Gatton (UK Parliament constituency)
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Gatton was a parliamentary borough
in Surrey
, one of the most notorious of all the rotten borough
s. It elected two Members of Parliament
(MPs) to the House of Commons
from 1450 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act. Around the time of the Reform Act
it was often held up by reformers as the epitome of what was wrong with the unreformed system.
, near Reigate
, between London
and Brighton
. It included the manor
and estate
of Gatton Park
. Gatton was no more than a village, with a population in 1831 of 146, and 23 houses of which as few as six may have been within the borough.
The right to vote was extended to all freeholders and inhabitants paying scot and lot
; but this apparently wide franchise was normally meaningless in tiny Gatton - there were only 7 qualified voters in 1831, and at some periods the number had fallen as low as two. This position had existed long before the 19th century: Gatton was one of the first of the English boroughs to come under the total dominance of a "patron": back in the reign of Henry VIII
, when Gatton's representation was only a century old, Sir Roger Copley described himself as "its burgess and only inhabitant". In these circumstances, the local landowners had no difficulty in maintaining absolute control, and for most of the 16th century it was the Copleys who held this power. However, the Copleys were Roman Catholics, and this caused difficulties in the later Elizabethan period: the head of the family, Thomas Copley, went into voluntary exile abroad, and when his wife and child returned to England after his death she was quickly caught harbouring a Catholic priest. The Sheriff and Deputy Lieutenants of Surrey were directed by the Privy Council to ensure that Gatton made its choice free from any influence by Mrs Copley, the sheriff's precept for the election was directed not to the Lord of the Manor but to the parish constable, and it seems that between 1584 and 1621 the humble villagers of Gatton may have genuinely elected their MPs in their own right.
In the 1750s, Sir James Colebrooke
(Lord of the Manor
of Gatton) nominated for one seat and the Rev John Tattersall (Lord of the Manor
of Upper Gatton) the other. In 1774, Sir William Mayne
(later Lord Newhaven) bought both manors and therefore control of both seats; from 1786 onwards they changed hands several times more, ending in the hands of Sir Mark Wood
by the turn of the century. The borough was sold again in 1830, at a reported price of £180,000, even at a time when it was fairly obvious that its days might be numbered; in the same year, while the ownership of the borough was under the administration of a broker, one of its seats in the new Parliament was sold for £1,200.
. James Dashwood, one of the sitting Members, was persuaded to resign to allow Philip Dundas (nephew of Pitt's ally Henry Dundas
) to take a seat in Parliament. However, Joseph Clayton Jennings, a barrister who supported Parliamentary reform, arrived to contest the election together with a group of radical supporters. Jennings obtained one vote from a man claiming to be entitled to vote, but Dashwood (who was acting as returning officer on the occasion) rejected it; hence Dundas was returned by 1 vote to nil.
A garbled version of the 1803 byelection was included by Henry Stooks Smith in The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847, as the supposed story of a byelection in 1816, at which Sir Mark Wood, 2nd Baronet was returned. Stooks Smith wrote:
The History of Parliament
notes that that this story "has not been confirmed". Gatton's representation was abolished by the Reform Act in 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 Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
, 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...
from 1450 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act. Around the time of the Reform Act
Reform Act
In the United Kingdom, Reform Act is a generic term used for legislation concerning electoral matters. It is most commonly used for laws passed to enfranchise new groups of voters and to redistribute seats in the British House of Commons...
it was often held up by reformers as the epitome of what was wrong with the unreformed system.
History
The borough consisted of part of the parish of GattonGatton, Surrey
Gatton was a village near Reigate in Surrey, England. The village lay within the Reigate hundred.-History:Gatton appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Gatone. It was held by Herfrid from the Bishop of Bayeux. Its domesday assets were: 2½ hides; 1 church, of meadow, woodland and herbage worth 7 hogs...
, near Reigate
Reigate
Reigate is a historic market town in Surrey, England, at the foot of the North Downs, and in the London commuter belt. It is one of the main constituents of the Borough of Reigate and Banstead...
, between London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
. It included the manor
Manorialism
Manorialism, an essential element of feudal society, was the organizing principle of rural economy that originated in the villa system of the Late Roman Empire, was widely practiced in medieval western and parts of central Europe, and was slowly replaced by the advent of a money-based market...
and estate
Estate (house)
An estate comprises the houses and outbuildings and supporting farmland and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house or mansion. It is the modern term for a manor, but lacks the latter's now abolished jurisdictional authority...
of Gatton Park
Gatton Park
Gatton Park is a country estate set in parkland near Gatton in Surrey, England.Now owned by The Royal Alexandra and Albert school, Gatton Park constitutes of manor and parkland. The property is Grade II listed and is in part administered by the National Trust...
. Gatton was no more than a village, with a population in 1831 of 146, and 23 houses of which as few as six may have been within the borough.
The right to vote was extended to all freeholders and inhabitants paying 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...
; but this apparently wide franchise was normally meaningless in tiny Gatton - there were only 7 qualified voters in 1831, and at some periods the number had fallen as low as two. This position had existed long before the 19th century: Gatton was one of the first of the English boroughs to come under the total dominance of a "patron": back in the reign of Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
, when Gatton's representation was only a century old, Sir Roger Copley described himself as "its burgess and only inhabitant". In these circumstances, the local landowners had no difficulty in maintaining absolute control, and for most of the 16th century it was the Copleys who held this power. However, the Copleys were Roman Catholics, and this caused difficulties in the later Elizabethan period: the head of the family, Thomas Copley, went into voluntary exile abroad, and when his wife and child returned to England after his death she was quickly caught harbouring a Catholic priest. The Sheriff and Deputy Lieutenants of Surrey were directed by the Privy Council to ensure that Gatton made its choice free from any influence by Mrs Copley, the sheriff's precept for the election was directed not to the Lord of the Manor but to the parish constable, and it seems that between 1584 and 1621 the humble villagers of Gatton may have genuinely elected their MPs in their own right.
In the 1750s, Sir James Colebrooke
Sir James Colebrooke, 1st Baronet
Sir James Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baronet was the son of James Colebrooke, of Chilham Castle, Kent, a very prominent private banker in London, and his wife Mary Hudson...
(Lord of the Manor
Lord of the Manor
The Lordship of a Manor is recognised today in England and Wales as a form of property and one of three elements of a manor that may exist separately or be combined and may be held in moieties...
of Gatton) nominated for one seat and the Rev John Tattersall (Lord of the Manor
Lord of the Manor
The Lordship of a Manor is recognised today in England and Wales as a form of property and one of three elements of a manor that may exist separately or be combined and may be held in moieties...
of Upper Gatton) the other. In 1774, Sir William Mayne
William Mayne, 1st Baron Newhaven
William Mayne, 1st Baron Newhaven PC , known as Sir William Mayne, Bt, between 1763 and 1776, was a British politician....
(later Lord Newhaven) bought both manors and therefore control of both seats; from 1786 onwards they changed hands several times more, ending in the hands of Sir Mark Wood
Sir Mark Wood, 1st Baronet
Sir Mark Wood, 1st Baronet was an army officer and engineer. He was a Member of Parliament for Milborne Port, Gatton and Newark. He received a baronetcy on 3 October 1808.-References:...
by the turn of the century. The borough was sold again in 1830, at a reported price of £180,000, even at a time when it was fairly obvious that its days might be numbered; in the same year, while the ownership of the borough was under the administration of a broker, one of its seats in the new Parliament was sold for £1,200.
Contested election
Despite the fact that Gatton elections were entirely in the hands of the Lord of the Manor, there was a contested election in a by-election on 24 January 1803Gatton by-election, 1803
The Gatton by-election, 1803 was a by-election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom that took place on 24 January 1803.The parliamentary borough of Gatton was a notorious "rotten" or pocket borough "in the pocket" of the Lord of the Manor of Gatton, who at that time was Sir Mark Wood. It...
. James Dashwood, one of the sitting Members, was persuaded to resign to allow Philip Dundas (nephew of Pitt's ally Henry Dundas
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville PC and Baron Dunira was a Scottish lawyer and politician. He was the first Secretary of State for War and the last person to be impeached in the United Kingdom....
) to take a seat in Parliament. However, Joseph Clayton Jennings, a barrister who supported Parliamentary reform, arrived to contest the election together with a group of radical supporters. Jennings obtained one vote from a man claiming to be entitled to vote, but Dashwood (who was acting as returning officer on the occasion) rejected it; hence Dundas was returned by 1 vote to nil.
A garbled version of the 1803 byelection was included by Henry Stooks Smith in The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847, as the supposed story of a byelection in 1816, at which Sir Mark Wood, 2nd Baronet was returned. Stooks Smith wrote:
- "Mr Jennings was Sir Mark Wood's butler. There were only three voters, Sir Mark, his son, and Jennings. The son was away and Jennings and his master quarrelled upon which Jennings refused to second the son and proposed himself. To get a seconder for the son, Sir Mark had to second Jennings, and it was ultimately arranged, and the vote of Sir Mark alone given. This was the only contest within memory."
The History of Parliament
History of Parliament
The History of Parliament is a project to write a complete history of the United Kingdom Parliament and its predecessors, the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of England. The history will principally consist of a prosopography, in which the history of an institution is told through...
notes that that this story "has not been confirmed". Gatton's representation was abolished by the Reform Act in 1832.
1510-1640
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
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| 1510-1523 | No names known | |
| 1529 | John Guildford | ?William Saunders |
| 1536 | ? | |
| 1539 | ? | |
| 1542 | Thomas Saunders | Thomas Bishop |
| 1545 | Edward Bellingham Edward Bellingham Sir Edward Bellingham , lord deputy of Ireland, was a son of Edward Bellingham of Erringham, Sussex, his mother being Jane Shelley of the Shelley family.... |
Roger Heigham |
| 1547 | Richard Shelley Richard Shelley (Knight of St. John) Richard Shelley was a diplomat and the last grand prior of the knights of St. John in England-Life:Richard Shelley born about 1513, was second son of Sir William Shelley. Like various other members of the family, he became a Knight of St John, and about 1535 was sent abroad to complete his education... |
John Tingleden, died and replaced by Jan 1552 by Thomas Guildford |
| 1553 (Mar) | Richard Southwell alias Darcy | Leonard Dannett |
| 1553 (Oct) | Sir Thomas Cornwallis | Chidiock Paulet |
| 1554 (Apr) | Thomas Gatacre | Thomas Copley |
| 1554 (Nov) | William Wootton William Wootton (politician) William Wootton was an English politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Gatton in 1554.-References:... |
Thomas Copley |
| 1555 | Humphrey Moseley | Sir Henry Hussey |
| 1558 | Thomas Copley | Thomas Norton |
| 1558/9 | Thomas Copley | Thomas Farnham |
| 1562/3 | Sir Robert Lane | Thomas Copley |
| 1571 | Egmund Slyfield | Edward Whitton |
| 1572 | Edmund Tilney | Roland Maylard |
| 1584 | Francis Bacon Francis Bacon Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and pioneer of the scientific method. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England... , sat for Melcombe Regis and replaced by Edward Browne |
Thomas Bishopp |
| 1586 | Serjeant John Puckering John Puckering Sir John Puckering was a lawyer, politician, Speaker of the English House of Commons, and Lord Keeper from 1592 until his death... |
Edward Browne |
| 1588 | Richard Browne I | John Herbert John Herbert (Secretary of State) Sir John Herbert was a Welsh lawyer, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1611. He was Secretary of State under Elizabeth I and James I.-Life:... |
| 1593 | William Lane | George Buc |
| 1597 | George Buc | Michael Hicks |
| 1601 | Sir Matthew Browne | Richard Sondes |
| 1604-1611 | Sir Thomas Gresham Thomas Gresham (died 1630) Sir Thomas Gresham , of Titsey Place in Surrey, was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.Born about 1547, the eldest son of William Gresham by his marriage to Beatrice Guybon, Gresham was the grandson of the City of London merchant Sir John Gresham, who was Lord Mayor in 1547.On his... |
Sir Nicholas Saunders |
| 1614 | Sir Thomas Gresham Thomas Gresham (died 1630) Sir Thomas Gresham , of Titsey Place in Surrey, was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.Born about 1547, the eldest son of William Gresham by his marriage to Beatrice Guybon, Gresham was the grandson of the City of London merchant Sir John Gresham, who was Lord Mayor in 1547.On his... |
Sir John Brooke |
| 1621 | Sir Thomas Gresham Thomas Gresham (died 1630) Sir Thomas Gresham , of Titsey Place in Surrey, was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.Born about 1547, the eldest son of William Gresham by his marriage to Beatrice Guybon, Gresham was the grandson of the City of London merchant Sir John Gresham, who was Lord Mayor in 1547.On his... |
Sir Thomas Bludder Thomas Bludder Sir Thomas Bludder was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1640.Bludder was the son of Sir Thomas Bludder of Flanchford Reigate, a commissioner of the Victualling Office. He matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1614 and graduated BA in 1617... |
| 1624 | Sir Edmund Bowyer Edmund Bowyer (died 1627) Sir Edmund Bowyer was an English lawyer, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1624.... |
Samuel Owfield Samuel Owfield Sir Samuel Owfield was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1644.Owfield was the son of Roger Owfield, Fishmonger, of Billiter Lane, London and his wife Thomasine More, daughter of John More, merchant, of Ipswich. Owfield had acquired the manor... |
| 1625 | Sir Charles Howard | Thomas Crewe Thomas Crewe Sir Thomas Crewe , of Stene in Northamptonshire, was an English Member of Parliament and lawyer, and served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1623 to 1625.... |
| 1626 | Sir Samuel Owfield Samuel Owfield Sir Samuel Owfield was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1644.Owfield was the son of Roger Owfield, Fishmonger, of Billiter Lane, London and his wife Thomasine More, daughter of John More, merchant, of Ipswich. Owfield had acquired the manor... |
Sir Charles Howard |
| 1628 | Sir Samuel Owfield Samuel Owfield Sir Samuel Owfield was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1644.Owfield was the son of Roger Owfield, Fishmonger, of Billiter Lane, London and his wife Thomasine More, daughter of John More, merchant, of Ipswich. Owfield had acquired the manor... |
Sir Charles Howard |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
1640-1832
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| 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... |
Sir Samuel Owfield Samuel Owfield Sir Samuel Owfield was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1644.Owfield was the son of Roger Owfield, Fishmonger, of Billiter Lane, London and his wife Thomasine More, daughter of John More, merchant, of Ipswich. Owfield had acquired the manor... |
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| November 1641 | Thomas Sandys | Parliamentarian | ||||
| 1644 | Owfield died - seat left vacant | |||||
| 1645 | William Owfield William Owfield William Owfield was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1645.Owfield was the eldest son of Sir Samuel Owfield, of Upper Gatton, Surrey and Covent Garden, and his wife Katherine Smith, daughter of William Smith, Mercer, of Thames Street, London.His father was a... |
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| December 1648 | Sandys and Owfield 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... - both seats vacant |
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| 1653 | Gatton 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 |
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| 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... |
Edward Bishe | Thomas Turgis Thomas Turgis Thomas Turgis was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1704.Turgis was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Turgis, grocer of London and his first wife Ebbot Urry, daughter of Thomas Urry of Gatcombe, Isle of Wight. He was baptised on 7 October 1623... |
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| 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.... |
Not represented in the restored Rump 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.... |
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| April 1660 | Sir Edmund Bowyer Edmund Bowyer (died 1681) Sir Edmund Bowyer was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Bowyer was the son of Benjamin Bowyer of Surrey. He succeeded to the estates of his uncle Sir Edmund Bowyer of Camberwell in 1627. He was admitted at Peterhouse, Cambridge on 5 March1630... |
Thomas Turgis Thomas Turgis Thomas Turgis was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1704.Turgis was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Turgis, grocer of London and his first wife Ebbot Urry, daughter of Thomas Urry of Gatcombe, Isle of Wight. He was baptised on 7 October 1623... |
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| 1661 | William Owfield William Owfield William Owfield was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1645.Owfield was the eldest son of Sir Samuel Owfield, of Upper Gatton, Surrey and Covent Garden, and his wife Katherine Smith, daughter of William Smith, Mercer, of Thames Street, London.His father was a... |
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| 1664 | Sir Nicholas Carew | |||||
| 1685 | Sir John Thompson | |||||
| 1696 | George Evelyn George Evelyn George Evelyn was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1689.... |
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| 1698 | Hon. Maurice Thompson | |||||
| 1702 | Thomas Onslow Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow commissioned the building of Clandon Park in the 1730s.He became 2nd Baron Onslow on the death of his father, Richard Onslow, in 1717... |
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| 1705 | Sir George Newland | Paul Docminique | ||||
| 1710 | William Newland | |||||
| 1735 | Charles Docminique | |||||
| 1738 | Professor George Newland | |||||
| 1745 | Paul Humphrey | |||||
| 1749 | Rear Admiral Charles Knowles | |||||
| 1751 | (Sir) James Colebrooke Sir James Colebrooke, 1st Baronet Sir James Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baronet was the son of James Colebrooke, of Chilham Castle, Kent, a very prominent private banker in London, and his wife Mary Hudson... |
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| 1752 | William Bateman William Bateman William Bateman was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.Bateman was the son of William Bateman, a Norwich citizen and bailiff who was an M.P.. He graduated at Cambridge University in Civil and Canon Law. He was appointed Archdeacon of Norwich in 1328... |
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| 1754 | Thomas Brand | |||||
| 1761 | Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Harvey Edward Harvey (British Army officer) Lieutenant General Edward Harvey was an Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:Harvey was commissioned as a cornet in the 10th Dragoons in 1741.He served as Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.... |
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| 1768 | Hon. John Damer | Joseph Martin | ||||
| October 1774 | Sir William Mayne William Mayne, 1st Baron Newhaven William Mayne, 1st Baron Newhaven PC , known as Sir William Mayne, Bt, between 1763 and 1776, was a British politician.... |
Robert Scott | ||||
| December 1774 | Robert Mayne | William Adam William Adam (MP) William Adam, KC was a Scottish Member of Parliament in the British Parliament and subsequently a Judge.-Biography:... |
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| 1780 | The Lord Newhaven William Mayne, 1st Baron Newhaven William Mayne, 1st Baron Newhaven PC , known as Sir William Mayne, Bt, between 1763 and 1776, was a British politician.... |
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| 1782 | Maurice Lloyd Maurice Lloyd Maurice Lloyd is a professional Canadian football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He most recently played for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. He played college football at UConn.... |
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| 1787 | James Fraser | |||||
| 1790 | John Nesbitt | William Currie William Currie (British politician) William Currie, , was a land owner, distiller, banker and Member of Parliament for Gatton and Winchelsea.On his father's death in 1781, he inherited his father's 75% interest in the distilling partnership his father had started with Nathaniel Byles... |
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| May 1796 | John Petrie | Sir Gilbert Heathcote Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet was a British Member of Parliament.Heathcote was the son of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd Baronet by his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hudson... |
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| November 1796 | John Heathcote | |||||
| 1799 | (Sir) Walter Stirling | |||||
| 1800 | James Du Pre | |||||
| 1802 | Sir Mark Wood Sir Mark Wood, 1st Baronet Sir Mark Wood, 1st Baronet was an army officer and engineer. He was a Member of Parliament for Milborne Port, Gatton and Newark. He received a baronetcy on 3 October 1808.-References:... |
James Dashwood | ||||
| 1803 Gatton by-election, 1803 The Gatton by-election, 1803 was a by-election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom that took place on 24 January 1803.The parliamentary borough of Gatton was a notorious "rotten" or pocket borough "in the pocket" of the Lord of the Manor of Gatton, who at that time was Sir Mark Wood. It... |
Philip Dundas Philip Dundas Philip Dundas, newly appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Penang, arrived at the newly created Presidency of the British East India Company, between the 18th and the 24th of September, 1805, together with his Council and the subordinate officials, including his Deputy Secretary, Stamford Raffles, who... |
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| 1805 | William Garrow William Garrow Sir William Garrow KC, PC, FRS was a British barrister, politician and judge known for his indirect reform of the advocacy system, which helped usher in the adversarial court system used in most common law nations today... |
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| 1806 | James Athol Wood James Athol Wood Sir James Athol Wood , British rear-admiral. Younger brother of Sir Sir Mark Wood, 1st Baronet. After serving on merchant ships for the East India Company from a young age, he entered the Royal Navy in 1774. Wood served in the navy for almost his whole life, and took part in several of the wars... |
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| 1807 | George Bellas-Greenough | |||||
| 1812 | William Congreve William Congreve (inventor) Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet was an English inventor and rocket artillery pioneer distinguished for his development and deployment of Congreve rockets.-Biography:... |
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| 1816 | Sir Mark Wood, 2nd Baronet | Tory | ||||
| 1818 | Abel Rous Dottin | John Fleming John Fleming (1747-1829) John Fleming was a British surgeon of the Indian Medical Service, naturalist, and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Gatton 1818–1820, Saltash 1820–1826.-References:... |
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| 1820 | Jesse Watts-Russell | Thomas Divett | ||||
| 1826 | William Scott | Michael George Prendergast | ||||
| 1830 | Joseph Neeld Joseph Neeld Joseph Neeld was Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom for the rotten borough of Gatton, Surrey in 1830 and for Chippenham, Wiltshire, England from 1830 to 1856.- Career :... |
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| 1830 | John Villiers Shelley Sir John Shelley, 7th Baronet John Villiers Shelley was an English Tory politician.He was elected at the 1830 general election as a Member of Parliament for Gatton in Surrey, then at the 1831 general election as an MP for Great Grimsby, but did not contest the seat at the 1832 general election.He did not stand again until he... |
John Thomas Hope | Tory | |||
| 1831 | Viscount Pollington John Savile, 4th Earl of Mexborough John Charles George Savile, 4th Earl of Mexborough , styled Viscount Pollington between 1830 and 1860, was a British peer and Tory politician... |
Anthony John Ashley | ||||
| 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.... |
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