...re-elected for Middlesex, the House passed a Resolution on 17th February 1769 declaring that " he was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present Parliament," and the election was declared void. It was here that the House went wrong. They might have expelled him as...

...again returned, when a motion was carried by 235 to 89 that, having suffered expulsion, " he was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present Parliament." Three times the electors of Middlesex persisted in his return, with the same result ; and on the last...

...that "John Wilkes, Esq., having been, in this session of Parliament, expelled this House, was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present Parliament." And, in pursuance of this vote, a writ was again issued. At the end of another month the proceeding required...

...That John Wilkes, Esquire, having been in this Session of Parliament expelled this House, was and is incapable of being elected a Member to serve in this present Parliament," might be read, and the same being read accordingly ; A motion was made, and the question being put,...

...of trust in the execution of his office, and notorious corruption, when secretary at war, was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present parliament."* Now, sir, to my understanding, no proposition of this kind can be more evident, than that the house...

...17th of February, " that, having been in this session of Parliament expelled this house, he was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present Parliament." 2 The election was declared void : but Mr. Wilkes was again elected, and his election was once more...

...« John Wilkes, Ksq., having been, in this « session of Parliament, expelled this House, was and is incapable « of being elected a member to serve in this present Parliament». (•""J Kra fratello di quella Lady Horton, che sposò nel 1771 il Duca di Cumberland fratello di Giorgio...

..." That John Wilkes, Esq., having been in this session of Parliament expelled this house was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present Parliament." Wilkes was again elected, but the House of Commons declared the seat vacant and ordered a new election....

...16th of February re-elected for Middlesex. On the I7th the House voted Wilkes, as an expelled member "incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present Parliament." His debts were paid by a Society of the Supporters of the Bill of Rights, who made the extinction of...

...that, and then Wilkes " having been in this session of parliament expelled this house, he was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present parliament." 4 Despite that attempt at disqualification, Wilkes was again elected, and after his election had been...