However the official book recording appointments to the various Stewardships indicates that Patrick Chalmers, MP for Montrose Burghs, had been appointed to Northstead on 6 April 1842, although the writ of election recorded that Chalmers had accepted the office of the Chiltern Hundreds.
Patrick Chalmers had been appointed to Northstead on 6 April 1842. This is what the official book recording appointments to the various Stewardships indicates. Chalmers had accepted the office of the Chiltern Hundreds. This was what the writ of election recorded. This is what the official book recording appointments to the various Stewardships indicates. Patrick Chalmers is MP for Montrose Burghs.