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The British general election 1708 was the first general election to be held after the Acts of Union had united the Parliaments of England and Scotland. The new Parliament of […]

The British general election 1710 produced a landslide victory for the Tory party in the wake of the prosecution of Henry Sacheverell and the collapse of the previous Whig government […]

The British general election 1713 produced further gains for the governing Tory party. Since 1710 Robert Harley had led a government appointed after the downfall of the Whig Junto attempting […]

The British general election of 1715 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain to be held after the merger of the […]

The British general election of 1722 elected members to serve in the House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain. This was the fifth such election since the […]

The British general election 1727 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned after the merger of the Parliament […]

The British general election 1734 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned after the merger of the Parliament […]

The British general election 1741 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned after the merger of the Parliament […]

The British general election 1747 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned after the merger of the Parliament […]

The Cocked Hat Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and geldings. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 1 […]