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207:
After the Reform Act 1832 disenfranchised the borough, it reverted to being represented as part of the county constituency covering its area. Cornwall was divided into two divisions in 1832, East
Cornwall (with its place of election at Bodmin) and West Cornwall (which voted at Truro). East Looe was
176:
of the borough. Namier and Brooke estimated that there were about fifty voters in this constituency in the second half of the eighteenth century. It is estimated that by 1800 there were still about fifty electors, and in 1831 the number of eligible voters was 38 while the population of the borough
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1944:
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180:
In practice, this meant that the power to choose the MPs was in the hands of the local landowner or "proprietor", making East Looe (like West Looe) one of the most notorious of the
638:
158:
1695:
1365:
1918:
Notitia
Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ...
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1016:
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86:
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the two towns were separated, and each thereafter returned two members except between 1654 and 1658, when they were once again represented jointly as
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964:
852:
1254:
1690:
146:
110:
36:
1156:
114:
1766:
1753:
1002:
201:
68:
1576:
988:
767:
711:
1462:
448:
438:
379:
262:
106:
537:
1929:
1226:
908:
384:
1644:
1627:
1610:
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1581:
1564:
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1513:
1503:
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1433:
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1387:
1370:
1360:
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1324:
1307:
1290:
1259:
1130:
1103:
1056:
1033:
1021:
969:
943:
838:
812:
802:
648:
630:
166:
44:
1922:
307:
866:
664:
626:
612:
162:
1860:
1801:
1605:
1142:
428:
1700:
102:
1742:
1791:
Trelawny was a
Commissioner of Customs at the time of election, which made him ineligible, and his election was void
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1125:
1070:
272:
118:
880:
1949:
922:
277:
1479:
1428:
1508:
1401:
1542:
1445:
704:
653:
566:
367:
1285:
1639:
1622:
1212:
974:
948:
753:
154:
352:
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1525:
1184:
725:
411:
98:
257:
196:. For many years at the time of the Reform Act, East Looe had been controlled by the Buller family of
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153:, East Looe and West Looe were jointly a borough, returning two members of Parliament; however, under
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600:
394:
317:
302:
150:
30:
1170:
739:
1411:
1271:
1240:
1049:
247:
173:
527:
509:
337:
1098:
418:
347:
1916:
1595:
1382:
781:
669:
374:
185:
1881:
Cobbett's
Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803
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The right of election was in Mayor and members of the corporation, together with a number of
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797:
582:
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406:
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1908:(2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig - Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
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522:
122:
1117:
938:
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362:
332:
181:
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894:
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Leigh
Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
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204:), and many members of the family sat for the borough in the House of Commons.
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142:
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Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1832
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1955:
Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1571
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1782:, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for East Looe
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134:
60:
1778:
Walpole was re-elected in 1722 but had also been elected for
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1769:, which he chose to represent, and never sat for East Looe
1825:
Mitford was the
Speaker of the House of Commons 1801-1802
1726:
The
Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III
16:
Former parliamentary constituency in the United
Kingdom
1834:
This person was Henry Thomas Hope who is described in
1802:"Buller, John (1721-86), of East Looe and Bake, Cornw"
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from 1801 until its abolition in 1832. It elected two
1899:
Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales
1862:
A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament
1838:
by Mary S. Millar, ‘Hope, Henry Thomas (1808–1862)’,
1741:: House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
1945:
Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall (historic)
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74:
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55:
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23:
121:system of election. It was disenfranchised in the
1696:MPs elected in the British general election, 1754
1729:(2nd edition – London: St Martin's Press, 1957)
635:of the Protectorate, one MP was elected jointly
1865:(London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
8:
1906:The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847
133:The borough consisted of the town of East
20:
184:. The borough was long controlled by the
1901:(New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
1872:(London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
472:
224:
1840:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
1712:
1691:West Looe (UK Parliament constituency)
111:House of Commons of the United Kingdom
109:from 1707 to 1800, and finally in the
1752:In 1659, Buller was also elected for
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200:(which also controlled West Looe and
7:
1846:, not his father, of the same name.
599:East Looe was unrepresented in the
555:Lower disabled to sit - seat vacant
14:
1606:James Drummond Buller-Elphinstone
141:, connected by bridge across the
107:House of Commons of Great Britain
1868:D Brunton & D H Pennington,
1842:, Oxford University Press, 2004
1756:. He chose to sit for East Looe.
1675:
688:Not represented in the restored
461:No Parliament summoned 1629-1640
1765:Godolphin was also elected for
167:Second Protectorate Parliaments
1892:The House of Commons 1754-1790
1884:(London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
1870:Members of the Long Parliament
1:
1806:historyofparliamentonline.org
407:Happy Parliament (1624-1625)
1701:Unreformed House of Commons
1366:Hon. William Wellesley-Pole
103:House of Commons of England
1981:
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1136:
105:from 1571 to 1707, in the
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391:Parliament of 1621-1622
375:Addled Parliament (1614)
359:Parliament of 1604-1611
329:Parliament of 1597-1598
299:Parliament of 1588-1589
284:Parliament of 1586-1587
269:Parliament of 1584-1585
254:Parliament of 1572-1583
1157:The Viscount Palmerston
639:East Looe and West Looe
188:of the nearby manor of
161:, by one member of the
159:East Looe and West Looe
1661:Constituency abolished
1543:Thomas Potter Macqueen
1739:History of Parliament
1337:The Earl of Carysfort
1213:Sir Charles Whitworth
768:Sir Jonathan Trelawny
216:Members of Parliament
115:Members of Parliament
99:parliamentary borough
1904:Henry Stooks Smith,
1897:J Holladay Philbin,
1894:(LOndon: HMSO, 1964)
1844:accessed 5 June 2008
1640:Thomas Arthur Kemmis
1560:George Watson-Taylor
808:Sir William Trumbull
618:Major John Blackmore
601:Barebones Parliament
31:borough constituency
1050:Charles Longueville
581:Buller excluded in
344:Parliament of 1601
314:Parliament of 1593
239:Parliament of 1571
101:represented in the
1526:David Vanderheyden
939:Sir Charles Hedges
412:Bartholomew Specot
385:Sir Reginald Mohun
363:Sir Robert Phelips
1890:and John Brooke,
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1623:Henry Thomas Hope
1596:William Lascelles
1499:Sir Edward Buller
1383:Charles Arbuthnot
1320:Viscount Belgrave
1303:Richard Grosvenor
1057:Sir John Trelawny
1034:Sir Henry Hoghton
975:Sir James Bateman
853:Francis Godolphin
839:Sir Henry Seymour
712:Jonathan Trelawny
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308:Sir Robert Jermyn
192:in the parish of
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867:George Courtenay
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380:George Chudleigh
323:Gregory Downhall
288:Abraham Hartwell
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1003:William Lowndes
989:Horatio Walpole
949:Edward Jennings
754:Charles Osborne
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543:Parliamentarian
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429:Sir John Trevor
424:Sir James Bagge
395:Sir John Walter
368:Sir John Parker
318:William Hampden
303:Anthony Everard
293:Edward Trelawny
273:Richard Spencer
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