Lymington (UK Parliament constituency)
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Lymington was a parliamentary borough
in Hampshire
, which elected two Members of Parliament
(MPs) to the House of Commons
from 1584 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.
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Parliamentary borough
Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...
in Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
, which 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 1584 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.
1584-1640
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
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| 1584 | Anthony Cooke | Richard Cooke |
| 1586 (Oct) | Francis Keilway | William Wallop |
| 1588 (Oct) | Francis Keilway | William White |
| 1593 | Richard Blount | John Knight |
| 1597 (Oct) | Thomas West | Henry Wallop |
| 1601 (Oct) | Sir Francis Darcy | Thomas Ridle |
| 1604 | Thomas Marshal | Thomas South |
| 1621-1622 | Sir William Doddington | Henry Crompton |
| 1624 | Nicholas Ferrer | John Moor |
| 1625 | John Button | John Mills |
| 1626 | Herbert Doddington | John Moor |
| 1628-1629 | Herbert Doddington | Richard Whitehead Richard Whitehead (Hampshire MP) Richard Whitehead was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1653. He fought for the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.... |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned' | |
1640-1868
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| November 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 Doddington John Doddington John Doddington was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640.Doddington was the son of Sir William Doddington of Breamore, Hampshire. He inherited the estates and Breamore House on the death of his father in 1638.... |
John Kempe John Kempe (MP) John Kempe was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1652. He supported the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War.... |
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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... |
John Button John Button (MP) John Button was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1679.Button was the only son of John Button of Buckland, Hampshire and his first wife Eleanor South, daughter of Thomas South of South Baddesley. He entered Inner Temple in 1641... |
Parliamentarian | Henry Campion | Parliamentarian | |||
| December 1648 | Button 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 |
Campion 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... |
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| 1653 | Lymington 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... |
John Button John Button (MP) John Button was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1679.Button was the only son of John Button of Buckland, Hampshire and his first wife Eleanor South, daughter of Thomas South of South Baddesley. He entered Inner Temple in 1641... |
Richard Whitehead Richard Whitehead (Hampshire MP) Richard Whitehead was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1653. He fought for the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.... |
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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 | John Button John Button (MP) John Button was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1679.Button was the only son of John Button of Buckland, Hampshire and his first wife Eleanor South, daughter of Thomas South of South Baddesley. He entered Inner Temple in 1641... |
Henry Bromfield Henry Bromfield Henry Bromfield was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. He was a verderer of the New Forest.... |
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| 1661 | Sir William Lewis Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1677.... |
John Bulkeley John Bulkeley (MP) John Bulkeley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1662.... |
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| 1663 | Sir Nicholas Steward | ||||||
| 1678 | Sir Richard Knight | ||||||
| February 1679 | John Button John Button (MP) John Button was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1679.Button was the only son of John Button of Buckland, Hampshire and his first wife Eleanor South, daughter of Thomas South of South Baddesley. He entered Inner Temple in 1641... |
Bartholomew Bulkeley | |||||
| May 1679 | John Burrard | ||||||
| 1680 | Henry Dawley | ||||||
| 1685 | Richard Holt | ||||||
| 1690 | Thomas Dore | ||||||
| May 1698 | William Tulse | ||||||
| July 1698 | George Burrard | ||||||
| 1701 | Paul Burrard | ||||||
| May 1705 | Paul Burrard, junior | ||||||
| December 1705 | Marquess of Winchester Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton Lieutenant-General Charles Powlett , 3rd Duke of Bolton KG PC was a British nobleman and politician.... |
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| 1708 | Richard Chaundler | ||||||
| 1710 | Lord William Powlett Lord William Powlett Lord William Powlett was the younger son of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton. He served as Member of Parliament for Winchester from 1689 until 1710, for Lymington from 1710 until 1715, and again for Winchester from 1715 until his death... |
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| 1713 | Sir Joseph Jekyll Joseph Jekyll Sir Joseph Jekyll KS was a British barrister, politician and judge. Born to John Jekyll, he initially attended a seminary before joining the Middle Temple in 1680. Thanks to his association with Lord Somers Jekyll advanced rapidly, becoming Chief Justice of Chester in 1697 and a King's Serjeant in... |
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| April 1715 | Richard Chaundler | ||||||
| March 1722 | Lord Harry Powlett Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton PC , known until 1754 as Lord Harry Powlett, was a British nobleman and Whig politician, the second son of Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton and Frances Ramsden... |
Paul Burrard, junior | |||||
| October 1722 | Sir Gilbert Heathcote | Whig | |||||
| 1727 | Lord Nassau Powlett Lord Nassau Powlett Lord Nassau Powlett KB was an English nobleman and politician, the only son of Charles Powlett, 2nd Duke of Bolton by his third wife Henrietta Crofts.In 1725, he became one of the founder knights of the Order of the Bath.... |
Anthony Morgan | |||||
| 1729 | William Powlett | ||||||
| 1734 | Sir John Cope | Colonel Maurice Bocland | |||||
| May 1741 | Lord Nassau Powlett Lord Nassau Powlett Lord Nassau Powlett KB was an English nobleman and politician, the only son of Charles Powlett, 2nd Duke of Bolton by his third wife Henrietta Crofts.In 1725, he became one of the founder knights of the Order of the Bath.... |
(Sir) Harry Burrard | |||||
| December 1741 | (Sir) Charles Powlett Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton, KCB, PC , styled Marquess of Winchester from 1754 to 1759, was a British soldier, nobleman and Whig politician. He was the eldest son of Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton and Catherine Parry.Educated at Winchester, he joined the British Army and became a... |
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| 1755 | Captain Lord Harry Powlett Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton Admiral Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton PC was a British nobleman and naval officer.He was the second son of Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton and Catherine Parry. Educated at Winchester , he joined the Royal Navy, becoming a lieutenant aboard Shrewsbury on 4 March 1740... |
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| 1761 | Adam Drummond Adam Drummond Adam Drummond , 11th of Lennoch and 4th of Megginch in Perthshire, was a Scottish merchant, banker and Member of Parliament.Drummond was the eldest son of John Drummond... |
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| 1769 | Hugo Meynell Hugo Meynell Hugo Meynell is generally seen as the father of modern fox hunting, became Master of Fox Hounds for the Quorn Hunt in Leicestershire in 1753 and continued in that role for another forty-seven years . Meynell pioneered an extended chase at high speeds through open grassland... |
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| 1774 | Edward Morant | ||||||
| 1778 | Henry Goodricke | ||||||
| 1780 | Thomas Dummer Thomas Dummer Thomas Dummer was an English Member of Parliament for Newport , Yarmouth , Downton in Wiltshire , Wendover in Buckinghamshire and Lymington in Hampshire .... |
Captain Harry Burrard | |||||
| 1781 | Edward Gibbon Edward Gibbon Edward Gibbon was an English historian and Member of Parliament... |
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| 1784 | Robert Colt | ||||||
| 1788 | George Rose George Rose The Right Honourable George Rose was a British politician.Born at Woodside near Brechin, Scotland, Rose was the son of the Reverend David Rose of Lethnot, by Margaret, daughter of Donald Rose of Wester Clune... |
Tory | |||||
| 1790 | Lieutenant Colonel Harry Burrard | Lieutenant (Sir) Harry Burrard Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, 2nd Baronet Admiral Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, 2nd Baronet GCB, GCMG, born Harry Burrard, was a British officer of the Royal Navy, and Member of Parliament for Lymington.... (later Burrard-Neale) |
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| 1791 | Nathaniel Brassey Halhed Nathaniel Brassey Halhed Nathaniel Brassey Halhed was an English Orientalist and philologist. Halhed was born at Westminster. He was educated at Harrow, where he began his intimacy with Richard Brinsley Sheridan, which continued after he entered Christ Church, Oxford... |
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| 1796 | William Manning | ||||||
| July 1802 | Major-General Harry Burrard | ||||||
| December 1802 | John Kingston | ||||||
| 1806 | Captain Sir Harry Burrard-Neale Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, 2nd Baronet Admiral Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, 2nd Baronet GCB, GCMG, born Harry Burrard, was a British officer of the Royal Navy, and Member of Parliament for Lymington.... |
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| 1807 | George Duckett | ||||||
| 1812 | Captain Sir Harry Burrard-Neale Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, 2nd Baronet Admiral Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, 2nd Baronet GCB, GCMG, born Harry Burrard, was a British officer of the Royal Navy, and Member of Parliament for Lymington.... |
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| 1814 | John Taylor | ||||||
| 1818 | William Manning | ||||||
| 1820 | George Finch George Finch (1794–1870) George Finch , of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland, was a British landowner and politician.-Background:Finch was the illegitimate son of George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea. In 1808 he was granted a license to use the Finch arms... |
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| 1821 | William Manning | ||||||
| 1823 | Walter Boyd | ||||||
| 1826 | Guy Lenox Prendergast Guy Lenox Prendergast Guy Lenox Prendergast was an Saharan explorer and officer in the British Army during the Second World War.-History:Guy Lenox Prendergast was one of a group of British Saharan explorers in the late 1920s and early 1930s. These men included Ralph Alger Bagnold, Pat Clayton and Bill Kennedy Shaw. they... |
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| 1827 | Thomas Divett | ||||||
| 1828 | George Burrard Sir George Burrard, 4th Baronet Sir George Burrard, 4th Baronet was a British politician.He was the only son of Sir George Burrard, 3rd Baronet and his first wife Elizabeth Anne Coppell, daughter of William Coppell. In 1856, he succeeded his father as baronet... |
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| 1830 | William Tatton Egerton William Egerton, 1st Baron Egerton William Tatton Egerton, 1st Baron Egerton was a British peer and politician.Egerton was the son of Wilbraham Egerton and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Christopher Sykes, 1st Baronet. On his father's side he was descended in the female line from the Hon... |
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| 1831 | William Alexander Mackinnon | 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.... |
John Stewart | 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 Harry Burrard-Neale Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, 2nd Baronet Admiral Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, 2nd Baronet GCB, GCMG, born Harry Burrard, was a British officer of the Royal Navy, and Member of Parliament for Lymington.... |
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| 1835 United Kingdom general election, 1835 The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large... |
William Alexander Mackinnon | 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... |
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| 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 *... |
Hon. George Keppel George Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle General George Thomas Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle DL, FGS, FSA , styled The Honourable from birth until 1851, was a British soldier, Liberal politician and writer.-Background and education:... |
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| 1850 by-election | Edward John Hutchins Edward John Hutchins Edward John Hutchins was a Liberal MP, railway director and Freemason.-Birth and education:... |
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| 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... |
Sir John Rivett-Carnac | 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... |
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| 1857 United Kingdom general election, 1857 -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 *... |
William Mackinnon (the younger) | Whig | |||||
| 1859 United Kingdom general election, 1859 In the 1859 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, held their majority in the House of Commons over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives... |
Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
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| 1860 by-election | Lord George Gordon-Lennox Lord George Gordon-Lennox Lord George Charles Gordon-Lennox , was a British Conservative politician.-Background:Gordon-Lennox was the fifth son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lady Caroline, daughter of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey... |
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... |
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| 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 | ||||||
1868-1885
| Election | 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... | Lord George Gordon-Lennox Lord George Gordon-Lennox Lord George Charles Gordon-Lennox , was a British Conservative politician.-Background:Gordon-Lennox was the fifth son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lady Caroline, daughter of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey... |
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... |
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| 1874 United Kingdom general election, 1874 -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 *... |
Edmund Hegan Kennard Edmund Hegan Kennard Colonel Edmund Hegan Kennard VD FRGS was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1868 and 1885.Kennard was the son of John Peirse Kennard and his wife Sophia Chapman... |
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... |
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| 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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