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571 APPENDIX AC) PEERS (PRESENT OR FUTURE) INCLUDED IN "FOX'S MARTYRS" AT THE ELECTION OF 1784 II Earl [I.] of Carhamptoii, then Hon. Henry Lawes Luttrell (Bossiney). II Earl of Dartmouth, then Viscount Lewisham (Staffordshire), defeated at Fowey. VI Earl [S.] of Dysart, then Hon. Wilbraham Tollemache (Liskeard). XXV Earl of Essex, then Viscount Maiden (Lostwithiel), defeated at Okehampton, but seated on petition. I Earl Leicester of Holkham,* then Thomas William Coke (Norfolk). I Earl [I.] of Lucan (Northampton). I Earl Minto,* then Sir Gilbert Elliot, Bart. (co. Roxburgh), defeated at Bridgwater and at Leominster. I Earl [I.] of Sheffield, then Baron [I.] Sheffield (Coventry). II Earl [I.] Verney (see sub Fermanagh)* (Bucks). III Viscount Bolingbroke, then Hon. George Richard St. John (Cricklade). VI Baron [I.] Coleraine,* then Hon. William Hanger (St. Michael's). I Baron Erskine,* then Hon. Thomas Erskine (Portsmouth), defeated at Truro. I Baron [I.] Henniker, then Sir John Henniker, Bart. (Dover). I Baron [I.] Lavington, then Sir Ralph Payne, K.B. (Plympton). I Baron [I.] Shuldham (Fowey). I Baron Bayning, then Right Hon. Charles Townshend (Gre.it Yarmouth). VI Baron [S.] Polwarth, then Hugh Scott (co. Berwick). Most of the above belonged to the North section of the Coalition. Those marked with an asterisk were staunch adherents of Fox and the official Whig party throughout the political vicissitudes which culminated in the General Election of 1784. The greatest sufferers in the Opposition (•) Kindly contributed by the Rev. A. B. Beaven. '.G.