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 MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. 397 Date of Return. 12 April, 1722 29 March, 1725 31 May, 1726. 28 August, 1727 3 May, 1734 • 12 May, 1 741. 2 July, 1747. 2 February, 1749. 19 April, 1754. 19 May, 1757. 30 December, 1758 31 March, 1761 3 January, 1763 23 March, 1768 11 October, 1774 8 September, 1780 28 November, 1780 Members. Alexander Pendarves, esq. John Willes, esq. John Friend, esq., vice Pendarves, deceased. Henry Vane, esq., vice John Willes, appointed to an office of profit by the Crown. John King, esq. Arthur Tremayne, esq. Sir William Morice, bart. Sir William Irby, bart. The same. Sir William Morice. Sir John St. Aubyn. Humphrey Morice, vice deceased. Sir William Morice, Sir George Lee. Humphrey Morice, esq. Humphrey Morice, re-elected after appointment as one of the Clerks Comptrollers of the House of Commons. Peter Burrell, esq., vice Lee, deceased.* Humphrey Morice, esq. Peter Burrell, esq. Humphrey Morice, esq., re-elected after appoint- ment as Comptroller of the Household. Humphrey Morice, esq. William Amherst, esq. Humphrey Morice, esq. John Buller, esq. [of Morval]. Viscount Cranburn. Thomas Bowlby, esq.t Charles George Perceval, vice Viscount Cran- burn, called to the Upper House as Earl of Salisbury. candidates. Sir John obtained fifteen votes and Mr. Burrell fourteen — so large was the then constituency ! On petition the House declared the election of Sir John void, notwithstanding his numerical majority. t In 1780 Mr. Bowlby gave the Corporation "a cup;" for which he was thanked by the then Town Clerk. The handsome silver goblet or loving cup, still produced by the Corporation on important occasions, has on it the hall- mark of the earlier date, 1 720-1.
 * On this bye-election Sir John St. Aubyn and Mr. Burrell were the