List of MPs elected in the 1761 British general election
This is a list of the 558 MPs or members of Parliament elected to the 314 constituencies of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1761, the 12th Parliament of Great Britain and their replacements returned at subsequent by-elections, arranged by constituency.
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A Aberdeen Burghs (seat 1/1) David Scott – died Replaced by Sir John Lindsay 1767Administration ? Aberdeenshire (seat 1/1) Lord Adam GordonAdministration Abingdon (seat 1/1) John MortonTory Aldborough (seat 1/2) Nathaniel Cholmley Administration Aldborough (seat 2/2) Andrew Wilkinson – took officeReplaced by Viscount Villiers 1765Administration Aldeburgh (seat 1/2) Philip Fonnereau Aldeburgh (seat 2/2) Zachary Philip FonnereauAdministration Amersham (seat 1/2) Benet Garrard – diedReplaced by John Affleck 1767 Amersham (seat 2/2) William Drake, Sr Tory Andover (seat 1/2) Francis Blake DelavalOpposition Whig Andover (seat 2/2) John Griffin WhitwellAdministration Anglesey (seat 1/1) Owen Meyrick Whig Anstruther Easter Burghs (seat 1/1) Sir Henry Erskine, Bt – diedReplaced by Sir John Anstruther 1766Administration Appleby (seat 1/2) John Stanwix – died Replaced by Charles Jenkinson 1767 Appleby (seat 2/2) Philip HonywoodAdministration Argyllshire (seat 1/1) Dugald Campbell – took officeReplaced by Lord William Campbell 1764 – took officeReplaced by Robert Campbell 1766 Arundel (seat 1/2) George ColebrookeOpposition Whig Arundel (seat 2/2) John Bristow Ashburton (seat 1/2) John Harris of Hayne – diedReplaced by Robert Palk 1767 Ashburton (seat 2/2) Hon. Thomas Walpole Aylesbury (seat 1/2) John Wilkes – expelled Replaced by Anthony Bacon 1764 Aylesbury (seat 2/2) Welbore Ellis Ayr Burghs (seat 1/1) Lord Frederick Campbell – sat for Glasgow BurghsReplaced by Alexander Wedderburn 1761 Ayrshire (seat 1/1) Archibald Montgomerie Whig B Banbury (seat 1/1) Lord NorthAdministration Banffshire (seat 1/1) Hon. James DuffWhig (doubtful) Barnstaple (seat 1/2) Denys Rolle Barnstaple (seat 2/2) Sir George Amyand – diedReplaced by John Clevland 1766 WhigWhig Bath (seat 1/2) Sir John Ligonier – resignedReplaced by Sir John Sebright 1763v Bath (seat 2/2) William Pitt – ennobled Replaced by John Smith 1766 Beaumaris (seat 1/1) Richard Thelwall PriceTory Bedford (seat 1/2) Francis Herne Bedford (seat 2/2) Richard Vernon Whig Bedfordshire (seat 1/2) Marquess of Tavistock – diedReplaced by The 1st Earl of Upper Ossory 1767 Whig Bedfordshire (seat 2/2) Robert Henley-Ongley Tory Bedwynsee Great Bedwyn... Bere Alston (seat 1/2) Sir Francis Henry DrakeAdministration Bere Alston (seat 2/2) Hon. George Hobart Berkshire (seat 1/2) Arthur Vansittart Berkshire (seat 2/2) Henry Pye – diedReplaced by Thomas Craven 1766Tory. Berwickshire (seat 1/1) James Pringle Berwick-upon-Tweed (seat 1/2) Thomas Watson – resignedReplaced by Wilmot Vaughan 1765 Berwick-upon-Tweed (seat 2/2) John Craufurd – diedReplaced by John Delaval 1765 .Opposition Whig Beverley (seat 1/2) Michael Newton Beverley (seat 2/2) George Tufnell Bewdley (seat 1/1) Sir Edward Winnington