Plymouth

The control of Plymouth was in the Admiralty. Under Walpole it was managed for the Government by George Treby, who had property and an interest there.Geo. Treby to Walpole, 4 Aug. 1727, 30 Apr. 1734, Cholmondeley (Houghton) mss. In 1739 the Commons restricted the right of election, previously by usage in the freemen and freeholders, to the freemen only, unseating John Rogers, who had been elected largely by the freeholders,CJ, xxiii. 419; H. F. Whitfield, Plymouth and Devonport in Times of War and Peace, 169. thus confirming the government interest in the town.