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1801 Stamford by-election

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The 1801 Stamford by-election was held on 16 February 1801, after the seat was vacated when incumbent Whig MP John Proby was raised to the Peerage as Baron Carysfort.[1][2] The by-election was won by the Tory candidate Albemarle Bertie, who stood unopposed.[3]

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  1. ^ "Mr John Proby (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  2. ^ Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); Howard de Walden, Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis; Warrand, Duncan; Gibbs, Vicary; Doubleday, H. Arthur (Herbert Arthur); White, Geoffrey H. (Geoffrey Henllan) (1910). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom : extant, extinct, or dormant. Harold B. Lee Library. London : The St. Catherine Press, ltd. p. 71.
  3. ^ "Mr Albemarle Bertie (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-27.