# 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.
| Date | Member | Constituency | Party | Reason for resignation |
| 21 November 1763 | Edward Southwell | Bridgwater | | To contest Gloucestershire |
| 16 January 1765 | William Hamilton | Midhurst | | Made Ambassador to the Two Sicilies |
| 30 May 1765 | Joseph Gulston | Poole | | Ill-health |
| 23 December 1765 | Verney Lovett | Wendover | | To allow Viscount Fermanagh to bring Edmund Burke into Parliament |
| 15 May 1769 | Charles Morgan | Brecon | | To contest Breconshire |
| 20 May 1769 | Alexander Wedderburn | Richmond (Yorks) | | To express support for John Wilkes |
| 16 January 1770 | William Clive | Bishop's Castle | | To return Wedderburn (above) to Parliament |
| 31 January 1770 | Thomas Anson | Lichfield | | To bring George Adams into Parliament |
| 18 April 1770 | James Grenville | Horsham | | Pressure from his brothers over his support for William Pitt |
| 25 May 1770 | Thomas Hutchings-Medlycott | Milborne Port | | To bring the Earl of Catherlough into Parliament |
| 30 January 1771 | Lord Robert Spencer | Woodstock | | To contest Oxford |
| 15 May 1771 | Hon. Edward Bouverie | Salisbury | | To bring Viscount Folkestone into Parliament |
| 31 January 1772 | John Morgan | Brecon | | To contest Monmouthshire |
| 4 February 1772 | Lord Archibald Hamilton | Lancashire | | |
| 18 May 1772 | Andrew Wilkinson | Aldborough | | To bring the Earl of Lincoln into Parliament |
| 7 December 1772 | Henry Herbert | Wilton | | To contest Wiltshire |
| 28 December 1772 | William Lemon | Penryn | | To contest Cornwall |
| 16 April 1773 | Nathaniel Lister | Clitheroe | | To bring Thomas Lister into Parliament |
| 31 May 1774 | Edward Foley | Droitwich | | To contest Worcestershire |
| 31 December 1774 | Henry Fownes-Luttrell | Minehead | | To allow the North Ministry to bring Thomas Pownall into Parliament |
| 14 March 1775 | Joseph Bullock | Wendover | | |
| 20 April 1775 | Middleton Onslow | Rye | | To bring Thomas Onslow into Parliament |
| 24 April 1775 | Harcourt Powell | Newtown | | Sold his electoral interest to Sir Richard Worsley |
| 31 May 1775 | Fletcher Norton | Carlisle | | Sir James Lowther, on whose interest he was elected, went into opposition against the North Ministry |
| 9 November 1776 | John Rolle Walter | Exeter | | To contest Devon |
| 20 February 1777 | Gilbert Elliot | Morpeth | | To contest Roxburghshire |
| 29 May 1777 | Sir George Suttie | Haddingtonshire | | To bring William Hamilton Nisbet into Parliament, by prearrangement |
| 24 February 1778 | William Hanger | East Retford | | To bring Lord John Pelham-Clinton into Parliament |
| 11 January 1779 | Thomas Lyon | Aberdeen Burghs | | |
| 20 March 1779 | Nathaniel Bayly | Westbury | | To attend to his business affairs in Jamaica |
| 29 April 1779 | Arthur Duff | Elginshire | | To bring Lord William Gordon into Parliament |
| 12 June 1780 | Thomas Johnes | Cardigan | | To contest Radnorshire |
| 30 November 1780 | Warren Lisle | Weymouth and Melcombe Regis | | |
| 7 December 1780 | Savile Finch | Malton | | |
| 14 February 1781 | The Lord Macartney | Bere Alston | | Appointed Governor of Madras |
| 30 April 1781 | William Chaffin Grove | Cardigan | | |
| 8 June 1781 | Edward Onslow | Aldborough | | Left England after making homosexual advances at a Royal Academy exhibition |
| 30 June 1781 | Philip Yorke | Helston | | |
| 20 April 1782 | John Parker | Clitheroe | | |
| 15 July 1783 | James Whitshed | Cirencester | | |
| 23 November 1783 | Sir Robert Clayton | Bletchingley | | |
| 1 January 1784 | Sir George Savile | Yorkshire | | |
| 6 January 1784 | John Pollexfen Bastard | Truro | | |
| 20 January 1784 | Charles Mellish | Aldborough | | Disagreement with the Duke of Newcastle |
| 31 August 1784 | James Hunter Blair | Edinburgh | | |
| 22 April 1785 | Andrew Bayntun | Weobley | | |
| 3 February 1786 | Chaloner Arcedeckne | Westbury | | |
| 13 February 1786 | John Grant | Fowey | | |
| 1 April 1786 | John Rogers | Helston | | |
| 16 August 1786 | Peter Johnston | Kirkcudbright Stewartry | | |
| 29 January 1787 | Sir Edward Dering | New Romney | | |
| 4 June 1787 | Edward Leeds | Reigate | | |
| 23 December 1788 | Charles Rainsford | Bere Alston | | |
| 4 September 1789 | Charles Edwin | Glamorganshire | | |
| 4 January 1791 | Thomas Clarke Jervoise | Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) | | |
| 6 May 1791 | William Morton Pitt | Dorset | | |
| 18 May 1791 | Richard Ford | Appleby | | |
| 26 August 1791 | Sir Richard Worsley | Newtown | | |
| 7 January 1793 | Philip Yorke | Grantham | | |
| 13 February 1793 | The Viscount Melbourne | Newport (Isle of Wight) | | To bring his son Peniston Lamb into Parliament |
| 6 March 1793 | Brook Watson | City of London | | |
| 3 February 1794 | John Curtis | Steyning | | |
| 15 February 1794 | Augustus Rogers | Queenborough | | |
| 17 February 1794 | Sir Frederick Fletcher-Vane | Winchelsea | | |
| 9 June 1794 | John Walker-Heneage | Cricklade | | |
| 12 July 1794 | William Windham | Norwich | | |
| 14 January 1795 | Thomas Gilbert | Lichfield | | |
| 21 February 1795 | Viscount Garlies | Saltash | | |
| 10 November 1795 | Thomas Calvert | St Mawes | | |
| 22 November 1796 | John Buller | West Looe | | |
| 13 December 1796 | Richard Barwell | Winchelsea | | |
| 14 June 1797 | John Hunter | Leominster | | |
| 29 July 1797 | Sir George Thomas | Arundel | | |
| 1 March 1799 | Lord Robert Spencer | Wareham | | |
| 28 July 1799 | Sir John Mitford | Bere Alston | | |
| 30 October 1799 | Mark Singleton | Eye | | |
| 29 April 1800 | John Petrie | Gatton | | |
| 22 May 1800 | Alexander Hope | Dumfries Burghs | | |
| 10 March 1801 | Sir William Grant | Banffshire | | |
| 6 July 1801 | William Adams | Plympton Erle | | |
| 14 December 1802 | Samuel Haynes | Brackley | | |
| 12 January 1803 | John Hiley Addington | Bossiney | | |
| 24 January 1803 | James Dashwood | Gatton | | |
| 25 February 1803 | James Patrick Murray | Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) | | |
| 18 July 1803 | Ayscoghe Boucherett | Great Grimsby | | |
| 22 August 1803 | Charles Philip Yorke | Cambridgeshire | | |
| 22 April 1805 | Philip Dundas | Gatton | | |
| 22 July 1805 | James Graham | Cockermouth | Tory | |
| 24 February 1806 | The Viscount FitzWilliam | Wilton | | |
| 6 March 1806 | Philip Langmead | Plymouth | | |
| 21 March 1806 | George Peter Moore | Queenborough | | |
| 20 January 1806 | Sir Home Popham | Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) | | |
| 24 February 1806 | George Dundas | Richmond (Yorks) | | |
| 1 August 1806 | Viscount Proby | Buckingham | | |
| 14 January 1807 | Sir John Lethbridge | Minehead | Tory | |
| 30 July 1807 | Viscount Howick | Minehead | Whig | |
| 30 January 1808 | Godfrey Wentworth Wentworth | Tregony | Whig | |
| 8 February 1808 | Evan Foulkes | Tralee | | |
| 22 April 1808 | Scrope Bernard | St Mawes | Tory | |
| 27 July 1808 | Patrick Crawford Bruce | Dundalk | | |
| 4 February 1809 | Charles Harward Butler | Kilkenny City | Whig | |
| 30 January 1810 | Sir George Bowyer | Malmesbury | Whig | |
| 13 July 1810 | Henry Glassford | Dunbartonshire | | |
| 21 January 1812 | Lawrence Dundas | Richmond | Whig | |
| 13 April 1812 | William Dundas | Elgin Burghs | | |
| 30 June 1812 | Richard Hart Davis | Colchester | Tory | |
| 22 December 1812 | Magens Dorrien-Magens | Ludgershall | Tory | |
| 13 February 1813 | Richard Nevill | Wexford Borough | | |
| 23 March 1813 | Lord Henry FitzGerald | Kildare | | |
| 10 November 1813 | William Thornton | Woodstock | | |
| 5 December 1814 | Charles Trelawny-Brereton | Mitchell | | |
| 21 July 1815 | William Vane Powlett | Winchelsea | | |
| 1 March 1816 | Arthur Shakespeare | Portarlington | | |
| 11 March 1816 | Charles Buller | West Looe | Tory | |
| 2 April 1816 | Sir Thomas Winnington | Droitwich | Whig | |
| 10 May 1816 | Thomas Philipps Lamb | Rye | | |
| 29 November 1820 | Jonathan Elford | Westbury | | |
| 11 February 1823 | Sir Herbert Taylor | Windsor | Tory | |
| 24 February 1823 | John Poo Beresford | Coleraine | Tory | |
| 11 March 1824 | Ranald George Macdonald | Plympton Erle | | |
| 6 April 1824 | James Drummond | Perthshire | | |
| 16 February 1826 | William Morton Pitt | Dorset | | |
| 19 December 1826 | Henry Monteith | Saltash | | |
| 6 April 1827 | John Buller | West Looe | Whig | |
| 20 April 1827 | Augustus Frederick Ellis | Seaford | Tory | |
| 2 March 1829 | Sir Robert Inglis | Ripon | Tory | |
| 6 March 1829 | William Edward Tomline | Truro | Tory | |
| 10 April 1830 | William Ashley-Cooper | Dorchester | | |
| 25 February 1831 | Charles Arbuthnot | Ashburton | Tory | |
| 4 April 1831 | Henry Dundas | Winchelsea | Tory | |
| 15 July 1831 | Mathew Pennefather | Cashel | Tory | |
| 6 October 1831 | William Ponsonby | Poole | | |
| 25 February 1832 | Charles George James Arbuthnot | Tregony | Tory | |
| 3 March 1834 | Thomas Francis Kennedy | Ayr Burghs | Whig | |
| 8 February 1837 | Edward George Granville Howard | Morpeth | Lib | |
| 24 January 1840 | Sir Edward Codrington | Devonport | Lib | |