Buckinghamshire by-election, 1876
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Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Buckinghamshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.Its most prominent member was...
by-election, conducted on 22 September 1876, was held when former Prime Minister
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Benjamin Disraeli was raised to the peerage as the Earl of Beaconsfield
Earl of Beaconsfield
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. It was won by the Conservative candidate, Thomas Fremantle
Thomas Fremantle, 2nd Baron Cottesloe
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, with a majority of 186 over the Liberal party
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