Background Information
Number of voters: about 5000
Number of seats
2
Constituency business
| Date | Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Apr. 1754 | WILLIAM LEVESON GOWER | |
| WILLIAM BAGOT | ||
| 4 Jan. 1757 | HENRY FREDERICK THYNNE vice Leveson Gower, deceased | |
| 9 Apr. 1761 | GEORGE HARRY GREY, Lord Grey | |
| WILLIAM BAGOT | ||
| 31 Mar. 1768 | GEORGE HARRY GREY, Lord Grey | |
| WILLIAM BAGOT | ||
| 5 July 1768 | JOHN WROTTESLEY vice Grey, cvalled to the Upper House | |
| 21 Oct. 1774 | SIR WILLIAM BAGOT | |
| SIR JOHN WROTTESLEY | ||
| 28 Sept. 1780 | GEORGE LEGGE, Visct. Lewisham | |
| SIR JOHN WROTTESLEY | ||
| 8 Apr. 1784 | SIR JOHN WROTTESLEY | |
| SIR EDWARD LITTLETON | ||
| 15 May 1787 | GEORGE GRANVILLE LEVESON GOWER, Earl Gower, vice Wrottesley, deceased |
Main Article
In 1753 the two outstanding Staffordshire families, the Leveson Gowers of Trentham (Whigs) and the Bagots of Blithfield (Tories), came to a compromise about the forthcoming general election. ‘I am glad to hear Staffordshire is agreed’, wrote Henry Pelham to Newcastle, 27 July 1753,1Add. 32732, f. 36. ‘a contest would have cost a great sum of money, and I believe not ended better than it will now.’ There was no contest 1754-90; one seat was always conceded to the Leveson Gower interest and the other usually went to a country gentleman.
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Notes
- 1. Add. 32732, f. 36.