Bramber (UK Parliament constituency)
Encyclopedia
Bramber was a parliamentary borough
in Sussex
, one of the most notorious of all the rotten borough
s. It elected two Members of Parliament
(MPs) to the House of Commons
in 1295, and again from 1472 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act.
on the River Adur
, which by the 19th century had decayed to the size of a small village. Bramber was barely distinguishable from neighbouring Steyning
, with which it shared a main street, and for a century and a half after 1295 they formed a single borough collectively returning MPs. From the reign of Edward IV
, however, they returned two MPs each, even though one part of Bramber was in the centre of Steyning so that a single property could in theory give rise to a vote in both boroughs. They were never substantial enough towns to deserve enfranchisement on their own merits, and both probably owed their status to a royal desire to gratify the courtiers that owned them with a degree of influence in the House of Commons.
Bramber was a burgage
borough - the vote was restricted to inhabitants of ancient houses in the borough, or those built on ancient foundations, who paid scot and lot
. In 1816 this amounted to only 20 voters, although as in 1831 the borough contained 35 houses and a population of approximately 170, this was a much higher proportion of the residents than in most burgage boroughs.
Bramber was slightly unusual in that the vote was accorded to the occupier rather than the owner of the burgage tenements, but in practice the owners had total control over the votes of their tenants - by bribery if not by threats - and therefore of elections in the borough. In Tudor
times, the Dukes of Norfolk
seem to have held sway. By the first half of the 18th century Bramber was wholly owned by Sir Harry Gough, who leased it (and the right to nominate its MPs) to Lord Archer
; Lord Archer sold this right onwards in his turn, apparently being paid £1000 by the government to allow Lord Malpas
to be elected in 1754. In 1768 the Duke of Rutland
gained control, but Gough later regained power over one of the two seats and it was inherited by his descendants (who held the title Lord Calthorpe
). These two families still shared the representation at the time of the Reform Act.
Bramber was abolished as a separate constituency with effect from the 1832 general election. However, the nearby borough of New Shoreham
had already been expanded to include the whole of the Rape of Bramber
as an antidote to its corruption, and survived the Reform Act with both its MPs intact. Bramber therefore formed part of the New Shoreham constituency from 1832.
Notes
Parliamentary borough
Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...
in Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
, one of the most notorious of all the rotten borough
Rotten borough
A "rotten", "decayed" or pocket borough was a parliamentary borough or constituency in the United Kingdom that had a very small electorate and could be used by a patron to gain undue and unrepresentative influence within Parliament....
s. It elected two Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MPs) to the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
in 1295, and again from 1472 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act.
History
The borough consisted of the former market town of BramberBramber
Bramber is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located on the northern edge of the South Downs and on the west side of the River Adur. Nearby are the communities of Steyning to the west and Upper Beeding to the east, and the other side of the river....
on the River Adur
River Adur
The Adur is a river in Sussex, England; it gives its name to the Adur district of West Sussex. The river was formerly navigable for large vessels up as far as Steyning, where there was a large port, but over time the river valley became silted up and the port moved down to the deeper waters nearer...
, which by the 19th century had decayed to the size of a small village. Bramber was barely distinguishable from neighbouring Steyning
Steyning
Steyning is a small town and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea...
, with which it shared a main street, and for a century and a half after 1295 they formed a single borough collectively returning MPs. From the reign of Edward IV
Edward IV of England
Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist King of England...
, however, they returned two MPs each, even though one part of Bramber was in the centre of Steyning so that a single property could in theory give rise to a vote in both boroughs. They were never substantial enough towns to deserve enfranchisement on their own merits, and both probably owed their status to a royal desire to gratify the courtiers that owned them with a degree of influence in the House of Commons.
Bramber was a burgage
Burgage
Burgage is a medieval land term used in England and Scotland, well established by the 13th century. A burgage was a town rental property , owned by a king or lord. The property usually, and distinctly, consisted of a house on a long and narrow plot of land, with the narrow end facing the street...
borough - the vote was restricted to inhabitants of ancient houses in the borough, or those built on ancient foundations, who paid scot and lot
Scot and lot
Scot and lot is a phrase common in the records of English medieval boroughs, applied to householders who were assessed for a tax paid to the borough for local or national purposes.They were usually members of a merchant guild.Before the Reform Act 1832, those who paid scot and bore...
. In 1816 this amounted to only 20 voters, although as in 1831 the borough contained 35 houses and a population of approximately 170, this was a much higher proportion of the residents than in most burgage boroughs.
Bramber was slightly unusual in that the vote was accorded to the occupier rather than the owner of the burgage tenements, but in practice the owners had total control over the votes of their tenants - by bribery if not by threats - and therefore of elections in the borough. In Tudor
Tudor period
The Tudor period usually refers to the period between 1485 and 1603, specifically in relation to the history of England. This coincides with the rule of the Tudor dynasty in England whose first monarch was Henry VII...
times, the Dukes of Norfolk
Duke of Norfolk
The Duke of Norfolk is the premier duke in the peerage of England, and also, as Earl of Arundel, the premier earl. The Duke of Norfolk is, moreover, the Earl Marshal and hereditary Marshal of England. The seat of the Duke of Norfolk is Arundel Castle in Sussex, although the title refers to the...
seem to have held sway. By the first half of the 18th century Bramber was wholly owned by Sir Harry Gough, who leased it (and the right to nominate its MPs) to Lord Archer
Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer
Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer was an English Member of Parliament, who was created Baron Archer in 1747.He was the son and heir of Andrew Archer of Umberslade Hall in Tanworth in Arden, Warwickshire and his wife Elizabeth Dashwood...
; Lord Archer sold this right onwards in his turn, apparently being paid £1000 by the government to allow Lord Malpas
George Cholmondeley, Viscount Malpas
George Cholmondeley, Viscount Malpas was a British soldier and Member of Parliament.Cholmondeley was the eldest son of George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley, and Lady Mary Walpole, daughter of Prime Minister Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford...
to be elected in 1754. In 1768 the Duke of Rutland
Duke of Rutland
Earl of Rutland and Duke of Rutland are titles in the peerage of England, derived from Rutland, a county in the East Midlands of England. The Earl of Rutland was elevated to the status of Duke in 1703 and the titles were merged....
gained control, but Gough later regained power over one of the two seats and it was inherited by his descendants (who held the title Lord Calthorpe
Baron Calthorpe
Baron Calthorpe, of Calthorpe in the County of Norfolk, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1796 for Sir Henry Gough-Calthorpe, 2nd Baronet, who had previously represented Bramber in Parliament. Born Henry Gough, he had assumed the additional surname of Calthorpe upon...
). These two families still shared the representation at the time of the Reform Act.
Bramber was abolished as a separate constituency with effect from the 1832 general election. However, the nearby borough of New Shoreham
New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)
New Shoreham, sometimes simply called Shoreham, was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in what is now West Sussex...
had already been expanded to include the whole of the Rape of Bramber
Bramber
Bramber is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located on the northern edge of the South Downs and on the west side of the River Adur. Nearby are the communities of Steyning to the west and Upper Beeding to the east, and the other side of the river....
as an antidote to its corruption, and survived the Reform Act with both its MPs intact. Bramber therefore formed part of the New Shoreham constituency from 1832.
before 1640
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1399 | Robert Couk | John Farnfold |
| 1510-1523 | No names known | |
| 1529 | Henry See | William Roper |
| 1536 | ? | |
| 1539 | ? | |
| 1542 | Sir John Clere | ?Richard Watkins |
| 1545 | Sir John Clere | John Gilmyn |
| 1547 | Sir William Sharington William Sharington Sir William Sharington was an English courtier of the time of Henry VIII, master and embezzler of the Bristol Mint, member of parliament, conspirator, and High Sheriff of Wiltshire.-Early life:... |
John Fylde |
| by 23 Jan 1552 | Chidiock Paulet | Richard Bunny |
| 1553 (Mar) | George Rithe | Lawrenvce Awen |
| 1553 (Oct) | Sir John Baker John Baker (English statesman) Sir John Baker was an English politician, and served as a Chancellor of the Exchequer, having previously been Speaker of the House of Commons of England.-Early life:... |
Thomas Timperley |
| 1554 (Apr) | Sir Henry Palmer | John Story John Story Blessed John Story , English Roman Catholic martyr, was born the son of Nicholas Story of Salisbury and educated at Hinxsey Hall, University of Oxford, where he became lecturer on civil law in 1535, being made later principal of Broadgates Hall, afterwards Pembroke College.He appears to have... |
| 1554 (Nov) | Thomas Elrington | John Baker II |
| 1555 | Sir Thomas Knyvet | John Baker II or Thomas Baker |
| 1558 | Henry Mynn | Nicholas Mynn |
| 1559 | Sir Henry Gates | Robert Buxton |
| 1562/3 | William Barker | Robert Balam |
| 1571 | Bartholomew Clerke Bartholomew Clerke -Background:He was grandson of Richard Clerke, gentleman, of Livermere in Suffolk, and son of John Clerke of Wells, Somerset, by Anne, daughter and heiress of Henry Grantoft of Huntingdonshire. He was born about 1537 in Surrey. He received his education at Eton College, and was elected to King's... |
Robert Wiseman |
| 1572 | Hugh Hare | Henry Clerke |
| 1584 | Nicholas Beaumont | Sampson Lennard Sampson Lennard Sampson Lennard , of Chevening in Kent, was an English Member of Parliament who represented an unusually large number of different constituencies during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I.... |
| 1586 | William Towse William Towse William Towse was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1626.Towse was from Hingham, Norfolk. He was admitted at Inner Temple in 1571 and was called to the bar... |
John Porter |
| 1588 | James Altham James Altham -Early Life:Altham was descended from Christopher Altham of Girlington, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He was the third son of James Altham of Mark Hall, Latton, in Essex, Sheriff of London in 1557, and sheriff of Essex in 1570, by Elizabeth Blancke, daughter of Thomas Blancke of London,... |
John Osborne |
| 1593 | Samuel Thornhill | Edward Mitchelborne |
| 1597 | Nicholas Trott | William Comber |
| 1601 | Sir Thomas Shirley, sat for Hastings and replaced Nov 1601 by Henry Lok |
Henry Bowyer |
| 1604 | Sir John Shurley | Henry Shelley (1554-1623) |
| 1614 | Sir John Leeds | Henry Shelley (1582-1644) |
| 1621 | (Sir) Thomas Bowyer Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet was an English politician.Baptised on 4 December 1586 in Mundham in Sussex, he was the son of Thomas Bowyer and Jane Birch. Bowyer was Member of Parliament for Midhurst in 1614 and for Bramber from 1621 to 1642. He was a High Sheriff of Surrey and High Sheriff of... |
Robert Morley Robert Morley (MP for Bramber) Robert Morley was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629.Morley was a citizen of the City of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Skinners.... |
| 1624 | (Sir) Thomas Bowyer Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet was an English politician.Baptised on 4 December 1586 in Mundham in Sussex, he was the son of Thomas Bowyer and Jane Birch. Bowyer was Member of Parliament for Midhurst in 1614 and for Bramber from 1621 to 1642. He was a High Sheriff of Surrey and High Sheriff of... |
Robert Morley Robert Morley (MP for Bramber) Robert Morley was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629.Morley was a citizen of the City of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Skinners.... |
| 1625 | William Bartlett William Bartlett William Bartlett may refer to:*William Francis Bartlett , Union major general during the American Civil War*William Henry Bartlett , British artist... |
(Sir) Thomas Bowyer Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet was an English politician.Baptised on 4 December 1586 in Mundham in Sussex, he was the son of Thomas Bowyer and Jane Birch. Bowyer was Member of Parliament for Midhurst in 1614 and for Bramber from 1621 to 1642. He was a High Sheriff of Surrey and High Sheriff of... |
| 1626 | William Bartlett William Bartlett William Bartlett may refer to:*William Francis Bartlett , Union major general during the American Civil War*William Henry Bartlett , British artist... |
(Sir) Thomas Bowyer Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet was an English politician.Baptised on 4 December 1586 in Mundham in Sussex, he was the son of Thomas Bowyer and Jane Birch. Bowyer was Member of Parliament for Midhurst in 1614 and for Bramber from 1621 to 1642. He was a High Sheriff of Surrey and High Sheriff of... |
| 1628-1629 | Sir Sackville Crowe | (Sir) Thomas Bowyer Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet was an English politician.Baptised on 4 December 1586 in Mundham in Sussex, he was the son of Thomas Bowyer and Jane Birch. Bowyer was Member of Parliament for Midhurst in 1614 and for Bramber from 1621 to 1642. He was a High Sheriff of Surrey and High Sheriff of... |
| 1629-1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
1640-1832
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks.... |
Sir Edward Bishopp | Sir Thomas Bowyer Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet was an English politician.Baptised on 4 December 1586 in Mundham in Sussex, he was the son of Thomas Bowyer and Jane Birch. Bowyer was Member of Parliament for Midhurst in 1614 and for Bramber from 1621 to 1642. He was a High Sheriff of Surrey and High Sheriff of... |
Royalist | |||
| November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and... |
Arthur Onslow Sir Arthur Onslow, 1st Baronet Sir Arthur Onslow, 1st Baronet was an English politicianThe eldest son of Sir Richard Onslow, an important Parliamentarian from Surrey, Arthur also took an active role in political affairs during the English Civil War. He represented Bramber in the Long Parliament, and Surrey in the First, Second,... |
Parliamentarian | ||||
| December 1640 | Sir Thomas Bowyer Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet was an English politician.Baptised on 4 December 1586 in Mundham in Sussex, he was the son of Thomas Bowyer and Jane Birch. Bowyer was Member of Parliament for Midhurst in 1614 and for Bramber from 1621 to 1642. He was a High Sheriff of Surrey and High Sheriff of... |
Royalist | ||||
| November 1642 | Bowyer disabled from sitting - seat vacant | |||||
| September 1645 | James Temple James Temple James Temple was a puritan and English Civil War soldier who was convicted of the regicide of Charles I. Born in Rochester, Kent, to a well-connected gentry family, he was the second of two sons of Sir Alexander Temple, although his elder brother died in 1627... |
|||||
| December 1648 | Onslow excluded in Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents... - seat vacant |
|||||
| 1653 | Bramber was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector... and the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House.... and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons... Parliaments of the Protectorate |
|||||
| January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons... |
John Byne John Byne John Byne was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1659 to 1661.Byne was the eldest son of Edmund Byne of Rowdell and his wife Elizabeth Goring, daughter of Henry Goring of Highden. He was baptised on 8 October 1635. In 1646 he succeeded to the estate of Rowdell... |
John Fagg | ||||
| May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason.... |
James Temple James Temple James Temple was a puritan and English Civil War soldier who was convicted of the regicide of Charles I. Born in Rochester, Kent, to a well-connected gentry family, he was the second of two sons of Sir Alexander Temple, although his elder brother died in 1627... |
One seat vacant | ||||
| 1660 | John Byne John Byne John Byne was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1659 to 1661.Byne was the eldest son of Edmund Byne of Rowdell and his wife Elizabeth Goring, daughter of Henry Goring of Highden. He was baptised on 8 October 1635. In 1646 he succeeded to the estate of Rowdell... |
Edward Eversfield Edward Eversfield Edward Eversfield was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1661.Eversfield was the son of Nicholas Eversfield of The Grove, Hollington.... |
||||
| 1661 | Percy Goring | |||||
| 1662 | Sir Cecil Bishopp | |||||
| February 1679 | Henry Goring Henry Goring (1646–1685) Henry Goring was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1673 and 1685.Goring was the son of Sir Henry Goring, 2nd Baronet of the first creation and his wife Diana Bishopp daughter of Sir Edward Bishopp. He was a captain in the Regiment of Foot... |
Nicholas Eversfield | ||||
| August 1679 | Henry Sidney | |||||
| 1681 | Percy Goring | |||||
| 1685 | Sir Thomas Bludworth | William Bridgeman William Bridgeman (MP for Bramber) William Bridgeman FRS was a senior English civil servant and MP.He was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the son of Richard Bridgeman, a merchant for the East India Company and was the cousin of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, of Ridley. He entered Queen's College, Oxford, matriculating in 1662... |
||||
| 1689 | John Alford John Alford (died 1691) John Alford was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1two periods between 1679 and 1690.Alford was the son of Sir Edward Alford of Offington and his second wife Ann Corbet. Hs father died when he was aged eight... |
Charles Goring | ||||
| 1690 | Nicholas Barbon Nicholas Barbon Nicholas If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barebon who traded as Nicholas Barbon was an English economist, physician and financial speculator. He is counted among the critics of mercantilism and was one of the first proponents of the free market... |
John Radcliffe | ||||
| 1695 | William Stringer | |||||
| 1698 | Sir Henry Furnese | William Westbrooke | ||||
| February 1699 | John Courthope | |||||
| April 1699 | John Asgill John Asgill John Asgill was an eccentric English writer and politician.-Life:He studied law at the Middle Temple, 1686, and was called to the bar in 1692. He founded the first land bank in 1695 with Nicholas Barbon, which, after proving to be a profitable venture, merged with the land bank of John Briscoe in... |
|||||
| January 1701 | Thomas Stringer | Thomas Owen Thomas Owen Thomas Owen was a Welsh Anglican priest and translator of works on agriculture.-Life:Owen was born in Anglesey, Wales in 1749. He studied at Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating on 20 March 1767. He obtained a B.A. degree in 1770. He then transferred to The Queen's College, Oxford, obtaining his... |
||||
| March 1701 | Francis Seymour-Conway Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Baron Conway Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Ragley, 1st Baron Conway of Killultagh, MP, PC , was a British politician, born Francis Seymour.-Background:... |
|||||
| 1702 | John Asgill John Asgill John Asgill was an eccentric English writer and politician.-Life:He studied law at the Middle Temple, 1686, and was called to the bar in 1692. He founded the first land bank in 1695 with Nicholas Barbon, which, after proving to be a profitable venture, merged with the land bank of John Briscoe in... |
|||||
| 1703 | John Middleton | |||||
| 1704 | Samuel Vanacker Sambrooke | |||||
| 1705 | The Viscount Windsor | |||||
| 1707 | William Shippen William Shippen (MP) William Shippen was an English Tory Member of Parliament and Jacobite.Shippen was educated at Stockport grammar school, and entered Brasenose College, Oxford on 16 July 1687. Shortly one year after his matriculation he was elected king's scholar at Westminster... |
|||||
| 1709 | William Hale | Sir Cleave More | ||||
| October 1710 | The Viscount Windsor | Andrews Windsor | ||||
| December 1710 | William Shippen William Shippen (MP) William Shippen was an English Tory Member of Parliament and Jacobite.Shippen was educated at Stockport grammar school, and entered Brasenose College, Oxford on 16 July 1687. Shortly one year after his matriculation he was elected king's scholar at Westminster... |
|||||
| 1713 | The Lord Hawley | |||||
| January 1715 | Sir Richard Gough | Sir Thomas Style | ||||
| June 1715 | Edward Minshull | |||||
| 1722 | William Charles van Huls | |||||
| 1723 | David Polhill David Polhill David Polhill was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1710 and 1754.Polhill was the son of Thomas Polhill of Otford and his wife Elizabeth Ireton, daughter of Henry Ireton, and granddaughter of Oliver Cromwell. He lived at Otford where he had various attempts at... |
|||||
| 1727 | Joseph Danvers | |||||
| March 1728 | John Gumley | |||||
| April 1728 | James Hoste | |||||
| 1734 | Sir Harry Gough | Harry Gough (senior) | ||||
| 1741 | Thomas Archer Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer was an English Member of Parliament, who was created Baron Archer in 1747.He was the son and heir of Andrew Archer of Umberslade Hall in Tanworth in Arden, Warwickshire and his wife Elizabeth Dashwood... |
|||||
| 1747 | Joseph Damer Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester was a wealthy landowner particularly associated with the reshaping of Milton Abbey and the creation of the village of Milton Abbas in Dorset, south-west England.... |
|||||
| 1751 | Henry Pelham Henry Cressett Pelham Henry Cressett Pelham was a British politician, known as Henry Pelham until 1792.The third surviving son of Thomas Pelham, he was educated at Corpus Christi College, and became a fellow of Peterhouse in 1751.... |
Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
||||
| 1754 | Viscount Malpas George Cholmondeley, Viscount Malpas George Cholmondeley, Viscount Malpas was a British soldier and Member of Parliament.Cholmondeley was the eldest son of George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley, and Lady Mary Walpole, daughter of Prime Minister Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford... |
Nathaniel Newnham | ||||
| March 1761 | Hon. Andrew Archer Andrew Archer, 2nd Baron Archer Andrew Archer, 2nd Baron Archer , styled The Honourable Andrew Archer between 1747 and 1768, was a British peer and Whig politician.... |
William Fitzherbert | ||||
| December 1761 | The Lord Winterton | |||||
| 1762 | Hon. George Venables-Vernon George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon was the Second Lord Vernon, Baron of Kinderton. He acceded to the title in 1780 after the death of his father George Venables-Vernon, first Baron of Kinderton.... |
|||||
| 1768 | Charles Lowndes | |||||
| 1769 | Thomas Thoroton | Charles Ambler | ||||
| 1774 | Sir Henry Gough | |||||
| 1782 | Hon. Henry Fitzroy Stanhope | |||||
| 1784 | Daniel Pulteney | |||||
| 1788 | Robert Hobart Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire PC , styled Lord Hobart from 1793 to 1804, was a British Tory politician of the late 18th and early 19th century.-Background:... |
|||||
| 1790 | Thomas Coxhead | |||||
| 1796 | Sir Charles Rouse-Boughton | James Adams | ||||
| 1800 | John Henry Newbolt | |||||
| 1802 | George Manners-Sutton George Manners-Sutton George Manners-Sutton was a British politician, the eldest son of Lord George Manners-Sutton.He was returned as Member of Parliament for Newark from 1774 to 1780, and then for Grantham, a Manners family borough, until 1802, when he was returned for Bramber... |
Henry Jodrell Henry Jodrell Henry Jodrell was an English barrister and Member of Parliament.Henry Jodrell was a son of Paul Jodrell, Solicitor-General to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and his wife Elizabeth. Richard Paul Jodrell, , classical scholar and playwright, and Sir Paul Jodrell , Physician to the Nabob of Arcot, were... |
||||
| 1804 | Richard Norman Richard Norman Professor Richard J. Norman, BA , PhD , is a British academic, philosopher and humanist. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Kent, and Vice-President of the British Humanist Association.... |
|||||
| 1806 | John Irving John Irving (MP) John Irving was the proprietor of the Magheramorne estate in County Antrim in the 19th century and was an improving landlord who encouraged tenants to improve the land through provision of lime for fertilisation, and incentives for those who drained and erected ditches. He also built a row of... |
|||||
| 1812 | William Wilberforce William Wilberforce William Wilberforce was a British politician, a philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming the independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire... |
Tory | ||||
| 1825 | Arthur Gough-Calthorpe | |||||
| 1826 | Frederick Gough-Calthorpe | |||||
| 1831 | William Stratford Dugdale William Stratford Dugdale William Stratford Dugdale DL was a British Tory politician.-Early life:... |
|||||
| 1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807.... |
Constituency abolished | |||||
Notes