1770 Speaker of the British House of Commons election

July 2020 November 2019 none Great Britain presidential no 1780 Speaker of the British House of Commons election 1780 22 January 1770 Candidate's seat 160x160px Fletcher Norton.jpg Sir Fletcher Norton Guildford 237 66.2% Viscount Sydney by Gilbert Stuart.jpg Thomas Townshend Whitchurch 121 33.8% Speaker Sir John Cust Sir Fletcher Norton The 1770 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 22 January 1770.Cobbett William 1813 The Parliamentary History of England 16 734–741 https://books.google.com/books?id=Kg9EAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT392Journals of the House of Commons 32 613 https://books.google.com/books?id=wz1IAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA613 1803 The election followed the resignation of incumbent Speaker Sir John Cust due to ill health. Cust died two days after this election.Cust, John Barker G. F. R. 13 Sir Fletcher Norton was proposed by Lord North and seconded by Richard Rigby. Thomas Townshend was proposed by Lord John Cavendish and seconded by Lord George Sackville. Both candidates addressed the House. Townshend stated, as Cavendish had, that he had been proposed without his knowledge. A debate followed, with Edmund Burke supporting Townshend. On the motion "That the Right Hon. Sir Fletcher Norton do take the Chair of this House as Speaker," Norton was elected by 237 votes to 121 (the votes against given as 124 in some sourcesSmith H. S. 1841 The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections Elections for Speaker 158 https://books.google.com/books?id=D7BNAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PP40). References Category:1770 elections Category:1770 in Great Britain 1770 Category:Frederick North, Lord North