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The British general election 1754 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Owing to the extensive use of corruption and the Duke of Newcastle’s personal influence in the pocket boroughs the government was returned to office with a working majority.

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