1875 East Kent by-election explained

The 1875 East Kent by-election was fought on 27 January 1875. The by-election was fought due to the succession to a peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, George Milles. It was won by the unopposed^[1] Conservative candidate Wyndham Knatchbull.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Craig, F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 . 1 . 1977 . Macmillan . London . 404.
2. Web site: Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. 7 March 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150625233627/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Kcommons1.htm. 25 June 2015.