Right of election
in the burgage holders
Background Information
Number of voters: 7
Number of seats
2
Constituency business
County
| Date | Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Apr. 1754 | WILLIAM PULTENEY, Visct. Pulteney | |
| THOMAS PITT | ||
| 18 Mar. 1755 | SIR WILLIAM CALVERT vice Pitt, vacated his seat | |
| 10 Dec. 1759 | PULTENEY re-elected after appointment to office | |
| 30 Mar. 1761 | THOMAS PITT | |
| HOWELL GWYNNE | ||
| 17 Dec. 1761 | THOMAS PITT jun. vice Thomas Pitt sen., deceased | |
| 26 Apr. 1763 | PITT re-elected after appointment to office | |
| 16 Mar. 1768 | WILLIAM GERARD HAMILTON | |
| JOHN CRAUFURD | ||
| 11 Oct. 1774 | PINCKNEY WILKINSON | |
| THOMAS PITT | ||
| 11 Sept. 1780 | PINCKNEY WILKINSON | |
| THOMAS PITT | ||
| 6 Jan. 1784 | JOHN CHARLES VILLIERS vice Pitt, called to the Upper House | |
| 11 Mar. 1784 | GEORGE HARDINGE vice Wilkinson, deceased | |
| 5 Apr. 1784 | JOHN CHARLES VILLIERS | |
| GEORGE HARDINGE | ||
| 23 Feb. 1787 | VILLIERS re-elected after appointment to office | |
| 4 Dec. 1787 | HARDINGE re-elected after appointment to office | |
| 1 Mar. 1790 | VILLIERS re-elected after appointment to office |
Main Article
Old Sarum was the extreme example of a rotten borough: by 1754 nothing was left of it except its parliamentary representation; and the small number of burgages, all owned by the Pitts of Boconnoc, made complete control possible.
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