Ludgershall (UK Parliament constituency)

Ludgershall was a parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

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in Wiltshire

Wiltshire

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, which elected two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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(MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.

1295–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1421 (Dec)	John Denby	William Bishop
1422	John Seymour John Seymour (died 1464) Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, and of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset was an English knight and member of parliament.-Life:He was the son of Roger Seymour Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, and of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset (c. 1395, c. 1400 or 1402...
1436-1437	John of Coombe
1450-1451	John Erley	Thomas Thorpe Thomas Thorpe (Speaker of the House of Commons) Sir Thomas Thorpe was Speaker of the House of Commons in England from 8 March 1453 until 16 February 1454.He worked as a clerk in the royal Exchequer, reaching a position of Baron of the Exchequer. His parliamentary career began in Oct 1449 when he was elected junior knight of the shire of...
1510-1515	No names known
1523	?Henry Brydges	?Richard Brydges Richard Brydges Richard Brydges was an English politician.Sir Richard Brydges was the Member of Parliament for Berkshire from 1539 to 1540 and, at other times, for Ludgershall...
1529	Henry Brydges	Richard Brydges Richard Brydges Richard Brydges was an English politician.Sir Richard Brydges was the Member of Parliament for Berkshire from 1539 to 1540 and, at other times, for Ludgershall...
1536	?Henry Brydges	?Richard Brydges Richard Brydges Richard Brydges was an English politician.Sir Richard Brydges was the Member of Parliament for Berkshire from 1539 to 1540 and, at other times, for Ludgershall...
1539	?
1542	?
1545	John Knight	Thomas Hawes
1547	William Turner	Ralph Cockerell
1553 (Mar)	Humphrey Cavell	?
1553 (Oct)	Richard Brydges Richard Brydges Richard Brydges was an English politician.Sir Richard Brydges was the Member of Parliament for Berkshire from 1539 to 1540 and, at other times, for Ludgershall...	Edmund Powell
1554 (Apr)	John Winchcombe	Edmund Powell
1554 (Nov)	Sir John Price	Arthur Allen
1555	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...	John Winchcombe
1558	Sir Richard Brydges Richard Brydges Richard Brydges was an English politician.Sir Richard Brydges was the Member of Parliament for Berkshire from 1539 to 1540 and, at other times, for Ludgershall...	Thomas Martin
1559	William Wightman	Henry Sharington
1562/3	Griffin Curteys	George Cope
1571	Christopher Wray Christopher Wray Sir Christopher Wray was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.-Early life and career:Wray, the third son of Thomas Wray, seneschal in 1535 of Coverham Abbey, Yorkshire, by Joan, daughter of Robert Jackson of Gatenby, Bedale, in the same county, was born at Bedale in 1524...	James Colbrand
1572	James Colbrand	Thomas Walkeden
1584	John Kingsmill	Francis Button
1586	Ambrose Coppinger	John Kingsmill
1588	Carew Raleigh Carew Raleigh Sir Carew Raleigh or Ralegh , elder brother of Sir Walter Raleigh, was an English naval commander who served on the expedition led by his half-brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, in 1578, and was on the list of sea-captains drawn up to meet the threat of a Spanish invasion in 1586; from 1591 to 1603 he...	Henry Hyde
1593	Edward Thornborough	Chidiock Wardour
1597	Edmund Ludlow Edmund Ludlow (died 1624) Sir Edmund Ludlow was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1571 and 1622.Ludlow was born before 1548, the eldest son of George Ludlow of Hill Deverill and his wife Edith, daughter of Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsorof Stanwell, Middlesex. In...	Richard Leake
1601	Robert Penruddocke	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...
1604–1611	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...	Henry Ludlow
1614	Charles Danvers	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...
1621–1622	Alexander Choke	William Satwell
1624	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....	William Sotwell
1625	Robert Pye Robert Pye Sir Robert Pye was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1660. He fought on the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War....	Sir Thomas Hinton
1626	Sir William Walter	Sir Thomas Jaye
1628	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 Thomas Lay
1629–1640	No Parliament convened

1640–1832

Year		First member	First party	Second member	Second party
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...		William Ashburnham William Ashburnham (royalist) -Biography:William Ashburnham was the younger brother of John Ashburnham.He was returned as MP for Ludgershall in both the parliaments held in 1640 but was expelled from the Long Parliament on 9 December 1641 for his part in the Army Plots of that year....	Royalist	Sir John Evelyn John Evelyn (Parliamentarian) Sir John Evelyn was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1626 and 1660.Evelyn was the son of George Evelyn of West Dean, a clerk in Chancery, and his wife Elizabeth Rivers, daughter of Sir John Rivers of Chafford, Kent...	Parliamentarian
1642		Walter Long Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet of Whaddon was an English politician.The second son of Henry Long and Rebecca Bailey, Long was Educated at Lincoln's Inn...	Parliamentarian		Parliamentarian
December 1648	Long and Evelyn 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
1653	Ludgershall 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...		James Davy		Richard Sherwyn
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....	Ludgershall was 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....
April 1660		William Prynne William Prynne William Prynne was an English lawyer, author, polemicist, and political figure. He was a prominent Puritan opponent of the church policy of the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud. Although his views on church polity were presbyterian, he became known in the 1640s as an Erastian, arguing for...		William Thomas
July 1660		Silius Titus Silius Titus Silius or Silas Titus , of Bushey, was an English politician, captain of Deal Castle, and Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King Charles II.-Early Life:He was born in London, the son of Silas Titus, a salter and Constatia Colley...		William Thomas
March 1661		William Ashburnham William Ashburnham (royalist) -Biography:William Ashburnham was the younger brother of John Ashburnham.He was returned as MP for Ludgershall in both the parliaments held in 1640 but was expelled from the Long Parliament on 9 December 1641 for his part in the Army Plots of that year....		Geoffrey Palmer
December 1661				Sir Richard Browne
1669				Thomas Grey
1673				George Legge George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth Admiral George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth PC was an English naval commander who gave distinguished service to both Charles II and James II.-Biography:...
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,...		Thomas Neale Thomas Neale Thomas Neale was a British project-manager and politician who was also well-known in the United States as the first person to hold a position equivalent to postmaster-general of the North American colonies....		John Smith John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Smith was an English politician, twice serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer.Smith's father was also called John Smith and he had a sister called Anne, who became Lady Dashwood. He was educated St John's College, Oxford, was at the Middle Temple and was first elected a Member of Parliament...
August 1679				John Garrard
1681				Sir John Talbot
1685				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...
1689		John Smith John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Smith was an English politician, twice serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer.Smith's father was also called John Smith and he had a sister called Anne, who became Lady Dashwood. He was educated St John's College, Oxford, was at the Middle Temple and was first elected a Member of Parliament...		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...
1690		Thomas Neale Thomas Neale Thomas Neale was a British project-manager and politician who was also well-known in the United States as the first person to hold a position equivalent to postmaster-general of the North American colonies....
1695				Colonel John Richmond Webb John Richmond Webb General John Richmond Webb was an English military leader and Member of Parliament.Webb was the son of Colonel Edmund Richmond Webb, a Wiltshire gentleman with a position in the household of Prince George of Denmark and second cousin to another Wiltshire man, Henry St John, who was to become the...	Tory
1698				Walter Kent
1699		Colonel John Richmond Webb John Richmond Webb General John Richmond Webb was an English military leader and Member of Parliament.Webb was the son of Colonel Edmund Richmond Webb, a Wiltshire gentleman with a position in the household of Prince George of Denmark and second cousin to another Wiltshire man, Henry St John, who was to become the...	Tory	Walter Kent
1701			Tory	Edmund Richmond Webb
1705		Thomas Powell		Walter Kent
1706		Major-General John Richmond Webb John Richmond Webb General John Richmond Webb was an English military leader and Member of Parliament.Webb was the son of Colonel Edmund Richmond Webb, a Wiltshire gentleman with a position in the household of Prince George of Denmark and second cousin to another Wiltshire man, Henry St John, who was to become the...	Tory	Walter Kent
1708				Robert Bruce
1710				Major-General Thomas Pearce
1713				Robert Ferne
1714		John Ward		Robert Ferne
1715		General John Richmond Webb John Richmond Webb General John Richmond Webb was an English military leader and Member of Parliament.Webb was the son of Colonel Edmund Richmond Webb, a Wiltshire gentleman with a position in the household of Prince George of Denmark and second cousin to another Wiltshire man, Henry St John, who was to become the...	Tory	John Ivory-Talbot
1722			Tory	Borlase Richmond Webb
1724		Anthony Cornish
1727		Charles Boone Charles Boone Charles Boone was a British governor of the Bombay Presidency during the period of the Honourable East India Company, serving from 1715 to 1722....
1734		Peter Delmé		Daniel Boone
1741		Charles Selwyn		Thomas Hayward
1747		Thomas Farrington		George Augustus Selwyn George Augustus Selwyn (MP) George Augustus Selwyn was a Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Great Britain.-Life:Selwyn spent 44 years in the House of Commons without being recorded as making a speech...
1754		Sir John Bland		Thomas Hayward
1755		Henry Digby Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby was a British peer and Member of Parliament.Digby was the younger son of Hon. Edward Digby, son of William Digby, 5th Baron Digby. His mother was Charlotte Fox, daughter of Sir Stephen Fox. Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, was his uncle and Charles James Fox his cousin...		Thomas Hayward
1761		Thomas Whately Thomas Whately Thomas Whately , an English politician and writer, was a Member of Parliament , who served as Commissioner on the Board of Trade, as Secretary to the Treasury under Lord Grenville, and as Under- secretary of State under Lord North . As an M.P...		John Paterson
1768		Lord Garlies John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway KT was a Scottish peer, styled Viscount Garlies from 1747 until 1773. He succeeded his father Alexander in 1773. He was elected one of the representative peers, representing the Peerage of Scotland in the House of Lords, in 1774 and sat there until the 1790s...		Sir Peniston Lamb Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne , known as Sir Peniston Lamb, 2nd Baronet, from 1768 to 1770, was a British politician and the father of Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne....
January 1774		Whitshed Keene
October 1774		Lord George Gordon Lord George Gordon Lord George Gordon was a British politician best known for lending his name to the Gordon Riots of 1780....
1780		George Augustus Selwyn George Augustus Selwyn (MP) George Augustus Selwyn was a Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Great Britain.-Life:Selwyn spent 44 years in the House of Commons without being recorded as making a speech...
1784				Nathaniel William Wraxall
1790				Hon. William Assheton Harbord
1791		Samuel Smith
1793		Nathaniel Newnham	Tory
1796		Earl of Dalkeith Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch & 6th Duke of Queensberry, KT was the son of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and Lady Elizabeth Montagu...	Tory	Thomas Everett	Tory
1804		Magens Dorrien-Magens	Tory	Thomas Everett	Tory
1810		Magens Dorrien-Magens	Tory	Joseph Hague Everett	Tory
1812 United Kingdom general election, 1812 The election to the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1812 was the fourth general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....		Sandford Graham	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...	Joseph Birch	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...
1813		Charles Nicholas Pallmer	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...
1817		The Earl of Carhampton Henry Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton General Henry Lawes Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton PC was a politician and soldier.-Military career:Educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, Luttrell was commissioned into the 48th Regiment of Foot in 1757. In 1762, during the Seven Years' War, he became Deputy Adjutant-General...	Tory
1818 United Kingdom general election, 1818 The 1818 general election of the United Kingdom saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats...			Tory	(Sir) Sandford Graham	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...
1821		Earl of Brecknock George Pratt, 2nd Marquess Camden George Charles Pratt, 2nd Marquess Camden, KG was a British peer and Tory politician, styled Viscount Bayham from 1794 to 1812 and Earl of Brecknock from 1812 to 1840....	Tory	(Sir) Sandford Graham
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....		Edward Thomas Foley Edward Thomas Foley Edward Thomas Foley , of Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, was an English Tory Edward Thomas Foley (21 December 1791 – 30 March 1846), of Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, was an English Tory Edward Thomas Foley (21 December 1791 – 30 March 1846), of Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, was an English Tory (and later...	Tory	George James Welbore Agar-Ellis George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover PC FRS FSA was a British politician and man of letters. He was briefly First Commissioner of Woods and Forests under Lord Grey between 1830 and 1831.-Background and education:...	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...
1830 United Kingdom general election, 1830 The 1830 United Kingdom general election, was triggered by the death of King George IV and produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, William IV. Fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, it saw electoral reform become a major election issue...			Tory	Sir Sandford Graham	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...
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

Sources

Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
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