Right of election
in burgage holders
Background Information
Number of voters: about 80
Number of seats
2
Constituency business
County
| Date | Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr. 1754 | CHARLES INGRAM | |
| SIR LIONEL PILKINGTON | ||
| 1 Apr. 1761 | CHARLES INGRAM | |
| SIR LIONEL PILKINGTON | ||
| 22 Nov. 1763 | ROBERT PRATT vice Ingram, became a peer of Scotland | |
| 18 Mar. 1768 | JAMES GRENVILLE | |
| ROBERT PRATT | ||
| 18 Apr. 1770 | JAMES WALLACE vice Granville, vacated his seat | |
| 8 Oct. 1774 | JAMES WALLACE | |
| JEREMIAH DYSON | ||
| 28 Oct. 1775 | CHARLES MOORE, Earl of Drogheda, vice Dyson, deceased | |
| 10 June 1778 | WALLACE re-elected after appointment to office | |
| 12 July 1780 | WALLACE re-elected after appointment to office | |
| 9 Sept. 1780 | GEORGE LEGGE, Visct. Lewisham | |
| JAMES WALLACE | ||
| 30 Nov. 1780 | SIR GEORGE OSBORN vice Lewisham, chose to sit for Staffordshire | |
| 22 Apr. 1783 | WALLACE re-elected after appointment to office | |
| 28 Nov. 1783 | JAMES CRAUFURD vice Wallace, deceased | |
| 1 Apr. 1784 | JEREMIAH CRUTCHLEY | |
| PHILIP METCALFE |
Main Article
In 1754 Henry Ingram, 7th Viscount Irwin, owned a majority of the burgages at Horsham and controlled both seats. On the death s.p. in 1778 of Charles, 9th and last Viscount, the property devolved upon his widow, who in 1780 and 1784 placed both seats at the disposal of Administration. In 1786 Charles, 11th Duke of Norfolk, lord of the manor of Horsham, began purchasing burgages with a view to challenging the Irwin interest, which he did at the general election of 1790.
Constituency Title Notes
W. Albery, Parlty. Hist. Horsham .
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