Right of election
in the corporation
Background Information
Number of voters: 31
Constituency business
County
| Date | Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Jan. 1715 | DUDLEY NORTH | |
| JOHN WARD | ||
| 26 Mar. 1722 | SIR EDMUND BACON | |
| ROBERT JACOMB | ||
| 24 Aug. 1727 | SIR EDMUND BACON | |
| ROBERT JACOMB | ||
| 1 Feb. 1733 | CHARLES FITZROY vice Jacomb, deceased | |
| 4 May 1734 | SIR EDMUND BACON | |
| CHARLES FITZROY | ||
| 10 Feb. 1739 | LORD AUGUSTUS FITZROY vice Bacon, deceased | |
| 7 May 1741 | LORD AUGUSTUS FITZROY | |
| CHARLES FITZROY | ||
| 29 Dec. 1741 | LORD HENRY BEAUCLERK vice Lord Augustus Fitzroy, deceased | |
| 8 Dec. 1743 | FITZROY re-elected after appointment to office | |
| 2 July 1747 | LORD HENRY BEAUCLERK | |
| CHARLES FITZROY |
Main Article
The representation of Thetford was controlled by the owner of the adjoining estate of Euston. In 1715 Euston belonged to the dowager Duchess of Grafton, whose second husband, Sir Thomas Hanmer, nominated two Tories at that election. From 1722 both Members were Whigs, nominated by her son, the 2nd Duke of Grafton, to whom the estate passed on her death in 1723.
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