1847 Rye by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2019 The 1847 Rye by-election was held on 23 December 1847 at the town hall, Rye.From the LONDON GAZETTE, Friday, 24 Dec. > The Times (London, England), Saturday, 25 December 1847; pg. 4; Issue 19742 It was called after the death of the incumbent Herbert Barrett Curteishttp://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/curteis-herbert-1793-1847 History of Parliament on-line 16 July 2017 23 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250223012726/http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/curteis-herbert-1793-1847 dead (Whig).'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' The Standard (London, England), Wednesday, 15 December 1847; Issue 7286 His son Herbert Mascall Curteis,National Archives also a Whig, was elected unopposed."Multiple News Items." The Morning Post (London, England), Saturday, 25 December 1847; Issue 23104. References Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Sussex constituencies Category:Rye, East Sussex Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in English constituencies Category:December 1847 Category:1847 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1847 English local elections Category:19th century in Sussex