Devon (UK Parliament constituency) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Devon was a parliamentary 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:...

covering the county of 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...

in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire

Knights of the Shire

From the creation of the Parliament of England in mediaeval times until 1826 each county of England and Wales sent two Knights of the Shire as members of Parliament to represent the interests of the county, when the number of knights from Yorkshire was increased to four...

, in the House of Commons of England

House of Commons of England

The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...

until 1707, then of the House of Commons of 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...

from 1707 to 1800 and finally the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. Elections were held using the bloc vote

Plurality-at-large voting

Plurality-at-large voting is a non-proportional voting system for electing several representatives from a single multimember electoral district using a series of check boxes and tallying votes similar to a plurality election...

system of elections.

Under the Reform Act 1832

Reform Act 1832

The Representation of the People Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales...

, it was split into two divisions: Northern Devon

North Devon (UK Parliament constituency)

North Devon is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election....

and 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...

for the 1832 general election

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....

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the historic county

Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...

of Devon

Devon

, excluding the city of Exeter

Exeter

Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the...

which had the status of a county in itself

County corporate

A county corporate or corporate county was a type of subnational division used for local government in England, Ireland and Wales.Counties corporate were created during the Middle Ages, and were effectively small self-governing counties...

after 1537. (Although Devon contained a number of other parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

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

s, each of which elected two MPs in its own right for part of the period when Devon was a constituency, these were not excluded from the county constituency, and owning property within the borough could confer a vote at the county election. This was not the case, though, for Exeter.)

1290-1640

Constituency created (1290)

Year	First member	Second member
1371	Sir William Bonville
1376	Sir William Bonville
1377 (Oct)	Sir William Bonville
1378	Sir William Bonville
1379	Sir William Bonville
1379	Sir John Beaumont
1380	Sir John Beaumont
1380 (Nov)	Sir William Bonville
1381	Sir William Bonville
1382 (May)	Sir William Bonville
1382 (Oct)	Sir William Bonville
1383	Sir Philip Courtenay Sir Philip Courtenay Sir Philip Courtenay, KG, Lord of Powderham Castle, Devon was a Knight of the Shire for Devon.He was the son of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon and Margaret de Bohun, 2nd Countess of Devon...
1383	Ivo FitzWarin
1384 (Apr)	Sir William Bonville
1386	Sir Philip Courtenay Sir Philip Courtenay Sir Philip Courtenay, KG, Lord of Powderham Castle, Devon was a Knight of the Shire for Devon.He was the son of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon and Margaret de Bohun, 2nd Countess of Devon...	Sir John Stretch
1388 (Feb)	Sir Philip Courtenay Sir Philip Courtenay Sir Philip Courtenay, KG, Lord of Powderham Castle, Devon was a Knight of the Shire for Devon.He was the son of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon and Margaret de Bohun, 2nd Countess of Devon...	Sir John Prideaux
1388 (Sep)	Sir John Stretch	Sir John Grenville
1390 (Jan)	Sir Philip Courtenay Sir Philip Courtenay Sir Philip Courtenay, KG, Lord of Powderham Castle, Devon was a Knight of the Shire for Devon.He was the son of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon and Margaret de Bohun, 2nd Countess of Devon...	Sir James Chudleigh
1390 (Nov)	Sir James Chudleigh	John Prescott
1391	Sir James Chudleigh	Sir William Sturmy William Esturmy Sir William Esturmy or Sturmy was hereditary Warden of Savernake Forest, a Knight of the Shire and Speaker of the House of Commons....
1393	Sir Philip Courtenay Sir Philip Courtenay Sir Philip Courtenay, KG, Lord of Powderham Castle, Devon was a Knight of the Shire for Devon.He was the son of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon and Margaret de Bohun, 2nd Countess of Devon...	Sir James Chudleigh
1394	Sir John Grenville	Sir James Chudleigh
1395	Sir Philip Courtenay Sir Philip Courtenay Sir Philip Courtenay, KG, Lord of Powderham Castle, Devon was a Knight of the Shire for Devon.He was the son of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon and Margaret de Bohun, 2nd Countess of Devon...	Sir Hugh Courtenay Sir Hugh Courtenay of Haccombe and Bampton Sir Hugh Courtenay was an English MP and High Sheriff of Devon.He was born at Haccombe, Devon in 1358, the younger son of Edward Courtenay of Goodrington and Emmeline Dawney, an heiress....
1397 (Jan)	Sir William Bonville	Sir John Grenville
1397 (Sep)	Sir Hugh Courtenay Sir Hugh Courtenay of Haccombe and Bampton Sir Hugh Courtenay was an English MP and High Sheriff of Devon.He was born at Haccombe, Devon in 1358, the younger son of Edward Courtenay of Goodrington and Emmeline Dawney, an heiress....	Sir William Bonville
1399	Sir Philip Courtenay Sir Philip Courtenay Sir Philip Courtenay, KG, Lord of Powderham Castle, Devon was a Knight of the Shire for Devon.He was the son of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon and Margaret de Bohun, 2nd Countess of Devon...	John Stretch
1401	Sir Philip Courtenay Sir Philip Courtenay Sir Philip Courtenay, KG, Lord of Powderham Castle, Devon was a Knight of the Shire for Devon.He was the son of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon and Margaret de Bohun, 2nd Countess of Devon...	Sir John Wadham
1402	Sir William Bonville	Sir John Grenville
1404 (Jan)	Sir Thomas Pomeroy	Edmund Pyne
1404 (Oct)	Sir William Sturmy William Esturmy Sir William Esturmy or Sturmy was hereditary Warden of Savernake Forest, a Knight of the Shire and Speaker of the House of Commons....	Walter Reynell
1406	Sir Hugh Luttrell	Sir Thomas Pomeroy
1407	Sir Hugh Luttrell	Robert Cary
1410	Sir Thomas Pomeroy	Robert Cary
1411	Edmund Pyne	Robert Cary
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Sir Thomas Pomeroy	Robert Cary
1414 (Apr)	John St. Aubyn	Robert Cary
1414 (Nov)	Richard Hankford	John Arundell
1415
1416 (Mar)	Richard Hankford	Robert Cary
1416 (Oct)
1417	John Cole	Robert Cary
1419	Edward Pomeroy	Robert Cary
1420	Sir Robert Chalons	Thomas Archdeacon
1421 (May)	Sir Hugh Courtenay Sir Hugh Courtenay of Haccombe and Bampton Sir Hugh Courtenay was an English MP and High Sheriff of Devon.He was born at Haccombe, Devon in 1358, the younger son of Edward Courtenay of Goodrington and Emmeline Dawney, an heiress....	Robert Cary
1421 (Dec)	John Copplestone	Henry Fortescue
1422	William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville, KG was an English nobleman, soldier, and administrator. He was a staunch Yorkist supporter during the Wars of the Roses, and he was executed following the Yorkist defeat at the Second Battle of St Albans, by the orders of Queen consort Margaret of Anjou...
1425	William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville, KG was an English nobleman, soldier, and administrator. He was a staunch Yorkist supporter during the Wars of the Roses, and he was executed following the Yorkist defeat at the Second Battle of St Albans, by the orders of Queen consort Margaret of Anjou...
1427	William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville, KG was an English nobleman, soldier, and administrator. He was a staunch Yorkist supporter during the Wars of the Roses, and he was executed following the Yorkist defeat at the Second Battle of St Albans, by the orders of Queen consort Margaret of Anjou...
1510–1523	No names known
1529	Sir William Courteney, died and repl. Jan 1536 by George Carew	Sir Thomas Denys
1536
1539	Sir Thomas Denys	Richard Pollard
1542	Richard Pollard	?Gawain Carew
1545	?	Sir Gawain Carew
1547	Sir Gawain Carew	John Chichester
1553 (Mar)	Sir Peter Carew	John Fulford
1553 (Oct)	Sir Peter Carew	Sir Thomas Denys
1554 (Apr)	Sir John Chichester	John Prideaux
1554 (Nov)	James Bassett	James Courteney
1555	James Bassett	Robert Denys
1558	James Bassett	George Kirkham
1559	Sir Peter Carew	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...
1563-1567	John Chichester	Gawin Carew
1571	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...	Peter Edgcumbe Peter Edgcumbe Peter Edgcumbe was an English politician.He was Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall 8 August 1586 – 7 December 1587, High Sheriff of Cornwall 1498–1499 and Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall bef. 1573–1597...
1572-1583		Arthur Bassett
1584-1585	Walter Raleigh Walter Raleigh Sir Walter Raleigh was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also well known for popularising tobacco in England....	William Courtenay
1586-1587		John Chudleigh
1588-1589	William Courtenay	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...
1593	Thomas Dennys	Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 1st Baronet was Member of Parliament for Devon, twice High Sheriff of Devon for Devon and an Army Colonel....
1597-1598	William Strode William Strode (died 1637) Sir William Strode was an English landowner, military engineer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1597 and 1626....	Amias Bampfield Amias Bampfield Amias Bampfield was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1597.Bampfield was the son of Richard Bampfield of Poltimore House and his wife Elizabeth Sydenham, daughter of Sir John Sydenham. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 3 December 1575, aged 15. He was a student of...
1601	William Courtenay	Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 1st Baronet was Member of Parliament for Devon, twice High Sheriff of Devon for Devon and an Army Colonel....
1604-1611	Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 1st Baronet was Member of Parliament for Devon, twice High Sheriff of Devon for Devon and an Army Colonel....	Thomas Ridgeway Thomas Ridgeway, 1st Earl of Londonderry Thomas Ridgeway, 1st Earl of Londonderry was an English administrator active in Ireland, in particular in the Ulster Plantation.-Life:...
(from 1607)		Sir John Acland John Acland (Devon MP) -Life:He was the second son of John Acland, of Acland in Landkey, Devon, who married Mary, daughter and coheir of Hugh Redcliff of Stepney. From his mother he obtained landed property near London, and increased his fortune by marrying Elizabeth, the daughter of George Rolle, of Stevenston in Devon,...
1614	John Drake John Drake (died 1628) John Drake was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1626.Drake was probably the eldest son of Barnard Drake, of Mount Drake, Devon. He matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford in 1573, aged 17. He may have been a student of the Middle Temple in 1578. In...	Edward Giles Edward Giles Sir Edward Giles was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1629.Giles was the son John Giles of Bowden, Devon and was baptised at Totnes on 21 July, 1566. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 1 February 1583, aged 17. He was a student of...
1621-1622		Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 2nd Baronet , MP, was a British gentleman and politician.He was the son of Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet, and wife Elizabeth Champernowne and a descendant of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, in the senior line...
1624-1625		Sir William Strode William Strode (died 1637) Sir William Strode was an English landowner, military engineer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1597 and 1626....
1625	Francis Fulford	Francis Courtenay Francis Courtenay (died 1638) Francis Courtenay was an English Member of Parliament.He represented Devonshire in 1625 and Grampound in 1626.He was the son of William Courtenay and father of Sir William Courtenay, 1st Baronet...
1626	John Drake John Drake (died 1628) John Drake was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1626.Drake was probably the eldest son of Barnard Drake, of Mount Drake, Devon. He matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford in 1573, aged 17. He may have been a student of the Middle Temple in 1578. In...	John Pole
1628-1629	John Bampfield John Bampfield John Bampfield was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629....	Sir Francis Drake, Bt Sir Francis Drake, 1st Baronet Sir Francis Drake, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two parliaments between 1625 and 1629....

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....	Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet , was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1688...	Royalist	Thomas Wyse
	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...			Thomas Wyse
	1641			Sir Samuel Rolle Samuel Rolle Sir Samuel Rolle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1640 and 1647. He supported the parliamentary side in the English Civil War....	Parliamentarian
	January 1643	Seymour disabled to sit - seat vacant
	1646	Sir Nicholas Martyn Nicholas Martyn Sir Nicholas Martyn was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1646 to 1648.Martyn was the son of Sir William Martyn and his wife Susan Prestwood, of Exeter. He was educated at Broadgates Hall, Oxford matriculating on 8 March 1611, at the age of 17. He became a student of the...
	1648			William Morice William Morice (Secretary of State) Sir William Morice was an English statesman and theologian. He served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department and a Lord of the Treasury from June 1660 to September 1668....
	December 1648	Morice and Martyn 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... - both seats vacant.
	1653	Seven nominated members 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... : George Monck George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, KG was an English soldier and politician and a key figure in the restoration of Charles II.-Early life and career:... , John Carew John Carew (regicide) John Carew , from Antony, Cornwall, was one of the regicides of King Charles I.Elected MP for Tregony in 1647, he was a prominent member of the Fifth Monarchy Men who saw the overthrow of Charles I as a divine sign of the second coming of Jesus and the establishment of the millennium a thousand... , Thomas Saunders Thomas Saunders Thomas Saunders may refer to:Thomas Saunders , co-author of the Petition of the three colonels of 1654Thomas Harry Saunders , known as T. H... , Christopher Martyn Christopher Martyn Christopher Martyn was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1646 and 1660. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War... , James Erisey, Francis Rous Francis Rous Francis Rous or Rouse was an English politician and a prominent Puritan. He was also Provost of Eton, and wrote several theological and devotional works.-Early life:... , Richard Sweet
Devon's representation was increased to 11 MPs 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
	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 Saunders Thomas Saunders Thomas Saunders may refer to:Thomas Saunders , co-author of the Petition of the three colonels of 1654Thomas Harry Saunders , known as T. H... , Robert Rolle Robert Rolle Robert Rolle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1660.Rolle was the son of Sir Samuel Rolle of Heanton Sackville, Petrockstowe and his wife Margaret Wise daughter of Sir Thomas Wise... , Arthur Upton Arthur Upton The Honourable Colonel Arthur Percy Upton was a noted amateur cricketer during the Napoleonic era.-Cricket career:... , Thomas Reynell Thomas Reynell Thomas Reynell was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1689.... , William Morice William Morice (Secretary of State) Sir William Morice was an English statesman and theologian. He served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department and a Lord of the Treasury from June 1660 to September 1668.... , 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.... , William Bastard, William Fry, Sir John Northcote, Bt Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet , of Hayne in Devon, was an English Member of Parliament.Educated at Exeter College, Oxford and a member of the Inner Temple, Northcote was High Sheriff of Devon in 1627. In late 1640 or early 1641, he entered Parliament for the newly re-established borough of... , Henry Hatsell, John Quick
	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...	Thomas Saunders Thomas Saunders Thomas Saunders may refer to:Thomas Saunders , co-author of the Petition of the three colonels of 1654Thomas Harry Saunders , known as T. H... , Robert Rolle Robert Rolle Robert Rolle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1660.Rolle was the son of Sir Samuel Rolle of Heanton Sackville, Petrockstowe and his wife Margaret Wise daughter of Sir Thomas Wise... , Arthur Upton Arthur Upton The Honourable Colonel Arthur Percy Upton was a noted amateur cricketer during the Napoleonic era.-Cricket career:... , Thomas Reynell Thomas Reynell Thomas Reynell was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1689.... , William Morice William Morice (Secretary of State) Sir William Morice was an English statesman and theologian. He served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department and a Lord of the Treasury from June 1660 to September 1668.... , 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.... , Sir John Northcote, Bt Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet , of Hayne in Devon, was an English Member of Parliament.Educated at Exeter College, Oxford and a member of the Inner Temple, Northcote was High Sheriff of Devon in 1627. In late 1640 or early 1641, he entered Parliament for the newly re-established borough of... , Captain Henry Hatsell, Sir John Yonge Sir John Yonge, 1st Baronet Sir John Yonge, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1642 and 1660.Yonge was the son of Walter Yonge of Colyton and his wife Jane Peryan, daughter of Sir John Peryan... , Edmund Fowell Edmund Fowell Edmund Fowell was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1646 and 1660.Fowell was the son of John Fowell of Plymouth. He matriculated at Broadgates Hall, Oxford on 3 May 1616, aged 18... , John Doddridge
	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...	Sir John Northcote, Bt Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet , of Hayne in Devon, was an English Member of Parliament.Educated at Exeter College, Oxford and a member of the Inner Temple, Northcote was High Sheriff of Devon in 1627. In late 1640 or early 1641, he entered Parliament for the newly re-established borough of...		Robert Rolle Robert Rolle Robert Rolle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1660.Rolle was the son of Sir Samuel Rolle of Heanton Sackville, Petrockstowe and his wife Margaret Wise daughter of Sir Thomas Wise...
	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	George Monck George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, KG was an English soldier and politician and a key figure in the restoration of Charles II.-Early life and career:...		Sir John Northcote, Bt Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet , of Hayne in Devon, was an English Member of Parliament.Educated at Exeter College, Oxford and a member of the Inner Temple, Northcote was High Sheriff of Devon in 1627. In late 1640 or early 1641, he entered Parliament for the newly re-established borough of...
	July 1660	Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet , was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1688...
	1661	Sir Hugh Pollard, Bt		Sir John Rolle John Rolle (died 1706) Sir John Rolle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679.Rolle was the son of Andrew Rolle and his wife Grace Roberts and was baptised at Week St Mary, Cornwall on 23 September 1627...
	1667	Earl of Torrington Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, KG, PC was an English statesman and failed soldier.He was the son of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle....
	1671	Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, Bt Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Baronet Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Baronet DL, JP was an English politician and magistrate.-Background:He was the oldest son of Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet and his wife Gertrude Coplestone, daughter of Amyan Coplestone. His brother-in-law was Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet...
	February 1679	Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 4th Baronet, MP was a British nobleman, and a Royalist and Tory politician.-Life:...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...	Sir William Courtenay, Bt Sir William Courtenay, 1st Baronet Sir William Courtenay, 1st Baronet was an English politician.Courtenay was the son of Francis Courtenay of Powderham Castle and his wife Elizabeth Seymour, daughter of Sir Edward Seymour. He was created a baronet in 1644 but disdained the title and never took out a patent...
	September 1679	Samuel Rolle
	1685	Sir Bourchier Wrey, Bt		Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, Bt Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Baronet Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Baronet DL, JP was an English politician and magistrate.-Background:He was the oldest son of Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet and his wife Gertrude Coplestone, daughter of Amyan Coplestone. His brother-in-law was Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet...
	1689	Francis Courtenay Francis Courtenay (died 1699) Francis Courtenay was an English Member of Parliament.He represented Devonshire in the House of Commons from 1689 to 1699...		Samuel Rolle
	September 1699	Thomas Drewe
	January 1701	Sir William Courtenay, Bt
	December 1701			Sir John Pole, Bt
	1702			Robert Rolle Robert Rolle Robert Rolle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1660.Rolle was the son of Sir Samuel Rolle of Heanton Sackville, Petrockstowe and his wife Margaret Wise daughter of Sir Thomas Wise...
	1710	Sir William Pole		John Rolle
	1712	Sir William Courtenay, Bt		John Rolle
	1713			Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, Bt Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet Sir Coplestone Warwick Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet was a British High Tory politician.He was the oldest son of Colonel Hugh Bampfylde and his wife Mary Clifford, daughter of James Clifford. Bampfylde was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. In 1692, his father having died the year before, he succeeded...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
	1727			John Rolle
	1730			Henry Rolle
	1736	John Bampfylde		Henry Rolle
	1741	Sir William Courtenay, Bt		Theophilus Fortescue
	1746			Sir Thomas Dyke-Acland, Bt Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 7th Baronet Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 7th Baronet was the son of Sir Hugh Acland, 6th Baronet and Cicely Wrothe.-Succession:He succeeded his father as baronet on the latter's death on 29 July 1728...
	1747			Sir Richard Bampfylde, Bt Sir Richard Bampfylde, 4th Baronet Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Baronet was a British politician.He was the only son of Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet and his wife Gertrude Carew, daughter of Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet, and he was baptised in Poltimore in Devon. In 1727, aged only five, he succeeded his father as...
	1762	John Parker John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon was a British peer and Member of Parliament.Parker was the son of John Parker and Catherine Poulett, daughter of John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett, and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was elected to the House of Commons for Bodmin in 1761, a seat he held...
	1776			John Rolle Walter
	1780			John Rolle John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle was a British peer who had served as a Member of Parliament in general support of William Pitt the Younger and was later an active member of the House of Lords...
	1784	John Pollexfen Bastard John Pollexfen Bastard John Pollexfen Bastard was a British Tory politician, landowner and colonel of the East Devonshire Militia who lived at Kitley House, Yealmpton, Devon.He married Sarah Bruton about 1780 who died in April 1808...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
	1796			Sir Lawrence Palk, Bt
	1812			Sir Thomas Dyke-Acland, Bt	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
	1816	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....		Sir Thomas Dyke-Acland, Bt
	1818			Viscount Ebrington	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
	1820			Sir Thomas Dyke-Acland, Bt	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
	1830	Viscount Ebrington	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Sir Thomas Dyke-Acland, Bt
	1831	Viscount Ebrington		Lord John Russell John Russell, 1st Earl Russell John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC , known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an English Whig and Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...

Constituency abolished (1832)

Boundaries

1290-1640

1640-1832

See also