Luke Robinson (died 1773)

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Luke Robinson (died 1773) [1] was an English barrister and politician.

He was the third son of Charles Robinson of Kingston upon Hull. He was educated at Gray's Inn, where he was called to the bar in 1722, and became a bencher in 1743. [2]

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He was elected at the 1741 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Hedon. The defeated MP Harry Pulteney had him unseated on petition, and convicted of bribery at the York assizes. [2]

1741 British general election

The 1741 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw support for the government party increase in the quasi-democratic constituencies which were decided by popular vote, but the Whigs lost control of a number of rotten and pocket boroughs, partly as a result of the influence of the Prince of Wales, and were consequently re-elected with the barest of majorities in the Commons, Walpole's supporters only narrowly outnumbering his opponents.

Hedon, sometimes spelt Heydon, was a parliamentary borough in the East Riding of Yorkshire, represented by two Members of Parliament in the House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1547 to 1832.

General Harry Pulteney was an English soldier and Member of Parliament.

Robisnson contested Hedon unsuccessfully at two subsequent by-elections, but his petition after the 1746 by-election was upheld, and he was awarded the seat in early 1747. [1] He was returned again at general election in July 1747, and held the seat until his defeat in 1754. [2]

1747 British general election

The 1747 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw Henry Pelham's Whig government increase its majority and the Tories continue their decline. By 1747, thirty years of Whig oligarchy and systematic corruption had weakened party ties substantially; despite the fact that Walpole, the main reason for the split that led to the creation of the Patriot Whig faction, had resigned, there were still almost as many Whigs in opposition to the ministry as there were Tories, and the real struggle for power was between various feuding factions of Whig aristocrats rather than between the old parties. The Tories had become an irrelevant group of country gentlemen who had resigned themselves to permanent opposition.

1754 British general election

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References

  1. 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
  2. 1 2 3 Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). R. Sedgwick (ed.). "ROBINSON, Luke (d.1773), of Elloughton on Brough, nr. Hull, Yorks". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Harry Pulteney
George Berkeley
Member of Parliament for Hedon
1741–1742
With: Francis Chute
Succeeded by
The Earl of Mountrath
George Berkeley
Preceded by
George Anson
Samuel Gumley
Member of Parliament for Hedon
1747–1754
With: George Anson to July 1747
Sir John Savile from July 1747
Succeeded by
Sir Charles Saunders
Peter Denis