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Penton. At the ensuing General Election in July,
1892, the result of the poll was as follows :—
Hon. Dadabhai Naoroji (L.) 2,959
Captain F. T. Penton (C.) 2,956
Majority 3
A recount of the votes took place on the 8th
August, resulting in the totals being altered to
Hon. Dadabhai Naoroji 2,961
Captain F. T. Penton 2,956
Majority 5
Subsequently a scrutiny took place before Mr.
Justice Cave and Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams,
and after an enquiry extending over three days,
the petition was withdrawn.*
The Parish also forms part of the Hornsoy
Division of the County of Middlesex, represented
in the last and the present Parliaments by H. C.
Stephens, Esq.
School Board for London.—Under the
Elementary Education Act, 1870, the Parish is
included in the Finsbury Division of the School
Board for London. The following are the members
elected in November, 1894, for the Division, with
the number of votes recorded:—
Miss Eve, 107, Lansdowne Boad, Notting Hill, W. - 29,121
Mr. G. B. Clougli, Titclifield, Cranes Park, Surbiton Hill 27,183
,, B. Bartram, "Fern Lea," Newingtou Turning, N.. 27,008
Bev. Canon Ingram, M.A., St. Margaret's Bectory, 20,
Finsbury Square, E.C. 26,945
Mr. J. W. Sharp, 34, Highbury Hill, N. 26,844
,, W. Boston Bourke, 2, Spencer Boad, Holloway, N. 21,989
*Since the date to which this report is made up another General Election
has taken place, and the parliamentary representative is now the Hon.
W. F. B. Massey-Mainwaring.
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