List of stewards of the Manor of East Hendred explained

This is a list of the Members of Parliament appointed as Steward of the Manor of East Hendred, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which was used to resign from the House of Commons. Appointment of an MP to the office was first made in 1763. The Manor of East Hendred was sold by the Crown in 1823, but through oversight, appointments to the post of Steward continued until 1840, after which it was discontinued for parliamentary purposes in favour of other stewardships. The last steward died in 1851.

Stewards

Dates given are of the writ to replace the member who accepted the stewardship.

DateMemberConstituencyPartyReason for resignation
[1] BridgwaterTo contest Gloucestershire
MidhurstMade Ambassador to the Two Sicilies
PooleIll-health
WendoverTo allow Viscount Fermanagh to bring Edmund Burke into Parliament
BreconTo contest Breconshire
Richmond (Yorks)To express support for John Wilkes
Bishop's CastleTo return Wedderburn (above) to Parliament
LichfieldTo bring George Adams into Parliament
HorshamPressure from his brothers over his support for William Pitt
Milborne PortTo bring the Earl of Catherlough into Parliament
WoodstockTo contest Oxford
SalisburyTo bring Viscount Folkestone into Parliament
BreconTo contest Monmouthshire
Lancashire
AldboroughTo bring the Earl of Lincoln into Parliament
WiltonTo contest Wiltshire
PenrynTo contest Cornwall
ClitheroeTo bring Thomas Lister into Parliament
DroitwichTo contest Worcestershire
MineheadTo allow the North Ministry to bring Thomas Pownall into Parliament
Wendover
RyeTo bring Thomas Onslow into Parliament
NewtownSold his electoral interest to Sir Richard Worsley
CarlisleSir James Lowther, on whose interest he was elected, went into opposition against the North Ministry
ExeterTo contest Devon
MorpethTo contest Roxburghshire
HaddingtonshireTo bring William Hamilton Nisbet into Parliament, by prearrangement
East RetfordTo bring Lord John Pelham-Clinton into Parliament
Aberdeen Burghs
WestburyTo attend to his business affairs in Jamaica
ElginshireTo bring Lord William Gordon into Parliament
CardiganTo contest Radnorshire
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
Malton
Bere AlstonAppointed Governor of Madras
Cardigan
AldboroughLeft England after making homosexual advances at a Royal Academy exhibition
Helston
Clitheroe
Cirencester
Bletchingley
Yorkshire
Truro
AldboroughDisagreement with the Duke of Newcastle
Edinburgh
Weobley
Westbury
Fowey
Helston
Kirkcudbright Stewartry
New Romney
Reigate
Bere Alston
Glamorganshire
Yarmouth (Isle of Wight)
Dorset
Appleby
Newtown
Grantham
Newport (Isle of Wight)To bring his son Peniston Lamb into Parliament
City of London
Steyning
Queenborough
Winchelsea
Cricklade
Norwich
Lichfield
Saltash
St Mawes
West Looe
Winchelsea
Leominster
Arundel
Wareham
Bere Alston
Eye
Gatton
Dumfries Burghs
Banffshire
Plympton Erle
Brackley
Bossiney
Gatton
Yarmouth (Isle of Wight)
Great Grimsby
Cambridgeshire
Gatton
CockermouthTory
Wilton
Plymouth
Queenborough
Yarmouth (Isle of Wight)
Richmond (Yorks)
Buckingham
MineheadTory
MineheadWhig
TregonyWhig
Tralee
St MawesTory
Dundalk
Kilkenny CityWhig
MalmesburyWhig
Dunbartonshire
RichmondWhig
Elgin Burghs
ColchesterTory
LudgershallTory
Wexford Borough
Kildare
Woodstock
Mitchell
Winchelsea
Portarlington
West LooeTory
DroitwichWhig
Rye
Westbury
WindsorTory
ColeraineTory
Plympton Erle
Perthshire
Dorset
Saltash
West LooeWhig
SeafordTory
RiponTory
TruroTory
Dorchester
AshburtonTory
WinchelseaTory
CashelTory
Poole
TregonyTory
Ayr BurghsWhig
MorpethLib
DevonportLib

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Parliamentary papers . 1878 . 62, Part 2 .