Malmesbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Malmesbury was a parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

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in Wiltshire

Wiltshire

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, which elected two Members of Parliament

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(MPs) to the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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from 1275 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.

MPs 1275–1508

From History of Parliament

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Nicholas Weston	Alexander Oxenford
1388 (Feb)	John Parker	Alexander Oxenford
1388 (Sep)
1390 (Jan)	John Parker	William Blankpayn
1390 (Nov)
1391
1393	William Blankpayn	William Chaloner
1394	Richard Parker	William Blankpayn
1395	Nicholas Sambourne	Thomas Froud
1397 (Jan)	Robert Newman	William Blankpayn
1397 (Sep)	John Stowell	William Blankpayn
1399	Robert Newman	Robert Salman
1401
1402	John Tanner	Thomas Bonde
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	Thomas Hyweye	John Charlton
1407
1410
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)
1414 (Apr)	John Charlton	John Randolf
1414 (Nov)	Thomas Hyweye	John Gore
1415	Thomas Hyweye	Richard Stenysham
1416 (Mar)	John Gore	Thomas Corbyn
1416 (Oct)
1417	William Palmer	Thomas Corbyn
1419	William Palmer
1420	William Palmer	John Charlton
1421 (May)	William Palmer
1421 (Dec)	William Palmer	John Gore

MPs 1509-1558

(Source: Bindoff (1982))

Parliament	First member	Second member
Parliament of 1510-23	No names known	No names known
Parliament of 1529	Thomas Edgar	William Stumpe
Parliament of 1536	Not known	Not known
Parliament of 1539	Not known	Not known
Parliament of 1542	Not known	Not known
Parliament of 1545	Not known	Not known
Parliament of 1547	Sir Maurice Denys Maurice Denys Sir Maurice Denys was an English lawyer in London, a property speculator during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, during which period he served as a "powerful figure at the Court of Augmentations", a Member of Parliament for Malmesbury in Wiltshire, Treasurer of Calais and the builder of Siston...	William Stumpe
Parliament of 1553(Mar)	Not known	Not known
Parliament of 1553(Oct)	John Hedges	Matthew King
Parliament of 1554(Apr)	John Hedges	Matthew King
Parliament of 1554(Nov)	Edward Unton	John Hedges
Parliament of 1555	Sir James Stumpe	Matthew King
Parliament of 1558	Matthew King	Griffin Curteys

MPs 1559-1603

Source:History of Parliament

Parliament	First member	Second member
1559	Lawrence Hyde	David Cerney
1562/3	Sir Thomas Ragland	Edward Poole
1571	Nicholas Snell	Ambrose Button
1572	John Danvers	Nicholas Snell, died and repl. Jan 1562 by Henry Baynton
1584	Sir Henry Knyvet	John Stumpe
1586	Sir Henry Knyvet	Henry Bayly
1589	Thomas Vavasour	Henry Bayly
1593	Sir Henry Knyvet	Thomas Lake
1597	Sir Henry Knyvet	Thomas Estcourt
1601	Sir William Monson	Sidney Montagu

MPs 1604-1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
Parliament of 1604-1611	Sir Roger Dallyson	Sir Thomas Dallyson
Parliament of 1614-1621	Sir Roger Dallyson	Sir Neville Poole Neville Poole Sir Neville Poole was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War....
Parliament of 1621-1622	Sir Henry Poole Henry Poole (died 1632) Sir Henry Poole was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1626....	Sir Edward Wardour
Parliament of 1624-1625	Sir Edward Wardour	Thomas Hatton Sir Thomas Hatton, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Hatton, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1621 and 1640....
Parliament of 1625-1626	Sir Henry Moody, Bt	Sir Edward Wardour
Parliament of 1626-1628	Sir Henry Moody, Bt	Sir William Crofts
Parliament of 1628-1629	Sir Henry Moody, Bt	Sir William Crofts
1629–1640	No Parliaments convened

MPs 1640–1832

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....		Anthony Hungerford Anthony Hungerford (Royalist) Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton , was an English Member of Parliament who supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War.-Biography:...	Royalist		Sir Neville Poole Neville Poole Sir Neville Poole was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War....
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...			Royalist		Sir Neville Poole Neville Poole Sir Neville Poole was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War....	Parliamentarian
June 1644	Hungerford disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1645		Sir John Danvers John Danvers Sir John Danvers was an English courtier and politician. He was one of the signatories of the death warrant of Charles I.-Life:Danvers was third and youngest son of Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey, Wiltshire, by Elizabeth Danvers...
December 1648				Poole excluded in Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents... - seat vacant
1653	Malmesbury was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector... and the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House.... and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons... Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...		Sir Henry Lee			Thomas Higgons
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....	Malmesbury was 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		Robert Danvers Robert Danvers Robert Danvers also Wright, Howard and Villiers was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660...			Sir Francis Lee, Bt Sir Francis Lee, 4th Baronet Sir Francis Henry Lee, 4th Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1667....
1661		Lawrence Washington
1662		Philip Howard
1668					Sir Edward Poole Edward Poole Sir Edward Poole was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1673.Poole was the eldest son of Sir Neville Poole of Kemble and his first wife Frances Poole, daughter of Sir Henry Poole of Saperton, Gloucestershire. He matriculated at Magdalen Hall,...
1673					Thomas Estcourt Thomas Estcourt Sir Thomas Estcourt was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1624.Estcourt was the son of Thomas Estcourt of Gray's Inn and his wife Hannah Ascough..He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 29 April, 1586, aged 16 and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in...
February 1679 Habeas Corpus Parliament The Habeas Corpus Parliament, also known as the First Exclusion Parliament, was a short-lived English Parliament which assembled on 6 March 1679 during the reign of Charles II of England, the third parliament of the King's reign. It is named after the Habeas Corpus Act, which it enacted in May,...		Sir William Estcourt, Bt			Sir James Long, Bt Sir James Long, 2nd Baronet Sir James Long, 2nd Baronet was an English politician and Royalist soldier.Born at South Wraxall, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, the son of Sir Walter Long and Anne Ley , he was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1634...
1685		Sir Thomas Estcourt Thomas Estcourt Sir Thomas Estcourt was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1624.Estcourt was the son of Thomas Estcourt of Gray's Inn and his wife Hannah Ascough..He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 29 April, 1586, aged 16 and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in...			John Fitzherbert
1689		Thomas Tollemache Thomas Tollemache Thomas Tollemache was an English soldier; the second son of Sir Lionel Tollemache of Helmingham, Suffolk and his wife, Elizabeth, 2nd Countess of Dysart....			Charles Godfrey
1690		Goodwin Wharton Goodwin Wharton Goodwin Wharton was a Whig politician and autobiographer.-Early life:Goodwin Wharton was the third and youngest son out of the seven children of Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton and Jane Goodwin, daughter of Arthur Goodwin , of Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire...			Sir James Long, Bt Sir James Long, 2nd Baronet Sir James Long, 2nd Baronet was an English politician and Royalist soldier.Born at South Wraxall, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, the son of Sir Walter Long and Anne Ley , he was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1634...
1692					George Booth
1695					Craven Howard
1696		Sir Thomas Skipwith, Bt			Craven Howard
1698		Michael Wicks			Edward Pauncefort
January 1701		Samuel Shepheard
November 1701		Sir Charles Hedges Charles Hedges Sir Charles Hedges , of Compton Bassett, Wiltshire, an English lawyer and politician, was a judge in Admiralty Court who later served as one of Queen Anne's Secretaries of State.-Life:...
1702		Thomas Boucher
1705		Thomas Farrington			Henry Mordaunt
1710		Thomas Farrington			Joseph Addison Joseph Addison Joseph Addison was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was a man of letters, eldest son of Lancelot Addison...	Whig
1713		Sir John Rushout, Bt Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet was a British politician and long-serving Member of Parliament, eventually serving as Father of the House....				Whig
1719 by-election					Fleetwood Dormer
March 1722 British general election, 1722 The British general election of 1722 elected members to serve in the House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain. This event took place following the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was fiercely fought, with contests taking place...					The Viscount Hillsborough Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough was an Anglo-Irish landowner and politician.The son of Michael Hill and Anne Trevor, Hill was the member of an influential landowning family of County Down, Ireland. He sat in the British House of Commons as a representative for Aylesbury from 1715 to 1722...
December 1722		Giles Earle			John Fermor
1723 by-eelction					Charles Stewart
1727 British general election, 1727 The British general election, 1727 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was triggered by the death of George I; at the time elections...					William Rawlinson Earle
1747 British general election, 1747 The British general election, 1747 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw Henry Pelham's Whig government increase its majority and...		John Lee John Lee (1695–1761) John Lee , was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Newport and Malmesbury3 Jul 1747 - 1754....			James Douglas James Douglas (died 1751) James Douglas was a British politician.He succeeded Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington as the Member of Parliament for St. Mawes from 1741 to 1747 and for Malmesbury from 1747 until his death in 1751.-References:...
1751 by-election					Lord Edward Digby Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby was a British peer and Member of Parliament.Digby was the son of Hon. Edward Digby, son of William Digby, 5th Baron Digby. His mother was Charlotte Fox, daughter of Sir Stephen Fox and sister of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland...
1754 British general election, 1754 The British general election, 1754 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707....		Lord George Bentinck			Brice Fisher
1759 by-election		Thomas Conolly Thomas Conolly (1738–1803) Thomas Conolly was an Irish landowner.He was the son of William James Conolly of Castletown House, by his wife Lady Anne, daughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford...			Brice Fisher
1761 British general election, 1761 The British general election, 1761 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...					The Earl Tylney
1768 British general election, 1768 The British general election, 1768 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...		The Earl of Donegall Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall , known as Arthur Chichester until 1757 and as The Earl of Donegall between 1757 and 1791, was an Irish nobleman and politician.-Background and education:...			Hon. Thomas Howard Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk, 7th Earl of Berkshire was a British peer, styled Hon. Thomas Howard until 1779....
1774 British general election, 1774 The British general election, 1774 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...		Hon. Charles James Fox Charles James Fox Charles James Fox PC , styled The Honourable from 1762, was a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and who was particularly noted for being the arch-rival of William Pitt the Younger...	Whig		William Strahan William Strahan William Strahan was a Scottish printer and publisher, and a Member of Parliament.Born in Edinburgh as William Strachan, and educated at the Royal High School, Strahan was originally apprenticed to an Edinburgh printer but became a Master Printer in London...	Tory
September 1780 British general election, 1780 The British general election, 1780 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain to be held after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...		Viscount Lewisham George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth KG, PC, FRS , styled Viscount Lewisham until 1801, was a British politician.-Background:...			Viscount Fairford Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire PC, FRS , styled Viscount Kilwarlin until 1789 and Earl of Hillsborough from 1789 to 1793, was a British peer and MP.-Life:...
November 1780 by-election		John Calvert
1784 British general election, 1784 The British general election of 1784 resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain, having previously had to survive in a House which was dominated by his opponents.-Background:...		The Viscount Melbourne Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne , known as Sir Peniston Lamb, 2nd Baronet, from 1768 to 1770, was a British politician and the father of Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne....			Viscount Maitland
February 1790 by-election					Paul Benfield
June 1790 British general election, 1790 The British general election, 1790 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Political Situation:...		Benjamin Bond-Hopkins			Paul Benfield
1792 by-election		Benjamin Bond-Hopkins			Sir James Sanderson Sir James Sanderson, 1st Baronet Sir James Sanderson, 1st Baronet was a banker, a Member of Parliament, an alderman and Lord Mayor of London. He also served as president of Bridewell Hospital , and was a member of William Wilberforce's Proclamation Society for the Discouragement of Vice.When he died his widow married William...
1794 by-election		Francis Glanville
May 1796 British general election, 1796 The British general election, 1796 returned members to serve in the 18th and last House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain to be held before the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...		Samuel Smith			Peter Thellusson Peter Thellusson, 1st Baron Rendlesham Peter Isaac Thellusson, 1st Baron Rendlesham was a British merchant and politician.Thelluson was the eldest son of Peter Thellusson, a wealthy London merchant who had emigrated to Britain from France in 1760, and his wife Ann, daughter of Matthew Woodford...
November 1796 by-eelction		Philip Metcalfe Philip Metcalfe Philip Metcalfe was a distiller in London, UK and member of Parliament from Horsham from 1784. He representedPlympton Erle, Devon from 1790 to 1796 and Malmesbury Wiltshire from 1796....
1802 United Kingdom general election, 1802 The United Kingdom general election, 1802 was the election to the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was the first to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...		Claude Scott			Samuel Scott, Bt
1806 United Kingdom general election, 1806 The United Kingdom general election, 1806 was the election of members to the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom. This was the second general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....		Robert Ladbroke			Nicholas Ridley-Colborne Nicholas Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne was a British politician.-Background:Born Nicholas Ridley, he was the younger son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Baronet, and Mary , daughter of Benjamin Colborne...
1807 United Kingdom general election, 1807 The election to the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1807 was the third general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....		Sir George Bowyer, Bt Sir George Bowyer, 6th Baronet Sir George Bowyer, 6th Baronet and 2nd Baronet, KStJ, GCSG, KCPO was a British politician. He sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1807 and 1818, first as a Tory and then as a Whig....	Tory		Philip Gell	Tory
1810 by-election		Abel Smith	Tory		Philip Gell	Tory
1812 United Kingdom general election, 1812 The election to the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1812 was the fourth general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....		William Hicks-Beach	Tory		Sir Charles Saxton, Bt	Tory
1813 by-election		William Hicks-Beach	Tory		Peter Patten	Tory
1817 by-election		Sir William Abdy, Bt Sir William Abdy, 7th Baronet Sir William Abdy, 7th Baronet was a British politician and baronet.-Background:Born in Marylebone, he was the only son of Sir William Abdy, 6th Baronet and his wife Mary Gordon, daughter of James Gordon. In 1803, he succeeded his father as baronet...			Peter Patten	Tory
1818 United Kingdom general election, 1818 The 1818 general election of the United Kingdom saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats...		(Sir) Charles Forbes	Tory		Kirkman Finlay Kirkman Finlay Kirkman Finlay was one of the leading merchants in Glasgow, Scotland. He was Lord Provost of Glasgow and Member of Parliament.Kirkman was born in the Gallowgate, the second son of textile manufacturer James Finlay...	Tory
1820 by-election					William Leake
1826 United Kingdom general election, 1826 The 1826 United Kingdom general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial and increased majority over the Whigs. In Ireland, Home Rule candidates, working with the Whigs, won large gains from Unionist candidates....					John Forbes	Tory
1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....	Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1832–1885

Election		Member	Party
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....		Viscount Andover Charles Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk Charles John Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk, 10th Earl of Berkshire , styled Viscount Andover between 1820 and 1851, was a British peer and Whig politician.-Background:...	Whig
1841 United Kingdom general election, 1841 -Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for IrelandSir George Strickland, BtSir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987...		Hon. James Howard James Howard (Whig politician) The Honourable James Kenneth Howard , was a British Whig politician.A member of the Howard family, he was the fourth son of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, by the Honourable Elizabeth Jane, daughter of James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne...	Whig
1852 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...		Thomas Luce	Whig
1859 United Kingdom general election, 1859 In the 1859 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, held their majority in the House of Commons over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives...		Viscount Andover Henry Howard, 18th Earl of Suffolk Henry Charles Howard, 18th Earl of Suffolk, 11th Earl of Berkshire , styled Viscount Andover between 1851 and 1876, was a British peer and Liberal Party politician.-Background:...	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...
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...		Walter Powell	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...
1882 by-election		Charles William Miles	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...
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Constituency abolished

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