King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)
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King's Lynn was a constituency
in Norfolk
, known as Lynn or Bishop's Lynn prior to 1537, which returned two Members of Parliament
to the House of Commons
of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
until 1885, and one member thereafter. Until 1918 it was a parliamentary borough
, after which the name was transferred to a county constituency. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election
.
Sir Robert Walpole
, the first Prime Minister
, was an MP for the constituency for almost the entirety of his Commons career, from 1702 until 1742.
Notes
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:...
in Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, known as Lynn or Bishop's Lynn prior to 1537, which returned two Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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to the House of Commons
British House of Commons
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of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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until 1885, and one member thereafter. Until 1918 it was a parliamentary borough
Parliamentary borough
Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...
, after which the name was transferred to a county constituency. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election
United Kingdom general election, February 1974
The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,...
.
Sir Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....
, the first Prime Minister
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
, was an MP for the constituency for almost the entirety of his Commons career, from 1702 until 1742.
c.1290–1640
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1386 | Edmund Beleyeter | Thomas Morton |
| 1388 (Feb) | Henry Betley | Thomas Morton |
| 1388 (Sep) | Edmund Beleyeter | Thomas Drew |
| 1390 (Jan) | Robert Waterden | John Wace |
| 1390 (Nov) | John Wentworth | Thomas Waterden |
| 1391 | Robert Botkesham | John Kepe |
| 1393 | Thomas Morton | Thomas Brigge |
| 1394 | Thomas Morton | Thomas Drew |
| 1395 | Thomas Waterden | John Brandon |
| 1397 (Jan) | Thomas Drew | John Brandon |
| 1397 (Sep) | John Wentworth | Roger Rawlin |
| 1399 | Robert Botkesham | Thomas Waterden |
| 1401 | Robert Botkesham | Thomas Waterden |
| 1402 | Thomas Fawkes | Robert Bruhham |
| 1404 (Jan) | Thomas Drew | John Wentworth |
| 1404 (Oct) | John Brandon | Thomas Drew |
| 1406 | Thomas Brigge | Thomas Derham |
| 1407 | William Lok | John Wesenham |
| 1410 | John Spicer | John Brown |
| 1411 | Bartholomew Sistern | Philip Frank |
| 1413 (Feb) | William Halyate | John Tilney |
| 1413 (May) | William Halyate | John Tilney |
| 1414 (Apr) | John Bilney | John Tilney |
| 1414 (Nov) | John Spicer | Andrew Swanton |
| 1415 | Thomas Brigge | John Tilney |
| 1416 (Mar) | John Spicer | Thomas Brigge |
| 1416 (Oct) | William Herford | John Warner |
| 1417 | Robert Brunham | Thomas Hunt |
| 1419 | Philip Frank | Walter Curson |
| 1420 | Thomas Brigge | Andrew Swanton |
| 1421 (May) | Bartholomew Sistern | John Parmenter |
| 1421 (Dec) | John Waterden | Robert Brandon |
| 1510 | Thomas Gibbon | Francis Monford |
| 1512 | Francis Monford | Thomas Wythe |
| 1515 | Robert Soome | Thomas Wythe |
| 1523 | Thomas Miller | Richard Bewcher |
| 1529 | Thomas Miller | Richard Bewcher replaced Oct 1535 by Robert Southwell |
| 1536 | Robert Southwell | Willian Coningsby |
| 1539 | Thomas Waters | Robert Southwell |
| 1542 | Thomas Waters | Thomas Miller |
| 1545 | Edmund Grey | Thomas Miller |
| 1547 | Thomas Gawdy | William Overend replaced Jan 1549 by George Amyas |
| 1553 (Mar) | Sir Richard Corbet | John Walpole |
| 1553 (Oct) | John Walpole | Thomas Waters |
| 1554 (Apr) | Thomas Waters | William Overend |
| 1554 (Nov) | Sir Thomas Moyle Thomas Moyle Sir Thomas Moyle was a commissioner for Henry VIII in the dissolution of the monasteries, and speaker of the House of Commons in the Parliament of England from 1542 to 1544.-Life:... |
Thomas Waters |
| 1555 | Sir Nicholas L'Estrange Nicholas L'Estrange Sir Nicholas le Strange was an English Member of Parliament . The son of Sir Thomas Le Strange, he was knighted in 1547. He was appointed as steward of the manors of the Duchess of Richmond in 1546, and also Chamberlain to the Duke of Norfolk... |
Thomas Waters |
| 1558 | Ambrose Gilberd, died and replaced Sep 1558 by William Telverton |
Thomas Waters |
| 1558/9 | Thomas Hogan | Thomas Waters |
| 1562/3 | (Sir) Robert Bell | Richard L'Estrange Richard L'Estrange Richard L'Estrange or Le Strange was an English Member of Parliament . The son of Sir Thomas Le Strange, he probably secured election through his brother Sir Nicholas L'Estrange, who was Chamberlain to the Duke of Norfolk: he represented Shoreham in the Parliament of 1559 and King's Lynn in that of... |
| 1571 | (Sir) Robert Bell | John Kynne |
| 1572 | (Sir) Robert Bell, died and replaced Jan 1580 by John Peyton Sir John Peyton Sir John Peyton was an English soldier, MP and administrator.He was born in Knowlton, Kent to John Peyton and Dorothy Peyton, who was the daughter of John Tyndale.... |
John Pell |
| 1584 (Mar) | John Peyton Sir John Peyton Sir John Peyton was an English soldier, MP and administrator.He was born in Knowlton, Kent to John Peyton and Dorothy Peyton, who was the daughter of John Tyndale.... |
Richard Clarke |
| 1586 (Oct) | Richard Clarke | Thomas Oxborough Thomas Oxborough Thomas Oxborough was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1614.... |
| 1588/9 | Richard Clarke | Thomas Boston |
| 1593 | Sir John Peyton Sir John Peyton Sir John Peyton was an English soldier, MP and administrator.He was born in Knowlton, Kent to John Peyton and Dorothy Peyton, who was the daughter of John Tyndale.... |
William Lewis |
| 1597 (Sep) | Thomas Oxborough Thomas Oxborough Thomas Oxborough was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1614.... |
Nathaniel Bacon Nathaniel Bacon (died 1622) Sir Nathaniel Bacon , of Stiffkey in Norfolk, was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament .-Life:Nathaniel Bacon was the second son of Sir Nicholas Bacon and half-brother of Sir Francis Bacon. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1562, and became an "ancient"... |
| 1601 | Sir Robert Mansell Robert Mansell (admiral) Sir Robert Mansel was an admiral of the English Royal Navy and a Member of Parliament , mostly for Welsh constituencies. His name was sometimes given as Sir Robert Mansfield and Sir Robert Maunsell.... |
Thomas Oxborough Thomas Oxborough Thomas Oxborough was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1614.... |
| 1604 | Thomas Oxborough Thomas Oxborough Thomas Oxborough was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1614.... |
Robert Hitcham Robert Hitcham Sir Robert Hitcham was a Member of Parliament and Attorney General.Robert was born of lowly origin and educated at the Free School at Ipswich and later Pembroke College, Cambridge, studying law... |
| 1614 | Matthew Clerke | Thomas Oxborough Thomas Oxborough Thomas Oxborough was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1614.... |
| 1621–1622 | Matthew Clerke | John Wallis |
| 1624 | John Wallis | William Doughty |
| 1625 | Thomas Gurling | John Cooke |
| 1626 | Thomas Gurling | John Cooke |
| 1628 | William Doughty | Sir John Hare |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
1640–1832
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1640 (Apr) | William Doughty | Thomas Gurling | ||||
| 1640 (Nov) 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... |
John Perceval | Parliamentarian | Thomas Toll | Parliamentarian | ||
| 1644 | Perceval died – seat vacant | |||||
| 1646 | Edmund Hudson | |||||
| July 1647 | Hudson expelled – seat vacant | |||||
| 1649 | William Cecil (The Earl of Salisbury) William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, KG , known as Viscount Cranborne from 1605 to 1612, was an English peer and politician.-Early years, 1591-1612:... |
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| 1653 | King's Lynn 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.... |
Major-General Philip Skippon Philip Skippon Philip Skippon was an English soldier, who fought in the English Civil War.-To 1638:... |
Guybon Goddard | ||||
| 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... |
Major-General John Desborough John Desborough John Desborough was an English soldier and politician who supported the parliamentary cause during the English Civil War.-Life:He was the son of James Desborough of Eltisley, Cambridgeshire, and of Elizabeth Hatley of Over in the same county, was baptized on 13 November 1608. He was educated for... |
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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... |
Griffith Lloyd | Thomas Toll | ||||
| 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.... |
William Cecil (The Earl of Salisbury) William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, KG , known as Viscount Cranborne from 1605 to 1612, was an English peer and politician.-Early years, 1591-1612:... |
One seat vacant | ||||
| April 1660 | Sir Ralph Hare Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1672.... |
Edward Walpole Edward Walpole Sir Edward Walpole KB PC was a British politician, and a younger son of Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister from 1721 to 1742.... |
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| 1661 | Sir William Hovell | |||||
| 1668 | Robert Wright Robert Wright (judge) Sir Robert Wright was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench 1687–89.-Early life:Wright was the son of Jermyn Wright of Wangford in Suffolk, by his wife Anne, daughter of Richard Bachcroft of Bexwell in Norfolk. He was descended from a family long seated at Kelverstone in Norfolk,... |
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| 1670 | John Coke | |||||
| 1673 | Sir Francis North Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford PC KC was the third son of the 4th Baron North, and was created Baron Guilford in 1683, after becoming Lord Keeper of the Great Seal in succession to Lord Nottingham.... |
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| 1675 | Robert Coke | |||||
| 1679 | John Turner | Sir Simon Taylor | ||||
| 1681 | Sir Henry Hobart Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet was an English Whig politician and baronet.-Background:He was the oldest son of Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet and his first wife Mary Hampden, daughter of John Hampden... |
Whig | ||||
| 1685 | Sir John Turner | |||||
| 1689 | Sigismund Trafford | |||||
| 1690 | Daniel Bedingfeld | |||||
| 1695 | Sir Charles Turner | |||||
| 1702 | Sir Robert Walpole Robert Walpole Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.... |
Whig | ||||
| 1712 | John Turner | |||||
| 1713 | Sir Robert Walpole Robert Walpole Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.... |
Whig | ||||
| 1739 | Sir John Turner | |||||
| 1742 | Edward Bacon | |||||
| 1747 | Horatio Walpole, junior Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford was a British Whig politician.Walpole was the eldest son and heir of the 1st Baron Walpole. In 1747, he was elected as Member of Parliament for King's Lynn and held the seat until 1757 when he inherited his father's barony of Walpole... |
Whig | ||||
| 1757 | Hon. Horace Walpole Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. He is now largely remembered for Strawberry Hill, the home he built in Twickenham, south-west London where he revived the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors,... |
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| 1768 | Hon. Thomas Walpole Thomas Walpole Thomas Walpole , styled from 1756 The Hon. Thomas Walpole, was a British MP and banker in Paris.-Life:Thomas Walpole was born into a political family... |
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| 1774 | Crisp Molineux | |||||
| 1784 | Hon. Horatio Walpole Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford , styled The Honourable Horatio Walpole between 1757 and 1806 and Lord Walpole between 1806 and 1809, was a British peer and politician.-Background:... |
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| 1790 | Sir Martin Browne ffolkes | |||||
| 1809 | Lord Walpole Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford , styled Lord Walpole between 1809 and 1822, was a British peer and politician.-Background:... |
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| January 1822 | Marquess of Titchfield William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield , was a British Member of Parliament .Titchfield was the eldest son of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland, and his wife Henrietta . Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland was his grandfather... |
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| June 1822 | John Walpole John Walpole Colonel John Walpole was a soldier and diplomat, a younger son of Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford.He served with the Guards during the Peninsular War, and was wounded at the Siege of Burgos. He was Member of Parliament for King's Lynn from 1822 to 1831... |
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| 1824 | Marquess of Titchfield William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland William John Cavendish Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland , styled Lord William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck before 1824 and Marquess of Titchfield between 1824 and 1854, was a British aristocratic eccentric who preferred to live in seclusion... |
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| 1826 | Lord William Bentinck Lord William Bentinck Lieutenant-General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck GCB, GCH, PC , known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British soldier and statesman... |
Whig | ||||
| 1828 | Lord George Bentinck Lord George Bentinck Lord George Frederick Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck , better known as simply Lord George Bentinck, was an English Conservative politician and racehorse owner, best known for his role in unseating Sir Robert Peel over the Corn Laws.Bentinck was a younger son of the 4th Duke of Portland, and elected a... |
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| 1831 | Lord William Pitt Lennox Lord William Pitt Lennox Lord William Pitt Lennox was a British army officer and writer.-Life:Lennox, fourth son of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, was born at Winestead Hall, Yorkshire, 20 Sept. 1799, and was a godson of William Pitt and a cousin of Charles James Fox... |
Whig | ||||
| 1832 | 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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| 1835 | Sir Stratford Canning Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe KG GCB PC , was a British diplomat and politician, best known as the longtime British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire... |
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| 1842 | Viscount Jocelyn Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn , was a British soldier and Conservative politician.-Background:Born at Carlton Gardens, London, Jocelyn was the eldest son and heir apparent of Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden, and the Hon... |
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| 1848 | Hon. Edward Stanley Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby KG, PC, FRS , known as Lord Stanley from 1844 to 1869, was a British statesman... |
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| 1854 | John Henry Gurney John Henry Gurney John Henry Gurney was an English banker, amateur ornithologist, and Liberal Party politician.-Life:Gurney was the only son of Joseph John Gurney of Earlham Hall, Norwich, Norfolk. At the age of ten he was sent to a private tutor at Leytonstone near the Epping Forest, where he met Henry Doubleday,... |
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| 1859 | 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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| 1865 | Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton | 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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| 1868 | Hon. Robert Bourke Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara GCIE, PC was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator... |
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| 1869 | Lord Claud Hamilton | 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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| 1880 | Sir William Hovell Browne ffolkes Sir William ffolkes, 3rd Baronet Sir William Hovell Browne ffolkes, 3rd Baronet was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.... |
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| 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:... |
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1885–1974
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| 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:... |
Hon. Robert Bourke Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara GCIE, PC was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator... , later Baron Connemara |
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| 1886 | Alexander Weston Jarvis | 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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| 1892 United Kingdom general election, 1892 The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election... |
Thomas Gibson Bowles Thomas Gibson Bowles Thomas Gibson Bowles , generally known as Tommy Bowles, was the founder of the magazines The Lady and the English Vanity Fair, a sailor and the maternal grandfather of the Mitford sisters.-Parents:... |
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| 1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**... |
Carlyon Wilfroy Bellairs | 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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| 1909 | 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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| January 1910 | Thomas Gibson Bowles Thomas Gibson Bowles Thomas Gibson Bowles , generally known as Tommy Bowles, was the founder of the magazines The Lady and the English Vanity Fair, a sailor and the maternal grandfather of the Mitford sisters.-Parents:... |
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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| December 1910 | Holcombe Ingleby Holcombe Ingleby Holcombe Ingleby was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician. He was mayor of the English borough of King's Lynn in Norfolk, and for eight years a Member of Parliament for King's Lynn.... |
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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| 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did... |
Sir Neville Paul Jodrell | 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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| 1923 United Kingdom general election, 1923 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***... |
George Graham Woodwark | 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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| 1924 United Kingdom general election, 1924 - Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *... |
Edmund Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy Edmund Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy was an Irish peer, British Conservative Party politician and the maternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales.-Life and career:... |
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| 1935 United Kingdom general election, 1935 The United Kingdom general election held on 14 November 1935 resulted in a large, though reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Conservative Stanley Baldwin. The greatest number of MPs, as before, were Conservative, while the National Liberal vote held steady... |
Somerset Arthur Maxwell Somerset Arthur Maxwell Hon. Somerset Arthur Maxwell was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.- Family :Eldest son of Arthur Kenlis Maxwell, 11th Baron Farnham... |
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| 1943 King's Lynn by-election, 1943 The King's Lynn by-election, 1943 was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of King's Lynn in Norfolk on 12 February 1943... |
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| 1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to... |
Frederick John Wise Frederick Wise, 1st Baron Wise Frederick John Wise, 1st Baron Wise was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for King's Lynn from 1945 to 1951.... |
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| 1951 United Kingdom general election, 1951 The 1951 United Kingdom general election was held eighteen months after the 1950 general election, which the Labour Party had won with a slim majority of just five seats... |
Ronald Scott-Miller Ronald Scott-Miller Ronald Scott-Miller was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for the King's Lynn constituency in Norfolk from 1951 until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1959 general election.- References :* - External links :... |
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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| 1959 United Kingdom general election, 1959 This United Kingdom general election was held on 8 October 1959. It marked a third successive victory for the ruling Conservative Party, led by Harold Macmillan... |
Denys Bullard Denys Bullard Denys Gradwell Bullard was a British farmer and politician. Although he was an entertaining speaker, his political career was a precarious one as he was only elected in marginal constituencies.-Farming background:... |
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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| 1964 United Kingdom general election, 1964 The United Kingdom general election of 1964 was held on 15 October 1964, more than five years after the preceding election, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party had retaken power... |
Derek Page Derek Page, Baron Whaddon John Derek Page, Baron Whaddon was a British politician and export agent/consultant.-Background:Derek Page, as he was usually known, was born, the son of a lorry driver in Sale,... |
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
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| 1970 United Kingdom general election, 1970 The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on 18 June 1970, and resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, who defeated the Labour Party under Harold Wilson. The election also saw the Liberal Party and its new leader Jeremy Thorpe lose half their... |
Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler was a British politician, most notable for being the sole Conservative Member of Parliament to defect to the Social Democratic Party .... |
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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| 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,... |
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