Background Information
Number of voters: about 4000
Number of seats
2
Constituency business
| Date | Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr. 1754 | VELTERS CORNEWALL | 2,561 |
| EDWARD HARLEY, Lord Harley | 2,531 |
|
| Robert Price | 1,143 |
|
| 5 May 1755 | SIR JOHN MORGAN vice Harley, called to the Upper House | |
| 15 Apr. 1761 | SIR JOHN MORGAN | |
| VELTERS CORNEWALL | ||
| 18 May 1767 | THOMAS FOLEY jun. vice Morgan, deceased | |
| 6 Apr. 1768 | THOMAS FOLEY SEN. | |
| THOMAS FOLEY jun. | ||
| 12 Oct. 1774 | THOMAS FOLEY SEN. | 2,450 |
| SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL | 1,971 |
|
| Thomas Harley | 1,631 |
|
| 22 May 1776 | THOMAS HARLEY vice Foley, called to the Upper House | 1,685 |
| James Walwyn | 1,188 |
|
| 18 Sept. 1780 | THOMAS HARLEY | |
| SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL | ||
| 14 Apr. 1784 | THOMAS HARLEY | |
| SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL |
Main Article
The leading interests in Herefordshire were in the Harleys, Earls of Oxford, the Foleys of Stoke Edith, and the Cornewalls of Moccas Court. United, they dominated the county, as in 1754. The elections of 1774 and 1776 were struggles for supremacy between themselves. Thomas Harley, defeated in 1774 by a Foley and a Cornewall, was successful in 1776 against a candidate not of either family but having the support of both.
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