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III. The Members

AGE, FAMILY AND PARLIAMENTARY EXPERIENCE

Between the dissolutions of 1790 and 1820 the number of Members elected to the House was 2,143. This excludes the Hon. John Knox, returned to the first Imperial Parliament for the Irish borough of Dungannon, who was lost at sea before the date of his return. Of the 2,143 some 492 were first elected to the House before the general election of 1790: seven were first elected before the general election of 1754, Welbore Ellis as early as 1741.

AGE OF THE MEMBERS RETURNED AT EACH GENERAL ELECTION

I. The Constituencies

Between 1790 and 1801 the House of Commons consisted of 558 Members elected by 314 constituencies. The 245 English constituencies (40 counties, 203 boroughs, 2 universities) returned 489 Members; the 24 Welsh constituencies and 45 Scottish constituencies returned one Member each. In 1801 the addition of 100 Irish Members elected by 66 constituencies made an Imperial Parliament of 658 Members.

 

YORKE, Philip (1743-1804), of Erddig, Denb.

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b. 29 July 1743,DWB. o.s. of Simon Yorke of Erddig by Dorothy, da. and event. h. of Matthew Hutton of Newnham, Herts. educ. Eton 1759-60; Corpus Christi, Camb. 1762; L. Inn 1764, called 1767. m. (1) 2 July 1770, Elizabeth (d. Feb. 1779), da. of Sir John Cust, 3rd Bt., 4s. 3da.; (2) 27 Sept. 1782, Diana, da. and h. of Piers Wynne of Dyffryn Aled, Denb., wid. of Ridgeway Owen Meyrick of Bodorgan, Anglesey, 4s. 2da. suc. fa. 1767.
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Sheriff Denb. 1786 – 87, Flint 1787–8.

Capt. Denb. militia 1778.

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YORKE, Philip (1743-1804), of Erthig, Denb.
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YORKE, Philip, Visct. Royston (1784-1808).

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b. 7 May 1784, 1st s. of Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, by Lady Elizabeth Lindsay, da. of James, 5th Earl of Balcarres [S]. educ. Harrow 1795; St. John’s, Camb. 1801; European tour 1806-8. unm.
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Capt. Cambs. militia 1803.

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YORKE, Simon (1771-1834), of Erddig, Denb.

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b. 27 July 1771, 1st s. of Philip Yorke by 1st w. educ. Eton 1784; St. John’s, Camb. 1788. m. 11 Mar. 1807, Margaret, da. of John Holland of Teyrdan, 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1804.
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Sheriff, Denb. 1807–8.

Lt. Wrexham yeomanry 1795 – 97.

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YORKE, Simon (1771-1834), of Erddig, Denb.
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YOUNG, Sir William, 2nd Bt. (1749-1815), of Delaford Park, Bucks.

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b. 30 Nov. 1749,A Few Poems written at different periods of my life now first collected and printed for presentation to friends (Tobago 1814), 44. 1st s. of Sir William Young, 1st Bt., of Delaford, lt.-gov. Dominica and Tobago, by 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Dr Brook Taylor of Bifrons, Kent.Young, whose pat. gdfa. was a Scots surgeon settled in Antigua (V. L. Oliver, Antigua, iii. 282), wrote a ‘Life of Dr Brook Taylor’, his mat. gdfa., as a preface to Taylor’s Contemplatio Philosophica in 1793. educ. Eton 1758-67; Clare, Camb. 1768; Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1768; L. Inn 1767; Orleans 1770; Grand Tour 1770-4. m. (1) 12 Aug. 1777, Sarah (d. 6 Jan. 1791), da. and coh. of Charles Lawrence of Red Lion Square, Mdx., 4s. 2da.; (2) 22 Apr. 1793, Barbara, da. of Richard Talbot of Malahide Castle, co. Dublin, s.p. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. 8 Apr. 1788.
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Agent, St. Vincent 1795–1802.

Gov. Tobago Feb. 1807 – d.

Capt. Bucks. yeoman cav. 1795; Mid. Bucks. 1803, maj. 1804.

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