Nominations for Staffordshire MP - 1812 election document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook

Jump To Details

Move your pointing device over the image to zoom to detail. If using a mouse click on the image to toggle zoom.
When in zoom mode use + or - keys to adjust level of image zoom.

Date:23rd of May 1812

Description:What was at stake?

In this notice, Mr. Keen, the Under-Sheriff of Staffordshire, announces nominations for Staffordshire's next Member of Parliament.

When would nominations take place?

This event was to take place on Tuesday 2 June at 12:00.

Elections were to be held at Shire Hall in Stafford, at 10:00 on Saturday 6 June.

Who won?

The ultimate winner was Granville Leveson-Gower, who was in fact re-elected. He had been MP since 1799.

About this document

This document is now among the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.

Related themes:

Prominent Individuals Politics & Elections People Enoch Wood Celebrations, Events & Disasters

View Location

Add to album

Link to this resource

Give Feedback

Resource Links

You will find more information relating to this resource on the following web page

Visit Stoke-on-Trent Museums*

Any link marked * will open a new window

Donor ref:(123/16567)

Copyright information: Copyrights to all resources are retained by the individual rights holders. They have kindly made their collections available for non-commercial private study & educational use. Re-distribution of resources in any form is only permitted subject to strict adherence to the usage guidelines.