List of Stewards of the Manor of Poynings

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appointed as Steward of the Manor of Poynings
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, a notional 'office of profit

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under the crown' which is used to resign from the House of Commons

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. The Manor of Poynings reverted to the Crown in 1804, but was leased until 1835.

8 September 1841: Sir George Anson
George Anson (1769-1849)
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(Lichfield)
13 March 1843: Sir Alexander Cray Grant, Bt. (Cambridge)

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