List of MPs elected in the 1708 British general election facts for kids
This page lists the people who were chosen to be Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Parliament of Great Britain in 1708. This was the second Parliament of Great Britain. These MPs were elected from 314 different areas, called constituencies. If an MP left their job for any reason, like if they died or were found to have been elected unfairly, a new election (called a by-election) was held to choose someone new.
When you see a constituency listed, the numbers like "(seat 1/2)" tell you how many MPs were elected from that area. For example, "(seat 1/2)" means it was the first of two MPs elected from that constituency.
In elections where more than one person was running, the candidates are listed in order from most votes to fewest. If we don't know the exact number of votes, or if the MPs were elected without anyone running against them, their names are listed in the order given by historians Hayton and others.
Sometimes, you might see titles like "The 1st Earl of Upper Ossory" or "Viscount Dupplin." An "Irish Peer" (like the Earl of Upper Ossory) was a real noble title in Ireland. A "courtesy title" (like Viscount Dupplin) was often used by the eldest son of a British noble, but it didn't mean they were a peer themselves.
The elections happened in May 1708.
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| Aberdeen Burghs (seat 1/1) | John Gordon | Whig |
| Aberdeenshire (seat 1/1) | Lord Haddo - couldn't be an MP because his father was a Scottish peer Replaced by Sir Alexander Cumming in 1709 |
Tory Tory |
| Abingdon (seat 1/1) | Sir Simon Harcourt - removed after a complaint Replaced by William Hucks in 1709 |
Tory Whig |
| Aldborough (seat 1/2) | Robert Monckton | Whig |
| Aldborough (seat 2/2) | William Jessop | Whig |
| Aldeburgh (seat 1/2) | Henry Johnson | Tory |
| Aldeburgh (seat 2/2) | William Johnson | Tory |
| Amersham (seat 1/2) | Francis Duncombe | Tory |
| Amersham (seat 2/2) | Sir Samuel Garrard, Bt | Tory |
| Andover (seat 1/2) | John Smith | Whig |
| Andover (seat 2/2) | William Guidott | Whig |
| Anglesey (seat 1/1) | The 4th Viscount Bulkeley | Tory |
| Anstruther Easter Burghs (seat 1/1) | Sir John Anstruther, Bt | Whig |
| Appleby (seat 1/2) | Edward Duncombe | Tory |
| Appleby (seat 2/2) | Nicholas Lechmere | Whig |
| Argyllshire (seat 1/1) | James Campbell | Whig |
| Arundel (seat 1/2) | Sir Henry Peachey, Bt - also sat for Sussex Replaced by Viscount Lumley in 1708 |
Whig Whig |
| Arundel (seat 2/2) | The 2nd Viscount Shannon | Whig |
| Ashburton (seat 1/2) | Roger Tuckfield | Whig |
| Ashburton (seat 2/2) | Robert Balle | Whig |
| Aylesbury (seat 1/2) | Sir John Wittewronge, Bt | Whig |
| Aylesbury (seat 2/2) | Simon Mayne | Whig |
| Ayr Burghs (seat 1/1) | James Campbell | Whig |
| Ayrshire (seat 1/1) | Francis Montgomerie | Whig |
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| Banbury (seat 1/1) | Hon. Charles North | Tory |
| Banffshire (seat 1/1) | Alexander Abercromby | Whig |
| Barnstaple (seat 1/2) | Richard Acland | Tory |
| Barnstaple (seat 2/2) | Nicholas Hooper | Tory |
| Bath (seat 1/2) | William Blathwayt | Whig |
| Bath (seat 2/2) | Samuel Trotman | Tory |
| Beaumaris (seat 1/1) | Hon. Henry Bertie | Tory |
| Bedford (seat 1/2) | William Farrer | Whig |
| Bedford (seat 2/2) | William Hillersden | Whig |
| Bedfordshire (seat 1/2) | Lord Edward Russell | Whig |
| Bedfordshire (seat 2/2) | Sir William Gostwick, Bt | Whig |
| Bere Alston (seat 1/2) | Spencer Cowper | Whig |
| Bere Alston (seat 2/2) | Peter King | Whig |
| Berkshire (seat 1/2) | Sir John Stonhouse, Bt | Tory |
| Berkshire (seat 2/2) | Richard Neville | Whig |
| Berwickshire (seat 1/1) | George Baillie | Whig |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed (seat 1/2) | Samuel Ogle | Whig |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed (seat 2/2) | Jonathan Hutchinson | Whig |
| Beverley (seat 1/2) | Sir Charles Hotham, Bt | Whig |
| Beverley (seat 2/2) | Sir Michael Warton | Tory |
| Bewdley (seat 1/1) | Hon. Henry Herbert - became a peer Replaced by Charles Cornwall in 1709 |
Whig Whig |
| Bishop's Castle (seat 1/2) | Richard Harnage | Whig |
| Bishop's Castle (seat 2/2) | Charles Mason | Whig |
| Bletchingley (seat 1/2) | Thomas Onslow | Whig |
| Bletchingley (seat 2/2) | George Evelyn | Whig |
| Bodmin (seat 1/2) | Russell Robartes | Whig |
| Bodmin (seat 2/2) | John Trevanion | Tory |
| Boroughbridge (seat 1/2) | Sir Brian Stapylton, Bt | Tory |
| Boroughbridge (seat 2/2) | Craven Peyton | Whig |
| Bossiney (seat 1/2) | Samuel Travers | Whig |
| Bossiney (seat 2/2) | Francis Foote | Whig |
| Boston (seat 1/2) | Hon. Peregrine Bertie | Tory |
| Boston (seat 2/2) | Richard Wynn | Tory |
| Brackley (seat 1/2) | Hon. Charles Egerton | Whig |
| Brackley (seat 2/2) | Hon. William Egerton | Whig |
| Bramber (seat 1/2) | The 1st Viscount Windsor - removed after a complaint Replaced by William Hale in January 1709. |
Tory Whig |
| Bramber (seat 2/2) | William Shippen - removed after a complaint Replaced by Sir Cleave More, Bt in January 1709. |
Tory Whig |
| Brecon (seat 1/1) | Sir Jeffrey Jeffreys - died Replaced by Edward Jeffreys in 1709 |
Tory Tory |
| Breconshire (seat 1/1) | Sir Edward Williams | Tory |
| Bridgnorth (seat 1/2) | William Whitmore | Whig |
| Bridgnorth (seat 2/2) | Sir Humphrey Brigges, Bt | Whig |
| Bridgwater (seat 1/2) | George Dodington | Whig |
| Bridgwater (seat 2/2) | George Balch | Whig |
| Bridgwater (seat 1/2) | Thomas Strangways | Tory |
| Bridgwater (seat 2/2) | William Coventry | Whig |
| Bristol (seat 1/2) | Robert Yate | Whig |
| Bristol (seat 2/2) | Sir William Daines | Whig |
| Buckingham (seat 1/2) | Sir Richard Temple, Bt | Whig |
| Buckingham (seat 2/2) | Alexander Denton | Whig |
| Buckinghamshire (seat 1/2) | Sir Edmund Denton, Bt | Whig |
| Buckinghamshire (seat 2/2) | Richard Hampden | Whig |
| Bury St Edmunds (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Felton, Bt - died Replaced by Joseph Weld in 1709 |
Whig Tory |
| Bury St Edmunds (seat 2/2) | Aubrey Porter | Ind. |
| Buteshire (seat 1/1) | Dugald Stewart - resigned Replaced by John Montgomerie in 1710 |
Tory Whig |
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| Caernarvon Boroughs (seat 1/1) | William Griffith | Tory |
| Caernarvonshire (seat 1/1) | Sir John Wynn, Bt | Tory |
| Caithness (seat 0/0) | This area was not represented in this Parliament | |
| Callington (seat 1/2) | Sir William Coryton, Bt | Tory |
| Callington (seat 2/2) | Samuel Rolle | Tory |
| Calne (seat 1/2) | Edward Bayntun | Whig |
| Calne (seat 2/2) | George Duckett | Whig |
| Cambridge (seat 1/2) | John Hynde Cotton | Tory |
| Cambridge (seat 2/2) | Samuel Shepheard - Election was cancelled, but he was re-elected in 1710 | Tory |
| Cambridgeshire (seat 1/2) | Sir Rushout Cullen, Bt | Whig |
| Cambridgeshire (seat 2/2) | John Bromley | Tory |
| Cambridge University (seat 1/2) | Hon. Arthur Annesley | Tory |
| Cambridge University (seat 2/2) | Hon. Dixie Windsor | Tory |
| Camelford (seat 1/2) | Richard Munden | Whig |
| Camelford (seat 2/2) | John Manley | Tory |
| Canterbury (seat 1/2) | Hon. Edward Watson | Whig |
| Canterbury (seat 2/2) | Thomas D'Aeth | Whig |
| Cardiff Boroughs (seat 1/1) | Sir John Aubrey, Bt | Whig |
| Cardigan Boroughs (seat 1/1) | Lewis Pryse - also sat for Cardiganshire Replaced by Simon Harcourt in 1710 |
Tory Tory |
| Cardiganshire (seat 1/1) | Lewis Pryse | Tory |
| Carlisle (seat 1/2) | Sir James Montagu | Whig |
| Carlisle (seat 2/2) | Thomas Stanwix | Whig |
| Carmarthen (seat 1/1) | Richard Vaughan | Whig |
| Carmarthenshire (seat 1/1) | Griffith Rice | Whig |
| Castle Rising (seat 1/2) | Hon. William Feilding | Whig |
| Castle Rising (seat 2/2) | Horatio Walpole | Tory |
| Cheshire (seat 1/2) | Hon. Langham Booth | Whig |
| Cheshire (seat 2/2) | John Offley-Crewe | Whig |
| Chester (seat 1/2) | Sir Henry Bunbury, Bt | Tory |
| Chester (seat 2/2) | Peter Shakerley | Tory |
| Chichester (seat 1/2) | Sir Richard Farington, Bt | Whig |
| Chichester (seat 2/2) | Thomas Carr | Tory |
| Chippenham (seat 1/2) | Sir James Long, Bt | Tory |
| Chippenham (seat 2/2) | James Montagu | Whig |
| Chipping Wycombe (seat 1/2) | Charles Godfrey | Whig |
| Chipping Wycombe (seat 2/2) | Fleetwood Dormer | Whig |
| Christchurch (seat 1/2) | Francis Gwyn | Tory |
| Christchurch (seat 2/2) | William Ettrick | Tory |
| Cirencester (seat 1/2) | Allen Bathurst - Election was cancelled, but he was re-elected in 1709 | Tory |
| Cirencester (seat 2/2) | Charles Coxe - Election was cancelled, but he was re-elected in 1709 | Tory |
| Clackmannanshire (seat 1/1) | William Dalrymple | Whig |
| Clitheroe (seat 1/2) | Edward Harvey | Tory |
| Clitheroe (seat 2/2) | Christopher Parker | Tory |
| Cockermouth (seat 1/2) | James Stanhope | Whig |
| Cockermouth (seat 2/2) | Hon. Albemarle Bertie | Whig |
| Colchester (seat 1/2) | Sir Isaac Rebow | Whig |
| Colchester (seat 2/2) | Sir Thomas Webster, Bt | Whig |
| Corfe Castle (seat 1/2) | John Bankes | Tory |
| Corfe Castle (seat 2/2) | Richard Fownes | Tory |
| Cornwall (seat 1/2) | James Buller | Tory |
| Cornwall (seat 2/2) | Hugh Boscawen | Whig |
| Coventry (seat 1/2) | Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Bt | Whig |
| Coventry (seat 2/2) | Edward Hopkins | Whig |
| Cricklade (seat 1/2) | Edmund Dunch | Whig |
| Cricklade (seat 2/2) | James Vernon | Whig |
| Cromartyshire (seat 0/0) | This area was not represented in this Parliament | |
| Cumberland (seat 1/2) | James Lowther | Whig |
| Cumberland (seat 2/2) | Gilfrid Lawson | Tory |
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| Dartmouth (seat 1/2) | Nathaniel Herne | Tory |
| Dartmouth (seat 2/2) | Frederick Herne | Tory |
| Denbigh Boroughs (seat 1/1) | Sir William Williams, Bt | Tory |
| Denbighshire (seat 1/1) | Sir Richard Myddelton, Bt | Tory |
| Derby (seat 1/2) | Lord James Cavendish | Whig |
| Derby (seat 2/2) | Sir Thomas Parker - resigned Replaced by Richard Pye in 1710 |
Whig Whig |
| Derbyshire (seat 1/2) | Thomas Coke | Tory |
| Derbyshire (seat 2/2) | John Curzon | Tory |
| Devizes (seat 1/2) | Josiah Diston | Whig |
| Devizes (seat 2/2) | Paul Methuen | Whig |
| Devon (seat 1/2) | Sir William Courtenay, Bt | Tory |
| Devon (seat 2/2) | Robert Rolle | Tory |
| Dorchester (seat 1/2) | John Churchill - died Replaced by Denis Bond in 1710 |
Whig Whig |
| Dorchester (seat 2/2) | Awnsham Churchill | Whig |
| Dorset (seat 1/2) | Thomas Strangways | Tory |
| Dorset (seat 2/2) | Thomas Chafin | Tory |
| Dover (seat 1/2) | Matthew Aylmer | Whig |
| Dover (seat 2/2) | Philip Papillon | Whig |
| Downton (seat 1/2) | Sir Charles Duncombe | Tory |
| Downton (seat 2/2) | John Eyre | Whig |
| Droitwich (seat 1/2) | Edward Foley | Tory |
| Droitwich (seat 2/2) | Edward Winnington | Tory |
| Dumfries Burghs (seat 1/1) | William Johnstone | ? |
| Dumfriesshire (seat 1/1) | Lord Johnstone - couldn't be an MP as the eldest son of a Scottish peer Replaced by Sir William Grierson, Bt in 1709 |
? Tory |
| Dunbartonshire (seat 1/1) | John Campbell | Whig |
| Dunwich (seat 1/2) | Sir Charles Blois, Bt - removed after a complaint Replaced by Sir Richard Allin, Bt in 1709. |
Tory Whig |
| Dunwich (seat 2/2) | Robert Kemp - removed after a complaint Replaced by Daniel Harvey in 1709 |
Tory Whig |
| Durham (City of) (seat 1/2) | Thomas Conyers | Tory |
| Durham (City of) (seat 2/2) | James Nicolson | Whig |
| Durham (County) (seat 1/2) | Hon. William Vane | Whig |
| Durham (County) (seat 2/2) | Sir Robert Eden, Bt | Tory |
| Dysart Burghs (seat 1/1) | Hon. John Sinclair - couldn't be an MP as the eldest son of a Scottish peer Replaced by James Abercrombie in 1710 |
Tory Whig |
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| East Grinstead (seat 1/2) | Hon. Richard Lumley | Whig |
| East Grinstead (seat 2/2) | Henry Campion | Tory |
| East Looe (seat 1/2) | Sir Henry Seymour | Tory |
| East Looe (seat 2/2) | Harry Trelawny | Tory |
| East Retford (seat 1/2) | Thomas White | Whig |
| East Retford (seat 2/2) | William Levinz | Tory |
| Edinburgh (seat 1/1) | Sir Samuel MacClellan - died Replaced by Sir Patrick Johnston in 1709 |
? Whig |
| Edinburghshire (seat 1/1) | George Lockhart | Tory |
| Elgin Burghs (seat 1/1) | Hon. Patrick Ogilvy | Whig |
| Elginshire (seat 1/1) | Robert Urquhart | Whig |
| Essex (seat 1/2) | Sir Francis Masham | Whig |
| Essex (seat 2/2) | Thomas Middleton | Whig |
| Evesham (seat 1/2) | Sir Edward Goodere | Whig |
| Evesham (seat 2/2) | John Rudge | Whig |
| Exeter (seat 1/2) | Nicholas Wood | Tory |
| Exeter (seat 2/2) | John Harris | Whig |
| Eye (seat 1/2) | Hon. Spencer Compton | Whig |
| Eye (seat 2/2) | Sir Joseph Jekyll | Whig |
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| Fife (seat 1/1) | Patrick Moncreiff - died Replaced by Sir Robert Anstruther in 1710 |
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| Flint Boroughs (seat 1/1) | Sir John Conway | Tory |
| Flintshire (seat 1/1) | Sir Roger Mostyn | Tory |
| Forfarshire (seat 1/1) | John Carnegie | Tory |
| Fowey (seat 1/2) | George Granville | Tory |
| Fowey (seat 2/2) | Henry Vincent | Ind. |
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| Gatton (seat 1/2) | Sir George Newland | Tory |
| Gatton (seat 2/2) | Paul Docminique | Tory |
| Glamorganshire (seat 1/1) | Sir Thomas Mansel | Tory |
| Glasgow Burghs (seat 1/1) | Robert Rodger | Whig |
| Gloucester (seat 1/2) | William Cooke - died Replaced by Francis Wyndham in 1709 |
Whig Whig |
| Gloucester (seat 2/2) | Thomas Webb | Tory |
| Gloucestershire (seat 1/2) | Matthew Ducie Moreton | Whig |
| Gloucestershire (seat 2/2) | Sir John Guise | Ind. |
| Grampound (seat 1/2) | James Craggs | Whig |
| Grampound (seat 2/2) | Thomas Scawen | Whig |
| Grantham (seat 1/2) | Marquess of Granby | Whig |
| Grantham (seat 2/2) | Sir William Ellys | Whig |
| Great Bedwyn (seat 1/2) | Lord Bruce | Tory |
| Great Bedwyn (seat 2/2) | Sir Samuel Sambrooke | Tory |
| Great Grimsby (seat 1/2) | Arthur Moore | Tory |
| Great Grimsby (seat 2/2) | William Cotesworth | Whig |
| Great Marlow (seat 1/2) | Sir James Etheridge | Tory |
| Great Marlow (seat 2/2) | James Chase | Whig |
| Great Yarmouth (seat 1/2) | Richard Ferrier | Tory |
| Great Yarmouth (seat 2/2) | Hon. Roger Townshend died Replaced by Nathaniel Symonds |
Whig Whig |
| Guildford (seat 1/2) | Denzil Onslow | Whig |
| Guildford (seat 2/2) | Morgan Randyll | Tory |
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| Haddington Burghs (seat 1/1) | Hon. Sir David Dalrymple | Whig |
| Haddingtonshire (seat 1/1) | John Cockburn | Whig |
| Hampshire (seat 1/2) | Marquess of Winchester | Whig |
| Hampshire (seat 2/2) | Viscount Woodstock - became a peer Replaced by Thomas Jervoise in 1709 |
Whig Whig |
| Harwich (seat 1/2) | Sir John Leake - also sat for Rochester Replaced by Kenrick Edisbury in 1708 |
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| Harwich (seat 2/2) | Thomas Frankland | Whig |
| Haslemere (seat 1/2) | Thomas Onslow - also sat for Bletchingley Replaced by Nicholas Carew in 1708 |
Whig Whig |
| Haslemere (seat 2/2) | Theophilus Oglethorpe | Tory |
| Hastings (seat 1/2) | John Pulteney | Whig |
| Hastings (seat 2/2) | Hon. William Ashburnham - became a peer Replaced by John Ashburnham |
Tory Tory |
| Haverfordwest (seat 1/1) | John Laugharne | Tory |
| Hedon (seat 1/2) | William Pulteney | Whig |
| Hedon (seat 2/2) | Hugh Cholmley | Whig |
| Helston (seat 1/2) | Viscount Rialton - also sat for Oxfordshire Replaced by Sir John Evelyn, Bt in 1708 |
Whig Whig |
| Helston (seat 2/2) | Sidney Godolphin | ? |
| Hereford (seat 1/2) | Hon. James Brydges | ? |
| Hereford (seat 2/2) | Thomas Foley | Tory |
| Herefordshire (seat 1/2) | The 3rd Viscount Scudamore | Tory |
| Herefordshire (seat 2/2) | John Prise | Tory |
| Hertford (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Clarke | Whig |
| Hertford (seat 2/2) | William Monson | Whig |
| Hertfordshire (seat 1/2) | Ralph Freman | Tory |
| Hertfordshire (seat 2/2) | Thomas Halsey | Tory |
| Heytesbury (seat 1/2) | Edward Ashe | Whig |
| Heytesbury (seat 2/2) | William Ashe | Whig |
| Higham Ferrers (seat 1/1) | Hon. Thomas Watson-Wentworth | Whig |
| Hindon (seat 1/2) | Sir James Howe | Tory |
| Hindon (seat 2/2) | Edmund Lambert | Tory |
| Honiton (seat 1/2) | Sir William Drake | Tory |
| Honiton (seat 2/2) | Sir Walter Yonge | Whig |
| Horsham (seat 1/2) | Charles Eversfield | Tory |
| Horsham (seat 2/2) | John Wicker | Whig |
| Huntingdon (seat 1/2) | Edward Wortley Montagu | Whig |
| Huntingdon (seat 2/2) | Francis Page | Whig |
| Huntingdonshire (seat 1/2) | John Proby | Ind. |
| Huntingdonshire (seat 2/2) | John Pocklington | Whig |
| Hythe (seat 1/2) | Hon. John Fane | Whig |
| Hythe (seat 2/2) | John Boteler | Tory |
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| Ilchester (seat 1/2) | Edward Phelips | Tory |
| Ilchester (seat 2/2) | James Johnston | Tory |
| Inverness Burghs (seat 1/1) | Alexander Duff | Tory |
| Inverness-shire (seat 1/1) | Alexander Grant | Whig |
| Ipswich (seat 1/2) | William Churchill | Whig |
| Ipswich (seat 2/2) | Sir William Barker | Whig |
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| Kent (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Palmer | Whig |
| Kent (seat 2/2) | Sir Stephen Lennard - died Replaced by David Polhill in 1710 |
Whig Whig |
| Kincardineshire (seat 1/1) | Sir David Ramsay | ? |
| King's Lynn (seat 1/2) | Sir Charles Turner | Whig |
| King's Lynn (seat 2/2) | Robert Walpole | Whig |
| Kingston upon Hull (seat 1/2) | Sir William St Quintin | Whig |
| Kingston upon Hull (seat 2/2) | William Maister | Whig |
| Kinross-shire (seat 0/0) | This area was not represented in this Parliament | |
| Kirkcudbright Stewartry (seat 1/1) | John Stewart | Whig |
| Knaresborough (seat 1/2) | Christopher Stockdale | Whig |
| Knaresborough (seat 2/2) | Robert Byerley | Tory |
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| Lanarkshire (seat 1/1) | Lord Archibald Hamilton | Whig |
| Lancashire (seat 1/2) | Hon. Charles Zedenno Stanley | Whig |
| Lancashire (seat 2/2) | Richard Shuttleworth | Tory |
| Lancaster (seat 1/2) | Robert Heysham | Tory |
| Lancaster (seat 2/2) | William Heysham | Tory |
| Launceston (seat 1/2) | Lord Hyde | Tory |
| Launceston (seat 2/2) | William Cary | ? |
| Leicester (seat 1/2) | Sir George Beaumont | Tory |
| Leicester (seat 2/2) | James Winstanley | Tory |
| Leicestershire (seat 1/2) | Geoffrey Palmer | Tory |
| Leicestershire (seat 2/2) | Sir Gilbert Pickering | Whig |
| Leominster (seat 1/2) | The 1st Lord Coningsby | Whig |
| Leominster (seat 2/2) | Edward Harley | Tory |
| Lewes (seat 1/2) | Peter Gott - also sat for Sussex Replaced by Samuel Gott in 1708 |
Whig Whig |
| Lewes (seat 2/2) | Thomas Pelham | Whig |
| Lichfield (seat 1/2) | John Cotes | Tory |
| Lichfield (seat 2/2) | Sir Michael Biddulph | Whig |
| Lincoln (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Meres | Tory |
| Lincoln (seat 2/2) | Thomas Lister | Tory |
| Lincolnshire (seat 1/2) | Lord Willoughby d'Eresby | Tory |
| Lincolnshire (seat 2/2) | George Whichcot | Whig |
| Linlithgow Burghs (seat 1/1) | Hon. George Douglas | Whig |
| Linlithgowshire (seat 1/1) | Lord Johnstone - couldn't be an MP as the son of a Scottish peer Replaced by John Houstoun in 1708 |
? Tory |
| Liskeard (seat 1/2) | William Bridges | ? |
| Liskeard (seat 2/2) | John Dolben | Whig |
| Liverpool (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Johnson | Whig |
| Liverpool (seat 2/2) | Richard Norris | Whig |
| London (City of) (seat 1/4) | Sir William Withers | Tory |
| London (City of) (seat 2/4) | Sir William Ashurst | Whig |
| London (City of) (seat 3/4) | Sir Gilbert Heathcote | Whig |
| London (City of) (seat 4/4) | John Ward | Whig |
| Lostwithiel (seat 1/2) | Joseph Addison - removed after a complaint Replaced by Francis Robartes in 1709. |
Whig ? |
| Lostwithiel (seat 2/2) | James Kendall - removed after a complaint Replaced by Russell Robartes in 1709 - also sat for Bodmin Replaced by Horatio Walpole in 1710 |
Whig Whig ? |
| Ludgershall (seat 1/2) | Hon. Robert Bruce | Tory |
| Ludgershall (seat 2/2) | John Richmond Webb | Tory |
| Ludlow (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Powys | Tory |
| Ludlow (seat 2/2) | Acton Baldwyn | Tory |
| Lyme Regis (seat 1/2) | John Burridge | Whig |
| Lyme Regis (seat 2/2) | Thomas Freke | Whig |
| Lymington (seat 1/2) | Paul Burrard | Whig |
| Lymington (seat 2/2) | Richard Chaundler | Whig |
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| Maidstone (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Culpeper | Whig |
| Maidstone (seat 2/2) | Sir Robert Marsham | Whig |
| Maldon (seat 1/2) | Sir Richard Child | Tory |
| Maldon (seat 2/2) | Thomas Richmond | Whig |
| Malmesbury (seat 1/2) | Hon. Henry Mordaunt - died Replaced by Joseph Addison in 1710 |
Whig Whig |
| Malmesbury (seat 2/2) | Thomas Farrington | Whig |
| Malton (seat 1/2) | William Palmes | Whig |
| Malton (seat 2/2) | William Strickland | Whig |
| Marlborough (seat 1/2) | Earl of Hertford - also sat for Northumberland Replaced by Edward Ernle, Bt in 1708 |
Whig Whig |
| Marlborough (seat 2/2) | Hon. James Bruce | Tory |
| Merionethshire (seat 1/1) | Richard Vaughan | Tory |
| Middlesex (seat 1/2) | Sir John Wolstenholme - died Replaced by John Austen in 1708 |
Whig Whig |
| Middlesex (seat 2/2) | Scorie Barker | Whig |
| Midhurst (seat 1/2) | Lawrence Alcock | Tory |
| Midhurst (seat 2/2) | Robert Orme - election was cancelled Replaced by Thomas Meredyth in March 1709 |
Tory Whig |
| Milborne Port (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Travell | Whig |
| Milborne Port (seat 2/2) | Thomas Medlycott - also sat for Westminster Replaced by Thomas Smith in 1709 |
Tory Whig |
| Minehead (seat 1/2) | Sir John Trevelyan | Tory |
| Minehead (seat 2/2) | Sir Jacob Bancks | Tory |
| Mitchell (seat 1/2) | Hugh Fortescue | Whig |
| Mitchell (seat 2/2) | Sir William Hodges | Whig |
| Monmouth Boroughs (seat 1/1) | Clayton Milborne | Tory |
| Monmouthshire (seat 1/2) | John Morgan | Whig |
| Monmouthshire (seat 2/2) | The 1st Viscount Windsor | Tory |
| Montgomery (seat 1/1) | John Pugh | Tory |
| Montgomeryshire (seat 1/1) | Edward Vaughan | Tory |
| Morpeth (seat 1/2) | Sir Richard Sandford | Whig |
| Morpeth (seat 2/2) | Sir John Bennett | Whig |
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| Nairnshire (seat 1/1) | Hugh Rose | Whig |
| Newark (seat 1/2) | Richard Sutton | Whig |
| Newark (seat 2/2) | Hon. James Saunderson | Whig |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Bellot | Tory |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme (seat 2/2) | Rowland Cotton | Tory |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne (seat 1/2) | William Carr | Whig |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne (seat 2/2) | Sir Henry Liddell | Whig |
| Newport (Cornwall) (seat 1/2) | Sir Nicholas Morice | Tory |
| Newport (Cornwall) (seat 2/2) | Sir William Pole | Tory |
| Newport (Isle of Wight) (seat 1/2) | Sir Tristram Dillington | Whig |
| Newport (Isle of Wight) (seat 2/2) | William Stephens | Tory |
| New Radnor Boroughs (seat 1/1) | Robert Harley | Tory |
| New Romney (seat 1/2) | John Brewer | ? |
| New Romney (seat 2/2) | Walter Whitfield | ? |
| New Shoreham (seat 1/2) | Anthony Hammond - couldn't sit as an MP Replaced by Sir Gregory Page, Bt in 1708 |
Tory Whig |
| New Shoreham (seat 2/2) | Richard Lloyd | Whig |
| Newton (Lancashire) (seat 1/2) | Thomas Legh | Tory |
| Newton (Lancashire) (seat 2/2) | John Ward | Tory |
| Newtown (Isle of Wight) (seat 1/2) | Sir James Worsley | Tory |
| Newtown (Isle of Wight) (seat 2/2) | Henry Worsley | Whig |
| New Windsor (seat 1/2) | The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge | Whig |
| New Windsor (seat 2/2) | Richard Topham | Whig |
| New Woodstock (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Wheate | Whig |
| New Woodstock (seat 2/2) | William Cadogan | Whig |
| Norfolk (seat 1/2) | Sir John Holland | Whig |
| Norfolk (seat 2/2) | Ashe Windham | Whig |
| Northallerton (seat 1/2) | Sir William Hustler | Whig |
| Northallerton (seat 2/2) | Roger Gale | Whig |
| Northampton (seat 1/2) | George Montagu | Whig |
| Northampton (seat 2/2) | Francis Arundell | Tory |
| Northamptonshire (seat 1/2) | Sir Justinian Isham | Tory |
| Northamptonshire (seat 2/2) | Thomas Cartwright | Tory |
| Northumberland (seat 1/2) | Earl of Hertford | Whig |
| Northumberland (seat 2/2) | Thomas Forster | Tory |
| Norwich (seat 1/2) | Waller Bacon | Whig |
| Norwich (seat 2/2) | John Chambers | Whig |
| Nottingham (seat 1/2) | John Plumptre | Whig |
| Nottingham (seat 2/2) | Roby Sherwin | Whig |
| Nottinghamshire (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Willoughby | Tory |
| Nottinghamshire (seat 2/2) | John Thornhagh | Whig |
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| Okehampton (seat 1/2) | John Dibble | Whig |
| Okehampton (seat 2/2) | William Harris - died Replaced by Christopher Harris in 1709 |
? Tory |
| Old Sarum (seat 1/2) | William Harvey | Tory |
| Old Sarum (seat 2/2) | Robert Pitt | Tory |
| Orford (seat 1/2) | Clement Corrance | Tory |
| Orford (seat 2/2) | Sir Edward Turnour - removed after a complaint Replaced by William Thompson in January 1709 |
Tory Whig |
| Orkney and Shetland (seat 1/1) | Sir Alexander Douglas | ? |
| Oxford (seat 1/2) | Sir John Walter | Tory |
| Oxford (seat 2/2) | Thomas Rowney | Tory |
| Oxfordshire (seat 1/2) | Viscount Rialton | Whig |
| Oxfordshire (seat 2/2) | Sir Robert Jenkinson - died Replaced by Sir Robert Jenkinson in 1710 |
Tory Tory |
| Oxford University (seat 1/2) | Sir William Whitelock | Tory |
| Oxford University (seat 2/2) | Wiliam Bromley | Tory |
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| Peeblesshire (seat 1/1) | William Morison | Whig |
| Pembroke Boroughs (seat 1/1) | Sir Arthur Owen | Whig |
| Pembrokeshire (seat 1/1) | Wirriot Owen | Whig |
| Penryn (seat 1/2) | James Vernon | Whig |
| Penryn (seat 2/2) | Samuel Trefusis | Tory |
| Perth Burghs (seat 1/1) | Joseph Austin | Whig |
| Perthshire (seat 1/1) | Dougal Stewart | Whig |
| Peterborough (seat 1/2) | Hon. Sidney Wortley Montagu | Whig |
| Peterborough (seat 2/2) | Sir Gilbert Dolben | Tory |
| Petersfield (seat 1/2) | Leonard Bilson | Tory |
| Petersfield (seat 2/2) | Norton Powlett | Whig |
| Plymouth (seat 1/2) | Charles Trelawny | Tory |
| Plymouth (seat 2/2) | Sir George Byng | Whig |
| Plympton Erle (seat 1/2) | Richard Edgcumbe | Whig |
| Plympton Erle (seat 2/2) | George Treby | Whig |
| Pontefract (seat 1/2) | Sir John Bland | Tory |
| Pontefract (seat 2/2) | William Lowther | Whig |
| Poole (seat 1/2) | William Lewen | Tory |
| Poole (seat 2/2) | Thomas Ridge | Whig |
| Portsmouth (seat 1/2) | George Churchill | Tory |
| Portsmouth (seat 2/2) | Thomas Erle - also sat for Wareham Replaced by Sir Thomas Littleton in 1708 |
Whig Whig |
| Preston (seat 1/2) | Henry Fleetwood | Tory |
| Preston (seat 2/2) | Arthur Maynwaring | Whig |
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| Queenborough (seat 1/2) | Henry Withers | Whig |
| Queenborough (seat 2/2) | Sir John Jennings | Whig |
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| Radnorshire (seat 1/1) | Thomas Harley | Tory |
| Reading (seat 1/2) | Owen Buckingham | Whig |
| Reading (seat 2/2) | Anthony Blagrave | Tory |
| Reigate (seat 1/2) | James Cocks | Whig |
| Reigate (seat 2/2) | Sir John Parsons | Tory |
| Renfrewshire (seat 1/1) | Sir John Shaw | Whig |
| Richmond (Yorkshire) (seat 1/2) | Thomas Yorke | Whig |
| Richmond (Yorkshire) (seat 2/2) | Hon. Harry Mordaunt | Whig |
| Ripon (seat 1/2) | John Aislabie | Ind. |
| Ripon (seat 2/2) | John Sharp | Tory |
| Rochester (seat 1/2) | Sir Stafford Fairborne | Whig |
| Rochester (seat 2/2) | Sir John Leake | ? |
| Ross-shire (seat 1/1) | Hugh Rose - election was cancelled Replaced by Charles Rosse in 1710 |
Whig Ind. Whig |
| Roxburghshire (seat 1/1) | Sir Gilbert Eliott | Whig |
| Rutland (seat 1/2) | Philip Sherard | Whig |
| Rutland (seat 2/2) | Richard Halford | Tory |
| Rye (seat 1/2) | Phillips Gybbon | Whig |
| Rye (seat 2/2) | Sir John Norris | Whig |
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| St Albans (seat 1/2) | John Gape | Tory |
| St Albans (seat 2/2) | Joshua Lomax | Whig |
| St Germans (seat 1/2) | Edward Eliot | Tory |
| St Germans (seat 2/2) | Francis Scobell | Tory |
| St Ives (seat 1/2) | John Praed | Tory |
| St Ives (seat 2/2) | John Borlase | ? |
| St Mawes (seat 1/2) | Francis Godfrey | Whig |
| St Mawes (seat 2/2) | John Tredenham | Tory |
| Salisbury (seat 1/2) | Robert Eyre | Whig |
| Salisbury (seat 2/2) | Charles Fox | Tory |
| Saltash (seat 1/2) | James Buller - also sat for Cornwall Replaced by Sir Cholmeley Dering in 1710 |
Tory Tory |
| Saltash (seat 2/2) | Alexander Pendarves | Tory |
| Sandwich (seat 1/2) | Sir Henry Furnese | Whig |
| Sandwich (seat 2/2) | Josiah Burchett | Whig |
| Scarborough (seat 1/2) | William Thompson | Whig |
| Scarborough (seat 2/2) | John Hungerford | Tory |
| Seaford (seat 1/2) | William Lowndes | Whig |
| Seaford (seat 2/2) | George Naylor | Whig |
| Selkirkshire (seat 1/1) | John Pringle | ? |
| Shaftesbury (seat 1/2) | Sir John Cropley | Whig |
| Shaftesbury (seat 2/2) | Edward Nicholas | Tory |
| Shrewsbury (seat 1/2) | John Kynaston - removed after a complaint Replaced by Sir Edward Leighton, Bt in December 1709 |
Tory Whig |
| Shrewsbury (seat 2/2) | Richard Mytton - removed after a complaint Not replaced. |
Tory |
| Shropshire (seat 1/2) | Sir Robert Corbet | Whig |
| Shropshire (seat 2/2) | Hon. Henry Newport | Whig |
| Somerset (seat 1/2) | Henry Seymour Portman | Tory |
| Somerset (seat 2/2) | John Prowse - died Replaced by Sir William Wyndham in 1710 |
Tory Tory |
| Southampton (seat 1/2) | Viscount Woodstock - also sat for Hampshire Replaced by Simeon Stuart in 1708 |
Whig Tory |
| Southampton (seat 2/2) | Adam de Cardonnel | Whig |
| Southwark (seat 1/2) | Charles Cox | Whig |
| Southwark (seat 2/2) | John Cholmley | Whig |
| Stafford (seat 1/2) | Thomas Foley | Tory |
| Stafford (seat 2/2) | Walter Chetwynd | Whig |
| Staffordshire (seat 1/2) | Hon. Henry Paget | Tory |
| Staffordshire (seat 2/2) | John Wrottesley | Tory |
| Stamford (seat 1/2) | Hon. Charles Cecil | Tory |
| Stamford (seat 2/2) | Hon. Charles Bertie | Tory |
| Steyning (seat 1/2) | Robert Fagge | ? |
| Steyning (seat 2/2) | Viscount Tunbridge | Whig |
| Stirling Burghs (seat 1/1) | John Erskine | Whig |
| Stirlingshire (seat 1/1) | Henry Cunningham | Whig |
| Stockbridge (seat 1/2) | Sir John Hawles | Whig |
| Stockbridge (seat 2/2) | Sir Edward Lawrence | Whig |
| Sudbury (seat 1/2) | Philip Skippon | Whig |
| Sudbury (seat 2/2) | Sir Hervey Elwes | Whig |
| Suffolk (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Hanmer | Tory |
| Suffolk (seat 2/2) | Sir Robert Davers | Tory |
| Surrey (seat 1/2) | Sir Richard Onslow | Whig |
| Surrey (seat 2/2) | Sir William Scawen | Whig |
| Sussex (seat 1/2) | Sir Henry Peachey | Whig |
| Sussex (seat 2/2) | Peter Gott | Whig |
| Sutherland (seat 1/1) | Sir William Gordon | Whig |
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| Tain Burghs (seat 1/1) | Lord Strathnaver - couldn't be an MP as the eldest son of a Scottish peer Replaced by Robert Douglas in 1709 |
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| Tamworth (seat 1/2) | Joseph Girdler | Tory |
| Tamworth (seat 2/2) | Richard Swinfen | Whig |
| Taunton (seat 1/2) | Sir Francis Warre | Tory |
| Taunton (seat 2/2) | Edward Clarke | Whig |
| Tavistock (seat 1/2) | Sir John Cope | Whig |
| Tavistock (seat 2/2) | Henry Manaton | Tory |
| Tewkesbury (seat 1/2) | Richard Dowdeswell | Whig |
| Tewkesbury (seat 2/2) | Henry Ireton | Whig |
| Thetford (seat 1/2) | Robert Baylis | Whig |
| Thetford (seat 2/2) | Thomas de Grey | Whig |
| Thirsk (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Frankland | Whig |
| Thirsk (seat 2/2) | Sir Godfrey Copley - died Replaced by Leonard Smelt in 1709 |
Tory Whig |
| Tiverton (seat 1/2) | Thomas Bere | Whig |
| Tiverton (seat 2/2) | Richard Mervin | Tory |
| Totnes (seat 1/2) | Sir Edward Seymour | Tory |
| Totnes (seat 2/2) | George Courtenay | Tory |
| Tregony (seat 1/2) | Anthony Nicoll | Whig |
| Tregony (seat 2/2) | Thomas Herne | Tory |
| Truro (seat 1/2) | Hon. James Brydges - also sat for Hereford Replaced by Robert Furnese in 1708 |
Whig Whig |
| Truro (seat 2/2) | Henry Vincent | Whig |
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| Wallingford (seat 1/2) | William Jennens - died Replaced by Thomas Renda in 1709 |
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| Wallingford (seat 2/2) | Grey Neville | Whig |
| Wareham (seat 1/2) | Thomas Erle | Whig |
| Wareham (seat 2/2) | George Pitt | Tory |
| Warwick (seat 1/2) | Hon. Francis Greville | Tory |
| Warwick (seat 2/2) | Hon. Dodington Greville | ? |
| Warwickshire (seat 1/2) | Sir John Mordaunt | Tory |
| Warwickshire (seat 2/2) | Andrew Archer | Tory |
| Wells (seat 1/2) | Edward Colston | Tory |
| Wells (seat 2/2) | William Coward | ? |
| Wendover (seat 1/2) | Thomas Ellys - died Replaced by Henry Grey in 1709 |
?
Whig |
| Wendover (seat 2/2) | Sir Roger Hill | Whig |
| Wenlock (seat 1/2) | Sir William Forester | Whig |
| Wenlock (seat 2/2) | Thomas Weld | ? |
| Weobley (seat 1/2) | John Birch | Whig |
| Weobley (seat 2/2) | Hon. Henry Thynne - also sat for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Replaced by Henry Gorges in 1708 |
Tory
? |
| Westbury (seat 1/2) | Hon. Henry Bertie | Tory |
| Westbury (seat 2/2) | Francis Annesley | ? |
| West Looe (seat 1/2) | Sir Charles Hedges | Tory |
| West Looe (seat 2/2) | John Conyers | ? |
| Westminster (seat 1/2) | Hon. Henry Boyle | Whig |
| Westminster (seat 2/2) | Thomas Medlycott | Tory |
| Westmorland (seat 1/2) | Daniel Wilson | Whig |
| Westmorland (seat 2/2) | James Grahme | ? |
| Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 1/4) | Hon. Henry Thynne - died Replaced by Edward Clavell in 1709 |
Tory
? |
| Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 2/4) | Charles Churchill | Tory |
| Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 3/4) | Hon. Maurice Ashley | Whig |
| Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 4/4) | Anthony Henley | Whig |
| Whitchurch (seat 1/2) | Frederick Tylney - election was cancelled Replaced by Richard Wollaston in December 1708 |
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| Whitchurch (seat 2/2) | Thomas Lewis- election was cancelled Replaced by George William Brydges in December 1708 |
Tory
Whig |
| Wigan (seat 1/2) | Sir Roger Bradshaigh | Tory |
| Wigan (seat 2/2) | Henry Bradshaigh | ? |
| Wigtown Burghs (seat 1/1) | George Lockhart - also sat for Edinburghshire Replaced by William Cochrane in 1708 |
Tory
Tory |
| Wigtownshire (seat 1/1) | Hon. John Stewart | ? |
| Wilton (seat 1/2) | Sir Lambert Blackwell | Whig |
| Wilton (seat 2/2) | Charles Mompesson | ? |
| Wiltshire (seat 1/2) | Sir Richard Grobham Howe | Tory |
| Wiltshire (seat 2/2) | Robert Hyde | ? |
| Winchelsea (seat 1/2) | George Dodington - also sat for Bridgwater Replaced by Robert Bristow in 1708 |
Whig
? |
| Winchelsea (seat 2/2) | Sir Francis Dashwood | Whig |
| Winchester (seat 1/2) | Lord William Powlett | ? |
| Winchester (seat 2/2) | George Rodney Brydges | Whig |
| Wootton Bassett (seat 1/2) | Francis Popham | ? |
| Wootton Bassett (seat 2/2) | Hon. Robert Cecil | Whig |
| Worcester (seat 1/2) | Thomas Wylde | ? |
| Worcester (seat 2/2) | Samuel Swift | Tory |
| Worcestershire (seat 1/2) | Sir John Pakington | Tory |
| Worcestershire (seat 2/2) | Sir Thomas Winford | ? |
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| Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (seat 1/2) | Henry Holmes | Tory |
| Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (seat 2/2) | Anthony Morgan | Whig |
| York (seat 1/2) | Sir William Robinson | Whig |
| York (seat 2/2) | Robert Benson | Tory |
| Yorkshire (seat 1/2) | The 2nd Viscount Downe | Tory |
| Yorkshire (seat 2/2) | Sir William Strickland | Whig |
More About By-elections
- List of Great Britain by-elections (1707–15)
Other Related Topics
- 1708 British general election
- List of parliaments of Great Britain
- Unreformed House of Commons
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