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Walter Hungerford (MP)

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101:, he was returned again as Whig MP for Calne. He voted against the Spanish convention in 1739 but thenceforth supported the Administration. His only known speeches were on 16 March 1739, when he opposed a motion to take the duty off Irish yarn, 1741 and on 6 December 1743, when he spoke against an opposition motion to discontinue the Hanoverians in English pay. Classed as an Old Whig in 1746, he did not stand again. 86:, the sitting member, had fallen out with Sir George Hungerford. He made little or no impression upon the work of the House and he is not known to have spoken. He was not put up to stand at the second general election of 1701. In 1708, he purchased the office of Commissioner of Appeals in Excise worth, £200 a year, from 315: 54:. He was sent away to sea as a young man with a loan of £500 from his father. He later raised a lengthy suit in Chancery against his father, and also alienated his sister Frances after claiming the reversion of her house in 58:, a dowry from Sir George, following her husband's death in 1693; he refused to repay the £1,000 mortgage owed to Sir Robert Holford, who threatened to evict Frances. He married Elizabeth Dodson of 113:
manor and neighbouring messuages. His wife Elizabeth died in 1749. He died without issue on 31 May 1754 and was buried in the family vault at Bremhill, Wiltshire. He left Rodbourne and
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Hungerford used his residence at Studley House as a base from which to purchase further Wiltshire properties, including
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at the first general election of 1701, where there was a vacancy because his elder brother,
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
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Hungerford stood at Calne in 1715, but was defeated. He served as
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manors, Wiltshire, and Stanton Court, Devon, to three nephews.
62:, London on 22 November 1703. He succeeded his father in 1712. 26:, Wiltshire, was an English Whig politician who sat in the 82:, had died prematurely in 1698 and his brother-in-law, 50:, Wiltshire and his wife, Frances Seymour, daughter of 42:
Hungerford was the second, but eldest surviving son of
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Calne
English House of Commons
British House of Commons
Sir George Hungerford
Bremhill
Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge
Yatesbury
St Clement Danes
Member of Parliament
Calne
George
Henry Blaake
Joseph Addison
High Sheriff of Wiltshire
1734 British general election
Rodbourne
Great Durnford


"HUNGERFORD, Walter (1675-1754), of St. Clement Danes, Westminster, and Studley House, nr. Calne, Wilts"


"HUNGERFORD, Walter (1675-1754), of Studley House, nr. Calne, Wilts"
Parliament of Great Britain
Henry Blaake
Henry Chivers
Member of Parliament
Calne
Walter Long
Henry Blaake

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