Great Bedwyn (UK Parliament constituency)
| Great Bedwyn | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1295–1832 | |
| Seats | Two |
Great Bedwyn was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, centred on Great Bedwyn, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.
Members of Parliament
1295–1640
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1640–1832
Notes
- ^ Wiffen, J. H. Historical Memoirs of the House of Russell, 1884, vol. 1, pp.127–131. The Russell family, of Kingston Russell, Dorset, held the manor of Little Bedwyn
- ^ a b c d e "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ^ Cavill. The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ^ Byng was also elected for Plymouth, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Great Bedwyn
- ^ Bruce was re-elected in 1710, but had also been elected for Marlborough, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Great Bedwyn
- ^ On petition, Pauncefort was found not to have been duly elected and was taken into custody by order of the House of Commons for bribery and corruption at his election
- ^ On petition (in a dispute over the franchise), Lewisham was declared not to have been duly elected
- ^ Brudenell was also elected for Marlborough, which he chose to represent, and did not sit in this Parliament for Great Bedwyn
- ^ Styled The Hon. John Wodehouse from October 1797
References
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) via Internet Archive
- J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 – England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
- Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig – Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
- Ward, John (1859). "Great Bedwyn: Parish, Church, Representative History". Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine. 6 (18): 261–316 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.