Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency)

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from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire

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. It was divided between the constituencies of Cumberland East and Cumberland West in 1832.

1290-1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1301	Sir John Wigton
1305	Sir John Wigton
1306	Sir John de Lucy
1312	Andrew Harclay Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle , alternatively Andreas de Harcla, was an important English military leader in the borderlands with Scotland during the reign of Edward II. Coming from a knightly family in Westmorland, he was appointed sheriff of Cumberland in 1311...
1313	Sir John Wigton
1316	John de Skelton
1324	Hugh de Lowther
1337	Thomas de Skelton
1342	Hugh de Lowther	Peter de Tylliol
1344	Hugh de Lowther	John de Orreton
1345	Hugh de Lowther	Henry de Malton
1368	James Pickering
1377	Richard de Sandys	Sir Richard Moubray
1377	John FitzHugh de Lowther
1383	John de Burgham	John de Kirby
1385	Sir Richard de Beaulieu
1386	Amand Monceaux	John Thirlwall
1388 (Feb)	Sir John de Derwentwater	Sir John Ireby
1388 (Sep)	Amand Monceaux	Sir Robert Muncaster
1390 (Jan)	Amand Monceaux	William de Threlkeld
1390 (Nov)	William Stapleton	Thomas Sands
1391	Sir Peter Tilliol	Robert Lowther
1393	Geoffrey Tilliol	William Lowther
1394	Sir Clement Skelton	Robert Lowther
1395	William Stapleton	Thomas Sands
1397 (Jan)	Sir John Ireby	Sir Clement Skelton
1397 (Sep)	Sir Peter Tilliol	William Osmundlaw
1399	Sir William Leigh	Roland Vaux
1401	Robert Lowther	William Stapleton
1402	Sir Peter Tilliol	John Skelton
1404 (Jan)	Sir Robert Lowther	William Lowther I
1404 (Oct)	John More I	William Bewley
1406	Sir Robert Lowther	Sir John Skelton
1407	William Stapleton	William More
1410	Sir Peter Tilliol	Christopher Moresby
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Sir Peter Tilliol	William Bewley
1414 (Apr)	(Sir) Robert Lowther	Sir William Leigh
1414 (Nov)	(Sir) Christopher Curwen	John Eaglesfield
1415
1416 (Mar)	(Sir) John Lancaster	William Stapleton
1416 (Oct)
1417	Sir Peter Tilliol	(Sir) Robert Lowther
1419	Sir Peter Tilliol	Richard Restwold I
1420	Sir Peter Tilliol	Thomas More II
1421 (May)	Sir John Lamplugh	Richard Restwold II
1421 (Dec)	Sir Peter Tilliol	Sir Nicholas Radcliffe
1427	Sir Nicholas Ratcliffe of Derwentwater
1445	Sir Thomas Parr
1446	Sir John Penington
1467	Sir John Huddleston
1510-1515	No Names Known
1523	?Sir Christopher Dacre	?
1529	Sir Christopher Dacre	John Lee I
1536
1539
1542	?Sir Thomas Wharton Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton was an English nobleman and a follower of King Henry VIII of England. He is best known for his victory at Solway Moss on 24 November 1542 for which he was given a barony.-Early life:...	?Hon. Sir Thomas Wharton Thomas Wharton, 2nd Baron Wharton Thomas Wharton, 2nd Baron Wharton was an English peer. He was knighted in 1543 by Seymour-Hertford and married to Anne Radcliffe, elder daughter of Robert first earl of Sussex, in 1547....
1545	Hon. Sir Thomas Wharton Thomas Wharton, 2nd Baron Wharton Thomas Wharton, 2nd Baron Wharton was an English peer. He was knighted in 1543 by Seymour-Hertford and married to Anne Radcliffe, elder daughter of Robert first earl of Sussex, in 1547....	Cuthbert Hutton
1547	Hon. Sir Thomas Wharton Thomas Wharton, 2nd Baron Wharton Thomas Wharton, 2nd Baron Wharton was an English peer. He was knighted in 1543 by Seymour-Hertford and married to Anne Radcliffe, elder daughter of Robert first earl of Sussex, in 1547....	Richard Musgrave
1553 (Mar)	(Sir) Richard Musgrave	Sir Henry Curwen
1553 (Oct)	Hon. Sir Thomas Wharton Thomas Wharton, 2nd Baron Wharton Thomas Wharton, 2nd Baron Wharton was an English peer. He was knighted in 1543 by Seymour-Hertford and married to Anne Radcliffe, elder daughter of Robert first earl of Sussex, in 1547....	Thomas Dacre Thomas Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre Thomas Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre of Gilsland, also Baron Greystock and de jure Baron Boteler was an English Member of Parliament and after his father's death a peer and major landowner in the counties of Cumberland, Yorkshire and Northumberland.-Early life:Born about 1527, Dacre was the eldest of...
1554 (Apr)	John Lee II	Robert Penruddock
1554 (Nov)	John Lee II	Robert Penruddock
1555	Thomas Threlkeld	Sir Henry Curwen
1558	Leonard Dacre Leonard Dacre Leonard Dacre was an English nobleman, one of the promoters of the Northern Rebellion against Queen Elizabeth.-Life:He was the second son of William Dacre, 3rd Baron Dacre of Gilsland and brother of Thomas Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre....	John Dalston
1558–1559	Leonard Dacre Leonard Dacre Leonard Dacre was an English nobleman, one of the promoters of the Northern Rebellion against Queen Elizabeth.-Life:He was the second son of William Dacre, 3rd Baron Dacre of Gilsland and brother of Thomas Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre....	William Musgrave
1563 (Jan)	Leonard Dacre Leonard Dacre Leonard Dacre was an English nobleman, one of the promoters of the Northern Rebellion against Queen Elizabeth.-Life:He was the second son of William Dacre, 3rd Baron Dacre of Gilsland and brother of Thomas Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre....	Henry Curwen
1571	Sir Henry Percy, sat for Northumberland and repl. by ?	Sir Simon Musgrave
1572	Sir Simon Musgrave	Edward Scrope, died and repl. Nov 1580 by Sir Thomas Boynton?
1584	Thomas Scrope	Robert Bowes I
1586	Robert Bowes I	Henry Leigh
1588/9	Sir Thomas Scrope	Robert Bowes I
1593	Nicholas Curwen	Wilfred Lawson Wilfred Lawson (died 1632) Sir Wilfrid Lawson was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1614.Lawson was the son of Thomas Lawson of Little Usworth, County Durham and his wife Elizabeth Darrell, daughter of Constantine Darrell of Wiltshire. He was educated at...
1597	Joseph Pennington	Christopher Pickering
1601 (Oct)	William Huddleston	Gerard Lowther II
1604–1611	Wilfrid Lawson Wilfred Lawson (died 1632) Sir Wilfrid Lawson was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1614.Lawson was the son of Thomas Lawson of Little Usworth, County Durham and his wife Elizabeth Darrell, daughter of Constantine Darrell of Wiltshire. He was educated at...	Edward Musgrave
1614	Sir Thomas Penruddock	Sir William Lawson Wilfred Lawson (died 1632) Sir Wilfrid Lawson was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1614.Lawson was the son of Thomas Lawson of Little Usworth, County Durham and his wife Elizabeth Darrell, daughter of Constantine Darrell of Wiltshire. He was educated at...
1621/2	Sir George Dalston	Sir Henry Curwen Henry Curwen Sir Henry Curwen was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622.Curwen was the only son of Sir Nicholas Curwen of Workington, Cumberland and his first wife Ann Musgrave. He matriculated from Pembroke College, Cambridge in about 1595. He was High Sheriff of Cumberland...
1624	Sir George Dalston	Ferdinando Huddleston
1625	Sir George Dalston	Patricius Curwen Patricius Curwen Sir Patricius Curwen, 1st Baronet was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1643 and from 1661 to 1664. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War...
1626	Sir George Dalston	Patricius Curwen Patricius Curwen Sir Patricius Curwen, 1st Baronet was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1643 and from 1661 to 1664. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War...
1628	Sir George Dalston	Sir Patricius Curwen, Bt Patricius Curwen Sir Patricius Curwen, 1st Baronet was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1643 and from 1661 to 1664. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War...
1629-1640	No Parliament summoned

1640-1832

	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....	Sir Patricius Curwen, Bt Patricius Curwen Sir Patricius Curwen, 1st Baronet was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1643 and from 1661 to 1664. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War...		Sir George Dalston
November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...			Sir George Dalston	Royalist
March 1643	Curwen and Dalston disabled to sit - both seats vacant
1646	William Airmine		Richard Tolson Richard Tolson Richard Tolson was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1646 to 1648 and in 1660.Tolson was the son of Henry Tolson of Bridekirk in west Cumbria and his wife Margaret Savile, daughter of Henry Savile of Wath. He matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford on 17 October...
December 1648	William Airmine		Tolson excluded in Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents... - seat vacant
1653	Cumberland was not separately represented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector... . The following were nominated for The Four Northern Counties collectively: Major-General Charles Howard Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle was an English politician and military leader.The first in the Howard line of earls, he was the son and heir of Sir William Howard, of Naworth in Cumberland, by Mary, daughter of William, Lord Eure, and great-grandson of Lord William Howard, "Belted Will" , the... , Robert Fenwick, Henry Dawson Henry Dawson Henry Dawson was an amateur English cricketer.Dawson represented pre-county club Hampshire in a single first-class match in 1819 against Epsom Cricket Club. Dawson also played a single first-class match for the Old Etonians against the Gentlemen of England... , Henry Ogle
1654 First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....	Colonel William Briscoe William Briscoe (politician) William Briscoe was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1660.Briscoe was the son of John Briscoe, of Crofton, Cumberland. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 12 December 1623, aged 17. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1634...		Major-General Charles Howard Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle was an English politician and military leader.The first in the Howard line of earls, he was the son and heir of Sir William Howard, of Naworth in Cumberland, by Mary, daughter of William, Lord Eure, and great-grandson of Lord William Howard, "Belted Will" , the...
1656 Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...
January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...			Sir Wilfrid Lawson Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isell Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isel was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679.-Lawson Lineage:...
May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	Not represented in the restored Rump Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason.... , Airmine having died in the interim
April 1660	Sir Wilfrid Lawson Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isell Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isel was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679.-Lawson Lineage:...		Charles Howard Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle was an English politician and military leader.The first in the Howard line of earls, he was the son and heir of Sir William Howard, of Naworth in Cumberland, by Mary, daughter of William, Lord Eure, and great-grandson of Lord William Howard, "Belted Will" , the...
1661	Sir Patricius Curwen, Bt Patricius Curwen Sir Patricius Curwen, 1st Baronet was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1643 and from 1661 to 1664. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War...		Sir George Fletcher, Bt Sir George Fletcher, 2nd Baronet Sir George Fletcher, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.He was the only surviving son of Sir Henry Fletcher, 1st Baronet and his wife Catharine Dalston, daughter of Sir George Dalston, 4th Baronet. In 1645, he succeeded his father as baronet. Fletcher was High Sheriff of Cumberland in 1658 and...
1665	Sir John Lowther, Bt
February 1679			Richard Lamplugh
August 1679			Viscount Morpeth Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle , known as Viscount Morpeth from 1661 to 1685, was an English Whig politician....
1681			Sir George Fletcher, Bt Sir George Fletcher, 2nd Baronet Sir George Fletcher, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.He was the only surviving son of Sir Henry Fletcher, 1st Baronet and his wife Catharine Dalston, daughter of Sir George Dalston, 4th Baronet. In 1645, he succeeded his father as baronet. Fletcher was High Sheriff of Cumberland in 1658 and...
1685			The Viscount Preston Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston PC was an English politician and diplomat. He became a Jacobite conspirator, but his reputation in the Jacobite community suffered when he gave evidence against his co-conspirators in exchange for a pardon.-Origins and education:Graham was born at Netherby,...
1689			Sir George Fletcher, Bt Sir George Fletcher, 2nd Baronet Sir George Fletcher, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.He was the only surviving son of Sir Henry Fletcher, 1st Baronet and his wife Catharine Dalston, daughter of Sir George Dalston, 4th Baronet. In 1645, he succeeded his father as baronet. Fletcher was High Sheriff of Cumberland in 1658 and...
January 1701	Richard Musgrave		Gilfrid Lawson Sir Gilfrid Lawson, 6th Baronet Sir Gilfrid Lawson, 6th Baronet , was an English politician. He was one of the Lawson BaronetsUpon the death of Mardaunt the title and all of the estate passed to his cousin Gilfrid, the son of Wilfrid of Brayton, the second son of the first baronet...
December 1701	Sir Edward Hasell		George Fletcher	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1702	Richard Musgrave		Gilfrid Lawson Sir Gilfrid Lawson, 6th Baronet Sir Gilfrid Lawson, 6th Baronet , was an English politician. He was one of the Lawson BaronetsUpon the death of Mardaunt the title and all of the estate passed to his cousin Gilfrid, the son of Wilfrid of Brayton, the second son of the first baronet...
1705	Richard Musgrave		George Fletcher	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1708	James Lowther Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet, FRS was an English landowner, politician and industrialist. He obtained immense wealth from coal mines in northern England, which he extensively developed and modernised.-Early life:...		Gilfrid Lawson Sir Gilfrid Lawson, 6th Baronet Sir Gilfrid Lawson, 6th Baronet , was an English politician. He was one of the Lawson BaronetsUpon the death of Mardaunt the title and all of the estate passed to his cousin Gilfrid, the son of Wilfrid of Brayton, the second son of the first baronet...
1722	Sir Christopher Musgrave, Bt
1727	James Lowther Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet, FRS was an English landowner, politician and industrialist. He obtained immense wealth from coal mines in northern England, which he extensively developed and modernised.-Early life:...
1734			Sir Joseph Pennington, Bt
1745			Sir John Pennington, Bt
1755	Sir William Lowther, Bt Sir William Lowther, 3rd Baronet Sir William Lowther, 3rd Baronet was an English landowner, of Marske Hall, Yorkshire and Holker Hall. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Lowther, 2nd Baronet and Lady Elizabeth Cavendish....
1756	Sir William Fleming
1757	Sir James Lowther, Bt James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale Sir James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale was the son of Robert Lowther and Catherine Pennington.He married Mary Crichton-Stuart, daughter of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu, 1st Baroness Mount Stuart on 7 September 1761.On 9 June 1792 he fought a duel with a Captain Cuthbert...
1761	Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bt Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 8th Baronet Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 8th Baronet , was a British politician.He inherited the title on the death of Sir Alfred Lawson 7th Bart in 1752. He was one of the Lawson Baronets of Isell, Cumberland....
1762	Sir James Lowther, Bt James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale Sir James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale was the son of Robert Lowther and Catherine Pennington.He married Mary Crichton-Stuart, daughter of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu, 1st Baroness Mount Stuart on 7 September 1761.On 9 June 1792 he fought a duel with a Captain Cuthbert...	Tory
March 1768		Tory	Henry Curwen Henry Curwen Sir Henry Curwen was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622.Curwen was the only son of Sir Nicholas Curwen of Workington, Cumberland and his first wife Ann Musgrave. He matriculated from Pembroke College, Cambridge in about 1595. He was High Sheriff of Cumberland...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
December 1768	Sir Henry Fletcher, Bt	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1774			Sir James Lowther, Bt James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale Sir James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale was the son of Robert Lowther and Catherine Pennington.He married Mary Crichton-Stuart, daughter of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu, 1st Baroness Mount Stuart on 7 September 1761.On 9 June 1792 he fought a duel with a Captain Cuthbert...	Tory
1784			Sir William Lowther, Bt William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale of the second creation KG was a British Tory politician and nobleman.-Life:...	Tory
1790			Humphrey Senhouse Humphrey Senhouse Humphrey Senhouse was a British Tory politician.His was the eldest son of Humphrey Senhouse , a landowner and High Sheriff who had founded the port of Maryport, and the heiress Mary, daughter of Sir George Fleming, Bt, Bishop of Carlisle.Humphrey junior was elected at a by-election in 1786 as a...	Tory
1796			John Lowther Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet, of Swillington Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet was an English landowner and Member of Parliament, the second son of Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet....	Tory
1806	Viscount Morpeth George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle KG, PC, FRS , styled Viscount Morpeth until 1825, was a British statesman...	Tory
1820	John Christian Curwen	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1829	Sir James Graham, Bt	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1831	Sir James Graham, Bt		William Blamire William Blamire William Blamire was a British farmer, civil servant and Whig Party politician.-Background and education:Born to a Cumberland originated family at the The Oaks, he was the eldest son of the naval surgeon William Blamire. His mother Jane was the third daughter of John Christian and sister of the...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...

Constituency abolished (1832)

Notes

Elections

The county franchise, from 1430, was held by the adult male owners of freehold land valued at 40 shillings or more. Each elector had as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings, which took place in the town of Cockermouth

Cockermouth

-History:The Romans created a fort at Derventio, now the adjoining village of Papcastle, to protect the river crossing, which had become located on a major route for troops heading towards Hadrian's Wall....

. The expense and difficulty of voting at only one location in the county, together with the lack of a secret ballot contributed to the corruption and intimidation of electors, which was widespread in the unreformed British political system.

The expense, to candidates, of contested elections encouraged the leading families of the county to agree on the candidates to be returned unopposed whenever possible. Contested county elections were therefore unusual.

Election results

Election results taken from the History of Parliament Trust series.

Elections in the 18th century

Note: James Lowther succeeded his brother as baronet
Lowther Baronets
There have been seven Baronetcies created for members of the Lowther family, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, two in the Baronetage of England, two in the Baronetage of Great Britain and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...

in 1731

Death of Pennington

incomplete

On petition, Fletcher returned in place of Lowther, 16 December 1768

incomplete

1290-1640

1640-1832

Elections

Election results

Elections in the 18th century

See also