1802 Speaker of the British House of Commons election
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1802 Speaker of the British House of Commons election
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The 1802 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 10 February 1802. The incumbent Speaker Sir John Mitford had resigned to take office as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Charles Abbot was proposed by Sir William Grant, Master of the Rolls, and seconded by William Baker. Despite having no personal opposition to Abbot, Richard Brinsley Sheridan objected to the government's practice of nominating its officials to the speakership, believing that the Commons should make the choice for
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