Marlborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Marlborough was a parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

in Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...

, 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 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.
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1295-1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Thomas Cryps	John Jenewyne
1388 (Feb)	John Curteys I	John Wyly
1388 (Sep)	John Curteys I	John Wyly
1390 (Jan)	Thomas Calston	Robert Warner
1390 (Nov)
1391
1393	John Curteys I	Thomas Lechenore
1394	John Curteys I	Richard Frys
1395	John Curteys I	Robert Drake
1397 (Jan)
1397 (Sep)	John Canynges	Nicholas Cley
1399	Thomas Cryps	Thomas Cook
1401
1402	Richard Collingbourne	John Bird
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	Thomas Heose	Nicholas Tympeneye
1407
1410
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	John Bird	William Byllyngtre
1414 (Apr)	Thomas Hathaway	William Alcliffe
1414 (Nov)	Thomas Hathaway	John Bird
1415	John Bird	Thomas Newman
1416 (Mar)	Thomas Newman	Nicholas Swan
1416 (Oct)
1417	William Hungate	Hugh Gower
1419
1420	Hugh Gower	Nicholas Swan
1421 (May)	Hugh Gower	Laurence Fitton
1421 (Dec)	Hugh Gower	John Giles
1510-1523	No names known
1529	Edmund Darrell	Henry Bagot
1536	?
1539	?John Berwick	?John Thynne
1542	?William Barnes	?John Thynne
1545	John Thynne	Andrew Baynton Andrew Baynton Sir Andrew Baynton , was an English scholar.Baynton was son and heir of Sir Edward Baynton, of Bromham-Baynton, Wiltshire, a favourite courtier of Henry VIII, vice-chamberlain to three of his queens, and a friend and patron of Hugh Latimer, some of the correspondence between them Sir Andrew Baynton...
1547	Humphrey Moseley	Thomas Smith
1553 (Mar)	William Button	Roger Colly
1553 (Oct)	Robert Weare alias Brown	Robert Bithway
1554 (Apr)	Owen Gwyn	Thomas Tyndale
1554 (Nov)	Peter Taylor alias Perce	John Broke
1555	Andrew Baynton Andrew Baynton Sir Andrew Baynton , was an English scholar.Baynton was son and heir of Sir Edward Baynton, of Bromham-Baynton, Wiltshire, a favourite courtier of Henry VIII, vice-chamberlain to three of his queens, and a friend and patron of Hugh Latimer, some of the correspondence between them Sir Andrew Baynton...	Gabriel Pleydell
1558	William Daniell	William Fleetwood
1559	William Daniell	John Young II
1562/3	Michael Blount Michael Blount -Life:He was born in Mapledurham House, Oxfordshire to Sir Richard Blount He was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1576, then of Oxfordshire in 1586 and 1597. He was elected the Member of Parliament for Winchelsea in March 1553 and Marlborough in 1563...	Leonard Dannett
1571	John Cornwall	Philip Godwyn
1572	Nicholas St John	John Stanhope John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope of Harrington was an English courtier, politician and peer.-Life:He was the third son of Sir Michael Stanhope, born in Yorkshire, but brought up in Nottinghamshire after his father's attainder for treason in 1552...
1584	Henry Ughtred	Edward Stanhope II
1586	Edward Stanhope II	Edmund Hungerford
1588	Richard Wheler	John Cornwall
1593	Richard Wheler	Anthony Hungerford
1597	Richard Diggs	Richard Wheler
1601	Richard Diggs	Lawrence Hyde Lawrence Hyde (attorney-general) Sir Lawrence Hyde was an English lawyer who was attorey-general to the consort of King James I. He sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1611....
1604-1611	Lawrence Hyde Lawrence Hyde (attorney-general) Sir Lawrence Hyde was an English lawyer who was attorey-general to the consort of King James I. He sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1611....	Richard Diggs
1614	Richard Diggs	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...
1621	William Seymour, Lord Beauchamp William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset Sir William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, KG was an English nobleman and Royalist commander in the English Civil War.... , ennobled 1621 and replaced by Walter Devereux Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount Hereford Sir Walter Devereux was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1624 and became the 5th Viscount Hereford, a peer in the peerage of England....	Richard Diggs
1624	Sir Francis Seymour Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was an English statesman, a Member of Parliament raised to the peerage by Charles I and a Royalist during the English Civil War....	Richard Diggs
1625	Richard Diggs	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....
1626	Richard Diggs	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....
1628	Richard Diggs	Henry Piercy
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

1640-1868

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
March 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 William Carnaby William Carnaby William Carnaby was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War....	Royalist Royalist A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim. In the abstract, this position is royalism. It is distinct from monarchism, which advocates a monarchical system of government, but not necessarily a particular monarch...		Francis Baskerville Francis Baskerville Francis Baskerville was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640.Baskerville was the son of Thomas Baskerville of Richardston Wiltshire and his wife Joan Lor....
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 Francklyn John Francklyn John Francklyn was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1644.Francklyn was of Wiltshire. He matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford on 18 May 1582, aged 18....	Parliamentarian		Sir Francis Seymour Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was an English statesman, a Member of Parliament raised to the peerage by Charles I and a Royalist during the English Civil War....	Royalist
1641			Parliamentarian		Philip Smith	Parliamentarian
1645		Charles Fleetwood Charles Fleetwood Charles Fleetwood was an English Parliamentary soldier and politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1652–55, where he enforced the Cromwellian Settlement. At the Restoration he was included in the Act of Indemnity as among the twenty liable to penalties other than capital, and was finally...			Philip Smith	Parliamentarian
1653	Marlborough 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....		Charles Fleetwood Charles Fleetwood Charles Fleetwood was an English Parliamentary soldier and politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1652–55, where he enforced the Cromwellian Settlement. At the Restoration he was included in the Act of Indemnity as among the twenty liable to penalties other than capital, and was finally...		Marlborough 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...		Jeremy Sankey
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 Grove			James Hayes James Hayes (Prince Rupert's secretary) Sir James Hayes was secretary to Prince Rupert and first Deputy-Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.He was born the son of James Hayes in Beckington, Somerset. He was educated at St Paul's School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1649...
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....		Charles Fleetwood Charles Fleetwood Charles Fleetwood was an English Parliamentary soldier and politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1652–55, where he enforced the Cromwellian Settlement. At the Restoration he was included in the Act of Indemnity as among the twenty liable to penalties other than capital, and was finally...			Philip Smith
April 1660		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...			Jeffrey Daniel Jeffrey Daniel (MP) Jeffrey Daniel was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Daniel was the son of William Daniel of St. Margett, Wiltshire. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 20 May 1642 aged 15....
1661		Lord John Seymour John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset was an English peer and MP.He was the only surviving son of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Lady Frances Devereux and entered Grays Inn in 1666. He succeeded his nephew as the 4th Duke of Somerset in 1671. He married in 1656 Sarah, daughter and...
1673		Sir John Elwes
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 Bennet			Edward Goddard
August 1679		Thomas Bennet			Lord Bruce Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury and 3rd Earl of Elgin was the son of Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin and Lady Diana Grey. His maternal grandparents were Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford and Lady Anne Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter...
1685		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...			Sir George Willoughby George Willoughby George Willoughby was a Quaker activist who advocated for world peace, and conducted nonviolent protests against war and preparations for war.-Biography:...
January 1695					Thomas Bennet
November 1695		William Daniell			Thomas Bennet
1698		The Earl of Ranelagh Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh PC FRS , known as The Viscount Ranelagh between 1669 and 1677, was an Irish peer, politician both in the Parliaments of England and Ireland.-Background:...			William Grinfield
January 1701					John Jeffreys
November 1701		Robert Yard
July 1702		Robert Bruce
November 1702		Robert Bruce			Edward Jeffreys Edward Jeffreys Edward Winnington or Jeffreys was a son of Sir Francis Winnington and a younger brother of Salwey Winnington.Winnington was called to the bar at the Middle Temple on 18 May 1694...
May 1705		Edward Ashe Edward Ashe Edward Ashe was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1652.Ashe was the son of James Ashe of Freshford, Somerset and his wife Grace Pitt, daughter of Richard Pitt of Melcombe Regis He acquired the manor of Halstead, Kent.In November 1640, Ashe was elected Member of...			John Jeffreys
November 1705		Earl of Hertford Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset General Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset was the son of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset and his wife, Elizabeth...			John Jeffreys
May 1708					Robert Bruce
December 1708		Sir Edward Ernle
1710		Lord Bruce
1712		Richard Jones
1713		Gabriel Roberts
1715		Sir William Humphreys			Joshua Ward Joshua Ward Joshua Ward was a London pharmacist and an experimental chemist. In 1736, Ward heated saltpeter and as it decomposed the sulfur was oxidized to SO3, which combined with water to produce sulfuric acid. It was the first practical production of sulfuric acid on a large scale.-References:...
1717		Sir William Humphreys			Gabriel Roberts
March 1722		Earl of Hertford Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset General Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset was the son of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset and his wife, Elizabeth...
October 1722		Thomas Gibson
1727		Thomas Gibson			Edward Lisle
1734		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....			Edward Lisle
1737					John Crawley
1741		Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Baronet Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Baronet Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Baronet was an English Jacobite MP. He has been called "one of the most zealous Jacobites in England"....			John Crawley
1747					John Talbot
1752		Sir John Hynde Cotton, 4th Baronet			John Talbot
1754		Sir John Hynde Cotton, 4th Baronet			Hon. John Ward John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward was a British peer and politician.Ward was the son of John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward, and his first wife Anna Maria . He was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Marlborough in 1754, a seat he held until 1761, and then...
1761		Lord Brudenell			Colonel the 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...
1762		(Sir) James Long Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th Baronet Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th Baronet was an English politician.The eldest son of Sir Robert Long, 6th Baronet and his wife Emma Child, he succeeded his father as 7th Baronet on 10 February 1767, and inherited the family estates, including the manors of Draycot and Athelhampton.- Career :He was a...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
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....
1780		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....	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...		William Woodley
1784					Sir Philip Hales Sir Philip Hales, 5th Baronet Sir Philip Hales, 5th Baronet , of Beakesbourne in Kent, was an English courtier and Member of Parliament.Hales was the sixth son of Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet, a long-serving Member of Parliament who held a series of lucrative posts in the Royal Household...
1790					Major-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:...
1793		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...
1796		Lord Bruce Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury, KT , styled The Honourable Charles Brudenell-Bruce from birth until 1776, Lord Bruce from 1776 to 1814 and The Earl of Ailesbury from 1814 to 1821, was a British peer and politician.-Background:Brudenell-Bruce was the third son of Thomas...			Hon. James Bruce
1797					Robert Brudenell Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan succeeded to his title on 24 February 1811, following the death of his uncle James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan....
1802					James Henry Leigh
1806					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...
1807					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 Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1810					Hon. Edward Stopford Edward Stopford Sir Edward Stopford GCB , was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician.Stopford was the second son of James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown, and his wife Mary . James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown, was his elder brother and Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford his younger brother...
1814		William Hill William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick, PC, FSA was a British peer, politician and diplomatist.Born William Hill, he was the second son of Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick and his wife, Anna, a maternal granddaughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford. He was educated at Rugby School and Jesus...
1818		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....			Lord Brudenell James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan Lieutenant General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, KCB , was an officer in the British Army who commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean War...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1826		Earl Bruce George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury George William Frederick Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury KG, PC, DL , styled Lord Bruce between 1814 and 1821 and Earl Bruce between 1821 and 1856, was a British peer, Liberal politician and courtier.-Background and education:Born in Lower Grosvenor Street, London, Bruce was the oldest...	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...
13 March 1829		Thomas Bucknall-Estcourt	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
23 March 1829		Thomas Bucknall-Estcourt			William John Bankes William John Bankes William John Bankes , the second, but first surviving son of Henry Bankes, was a notable explorer, Egyptologist and adventurer. He was a member of the Bankes family of Dorset and he had Sir Charles Barry recase Kingston Lacy in stone as it is today...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1832		Lord Ernest Bruce Ernest Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury PC , styled Lord Ernest Bruce from 1821 until 1878, was a British courtier and politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1841 and 1846 and again between 1852 and 1858...	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...		Henry Bingham Baring Henry Bingham Baring Henry Bingham Baring was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the half-brother of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer and a member of the distinguished Baring family....	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...
1857			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...			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...
1859			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...			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...
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

Year		Member	Party
1868		Lord Ernest Bruce Ernest Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury PC , styled Lord Ernest Bruce from 1821 until 1878, was a British courtier and politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1841 and 1846 and again between 1852 and 1858...	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...
1878		Lord Charles Bruce	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...
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Constituency abolished

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