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Bodmin
Double Member Borough
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Background Information
Right of Election:
in the corporation
Number of voters:
36
Elections
Date | Candidate | Votes |
---|---|---|
19 Apr. 1754 | Sir William Irby | |
George Hunt | ||
30 Mar. 1761 | George Hunt | |
John Parker | ||
24 May 1762 | Sir Christopher Treise vice Parker, vacated his seat | |
21 Mar. 1768 | George Hunt | 29 |
James Laroche | 20 | |
Sir Christopher Treise | 15 | |
10 Oct. 1774 | George Hunt | 27 |
James Laroche | 25 | |
Henry Dagge | 3 | |
12 Sept. 1780 | George Hunt | |
William Masterman | ||
6 Apr. 1784 | Sir John Morshead | |
Thomas Hunt | ||
William Masterman | ||
27 Nov. 1789 | George Wilbraham vice Hunt, deceased |
Main Article
There was no one exclusive patron, but neighbouring squires had a natural interest in the borough: in the first place George Hunt of Lanhydrock, heir to the Robartes family; Thomas Pitt, sen. and jun., of Boconnoc; and Christopher Treise and his nephew John Morshead, of Lavethan. The Hunt family held one seat throughout the period 1754-90; but their hold was not absolute. The last attempt within this period to assert the Boconnoc interest was made at the by-election of 1762.