Right of election
‘in such persons only as pay to church and poor’1CJ, 31 Jan. 1722/3.
Background Information
Number of voters: about 500
Number of seats
2
Constituency business
County
| Date | Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr. 1754 | WILLS HILL, Earl of Hillsborough | |
| HENRY ARCHER | ||
| 29 Dec. 1755 | HILLSBOROUGH re-elected after appointment to office | |
| 9 Dec. 1756 | JOHN SPENCER vice Hillsborough, called to the Upper House | |
| 27 Mar. 1761 | HAMILTON BOYLE, Visct. Dungarvan | |
| HENRY ARCHER | ||
| 13 Dec. 1762 | PAUL METHUEN vice Dungarvan, called to the Upper House | |
| 16 Mar. 1768 | GEORGE GREVILLE, Lord Greville | |
| HENRY ARCHER | ||
| 20 May 1768 | PAUL METHUEN vice Archer, deceased | |
| 20 Apr. 1770 | GREVILLE re-elected after appointment to office | |
| 21 Jan. 1774 | CHARLES FRANCIS GREVILLE vice Lord Greville, called to the Upper House | |
| 7 Oct. 1774 | CHARLES FRANCIS GREVILLE | |
| ROBERT FULKE GREVILLE | ||
| 12 Sept. 1780 | ROBERT LADBROKE | 212 |
| CHARLES FRANCIS GREVILLE | 203 |
|
| Robert Fulke Greville | 187 |
|
| 15 Apr. 1783 | GREVILLE re-elected after appointment to office | |
| 6 Apr. 1784 | ROBERT LADBROKE | 242 |
| CHARLES FRANCIS GREVILLE | 235 |
|
| William Holbech | 200 |
Main Article
Warwick was virtually a scot and lot borough. Oldfield wrote about it in 1792:2Boroughs, iii. 80. ‘There have been frequent struggles here between the Earl of Warwick ... and the popular party.’ In 1754 its patrons were Lord Brooke (later Earl of Warwick) and Lord Archer. In 1774 both seats went to members of Warwick’s family; which led in 1780 to a revolt of the independent party and the loss of one seat to Robert Ladbroke, a London banker with an estate in Warwickshire. In 1784 Charles Francis Greville, having quarre lled with his brother Lord Warwick, stood on his own interest; and he and Ladbroke were successful against Warwick’s candidate.
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