This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...became a formidable candidate for parliamentary honours. In the year 1796, when Mr. Horrocks was first put forward in the corporation interest, supported by the Earl of Liverpool as chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, he maintained a strong though unsuccessful contest; but when he again offered himself, in the year ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...became a formidable candidate for parliamentary honours. In the year 1796, when Mr. Horrocks was first put forward in the corporation interest, supported by the Earl of Liverpool as chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, he maintained a strong though unsuccessful contest; but when he again offered himself, in the year 1802, it was thought advisable to accommodate the differences of the contending 1 Commons'Journal, vol. vlii., p. 836. William Dobson--an excellent little work, from which many corrections "Historv of Borowrbs " D 350, mT0 been made in thi3 and tho followinS P-g-, -nd especially in the list 7, '.' t. i, .. of members subjoined, which, as given in tho former edition of this "History of tho Parliamentary Representation of Preston," by wor)c wfts verJ. inaccurate.--B. H, Vo. V. 43 parties by a compromise, each side to return one member, and a coalition was made through the intervention of Thomas Butterworth Bayley, Esq., of Hope, near Manchester, and ratified by the signatures of eleven gentlemen in Preston, the leaders of the parties, to a written agreement prepared for the purpose, which produced the return of Lord Stanley and Mr. Horrocks. For five succeeding elections the combined strength of the Earl of Derby and the manufacturing interest retained the representation in the same parties; but, in 1826, John Wood, Esq., afterwards chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, an independent member, was returned with the Honourable E. G. Stanley, the late Earl of Derby; and the same gentlemen were re-elected in July, 1830. In December of that year, Mr. Stanley, having accepted the office of Secretary for Ireland, was defeated by Mr. Henry Hunt, and he, with Mr. Wood, was re-elected at the general electi...
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