MP Preston is in Member Parliament.
In March 1553 Anthony Browne [aged 44] was elected MP Preston.
In October 1553 William Gerard [aged 31] was elected MP Preston.
In October 1553 Anthony Browne [aged 44] was elected MP Preston.
In November 1554 Richard Shireburn [aged 32] was elected MP Preston.
In 1555 John Arundell [aged 25] was elected MP Preston.
In 1558 Richard Shireburn [aged 36] was elected MP Preston.
In 1559 Richard Cooke [aged 29] was elected MP Preston.
In 1614, 1621 and 1624 Edward Mosley [aged 44] was elected MP Preston.
In 1685 Andrew Newport [aged 64] was elected MP Preston.
In 1710 Henry Hoghton 5th Baronet [aged 32] was elected MP Preston which seat he held until 1713. He was re-elected for Preston in 1715.
In 1714 James Shuttleworth was elected MP Preston which seat he held until 1754.
In 1727 Henry Hoghton 5th Baronet [aged 49] was elected MP Preston. He was re-elected in 1734. He was defeated in 1741.
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The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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In 1768 Henry Hoghton 6th Baronet [aged 39] was elected MP Preston. He was returned unopposed in 1774. And won contests in 1780 and 1784. He was returned in 1790.
On 26th March 1795 Henry Hoghton 7th Baronet [aged 26] was elected MP Preston at a by-election brought about by the death of his father Henry Hoghton 6th Baronet [deceased]. He was returned unopposed in 1796. He did not stand in 1802.
In 1862 Thomas Fermor-Hesketh 5th Baronet [aged 36] was elected MP Preston. He held the seat until his death.