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Great Britain">George I</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1727–60 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">George II</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1760–1801 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George III of the United Kingdom">George III</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Great Britain">Prime Minister</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1721–1742 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Walpole" title="Robert Walpole">Robert Walpole</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1742–1743 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Compton,_1st_Earl_of_Wilmington" title="Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington">Earl of Wilmington</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1757–1762 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Pelham-Holles,_1st_Duke_of_Newcastle" title="Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle">Duke of Newcastle</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1766–1768 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Elder" class="mw-redirect" title="William Pitt the Elder">William Pitt the Elder</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1770–1782 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_North,_Lord_North" title="Frederick North, Lord North">Lord North</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1783–1801 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger" title="William Pitt the Younger">William Pitt the Younger</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="Parliament of Great Britain">Parliament</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• <a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">Upper house</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Lords" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Lords">House of Lords</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• <a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">Lower house</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Great_Britain" title="House of Commons of Great Britain">House of Commons of Great Britain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" title="Acts of Union 1707">1707 Union</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1 May 1707</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Union_1800" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Union 1800">1801 Union</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1 January 1801</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data">Pound sterling</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:GB" title="ISO 3166-2:GB">GB</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/20px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/30px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/40px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">Kingdom of England</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/20px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/30px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/40px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland" title="Kingdom of Scotland">Kingdom of Scotland</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Today part of</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Elections in the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Kingdom of Great Britain</a></b> were principally general elections and by-elections to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Great_Britain" title="House of Commons of Great Britain">House of Commons of Great Britain</a>. General elections did not have fixed dates, as parliament was summoned and dissolved within the <a href="/wiki/Royal_prerogative" title="Royal prerogative">royal prerogative</a>, although on the advice of the ministers of the Crown. The first such general election was that of <a href="/wiki/1708_British_general_election" title="1708 British general election">1708</a>, and the last that of <a href="/wiki/1796_British_general_election" title="1796 British general election">1796</a>. </p><p>In 1801, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland</a> replaced the Kingdom of Great Britain and the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" title="Kingdom of Ireland">Kingdom of Ireland</a>. For the period after 1801, see <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">Elections in the United Kingdom</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_the_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For details of the national elections of Great Britain, see: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1707_British_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1707 British general election">1707 British general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1708_British_general_election" title="1708 British general election">1708 British general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1710_British_general_election" title="1710 British general election">1710 British general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1713_British_general_election" title="1713 British general election">1713 British general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1715_British_general_election" title="1715 British general election">1715 British general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1722_British_general_election" title="1722 British general election">1722 British general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1727_British_general_election" title="1727 British general election">1727 British general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1734_British_general_election" title="1734 British general election">1734 British general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1741_British_general_election" title="1741 British general election">1741 British general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1747_British_general_election" title="1747 British general election">1747 British general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1754_British_general_election" title="1754 British general election">1754 British general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1761_British_general_election" title="1761 British general election">1761 British general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1768_British_general_election" title="1768 British general election">1768 British general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1774_British_general_election" title="1774 British general election">1774 British general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1780_British_general_election" title="1780 British general election">1780 British general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1784_British_general_election" title="1784 British general election">1784 British general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1790_British_general_election" title="1790 British general election">1790 British general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1796_British_general_election" title="1796 British general election">1796 British general election</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_factions">Political factions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_the_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political factions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Politics in Great Britain was dominated by the <a href="/wiki/British_Whig_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="British Whig Party">Whigs</a> and the <a href="/wiki/British_Tory_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="British Tory Party">Tories</a>, although neither were political parties in the modern sense but loose alliances of interests and individuals. The Whigs included many of the leading aristocratic dynasties who were most committed to the <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Settlement_1701" title="Act of Settlement 1701">Protestant settlement</a> of the throne, with later support from the emerging industrial interests and rich city merchants, while the Tories were associated with the <a href="/wiki/Landed_gentry" title="Landed gentry">landed gentry</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kf_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kf-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Members of Parliament needed to appeal to a much smaller electorate than is the case today, especially in the <a href="/wiki/Borough_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough constituency">boroughs</a>. In the case of the <a href="/wiki/Rotten_and_pocket_boroughs" title="Rotten and pocket boroughs">rotten and pocket boroughs</a>, a majority of the votes was usually controlled by one person, or by a small group. This gave less power to organized political parties and more to influential individuals, some of whom had themselves elected in the constituencies they controlled. Such seats were also sold for hard cash. Thus, many members were fundamentally <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independents</a>, even if they attached themselves to one party or another during their parliamentary careers.<sup id="cite_ref-kf_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kf-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Parliamentary constituencies and seats in the House of Commons </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th>Borough<br />constituencies </th> <th>County<br />constituencies </th> <th>University<br />constituencies </th> <th>Total<br />constituencies </th> <th>Borough<br />MPs </th> <th>County<br />MPs </th> <th>University<br />MPs </th> <th>Total<br />MPs </th></tr> <tr> <td>England<sup id="cite_ref-note_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>203 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>245 </td> <td>405 </td> <td>80 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>489 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> </td> <td>15 </td> <td>30 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>45 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>30 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>45 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total </td> <td>230 </td> <td>82 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>314 </td> <td>432 </td> <td>122 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>558 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_elections">Local elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_the_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Local elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were few local elections in the Kingdom of Great Britain as the concept is now understood. Local government existed only in rudimentary forms. Much of the civil administration of rural England was carried out by informal, unelected parish councils known as <a href="/wiki/Vestry" title="Vestry">vestries</a>, with criminal matters dealt with by <a href="/wiki/Quarter_Sessions" class="mw-redirect" title="Quarter Sessions">Quarter Sessions</a> and <a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Peace" class="mw-redirect" title="Justice of the Peace">magistrates</a>, and similar arrangements in Scotland. In the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>, annual elections were held to the <a href="/wiki/Corporation_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Corporation of London">Corporation of London</a>, but on a limited suffrage, and some <a href="/wiki/Improvement_commissioners" title="Improvement commissioners">improvement commissioners</a> were elected by ratepayers, if not co-opted, while the borough and city corporations elsewhere were generally not directly elected. </p><p>For further information on local corporations during this period, see the reforming <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Corporations_Act_1835" title="Municipal Corporations Act 1835">Municipal Corporations Act 1835</a> and <a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_Scotland" title="History of local government in Scotland">History of local government in Scotland</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_the_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_parliaments_of_Great_Britain" title="List of parliaments of Great Britain">List of parliaments of Great Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British constitution">History of the British constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_and_boroughs_of_the_Unreformed_House_of_Commons_at_1800" class="mw-redirect" title="List of counties and boroughs of the Unreformed House of Commons at 1800">List of counties and boroughs of the Unreformed House of Commons at 1800</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Great_Britain_and_UK_Parliament_constituencies_in_Scotland_from_1707" title="List of Great Britain and UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland from 1707">List of parliamentary constituencies in Scotland from 1707</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies">Scottish Westminster constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Electoral system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Election_agent" title="Election agent">Election agent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polling_agent" title="Polling agent">Polling agent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counting_agent" title="Counting agent">Counting agent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_constituency" title="University constituency">University constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotten_borough" class="mw-redirect" title="Rotten borough">Rotten borough</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_the_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-kf-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-kf_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-kf_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Keith Feiling; <i>A History of the Tory Party, 1640–1714</i> (1924), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=6610420">online edition</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221116151514/https://www.gale.com/databases/questia?a=o&d=6610420">Archived</a> 16 November 2022 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>; <i>The Second Tory Party, 1714–1832</i> (1938), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=58567794">online edition</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221116151515/https://www.gale.com/databases/questia?a=o&d=58567794">Archived</a> 16 November 2022 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-note_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire_(historic)" title="Monmouthshire (historic)">Monmouthshire</a>, with one county constituency represented by two members and one single-member borough constituency, is included in England. 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href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1736" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1736">1736</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1737" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1737">1737</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1738" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1738">1738</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1739" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1739">1739</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1740" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1740">1740</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1741" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1741">1741</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1742" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1742">1742</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1743" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1743">1743</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1744" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1744">1744</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1745" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1745">1745</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1746" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1746">1746</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1747" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1747">1747</a></li> <li><a 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