The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third, 1760-1860, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1868 - Constitutional history |
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... boroughs . · Various and limited rights of election Bribery at elections • Sale of boroughs Attempts to restrain corruption , 1768-1786 Sale of seats restrained by act , 1809 277 • . 278 . 279 280 282 285 289 292 PAGE Government ...
... boroughs . · Various and limited rights of election Bribery at elections • Sale of boroughs Attempts to restrain corruption , 1768-1786 Sale of seats restrained by act , 1809 277 • . 278 . 279 280 282 285 289 292 PAGE Government ...
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Thomas Erskine May. PAGE Government influence in larger boroughs Revenue officers disfranchised , 1782 Vexatious contests in populous cities 293 294 • 296 The Westminster election , 1784 . Territorial influence in counties 297 299 ...
Thomas Erskine May. PAGE Government influence in larger boroughs Revenue officers disfranchised , 1782 Vexatious contests in populous cities 293 294 • 296 The Westminster election , 1784 . Territorial influence in counties 297 299 ...
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... boroughs were either the abso- lute property of peers and their connexions , or entirely under their control ; while in many other boroughs the interest of the government was paramount at elections . The cities and large towns alone had ...
... boroughs were either the abso- lute property of peers and their connexions , or entirely under their control ; while in many other boroughs the interest of the government was paramount at elections . The cities and large towns alone had ...
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... borough interests , and by their monopoly of the influence of the crown , to secure an ascendency in Parliament which , for nearly fifty years , was almost unassailable . Until the fall of Sir Robert Walpole the Whigs had been compact ...
... borough interests , and by their monopoly of the influence of the crown , to secure an ascendency in Parliament which , for nearly fifty years , was almost unassailable . Until the fall of Sir Robert Walpole the Whigs had been compact ...
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... boroughs from the ministers , in order to nominate his own friends , but even en- couraged opposition to such ministers as he conceived not to be in his interest.1 The Duke of Newcastle thus wrote at this time to Lord Rock- ingham ...
... boroughs from the ministers , in order to nominate his own friends , but even en- couraged opposition to such ministers as he conceived not to be in his interest.1 The Duke of Newcastle thus wrote at this time to Lord Rock- ingham ...
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