The County Nominations: Mid-Devon: The Under-Sheriff of the County of Devon, Mr. G. H. Houlditch, sat at the Town Hall, Newton Abbot, on Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and one o’clock, for the purpose of receiving the nominations of persons to represent the Division in Parliament. During the morning both candidates attended. Mr. W. J. Harris received six distinct nominations and Mr. Seale-Hayne thirteen. Following is a list of the nominations: William James Harris: gentleman farmer, Halwill Manor, Highampton, Devon. No.1 Nomination (Bovey Tracey District): Daniel Robert Scratton, Ogwell Manor, West Ogwell & Thomas Wills, East Wrey, Lustleigh: Assentors: William Robt. Hill, Park, Bovey Tracey: John Pethybridge, Whistlewell, Bovey Tracey: Geo. Endacott, jun., Mill, Lustleigh: W. R. Hellier, Warmhill, Hennock: John Lamble Joll, Dolphin Hotel, Bovey Tracey: George Francis Warren, Hazlewood, Hennock: George Bond, Fore-street, Bovey Tracey: Henry Pinsent, Whitstone, Bovey Tracey. … (details for other nominations for both candidates) …
[see similar Western Times: Friday 27th November 1885]
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Referenced
GRO0412 Hennock: Henry Pinsent: 1844 – 1894