replaced Dec 1796 by William Devaynes
Winchelsea (seat 2/2) William Currie
Winchester (seat 1/2) Richard Grace Gamon
Winchester (seat 2/2) Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston
Wootton Bassett (seat 1/2) John Denison
Wootton Bassett (seat 2/2) Edward Clarke
Worcester (seat 1/2) Edmund Wigley
Worcester (seat 2/2) Abraham Robarts
Worcestershire (seat 1/2) Edward Foley
Worcestershire (seat 2/2) William Lygon

Y

Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (seat 1/2) Jervoise Clarke Jervoise Whig
Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (seat 2/2) Edward Rushworth Independent. Vacated seat and replaced March 1797 by William Peachy
York (seat 1/2) Sir William Mordaunt Milner, Bt. Whig
York (seat 2/2) Richard Slater Milnes Tory
Yorkshire (seat 1/2) William Wilberforce Tory
Yorkshire (seat 2/2) Hon. Henry Lascelles Tory

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