The 1784 British general election resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain, having previously had to survive in a House w
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Thomas Rowlandson, THE DEVONSHIRE, or Most Approved Method of Securing Votes, 1784. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, canvassing.
The 1780 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliam
1784 British general election
…Pitt had long wished to be a Member of Parliament for the University of Cambridge and had failed to be elected when he stood for the seat in the 1780 general election. Now he was returned at the top of the poll and would hold the seat for the rest of his life. Fox was one of the two sitting members for the constituency…
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