Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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Warwickshire was a parliamentary constituency
in the Warwickshire
in England
. It returned two Members of Parliament
(MPs), 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.
of Warwickshire
, excluding the city of Coventry
which had the status of a county in its itself
after 1451. (Although Warwickshire also contained the borough of Warwick
and part of the borough of Tamworth
, each of which elected two MPs in its own right for part of the period when Warwickshire 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 Coventry.)
As in other county constituencies the franchise between 1430 and 1832 was defined by the Forty Shilling Freeholder Act
, which gave the right to vote to every man who possessed freehold property within the county valued at £2 or more per year for the purposes of land tax; it was not necessary for the freeholder to occupy his land, nor even in later years to be resident in the county at all.
Except during the period of the Commonwealth, Warwickshire has two MPs elected by the bloc vote
method, under which each voter had two votes. (In the First
and Second Parliaments
of Oliver Cromwell
's Protectorate, there was a general redistribution of seats and Warwickshire elected four members; the traditional arrangements were restored from 1659.)
, transformed its character. By the time of the Great Reform Act in 1832, Warwickshire had a population of approximately 337,000, of which 142,000 were in Birmingham
and its suburbs; since Birmingham had been of little importance in medieval times it was not a borough, and was represented in Parliament only through Warwickshire's county members. The franchise being based on land ownership, the urban areas commanded a much smaller proportion of the votes than of the population: at the election in 1820 when Warwickshire recorded its highest turnout, only 399 of the 3,122 votes were cast in Birmingham, and a little under 300 in total from the other main towns (Warwick
, Stratford-upon-Avon
and Nuneaton
).
Nevertheless, this gave the industrial and manufacturing interests some leverage, which they found necessary since the interests of the rest of the county were sometimes much at odds with their own. As a group of Birmingham manufacturers explained in 1780 letter to the Earl of Dartmouth
(one of the most influential of the locally-connected noblemen):
In practice contested elections were rare: the general elections of 1705 and 1774
were the only ones of the 29 between 1701 and 1832 and which Warwickshire's two MPs were not elected unopposed. Elections were held at a single polling place, Warwick, and voters from the rest of the county had to travel to the county town to exercise their franchise; candidates were expected to meet the expenses of their supporters in travelling to the poll, making the cost of a contested election substantial. Potential candidates therefore preferred to canvass support beforehand and usually not insisting on a vote being taken unless they were confident of winning; at most elections, amicable negotiation had settled the outcome well in advance.
The representation was generally in the hands of the leading gentry of the county - notably the Mordaunts of Walton
, who held one of the two seats for 82 of the 122 years between 1698 and 1820. But increasingly during the 18th century, it became necessary to defer to the preferences of the Birmingham freeholders in choosing between the available candidates. The 1774 election developed into a hard-fought contest when agreement could not be reached over who should replace Sir Charles Mordaunt
, who had retired after forty years as the county's MP. After a poll that lasted 11 days, it was the nominee of the Birmingham interests, Sir Charles Holte of Aston
, who emerged triumphant over Mordaunt's son. When Holte in his turn retired after one Parliament, the candidate chosen to replace him by the meeting of Birmingham freeholders was accepted by the county meeting without opposition, the other hopefuls being left to squabble over the one remaining seat.
Nevertheless, the choice remained one between the various gentry of the county, and by the early 19th century Birmingham had become one of the most vocal centres of agitation for parliamentary reform. This resulted in violent disruption of the 1830 Warwickshire election, even though the two candidates were unopposed. A mob from the Birmingham Union, 300 or 400 strong and accompanied by a band, invaded the hustings at Warwick and demanded assurances from the candidates that they would support reform. Peel
regarded this "daring attempt to overawe the nomination of representatives at Warwick" as one of the most serious in a generally tumultuous election; yet it seems to have failed to intimidate the candidates, since one was already a reformer and the other refused to give any pledge of support.
and South Warwickshire
, as well as establishing Birmingham
as a borough electing MPs in its own right.
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 the Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
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 returned two Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MPs), traditionall known as 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...
, to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
, elected by 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.
Boundaries and franchise
The constituency, which seems first to have returned members to Parliament in 1293, consisted of the historic countyHistoric 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 Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
, excluding the city of Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
which had the status of a county in its 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 1451. (Although Warwickshire also contained the borough of Warwick
Warwick (UK Parliament constituency)
Warwick was a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Warwick, within the larger Warwickshire constituency of England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then to the...
and part of the borough of Tamworth
Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)
Tamworth is a parliamentary 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.- History :...
, each of which elected two MPs in its own right for part of the period when Warwickshire 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 Coventry.)
As in other county constituencies the franchise between 1430 and 1832 was defined by the Forty Shilling Freeholder Act
Forty Shilling Freeholders
Forty shilling freeholders were a group of landowners who had the Parliamentary franchise to vote in county constituencies in various parts of the British Isles. In England it was the only such qualification from 1430 until 1832...
, which gave the right to vote to every man who possessed freehold property within the county valued at £2 or more per year for the purposes of land tax; it was not necessary for the freeholder to occupy his land, nor even in later years to be resident in the county at all.
Except during the period of the Commonwealth, Warwickshire has two MPs elected by 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...
method, under which each voter had two votes. (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 Parliaments
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...
of Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
's Protectorate, there was a general redistribution of seats and Warwickshire elected four members; the traditional arrangements were restored from 1659.)
Character
In the Middle Ages Warwickshire was mainly an agricultural county, but the realisation of the value of its mineral wealth, and eventually the coming of the Industrial RevolutionIndustrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the social, economic and cultural conditions of the times...
, transformed its character. By the time of the Great Reform Act in 1832, Warwickshire had a population of approximately 337,000, of which 142,000 were in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
and its suburbs; since Birmingham had been of little importance in medieval times it was not a borough, and was represented in Parliament only through Warwickshire's county members. The franchise being based on land ownership, the urban areas commanded a much smaller proportion of the votes than of the population: at the election in 1820 when Warwickshire recorded its highest turnout, only 399 of the 3,122 votes were cast in Birmingham, and a little under 300 in total from the other main towns (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...
, Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, south east of Birmingham and south west of Warwick. It is the largest and most populous town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers...
and Nuneaton
Nuneaton
Nuneaton is the largest town in the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth and in the English county of Warwickshire.Nuneaton is most famous for its associations with the 19th century author George Eliot, who was born on a farm on the Arbury Estate just outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in the town for...
).
Nevertheless, this gave the industrial and manufacturing interests some leverage, which they found necessary since the interests of the rest of the county were sometimes much at odds with their own. As a group of Birmingham manufacturers explained in 1780 letter to the Earl of Dartmouth
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth
William Legge 2nd Earl of Dartmouth PC, FRS , styled as Viscount Lewisham from 1732 to 1750, was a British statesman who is most remembered for his part in the government before and during the American Revolution....
(one of the most influential of the locally-connected noblemen):
The various commercial regulations, so frequently made by the Legislature, affect the trade and manufacturers of this place very much and render it an object of great importance to its inhabitants that gentlemen may, if possible, be chosen for the county who are connected with the people, and not entirely uninformed of the particulars in which their interests consist.
-
- - Letter published in the 13th Report of the Historical Manuscripts Commission, quoted by Porritt
In practice contested elections were rare: the general elections of 1705 and 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:...
were the only ones of the 29 between 1701 and 1832 and which Warwickshire's two MPs were not elected unopposed. Elections were held at a single polling place, Warwick, and voters from the rest of the county had to travel to the county town to exercise their franchise; candidates were expected to meet the expenses of their supporters in travelling to the poll, making the cost of a contested election substantial. Potential candidates therefore preferred to canvass support beforehand and usually not insisting on a vote being taken unless they were confident of winning; at most elections, amicable negotiation had settled the outcome well in advance.
The representation was generally in the hands of the leading gentry of the county - notably the Mordaunts of Walton
Walton, Warwickshire
Walton is a small hamlet just south of Wellesbourne in Warwickshire, England. It is next to the River Dene and is most notable for Walton Hall which is now an hotel and spa. It is home to the Hamiltons who own the land...
, who held one of the two seats for 82 of the 122 years between 1698 and 1820. But increasingly during the 18th century, it became necessary to defer to the preferences of the Birmingham freeholders in choosing between the available candidates. The 1774 election developed into a hard-fought contest when agreement could not be reached over who should replace Sir Charles Mordaunt
Sir Charles Mordaunt, 6th Baronet
Sir Charles Mordaunt, 6th Baronet , of Walton d'Eiville in Warwickshire, was an English landowner and Tory Member of Parliament ....
, who had retired after forty years as the county's MP. After a poll that lasted 11 days, it was the nominee of the Birmingham interests, Sir Charles Holte of Aston
Aston
Aston is an area of the City of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Lying to the north-east of the Birmingham city centre, Aston constitutes an electoral ward within the council constituency of Ladywood.-History:...
, who emerged triumphant over Mordaunt's son. When Holte in his turn retired after one Parliament, the candidate chosen to replace him by the meeting of Birmingham freeholders was accepted by the county meeting without opposition, the other hopefuls being left to squabble over the one remaining seat.
Nevertheless, the choice remained one between the various gentry of the county, and by the early 19th century Birmingham had become one of the most vocal centres of agitation for parliamentary reform. This resulted in violent disruption of the 1830 Warwickshire election, even though the two candidates were unopposed. A mob from the Birmingham Union, 300 or 400 strong and accompanied by a band, invaded the hustings at Warwick and demanded assurances from the candidates that they would support reform. Peel
Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and again from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846...
regarded this "daring attempt to overawe the nomination of representatives at Warwick" as one of the most serious in a generally tumultuous election; yet it seems to have failed to intimidate the candidates, since one was already a reformer and the other refused to give any pledge of support.
Abolition
The constituency was abolished in 1832 by the Great Reform Act, which divided the county into two new divisions, North WarwickshireNorth Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)
-Notes and references:...
and South Warwickshire
South Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)
South Warwickshire was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Warwickshire in England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.- History :...
, as well as establishing Birmingham
Birmingham (UK Parliament constituency)
Birmingham was a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the city of Birmingham, in what is now the West Midlands Metropolitan County, but at the time was Warwickshire.-Boundaries and History:...
as a borough electing MPs in its own right.
1290-1640
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1320 | Sir Robert de Burdet | |
| 1325 | Sir Robert de Burdet | |
| 1386 | George Castell | Sir John Peyto |
| 1388 (Feb) | Sir William Bagot William Bagot (politician) Sir William Bagot was a politician and administrator under Richard II.William Bagot was a Warwickshire man who began his career in politics in Warwickshire under the Earl of Warwick. In addition, he also served both John of Gaunt and his son Henry Bolingbroke, as well as Thomas de Mowbray, 1st... |
Guy Spyne |
| 1388 (Sep) | Sir William Bagot William Bagot (politician) Sir William Bagot was a politician and administrator under Richard II.William Bagot was a Warwickshire man who began his career in politics in Warwickshire under the Earl of Warwick. In addition, he also served both John of Gaunt and his son Henry Bolingbroke, as well as Thomas de Mowbray, 1st... |
Guy Spyne |
| 1390 (Jan) | Sir William Bagot William Bagot (politician) Sir William Bagot was a politician and administrator under Richard II.William Bagot was a Warwickshire man who began his career in politics in Warwickshire under the Earl of Warwick. In addition, he also served both John of Gaunt and his son Henry Bolingbroke, as well as Thomas de Mowbray, 1st... |
Guy Spyne |
| 1390 (Nov) | Sir William Bagot William Bagot (politician) Sir William Bagot was a politician and administrator under Richard II.William Bagot was a Warwickshire man who began his career in politics in Warwickshire under the Earl of Warwick. In addition, he also served both John of Gaunt and his son Henry Bolingbroke, as well as Thomas de Mowbray, 1st... |
Guy Spyne |
| 1391 | Sir William Bagot William Bagot (politician) Sir William Bagot was a politician and administrator under Richard II.William Bagot was a Warwickshire man who began his career in politics in Warwickshire under the Earl of Warwick. In addition, he also served both John of Gaunt and his son Henry Bolingbroke, as well as Thomas de Mowbray, 1st... |
Guy Spyne |
| 1393 | Sir William Bagot William Bagot (politician) Sir William Bagot was a politician and administrator under Richard II.William Bagot was a Warwickshire man who began his career in politics in Warwickshire under the Earl of Warwick. In addition, he also served both John of Gaunt and his son Henry Bolingbroke, as well as Thomas de Mowbray, 1st... |
John Catesby |
| 1394 | Sir William Bagot William Bagot (politician) Sir William Bagot was a politician and administrator under Richard II.William Bagot was a Warwickshire man who began his career in politics in Warwickshire under the Earl of Warwick. In addition, he also served both John of Gaunt and his son Henry Bolingbroke, as well as Thomas de Mowbray, 1st... |
Sir Thomas Burdet |
| 1395 | Sir William Bagot William Bagot (politician) Sir William Bagot was a politician and administrator under Richard II.William Bagot was a Warwickshire man who began his career in politics in Warwickshire under the Earl of Warwick. In addition, he also served both John of Gaunt and his son Henry Bolingbroke, as well as Thomas de Mowbray, 1st... |
William Spernore |
| 1397 (Jan) | Sir William Bagot William Bagot (politician) Sir William Bagot was a politician and administrator under Richard II.William Bagot was a Warwickshire man who began his career in politics in Warwickshire under the Earl of Warwick. In addition, he also served both John of Gaunt and his son Henry Bolingbroke, as well as Thomas de Mowbray, 1st... |
Sir Thomas Clinton |
| 1397 (Sep) | Sir William Bagot William Bagot (politician) Sir William Bagot was a politician and administrator under Richard II.William Bagot was a Warwickshire man who began his career in politics in Warwickshire under the Earl of Warwick. In addition, he also served both John of Gaunt and his son Henry Bolingbroke, as well as Thomas de Mowbray, 1st... |
Thomas Crewe |
| 1399 | Sir William Lucy | Sir Alfred Trussell |
| 1401 | Sir Thomas Burdet | Sir Alfred Trussell |
| 1402 | Sir William Bagot William Bagot (politician) Sir William Bagot was a politician and administrator under Richard II.William Bagot was a Warwickshire man who began his career in politics in Warwickshire under the Earl of Warwick. In addition, he also served both John of Gaunt and his son Henry Bolingbroke, as well as Thomas de Mowbray, 1st... |
Sir Alfred Trussell |
| 1404 (Jan) | Robert Hugford | Roger Smart |
| 1404 (Oct) | Thomas Crewe | Thomas Raleigh |
| 1406 | Sir Thomas Burdet | Sir Thomas Lucy |
| 1407 | Sir Alfred Trussell | Henry Sutton |
| 1410 | Sir William Mountfort | |
| 1411 | Sir Thomas Lucy | Thomas Erdington |
| 1413 (Feb) | ||
| 1413 (May) | William Birmingham | John Mallory |
| 1414 (Apr) | Robert Castell | Thomas Stafford |
| 1414 (Nov) | John Harewell | John Knightley |
| 1415 | ||
| 1416 (Mar) | ||
| 1416 (Oct) | ||
| 1417 | ||
| 1419 | Sir Thomas Burdet | John Mallory |
| 1420 | Sir John Cockayne | William Peyto |
| 1421 (May) | William Holt | John Mallory |
| 1421 (Dec) | Sir John Cockayne | John Chetwynd |
| 1510–1523 | No names known | |
| 1529 | Sir George Throckmorton | Sir Edward Ferrers |
| 1536 | ||
| 1539 | Richard Catesby | John Greville |
| 1542 | ||
| 1545 | Sir Fulke Greville | Sir Marmaduke Constable |
| 1547 | Sir Fulke Greville | Robert Burdett, died and replaced Jan 1552 by Sir Marmaduke Constable |
| 1553 (Mar) | Sir Richard Catesby | Robert Throckmorton Robert Throckmorton Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton Court, MP, KG was a distinguished English Tudor courtier.-Overview:... |
| 1553 (Oct) | Robert Throckmorton Robert Throckmorton Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton Court, MP, KG was a distinguished English Tudor courtier.-Overview:... |
Thomas Marrow |
| 1554 (Apr) | (Sir) William Wigston | Sir Fulke Greville |
| 1554 (Nov) | Sir Fulke Greville | Sir William Wigston |
| 1555 | Sir Robert Throckmorton Robert Throckmorton Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton Court, MP, KG was a distinguished English Tudor courtier.-Overview:... |
Sir William Wigston |
| 1558 | Sir Ambrose Cave Ambrose Cave -Life:He was the son of Richard Cave and Margaret Saxby of Stanford, Northamptonshire and was educated at Cambridge University. He was knighted by 1525.... |
Thomas Throckmorton |
| 1558–1559 | Sir Ambrose Cave Ambrose Cave -Life:He was the son of Richard Cave and Margaret Saxby of Stanford, Northamptonshire and was educated at Cambridge University. He was knighted by 1525.... |
Thomas Lucy |
| 1562–1563 | Sir Ambrose Cave Ambrose Cave -Life:He was the son of Richard Cave and Margaret Saxby of Stanford, Northamptonshire and was educated at Cambridge University. He was knighted by 1525.... |
Clement Throckmorton Clement Throckmorton Clement Throckmorton was an English landowner and Member of Parliament in the middle years of the 16th century.A member of a distinguished Warwickshire family, son of Sir George Throckmorton and the brother of the influential diplomat Sir Nicholas Throckmorton and Robert Throckmorton and cousin of... |
| 1571 | Sir Thomas Lucy | John Huband |
| 1572 (Apr) | Sir William Devereux, died and replaced Nov 1584 by George Digby |
Clement Throckmorton Clement Throckmorton Clement Throckmorton was an English landowner and Member of Parliament in the middle years of the 16th century.A member of a distinguished Warwickshire family, son of Sir George Throckmorton and the brother of the influential diplomat Sir Nicholas Throckmorton and Robert Throckmorton and cousin of... , died and replaced Mar 1575 by John Huband |
| 1584 (Nov) | Sir Thomas Lucy | George Digby |
| 1586 (Oct) | Sir John Harington John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton John Harington was an English courtier and politician.-Life:He was the son of James Harington and was knighted in 1584... |
Fulke Greville Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, de jure 13th Baron Latimer and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke , known before 1621 as Sir Fulke Greville, was an Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman.... |
| 1588 (Oct) | Fulke Greville Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, de jure 13th Baron Latimer and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke , known before 1621 as Sir Fulke Greville, was an Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman.... |
Richard Verney Richard Verney Sir Richard Verney was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1614.... |
| 1593 | Fulke Greville Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, de jure 13th Baron Latimer and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke , known before 1621 as Sir Fulke Greville, was an Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman.... |
Edward Greville |
| 1597 (Oct) | Fulke Greville Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, de jure 13th Baron Latimer and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke , known before 1621 as Sir Fulke Greville, was an Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman.... |
William Combe |
| 1601 | Fulke Greville Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, de jure 13th Baron Latimer and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke , known before 1621 as Sir Fulke Greville, was an Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman.... |
Sir Robert Digby |
| 1604 | Sir Edward Greville | Sir Richard Verney Richard Verney Sir Richard Verney was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1614.... |
| 1614- | Sir Thomas Lucy | Sir Richard Verney Richard Verney Sir Richard Verney was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1614.... |
| 1621 | Sir Fulke Greville Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, de jure 13th Baron Latimer and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke , known before 1621 as Sir Fulke Greville, was an Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman.... |
Sir Francis Leigh 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.... |
| 1624 | Sir Thomas Lucy | Sir Clement Throckmorton |
| 1625 | Sir Thomas Lucy | Sir Clement Throckmorton |
| 1626 | Sir Thomas Lucy | Sir Clement Throckmorton |
| 1628 | Sir Thomas Lucy | Sir Thomas Leigh |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
1640-1832
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second 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... |
Lord Compton James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton , known as Lord Compton from 1630 to 1643, was an English peer, soldier and politician.... |
Royalist | Edward Combe | |||
| December 1640 | Richard Shuckburgh | Royalist | ||||
| March 1643 | Compton inherited the Earldom of Northampton - seat vacant |
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| January 1644 | Shuckburgh disabled from sitting - seat vacant | |||||
| 1645 | Thomas Boughton | Sir John Burgoyne Sir John Burgoyne, 1st Baronet Sir John Burgoyne, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1645 to 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War.... |
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| December 1648 | Boughton and Burgoyne 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 |
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| 1653 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... |
John St Nicholas | Richard Lucy | ||||
| Representation increased to four members in First Protectorate Parliament 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.... |
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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.... |
Richard Lucy, Thomas Willoughby, Sir Richard Temple Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and from 1660 to 1697.... , 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.... |
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| 1656 Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons... |
Richard Lucy, (Sir) Roger Burgoyne Sir Roger Burgoyne, 2nd Baronet Sir Roger Burgoyne, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1641 and 1656.... , Edward Peyto, Joseph Hawkesworth |
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| Representation reverted to two members in Third Protectorate Parliament 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... |
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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... |
Richard Lucy | Joseph Hawkesworth | ||||
| 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.... |
Warwickshire 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.... |
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| April 1660 | 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... |
George Browne George Browne (died 1661) Sir George Browne was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Browne was the son of William Browne of Radford Semele, Warwickshire. He was admitted to Gray's Inn in February 1619.... |
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| 1661 | Sir Robert Holte | 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... |
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| 1679 | Sir Edward Boughton | Robert Burdett Sir Robert Burdett, 3rd Baronet Sir Robert Burdett, 3rd Baronet DL was an English baronet and Tory politician.-Background and education:... |
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| 1681 | Sir Richard Newdigate | Thomas Mariet | ||||
| 1685 | Sir Charles Holte | Sir Richard Verney Richard Verney, 11th Baron Willoughby de Broke Sir Richard Verney, 11th Baron Willoughby de Broke and de jure 19th Baron Latimer was a peer in the peerage of England, High Sheriff and MP.... |
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| 1689 | Sir Richard Newdigate | |||||
| 1690 | William Bromley William Bromley (Speaker) Sir William Bromley was an English Tory politician. He was Speaker of the British House of Commons from 1710 to 1713 and Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1713 to 1714.... |
Andrew Archer Andrew Archer (1659-1741) Andrew Archer was a British landowner.The eldest son of Thomas Archer, he inherited Umberslade Hall in Tanworth in Arden, Warwickshire upon his father's death in 1685. Archer served as Member of Parliament for Warwickshire from 1690 to 1698, from 1705 to 1710, and again from 1713 to 1722.He... |
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| 1698 | Sir John Mordaunt Sir John Mordaunt, 5th Baronet Sir John Mordaunt, 5th Baronet was an English politician. He represented Warwickshire from 3 August 1698 to 1715.He was one of the Mordaunt Baronets. He was succeeded by his son, Sir Charles Mordaunt, 6th Baronet.-References:... |
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| 1705 | Andrew Archer Andrew Archer (1659-1741) Andrew Archer was a British landowner.The eldest son of Thomas Archer, he inherited Umberslade Hall in Tanworth in Arden, Warwickshire upon his father's death in 1685. Archer served as Member of Parliament for Warwickshire from 1690 to 1698, from 1705 to 1710, and again from 1713 to 1722.He... |
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| 1710 | Lord Compton James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton , known as Lord Compton from 1687 to 1727, was a British peer and politician.Northampton was the eldest son of George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton, and his wife Jane... |
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| 1712 | Sir William Boughton | |||||
| 1713 | Andrew Archer Andrew Archer (1659-1741) Andrew Archer was a British landowner.The eldest son of Thomas Archer, he inherited Umberslade Hall in Tanworth in Arden, Warwickshire upon his father's death in 1685. Archer served as Member of Parliament for Warwickshire from 1690 to 1698, from 1705 to 1710, and again from 1713 to 1722.He... |
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| 1715 | William Peyto | |||||
| 1722 | Robert Digby | |||||
| 1726 | Edward Digby | |||||
| 1734 | Sir Charles Mordaunt Sir Charles Mordaunt, 6th Baronet Sir Charles Mordaunt, 6th Baronet , of Walton d'Eiville in Warwickshire, was an English landowner and Tory Member of Parliament .... |
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| 1746 | Hon. William Craven William Craven, 5th Baron Craven William Craven, 5th Baron Craven was an English nobleman.He was the son of John Craven of Whitley, Coventry in Warwickshire and succeeded his cousin, Fulwar Craven, as Baron Craven in 1764. He resided at Coombe Abbey in Warwickshire.... |
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| 1765 | William Throckmorton Bromley | |||||
| 1769 | Thomas Skipwith | |||||
| 1774 | Sir Charles Holte | |||||
| 1780 | Sir Robert Lawley Sir Robert Lawley, 5th Baronet Sir Robert Lawley, 5th Baronet was an English landowner and politician.The family seat was Canwell Hall, Canwell, Staffordshire a thirty nine roomed mansion house built by Sir Francis, 2nd Baronet... |
Sir George Shuckburgh Sir George Shuckburgh-Evelyn, 6th Baronet Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn, 6th Baronet was an English politician, mathematician and astronomer.... |
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| 1793 | Sir John Mordaunt Sir John Mordaunt, 7th Baronet Sir John Mordaunt, 7th Baronet was an English politician. He represented the constituency of Warwickshire.He was one of the Mordaunt Baronets, succeeding Sir Charles Mordaunt, 6th Baronet to the title.... |
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| 1802 | Dugdale Stratford Dugdale | |||||
| 1804 | Sir Charles Mordaunt Sir Charles Mordaunt, 8th Baronet Sir Charles Mordaunt, 8th Baronet was an English politician. He represented the constituency of Warwickshire 1804-1820. He was one of the Mordaunt Baronets, succeeding Sir John Mordaunt, 7th Baronet to the title.... |
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| 1820 | Francis Lawley | 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... |
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| 1831 | Sir Grey Skipwith | 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... |
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| 1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807.... |
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