1780 Speaker of the British House of Commons election
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1780 Speaker of the British House of Commons election
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The 1780 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 31 October 1780. Opening the debate, Lord George Germain complimented the "great honour, great diligence, and great dignity" of the incumbent Speaker Sir Fletcher Norton, but claimed that his health was too impaired to continue in office, and therefore proposed that Charles Wolfran Cornwall take the chair. Welbore Ellis seconded Cornwall. John Dunning proposed an amendment nominating Norton, and Thomas Townshend seconded. Norto
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1780 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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