Right of election

in the freemen

Background Information

Number of voters: about 40

Constituency business
County
Date Candidate Votes
19 June 1790 HON. HENRY FANE
HON. THOMAS FANE
8 Feb. 1793 HON. THOMAS FANE re-elected after appointment to office
27 May 1796 HON. HENRY FANE
HON. THOMAS FANE
5 July 1802 HON. THOMAS FANE
HENRY FANE
18 Mar. 1806 JOHN FANE, Lord Burghersh, Lord Burghersh, vice Hon. Thomas Fane, vacated his seat
31 Oct. 1806 JOHN FANE, Lord Burghersh
HENRY FANE
5 May 1807 JOHN FANE, Lord Burghersh
HENRY FANE
7 Oct. 1812 JOHN FANE, Lord Burghersh
HENRY FANE
29 Mar. 1816 JOHN THOMAS FANE vice Burghersh, vacated his seat
17 June 1818 JOHN THOMAS FANE
VERE FANE
Main Article

The 9th and 10th Earls of Westmorland remained in complete control of Lyme from 1784, when opposition to them had last been attempted, until 1832, invariably returning members of their family.

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