UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 27 November 1812, Mixbury, Oxfordshire

Died: 6 May 1895

1st Baron Selborne - 23 October 1872

1st Earl of Selborne - 30 December 1882

Knighted - 5 August 1861

Member of Privy Council - 15 October 1872

Lawyer

29 July 1847	Plymouth	Peelite	837	49.76
2 June 1853	Plymouth	Peelite	944	51.87
9 July 1861	Richmond	Liberal Party	Unopposed
2 August 1863 Resignation of Roundell Palmer on appointment as Attorney-General.
17 October 1863	Richmond	Liberal Party	Unopposed
11 July 1865	Richmond	Liberal Party	Unopposed
17 November 1868	Richmond	Liberal Party	375	81.17
15 October 1872 Resignation of Sir Roundell Palmer on appointment as Lord Chancellor and elevation to the Peerage - Baron Selborne.