Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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Wiltshire was a constituency
of the House of Commons of England
from 1290 to 1707, of the House of Commons of Great Britain
from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament
(MPs), elected by the bloc vote
system.
of Wiltshire
. (Although Wiltshire contained a number of boroughs each of which elected two Members in their own right, the boroughs were not excluded from the county constituency, and owning property within a borough could confer a vote at the county election.)
to be elected at the county court by the suitors to the court, which meant the small number of nobles and other landowners
who were tenants in chief
of the Crown. Such county elections were held on the same day as the election of the members for the boroughs. Thus we find it recorded that in the first year of the reign of Henry V
, "at a full County Court held at Wilton
, Twenty-Six persons chose the Knights for the County, and the same individuals elected Two Citizens respectively for New Sarum
, Old Sarum
, Wilton
, Devizes
, Malmesbury
, Marlborough
and Calne
."
From 1430, the Forty Shilling Freeholder Act
extended 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.
Once the vote was no longer confined to the richest families in the county, voters quickly came to expect the candidates for whom they voted to meet their expenses in travelling to the poll and to entertain them when they got there. At the Wiltshire election of 1559, one of the candidates, George Penruddock, was Steward to William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke: at the close of polling, Penruddock invited all the voters, as well as his opponents and the Sheriff
, to a dinner at Wilton House
, Lord Pembroke's seat.
County elections were held at a single polling place. In the early period this would have been wherever in the county the Sheriff chose to hold the relevant county court, but eventually there was a fixed venue, at Wilton
. Voters from the rest of the county had to travel there to exercise their franchise. A detailed account survives of how this worked in the mid-Tudor period
, as there was litigation over a dispute at the election of 1559 in the Court of Star Chamber. At this election there were three candidates for the two seats, but it appears that the choice for one seat was unanimous. The other was contested between George Penruddock, the Steward to the Earl of Pembroke mentioned above and a member of the previous Parliament, and Sir John Thynne
, who had previously represented boroughs in the county and who had just begun to build the great house at Longleat
. The election proceeded by the Sheriff sitting in one place to take votes for Thynne, and his deputy sitting in another to take votes for Penruddock. There was no secret ballot at this period. Each side's agents watched the voting and had the opportunity to challenge the credentials of anyone they believed not to be a valid voter. Penruddock was the easy victor, but Thynne then challenged his election, claiming that many of his votes were invalid (which he had already had the chance to prove and had failed to do), and that Penruddock himself was ineligible, being neither resident in Wiltshire nor of sufficiently high social status to be a Knight of the Shire. These objections might have had more weight were he not already one of the sitting members. The Sheriff declared Penruddock elected, but afterwards Thynne's supporters quietly persuaded him to change his mind and gave him a bond for £300 to indemnify him against the consequences; he therefore sent in the return of election naming Thynne rather than Penruddock as duly elected. The size of the bond seems to have been finely judged, since when the Attorney General prosecuted the Sheriff in the Star Chamber he was fined £200 and Penruddock was awarded a further £100 in damages; but the Sheriff was also sentenced to a year's imprisonment.
Wiltshire was a predominantly rural county, though the freeholders from the biggest towns (Salisbury
, Trowbridge
, Bradford-on-Avon, Westbury
and Warminster
) made up almost a fifth of the vote in 1818. It succeeded in remaining independent of any domination by the local nobility and generally chose members of the county's landed gentry
as its members. Wiltshire was unusual in that by the 18th century it has formalised the process of picking its candidates to some degree, the decision being made by a body called the Deptford Club (named after the inn where it met). The club consisted of leading local members of both gentry and nobility and was said to have been in existence since 1729. Once the club had met in private and made its decision, the choice was ratified at a public meeting, and only on a small number of occasions did a disappointed candidate take the matter to a formal vote at the ensuing election. However, in the last half century before Reform, two rival clubs (the Devizes Club and the Beckhampton Club) took over the nominating function, and in 1812 an independent candidate, Paul Methuen
, stood against one of the nominees of the clubs and defeated him.
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:...
of the House of Commons of England
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
from 1290 to 1707, of the House of Commons of Great Britain
House of Commons of Great Britain
The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of the Parliament of Scotland, as one of the most significant...
from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by 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), 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
The constituency consisted of the whole 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 Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
. (Although Wiltshire contained a number of boroughs each of which elected two Members in their own right, the boroughs were not excluded from the county constituency, and owning property within a borough could confer a vote at the county election.)
Medieval and Tudor period
In medieval times, the custom in Wiltshire as elsewhere was for Members called knights of the shireKnights 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 be elected at the county court by the suitors to the court, which meant the small number of nobles and other landowners
Landed gentry
Landed gentry is a traditional British social class, consisting of land owners who could live entirely off rental income. Often they worked only in an administrative capacity looking after the management of their own lands....
who were tenants in chief
Tenant-in-chief
In medieval and early modern European society the term tenant-in-chief, sometimes vassal-in-chief, denoted the nobles who held their lands as tenants directly from king or territorial prince to whom they did homage, as opposed to holding them from another nobleman or senior member of the clergy....
of the Crown. Such county elections were held on the same day as the election of the members for the boroughs. Thus we find it recorded that in the first year of the reign of Henry V
Henry V of England
Henry V was King of England from 1413 until his death at the age of 35 in 1422. He was the second monarch belonging to the House of Lancaster....
, "at a full County Court held at Wilton
Wilton, Wiltshire
Wilton is a town in Wiltshire, , England, with a rich heritage dating back to the Anglo-Saxons. Today it is dwarfed by its larger and more famous neighbour, Salisbury, but still has a range of notable shops and attractions, including Wilton House.The confluence of the rivers Wylye and Nadder is at...
, Twenty-Six persons chose the Knights for the County, and the same individuals elected Two Citizens respectively for New Sarum
Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Salisbury is a county constituency centred on the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire. It elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system....
, Old Sarum
Old Sarum (UK Parliament constituency)
Old Sarum was the most infamous of the so-called 'rotten boroughs', a parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which was effectively controlled by a single person, until it was abolished under the Reform Act 1832. The constituency was the site of what had been...
, Wilton
Wilton (UK Parliament constituency)
Wilton was the name of a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from 1295 to 1707, then in the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and finally in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of the Parliament of the...
, Devizes
Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)
Devizes is a parliamentary constituency in Wiltshire, England, which is now represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and before 1707 in the House of Commons of England....
, Malmesbury
Malmesbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Malmesbury was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1275 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.- MPs 1275–1508 :...
, Marlborough
Marlborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Marlborough was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.e-1295-1640:-1640-1868:...
and Calne
Calne (UK Parliament constituency)
Calne was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.-History:...
."
From 1430, 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...
extended 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.
Once the vote was no longer confined to the richest families in the county, voters quickly came to expect the candidates for whom they voted to meet their expenses in travelling to the poll and to entertain them when they got there. At the Wiltshire election of 1559, one of the candidates, George Penruddock, was Steward to William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke: at the close of polling, Penruddock invited all the voters, as well as his opponents and the Sheriff
High Sheriff of Wiltshire
This is a list of High Sheriffs of Wiltshire.Until the 14th century the shrievalty was held ex officio by the castellans of Old Sarum.-To 1400:*1066: Edric*1067-1070: Philippe de Buckland*1085: Aiulphus the Sheriff*1070–1105: Edward of Salisbury...
, to a dinner at Wilton House
Wilton House
Wilton House is an English country house situated at Wilton near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It has been the country seat of the Earls of Pembroke for over 400 years....
, Lord Pembroke's seat.
County elections were held at a single polling place. In the early period this would have been wherever in the county the Sheriff chose to hold the relevant county court, but eventually there was a fixed venue, at Wilton
Wilton, Wiltshire
Wilton is a town in Wiltshire, , England, with a rich heritage dating back to the Anglo-Saxons. Today it is dwarfed by its larger and more famous neighbour, Salisbury, but still has a range of notable shops and attractions, including Wilton House.The confluence of the rivers Wylye and Nadder is at...
. Voters from the rest of the county had to travel there to exercise their franchise. A detailed account survives of how this worked in the mid-Tudor period
Tudor period
The Tudor period usually refers to the period between 1485 and 1603, specifically in relation to the history of England. This coincides with the rule of the Tudor dynasty in England whose first monarch was Henry VII...
, as there was litigation over a dispute at the election of 1559 in the Court of Star Chamber. At this election there were three candidates for the two seats, but it appears that the choice for one seat was unanimous. The other was contested between George Penruddock, the Steward to the Earl of Pembroke mentioned above and a member of the previous Parliament, and Sir John Thynne
John Thynne
Sir John Thynne was the steward to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and a member of parliament. He was the builder of Longleat House and his descendants became Marquesses of Bath.-Early life:...
, who had previously represented boroughs in the county and who had just begun to build the great house at Longleat
Longleat
Longleat is an English stately home, currently the seat of the Marquesses of Bath, adjacent to the village of Horningsham and near the towns of Warminster in Wiltshire and Frome in Somerset. It is noted for its Elizabethan country house, maze, landscaped parkland and safari park. The house is set...
. The election proceeded by the Sheriff sitting in one place to take votes for Thynne, and his deputy sitting in another to take votes for Penruddock. There was no secret ballot at this period. Each side's agents watched the voting and had the opportunity to challenge the credentials of anyone they believed not to be a valid voter. Penruddock was the easy victor, but Thynne then challenged his election, claiming that many of his votes were invalid (which he had already had the chance to prove and had failed to do), and that Penruddock himself was ineligible, being neither resident in Wiltshire nor of sufficiently high social status to be a Knight of the Shire. These objections might have had more weight were he not already one of the sitting members. The Sheriff declared Penruddock elected, but afterwards Thynne's supporters quietly persuaded him to change his mind and gave him a bond for £300 to indemnify him against the consequences; he therefore sent in the return of election naming Thynne rather than Penruddock as duly elected. The size of the bond seems to have been finely judged, since when the Attorney General prosecuted the Sheriff in the Star Chamber he was fined £200 and Penruddock was awarded a further £100 in damages; but the Sheriff was also sentenced to a year's imprisonment.
18th and 19th century elections
As time went on, the treating at elections became more elaborate and more openly corrupt, and at the same time the size of the electorate expanded considerably. In the 15th century, the forty-shilling freeholders must still have constituted a very small number of voters, but social changes and rising land values both acted eventually to broaden the franchise. Those qualified to vote were still a fraction of total population: at the time of the Great Reform Act in 1832, Wiltshire had a total population of approximately 240,000, yet just 6,403 votes were cast in the county constituency at the 1818 election, the last general election at which there was a contested election in Wiltshire. This was nevertheless enough to put a substantial burden on the candidates' purses, making the cost of a contested election very high - a by-election in 1772 was said to have cost £20,000. Contested elections were therefore rare, potential candidates preferring to canvass support beforehand and usually not insisting on a vote being taken unless they were confident of winning; the county was contested at four of the six general elections between 1701 and 1713, but in all but one of the remaining twenty-three general elections until 1832, Wiltshire's two Members were elected unopposed.Wiltshire was a predominantly rural county, though the freeholders from the biggest towns (Salisbury
Salisbury
Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county...
, Trowbridge
Trowbridge
Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England, situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, approximately 12 miles southeast of Bath, Somerset....
, Bradford-on-Avon, Westbury
Westbury, Wiltshire
Westbury is a town and civil parish in the west of the English county of Wiltshire, most famous for the Westbury White Horse.-Name:The most likely origin of the West- in Westbury is simply that the town is near the western edge of the county of Wiltshire, the bounds of which have been much the same...
and Warminster
Warminster
Warminster is a town in western Wiltshire, England, by-passed by the A36, and near Frome and Westbury. It has a population of about 17,000. The River Were runs through the town and can be seen running through the middle of the town park. The Minster Church of St Denys sits on the River Were...
) made up almost a fifth of the vote in 1818. It succeeded in remaining independent of any domination by the local nobility and generally chose members of the county's landed gentry
Landed gentry
Landed gentry is a traditional British social class, consisting of land owners who could live entirely off rental income. Often they worked only in an administrative capacity looking after the management of their own lands....
as its members. Wiltshire was unusual in that by the 18th century it has formalised the process of picking its candidates to some degree, the decision being made by a body called the Deptford Club (named after the inn where it met). The club consisted of leading local members of both gentry and nobility and was said to have been in existence since 1729. Once the club had met in private and made its decision, the choice was ratified at a public meeting, and only on a small number of occasions did a disappointed candidate take the matter to a formal vote at the ensuing election. However, in the last half century before Reform, two rival clubs (the Devizes Club and the Beckhampton Club) took over the nominating function, and in 1812 an independent candidate, Paul Methuen
Paul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen
Paul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen , was a British Whig politician.Methuen was the son of Paul Cobb Methuen of Corsham, Wiltshire, and his wife Matilda . He sat as Member of Parliament for Wiltshire from 1812 to 1819 and for Wiltshire North from 1833 to 1837...
, stood against one of the nominees of the clubs and defeated him.
Abolition
Under the Great Reform Act of 1832, the constituency was abolished, and the county was split into two two-member divisions for Parliamentary purposes, Northern Wiltshire and Southern Wiltshire constituencies.1295-1640
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1313 | John de Vivonia | |
| 1357 | Thomas Hungerford | |
| 1360 | Thomas Hungerford | |
| 1362 | Thomas Hungerford | |
| 1376 | Sir John Delamare John Delamare Sir John Delamare was a knight at the court of King Edward III of England and the builder of Nunney Castle in Somerset.He gained permission to turn his manor house at Nunney into Nunney Castle in 1373... |
|
| 1377 (Jan) | Sir Thomas Hungerford | |
| 1379 | Sir Thomas Hungerford | |
| 1380 (Jan) | Sir Thomas Hungerford | |
| 1380 (Nov) | Sir Thomas Hungerford | |
| 1385 | Sir Robert Corbet | |
| 1386 | Sir Thomas Hungerford | Sir Ralph Cheyne |
| 1388 (Feb) | Sir John Dauntsey | John Bettesthorne |
| 1388 (Sep) | Sir Ralph Cheyne | Richard Horne |
| 1390 (Jan) | Sir Thomas Hungerford | Sir William Sturmy William Esturmy Sir William Esturmy or Sturmy was hereditary Warden of Savernake Forest, a Knight of the Shire and Speaker of the House of Commons.... |
| 1390 (Nov) | Sir John Roches | John Wroth |
| 1391 | Sir Bernard Brocas | Robert Dingley |
| 1393 | Sir Thomas Hungerford | Sir William Sturmy William Esturmy Sir William Esturmy or Sturmy was hereditary Warden of Savernake Forest, a Knight of the Shire and Speaker of the House of Commons.... |
| 1394 | Sir John Roches | John Gawem |
| 1395 | Sir John Lilborne | John Gawem |
| 1397 (Jan) | Sir John Roches | Sir Robert Corbet |
| 1397 (Sep) | Sir Henry Green Henry Green (politician) Sir Henry Green was a courtier and councillor of Richard II.He was born in Greene's Norton, Northamptonshire to Sir Henry Green, a lawyer and Chief Justice... |
Sir Thomas Blount Thomas Blount (died 1400) -Background:Blount was probably the son, by his first wife, of Sir John Blount, who was summoned to parliament in 1327 as Lord Blount of Belton. His father has been identified with the Sir John Blount who was custos or mayor of London from 1301 to 1307, engaged in the Scotch war of 1304, and was... |
| 1399 | Sir William Sturmy William Esturmy Sir William Esturmy or Sturmy was hereditary Warden of Savernake Forest, a Knight of the Shire and Speaker of the House of Commons.... |
Sir John Roches |
| 1401 | Sir William Sturmy William Esturmy Sir William Esturmy or Sturmy was hereditary Warden of Savernake Forest, a Knight of the Shire and Speaker of the House of Commons.... |
Sir Walter Hungerford Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford KG was an English knight, landowner, from 1400 to 1414 Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer.... |
| 1402 | Sir John Berkeley | Thomas Calston |
| 1404 (Jan) | Richard Mawarden | Peter Stantor |
| 1404 (Oct) | Sir Walter Hungerford Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford KG was an English knight, landowner, from 1400 to 1414 Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer.... |
William Worfton |
| 1406 | Thomas Bonham | Thomas Calston |
| 1407 | Sir Walter Hungerford Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford KG was an English knight, landowner, from 1400 to 1414 Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer.... |
William Stourton William Stourton (speaker) William Stourton was a Speaker of the House of Commons of England from May 1413 to June 1413 when he represented the constituency of Dorset.He was born the son and heir of John Stourton of Stourton, Wiltshire.... |
| 1410 | ||
| 1411 | Sir Walter Hungerford Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford KG was an English knight, landowner, from 1400 to 1414 Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer.... |
Henry Thorpe |
| 1413 (Feb) | ||
| 1413 (May) | Sir William Sturmy William Esturmy Sir William Esturmy or Sturmy was hereditary Warden of Savernake Forest, a Knight of the Shire and Speaker of the House of Commons.... |
Sir Walter Hungerford Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford KG was an English knight, landowner, from 1400 to 1414 Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer.... |
| 1414 (Apr) | Sir William Moleyns | Sir Walter Hungerford Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford KG was an English knight, landowner, from 1400 to 1414 Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer.... |
| 1414 (Nov) | Sir William Sturmy William Esturmy Sir William Esturmy or Sturmy was hereditary Warden of Savernake Forest, a Knight of the Shire and Speaker of the House of Commons.... |
Thomas Bonham |
| 1415 | William Alexander | Thomas Bonham |
| 1416 (Mar) | Sir Walter Beauchamp Walter Beauchamp Sir Walter Beauchamp was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between March and May 1416.He was probably the second son of Sir John Beauchamp of Powick, Worcestershire. He entered into the service of Henry IV and became an esquire in the royal household... |
Robert Andrew |
| 1416 (Oct) | ||
| 1417 | Sir William Sturmy William Esturmy Sir William Esturmy or Sturmy was hereditary Warden of Savernake Forest, a Knight of the Shire and Speaker of the House of Commons.... |
John Westbury |
| 1419 | Robert Ashley | John Westbury |
| 1420 | John Persons | John Rous |
| 1421 (May) | Robert Long Robert Long (politician) Robert Long of Draycot Cerne was an English politician.Born in Wiltshire, he was the son of Roger le Long.In 1414 Long was elected Member of Parliament for Old Sarum, and MP for Wiltshire in 1421, 1423–24, 1429–30, 1433, and again in 1442... |
Richard Milbourne |
| 1421 (Dec) | John Stourton John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton was an English soldier and politician.-Life:He was born at Witham Friary, Somerset, the son of Sir William de Stourton , Speaker of the House of Commons, and Elizabeth Moigne.Stourton served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1426, 1433 and 1437, Somerset and Dorset... |
Robert Long Robert Long (politician) Robert Long of Draycot Cerne was an English politician.Born in Wiltshire, he was the son of Roger le Long.In 1414 Long was elected Member of Parliament for Old Sarum, and MP for Wiltshire in 1421, 1423–24, 1429–30, 1433, and again in 1442... |
| 1422 | Sir William Sturmy William Esturmy Sir William Esturmy or Sturmy was hereditary Warden of Savernake Forest, a Knight of the Shire and Speaker of the House of Commons.... |
Robert Andrew |
| 1423-1424 | Robert Long Robert Long (politician) Robert Long of Draycot Cerne was an English politician.Born in Wiltshire, he was the son of Roger le Long.In 1414 Long was elected Member of Parliament for Old Sarum, and MP for Wiltshire in 1421, 1423–24, 1429–30, 1433, and again in 1442... |
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| 1425 | John Stourton John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton was an English soldier and politician.-Life:He was born at Witham Friary, Somerset, the son of Sir William de Stourton , Speaker of the House of Commons, and Elizabeth Moigne.Stourton served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1426, 1433 and 1437, Somerset and Dorset... |
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| 1426 | Robert Andrew | |
| 1429-1430 | Robert Long Robert Long (politician) Robert Long of Draycot Cerne was an English politician.Born in Wiltshire, he was the son of Roger le Long.In 1414 Long was elected Member of Parliament for Old Sarum, and MP for Wiltshire in 1421, 1423–24, 1429–30, 1433, and again in 1442... |
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| 1432 | Sir John Stourton John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton was an English soldier and politician.-Life:He was born at Witham Friary, Somerset, the son of Sir William de Stourton , Speaker of the House of Commons, and Elizabeth Moigne.Stourton served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1426, 1433 and 1437, Somerset and Dorset... |
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| 1433 | Robert Andrew | |
| 1433 | Robert Long Robert Long (politician) Robert Long of Draycot Cerne was an English politician.Born in Wiltshire, he was the son of Roger le Long.In 1414 Long was elected Member of Parliament for Old Sarum, and MP for Wiltshire in 1421, 1423–24, 1429–30, 1433, and again in 1442... |
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| 1435 | John Seymour John Seymour (died 1464) Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, and of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset was an English knight and member of parliament.-Life:He was the son of Roger Seymour Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, and of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset (c. 1395, c. 1400 or 1402... |
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| 1439 | John Seymour John Seymour (died 1464) Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, and of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset was an English knight and member of parliament.-Life:He was the son of Roger Seymour Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, and of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset (c. 1395, c. 1400 or 1402... |
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| 1442 | Robert Long Robert Long (politician) Robert Long of Draycot Cerne was an English politician.Born in Wiltshire, he was the son of Roger le Long.In 1414 Long was elected Member of Parliament for Old Sarum, and MP for Wiltshire in 1421, 1423–24, 1429–30, 1433, and again in 1442... |
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| 1445 | John Seymour John Seymour (died 1464) Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, and of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset was an English knight and member of parliament.-Life:He was the son of Roger Seymour Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, and of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset (c. 1395, c. 1400 or 1402... |
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| 1449 | Henry Long | |
| 1449 | Sir John Bayntun | |
| 1453-1454 | Henry Long | |
| 1472-1475 | Henry Long | |
| 1477 | Walter Hungerford Walter Hungerford of Farleigh Sir Walter Hungerford of Farleigh fought for Henry VII at the Battle of Bosworth Field. He served on the Privy Council for both Henry VII and Henry VIII.-Biography:... |
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| 1510–1523 | No names known | |
| 1529 | Sir Edward Darrell, died and replaced 1532 by Henry Long Henry Long (MP 1552-1553) Sir Henry Long was born in Wiltshire, eldest surviving son and heir of Sir Thomas Long of Draycot, landowner, of Draycot Cerne in Wiltshire, and his wife, Margery , daughter of Sir George Darrell of Littlecote House in Wiltshire.Long was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1512, 1526, 1536 and... |
Edward Bayntun |
| 1536 | ||
| 1539 | Edward Bayntun | Robert Long Robert Long (politician) Robert Long of Draycot Cerne was an English politician.Born in Wiltshire, he was the son of Roger le Long.In 1414 Long was elected Member of Parliament for Old Sarum, and MP for Wiltshire in 1421, 1423–24, 1429–30, 1433, and again in 1442... |
| 1542 | ||
| 1545 | Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, KG was an English politician.Thomas spent his childhood in Wulfhall, outside Savernake Forest, in Wiltshire. Historian David Starkey describes Thomas thus: 'tall, well-built and with a dashing beard and auburn hair, he was irresistible to women'... |
Sir William Herbert |
| 1547 | Sir William Herbert, ennobled and replaced Jan 1552 by Sir William Sharington William Sharington Sir William Sharington was an English courtier of the time of Henry VIII, master and embezzler of the Bristol Mint, member of parliament, conspirator, and High Sheriff of Wiltshire.-Early life:... |
Sir William Wroughton |
| 1553 (Mar) | ? | Sir James Stumpe |
| 1553 (Oct) | Sir Edward Waldegrave | Henry Long Henry Long (MP 1552-1553) Sir Henry Long was born in Wiltshire, eldest surviving son and heir of Sir Thomas Long of Draycot, landowner, of Draycot Cerne in Wiltshire, and his wife, Margery , daughter of Sir George Darrell of Littlecote House in Wiltshire.Long was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1512, 1526, 1536 and... |
| 1554 (Apr) | Sir William Wroughton | Sir John Marvyn |
| 1554 (Nov) | Sir Walter Hungerford | Christopher Willoughby |
| 1555 | Henry Bodenham | William Basely |
| 1558 | George Penruddock | Nicholas Snell |
| 1559 (Jan) | Sir John Thynne John Thynne Sir John Thynne was the steward to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and a member of parliament. He was the builder of Longleat House and his descendants became Marquesses of Bath.-Early life:... |
John Erneley |
| 1562–1563 | Edward Bayntun | John Eyre |
| 1571 | Sir John Thynne John Thynne Sir John Thynne was the steward to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and a member of parliament. He was the builder of Longleat House and his descendants became Marquesses of Bath.-Early life:... |
John Danvers |
| 1572 (Apr) | Sir George Penruddock | James Marvyn |
| 1584 (Nov) | Carew Raleigh Carew Raleigh Sir Carew Raleigh or Ralegh , elder brother of Sir Walter Raleigh, was an English naval commander who served on the expedition led by his half-brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, in 1578, and was on the list of sea-captains drawn up to meet the threat of a Spanish invasion in 1586; from 1591 to 1603 he... |
Anthony Mildmay Anthony Mildmay Sir Anthony Mildmay was a country gentleman from Northamptonshire, England, who served as Member of Parliament for Wiltshire from 1584 to 1586 and as English ambassador in Paris in 1597.-Early life:... |
| 1586 (Oct) | William Brouncker | Carew Ralegh |
| 1588 (Oct) | John Thynne | William Brouncker |
| 1593 | Sir Walter Long | Sir William Brouncker |
| 1597 (Oct) | Sir William Eyre | Henry Baynton II |
| 1601 (Sep) | Edmund Carey | Sir Edward Hungerford |
| 1604 | Sir Francis Popham Francis Popham Sir Francis Popham was an English soldier and politician.Francis Popham was the only son of Sir John Popham and was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and the Middle Temple... |
John Thynne |
| 1614 | Sir Thomas Howard | 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.... |
| 1621 | Sir Francis Seymour Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was an English statesman, a Member of Parliament raised to the peerage by Charles I and a Royalist during the English Civil War.... |
Sir Edward Bayntun Edward Bayntun (died 1657) Sir Edward Bayntun was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1653.Bayntun was the son of Sir Henry Bayntun of Bromham, Wiltshire, and of his wife Lucy Danvers, a daughter of Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey, Wiltshire, and of the famous Elizabeth Neville. He... |
| 1624 | Edward Hungerford | Sir John St John |
| 1625 | Sir Francis Seymour Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was an English statesman, a Member of Parliament raised to the peerage by Charles I and a Royalist during the English Civil War.... |
Sir Henry Ley Henry Ley, 2nd Earl of Marlborough Henry Ley, 2nd Earl of Marlborough was an English peer and Member of Parliament.Ley was knighted in 1611 by James I. He represented Devizes from 1620 to 1622 and in 1626, and was knight of the shire for Wiltshire in 1625. In 1628, he entered the House of Lords by a writ of acceleration as Baron Ley... |
| 1626 | 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.... |
Walter Long Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet of Whaddon was an English politician.The second son of Henry Long and Rebecca Bailey, Long was Educated at Lincoln's Inn... |
| 1628 | Sir William Button Sir William Button, 1st Baronet Sir William Button, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1629. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.... |
Sir Francis Seymour Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was an English statesman, a Member of Parliament raised to the peerage by Charles I and a Royalist during the English Civil War.... |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
1640-1832
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| April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks.... |
Sir Francis Seymour Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was an English statesman, a Member of Parliament raised to the peerage by Charles I and a Royalist during the English Civil War.... |
Royalist | Philip Lord Herbert Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke, 2nd Earl of Montgomery , succeeded to the titles in 1649 on the death of his father, also called Philip Herbert.... |
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| 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... |
Sir James Thynne James Thynne Sir James Thynne was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1640 and 1670.... |
Royalist | Sir Henry Ludlow | Parliamentarian | ||
| September 1642 | Thynne disabled from sitting - seat vacant | |||||
| 1646 | Hon. James Herbert James Herbert (died 1677) James Herbert was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1645 and 1677.Herbert was the son of Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and his wife Susan de Vere, daughter of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford... |
Edmund Ludlow Edmund Ludlow Edmund Ludlow was an English parliamentarian, best known for his involvement in the execution of Charles I, and for his Memoirs, which were published posthumously in a rewritten form and which have become a major source for historians of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. After service in the English... |
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| December 1648 | Herbert 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 |
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| Wiltshire had 3 representatives in the nominated Parliament of 1653 and 10 in the first two Parliaments of the Protectorate | ||||||
| 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... |
Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury PC , known as Anthony Ashley Cooper from 1621 to 1631, as Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 2nd Baronet from 1631 to 1661, and as The Lord Ashley from 1661 to 1672, was a prominent English politician during the Interregnum and during the reign of King Charles... , Nicholas Green, Thomas Eyre |
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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.... |
Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury PC , known as Anthony Ashley Cooper from 1621 to 1631, as Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 2nd Baronet from 1631 to 1661, and as The Lord Ashley from 1661 to 1672, was a prominent English politician during the Interregnum and during the reign of King Charles... , Thomas Grove, Alexander Thistlethwaite, Alexander Popham Alexander Popham Alexander Popham, of Littlecote, Wiltshire was an English politician. He is now remembered for his role as patron of the philosopher John Locke.... , Francis Holles Francis Holles, 2nd Baron Holles Francis Holles, 2nd Baron Holles was an English statesman, and only child of Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles and his first wife Dorothy, daughter and heiress of Sir Francis Ashley... , John Ernle John Ernle The Right Honourable Sir John Ernle was an English Member of Parliament, sitting first in the Cavalier Parliament of 1660-1679 and becoming one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer of England, a position he held from 2 May 1676 to 9 April 1689.-Antecedents:Ernle was descended from... , William Yorke William Yorke William Yorke was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1654 and 1666.... , John Norden John Norden (MP) John Norden was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1669.... , James Ash, Gabriel Martin |
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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... |
Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury PC , known as Anthony Ashley Cooper from 1621 to 1631, as Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 2nd Baronet from 1631 to 1661, and as The Lord Ashley from 1661 to 1672, was a prominent English politician during the Interregnum and during the reign of King Charles... , Thomas Grove, Alexander Thistlethwaite, Sir Alexander Popham Alexander Popham Alexander Popham, of Littlecote, Wiltshire was an English politician. He is now remembered for his role as patron of the philosopher John Locke.... , Richard Grobham Howe Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1695.... , Sir Walter St John, John Bulkeley John Bulkeley (MP) John Bulkeley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1662.... , William Ludlow William Ludlow William Ludlow was an officer in the Corps of Engineers and a major general in the United States Army who served in the Civil War, Plains Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, and led a scientific expedition examining the natural wonders of Yellowstone National Park.-Early life:Ludlow was born in... , Henry Hungerford Henry Hungerford Henry Hungerford was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1645 and 1660,Hungerford was the son of Sir Anthony Hungerford of Stock, Wiltshire. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 4 November 1631 aged 19 and was awarded BA on 6 June 1633... , Gabriel Martin |
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| Representation reverted to 2 MPs in the 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... |
Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury PC , known as Anthony Ashley Cooper from 1621 to 1631, as Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 2nd Baronet from 1631 to 1661, and as The Lord Ashley from 1661 to 1672, was a prominent English politician during the Interregnum and during the reign of King Charles... |
Sir Walter St John | ||||
| 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.... |
Edmund Ludlow Edmund Ludlow Edmund Ludlow was an English parliamentarian, best known for his involvement in the execution of Charles I, and for his Memoirs, which were published posthumously in a rewritten form and which have become a major source for historians of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. After service in the English... |
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| 1660 | Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury PC , known as Anthony Ashley Cooper from 1621 to 1631, as Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 2nd Baronet from 1631 to 1661, and as The Lord Ashley from 1661 to 1672, was a prominent English politician during the Interregnum and during the reign of King Charles... |
John Ernle John Ernle The Right Honourable Sir John Ernle was an English Member of Parliament, sitting first in the Cavalier Parliament of 1660-1679 and becoming one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer of England, a position he held from 2 May 1676 to 9 April 1689.-Antecedents:Ernle was descended from... |
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| 1661 | Charles Seymour Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was the son of Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, whom he succeeded in the barony in 1664.... |
Henry Hyde Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon Henry Hyde 2nd Earl of Clarendon PC was an English aristocrat and politician. He held high office at the beginning of the reign of James II of England, who had married his sister.-Early life:... |
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| 1664 | Sir James Thynne James Thynne Sir James Thynne was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1640 and 1670.... |
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| 1670 | Thomas Thynne | |||||
| 1675 | Sir Richard Grobham Howe Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1695.... |
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| 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 Walter St John | |||||
| 1685 | Viscount Cornbury Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon , styled Viscount Cornbury between 1674 and 1709, was Governor of New York and New Jersey between 1701 and 1708, and is perhaps best known for the claims of his cross-dressing while in office.-Career:Born The Hon... |
Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada... |
Viscount Bruce Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury and 3rd Earl of Elgin was the son of Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin and Lady Diana Grey. His maternal grandparents were Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford and Lady Anne Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter... |
Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada... |
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| 1689 | Sir Thomas Mompesson | |||||
| 1690 | Sir Walter St John | |||||
| 1695 | Sir George Hungerford | Henry St John | ||||
| 1698 | Sir Edward Ernle | |||||
| January 1701 | Richard Grobham Howe | |||||
| December 1701 | Maurice Ashley | William Ashe | ||||
| 1702 | Richard Grobham Howe | Robert Hyde Robert Hyde Sir Robert Hyde was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.-Early career:Hyde, who was born at his father's house, Heale, near Salisbury, in 1595, was second son of Sir Lawrence Hyde, attorney-general to Anne, the consort of James I, by his wife, Barbara Castilion of Marsh Benham,... |
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| 1722 | Richard Goddard | |||||
| 1727 | Sir James Long Sir James Long, 5th Baronet Sir James Long, 5th Baronet was an English politician.The son of James Long and his wife Susan Strangways, he was baptised at Melbury, Dorchester, Dorset in 1682. Long was Member of Parliament for Chippenham in 1705, 1707, 1708, and 1710, and for Wootton Bassett in 1714... |
Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada... |
John Ivory-Talbot | |||
| 1729 | John Howe John Howe, 1st Baron Chedworth John Howe, 1st Baron Chedworth was a British peer and politician, the son of John Grubham Howe.In 1712, he succeeded his father as Vice-Admiral of Gloucestershire, but was removed from office in 1715.... |
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| 1741 | Sir Robert Long Sir Robert Long, 6th Baronet Sir Robert Long, 6th Baronet was an English politician.The only surviving son of Sir James Long, 5th Baronet and his wife Henrietta Greville, Long was baptised on 8 November 1705 at St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London... |
Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada... |
Edward Popham | |||
| 1767 | Thomas Goddard | |||||
| 1770 | Charles Penruddocke | |||||
| 1772 | Ambrose Goddard | |||||
| 1788 | Sir James Tylney-Long Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th Baronet Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th Baronet was an English politician.The eldest son of Sir Robert Long, 6th Baronet and his wife Emma Child, he succeeded his father as 7th Baronet on 10 February 1767, and inherited the family estates, including the manors of Draycot and Athelhampton.- Career :He was a... |
Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada... |
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| 1795 | Henry Penruddocke Wyndham Henry Penruddocke Wyndham Henry Penruddocke Wyndham MP JP FSA FRS, was a British Whig Member of Parliament, topographer and author.-Background:Wyndham was born on 4 June 1736, the eldest surviving son of Henry Wyndham of St Edmund's College, Salisbury, and his wife Arundel Penruddocke, daughter of Thomas Penruddocke of... |
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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| 1806 | Richard Godolphin Long Richard Godolphin Long Richard Godolphin Long was an English banker and Tory politician.-Background:Baptised at West Lavington, Wiltshire a month after his birth, he was the son of Richard Long and his wife Meliora, descendant of Sir John Lambe. Long was a partner in the Melksham Bank, together with his younger brother... |
Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada... |
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| 1812 | Paul Methuen Paul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen Paul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen , was a British Whig politician.Methuen was the son of Paul Cobb Methuen of Corsham, Wiltshire, and his wife Matilda . He sat as Member of Parliament for Wiltshire from 1812 to 1819 and for Wiltshire North from 1833 to 1837... |
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| 1818 | William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington was an Anglo-Irish nobleman notorious for his dissipated lifestyle.-Ancestry:... |
Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada... |
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| 1819 | John Benett | |||||
| 1820 | Sir John Dugdale Astley | |||||
| 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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Notes
See also
- List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
- Unreformed House of CommonsUnreformed House of CommonsThe unreformed House of Commons is the name generally given to the British House of Commons as it existed before the Reform Act 1832.Until the Act of Union of 1707 joining the Kingdoms of Scotland and England , Scotland had its own Parliament, and the term refers to the House of Commons of England...