• The 1708 British general election was the first general election to be held after the Acts of Union had united the Parliaments of England and Scotland...
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  • MPs elected in the 1708 British general election This is a list of the 558 MPs or members of Parliament elected to the 314 constituencies of the Parliament...
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  • English general election 1702 Scottish general election 1705 English general election 1707 British general election 1708 British general election 1710 British...
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    Great Britain, see: 1707 British general election 1708 British general election 1710 British general election 1713 British general election 1715 British general...
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    Tories fell and the Whigs were able to secure a majority in the 1708 British general election. The Duchess of Marlborough was angered when Abigail moved into...
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    1708 British general election. He suffered ongoing ill-health and began to drink heavily, and did not stand for Weymouth at the 1710 British general election...
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  • Edward Colston (MP for Wells) (category British MPs 1708–1710)
    Merchant Venturers at Bristol in 1708. He held the manor of Lydford West near Wells and at the 1708 British general election, he was returned unopposed as...
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    War of the Spanish Succession (category Use British English from August 2013)
    their Tory opponents as detrimental to British commerce. The Whigs had won the 1708 British general election by arguing military victory was the quickest...
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    The 1832 United Kingdom general election, the first after the Reform Act, saw the Whigs win an overall majority of 224 seats, with the Tories winning less...
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    expired. This election was the first since 1708 to cause the collapse of the government. The Tory leader, at the time of the 1830 election, was the Duke...
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