By the Rev. J. Ward. 



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A.D. 



ber of Lincoln's Inn, was son of Sir Edward the first Baronet, also 

 of Lincoln's Inn and Director and Chairman of the East India 

 Company. The son was born in 1719, and was created at Oxford 

 M.A. in 1738, and D.C.L. 23 Aug. 1744. He inherited large for- 

 tunes from his great uncle Edward Turner and his uncle John 

 Turner, of Sunbury, co. Middlesex, Esqrs. 

 1717. 21 Geo. II. Aug. 13. William Sloper, Esq. Lascelles 

 Metcalf, Esq. 



Double return of Sir Edward Turner, Bart, and William 

 Scott, Esq., and of William Sloper and Lascelles Metcalfe, 

 Esquires. 



Petition against each return, each candidate claiming 

 the right to be returned, and the majority of votes. It 

 appeared upon the evidence (Dec. 7) that the double re- 

 turn was made by consent of the Candidates, and further, 

 that this measure proceeded from some confusion in tak- 

 ing the poll, but the precise question is not stated. It 

 was tried at the Bar of the House, and the question, that 

 the return should be considered separately from the me- 

 rits, was negatived. 



Sir Edward Turner and Mr. Scott were found not duly 

 elected. 



William Scott, Esq. was Equerry to H.R.H. Frederick, Prince of 

 Wales. 



1754. 28 Geo. II. Nov. 14. Sir Robert Hildyard, Bart. William 

 Sloper, Esq. 



1756. The Hon. Robert Brudenell loco William Sloper, Esq. 



made a Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, and a 

 new writ ordered 4 Dec. 1756. 



Sir Robert Hildyard was the third Baronet of Winestead in Hol- 

 derness. He married in 1738 Maria Catharina, heir of Henry 

 D'Arcy of Sedbury, Esq., by whom he had a son Robert D'Arcy, 

 on whose death in 1814 without issue, the Baronetcy expired. 



1762. 3 Geo. III. Thomas Cotes, Esq. William Woodley, Esq. 

 1766. William Burke, Esq. loco William Woodley, Esq. who 



accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, and a new writ was 



ordered 6 June 1766. 



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