Great Marlow, sometimes simply called Marlow, was a parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

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 in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

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. It elected two Members of Parliament

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 (MPs) to the House of Commons

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 between 1301 and 1307, and again from 1624 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.

History

In the 17th century a solicitor named William Hakewill

William Hakewill

-Life:Born in Exeter, Devon, son of John Hakewill and his wife Thomasine . Educated, according to Anthony Wood at Exeter College, Oxford , he later studied law at Lincoln's Inn....

, of Lincoln's Inn, rediscovered ancient writs confirming that Amersham, Great Marlow, and Wendover had all sent members to Parliament in the past, and succeeded in re-establishing their privileges (despite the opposition of James I), so that they resumed electing members from the Parliament of 1624. Hakewill himself was elected for Amersham in 1624.

MPs 1624–1640

Constituency re-enfranchised in 1624

Year	First member	Second member
1624	Henry Borlase Henry Borlase Henry Borlase was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1624.Borlase was the son of William Borlase of Marlow and Bockmore Buckinghamshire. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 22 June 1604, aged 13. He was a student of the Middle Temple in 1607. In 1621,...	Thomas Cotton Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet, of Connington was an English politician and heir to the Cottonian Library.-Life:He was the only surviving child of Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington and Elizabeth Brocas. He graduated B.A. at Broadgates Hall, Oxford in 1616...
1625	John Backhouse John Backhouse Sir John Backhouse KB was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1629. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....	Thomas Cotton Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet, of Connington was an English politician and heir to the Cottonian Library.-Life:He was the only surviving child of Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington and Elizabeth Brocas. He graduated B.A. at Broadgates Hall, Oxford in 1616...
1626	John Backhouse John Backhouse Sir John Backhouse KB was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1629. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....	Sir William Hicks, 1st Baronet Sir William Hicks, 1st Baronet Sir William Hicks, 1st Baronet , of Beverston, in Gloucestershire, and of Ruckholt, in Essex, was an English Member of Parliament.-Life:...
1628	Sir John Backhouse John Backhouse Sir John Backhouse KB was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1629. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....	Miles Hobart

MPs 1640–1868

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....		John Borlase Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1644. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.-Background:...	Royalist		Sir William Hicks Sir William Hicks, 1st Baronet Sir William Hicks, 1st Baronet , of Beverston, in Gloucestershire, and of Ruckholt, in Essex, was an English Member of Parliament.-Life:...
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...					Gabriel Hippesley
1640		Bulstrode Whitelocke Bulstrode Whitelocke Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke was an English lawyer, writer, parliamentarian and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England.- Biography :...	Parliamentarian		Peregrine Hoby Peregrine Hoby Peregrine Hoby , was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1648....	Parliamentarian
December 1648				Hoby 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	Great Marlow 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...		William Borlase William Borlase (died 1665) William Borlase was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1665.Borlase was the son of Sir William Borlase of Marlow who was MP for Wycombe...			Peregrine Hoby Peregrine Hoby Peregrine Hoby , was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1648....
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....		Bulstrode Whitelocke Bulstrode Whitelocke Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke was an English lawyer, writer, parliamentarian and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England.- Biography :...		One seat vacant
April 1660		William Borlase William Borlase (died 1665) William Borlase was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1665.Borlase was the son of Sir William Borlase of Marlow who was MP for Wycombe...			Peregrine Hoby Peregrine Hoby Peregrine Hoby , was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1648....
1666		Charles Cheyne Charles Cheyne, 1st Viscount Newhaven Charles Cheyne, 1st Viscount Newhaven was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1660 and 1698....
1679		John Borlase			Sir Humphrey Winch Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1689.Winch was the son of Onslow Winch of Everton Huntingdonshire and grandson of Sir Humphry Winch...
1681					Thomas Hoby
1685		Sir John Borlase Sir John Borlase, 2nd Baronet Sir John Borlase, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.Born in Bockmer in Buckinghamshire, he was the son of Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet and Alice Bancks, daughter of Sir John Bancks, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. His nephew was Borlase Warren. Borlase was educated at Oriel...			Sir Humphrey Winch Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1689.Winch was the son of Onslow Winch of Everton Huntingdonshire and grandson of Sir Humphry Winch...
January 1689					The Viscount Falkland
February 1689		John Hoby
December 1689		Sir William Whitelock
1690					James Chase
1695		Sir James Etheridge
1710					George Bruere
1715		The Lord Shelburne Henry Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne Henry Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne PC was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician.-Background:Petty was a younger son of Sir William Petty and Elizabeth, Baroness Shelburne, daughter of Sir Hardress Waller...
1722 British general election, 1722 The British general election of 1722 elected members to serve in the House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain. This event took place following the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was fiercely fought, with contests taking place...		Edmund Waller			Sir John Guise
1727 British general election, 1727 The British general election, 1727 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was triggered by the death of George I; at the time elections...					John Clavering John Clavering (MP) John Clavering of Chopwell Hall, Chopwell, formerly County Durham, now Tyne and Wear, was a member of a junior branch of the Clavering family.He was Groom of the Bedchamber at the Court of George II....
1731					George Robinson George Robinson (swindler) George Robinson was an English stockbroker and swindler in the 1720s and early 1730s. A banker in Lombard Street, he was appointed the circulating cashier of the Charitable Corporation...
1732 by-election					Sir Thomas Hoby
1741 British general election, 1741 The British general election, 1741 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...		Samuel Tufnell
1744 by-election					William Ockenden
1747 British general election, 1747 The British general election, 1747 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw Henry Pelham's Whig government increase its majority and...		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...
1754 British general election, 1754 The British general election, 1754 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707....		Charles Churchill Charles Churchill (of Chalfont) Charles Churchill was the only son of Lieutenant-General Charles Churchill by the actress Anne Oldfield. His grandfather, also Charles Churchill, was a British army officer and brother of the 1st Duke of Marlborough....			Daniel Moore
1761 British general election, 1761 The British general election, 1761 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...		William Clayton			William Mathew Burt
1768 British general election, 1768 The British general election, 1768 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...					William Dickinson
1774 British general election, 1774 The British general election, 1774 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...					(Sir) John Borlase Warren
1783 by-election		William Clayton
1784 British general election, 1784 The British general election of 1784 resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain, having previously had to survive in a House which was dominated by his opponents.-Background:...					Captain Sir Thomas Rich
1790 British general election, 1790 The British general election, 1790 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Political Situation:...		Thomas Williams	Tory		William Lee-Antonie	Whig
1796 British general election, 1796 The British general election, 1796 returned members to serve in the 18th and last House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain to be held before the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...					Owen Williams Owen Williams (MP) Owen Williams was a Member of Parliament for Great Marlow from 25 May 1796 to his death 23 February 1832.He was the son of another MP, Thomas Williams of Llanidan with whom he served from 1796 to 1802...	Whig
1802 by-election		Pascoe Grenfell Pascoe Grenfell Pascoe St Leger Grenfell was a British business man and politician.-Biography:He was born at Marazion, in Cornwall. His father and uncle were merchants in the tin and copper business. Grenfell studied at Truro Grammar School before joining his father's business in London...	Whig
1826 United Kingdom general election, 1826 The 1826 United Kingdom general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial and increased majority over the Whigs. In Ireland, Home Rule candidates, working with the Whigs, won large gains from Unionist candidates....		Thomas Peers Williams Thomas Peers Williams Lt.-Col. Thomas Peers Williams was MP for Great Marlow 1820-1868 and December 1867-1868.Peers Williams live at Craig-y-Don near Beaumaris on Anglesey and Temple House at Bisham in Berkshire, near Marlow...	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....			Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...		(Sir) William Clayton	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...
1842					Renn Hampden	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1847 United Kingdom general election, 1847 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...					Brownlow William Knox	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...	Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1868–1885

Election		Member	Party
1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...		Thomas Owen Wethered Thomas Owen Wethered Thomas Owen Wethered was an English Conservative politician and brewer who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880.-Family background and early life:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1880 United Kingdom general election, 1880 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...		Owen Lewis Cope Williams Owen Lewis Cope Williams Owen Lewis Cope Williams was a British army officer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Constituency abolished

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