Ashburton (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Ashburton | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| County | Devon |
| Major settlements | Ashburton |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Number of members | One |
| 1640–1868 | |
| Number of members | Two (1640–1832); One (1832–1868) |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Ashburton was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament at Westminster, for one Parliament in 1298 and regularly from 1640 until it was abolished for the 1868 general election. It was one of three Devon borough constituencies newly enfranchised (or re-enfranchised after a gap of centuries) in the Long Parliament. It returned two Members of Parliament until the 1832 general election when the number was reduced to one MP.
From the 1885 general election Ashburton was revived as a county division of Devon. It returned one member until it was abolished from the 1918 general election.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] Ashburton borough 1398-1868
Ashburton re-enfranchised by Parliament in Nov 1640
[edit] MPs 1640–1832
[edit] MPs 1632–1868
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | William Stephen Poyntz | Whig | |
| 1835 | Charles Lushington | Whig | |
| 1841 | William Jardine | Whig | |
| 1843 by-election | James Sutherland Matheson [8] | Whig | |
| 1847 | Thomas Matheson | Whig | |
| 1852 | George Moffatt | Whig | |
| 1859 | John Harvey Astell | Conservative | |
| 1865 | Robert Jardine | Liberal | |
| 1868 | Constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Mid or Ashburton division of Devon 1885-1918
Notes
- ^ Succeeded as 2nd Baronet, 1674
- ^ At the election of 1710, Lloyd and Tuckfield were returned but on petition both were found not to have been duly elected (in a dispute over the franchise), and Reynell and Courtenay were declared elected in their place
- ^ Courtenay had also been elected for Newport (Cornwall), which he chose to represent; on his being declared duly elected for Ashburton a new writ for a by-election was immediately issued, and Courtenay never sat for Ashburton
- ^ Yonge was also elected for Honiton, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Ashburton
- ^ Created a baronet, May 1782
- ^ Knighted, May 1795
- ^ Palk was re-elected in 1796 but was also elected for Devon, which he chose to represent, and did not sit for Ashburton again
- ^ Created a baronet, 1850
[edit] References
- Robert Beatson, "A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament" (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- 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)
- British History Online - list of speakers in the Parliaments of 1656 and 1658-9
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 3)[self-published source?][better source needed]
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