1866 Petersfield by-election

{{Short description|UK parliamentary by-election}}

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A by-election was held in Petersfield on Monday 23 July 1866.{{cite book

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|first=F. W. S.

|authorlink= F. W. S. Craig

|title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885

|origyear=1977

|edition= 2nd

|year=1989

|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services

|location=Chichester

|isbn= 0-900178-26-4

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The previous incumbent Sir William Jolliffe had been raised to the peerage as Baron Hylton, of Hylton in the County Palatine of Durham and of Petersfield in the County of Southampton.{{London Gazette |issue=23137 |date=13 July 1866 |page=3984 }}

The election took place at Petersfield Town Hall, then in front of St Peter's Church.'The Market Square, Petersfield' Ray, M./Gard, J./Walker, J./ Thompson-Lewis, J. (ed) p8: PAHS; 2008 The Mayor S.W. Seaward presided and called for someone to propose "A fit and proper person to represent the town in parliament". The MP for Winchester, John Bonham-Carter proposed William Nicholson with a Mr Elkington seconding. There being no other candidate, Nicholson was declared elected.PETERSFIELD, Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle etc (Portsmouth, England), Wednesday, 25 July 1866; Issue 3541. British Library Newspapers, Part I: 1800-1900.