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.
History[edit]
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Members of Parliament[edit]
MPs 1275–1508[edit]
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From History of Parliament [1]
MPs 1509-1558[edit]
(Source: Bindoff (1982))[2]
MPs 1559-1603[edit]
Source:History of Parliament [3]
MPs 1604-1640[edit]
MPs 1640–1832[edit]
| Year |
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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 |
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| 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-eelction |
|
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 |
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| May 1796 |
|
Samuel Smith [6] |
|
|
Peter Thellusson |
|
| November 1796 by-eelction |
|
Philip Metcalfe |
|
| 1802 |
|
Claude Scott |
|
|
Samuel Scott, Bt |
|
| 1806 |
|
Robert Ladbroke |
|
|
Nicholas Ridley-Colborne |
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| 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 |
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| 1826 |
|
John Forbes |
Tory |
| 1832 |
Representation reduced to one member |
MPs 1832–1885[edit]
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[edit]
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References[edit]
