List of Stewards of the Manor of Old Shoreham

List of Stewards of the Manor of Old Shoreham

This is a list of the Members of Parliament appointed as Steward of the Manor of Old Shoreham, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which is used to resign from the House of Commons.

* December 1756: Thomas Ryder (Tiverton)
* July 4, 1757: James Hayes (Downton)
* March 1760: George Gray (Winchelsea)
* February 20, 1762: John Hamilton (Wigtownshire)
* March 13, 1762: Hon. Keith Stewart (Wigtown Burghs)
* April 27, 1762: William Fitzherbert (Bramber)
* February 10, 1763: Hon. Augustus John Hervey (Bury St Edmunds)
* March 1763: Browse Triste (Totnes)
* November 12, 1763: Thomas Morgan (Brecon borough)
* May 30, 1765: Philip Stanhope (St Germans)
* July 11, 1799: Sir William Grant (Banffshire)


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