CLOSE BOROUGHS
The following is a list (part) of the Boroughs which it is intended to Disfranchise, with the Names of the Sitting Members, and of the Persons whose interest is most predominant :—
PLACE | MEMBERS | PREVAILING INFLUENCE | No. of VOTERS |
---|---|---|---|
Haslemere | Sir J Beckett W Holmes | Earl of Lonsdale | 58 |
Midhurst | G Smith J A Smith | M J Smith | 18 |
Newton (Isle of Wight) | Hon C Pelham H Gurney | Lord Yarborogh, and Sir F Barrington | 40 |
Petersfield | Sir W Jolliffe G E Jolliffe | Colonel Jolliffe | 140 |
Stockbridge | G Wilbraham W S Stanley | Lord Grosvenor | 110 |
Whitchurch | Sir S Scott Hon H G P Townhend | Sir S Scott and Lord Sidney | 40 |
Yarmouth | W Y Peel G B Thompson | Sir W Holmes | 50 |