L30/11/301/155

Letter from Charles H Ware, Gray's Inn, to Amabel, Baroness Lucas.

13 Nov 1805

From: 1805 To: 1805

'Mr Goddard, the candidate for Cricklade is the son of the Member for the County. There are three other candidates: Lord Porchester, son of the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Andover, son of the Earl of Suffolk, and General St.John, a relation of Lord Bolinbroke. The latter is well esteemed but it is said he has started too late. Mr Goddard (whose father is ministerial) has joined Lord Porchester, whose father is in opposition. Lord Andover is in a separate interest. The profligancy and corruption of the Cricklade voters at a former election occasioned Parliament to throw open the right of election to the freeholders in the four adjoining hundreds and Crudwell is in one of them. Mr Buckland is, I believe, the only one of your Ladyship's tenants who has a vote; and, not being aware that your Ladyship would take any part, he has promised to vote in a very harmless way as between the two strong interests, viz for Lord Andover and Mr Goddard.' The writer believes Mr Godsal has a family living in Westminster and would probably desire to be assessed there; the writer needs to know the name of the parish.

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Ware, Charles H,
Lucas, Amabel, Baroness,
Godsal,
Goddard, Thomas,
Herbert, Henry George,
Howard, Thomas,
St.John,
Buckland

estates correspondence, Cricklade, property tax, General Election