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Election riot at Frome. Complaint of defeated candidate, Sir Thomas Champneys, against...
Catalogue reference: WO 43/613
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1832
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Election riot at Frome. Complaint of defeated candidate, Sir Thomas Champneys, against North Somerset Yeomanry. Sir John Hobhouse considers that "Champneys is mad".
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 64,034
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- Open Document, Open Description
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