Gilbert Affleck

Gilbert Affleck (c. 1684 – 12 November 1764), of Dalham Hall, Suffolk, was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1722 and 1741.

[3] Affleck was returned as Tory Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridge at a by-election on 25 October 1722 on the interest of his cousin, Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt.

He decided to stand again for Cambridge at a by election in 1737 with the support of Samuel Shepheard, in opposition to another Tory candidate put forward by Cotton.

Cotton had lost favour with the corporation by this time, and Affleck was returned as MP on 10 February 1737.

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