List of stewards of the Manor of East Hendred

This is a list of the Members of Parliament appointed as Steward of the Manor of East Hendred, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which was used to resign from the House of Commons. Appointment of an MP to the office was first made in 1763. The Manor of East Hendred was sold by the Crown in 1823, but through oversight, appointments to the post of Steward continued until 1840, after which it was discontinued for parliamentary purposes in favour of other stewardships. The last steward died in 1851.

Stewards Dates given are of the writ to replace the member who accepted the stewardship.

DateMemberConstituencyPartyReason for resignation BridgwaterTo contest Gloucestershire MidhurstMade Ambassador to the Two Sicilies PooleIll-health WendoverTo allow Viscount Fermanagh to bring Edmund Burke into Parliament BreconTo contest Breconshire Richmond (Yorks)To express support for John Wilkes Bishop's CastleTo return Wedderburn (above) to Parliament LichfieldTo bring George Adams into Parliament HorshamPressure from his brothers over his support for William Pitt Milborne PortTo bring the Earl of Catherlough into Parliament WoodstockTo contest Oxford SalisburyTo bring Viscount Folkestone into Parliament BreconTo contest Monmouthshire Lancashire AldboroughTo bring Earl of Lincoln into Parliament WiltonTo contest Wiltshire PenrynTo contest Cornwall ClitheroeTo bring Thomas Lister into Parliament DroitwichTo contest Worcestershire MineheadTo allow the North Ministry to bring Thomas Pownall into Parliament Wendover RyeTo bring Thomas Onslow into Parliament NewtownSold his electoral interest to Sir Richard Worsley CarlisleSir James Lowther, on whose interest he was elected, went into opposition against the North Ministry ExeterTo contest Devon MorpethTo contest Roxburghshire HaddingtonshireTo bring William Hamilton Nisbet into Parliament, by prearrangement East RetfordTo bring Lord John Pelham-Clinton into Parliament Aberdeen Burghs WestburyTo attend to his business affairs in Jamaica ElginshireTo bring Lord William Gordon into Parliament CardiganTo contest Radnorshire Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Malton Bere AlstonAppointed Governor of Madras Cardigan AldboroughLeft England after making homosexual advances at a Royal Academy exhibition Helston Clitheroe Cirencester Bletchingley Yorkshire Truro AldboroughDisagreement with the Duke of Newcastle Edinburgh Weobley Westbury Fowey Helston Kirkcudbright Stewartry New Romney Reigate Bere Alston Glamorganshire Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) Dorset Appleby Newtown Grantham Newport (Isle of Wight) To bring his son Peniston Lamb into Parliament City of London Steyning Queenborough Winchelsea Cricklade Norwich Lichfield Saltash St Mawes West Looe Winchelsea Leominster Arundel Wareham Bere Alston Eye Gatton Dumfries Burghs Banffshire Plympton Erle Brackley Bossiney Gatton Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) Great Grimsby Cambridgeshire Gatton CockermouthTory Wilton Plymouth Queenborough Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) Richmond (Yorks) Buckingham MineheadTory ApplebyWhig TregonyWhig Tralee St MawesTory Dundalk Kilkenny CityWhig MalmesburyWhig Dunbartonshire RichmondWhig Elgin Burghs ColchesterTory LudgershallTory Wexford Kildare Woodstock Mitchell Winchelsea Portarlington West LooeTory DroitwichWhig Rye Westbury WindsorTory ColeraineTory Plympton Erle Perthshire Dorset Saltash West LooeWhig SeafordTory RiponTory TruroTory Dorchester AshburtonTory WinchelseaTory CashelTory Poole TregonyTory Ayr BurghsWhig MorpethLib DevonportLib

See also List of Stewards of the Chiltern Hundreds List of Stewards of the Manor of Hempholme List of Stewards of the Manor of Northstead List of Stewards of the Manor of Old Shoreham List of Stewards of the Manor of Poynings

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