Flint Boroughs

<p>The representation of these boroughs was controlled by the local squires. Sir John Glynne retained the seat without opposition until his death in 1777;<fn>NLW, Glynne of Hawarden mss, 1, 4, 11, 13.</fn> and was succeeded by Watkin Williams, of an influential Flintshire family, whose father had represented the constituency 1742-7. Thomas Hanmer, son of <a href="/landingpage/60227" title="Sir Walden Hanmer" class="link">Sir Walden Hanmer</a>, issued an address in 1777 but did not stand; and there seems to have been no opposition to Williams in 1780 or 1784.</p>