Devon

Background Information

Number of voters: about 3000

Constituency business
Date Candidate Votes
5 Feb. 1715 SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY
SIR COPLESTONE WARWICK BAMPFYLDE
2 Apr. 1722 SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY
SIR COPLESTONE WARWICK BAMPFYLDE
29 Aug. 1727 SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY
JOHN ROLLE
2 June 1730 HENRY ROLLE vice John Rolle, deceased
30 Apr. 1734 SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY
HENRY ROLLE
3 Feb. 1736 JOHN BAMPFYLDE vice Courtenay, deceased
19 May 1741 SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY
THEOPHILUS FORTESCUE
15 Apr. 1746 SIR THOMAS ACLAND vice Fortescue, deceased
7 July 1747 SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY
SIR RICHARD WARWICK BAMPFYLDE
Main Article

<p>The Devonshire country gentlemen were accustomed to return the heads of three Tory families, the Courtenays, Bampfyldes, and Rolles, who were ‘chose in their turn’<a class='fnlink' id='t1' href='#fn1'>1<span>Thos. Care to the Pretender, July 1739, Stuart mss 216/111.</span></a> till 1741, when the Rolles dropped out on going over to the Court.</p>

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Notes
  • 1. Thos. Care to the Pretender, July 1739, Stuart mss 216/111.