Malmesbury (UK Parliament constituency)
| Malmesbury | |
|---|---|
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1275–1885 | |
| Number of members | two (1295-1832); one (1832-1885) |
Malmesbury was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1275 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1275–1508
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From History of Parliament [1]
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1386 | Nicholas Weston | Alexander Oxenford |
| 1388 (Feb) | John Parker | Alexander Oxenford |
| 1388 (Sep) | ||
| 1390 (Jan) | John Parker | William Blankpayn |
| 1390 (Nov) | ||
| 1391 | ||
| 1393 | William Blankpayn | William Chaloner |
| 1394 | Richard Parker | William Blankpayn |
| 1395 | Nicholas Sambourn | Thomas Froud |
| 1397 (Jan) | Robert Newman | William Blankpayn |
| 1397 (Sep) | John Stowell | William Blankpayn |
| 1399 | Robert Newman | Robert Salman |
| 1401 | ||
| 1402 | John Tanner | Thomas Bonde |
| 1404 (Jan) | ||
| 1404 (Oct) | ||
| 1406 | Thomas Hyweye | John Charlton |
| 1407 | ||
| 1410 | ||
| 1411 | ||
| 1413 (Feb) | ||
| 1413 (May) | ||
| 1414 (Apr) | John Charlton | John Randolf |
| 1414 (Nov) | Thomas Hyweye | John Gore |
| 1415 | Thomas Hyweye | Richard Stenysham |
| 1416 (Mar) | John Gore | Thomas Corbyn |
| 1416 (Oct) | ||
| 1417 | William Palmer | Thomas Corbyn |
| 1419 | William Palmer | |
| 1420 | William Palmer | John Charlton |
| 1421 (May) | William Palmer | |
| 1421 (Dec) | William Palmer | John Gore |
MPs 1509-1558
(Source: Bindoff (1982))[2]
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| Parliament of 1510-23 | No names known | No names known |
| Parliament of 1529 | Thomas Edgar | William Stumpe |
| Parliament of 1536 | Not known | Not known |
| Parliament of 1539 | Not known | Not known |
| Parliament of 1542 | Not known | Not known |
| Parliament of 1545 | Not known | Not known |
| Parliament of 1547 | Sir Maurice Denys | William Stumpe |
| Parliament of 1553(Mar) | Not known | Not known |
| Parliament of 1553(Oct) | John Hedges | Matthew King |
| Parliament of 1554(Apr) | John Hedges | Matthew King |
| Parliament of 1554(Nov) | Edward Unton | John Hedges |
| Parliament of 1555 | Sir James Stumpe | Matthew King |
| Parliament of 1558 | Matthew King | Griffin Curteys |
MPs 1559-1603
Source:History of Parliament [3]
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1559 | Lawrence Hyde (d. 1590) | David Cerney |
| 1562/3 | Sir Thomas Ragland | Edward Poole |
| 1571 | Nicholas Snell | Ambrose Button |
| 1572 | John Danvers | Nicholas Snell, died and repl. Jan 1562 by Henry Baynton |
| 1584 | Sir Henry Knyvet | John Stumpe |
| 1586 | Sir Henry Knyvet | Henry Bayly |
| 1589 | Thomas Vavasour | Henry Bayly |
| 1593 | Sir Henry Knyvet | Thomas Lake |
| 1597 | Sir Henry Knyvet | Thomas Estcourt |
| 1601 | Sir William Monson | Sidney Montagu |
MPs 1604-1640
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| Parliament of 1604-1611 | Sir Roger Dallyson | Sir Thomas Dallyson |
| Parliament of 1614-1621 | Sir Roger Dallyson | Sir Neville Poole |
| Parliament of 1621-1622 | Sir Henry Poole | Sir Edward Wardour |
| Parliament of 1624-1625 | Sir Edward Wardour | Thomas Hatton |
| Parliament of 1625-1626 | Sir Henry Moody, Bt | Sir Edward Wardour |
| Parliament of 1626-1628 | Sir Henry Moody, Bt | Sir William Croft |
| Parliament of 1628-1629 | Sir Henry Moody, Bt | Sir William Croft |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments convened | |
MPs 1640–1832
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1640 | Anthony Hungerford | Royalist | Sir Neville Poole | |||
| November 1640 | Sir Neville Poole | Parliamentarian | ||||
| June 1644 | Hungerford disabled from sitting - seat vacant | |||||
| 1645 | Sir John Danvers | |||||
| December 1648 | Poole excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant | |||||
| 1653 | Malmesbury was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | |||||
| January 1659 | Sir Henry Lee | Thomas Higgons | ||||
| May 1659 | Malmesbury was not represented in the restored Rump | |||||
| April 1660 | Robert Danvers | Sir Francis Lee, Bt | ||||
| 1661 | Lawrence Washington | |||||
| 1662 | Philip Howard | |||||
| 1668 | Sir Edward Poole | |||||
| 1673 | Thomas Estcourt | |||||
| February 1679 | Sir William Estcourt, Bt | Sir James Long, Bt | ||||
| 1685 | Sir Thomas Estcourt | John Fitzherbert | ||||
| 1689 | Thomas Tollemache | Charles Godfrey | ||||
| 1690 | Goodwin Wharton | Sir James Long, Bt | ||||
| 1692 | George Booth | |||||
| 1695 | Craven Howard | |||||
| 1696 | Sir Thomas Skipwith, Bt | |||||
| 1698 | Michael Wicks | Edward Pauncefort | ||||
| January 1701 | Samuel Shepheard | |||||
| November 1701 | Sir Charles Hedges | |||||
| 1702 | Thomas Boucher | |||||
| 1705 | Thomas Farrington | Henry Mordaunt | ||||
| 1710 | Joseph Addison | Whig | ||||
| 1713 | Sir John Rushout, Bt | |||||
| 1719 by-election | Fleetwood Dormer | |||||
| March 1722 [4] | The Viscount Hillsborough | |||||
| December 1722 | Giles Earle | John Fermor | ||||
| 1723 by-election | Charles Stewart | |||||
| 1727 | William Rawlinson Earle | |||||
| 1747 | John Lee | James Douglas | ||||
| 1751 by-election | Lord Edward Digby | |||||
| 1754 | Lord George Bentinck | Brice Fisher | ||||
| 1759 by-election | Thomas Conolly | |||||
| 1761 | The Earl Tylney | |||||
| 1768 | The Earl of Donegall | Hon. Thomas Howard | ||||
| 1774 | Hon. Charles James Fox | Whig | William Strahan | Tory | ||
| September 1780 | Viscount Lewisham | Viscount Fairford | ||||
| November 1780 by-election | John Calvert | |||||
| 1784 | The Viscount Melbourne | Viscount Maitland | ||||
| February 1790 by-election | Paul Benfield | |||||
| June 1790 | Benjamin Bond-Hopkins | |||||
| 1792 by-election | Sir James Sanderson [5] | |||||
| 1794 by-election | Francis Glanville | |||||
| May 1796 | Samuel Smith [6] | Peter Thellusson | ||||
| November 1796 by-election | Philip Metcalfe | |||||
| 1802 | Claude Scott | Samuel Scott, Bt | ||||
| 1806 | Robert Ladbroke | Nicholas Ridley-Colborne | ||||
| 1807 | Sir George Bowyer, Bt | Tory | Philip Gell | Tory | ||
| 1810 by-election | Abel Smith | Tory | ||||
| 1812 | William Hicks-Beach | Tory | Sir Charles Saxton, Bt | Tory | ||
| 1813 by-election | Peter Patten | Tory | ||||
| 1817 by-election | Sir William Abdy, Bt | |||||
| 1818 | (Sir) Charles Forbes [7] | Tory | Kirkman Finlay | Tory | ||
| 1820 by-election | William Leake | |||||
| 1826 | John Forbes | Tory | ||||
| 1832 | Representation reduced to one member | |||||
MPs 1832–1885
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Viscount Andover | Whig | |
| 1841 | Hon. James Howard | Whig | |
| 1852 | Thomas Luce | Whig | |
| 1859 | Viscount Andover | Liberal | |
| 1868 | Walter Powell[8] | Conservative | |
| 1882 by-election | Charles William Miles | Conservative | |
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | ||
Notes
- ↑ "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ↑ Bindoff S.T. (ed.) The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1509-1558, London, 1982, pp.91-92
- ↑ "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
- ↑ On petition, the result of the election of 1722 was overturned, Rushout and Hillsborough being declared not to have been duly elected
- ↑ Created a baronet, December 1794
- ↑ Smith was also elected for Leicester, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Malmesbury
- ↑ Created a baronet, November 1823
- ↑ Disappeared on a balloon flight
Election results
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References
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
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