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The registered electors in that year numbered 483, and in 1885, they were 6,989. 1832, December. R. A. Thicknesse, L....................................................................................... 306     Richard Potter, L........................................................................................... 296     J. Whittle, L................................................................................................... 212     J. H. Kearsley, C........................................................................................... 174   1835, January. J. H. Kearsley, C........................................................................................... 296     Richard Potter, L........................................................................................... 191     Charles Standish, L........................................................................................ 166   1837, August. Charles Standish, L........................................................................................ 249     Richard Potter, L........................................................................................... 245     J. H. Kearsley, C........................................................................................... 229     Peter Greenall, C............................................................................................ 211   ON MR. POTTER'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHILTERN HUNDREDS: 1839, March. William Ewart, L........................................................................................... 261     J. H. Kearsley, C........................................................................................... 259   1841, July. Peter Greenall, C........................................................................................... 273     Thomas B. Crosse, C.................................................................................... 268     Charles Standish, L........................................................................................ 264     Charles P. Greenfell, L.................................................................................. 263   ON PETITION MR. CROSSE BEING DECLARED UNDULY ELECTED: 1842 Charles Standish, L. ON DECEASE OF MR. GREENALL. 1845, September. Hon. J. Lindsay, C........................................................................................ 271     R. A. Thicknesse, L...................................................................................... 211   1847, August. Hon. J. Lindsay, C. ; R. A. Thicknesse, L. 1852, July. R. A. Thicknesse, l....................................................................................... 366     Hon. J. Lindsay, C....................................................................................... 356     F. S. Powell, C.............................................................................................. 324   ON DECEASE OF MR. THICKNESSE: 1854, October. Joseph Acton, L............................................................................................ 339     F. S. Powell, C............................................................................................... 334   1857, March. F. S. Powell, C............................................................................................... 493     Henry Woods, L........................................................................................... 447     Hon. J. Lindsay, C........................................................................................ 308   1859, April. Hon. J. Lindsay, C........................................................................................ 500     Henry Woods, L........................................................................................... 476     F. S. Powell, C.............................................................................................. 273   1865, July. Hon. J. Lindsay, C.: Henry Woods, L. ON THE RESIGNATION OF THE HON. J. LINDSAY : 1866, April. Nathaniel Eckersley, C.................................................................................. 411     John Lancaster, L.......................................................................................... 349   1868, November. Henry Woods, L........................................................................................... 2219     John Lancaster, L.......................................................................................... 2166     Nathaniel Eckersley, C.................................................................................. 1920     John Pearson, C............................................................................................. 1875   1874, February. Lord Lindsay, C............................................................................................. 2493     Thomas Knowles, C...................................................................................... 2401     John Lancaster, L.......................................................................................... 1883     William Pickard, Labour Candidate.............................................................. 1134     Henry Woods, L........................................................................................... 1029   1880, April. Lord Lindsay, C............................................................................................ 2946     Thomas Knowles, C..................................................................................... 2913     John Lancaster, L.......................................................................................... 2880     George McCorquodale, L.............................................................................. 2654   ON LORD LINDSAY BEING RAISED TO THE PEERAGE : 1881, January. F. S. Powell, C.............................................................................................. 3005     John Lancaster, L......................................................................................... 2536   1881, April. F. S. Powell unseated on Petition. 1882, December. Hon. A. F. Egerton, C.................................................................................. 2867     Walter Wren, L............................................................................................. 2243   ON DECEASE OF MR. KNOWLES. 1883, December. N. Eckersley, C. returned unopposed. 1885, November. F. S. Powell, C.............................................................................................. 3637     Geo. Harris Lea, L........................................................................................ 2721   1886. F. S. Powell, C.............................................................................................. 3371     C. M. Percy (G. L.)...................................................................................... 2780   [page 14] [contents] [page 16]
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