Lyme Regis (UK Parliament constituency)

Lyme Regis was a parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

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in Dorset

Dorset

Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...

, which elected two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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(MPs) to the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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from 1295 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1868, when the borough was abolished.

1295-1629

Constituency created (1295)

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Walter Tropenell	Robert Membury
1388 (Feb)	Walter Tropenell	Robert Membury
1388 (Sep)	Walter Tropenell	John Dorset
1390 (Jan)	Walter Tropenell	John Dorset
1390 (Nov)
1391	Walter Tropenell	John Dorset
1393	Robert Membury	Roger Crogge
1394	Robert Membury	John Stikelane
1395	John Dorset	John Wade
1397 (Jan)	Thomas Bath	Hugh Sampford
1397 (Sep)	John Stikelane	John Crone
1399	Roger Crogge	John Stikelane
1401
1402	Roger Crogge	Ralph Stikelane
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	Roger Crogge	Ralph Stikelane
1407	Peter Richman	John Baker
1410	Thomas Haseley
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Thomas Walsingham	Roger Crogge
1414 (Apr)	John Tynham	Thomas Stikelane
1414 (Nov)	John Tynham	Roger Crogge
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417	Thomas Est	William Taverner
1419	[Thomas] Stikelane
1420	Edward Cukkford	John Richman
1421 (May)	Thoms Lond	Nicholas Radford
1421 (Dec)	Thomas Richman	Richard Parker
1510-1523	No names known
1529	John Pyne, died and repl. after 1532 by ?John Tudoll	Thomas Burgh
1536	?
1539	?
1542	?
1545	John Fry	William Pole
1547	Sir Francis Fleming
1553 (Mar)	?
1553 (Oct)	Thomas Goodwin	John Mallock
Parliament of 1554
Parliament of 1554-1555
Parliament of 1555	John Strowbridge	Jasper Poyntz
Parliament of 1558	John Foster	John Popham
Parliament of 1559	Nicholas Throckmorton Nicholas Throckmorton Sir Nicholas Throckmorton was an English diplomat and politician, who was an ambassador to France and played a key role in the relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots.-Early years:...	John Mallock
Parliament of 1563-1567	Francis Walsingham Francis Walsingham Sir Francis Walsingham was Principal Secretary to Elizabeth I of England from 1573 until 1590, and is popularly remembered as her "spymaster". Walsingham is frequently cited as one of the earliest practitioners of modern intelligence methods both for espionage and for domestic security...	William Butler (or Boteler?)
Parliament of 1571	John Astley John Astley (courtier) John Astley was an English courtier, Marian exile, and Master of the Jewel House. He was a Member of Parliament on many occasions.-Life:...	William Ellesdon
Parliament of 1572-1581		George Ellesdon
Parliament of 1584-1585	Edward Drew Edward Drew Edward Drew , was recorder of London.Drew, eldest son of Thomas Drew , by his wife Eleanora, daughter of William Huckmore of the county of Devon, appears to have been born at the family seat of Sharpham, in the parish of Ashprington, near Totnes, and spent some time at the university...	John Hassard
Parliament of 1586-1587	Thomas Hughes	John Hassard
Parliament of 1588-1589	Hamden Paulet	Robert Hassard
Parliament of 1593	Zachariah Bethel	Robert Hassard
Parliament of 1597-1598	Richard Tichborne	Christopher Ellesdon
Parliament of 1601	John FitzJames	Nicholas Throckmorton, later Nicholas Carew
Parliament of 1604-1611	Sir George Somers George Somers This article is about the English naval hero. For the American football player, see George Somers Admiral Sir George Somers was an English naval hero. Born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of John Somers, his first fame came as part of an expedition led by Sir Amyas Preston against the Spanish... died 1610 By-election Sir Francis Russell Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford PC was an English politician. About 1631 he built the square of Covent Garden, with the piazza and church of St. Paul's, employing Inigo Jones as his architect...	John Hassard too ill to continue sitting 1610 By-election George Jeffreys
Addled Parliament (1614) Addled Parliament The Addled Parliament was the second Parliament of England of the reign of James I of England , which sat between 5 April and 7 June 1614...	Sir Edward Seymour Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 2nd Baronet , MP, was a British gentleman and politician.He was the son of Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet, and wife Elizabeth Champernowne and a descendant of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, in the senior line...	George Browne
Parliament of 1621-1622	John Poulett John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett, was an English sailor and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1610 and 1621 and was later raised to the peerage....	Robert Hassard
Happy Parliament (1624-1625) Happy Parliament The Happy Parliament was the fourth and last Parliament of England of the reign of King James I, sitting from 19 February 1624 to 24 May 1624 and then from 2 November 1624 to 16 February 1625...	Sir John Drake	William Wynn
Useless Parliament (1625) Useless Parliament The Useless Parliament was the first Parliament of England of the reign of King Charles I, sitting only from June until August 1625. It gained its name because it transacted no significant business, making it 'useless' from the king's point of view...	John Drake	Thomas Paramour
Parliament of 1625-1626	Sir Walter Erle Walter Erle Sir Walter Erle or Earle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1648...
Parliament of 1628-1629	Christopher Erle
No Parliament summoned 1629-1640

1640-1832

Year	\|2nd Member	2nd Party
April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....		Sir Walter Erle Walter Erle Sir Walter Erle or Earle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1648...	Parliamentarian		Richard Rose Richard Rose (MP) Richard Rose was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648.Rose was the son of John Rose of Lyme Regis, Dorset and his wife Faith Ellesdon. He was a draper and became Lord of the Manor of Wootton Fitzpaine.In April 1640, Rose was elected Member of...	Parliamentarian
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...		Edmund Prideaux Edmund Prideaux Sir Edmund Prideaux was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament, who supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War. He was briefly solicitor-general but chose to resign rather than participate in the regicide of Charles I and was afterwards attorney-general a position he held...	Parliamentarian			Parliamentarian
December 1648			Parliamentarian	Rose 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	Lyme Regis 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...
1654 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....		Sir Edmund Prideaux Edmund Prideaux Sir Edmund Prideaux was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament, who supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War. He was briefly solicitor-general but chose to resign rather than participate in the regicide of Charles I and was afterwards attorney-general a position he held...		Lyme Regis had only one seat in 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
1656 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...
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...					Henry Henley Henry Henley Henry Henley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1681. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....
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....				One seat vacant
April 1660		Walter Yonge Sir Walter Yonge, 2nd Baronet Sir Walter Yonge, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1660 and 1670....			Thomas Moore
1660					Henry Hyde Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon Henry Hyde 2nd Earl of Clarendon PC was an English aristocrat and politician. He held high office at the beginning of the reign of James II of England, who had married his sister.-Early life:... , later Earl of Clarendon
1661		Sir John Shaw			Henry Henley Henry Henley Henry Henley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1681. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....
1679		Sir George Strode
1679		Thomas Moore
1685		John Pole			Sir Winston Churchill Winston Churchill (1620-1688) Sir Winston Churchill FRS , known as the Cavalier Colonel, was an English soldier, historian, and politician. He was the father of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, as well as a mixed-line ancestor of his 20th-century namesake, Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.Churchill was the son of...
1689		John Pole			John Burridge
1690		Henry Henley Henry Henley Henry Henley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1681. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....			John Burridge
1695					Robert Henley
1701		Joseph Paice			Robert Henley
1701		Joseph Paice			John Burridge
1702		Henry Henley Henry Henley Henry Henley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1681. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....
1705		Thomas Freke Thomas Freke Sir Thomas Freke was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1626....
1710		Henry Henley Henry Henley Henry Henley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1681. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....			John Burridge, junior
1715		John Henley
1722		Henry Holt Henley
1727		Henry Drax
1728		Henry Drax			Henry Holt Henley
1734		John Scrope John Scrope John Scrope was a British lawyer and politician.He was the son of Thomas Scrope, a Bristol merchant, the third son and ultimate heir of Colonel Adrian Scrope of Wormsley in Oxfordshire, hung drawn and quartered after the restoration as one of the regicides of Charles I.Scrope was educated at the...			Henry Holt Henley
1748					Robert Henley
1753		Thomas Fane Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland , MP for Lyme Regis and a lord commissioner of trade. Thomas Fane was the second son of Henry Fane of Brympton d'Evercy in Somerset and Anne sister and coheir of John Scrope, children of Thomas Scrope, a Bristol merchant. Anne was a granddaughter of Colonel... , later Earl of Westmorland	Tory		Robert Henley
1754					Francis Fane	Tory
1757					Henry Fane	Tory
1762		Lord Burghersh John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland was an English earl. He succeeded his father the 8th Earl as Earl and as MP for Lyme Regis from 1762 .-Lord Burghersh:... , later Earl of Westmorland	Tory
1772		Hon. Henry Fane Henry Fane, MP Henry Fane, MP for Lyme Regis 1772–1802.The younger son of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland. He was a Clerk to HM Treasury from 7 December 1757 until 29 August 1763, but was described as "very idle and careless and spending much time in the country".In January 1772 he became Keeper of the...	Tory
1777					Francis Fane	Tory
1780					David Robert Michel	Tory
1784					Hon. Thomas Fane	Tory
1802		Henry Fane	Tory		Hon. Thomas Fane	Tory
1806					Lord Burghersh John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland General John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland GCB, GCH, PC , styled Lord Burghersh until 1841, was a British soldier, politician, diplomat and musician.-Background:... , later Earl of Westmorland	Tory
1816					John Thomas Fane	Tory
1818		Vere Fane	Tory
1826		Hon. Henry Sutton Fane	Tory
1832	Representation reduced to one member

1832-1868

Election		Member	Party
	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....	William Pinney	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	Thomas Hussey Thomas Hussey (Lyme Regis MP) Thomas Hussey DL, JP was a British Conservative Party politician.Hussey was the eldest son of John Hussey. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1837...	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 *...	Sir Thomas Neville Abdy	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...
	1852 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...	William Pinney	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...
	1865 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...	John Wright Treeby	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...		Constituency abolished

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