1866 Petersfield by-election

UK parliamentary by-election August 2019 A by-election was held in Petersfield on Monday 23 July 1866.Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 1977 2nd 1989 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-26-4 239 The previous incumbent Sir William Jolliffe had been raised to the peerage as Baron Hylton, of Hylton in the County Palatine of Durham and of Petersfield in the County of Southampton.23137 13 July 1866 3984 The election took place at Petersfield Town Hall, then in front of St Peter's Church.'The Market Square, Petersfield' Ray, M./Gard, J./Walker, J./ Thompson-Lewis, J. (ed) p8: PAHS; 2008 The Mayor S.W. Seaward presided and called for someone to propose "A fit and proper person to represent the town in parliament". The MP for Winchester, John Bonham-Carter proposed William Nicholson with a Mr Elkington seconding. There being no other candidate, Nicholson was declared elected.PETERSFIELD, Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle etc. (Portsmouth, England), Wednesday, 25 July 1866; Issue 3541. British Library Newspapers, Part I: 1800-1900. References Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Hampshire constituencies Category:July 1866 in the United Kingdom Category:Petersfield Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in English constituencies Category:1866 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1866 in England Category:19th century in Hampshire