109:. His opponents endeavoured to eject him from both places, and the election for Calne was voided, but the petition against his return for Malmesbury failed. At the next election in August 1703 he was again returned for both Calne and Malmesbury and elected to serve for Calne. He unsuccessfully contested the constituency of Calne again in 1705 and 1708, but nevertheless retained a seat in parliament, as he was thrice (1705, 1708, 1710) returned for
180:(1679-1749) and in 1700 he bought the estate of Compton Camberwell, in Compton Bassett, Wiltshire, near his constituency of Calne; the Hedges arms are still preserved around the parapet of the house. He owned much property in Wiltshire and was buried at
158:, and the queen at last submitted. The change was announced on 8 December 1706, but Hedges was mollified by promise of an appointment to the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, which came about in January 1711 on its vacation by Sir Richard Raines.
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interest, said of him, "He has no capacity, no quality nor interest, nor ever could have been in that post but that everybody knows my Lord
Rochester cares for nothing, so much as a man that he thinks will depend upon him'" He attended
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he was sworn as secretary of state and privy councillor on 5 November 1700, when he was allowed by special permission of the king to remain judge of the
Admiralty Court, and he continued to be judge until 29 December 1701. The
94:, but after counter-petitions were presented, Hedges and his colleagues were unseated by an election committee on 1 February 1700, and their decisiom was confirmed in the House by a majority of one vote on 10 February.
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supporter of Court policy, a client of Lord
Rochester in contemporary eyes, but with manifest talent as a civilian lawyer, who usually voted in his own individual interest. Mainly through the influence of the
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79:, succeeding Sir Richard Raines, 1 June 1689, in which post he remained until his death, his expertise serving Parliament on numerous occasions. He was knighted shortly after his accession, on 4 June 1689.
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Hedges' widow, Eleanor, daughter of George Smith, a proctor in London, died in 1733, and was also buried at
Wanborough. They had one daughter Anne and three sons, Henry, William, and Charles.
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in August 1702, and for a short time between April and May 1704 he was declared the sole secretary, both home and foreign, until a successor was appointed to the
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Hedges was the son of Henry Hedges of
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Ormonde waived some requirements, according to
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His parliamentary career is summarised in
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A Crown lease, according to Cruickshanks, Hayton, Handley 2002:318.
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35:, Wiltshire, an English lawyer and politician, was
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39:from 1689 to 1714, and also served as one of
327:"Old Palace Lane to the Old Deer Park Gates"
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19:For the politician in Massachusetts, see
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37:Judge of the High Court of Admiralty
21:Charles Hedges (American politician)
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65:diocese of Rochester
59:with support of the
843:Tory MPs (pre-1834)
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195:His second cousin
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