Nicholas Haddock (1723–1781)

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Nicholas Haddock (1723 – 19 July 1781) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1761.

The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of the Parliament of Scotland, as one of the most significant changes brought about by the Union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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Haddock was elected Member of Parliament for Rochester in 1754 and held the seat to 1761.^[2]

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Haddock died on 19 July 1781, aged 58.

Haddock married Miss Medhurst of Wrotham, but had no children.^[3] Wrotham Place passed to his brother and heir-at-law, Charles Haddock.^[1]

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Preceded by David Polhill Hon. John Byng	Member of Parliament for Rochester 1754–1761 With: Hon. John Byng 1754–1757 Isaac Townsend 1757–1761	Succeeded by Viscount Parker Isaac Townsend

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[Wrotham-1] 1 2 Parishes: Wrotham, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5 (1798), pp. 6-32. Date accessed: 11 November 2010

[2] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)

[3] The Home Counties Magazine Volume 7 - Notes on the Village of Wrotham Kent