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Bishop's Castle
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1290–1832
Seatstwo
Replaced bySouth Shropshire

Bishop's Castle was a borough constituency in Shropshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was founded in 1584 and was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two burgesses.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1584–1660

Parliament First member Second member
1584 Thomas Jukes John Cole
1586 Charles Walcot Thomas Darrell
1588 Charles Walcot Alexander King
1593 Francis Beavans Alexander King
1597 Hayward Townsend Edmund Baynham
1601 Hayward Townsend Alexander King
1604 William Twyneho Samuel Lewknor
1614 Edward Littleton [1] Thomas Hitchcock
1621 Francis Roberts Gilbert Cornwall
1624 Sir Robert Howard[2] Richard Oakeley
1625 William Oakeley Edward Waring
1626 William Oakeley Edward Waring
1628 Sir Robert Howard Sir Edward Fox
1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr) Sir Robert Howard Richard Moor
1640 (Nov) Sir Robert Howard Richard Moor
1645 Isaiah Thomas John Corbet
1648 Isaiah Thomas John Corbet
1653 Bishop's Castle not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654 Bishop's Castle not represented in 1st Protectorate Parliament
1656 Bishop's Castle not represented in 2nd Protectorate Parliament
1659 Samuel More William Oakeley

MPs 1660–1832

Year First member First party Second member Second party
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1660 William Oakeley Edmund Waring
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1679 Richard Scriven
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1681 Sir Richard Mason Richard More
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1685 Edmund Waring Francis Charlton
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1689 Richard More Walter Waring
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Mr. 1690 William Oakeley Richard Mason
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| May 1690 Walter Waring
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| Mr. 1695 Richard More
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="4"| Oct. 1695 Charles Mason
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1698 Sir William Brownlow
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Jan. 1701 George Walcot
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| Nov. 1701 Henry Brett
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | 1706 Henry Newport Whig
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="3"| style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1708 Richard Harnage Charles Mason
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1710 Sir Robert Raymond
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1715 Charles Mason
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1719 Sir Matthew Decker
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| style="background-color: Template:/meta/color"| 1722 William Peere Williams Bowater Vernon
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1726 Charles Mason
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| style="background-color: Template:/meta/color"| 1727 Robert More John Plumptre
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1734 Edward Kynaston
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1741 Henry Brydges Andrew Hill
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1744 Granville Leveson-Gower
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1747 Samuel Child John Robinson Lytton
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="4"| 1753 John Dashwood-King
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1754 Barnaby Backwell
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1755 Walter Waring
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1759 Henry Grenville
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1761 Francis Child Peregrine Cust
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="5"| 1763 George Clive
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1768 William Clive
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1770 Alexander Wedderburn
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1774 Henry Strachey
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1778 Alexander Wedderburn
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="4"| 1779 William Clive
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1780 Henry Strachey
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1802 John Robinson
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1819 Douglas Kinnaird
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" rowspan="3"| 1820 William Holmes Tory[3] Edward Rogers Tory[4]
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | 1830 Frederick Hamilton Cornewall Tory[5]
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | 1831 Janes Knight Tory[6]
  • Constituency abolished / disenfranchised (1832)

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election, 30 April 1831: Bishop's Castle[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Edward Rogers (MP) Unopposed
Tory James Knight Unopposed
Registered electors c. 200
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election, 31 July 1830: Bishop's Castle[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Edward Rogers (MP) Unopposed
Tory Frederick Cornewall (Bishop's Castle MP) Unopposed
Registered electors c. 200
Tory hold
Tory hold

See also

References

  1. ^ Christopher W. Brooks, ‘Littleton, Edward, Baron Littleton (1589–1645)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004|| online edn, Jan 2008
  2. ^ "Howard, Robert (1585-1653)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  3. ^ Fisher, David R. "HOLMES, William (?1777-1851), of 10 Grafton Street; New Bond Street and Vine Cottage, Fulham, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  4. ^ Escott, Margaret. "ROGERS, Edward (1781-1852), of Stanage Park, nr. Knighton, Rad. and 8 Charles Street, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  5. ^ Escott, Margaret. "CORNEWALL, Frederick Hamilton (1791-1845), of Delbury Hall, Diddlebury, Salop". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  6. ^ Escott, Margaret; Fisher, David R. "KNIGHT, James Lewis (1791-1866), of 1 New Square, Lincoln's Inn and Highwood Hill, Hendon, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  7. ^ a b Escott, Margaret. "Bishop's Castle". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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