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19-460: Meux may refer to: People [ edit ] Edward Meux Worsley (1747–1782), British politician Hedworth Meux GCB, KCVO (1856–1929), British Royal Navy officer John Meux (died 1657), English politician Meux baronets , people who held titles in two separate baronetcies Richard Meux Benson (1824–1915), English priest Valerie, Lady Meux (1847–1910), American-born English socialite of

38-929: A motion of no confidence which declared "That it is the Opinion of this House, That the Continuance of the present Ministers in their Offices is an Obstacle to the Formation of such an Administration as may enjoy the Confidence of this House, and tend to put an End to the unfortunate Divisions and Distractions of the Country" by 223 to 204. Pitt remained in office, and government supporters ensured petitions and resolutions of borough corporations were presented to Parliament to encourage members to back Pitt, and slowly Members changed sides. By 1 March, Fox's motion which concluded by "beseech[ing] His Majesty, that He would be graciously pleased to lay

57-504: A constituency as large as Westminster was an enormously time-consuming process; Fox, suspecting this might happen, had already arranged for his return for the Tain Burghs , which had elected him on 26 April, so that he would not be out of the House during such a scrutiny. The process did not show unexpectedly large numbers of unqualified voters and as the months went by it looked more and more like

76-527: A political delaying tactic; on 4 March 1785 the House of Commons finally put an end to it by ordering the Returning Officer to declare the result. The election was notable for being one of the first in history in which visual propaganda, in the form of caricatures satirising or promoting the candidates, played a significant role. Caricatures appeared almost daily, allowing the young artists Thomas Rowlandson and James Gillray both to make their names on

95-593: Is commemorated in the streetname Worsley Road, Newport. 1784 British general election William Pitt Pittite William Pitt Pittite The 1784 British general election resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain , having previously had to survive in a House which was dominated by his opponents. In December 1783, George III engineered

114-414: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Edward Meux Worsley Worsley was the eldest son of Sir Edward Worsley of Gatcombe and his wife Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Sir John Miller, 2nd Baronet . In 1762, he succeeded to Gatcombe on the death of his father. He matriculated at New College, Oxford on 28 June 1764, aged 17. His first wife

133-575: The Horse Shoe Brewery Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Meux . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meux&oldid=1129112216 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

152-459: The Foundation of a strong and stable Government, by the previous Removal of His present Ministers" was carried but only by 201 to 189. A week later, a more strongly worded motion threatening the withholding of supply was also passed—but only by 191 to 190. Fox thereafter declined to push motions, as his base continued to crumble. Pitt meanwhile decided to go to the country and on 24 March, Parliament

171-412: The House of Commons as a consequence, became known as "Fox's Martyrs" in reference to John Foxe 's Book of Martyrs (although the majority were supporters of North). The first day's polling, 30 March, saw thirteen government supporters and four opponents returned. By the conclusion of the fifth day (3 April), there were already more than 150 government Members and a lead of fifty over the supporters of

190-677: The Victorian era William Meux Places [ edit ] Le Meux , commune in the Oise department in northern France Meux, Charente-Maritime , commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France Meux, Wallonia ( fr ), town and former municipality in La Bruyère, Belgium Other [ edit ] Meux London ales, produced by

209-462: The coalition. The government achieved an overall majority on 15 April and the election ended on 10 May. The contests involving both Pitt and Fox attracted particular attention. Pitt had long wished to be a Member of Parliament for the University of Cambridge and had failed to be elected when he stood for the seat in the 1780 general election . Now he was returned at the top of the poll and would hold

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228-466: The constituencies decided by large electorates there was massive support for candidates who backed Pitt. Many of Fox's supporters were forced either to withdraw or to make deals with their opponents to avoid electoral defeat. In the county constituencies only one Fox supporter was elected in a contest, although others returned due to local electoral pacts. Those Members who had remained in opposition, refusing to go over to support Pitt, who failed to return to

247-531: The dismissal of the Fox–North coalition , which he hated, and appointed William Pitt the Younger as Prime Minister . Pitt had very little personal support in the House of Commons and the supporters of Charles James Fox and Lord North felt that the constitution of the country had been violated. The doctrine that the government must always have a majority in the House of Commons was not yet established and Fox knew he had to be careful. On 2 February 1784 Fox carried

266-546: The seat for the rest of his life. Fox was one of the two sitting members for the constituency of Westminster , which had the largest electorate of any in the country and a great deal of prestige. His position there was central to his claim to be representing the people. He stood against two Pitt supporters for the constituency's two seats; both sides spent heavily, campaigned bitterly, allegedly libelled and slandered their opponents relentlessly and resorted to all kinds of tactics, including Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire , touring

285-405: The streets and, according to the opposition, kissing many voters to induce them to vote for Fox. Even George, Prince of Wales , campaigned for Fox. At the conclusion of polling on 17 May, Fox had narrowly succeeded, with 6,233 votes to Sir Cecil Wray 's 5,998. However, Pitt's supporters then demanded a scrutiny of the votes and the Returning Officer therefore did not make the return. A scrutiny in

304-543: The strength of their satirical output. After the election, one of the leading London print sellers William Humphrey , gathered together a number the election plates to illustrate a detailed blow-by-blow account of the election. It quickly ran to a second edition. A London constable, Nicholas Casson, was killed during the election. The election results were originally recorded as being 490 votes for William Fowle Middleton , 297 votes for John Cator (Whig) and 7 votes for Charles Crickitt (Tory). However Crickitt filed

323-505: Was Elizabeth Crow of Alvington, Isle of Wight whom he married on 25 August 1768. She died in 1771. He married secondly Elizabeth Holmes, daughter of Rev. Leonard Holmes of Newport, Isle of Wight on 19 August 1772. Worsley was returned as Member of Parliament for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) at the 1774 general election on the interest of his father-in-law. He vacated his seat in February 1775 to allow in his second cousin, James Worsley and

342-635: Was prorogued and on the following day the Parliament first elected in 1780 was dissolved. The election was fought very much as a national campaign around the questions of the fall of the Fox–North government and whether or not Pitt should continue in office, rather than a series of local campaigns, which was more common for 18th century British elections. Thanks to a combination of patronage and bribes paid by HM Treasury , many small pocket boroughs returned Pitt-supporting MPs as widely expected. Additionally, in

361-449: Was then returned unopposed as MP for Newtown (Isle of Wight) under Holmes control at a by-election on 4 December 1775. At the 1780 general election he was again returned at Newtown unopposed. He did not stand in 1784 . There is no record of any intervention by him in a debate. Worsley died in August 1782. He had a daughter by his first wife, and a son and daughter by his second wife. He

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