List of stewards of the Manor of Old Shoreham

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This is a list of the Members of Parliament appointed as Steward of the Manor of Old Shoreham, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which was formerly used to resign from the House of Commons.[1] The last steward died in 1832.

Date Member Constituency Party Reason for resignation
December 1756 Thomas Ryder Tiverton
4 July 1757 James Hayes Downton
March 1760 George Gray Winchelsea
20 February 1762 John Hamilton Wigtownshire
13 March 1756 Keith Stewart Wigtown Burghs
27 April 1762 William Fitzherbert Bramber
10 February 1763 Augustus John Hervey Bury St Edmunds Appointment as commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean
March 1763 Browse Trist Totnes
12 November 1763 Thomas Morgan Brecon borough To contest Monmouthshire
30 May 1765 Philip Stanhope St Germans Sold his seat to the government
11 July 1799 William Grant Banffshire[2] On appointment as Solicitor General for England and Wales

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ian Crofton, John Ayto (2005). Brewer's Britain and Ireland. via Credo Reference. ISBN 0-304-35385-X. Retrieved 13 September 2012. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "No. 15171". The London Gazette. 20 August 1799. p. 838.

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