Right of election
in burgage holders1Supersedes Namier & Brooke, i. 318.
Background Information
Number of voters: about 36
Constituency business
County
| Date | Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Feb. 1715 | SIR FRANCIS LEICESTER | |
| WILLIAM SHIPPEN | ||
| 27 Mar. 1722 | SIR FRANCIS LEICESTER | |
| WILLIAM SHIPPEN | ||
| 22 Aug. 1727 | LEGH MASTER | |
| WILLIAM SHIPPEN | ||
| 29 Apr. 1734 | LEGH MASTER | |
| WILLIAM SHIPPEN | ||
| 8 May 1741 | LEGH MASTER | |
| WILLIAM SHIPPEN | ||
| 15 Dec. 1743 | PETER LEGH vice Shippen, deceased | |
| 1 July 1747 | PETER LEGH | |
| SIR THOMAS EGERTON |
Main Article
Newton, a proprietary borough, was under the absolute control of the Leghs of Lyme who held the barony and nominated the returning officers.2Oldfield, Boroughs (1794), i. 348-9. In 1715 the proprietor was Peter Legh, a non-juror,3VCH Lancs. i. 375. who returned Tory friends and members of his family till his death in 1744, when it passed to his nephew and heir, Peter Legh.
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