Great Bedwyn (UK Parliament constituency)

Great Bedwyn was a parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

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in Wiltshire

Wiltshire

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, which elected two Members of Parliament

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(MPs) to the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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from 1295 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.

1295–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1295	Sir William Russell William Russell, knight Sir William Russell was holder of a moiety of the feudal barony of North Cadbury, Somerset, but spent most of his life engaged in the administration and defence of the Isle of Wight, where he obtained by marriage the manor of Yaverland... (d.1311), Lord of Yaverland Yaverland Yaverland is a village on the Isle of Wight, just north of Sandown. It has about 200 houses. About 1/3 of a mile away from the village is the Yaverland Manor and Church. Holotype fossils have been discovered here of Yaverlandia and a pterosaur, Caulkicephalus...
1386	John Combe	William Bailiff
1388 (Feb)
1388 (Sep)
1390 (Jan)	John Combe	William Plomer
1399	Thomas Smith	Geoffrey Mauncell
1420	John Benger	John Everard
1421 (May)
1421 (Dec)	Thomas Hussey	Maurice Hommedieux
1510–1523	No names known
1529	William Newdigate died and replaced 1532/3 by ?Thomas Polsted	John Berwick
1536	?
1539	?
1542	?
1545	John Winchcombe alias Smallwood	John Seymour
1547	Anthony Browne	Robert Pagman
1553 (Mar)	?
1553 (Oct)	Richard Fulmerston	John Hungerford
1554 (Apr)	Richard Fulmerston	Sir Edmund Rous
1554 (Nov)	Richard Fulmerston	Edward Hungerford
1555	Henry Clifford	David Seymour
1558	John Temple	George Hidden
1559	Francis Newdigate	Henry Clifford
1562/3	John Thynne	Stephen Hales
1571	Nicholas St John	Thomas Blagrave
1572	Simon Bowyer	George Ireland
1584	Richard Wheler	Roger Puleston Roger Puleston Sir Roger Puleston was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1611.Puleston was the son of Sir Roger Puleston of Emral. He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 27 April 1582 aged 16. In 1584, he was elected Member of Parliament for Great...
1586	Richard Wheler	Roger Puleston Roger Puleston Sir Roger Puleston was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1611.Puleston was the son of Sir Roger Puleston of Emral. He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 27 April 1582 aged 16. In 1584, he was elected Member of Parliament for Great...
1588	John Seymour	Henry Ughtred
1593	Thomas Hungerford	James Kirton James Kirton (died 1620) Sir James Kirton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1614.Kirton was the son of Edward Kirton of Almsford and his wife Lettice Gilbanke. After a period of study at the Temple he entered the service of the Earl of Hertford in about 1582. In...
1597	Sir Anthony Hungerford Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton Sir Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton , was a religious controversialist. He was knighted in 1608, and was deputy lieutenant of Wiltshire until 1624, when he resigned the office in favour of his eldest son Sir Edward.-Biography:...	Francis Castilian
1601	Sir Anthony Hungerford Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton Sir Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton , was a religious controversialist. He was knighted in 1608, and was deputy lieutenant of Wiltshire until 1624, when he resigned the office in favour of his eldest son Sir Edward.-Biography:...	Levinus Munck
1604–1611	John Rodney	Sir Anthony Hungerford Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton Sir Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton , was a religious controversialist. He was knighted in 1608, and was deputy lieutenant of Wiltshire until 1624, when he resigned the office in favour of his eldest son Sir Edward.-Biography:...
1614	Robert Hyde	Sir Giles Mompesson Giles Mompesson Giles Mompesson was an English malefactor and, officially, "notorious criminal" whose career was one based on speculation and graft. He has come to be regarded as a synonym for graft and official corruption due to his use of nepotism to gain positions of licensing businesses and pocketing the fees...
1621–1622	Sir Francis Popham Francis Popham Sir Francis Popham was an English soldier and politician.Francis Popham was the only son of Sir John Popham and was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...	Sir Giles Mompesson Giles Mompesson Giles Mompesson was an English malefactor and, officially, "notorious criminal" whose career was one based on speculation and graft. He has come to be regarded as a synonym for graft and official corruption due to his use of nepotism to gain positions of licensing businesses and pocketing the fees...
1624	Hugh Crompton	William Cholmley
1625	Sir John Broke	William Cholmley
1626-?	John Selden John Selden John Selden was an English jurist and a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law...	Sir Maurice Berkeley Maurice Berkeley (Gloucestershire MP) Sir Maurice Berkeley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1626. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
1628	Edward Kyrton Edward Kyrton Edward Kyrton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1642. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War....	Sir John Trevor
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....		Charles Seymour Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was the son of Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, whom he succeeded in the barony in 1664....			?
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 Walter Smith	Royalist		Richard Hardinge Richard Hardinge Richard Hardinge was Groom to the Bedchamber to the then Prince of Wales .-Background:...	Royalist
February 1644	Smith and Harding disabled from sitting – both seats vacant
1646		Edmund Harvey Edmund Harvey Edmund Harvey or Hervey was an English soldier and member of Parliament during the English Civil War, who sat as a commissioner at the Trial of King Charles I and helped to draw up the final charge...	Parliamentarian Roundhead "Roundhead" was the nickname given to the supporters of the Parliament during the English Civil War. Also known as Parliamentarians, they fought against King Charles I and his supporters, the Cavaliers , who claimed absolute power and the divine right of kings...		Henry Hungerford Henry Hungerford Henry Hungerford was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1645 and 1660,Hungerford was the son of Sir Anthony Hungerford of Stock, Wiltshire. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 4 November 1631 aged 19 and was awarded BA on 6 June 1633...	Parliamentarian Roundhead "Roundhead" was the nickname given to the supporters of the Parliament during the English Civil War. Also known as Parliamentarians, they fought against King Charles I and his supporters, the Cavaliers , who claimed absolute power and the divine right of kings...
December 1648				Hungerford not recorded as sitting after 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...
1653	Great Bedwyn 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...		Thomas Manley			Henry Hungerford Henry Hungerford Henry Hungerford was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1645 and 1660,Hungerford was the son of Sir Anthony Hungerford of Stock, Wiltshire. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 4 November 1631 aged 19 and was awarded BA on 6 June 1633...
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....		Colonel Edmund Harvey Edmund Harvey Edmund Harvey or Hervey was an English soldier and member of Parliament during the English Civil War, who sat as a commissioner at the Trial of King Charles I and helped to draw up the final charge...		One seat vacant
1660		Robert Spencer Robert Spencer, 1st Viscount Teviot Robert Spencer, 1st Viscount Teviot , styled The Honourable Robert Spencer until 1685, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679....			Thomas Gape
1661		Duke Stonehouse			Henry Clerke Henry Clerke Henry Clerke was an English academic and physician, President of Magdalen College, Oxford from 1672.-Life:He was son of Thomas Clerke of Willoughby, Warwickshire, England, and matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford on 20 April 1635, at the age of 16. He obtained a demyship at Magdalen College, and...
1663		John Trevor John Trevor (1626-1672) Sir John Trevor was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1646 and 1672.Trevor was a son of Sir John Trevor of Trevalyn Hall, Denbighshire...
1673		Daniel Finch Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 7th Earl of Winchilsea PC , was an English Tory statesman during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.-Early life:...
February 1679 Habeas Corpus Parliament The Habeas Corpus Parliament, also known as the First Exclusion Parliament, was a short-lived English Parliament which assembled on 6 March 1679 during the reign of Charles II of England, the third parliament of the King's reign. It is named after the Habeas Corpus Act, which it enacted in May,...		Francis Stonehouse			John Deane John Deane (MP) Sir John Deane was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622.Deane was probably the son of William Deane of Great Maplestead, Essex. He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 24 October 1595, aged 12 and was dispensed towards BA on 8 November 1600. In 1600, he...
August 1679		Francis Stonehouse			William Finch
1681		Sir John Ernle John Ernle The Right Honourable Sir John Ernle was an English Member of Parliament, sitting first in the Cavalier Parliament of 1660-1679 and becoming one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer of England, a position he held from 2 May 1676 to 9 April 1689.-Antecedents:Ernle was descended from...			John Wildman John Wildman Sir John Wildman was an English soldier and politician.-Biography:Wildman was born in the Norfolk town of Wymondham, the son of Jeffrey and Dorothy Wildman. His father was a butcher. John was educated as a sizar at Corpus Christi College University of Cambridge taking an MA in 1644...
1685		Lemuel Kingdon			Thomas Loder
1689		Sir Edmund Warneford			John Wildman John Wildman Sir John Wildman was an English soldier and politician.-Biography:Wildman was born in the Norfolk town of Wymondham, the son of Jeffrey and Dorothy Wildman. His father was a butcher. John was educated as a sizar at Corpus Christi College University of Cambridge taking an MA in 1644...
1690		The Viscount Falkland			Sir Jonathan Raymond
1694		Francis Stonehouse			Sir Jonathan Raymond
1695					Admiral Sir Ralph Delaval Ralph Delaval Admiral Sir Ralph Delaval was an English naval admiral.He was a member of a junior branch of the Delaval family of Seaton Delaval, Northumberland...
1698					Charles Davenant Charles Davenant Charles Davenant , English economist, eldest son of Sir William Davenant, the poet, was born in London.-Overview:He was educated at Cheam grammar school and Balliol College, Oxford, but left the university without taking a degree...
1701					Michael Mitford
1702					James Bruce
May 1705		Sir George Byng George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, KB PC was a British naval officer and statesman of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. His career included service as First Lord of the Admiralty during the reign of King George II.-Naval career:Byng was born at Wrotham, Kent, England...			Nicholas Pollexfen
December 1705		Lord Bruce Charles Bruce, 4th Earl of Elgin Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury and 4th Earl of Elgin , styled Viscount Bruce of Ampthill from 1685 to 1741, was the son of Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury and Lady Elizabeth Seymour...			Nicholas Pollexfen
November 1707					Tracy Pauncefort
December 1707					Nicholas Pollexfen
1708					Samuel Vanacker Sambrooke
1710					Sir Edward Seymour Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 5th Baronet, MP was a British gentleman and politician.He was a son of Royalist and Tory politician Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet and first wife Margaret Wale.-Family:...
1711		Thomas Millington
1715		Stephen Bisse			William Sloper William Sloper William Sloper was a British Member of Parliament. He represented Great Bedwyn , as the second member, 1715-1722 and 1727-1741. He was the first member 1741-1756....
1722		Robert Bruce			Charles Longueville
1727		Sir William Willys			Viscount Lewisham
1729		Sir William Willys			William Sloper William Sloper William Sloper was a British Member of Parliament. He represented Great Bedwyn , as the second member, 1715-1722 and 1727-1741. He was the first member 1741-1756....
1732		Francis Seymour Francis Seymour, of Sherborne, Dorset Francis Seymour was a British gentleman and politician, who owned an estate at Sherborne, DorsetHe was a son of Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet and his wife Letitia Popham....
1734		Brigadier Robert Murray
1738		Edward Popham
1741		Sir Edward Turner Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Baronet Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Baronet was one of the Turner Baronets of Ambrosden and a Member of Parliament.-Life:Turner was the son of Sir Edward Turner, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary. He received his early education at Bicester Grammar School. He went on to Balliol College, Oxford where he was noted...	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...		Lascelles Metcalfe
1747		William Sloper William Sloper William Sloper was a British Member of Parliament. He represented Great Bedwyn , as the second member, 1715-1722 and 1727-1741. He was the first member 1741-1756....			Lascelles Metcalfe
1754					Sir Robert Hildyard
1756		Hon. Robert Brudenell Robert Brudenell Robert Brudenell was a British army officer and Member of Parliament.Brudenell was the third son of the 3rd Earl of Cardigan and a younger brother of the 1st Duke of Montagu and 4th Earl of Cardigan and the 5th Earl of Cardigan...			Sir Robert Hildyard
1761		Vice Admiral Thomas Cotes			William Woodley
1766		Vice Admiral Thomas Cotes			William Burke
1767		Sir Thomas Fludyer			William Burke
March 1768		Hon. James Brudenell James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan held several offices in the Parliament of Great Britain and in service to the King of Great Britain....			Hon. Robert Brudenell Robert Brudenell Robert Brudenell was a British army officer and Member of Parliament.Brudenell was the third son of the 3rd Earl of Cardigan and a younger brother of the 1st Duke of Montagu and 4th Earl of Cardigan and the 5th Earl of Cardigan...
May 1768					William Burke
November 1768		William Northey
1771		Benjamin Hopkins
October 1774		The Earl of Courtown James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown KP, PC , known as Viscount Stopford from 1762 to 1770, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Tory politician....			Paul Methuen Paul Methuen (MP) Paul Methuen was an English politician.He was Member of Parliament for Westbury 1747–1748, for Warwick 1762–1768, Great Bedwyn 1774–1781.- References:...
December 1774		Viscount Cranborne James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury, KG, PC , styled Viscount Cranborne until 1780 and known as 7th Earl of Salisbury between 1780 and 1789, was a British politician.-Background:...
1780		Sir Merrick Burrell Sir Merrick Burrell, 1st Baronet Sir Merrik Burrell, 1st Baronet was a British politician.He was the second son of Peter Burrell and his wife Isabella Merrik, daughter of John Merrik. Burrell entered the British House of Commons for Great Marlow in 1747, sat for it until 1754 and was subsequently returned for Grampound, which he...
1781					Paul Cobb Methuen Paul Cobb Methuen Paul Cobb Methuen was an English politician.He was Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn from 1781 to 1784.- References:...
1784		Marquess of Graham James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose KG, KT, PC , styled Marquess of Graham until 1790, was a Scottish nobleman and statesman.-Background:...			Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Manners
June 1790					Lord Doune
December 1790		Viscount Stopford James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown James George Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown KP, PC , known as Viscount Stopford from 1770 to 1810, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Tory politician....	Tory		Lord Doune
1792			Tory		Edward Hyde East Sir Edward Hyde East, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Hyde East, 1st Baronet was a British member of parliament, legal writer, and judge in India. He served as chief justice of Calcutta from 1813 to 1822....
1796		Lieutenant General the Hon. Thomas Bruce Thomas Bruce (1738-1797) General Thomas Bruce , was a British soldier and politician, the third son of William Bruce, 8th Earl of Kincardine. He was the Member of Parliament for Marlborough, 22 June 1790 – 30 May 1796, and Great Bedwyn, 28 May 1796 – 12 December 1797.-References:...			John Wodehouse John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse , styled The Honourable John Wodehouse from 1797 to 1834, was a British peer and Member of Parliament....
1797		Sir Robert Buxton Sir Robert Buxton, 1st Baronet Sir Robert John Buxton, 1st Baronet was a politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1790 and 1806.Buxton was born at Rushford, Norfolk, the son of John Buxton and his wife Elizabeth Jacob and grandson of John Buxton who designed and built Shadwell Lodge at Rushford...
1802					Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Bt Nathaniel Dance-Holland Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1st Baronet was a notable English portrait painter and later a politician.The third son of architect George Dance the Elder, Dance studied art under Francis Hayman, and like many contemporaries also studied in Italy...
1806		Viscount Stopford James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown James George Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown KP, PC , known as Viscount Stopford from 1770 to 1810, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Tory politician....	Tory		James Henry Leigh	Tory
April 1807		Sir Vicary Gibbs Vicary Gibbs Sir Vicary Gibbs, KC was an English judge and politician. He was known for his caustic wit, which won for him the sobriquet of "Vinegar Gibbs".-Early life and education :...	Tory
May 1807		Sir John Nicholl John Nicholl Sir John Nicholl was a Welsh Member of Parliament and judge. As a judge he was noted 'for inflexible impartiality and great strength and soundness of judgement'.-Early history:...	Tory
1818			Tory		John Jacob Buxton Sir John Buxton, 2nd Baronet Sir John Jacob Buxton, 2nd Baronet was a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1818 to 1832.Buxton was the eldest son of Sir Robert Buxton, 1st Baronet and his wife Juliana Mary Beevor. He was educated at Harrow School and at Christ Church, Oxford...	Tory
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

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