Dartmouth (UK Parliament constituency)
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Dartmouth, also at some times called Clifton, Dartmouth and Hardness, was a parliamentary borough
in Devon
which elected two Members of Parliament
(MPs) to the House of Commons
in 1298 and to the Commons of England, Great Britain
, and the United Kingdom from 1351 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1868, when the borough was disfranchised.
in southern Devon
; all three are within the modern town of Dartmouth
. The borough as first represented in 1298 seems to have included only the town of Dartmouth, but at the next return of members in 1350-1351 it also included Clifton; Hardness is first mentioned in 1553, though may have been included earlier. The boundaries by the 19th century included the whole of Dartmouth St Petrox and St Saviour parishes, and part of Townstall parish.
Dartmouth by the end of the 18th century was a prosperous small port, depending mainly on fishing but also with some shipbuilding interests; but the bulk of the inhabitants had little voice in the choice of its Members of Parliament. After a decision by Parliament that followed a disputed election in 1689, the right to vote in Dartmouth rested with the Corporation, which appointed its own successors, and with the freemen
of the borough, who were made by the Corporation. This amounted to a total of 71 voters in 1832, although only 53 of these were resident; virtually all were officers of the custom house or other government employees.
This franchise meant that once control was gained of the borough it was easy to retain indefinitely. Around the turn of the 18th century, the Herne family had almost total control, but in the mid-to-late 18th and early 19th century, control had passed to the government and Dartmouth was considered a safe seat for the party in power, returning one member at the nomination of the Treasury
and one of the Admiralty
. (Even this control had its limits however - Namier and Brooke quote letters to show that when a vacancy arose in 1757, the government had to abandon their original intention of nominating a soldier, and instead acceded to the corporation's demand for a naval candidate.) The Holdsworth family managed the government's interests in the borough, and generally had first refusal on one of the seats. Indeed, the Holdsworths were sufficiently influential to defy the government on occasion, as in 1780 when Arthur Holdsworth arranged the re-election of the popular but opposition-supporting naval hero Lord Howe
to one seat while taking the other for himself - no government candidates stood against them, and both Howe and Holdsworth voted with the opposition in the new Parliament.
At the time of the Great Reform Act, the 1831 census showed that there were 611 houses in the borough but a population of 4,447. Dartmouth was allowed to keep one of its two MPs, and the boundaries were extended slightly to include the whole of Townstall parish and part of Stoke Fleming
, bringing the population up to 4,662.
The constituency was abolished at the next boundary revision, which came into effect at the general election of 1868, after which the towns were part of the Southern Devon
county division.
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Parliamentary borough
Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...
in Devon
Devon
Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...
which elected two Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MPs) to the House of Commons
House of Commons of England
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in 1298 and to the Commons of England, Great Britain
House of Commons of Great Britain
The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of the Parliament of Scotland, as one of the most significant...
, and the United Kingdom from 1351 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1868, when the borough was disfranchised.
History
Clifton, Dartmouth and Hardness were three towns clustered round the mouth of the River DartRiver Dart
The River Dart is a river in Devon, England which rises high on Dartmoor, and releases to the sea at Dartmouth. Its valley and surrounding area is a place of great natural beauty.-Watercourse:...
in southern Devon
Devon
Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...
; all three are within the modern town of Dartmouth
Dartmouth, Devon
Dartmouth is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is a tourist destination set on the banks of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes...
. The borough as first represented in 1298 seems to have included only the town of Dartmouth, but at the next return of members in 1350-1351 it also included Clifton; Hardness is first mentioned in 1553, though may have been included earlier. The boundaries by the 19th century included the whole of Dartmouth St Petrox and St Saviour parishes, and part of Townstall parish.
Dartmouth by the end of the 18th century was a prosperous small port, depending mainly on fishing but also with some shipbuilding interests; but the bulk of the inhabitants had little voice in the choice of its Members of Parliament. After a decision by Parliament that followed a disputed election in 1689, the right to vote in Dartmouth rested with the Corporation, which appointed its own successors, and with the freemen
Freedom of the City
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of the borough, who were made by the Corporation. This amounted to a total of 71 voters in 1832, although only 53 of these were resident; virtually all were officers of the custom house or other government employees.
This franchise meant that once control was gained of the borough it was easy to retain indefinitely. Around the turn of the 18th century, the Herne family had almost total control, but in the mid-to-late 18th and early 19th century, control had passed to the government and Dartmouth was considered a safe seat for the party in power, returning one member at the nomination of the Treasury
HM Treasury
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and one of the Admiralty
Admiralty
The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the Kingdom of England, and later in the United Kingdom, responsible for the command of the Royal Navy...
. (Even this control had its limits however - Namier and Brooke quote letters to show that when a vacancy arose in 1757, the government had to abandon their original intention of nominating a soldier, and instead acceded to the corporation's demand for a naval candidate.) The Holdsworth family managed the government's interests in the borough, and generally had first refusal on one of the seats. Indeed, the Holdsworths were sufficiently influential to defy the government on occasion, as in 1780 when Arthur Holdsworth arranged the re-election of the popular but opposition-supporting naval hero Lord Howe
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe KG was a British naval officer, notable in particular for his service during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars. He was the brother of William Howe and George Howe.Howe joined the navy at the age of thirteen and served...
to one seat while taking the other for himself - no government candidates stood against them, and both Howe and Holdsworth voted with the opposition in the new Parliament.
At the time of the Great Reform Act, the 1831 census showed that there were 611 houses in the borough but a population of 4,447. Dartmouth was allowed to keep one of its two MPs, and the boundaries were extended slightly to include the whole of Townstall parish and part of Stoke Fleming
Stoke Fleming
Stoke Fleming is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. It lies on the A379 road about one and a half miles south of the town of Dartmouth, at the north end of Start Bay and within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...
, bringing the population up to 4,662.
The constituency was abolished at the next boundary revision, which came into effect at the general election of 1868, after which the towns were part of the Southern Devon
South Devon (UK Parliament constituency)
South Devon, formally known as the Southern Division of Devon, was parliamentary constituency in the county of Devon in England. From 1832 to 1885 it returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.-Boundaries:In...
county division.
1351-1640
| Parliament | First member | Second member | |
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| 1386 | Richard Whitelegh | Robert More | |
| 1388 (Feb) | William Burlestone | John Lacche | |
| 1388 (Sep) | William Bast | Roger Scoce | |
| 1390 (Jan) | John Hawley I John Hawley John Hawley was Mayor of Dartmouth and MP for Dartmouth.He was the son of John Hawley of Dartmouth. His family reportedly came from the hamlet of Allaleigh and this may account for the origins of his name.... |
Thomas Asshenden I | |
| 1390 (Nov) | |||
| 1391 | John William | John Brasuter | |
| 1393 | John Ellemede | John Hawley I John Hawley John Hawley was Mayor of Dartmouth and MP for Dartmouth.He was the son of John Hawley of Dartmouth. His family reportedly came from the hamlet of Allaleigh and this may account for the origins of his name.... |
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| 1394 | William Damiet | John Hawley I John Hawley John Hawley was Mayor of Dartmouth and MP for Dartmouth.He was the son of John Hawley of Dartmouth. His family reportedly came from the hamlet of Allaleigh and this may account for the origins of his name.... |
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| 1395 | John Bosom | Edmund Arnold | |
| 1397 (Jan) | John Bosom | William Glover | |
| 1397 (Sep) | |||
| 1399 | |||
| 1401 | |||
| 1402 | John Hawley I John Hawley John Hawley was Mayor of Dartmouth and MP for Dartmouth.He was the son of John Hawley of Dartmouth. His family reportedly came from the hamlet of Allaleigh and this may account for the origins of his name.... |
Ralph North | |
| 1404 (Jan) | |||
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| 1406 | John Foxley | John White | |
| 1407 | Henry Bremeler | John Pille | |
| 1410 | John Hawley II | Edmund [Arnold] | |
| 1411 | John Hawley II | John Corp | |
| 1413 (Feb) | |||
| 1413 (May) | John Hawley II | John Corp | |
| 1414 (Apr) | |||
| 1414 (Nov) | John Hawley II | Edmund Arnold | |
| 1415/6 (Mar) | Edmund Arnold | Walter Wodeland | |
| 1416 (Oct) | |||
| 1417 | |||
| 1419 | |||
| 1420 | Thomas Asshenden II | Walter Wodeland | |
| 1421 (May) | John Hawley II | Thomas Hankyn | |
| 1421 (Dec) | John Burley | Henry Sadeler | |
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| 1529 | John Trevanion | William Holland, repl. 1534 by Nicholas Langmede |
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| 1536 | ? | ||
| 1539 | John Ridgeway | William Holland | |
| 1542 | John Anthony | William Holland | |
| 1545 | Nicholas Bacon | John Ridgeway | |
| 1547 | Sir Peter Carew | Richard Duke | |
| 1553 (Mar) | Nicholas Adams alias Bodrugan | Gilbert Roupe | |
| 1553 (Oct) | Michael Adams | Michael Roope | |
| Parliament of 1554 | Nicholas Adams | Edward Sture | |
| Parliament of 1554-1555 | John Peter | Nicholas Enis | |
| Parliament of 1555 | Sir John St Leger John St Leger Sir John St Leger , of Annery in Devon, was an English Member of Parliament.He was the grandson of John St Leger and Katherine Neville... |
James Courtenay | |
| Parliament of 1558 | George Southcote | Thomas Gurney | |
| Parliament of 1559 | ? | ||
| Parliament of 1563-1567 | Sir John More | John Lovell | |
| Parliament of 1571 | John Vaughan | Thomas Gurney | |
| Parliament of 1572-1581 | William Cardinal | Thomas Gurney (died) By-election William Lister |
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| Parliament of 1584-1585 | Hugh Vaughan Hugh Vaughan Hugh Vaughan was an English Member of Parliament during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He was The Earl of Bedford's steward in the west of England, and entered parliament at a by-election for Bridport in 1581 as the Earl's nominee to replace his heir, Lord Russell, who had been summoned to sit in... |
Thomas Ridgeway | |
| Parliament of 1586-1587 | Robert Peter | George Cary George Cary (of Cockington) Sir George Cary , of Cockington in Devon, was an English administrator and Member of Parliament who held various offices in Ireland. He was treasurer-at-war to the Earl of Essex's campaign in Ireland in 1599, and was appointed a Lord Justice in September 1599 and again in 1603... |
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| Parliament of 1588-1589 | Robert Papworth | Richard Drewe | |
| Parliament of 1593 | Nicholas Sapman | Hugh Holland Hugh Holland Hugh Holland , the son of Robert Holland, was born in Denbigh in the north of Wales. He was educated at Westminster School under William Camden, where he excelled in classics, and proceeded in 1589 to Trinity College, Cambridge on a scholarship... |
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| Parliament of 1597-1598 | Charles Lambert (?) | ? | |
| Parliament of 1601 | John Traherne | William Bastard | |
| Parliament of 1604-1611 | Thomas Holland Thomas Holland (MP) Thomas Holland was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1611.Holland was the son of a freeman of Dartmouth and his wife Anne Holland of Wood Street London. In 1592 he played a major part in the purchase of a Spanish carrack, the Madre... |
Thomas Gurney | |
| Addled Parliament (1614) Addled Parliament The Addled Parliament was the second Parliament of England of the reign of James I of England , which sat between 5 April and 7 June 1614... |
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| Parliament of 1621-1622 | Robert Matthew | William Nyell | |
| Happy Parliament (1624-1625) Happy Parliament The Happy Parliament was the fourth and last Parliament of England of the reign of King James I, sitting from 19 February 1624 to 24 May 1624 and then from 2 November 1624 to 16 February 1625... |
Richard Matthew | William Plumley | |
| Useless Parliament (1625) Useless Parliament The Useless Parliament was the first Parliament of England of the reign of King Charles I, sitting only from June until August 1625. It gained its name because it transacted no significant business, making it 'useless' from the king's point of view... |
Roger Matthew | John Upton John Upton (died 1641) John Upton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1641.... |
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| Parliament of 1625-1626 | |||
| Parliament of 1628-1629 | |||
| No Parliament summoned 1629-1640 | |||
1640-1832
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| 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.... |
Andrew Voysey Andrew Voysey Andrew Voysey was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640.Voysey was the son of Simon Voysey and his wife Joan Elliot. He was merchant of Dartmouth, Devon and also mayor of Dartmouth in or before 1620... |
John Upton John Upton (died 1641) John Upton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1641.... |
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| 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... |
Roger Matthew | Royalist | ||||
| 1641 | Samuel Browne Samuel Browne (judge) Samuel Browne , of Arlesey, Bedfordshire, was the Member of Parliament during the English Civil War and the First Commonwealth who supported the Parliamentary cause. However he refused to support the trial and execution of Charles I and along with five of his colleagues, resigned his seat on the... |
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| February 1644 | Matthew disabled from sitting - seat vacant | |||||
| 1646 | Thomas Boone | |||||
| December 1648 | Browne 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 |
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| 1653 | Dartmouth 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... |
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| 1654 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.... |
Thomas Boone | Dartmouth had only one seat in 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 |
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| 1656 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... |
Edward Hopkins Edward Hopkins Edward Hopkins was an English colonist and politician and Governor of the Connecticut Colony. Active on both sides of the Atlantic, he was a founder of the New Haven and Connecticut colonies, serving seven one-year terms as governor of Connecticut. He returned to England in the 1650s, where he... |
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| 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... |
Thomas Boone | Colonel John Clarke | ||||
| 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.... |
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| 1660 | John Frederick John Frederick (Lord Mayor) Sir John Frederick was an English merchant, MP and Lord Mayor of London.Frederick was a city of London merchant and a member of the Worshipful Company of Barber-Surgeons. On 22 September 1653, he was elected an alderman of the City of London for Vintry ward... |
John Hale John Hale (MP) John Hale was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1660. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.... |
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| 1661 | William Harbord | Thomas Southcote | ||||
| 1664 | Thomas Kendall | |||||
| 1667 | Walter Yonge Sir Walter Yonge, 2nd Baronet Sir Walter Yonge, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1660 and 1670.... |
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| 1670 | William Gould | |||||
| 1673 | Josiah Child | |||||
| February 1679 | Sir Nathaniel Herne | John Upton | ||||
| August 1679 | Edward Yarde | |||||
| 1685 | Roger Pomeroy | Arthur Farwell | ||||
| January 1689 | Charles Boone Charles Boone Charles Boone was a British governor of the Bombay Presidency during the period of the Honourable East India Company, serving from 1715 to 1722.... |
William Hayne | ||||
| September 1689 | George Booth | |||||
| November 1689 | Sir Joseph Herne | |||||
| 1698 | Frederick Herne | |||||
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| 1701 | Nathaniel Herne | |||||
| 1713 | Sir William Drake | |||||
| 1714 | John Fownes | |||||
| 1715 | Joseph Herne | |||||
| 1722 | George Treby | Thomas Martyn | ||||
| 1727 | Walter Carey | Whig | ||||
| 1742 | Lord Archibald Hamilton Lord Archibald Hamilton Lord Archibald Hamilton was a British politician.Hamilton was the youngest son of William Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton and Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton. He became a Captain in the Royal Navy and in 1708, was elected as MP for Lanarkshire... |
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| 1747 | John Jeffreys | Whig | ||||
| 1757 | Captain the Hon. Richard Howe Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe KG was a British naval officer, notable in particular for his service during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars. He was the brother of William Howe and George Howe.Howe joined the navy at the age of thirteen and served... |
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| 1766 | Richard Hopkins | |||||
| 1780 | Arthur Holdsworth | |||||
| 1782 | Charles Brett Charles Brett (MP) Charles Brett was a British Member of Parliament.Coming from a naval family, Brett was at first a naval officer, and in 1755 was in charge of Portsmouth dockyard... |
Rockingham Whig Rockingham Whigs The Rockingham Whigs or Rockinghamite Whigs in 18th century British politics were a faction of the Whigs led by Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, when he was the opposition leader in the House of Lords during the government of Lord North from 1770 to 1782 and during the two... |
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| 1784 | Richard Hopkins | |||||
| 1787 | Edmund Bastard Edmund Bastard (politician) Edmund Bastard was a British Tory politician, second son of Colonel William Bastard of Kitley House, Yealmpton, Devon and his wife born Anne WorsleyHe was Member of Parliament for Dartmouth from 1787 to 1812.... |
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| 1790 | John Charles Villiers John Villiers, 3rd Earl of Clarendon John Charles Villiers, 3rd Earl of Clarendon PC , styled The Honourable until 1824, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.... |
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| 1802 | Arthur Howe Holdsworth Arthur Howe Holdsworth Arthur Howe Holdsworth was a Devon merchant named Governor of Dartmouth Castle, a position held by his father Arthur from 1760 to 1777, in 1809. He was elected member of Parliament for Dartmouth in 1802, holding the seat until December 1819, when he vacated it in favour of Charles Milner Ricketts,... |
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| 1812 | Edmund Pollexfen Bastard Edmund Pollexfen Bastard Edmund Pollexfen Bastard was a British Tory politician, son of Edmund Bastard and his wife Jane Pownoll. He married Anne Jane Rodney, granddaughter of Admiral Rodney.... |
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| 1816 | John Bastard John Bastard (Royal Navy officer) John Bastard was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the War of 1812, rising to the rank of post-captain... |
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| 1820 | Charles Milner Ricketts | |||||
| 1822 | James Hamilton Stanhope | |||||
| 1825 | Sir John Hutton Cooper | |||||
| 1829 | Arthur Howe Holdsworth Arthur Howe Holdsworth Arthur Howe Holdsworth was a Devon merchant named Governor of Dartmouth Castle, a position held by his father Arthur from 1760 to 1777, in 1809. He was elected member of Parliament for Dartmouth in 1802, holding the seat until December 1819, when he vacated it in favour of Charles Milner Ricketts,... |
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| 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.... |
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1832-1868
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| 1832 | (Sir) John Seale | Whig | ||||
| 1844 | Joseph Somes | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1845 | George Moffatt George Moffatt (English politician) George Moffatt was a British Liberal Party politician.He was Member of Parliament for Dartmouth 1845–1852, Ashburton 1852–1859, for Honiton 1860–1865, and for Southampton 1865–1868. He was also the owner of Goodrich Court, a neo-gothic castle in Herefordshire.- External... |
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| 1852 | Sir Thomas Herbert Thomas Herbert (1793–1861) Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Herbert, KCB , was British officer in the Royal Navy. He served in the Napoleonic Wars, War of 1812, and First Anglo-Chinese War... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1857 | James Caird | Whig | ||||
| April 1859 | Edward Wyndham Harrington Schenley | Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
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| August 1859 | John Dunn | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1860 | John Hardy Sir John Hardy, 1st Baronet Sir John Hardy, 1st Baronet , was a British Conservative Member of Parliament.Hardy was the son of John Hardy and Isabele Gathorne. Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, was his younger brother. Hardy was elected to the House of Commons for Midhurst in March 1859, but held the seat for... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom... |
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