Linlithgow election. John Hope, Esquire, ------ sitting member. James Dundas, Esquire, ----- petitioner. The case of James Dundas, Esq;.
Dundas, James,1721-1780.
[London : s.n.,
1770?]
John Hope was the sitting member of Parliament for the county of Linlithgow (elected 1768) but lost the seat in 1770. In a pamphlet publshed in the same year [ESTC T71744] he claims that he was actually re-elected by a majority of one (19 votes to 18). His challenge rests on who was and who was not eligible to vote, with doubts having been raised by James Dundas as to the legitimacy of some of his votes. It seems that Dundas was successful in the case placed before the House of Commons elections committee, as he appears to have served the constituency until the next election in 1774.
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Docket title: "To be heard at the Bar of the House of Commons, on Monday, the 12th day of March, 1770".
ESTC
John Hope was the sitting member of Parliament for the county of Linlithgow (elected 1768) but lost the seat in 1770. In a pamphlet publshed in the same year [ESTC T71744] he claims that he was actually re-elected by a majority of one (19 votes to 18). His challenge rests on who was and who was not eligible to vote, with doubts having been raised by James Dundas as to the legitimacy of some of his votes. It seems that Dundas was successful in the case placed before the House of Commons elections committee, as he appears to have served the constituency until the next election in 1774.
Dundas, James, 1721-1780
Hope, John, 1739-1785
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