Right of election

in the freemen

Background Information

Number of voters: about 200

Number of seats
2
Constituency business
County
Date Candidate Votes
13 Apr. 1754 JOHN BATEMAN, Visct. Bateman
ANTHONY KECK
27 Dec. 1755 BATEMAN re-elected after appointment to office
8 Dec. 1756 BATEMAN re-elected after appointment to office
7 July 1757 BATEMAN re-elected after appointment to office
27 Mar. 1761 JOHN BATEMAN, Visct. Bateman
ANTHONY KECK
8 June 1767 WILLIAM GORDON vice Keck, deceased
18 Mar. 1768 LORD ROBERT SPENCER
WILLIAM GORDON
30 Apr. 1770 SPENCER re-elected after appointment to office
30 Jan. 1771 JOHN SKYNNER vice Spencer, vacated his seat
10 Apr. 1772 SKYNNER re-elected after appointment to office
6 Oct. 1774 JOHN SKYNNER
WILLIAM EDEN
11 Mar. 1776 EDEN re-elected after appointment to office
1 Dec. 1777 GEORGE PARKER, Visct. Parker, vice Skynner, appointed to office
6 Sept. 1780 GEORGE PARKER, Visct. Parker
WILLIAM EDEN
9 Apr. 1783 EDEN re-elected after appointment to office
1 Apr. 1784 SIR HENRY WATKIN DASHWOOD
FRANCIS BURTON
9 July 1788 BURTON re-elected after appointment to office
Main Article

New Woodstock, ‘adjoining to the wall of Blenheim Park’,1Oldfield, Boroughs (1792), ii. 390. was a complete pocket borough of the Duke of Marlborough.

Author
Notes
  • 1. Oldfield, Boroughs (1792), ii. 390.