Aldeburgh (UK Parliament constituency)

Aldeburgh was a parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

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represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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and its predecessor bodies.

The town was enfranchised in 1571 as a borough constituency. It was a constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England

Parliament of England

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until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain

Parliament of Great Britain

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from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two burgesses. The constituency was abolished in 1832 as a rotten borough

Rotten borough

A "rotten", "decayed" or pocket borough was a parliamentary borough or constituency in the United Kingdom that had a very small electorate and could be used by a patron to gain undue and unrepresentative influence within Parliament....

Boundaries

The constituency comprised the parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

of Aldeburgh

Aldeburgh

Aldeburgh is a coastal town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. Located on the River Alde, the town is notable for its Blue Flag shingle beach and fisherman huts where freshly caught fish are sold daily, and the Aldeburgh Yacht Club...

, in the county of Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

in Eastern England.

MPs 1571–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1571	Roger Woodhouse	Robert Higford
1572	Francis Beaumont	Charles Seckford
1584	Peter Osborne	John Foxe
1586	Peter Osborne	Edmond Bell
1588	Edward Coke Edward Coke Sir Edward Coke SL PC was an English barrister, judge and politician considered to be the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Born into a middle class family, Coke was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge before leaving to study at the Inner Temple, where he was called to the...	William Bence
1593	Thomas Knyvet	William Bence
1597	Francis Harvey	Francis Johnson
1601	Martin Stutteville	Francis Corbet
1604–1611	Sir William Woodhouse	Thomas Ryvett
1614	Sir William Woodhouse	Sir Henry Glemham Henry Glemham (died 1632) Sir Henry Glemham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1622.Glemham was the eldest son of Thomas Glemham of Glemham Hall, Suffolk and his wife Amy Parker, daughter of Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley. He was a minor when he inherited the estate...
1621–1622	Sir Henry Glemham Henry Glemham (died 1632) Sir Henry Glemham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1622.Glemham was the eldest son of Thomas Glemham of Glemham Hall, Suffolk and his wife Amy Parker, daughter of Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley. He was a minor when he inherited the estate...	Charles Glemham
1624	Nicholas Ryvett	John Bence
1625	Sir Thomas Glemham Thomas Glemham Sir Thomas Glemham was a noted Royalist commander during the First and Second Civil Wars in England.-Early life and career:He was the son of Sir Henry Glemham of Glemham Hall, Little Glemham in Suffolk. After studying at Trinity College, Oxford, he served in armies in Europe from 1610 to 1617...	William Mason
1626	Sir Thomas Glemham Thomas Glemham Sir Thomas Glemham was a noted Royalist commander during the First and Second Civil Wars in England.-Early life and career:He was the son of Sir Henry Glemham of Glemham Hall, Little Glemham in Suffolk. After studying at Trinity College, Oxford, he served in armies in Europe from 1610 to 1617...	William Mason
1628	Sir Simeon Steward	Marmaduke Rawden
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1832

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....		William Rainsborough William Rainsborough This article is about the English naval officer and ambassador to Morocco. For his son, the leveller, see William RainboroweSir William Rainsborough was an English Captain and Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy, English ambassador to Morocco and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to...	Parliamentarian		Squire Bence Squire Bence Squire Bence was an English merchant, seafarer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1648....	Parliamentarian
November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...		William Rainsborough William Rainsborough This article is about the English naval officer and ambassador to Morocco. For his son, the leveller, see William RainboroweSir William Rainsborough was an English Captain and Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy, English ambassador to Morocco and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to...	Parliamentarian		Alexander Bence Alexander Bence Alexander Bence was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1648 and in 1654...	Parliamentarian
1642		Squire Bence Squire Bence Squire Bence was an English merchant, seafarer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1648....	Parliamentarian
November 1648	Squire Bence died, November 1648 - seat vacant
December 1648	Squire Bence died, November 1648 - seat vacant			Alexander Bence excluded in Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents... - seat vacant
1653	Aldeburgh was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector... and the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House.... and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons... Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...		Laurence Oxburgh Laurence Oxburgh Laurence Oxburgh was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.Oxburgh was the son of Thomas Oxburgh of Emneth, Norfolk. He was admitted at Caius College, Cambridge on 13 April 1624 and migrated to Queens' College, Cambridge in 1626. he was admitted at Gray's Inn...			John Bence John Bence John Bence was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1688....
May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	Not represented in the restored Rump Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....
April 1660		Sir Robert Brooke Robert Brooke (died 1669) Sir Robert Brooke was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1669.Brooke was the second surviving son of Sir Robert Brooke of Cockfield Hall and his wife Elizabeth Colepeper, daughter of Thomas Colepeper of Wigsale, Sussex. He was educated privately under Daniel...			Thomas Bacon Thomas Bacon (politician) Thomas Bacon was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1654 and 1655 and between 1660 and 1661....
1661					Sir John Holland Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1679....
1669		John Bence John Bence John Bence was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1688....
February 1679		Sir Richard Haddock Richard Haddock Sir Richard Haddock was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the Anglo-Dutch Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral in August 1690.-Family and early life:...			Henry Johnson
August 1679		John Bence John Bence John Bence was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1688....			John Corrance
1685					Sir Henry Bedingfield Henry Bedingfield (judge) Sir Henry Bedingfield was an English barrister, who was briefly Chief Justice of the Common Pleas at the end of his life.-Early life and family:...
1689		Sir Henry Johnson			William Johnson
1718 by-election		Sir Henry Johnson			Samuel Lowe
1719 by-election		Walter Plumer
1727 British general election, 1727 The British general election, 1727 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was triggered by the death of George I; at the time elections...		William Windham William Windham (of Earsham, senior) William Windham was a British landowner and politician. He was the second son of William Windham, of Felbrigg , member of an old Norfolk family....
1730 by-election		Sir John Williams John Williams (died 1743) Sir John Williams was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh 8 May 1730 -1734.-References:...
1732 by-election					Captain George Purvis
1734 British general election, 1734 The British general election, 1734 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's increasingly unpopular Whig government lost ground to the...		William Conolly			Captain George Purvis
March 1741 by-election					Francis Gashry
May 1741 British general election, 1741 The British general election, 1741 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...					Richard Plumer
1747 British general election, 1747 The British general election, 1747 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw Henry Pelham's Whig government increase its majority and...		William Windham William Windham (of Earsham, junior) William Windham was a British landowner and politician. The son of William Windham of Earsham and Anne Tyrrell, he came of an old Norfolk family....			Zachary Philip Fonnereau Zachary Philip Fonnereau Zachary Philip Fonnereau was a British businessman and politician, the fourth son of the merchant Claude Fonnereau.A London merchant, he was of Huguenot extraction...
1761 British general election, 1761 The British general election, 1761 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...		Philip Fonnereau Philip Fonnereau Philip Fonnereau was a British merchant and banker, the eldest son of Zachary Philip Fonnereau.He belonged to a wealthy Huguenot merchant family, and was a Director of the Bank of England. Fonnereau served as a Member of Parliament for the borough of Aldeburgh.He had at least two daughters:*Mary...
1768 British general election, 1768 The British general election, 1768 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...		Nicholas Linwood
1773 by-election		Thomas Fonnereau Thomas Fonnereau Thomas Fonnereau was a British businessman and politician, the eldest son of the merchant Claude Fonnereau....
1774 British general election, 1774 The British general election, 1774 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...					Richard Combe
1779 by-election		Martyn Fonnereau Martyn Fonnereau Martyn Fonnereau was the second son of Zachary Philip Fonnereau, a British merchant and banker of Huguenot extraction....			Richard Combe
1780 British general election, 1780 The British general election, 1780 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain to be held after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...					Philip Champion Crespigny
1784 British general election, 1784 The British general election of 1784 resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain, having previously had to survive in a House which was dominated by his opponents.-Background:...		Samuel Salt			Philip Champion Crespigny
1790 British general election, 1790 The British general election, 1790 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Political Situation:...		Lord Grey of Groby			Thomas Grenville Thomas Grenville Thomas Grenville PC was a British politician and bibliophile.-Background and education:Grenville was the second son of Prime Minister George Grenville and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet...
1796 British general election, 1796 The British general election, 1796 returned members to serve in the 18th and last House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain to be held before the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...		Sir John Aubrey Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet was a British politician. In 1786, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy.Baptised in Boarstall in Buckinghamshire on 2 July 1739, he was the son of Sir Thomas Aubrey, 5th Baronet and Martha Carter. Aubrey was educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church,...	Whig		Michael Angelo Taylor Michael Angelo Taylor Michael Angelo Taylor was an English politician.He was a son of Sir Robert Taylor , the architect, and was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, becoming a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in 1774...	Whig
1800 by-election					George Johnstone
1802 United Kingdom general election, 1802 The United Kingdom general election, 1802 was the election to the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was the first to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...					John McMahon	Tory
April 1812 by-election					Sandford Graham
October 1812 United Kingdom general election, 1812 The election to the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1812 was the fourth general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....		The Lord Dufferin & Claneboye	Tory		Andrew Strahan	Tory
1818 United Kingdom general election, 1818 The 1818 general election of the United Kingdom saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats...		Samuel Walker	Tory		Joshua Walker	Tory
1820 United Kingdom general election, 1820 The 1820 UK general election, held shortly after the Radical War in Scotland and the Cato Street Conspiracy. In this atmosphere, the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool were able to win a substantial majority over the Whigs....		James Blair	Tory
1826 United Kingdom general election, 1826 The 1826 United Kingdom general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial and increased majority over the Whigs. In Ireland, Home Rule candidates, working with the Whigs, won large gains from Unionist candidates....		John Wilson Croker John Wilson Croker John Wilson Croker was an Irish statesman and author.He was born at Galway, the only son of John Croker, the surveyor-general of customs and excise in Ireland. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1800...	Tory
1827 by-election		Wyndham Lewis Wyndham Lewis (politician) Wyndham Lewis was a British politician and a close associate of Benjamin Disraeli.Lewis was the son of Reverend Wyndham Lewis, of Tongwynlais, Glamorganshire. He sat as Member of Parliament for Cardiff from 1820 to 1826, for Aldeburgh from 1827 to 1829 and for Maidstone from 1835 to 1838.Lewis...	Tory
February 1829 by-election		Marquess of Douro	Tory
May 1829 by-election					Spencer Horsey Kilderbee	Tory
1830 United Kingdom general election, 1830 The 1830 United Kingdom general election, was triggered by the death of King George IV and produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, William IV. Fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, it saw electoral reform become a major election issue...					John Wilson Croker John Wilson Croker John Wilson Croker was an Irish statesman and author.He was born at Galway, the only son of John Croker, the surveyor-general of customs and excise in Ireland. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1800...	Tory
1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....	Constituency abolished

Boundaries

MPs 1571–1640

MPs 1640–1832

See also