Title:
Poll books
Level: Category
Borough records
Level: Fonds
COLCHESTER, PRE-1835
Level: Sub-Fonds
RELATIONS WITH CENTRAL GOVERNMENT: FRANCHISE AND TAXATION
Level: Series
Poll books
Scope and Content:
Printed poll books for elections (bound into one volume)
16-18 June 1790, candidates George Jackson, Robert Thornton and George Tierney, Robert Thornton and George Jackson (Tory) elected
25-28 May 1796, candidates Robert Thornton, Lord Muncaster and Richard Shepley, Robert Thornton and Lord Muncaster (Tory) elected
31 October-1 November 1806, candidates Robert Thornton, William Tufnell and John Prinsep, Robert Thornton (Tory) and William Tufnell (Whig) elected
9-14 March 1820, candidates James Beckford Wildman, Daniel Whittle Harvey and Sir Henry Russell, James Beckford Wildman (Tory) and Daniel Whittle Harvey (Radical) elected
30 July-4 August 1830, candidates Daniel Whittle Harvey, Andrew Spottiswoode and William Mayhew, Daniel Whittle Harvey (Radical) and Andrew Spottiswoode (Tory) elected
30 March-6 April 1831, candidates Sir William Curtis and William Mayhew, William Mayhew (Whig) elected [Andrew Spottiswoode's election was declared null and a by-election was held]
2-5 May 1831, candidates Daniel Whittle Harvey, William Mayhew and Richard Sanderson, Daniel Whittle Harvey (Radical) and William Mayhew (Whig) elected
11-12 December 1832, candidates Daniel Whittle Harvey, William Mayhew and Richard Sanderson, Daniel Whittle Harvey (Radical) and Richard Sanderson (Conservative) elected
7-8 January 1835, candidates Richard Sanderson, Sir George Henry Smyth and Henry Tufnell, Richard Sanderson and Sir George Henry Smyth (Conservative) elected
27 July 1837, candidates Richard Sanderson, Sir George Henry Smyth and James Ruddell Todd, Richard Sanderson and Sir George Henry Smyth (Conservative) elected
30 July 1847, candidates Richard Sanderson, Sir George Henry Smyth and Joseph Alfred Hardcastle, Sir George Henry Smyth (Conservative) and Joseph Alfred Hardcastle (Whig) elected
8 February 1850, candidates Lord John Manners and George Wingrove Cooke, Lord John Manners (Conservative) elected
9 July 1852, candidates Joseph Alfred Hardcastle, Lord John James Robert Manners, Wiliam Warwick Hawkins and Henry Thoby Prinsep, William Warwick Hawkins and Lord John Manners (Conservative) elected
Dates of Creation:
1790-1852
Extent:
1 vol.

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Subjects Elections Poll books for elections of members of Parliament for Borough of Colchester, 1790-1852
Place Names Colchester Poll books for elections of members of parliament, 1790-1852
Document Types Poll book Borough of Colchester elections for members of parliament, 1790-1852
Institutions Borough of Colchester Poll books for elections of members of Parliament, 1790-1852
Institutions Borough of Colchester Poll books for elections of members of Parliament, 1790-1852