List of Stewards of the Manor of Old Shoreham
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.
- December 1756: Thomas Ryder (Tiverton)
- 4 July 1757: James Hayes (Downton)
- March 1760: George Gray (Winchelsea)
- 20 February 1762: John Hamilton (Wigtownshire)
- 13 March 1762: Hon. Keith Stewart (Wigtown Burghs)
- 27 April 1762: William Fitzherbert (Bramber)
- 10 February 1763: Hon. Augustus John Hervey (Bury St Edmunds) on 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: Sir William Grant (Banffshire)[2] On appointment as Solicitor General for England and Wales.
References
- ↑ Ian Crofton, John Ayto (2005). Brewer's Britain and Ireland. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. via Credo Reference. ISBN 0-304-35385-X. Retrieved 2012-09-13. – via Questia (subscription required)
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15171. p. 838. 20 August 1799. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
See also
- List of Stewards of the Chiltern Hundreds
- List of Stewards of the Manor of East Hendred
- List of Stewards of the Manor of Hempholme
- List of Stewards of the Manor of Northstead
- List of Stewards of the Manor of Poynings
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