1. Appendix II: Reports of debates in the House of Commons, 1715-1754

    Reports of debates in the House of Commons, 1715-1754

  2. VI. Notes

    I

    The following table compares the numbers of each party returned in 1715 by the English counties and boroughs, Wales, and Scotland with the corresponding returns in 1713.

  3. 1715-1754 Survey
  4. Abbreviations

    This section of the Survey provides a list of the abbreviations used in the volumes for this period, in addition to standard and self-explanatory abbreviations, Please note that there are separat

  5. Appendices
  6. I. Procedure

    By George I’s accession St.

  7. II. The General Election of 1715 and the First Whig Opposition, 1717-20

    Between the Revolution and the Hanoverian accession a two-party system developed. At the beginning of the period, in Macaulay’s words,

  8. III. The Second Whig Opposition, 1722-42

    When the news of the reconstruction of the ministry on a Townshend-Walpole-Sunderland basis was released in February 1721, it was

  9. IV. Oppositions, 1742-4 and 1747-51

    As soon as Walpole decided to resign, Newcastle and Hardwicke opened negotiations with Pulteney and Carteret for the formation of a new Whig Administration.

  10. V. The Tories

    During the reigns of the first two Hanoverian Kings the Tory party was virtually proscribed.

  11. Appendix I: Constituencies and contested elections

    Constituencies and Contested Elections

    The House of Commons during the period 1715-54 had 558 Members, elected by 314 constituencies, as follows:

  12. Appendix III: Parliamentary lists, 1715-1754

    Parliamentary lists, 1715-1754

  13. Appendix IV: Dates of Parliaments

    Dates of Parliaments

    Year         
  14. Appendix VI: First ministers and leaders of the House

    First Ministers and leaders of the House of Commons

     

     

     

     

     


  15. Appendix V: Speakers and chairmen of committees of supply and ways and means

    Speaker of the House of Commons

    17 Mar.1715 Hon. Spencer Compton
  16. Appendix VII: Members

    Members

  17. Appendix VIII: Ireland

    Ireland

  18. Appendix IX: Scotland

    Scotland

    The following tables show the results of the general elections and the holders of the chief political offices in Scotland:

  19. Appendix X: Wales

    Wales

  20. Appendix XI: The Worsley List

    The Worsley list

  21. 1715-1754 Parliaments