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The Gatton by-election 1803 was a by-election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom that took place on 24 January 1803.The parliamentary borough of Gatton was a notorious rotten or pocket borough in the pocket of the Lord of the Manor of Gatton who at that time was Sir Mark Wood. It had at most seven voters – all tenants of Wood. At the 1802 general election Wood returned himself and his brother-in-law (James) Dashwood.