Great Britain · Politics / Whig Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
23Records
1701–1831Date range
16Named people
18Places
Chronological records
1701
Robert Walpole Orford, 1st1701
Castle Rising · Politics / Whig Party
Walpole is 1st elected to Parliament
1702
Robert Walpole Orford, 1st1702
Kings Lynn · Politics / Whig Party
Walpole is elected to Parliament for King's Lynn, elected every subsequent general election for the next 40 yrs
1734
William Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st1734
Old Sarum · Politics / Whig Party
Pitt's brother Thomas is Returned at the general election of 1734 for two separate seats, Okehampton and Old Sarum, and passes Old Sarum to William
1741
William Cavendish Devonshire, 4th1741
Politics / Whig Party
Elected Member of Parliament
1754
Thomas Townshend Sydney, 1st1754
Whitchurch · Politics / Whig Party
Elected Member of Parliament for Whitchurch
1756
Grafton Grafton, 3rd1756
Politics / Whig Party
Elected Member of Parliament
1781
William Pitt the Younger Chatham, 2nd1781
Chatham · Politics / Whig Party
First elected MP
1783
Henry Bathurst Bathurst, 3rd1783
Cirencester · Politics / Whig Party
Elected Member of Parliament for Cirencester
John Jervis St Vincent1783
Launceston · Politics / Whig Party
Elected Member of Parliament for Launceston
1784
John Jervis St Vincent1784
Yarmouth · Politics / Whig Party
Appointed of Parliament for Yarmouth
1786
Charles Grey Grey, 2nd1786
Northumberland · Politics / Whig Party
1st elected to Parliament, Member of Parliament for Northumberland for the next 20 yrs
1793
George Canning Canning, 1st1793
Newtown · Politics / Whig Party
Elected Member of Parliament for Newtown on the Isle of Wight, a rotten borough
1796
George Canning Canning, 1st1796
Wendover · Politics / Whig Party
Elected Member of Parliament for Wendover in Buckinghamshire
1806
William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd1806
Northampton · Politics / Whig Party
Elected Member of Parliament for Northampton
1807
James Abercromby1807
Midhurst · Politics / Whig Party
Elected Member of Parliament for Midhurst
1810
George Eden Auckland, 1st1810
Woodstock · Politics / Whig Party
Returned to Parliament for Woodstock
1812
James Abercromby1812
Calne · Politics / Whig Party
Elected Member of Parliament for Calne
1818
James Robert George Graham Graham, 2nd1818
Hull · Politics / Whig Party
Elected Member of Parliament for Hull
1822
Edward Stanley Derby, 14th30 July 1822
Politics / Whig Party
1st enters Parliament, as a Whig
1826
Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 7th1826
Politics / Whig Party
Elected Member of Parliament
James Robert George Graham Graham, 2nd1826
Carlisle · Politics / Whig Party
Elected Member of Parliament for Carlisle
1831
Edward Stanley Derby, 14th1831
Preston · Politics / Whig Party
Elected Member of Parliament, calls himself "an old constitutional Whig"
Edward Stanley Derby, 14th1831
Politics / Whig Party
Elected Member of Parliament
Names involved
Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 7thCharles Grey Grey, 2ndEdward Stanley Derby, 14thGeorge Canning Canning, 1stGeorge Eden Auckland, 1stGrafton Grafton, 3rdHenry Bathurst Bathurst, 3rdJames AbercrombyJames Robert George Graham Graham, 2ndJohn Jervis St VincentRobert Walpole Orford, 1stThomas Townshend Sydney, 1stWilliam Cavendish Devonshire, 4thWilliam Lamb Melbourne, 2ndWilliam Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1stWilliam Pitt the Younger Chatham, 2nd
Provenance
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