Esquire be elected Chairman for the ensuing half year It was
determined to take the Sense of the Court by Ballet and George
Forster Tufnell< no role > Esquire John Brewell< no role > Esquire and John Bamper< no role >
Esquire being appointed Scrulineers to superintend and Examine
the Ballot and report the State thereof His Majesty's Justices of the
Peace and Justices of Oyer and Terminet for this County now present
proceeded to Ballot and the Ballot being ended the Scrulineers
withdraw to Examine the same and being returned reported that
51 Justices had voted of which number them were for Sir John
Hawkins< no role > 23 for william Mainwaring< no role > Esquire 28 and that
william Mainwaring< no role > Esquire appeared to be duly Elected
Whereupon it was moved that William Mainwaring< no role > Esquire is
duly Elected Chairman of the General Quarter and General Sessions
of the peace and Session of Oyer and Terminer for this County for
the Ensuing half year and the same being agreed to Nem: Con: was
Resolved accordingly

Moved that his Grace the Duke of Northumbed.
Custos Rotulorum of this County be informed of the appointment
of William Mainwaring< no role > Esquire to be Chairman of the General
Quarter and General Session of the peace and of oyer and Terminer
for the County and that the Clerk of the peace do forthwith wait upon this
Grace to that end which being agreed to it was Resolved accordingly
Here take in 2 other Resolution

By Adjournment Friday 23d February 1781

The Clerk of the peace reported that in pursuance of the Resolution
of this Court of Yesterday he had waited upon his Grace the
Duke of Northumberland Custos Rotulourm of this County and
had informed his Grace of the appointment of William Mainwarning< no role >
Esquire to be Chairman of the General Quarter and General
Session of the peace and Session of Oyer and Terminer for this
County and that His Grace had directed him to present his
"respectful Compliments to the Magistrates to thank them for their
"obliging attention to him and to assure them that their Election
"of Mr Mainwaring had met his most entire approbation being
"well satisfied that the great abilities as well as the unshaken
"Integrity of that Gentleman rendered him a very proper object
"of the Choice and such as he had not the last doubt would do
"the highest honour to the Chair of the County of Middlesex "

By the Court