Warwick 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...

 consisting of the town of Warwick

Warwick

Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, south of Coventry and just west of Leamington Spa and Whitnash with which it is conjoined. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 23,350...

, within the larger Warwickshire constituency

Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Warwickshire was a parliamentary constituency in the Warwickshire in England. It returned two Members of Parliament , traditionall known as knights of the shire, to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.-Boundaries and franchise:The...

 of England

England

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. It returned two Members of Parliament

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 (MPs) to the House of Commons of England

House of Commons of England

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 from 1295 to 1707, to 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 then to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 until 1885.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...

, the constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election

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:...

, when it was largely replaced by the new single-member constituency of Warwick and Leamington.

MPs 1295–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Robert Norton	Henry Trymenell
1388 (Feb)	Robert Norton	Henry Trymenell
1388 (Sep)	John Raines	John Russell
1390 (Jan)	John Buckmore	Henry Filongley
1390 (Nov)
1391	Henry de la Chamber	John Raines
1393	Maurice de la Chamber	Henry __?
1394	Maurice Luttrell	John Russell
1395	Maurice de la Chamber	John Allerwich
1397 (Jan)	Henry Trymenell	Robert Walden
1397 (Sep)	John Brome	William Ilshawe
1399	William Ruding	William Hull
1401	?John Brome	?William Hopkins
1402	John Brome	Richard Hewe
1404 (Jan)	Simon Bennett	John Weston
1404 (Oct)
1406	John Brome	John Weston
1407	Thomas Ellam	Richard Ferrour alias Barkes
1410	John Weston	Roger Wootton
1411	John Weston	Roger Wootton
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Nicholas Rody	Roger Wootton
1414 (Apr)	John Brome	Roger Wootton
1414 (Nov)	Nicholas Rody	Roger Wootton
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417
1419	Nicholas Rody	Roger Wootton
1420	John Rody	John Usk
1421 (May)	Nicholas Rody	John Upton
1421 (Dec)	Nicholas Rody	John Rody
1510–1523	No names known
1529	William Newenham	Thomas Holte
1536	?
1539	?
1542	Clement Throckmorton	William Webbe
1545	Kenelm Throckmorton	William Pinnock
1547	Sir William Pickering	Clement Throckmorton
1553 (Mar)	Clement Throckmorton	John Throckmorton
1553 (Oct)	Clement Throckmorton	Edward Ferrers
1554 (Apr)	George Throckmorton	Thomas Fisher Thomas Fisher (MP) -Early life:He was the M.P. for Warwick, was of obscure origin and usually known by the name of Fisher, because his father was a fishmonger in Warwick. His ability recommended him to John Dudley, duke of Northumberland, then Viscount Lisle, who took him into his service, and on 4 May, 34 Hen. VIII,...
1554 (Nov)	Thomas Fisher Thomas Fisher (MP) -Early life:He was the M.P. for Warwick, was of obscure origin and usually known by the name of Fisher, because his father was a fishmonger in Warwick. His ability recommended him to John Dudley, duke of Northumberland, then Viscount Lisle, who took him into his service, and on 4 May, 34 Hen. VIII,...	Ralph Broune
1555	Kenelm Throckmorton	Thomas Fisher Thomas Fisher (MP) -Early life:He was the M.P. for Warwick, was of obscure origin and usually known by the name of Fisher, because his father was a fishmonger in Warwick. His ability recommended him to John Dudley, duke of Northumberland, then Viscount Lisle, who took him into his service, and on 4 May, 34 Hen. VIII,...
1558	Thomas Fisher Thomas Fisher (MP) -Early life:He was the M.P. for Warwick, was of obscure origin and usually known by the name of Fisher, because his father was a fishmonger in Warwick. His ability recommended him to John Dudley, duke of Northumberland, then Viscount Lisle, who took him into his service, and on 4 May, 34 Hen. VIII,...	John Butler
1558/1559	Thomas Throckmorton	Thomas Fisher
1562/1563	Walter Haddon	John Butler
1571 (Mar)	Edward Aglionby Edward Aglionby Edward Aglionby was an English Member of Parliament, official, translator and poet. He was closely associated with the Dudley family.-Life:...	John Fisher
1572 (Apr)	Thomas Dudley	John Fisher
1584 (Nov)	Thomas Dudley	John Fisher
1586 (Oct)	Thomas Dudley	Job Throckmorton Job Throckmorton Job Throckmorton was an English religious pamphleteer and Member of Parliament. Possibly with John Penry and John Udall, he authored the Martin Marprelate anonymous anti-clerical satires; scholarly consensus now makes him the main author.-Life:He was of the Warwickshire gentry, resident at...
1588 (Oct)	James Dyer	Thomas Dudley
1593	John Hugford	William Combe
1597 (Sep)	John Townsend John Townsend (MP for Warwick) John Townsend was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1597 to 1614.Townsend was the son of Richard Townsend of Warwick and his wife Christian. He was bailiff of Warwick from 1589 to 1590. In 1597, Townsend was elected Member of Parliament for Warwick.He was re-elected MP for...	William Spicer
1601 (Oct)	John Townsend John Townsend (MP for Warwick) John Townsend was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1597 to 1614.Townsend was the son of Richard Townsend of Warwick and his wife Christian. He was bailiff of Warwick from 1589 to 1590. In 1597, Townsend was elected Member of Parliament for Warwick.He was re-elected MP for...	William Spicer
1604	John Townsend John Townsend (MP for Warwick) John Townsend was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1597 to 1614.Townsend was the son of Richard Townsend of Warwick and his wife Christian. He was bailiff of Warwick from 1589 to 1590. In 1597, Townsend was elected Member of Parliament for Warwick.He was re-elected MP for...	William Spicer
1614	Sir Greville Verney	John Townsend John Townsend (MP for Warwick) John Townsend was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1597 to 1614.Townsend was the son of Richard Townsend of Warwick and his wife Christian. He was bailiff of Warwick from 1589 to 1590. In 1597, Townsend was elected Member of Parliament for Warwick.He was re-elected MP for...
1621	John Coke John Coke Sir John Coke was an English politician.Coke, the son of Richard and Mary Coke of Trusley, Derbyshire, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge...	Sir Greville Verney
1624	Sir Edward Conway Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway PC was an English politician, military commander and peer.-Early life and education:...	Francis Lucy
1625	Sir Francis Leigh, Bt Francis Leigh, 1st Earl of Chichester Francis Leigh, 1st Earl of Chichester was a Royalist politician and courtier around the period of the English Civil War....	Francis Lucy
1626	Sir Francis Leigh, Bt. Francis Leigh, 1st Earl of Chichester Francis Leigh, 1st Earl of Chichester was a Royalist politician and courtier around the period of the English Civil War....	Francis Lucy
1628	Francis Lucy	Hon. Robert Greville Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke was an English Civil War Roundhead General.Greville was the cousin and adopted son of Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, and thus became 2nd Lord Brooke, and owner of Warwick Castle. He was born in 1607, and entered parliament for Warwickshire in 1628...  Election declared void Replaced by Anthony Stoughton
1629-1640	No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1885

Election	|2nd Member	2nd Party
November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...		William Purefoy William Purefoy William Purefoy was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1628 and 1659. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War and was one of the regicides of King Charles I of England....	Parliamentarian		Sir Thomas Lucy
December 1640					Godfrey Bosvile Godfrey Bosvile Godfrey Bosvile was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1653. He fought on the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War....	Parliamentarian
1653	Warwick 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...
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....		Richard Lucy		Warwick had only one seat in the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....   and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...  Parliaments of the Protectorate
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...		Clement Throckmorton Clement Throckmorton (died 1663) Sir Clement Throckmorton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1656 and 1663....
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...		Fulke Lucy			Thomas Archer Thomas Archer (1619-1685) Thomas Archer , of Umberslade Hall in Tanworth in Arden, Warwickshire, was the second son of Sir Simon Archer. He served as a Parliamentary Colonel during the English Civil War and at the Restoration became Member of Parliament for Warwickshire in the Convention Parliament , although he did not...
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 Purefoy William Purefoy William Purefoy was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1628 and 1659. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War and was one of the regicides of King Charles I of England....		One seat vacant
August 1659		Both seats vacant after Purefoy's death
April 1660		Sir Clement Throckmorton Clement Throckmorton (died 1663) Sir Clement Throckmorton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1656 and 1663....			John Rous John Rous John Rous was the senior naval officer on the Nova Scotia station during Father Le Loutre's War . He made a significant contribution to the preservation of Halifax and the defeat of the French, Acadian and Mi'kmaq resistance...
1661					Henry Puckering
1664		Fulke Greville			Sir Francis Compton Francis Compton Francis Compton D.C.L was an English lawyer and Conservative Party politician.Compton was the son of Henry Combe Compton M.P. of Minstead Manor House, Lyndhurst, Hants and his wife Charlotte Mills. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford and became a Fellow of All Souls. He was called to the...
1677		The 3rd Lord Digby Robert Digby, 3rd Baron Digby Robert Digby, 3rd Baron Digby was an English peer and Member of Parliament.Digby was the son of Kildare Digby, 2nd Baron Digby, and Mary Gardiner. In 1661, aged 7, he succeeded his father as third Baron Digby...
1678		Sir John Bowyer Sir John Bowyer, 2nd Baronet Sir John Bowyer, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.He was the oldest son of Sir John Bowyer, 1st Baronet and Mary Milward, daughter of Robert Milward. Bowyer was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford and graduated with a Master of Arts in 1669. Three years ago, he had succeeded his father...
February 1679		Sir John Clopton			Sir Henry Puckering Sir Henry Puckering, 3rd Baronet Sir Henry Newton, later surnamed Puckering, 3rd Baronet was an English royalist and politician.-Life:Baptised at St. Dunstan's-in-the-West, London, on 13 April 1618, he was a younger son of Sir Adam Newton of Charlton, Kent, by Katharine, daughter of Lord-keeper Sir John Puckering...
August 1679		Thomas Lucy			Richard Booth
1681					Hon. Thomas Coventry Thomas Coventry, 1st Earl of Coventry Thomas Coventry, 1st Earl of Coventry , known as the Hon. Thomas Coventry from 1640 to 1687 and as the Lord Coventry from 1687 to 1697, was an English politician....
1685		The 4th Lord Digby Simon Digby, 4th Baron Digby Simon Digby, 4th Baron Digby was an English nobleman and a Member of Parliament.Digby was a younger son of Kildare Digby, 2nd Baron Digby, and Mary Gardiner. In 1677 he succeeded his elder brother as fourth Baron Digby. This was a title in the Peerage of Ireland and did not entitle him to a seat...
1689		William Colemore
1690					The 5th Lord Digby William Digby, 5th Baron Digby William Digby, 5th Baron Digby was a British peer and Member of Parliament.Digby was a younger son of Kildare Digby, 2nd Baron Digby, and Mary Gardiner. In 1686 he succeeded his elder brother as fifth Baron Digby. This was an Irish peerage and did not entitle him to a seat in the English House of...
1695		Francis Greville Francis Greville (MP) Francis Greville was the eldest son of Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke and Sarah Dashwood.He married Lady Anne Wilmott, daughter and eventual coheiress of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester...
1698		Robert Greville			Sir Thomas Wagstaffe
1699		Algernon Greville Algernon Greville (MP) Algernon Greville was the second son of Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke and his wife Sarah Dashwood. He married Mary daughter and coheir of Lord Arthur Somerset, the youngest son of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort...
January 1701		Francis Greville Francis Greville (MP) Francis Greville was the eldest son of Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke and Sarah Dashwood.He married Lady Anne Wilmott, daughter and eventual coheiress of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester...
November 1701					Algernon Greville Algernon Greville (MP) Algernon Greville was the second son of Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke and his wife Sarah Dashwood. He married Mary daughter and coheir of Lord Arthur Somerset, the youngest son of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort...
1705					Dodington Greville
1710		Charles Leigh Charles Leigh Charles "Charlie" Leigh is a former National Football League running back. He is best known for backing up Mercury Morris and Jim Kiick and returning kicks for the Miami Dolphins' back to back Super Bowl champions in the 1972 and 1973 seasons. He also played for the Cleveland Browns and Green...
1713		William Colemore
1722		Sir William Keyt
1727					William Bromley William Bromley (politician) William Bromley , was a British politician.Bromley was second son of William Bromley . He was elected upon the foundation at Westminster in 1714, at the age of 15. He was a member of Oriel College, Oxford, and was created D.C.L. on 19 May 1732.He was elected member for the borough of Warwick in 1727...
1735		Thomas Archer Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer was an English Member of Parliament, who was created Baron Archer in 1747.He was the son and heir of Andrew Archer of Umberslade Hall in Tanworth in Arden, Warwickshire and his wife Elizabeth Dashwood...			Henry Archer
1741		Wills Hill Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire PC , known as the Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era...
1756		John Spencer John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer was a British peer and politician.Spencer was born in 1734, at his family home, Althorp. He was the son of Hon. John Spencer and Georgiana Carolina Carteret , and a grandson of the 3rd Earl of Sunderland...
1761		Viscount Dungarvan
1762		Paul Methuen Paul Methuen (MP) Paul Methuen was an English politician.He was Member of Parliament for Westbury 1747–1748, for Warwick 1762–1768, Great Bedwyn 1774–1781.- References:...
March 1768		Lord Greville George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick, FRS, FSA , styled Lord Greville until 1773, was a British nobleman and politician....
May 1768					Paul Methuen Paul Methuen (MP) Paul Methuen was an English politician.He was Member of Parliament for Westbury 1747–1748, for Warwick 1762–1768, Great Bedwyn 1774–1781.- References:...
January 1774		Hon. Charles Greville Charles Francis Greville Charles Francis Greville PC, FRS , was a British antiquarian, collector and politician.-Background:Greville was the second son of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick, by Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of Lord Archibald Hamilton...
October 1774					Hon. Robert Fulke Greville Robert Fulke Greville Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Fulke Greville FRS MP was a British Member of Parliament and courtier.The son of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth Hamilton, and brother to Charles Francis Greville, he was educated at Edinburgh University...	Tory
1780					Robert Ladbroke
1790		The Lord Arden Charles Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden Charles George Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden PC FRS was a British politician.-Background and education:Arden was born at Charlton, Kent, the son of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, by his second wife Catherine, 1st Baroness Arden, daughter of the Hon. Charles Compton. Prime Minister Spencer Perceval...			Major Henry Gage Henry Gage, 3rd Viscount Gage Henry Gage, 3rd Viscount Gage was a British Army officer.Henry was the eldest son of General Thomas Gage, military leader of British Forces at the beginning of the American Revolution...
1792					Hon. George Villiers George Villiers (1759 - 1827) George Villiers , styled The Honourable, was a British courtier and politician. The youngest son of the diplomat Lord Hyde , he was an intimate of Princess Amelia and personal supporter of her father, George III. His favour within the Royal Family and his father's influence brought him a number of...
1796		Samuel Robert Gaussen
1802		Charles Mills			Lord Brooke Henry Greville, 3rd Earl of Warwick Henry Richard Greville, 3rd Earl of Warwick, 3rd Earl Brooke KT , styled Lord Brooke from 1786 to 1816, was a British Tory politician....	Tory
1816					Hon. Sir Charles Greville	Tory
1826		John Tomes
1831					Edward Bolton King Edward Bolton King Edward Bolton King was a British Whig politician from Umberslade in Warwickshire.He was the son of Edward King, Vice Chancellor of the County of Lancaster, and nephew of Capt James King and of Rt. Revd. Walker King, Bishop of Rochester...	Whig
1832		Hon. Sir Charles Greville	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...
1836		Hon. Charles Canning Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning KG, GCB, PC , known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.-Background and education:...	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...
March 1837		William Collins	Whig
July 1837					Sir Charles Eurwicke Douglas Charles Eurwicke Douglas -Life:Charles Eurwicke Douglas was the natural son of the late Right Hon. Charles Philip Yorke.He was educated at Harrow and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831. In 1832, he married Jane Mary Anne Des Voeux , dau...	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...
1852		George Repton	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...		Edward Greaves Edward Greaves (MP) Edward Greaves was an English banker and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1852 and 1874....	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...
1865					Arthur Wellesley Peel Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel PC , was a British Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1895...	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		Edward Greaves Edward Greaves (MP) Edward Greaves was an English banker and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1852 and 1874....	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...
1874		George Repton	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 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...	Constituency abolished: see Warwick and Leamington