1878 West Kent by-election

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The 1878 West Kent by-election was fought on 15 May 1878. The by-election was fought due to the resignation in order to contest Oxford University of the incumbent Conservative MP, John Gilbert Talbot. It was won by the unopposed{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |author-link= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 |edition=1 |year=1977 |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |page= 407}} Conservative candidate Viscount Lewisham.{{Rayment-hc|date=May 2021}}