Right of election
in the resident freemen
Background Information
Number of voters: about 100
Number of seats
1
Constituency business
County
| Date | Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Jan. 1715 | CHARLES LEIGH | |
| 24 Mar. 1722 | THOMAS WATSON WENTWORTH | |
| 20 Jan. 1724 | JOHN FINCH vice Wentworth, deceased | 76 |
| Thomas Dacres | 34 |
|
| 15 Feb. 1727 | FINCH re-elected after appointment to office | |
| 19 Aug. 1727 | JOHN FINCH | |
| 26 Apr. 1734 | JOHN FINCH | |
| 4 May 1741 | HENRY FINCH | |
| 28 Dec. 1741 | HENRY SEYMOUR CONWAY vice Finch, chose to sit for Malton | |
| 26 June 1747 | JOHN HILL | |
| 21 Nov. 1753 | JOHN YORKE vice Hill, deceased |
Main Article
In 1715 Higham Ferrers, consisting of about 250 houses, was controlled by Thomas Wentworth, a Whig, who had bought the manor, including most of the town, from the last Earl of Feversham. On his death in 1723 the borough passed to his son, Thomas Wentworth, created Marquess of Rockingham in 1746, whose nominee at the ensuing by-election was unsuccessfully opposed by Thomas Dacres, the owner of some former church lands in the town.1Bridges, Northants. ii. 173. Thenceforth Wentworth nominees were returned unopposed.
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Notes
- 1. Bridges, Northants. ii. 173.