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    The 1754 Taunton by-election to the Parliament of Great Britain was held across thirteen days, from 10–24 December 1754 in Taunton, the county town of...
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  • Taunton by-election may refer to: 1701 Taunton by-election 1724 Taunton by-election 1754 Taunton by-election 1873 Taunton by-election 1880 Taunton by-election...
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    Cromwell. The 1754 by-election was so fiercely contested that rioting broke out in which two people died. In the 2005 general election, the victorious...
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  • unopposed for Taunton at the 1754 general election. He died a week after the new Parliament assembled on 8 June 1754, aged 44. He was succeeded by his son John...
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  • The 1701 Taunton by-election to the Parliament of England was held on 17 March 1701 in Taunton, Somerset, following the decision of the incumbent, Henry...
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    Parliament of Great Britain in 1754, the 11th Parliament of Great Britain. The candidates returned in contested elections are listed in the descending order...
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  • Robert Webb (MP) (category Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Taunton)
    Parliament for Taunton on the dissenting interest at the 1747 general election. He was classed as a government supporter. At the 1754 general election he withdrew...
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  • by-election. "Lanarkshire". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 9 June 2019. "Lanarkshire". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754)...
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  • parliamentary by-elections in Great Britain held between 1734 and 1754, with the names of the previous incumbent and the victor in the by-election. In the absence...
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  • John Halliday (died 1805) (category People from Taunton)
    of Yard House, Taunton and his wife Mary Welman, daughter of Isaac Welman of Poundisford Park, Somerset. He succeeded his father in 1754. In 1756 he entered...
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  • parliamentary by-elections in Great Britain held between 1754 and 1774, with the names of the previous incumbent and the victor in the by-election. In the absence...
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    complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the years 1750–1754. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England...
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  • Britain by-elections (1754–74) 1768 British general election List of parliaments of Great Britain Unreformed House of Commons "Constituencies 1754-1790"...
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  • returned at subsequent by-elections, arranged by constituency. List of Great Britain by-elections (1774–90) 1774 British general election List of parliaments...
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  • general election, but was returned at a by-election in March as MP for Taunton. His estate was close to Taunton and he was appointed Recorder of Taunton in...
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    used from 1694, was revived after being rediscovered in 1958. The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts officially adopted a reconstruction of an American Revolutionary...
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  • returned at subsequent by-elections, arranged by constituency. List of Great Britain by-elections (1774–90) 1780 British general election List of parliaments...
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  • returned at subsequent by-elections, arranged by constituency. List of Great Britain by-elections (1774–90) 1784 British general election List of parliaments...
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    elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. In 2010 it was replaced by the Bridgwater and West Somerset constituency...
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    Bishop of Chichester from 1446 Dean of St Paul's until 1457 Archdeacon of Taunton until 1465; Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1466 Bishop of Rochester from...
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  • Commons "Constituencies 1715-1754". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 August 2018. The House of Commons 1715–1754, ed. R Sedgwick (1970) History...
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  • sources: The information for the election results given below is taken from Sedgwick 1715–1754, Namier and Brooke 1754–1790, Stooks Smith 1790-1832 and...
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    Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture (1754) Elements of the Philosophy of Newton, a book by Voltaire List of multiple discoveries: seventeenth...
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  • 1715–1721, who lost his right arm by a sea battle in 1711. Richard Herbert, MP for Ludlow 1727–1741 and 1743–1754, who lost an eye in a pistol duel in...
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    results 1885–1918, Craig, FWS Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 2 May 1914 Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser, 21 January 1914 Debrett's House of Commons...
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  • parliamentary by-elections in Great Britain held between 1715 and 1734, with the names of the previous incumbent and the victor in the by-election. In the absence...
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    reach of the M4 motorway and the A303 and is served by Pewsey railway station on the Reading to Taunton line. The parish includes the settlements of Kepnal...
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  • returned at subsequent by-elections, arranged by constituency. List of Great Britain by-elections (1754–74) 1761 British general election List of parliaments...
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    cxxxiv) Taunton (Improvements) Act 1769 (9 Geo. 3. c. 44) Dean Forest Roads Act 1796 (36 Geo. 3. c. 131) Taunton Roads Act 1778 (18 Geo. 3. c. 97) Taunton Roads...
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    Westmoreland Canals Act 1792 (32 Geo. 3. c. 101) Leicester and Warwick Roads Act 1754 (27 Geo. 2. c. 42) Leicester Roads Act 1776 (16 Geo. 3. c. 81) Martyn's Gutter...
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