Wilton (UK Parliament constituency)
| Wilton | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Wiltshire |
| Major settlements | Wilton |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Seats | One |
| 1295–1885 | |
| Seats | 1295–1832: Two 1832–1885: One |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Wilton was the name of a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from 1295 to 1707, then in the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and finally in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It had two Members of Parliament (MPs) until 1832, but from 1832 to 1885 only one member, as a result of the Reform Act 1832. In 1885 the borough was abolished, but the name of the constituency was then transferred to a new county constituency electing one Member from 1885 until 1918.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Salisbury, the Sessional Divisions of Amesbury, Hindon, and Salisbury, and the civil parishes of Figheldean, Fisherton-de-la-Mere, Milston, and Wily.
History
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Members of Parliament
Wilton borough
MPs 1295–1640
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MPs 1640–1832
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1640 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Henry Vane (the elder) | Parliamentarian | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Benjamin Rudyerd | Parliamentarian |
| November 1640 | ||||||
| December 1648 | Rudyerd excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant | |||||
| 1653 | Wilton was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | |||||
| January 1659 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Grobham Howe | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hon. John Herbert | ||
| May 1659 | Wilton was not represented in the restored Rump | |||||
| April 1660 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Grobham Howe | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Francis Swanton | ||
| April 1661 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Nicholas [7] | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Mompesson | ||
| June 1661 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Berkenhead | ||||
| February 1679 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hon. Thomas Herbert | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Penruddocke | ||
| August 1679 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir John Nicholas | ||||
| 1685 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Oliver Nicholas | ||||
| 1689 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Penruddocke | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Wyndham | ||
| 1690 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Richard Grobham Howe | ||||
| 1695 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Hawles | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Gauntlett | ||
| 1698 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Henry Ashurst | ||||
| January 1701 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Phipps | ||||
| November 1701 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Henry Ashurst | ||||
| July 1702 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir John Hawles | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Boddington | ||
| November 1702 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Gauntlett | ||||
| 1705 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Nicholas | ||||
| 1708 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Lambert Blackwell | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Charles Mompesson | ||
| 1710 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John London [8] | ||||
| 1711 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Peter Bathurst | ||||
| 1713 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John London | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Pitt [9] | ||
| 1722 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hon. Robert Sawyer Herbert | ||||
| 1727 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Martin | ||||
| 1734 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Colonel the Hon. William Herbert | ||||
| 1757 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hon. Nicholas Herbert | ||||
| 1768 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Herbert | ||||
| 1775 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Captain Charles Herbert | ||||
| 1780 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Lord Herbert | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Gerard Hamilton | ||
| 1785 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Goldsworthy | ||||
| 1788 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Lord Herbert | ||||
| 1790 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | The Viscount FitzWilliam | ||||
| 1794 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Major General Philip Goldsworthy | ||||
| 1801 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Spencer | ||||
| 1804 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Ralph Sheldon | ||||
| 1806 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Captain the Hon. Charles Herbert | ||||
| 1816 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Viscount FitzHarris | ||||
| 1821 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" | | John Hungerford Penruddocke | Tory | |||
| 1823 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Baker | ||||
| 1830 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Bulwer | ||||
| 1831 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Dawkins | ||||
| 1832 | Representation reduced to one member | |||||
MPs 1832–1885
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1832 | John Hungerford Penruddocke | Conservative |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1837 | Edward Baker | Conservative |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1841 | Viscount FitzHarris | Conservative |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1841 by-election | Viscount Somerton | Conservative |
| style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | | 1852 | Charles Henry Wyndham A'Court | Whig |
| style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | | 1855 by-election | (Sir) Edmund Antrobus [10] | Whig |
| style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1859 | Liberal | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1877 by-election | Hon. Sidney Herbert | Conservative |
| 1885 | Borough abolished - name transferred to county division | ||
Wiltshire, Southern or Wilton Division
MPs 1885–1918
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1885 | Sir Thomas Fraser Grove | Liberal |
| style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color" | | 1886 | Liberal Unionist | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1892 | Viscount Folkestone | Conservative |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1900 by-election | James Archibald Morrison | Conservative |
| style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1906 | Levi Lapper Morse | Liberal |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Jan. 1910 | Sir Charles Bathurst | Conservative |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1918 by-election | Hugh Morrison | Conservative |
| 1918 | Constituency abolished | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Levi Lapper Morse | 4,272 | 54.6 | +12.9 | |
| Conservative | James Archibald Morrison | 3,548 | 45.4 | -12.9 | |
| Majority | 724 | 9.2 | |||
| Turnout | 7,820 | 90.6 | +9.8 | ||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.9 | |||
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ Wall, Alison. "Baynton family". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/71877. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Stanley T. Bindoff, The House of Commons|| 1509-1558, vol. 4, p. 9
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Nicholas was also elected for West Looe and Ripon. He chose to represent Ripon, and did not sit for Wilton in this parliament
- ^ On petition, London was found not to have been duly elected
- ^ Created The Lord Londonderry 1719 and The Viscount Londonderry 1726, both titles being in the Peerage of Ireland
- ^ Succeeded to a baronetcy, May 1870
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
Election results
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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)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [2]
- The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
- 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 "W" (part 4)