Right of election
in the freeholders, freemen, and inhabitants paying scot and lot
Background Information
Number of voters: about 500
Number of seats
1
Constituency business
County
| Date | Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Apr. 1754 | WILLIAM EDWARDES | |
| 2 Apr. 1761 | WILLIAM EDWARDES | |
| 22 Mar. 1768 | WILLIAM EDWARDES | |
| 17 Oct. 1774 | WILLIAM EDWARDES | |
| 19 Sept. 1780 | WILLIAM EDWARDES, Baron Kensington | |
| 6 Apr. 1784 | RICHARD PHILIPPS, Baron Milford | |
| 6 Feb. 1786 | LORD KENSINGTON vice Milford, vacated his seat |
Main Article
Two interests were dominant in Haverfordwest: those of the Edwardes family of Johnston and of the Philipps family of Picton Castle. But it was generally understood between them that William Edwardes should be allowed to represent the borough, in return for supporting the Philipps family in the county. This arrangement broke down in 1784 when Lord Milford, defeated in Pembrokeshire, canvassed Haverfordwest; and forced Lord Kensington (as Edwardes had become) to decline. When Milford vacated his seat in 1786 in order to stand for the county, Kensington came in again for Haverfordwest.
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