John Hope, Esquire, ---- sitting member. James Dundas, Esquire, ---- petitioner. State of the late election for the county of Linlithgow, in North Britain..
Hope, John,1739-1785.
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 this pamphlet 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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John Hope was the sitting member of Parliament for the county of Linlithgow (elected 1768) but lost the seat in 1770. In this pamphlet 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.
Hope, John, 1739-1785
Dundas, James, 1721-1780
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England London.