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This is a list of United Kingdom Members of Parliament appointed as Steward of the Manor of Old Shoreham, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which was formerly used to resign from the House of Commons.[1] The last steward died in 1832.
Date | Member | Constituency | Party | Reason for resignation | |
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December 1756 | Thomas Ryder | Tiverton | |||
4 July 1757 | James Hayes | Downton | |||
March 1760 | George Gray | Winchelsea | |||
20 February 1762 | John Hamilton | Wigtownshire | |||
13 March 1756 | Keith Stewart | Wigtown Burghs | |||
27 April 1762 | William Fitzherbert | Bramber | |||
10 February 1763 | Augustus John Hervey | Bury St Edmunds | Appointment as commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean | ||
March 1763 | Browse Trist | Totnes | |||
12 November 1763 | Thomas Morgan | Brecon borough | To contest Monmouthshire | ||
30 May 1765 | Philip Stanhope | St Germans | Sold his seat to the government | ||
11 July 1799 | William Grant | Banffshire[2] | On appointment as Solicitor General for England and Wales | ||
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