Papers relating to elections in Newark, Nottinghamshire, 1792-1832

This small group of papers relates to local politics and electoral matters in Newark, Nottinghamshire. Documents concern election expenses, political relations between the families of the Duke of Newcastle, Newcastle and Lord Middleton and details of Newark freeholds.

The Newark constituency of Nottingham was dominated by two family interests between 1715 and 1805, namely those of the Dukes of Newcastle and the Sutton family of Kelham. By and large, the two returned a parliamentary member each. In 1805, however, the Sutton family allowed its interest to lapse and it was replaced by that of the 6th Baron Middleton who was attempting to revive an interest previously pursued by his forbears. In addition, Sir Jenison William Gordon also became a consenting party to arrangements. Despite these sizeable interests, Newark remained a generally open borough, with around 1,000 voters from a population approaching 7,000.

The material is arranged in chronological order.

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LANGUAGE: English

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The papers were purchased by the University of Nottingham in 1952.

• Newcastle Political Papers Papers of the 2nd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne. Papers of the 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne