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History of Brightlingsea >> Poll of Voters 1847

Brightlingsea voters - 1847 General Election

These are the residents and non-resident landowners of Brightlingsea who voted in the 1847 general election. Source: Essex Standard 20 August 1847.

John Acutt
James Aldous
A. Maskell Ames
Thomas Babbs
William Bagley
H. Whitmore Baker
Christopher Barker
Edw. Nathan Barker
William Braisted
Thomas Capon
Samuel Cole
Joseph Drake
John Alexander Dumerton
John Burgess Everett
Robert Bones Folkard
William Harmer
James Howe
William Howe
John James
Alfred Jeffries
Thomas Jeffries
John Jolly
William Jolly
Rev. William Latten
John D. Magens
William Marriage
Henry Marriage
Robert Mason
James Mason
James Mason jun.
John Matthews
William Mills
Thomas Neville
John Ormes
George D. Ransom
Nathaniel Riches
Thomas Riches
Joseph Richardson
John Root
William Root
Thomas Sadler
Nathaniel W. Simons
John Stammers
T.W Summersum
Joseph M. Tabor
William Tranham
John Underwood
Joseph Underwood
Thomas Wade
John Watkinson
James Weller
James Webb

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