New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)
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New Shoreham, sometimes simply called Shoreham, was a parliamentary borough
centred on the town of Shoreham-by-Sea
in what is now West Sussex
. It returned two Members of Parliament
(MPs) to the House of Commons of England
from 1295 to 1707, then to then House of Commons of Great Britain
until 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
from 1801 until it was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
, with effect from the 1885 general election
.
A modern constituency called Shoreham
existed from 1974 to 1997.
which was the normal franchise for a county constituency.
The explanation for the franchise qualification was the result of a disputed by-election in 1770. At that time all the electors qualified by paying scot and lot
, a local property tax. Stooks Smith provides two notes on what happened, following a result in which Thomas Rumbold
received 87 votes and John Purling had 37 votes (a third candidate, William James, received 4 votes).
However as a result of Mr. Roberts action there had been an investigation.
The rapes were traditional subdivisions of Sussex. The six rapes each consisted of a strip of territory from the northern border of the county to its southern coast, so the area involved was considerably larger than that of the normal Parliamentary borough
.
As a result of the extension of the boundaries the constituency became more like a county one than a typical borough of the era.
When an electoral register was first compiled, before the 1832 election, the 1,925 electors included 701 freeholders and 189 scot and lot
voters. The remaining electors would have qualified under the occupation franchise introduced for all boroughs by the Reform Act 1832
, which also preserved the ancient right franchises of the existing electors.
Notes
Parliamentary borough
Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...
centred on the town of Shoreham-by-Sea
Shoreham-by-Sea
Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away...
in what is now West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
. It returned 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 of England
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
from 1295 to 1707, then to then House of Commons of Great Britain
House of Commons of Great Britain
The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of the Parliament of Scotland, as one of the most significant...
until 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
from 1801 until it was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...
, with effect from the 1885 general election
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:...
.
A modern constituency called Shoreham
Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)
Shoreham was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1974 to 1997....
existed from 1974 to 1997.
Boundaries, Franchise and Boundary Changes
New Shoreham is a part of Shoreham-by-Sea, located around its port. The borough, in 1800, had about 1,000 electors. The qualification for the vote before 1832, unusually for a borough, was the possession of a 40 shilling freeholdForty Shilling Freeholders
Forty shilling freeholders were a group of landowners who had the Parliamentary franchise to vote in county constituencies in various parts of the British Isles. In England it was the only such qualification from 1430 until 1832...
which was the normal franchise for a county constituency.
The explanation for the franchise qualification was the result of a disputed by-election in 1770. At that time all the electors qualified by paying scot and lot
Scot and lot
Scot and lot is a phrase common in the records of English medieval boroughs, applied to householders who were assessed for a tax paid to the borough for local or national purposes.They were usually members of a merchant guild.Before the Reform Act 1832, those who paid scot and bore...
, a local property tax. Stooks Smith provides two notes on what happened, following a result in which Thomas Rumbold
Thomas Rumbold
Sir Thomas Rumbold, 1st Baronet was a British administrator of India who served as Governor of Madras from 1777 to 1780....
received 87 votes and John Purling had 37 votes (a third candidate, William James, received 4 votes).
The Returning Officer on the ground that nearly all the 87 were bribed declared Mr. Purling elected, but Mr. Rumbold was seated on petition. On the 14th Feb. 1771, Mr. Roberts the Returning Officer was brought to the Bar of the House, and on his knees received a very severe reprimand from the Speaker for having taken upon himself to return Mr. Purling.
However as a result of Mr. Roberts action there had been an investigation.
The evidence given by the Returning Officer, Mr. Hugh Roberts, before the Committee, was the means of bringing to light a most singular system of wholesale bribery, carried on by a body of Electors, who styled themselves, the "Christian Society", and who had for some time being in the habit of selling seats to the highest bidders. By 11th Geo. III. C. 55, the whole of the members, amounting to 81, were deprived of the right of again voting at any Parliamentary Election, and the old class of voters disfranchised, the right of election being extended to the 40s. freeholdersForty Shilling FreeholdersForty shilling freeholders were a group of landowners who had the Parliamentary franchise to vote in county constituencies in various parts of the British Isles. In England it was the only such qualification from 1430 until 1832...
of the Rape of BramberRape of BramberThe Rape of Bramber is one of the rapes, the traditional sub-divisions unique to the historic county of Sussex in England. Bramber is a former barony, originally based around the castle of Bramber and its village, overlooking the river Adur.-History:...
.
The rapes were traditional subdivisions of Sussex. The six rapes each consisted of a strip of territory from the northern border of the county to its southern coast, so the area involved was considerably larger than that of the normal Parliamentary borough
Parliamentary borough
Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...
.
As a result of the extension of the boundaries the constituency became more like a county one than a typical borough of the era.
When an electoral register was first compiled, before the 1832 election, the 1,925 electors included 701 freeholders and 189 scot and lot
Scot and lot
Scot and lot is a phrase common in the records of English medieval boroughs, applied to householders who were assessed for a tax paid to the borough for local or national purposes.They were usually members of a merchant guild.Before the Reform Act 1832, those who paid scot and bore...
voters. The remaining electors would have qualified under the occupation franchise introduced for all boroughs by the Reform Act 1832
Reform Act 1832
The Representation of the People Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales...
, which also preserved the ancient right franchises of the existing electors.
1295-1640
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1386 | Richard Bernard | William Corveysor |
| 1388 (Feb) | Richard Bernard | Simon Benefeld |
| 1388 (Sep) | Richard Bernard | John Skully |
| 1390 (Jan) | Richard Bernard | Simon Benefeld |
| 1390 (Nov) | ||
| 1391 | Robert Frye | John Skully |
| 1393 | Richard Bernard | John Skully |
| 1394 | ||
| 1395 | Richard Bernard | Simon Benefeld |
| 1397 (Jan) | Robert Frye | Simon Benefeld |
| 1397 (Sep) | Gregory Fromond | William Hulle |
| 1399 | Robert Frye | John Soper |
| 1401 | ||
| 1402 | William Ede | Roger Farmcombe |
| 1404 (Jan) | ||
| 1404 (Oct) | ||
| 1406 | William Hokere | William Peck |
| 1407 | John atte Gate | John Skully |
| 1410 | ||
| 1411 | ||
| 1413 (Feb) | ||
| 1413 (May) | William Ede | John Draper |
| 1414 (Apr) | ||
| 1414 (Nov) | William Ede | Robert Benefeld |
| 1415 | ||
| 1416 (Mar) | William Askewith | John Draper |
| 1416 (Oct) | ||
| 1417 | Richard Dammer | Adam Feret |
| 1419 | ||
| 1420 | ||
| 1421 (May) | ||
| 1421 (Dec) | John Findon | Richard Roger |
| 1510-1523 | No names known | |
| 1529 | John Covert | John Michell |
| 1536 | ? | |
| 1539 | ? | |
| 1542 | ? | |
| 1545 | John Gates John Gates (courtier) Sir John Gates KB was an English courtier and soldier, holding influential household positions in the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI. One of the Chief Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber under Edward VI, he became a follower of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and was a principal participant... |
Henry Gates |
| 1547 | William Fitzwilliam | Anthony Bourchier, dies and repl. by Jan 1552 by Sir Henry Hussey |
| 1553 (Mar) | John Fowler | Thomas Harvey |
| 1553 (Oct) | Thomas Roper | Thoms Elrington |
| 1554 (Apr) | Leonard West | William Mody |
| 1554 (Nov) | Simon Lowe alias Fyfield | William Mody |
| 1555 | Francis Shirley | Thomas Hogan |
| 1558 | Anthony Hussey | Richard Baker |
| 1558/9 | Richard Fulmerston | John Hussey |
| 1562/3 | Henry Knollys | Nicholas Mynn |
| 1571 | William Dix | John Bowles |
| 1572 | Edward Lewknor | Edward Fenner Edward Fenner Edward Fenner , was an English judge.Fenner was the son of John Fenner of Crawley, Sussex, by Ellen, daughter of Sir William Goring of Burton, was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, and was reader in the autumn of 1576. He was M.P. for Shoreham in 1572. He became a serjeant in Michaelmas term... |
| 1584 | William Necton | Thomas Fenner |
| 1586 | William Nector | John Young |
| 1588 | William Nector | John Young |
| 1593 | William Nector | Herbert Morley |
| 1597 | William Nector | John Young |
| 1601 | John Morley | Robert Booth |
| 1604-1611 | Sir Bernard Whetston | Sir Hugh Beeston Hugh Beeston Sir Hugh Beeston was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1614.Beeston was the second son of Sir George Beeston of Beeston and his first wife. Sir George baptised both his two eldest sons Hugh which leads to confusion. Hugh Beeston was awarded BA... |
| 1614 | Lord Howard of Effingham Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Nottingham Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Nottingham was the son of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham. His mother was the former Katherine Carey. From 1596 to 1624 he was styled Lord Howard of Effingham.... |
Thomas Shelley |
| 1621-1622 | Sir John Morley | Sir John Leedes |
| 1624 | Anthony Stapley Anthony Stapley Anthony Stapley was one of the regicides of King Charles I of England.Stapley was M.P. for New Shoreham , Lewes , Sussex . He was colonel and governor of Chichester and signed the death-warrant of Charles I... |
William Marlott William Marlott William Marlott was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1625 and 1646. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War.... |
| 1625 | Anthony Stapley Anthony Stapley Anthony Stapley was one of the regicides of King Charles I of England.Stapley was M.P. for New Shoreham , Lewes , Sussex . He was colonel and governor of Chichester and signed the death-warrant of Charles I... |
William Marlott William Marlott William Marlott was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1625 and 1646. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War.... |
| 1626 | John Alford John Alford (MP) John Alford was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1626 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War.... |
William Marlott William Marlott William Marlott was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1625 and 1646. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War.... |
| 1628-1629 | Robert Morley Robert Morley (MP for Bramber) Robert Morley was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629.Morley was a citizen of the City of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Skinners.... |
William Marlott William Marlott William Marlott was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1625 and 1646. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War.... |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
1640-1885
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| 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.... |
William Marlott William Marlott William Marlott was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1625 and 1646. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War.... |
Parliamentarian | John Alford John Alford (MP) John Alford was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1626 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side 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... |
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| 1646 | Herbert Springet Sir Herbert Springet, 1st Baronet Sir Herbert Springet, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1646 and 1662.... |
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| December 1648 | Springet and Alford 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 |
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| 1653 | New Shoreham 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 Whaley | Edward Blaker Edward Blaker Edward Blaker was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1678.Blaker was the son of Edward Blaker of Buckinghams, Shoreham, and his wife Susanna Scrase, daughter of Tuppen Scrase, of Blatchington. He was admitted student of the Inner Temple in November 1647... |
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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 | (Sir) Herbert Springet Sir Herbert Springet, 1st Baronet Sir Herbert Springet, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1646 and 1662.... |
Edward Blaker Edward Blaker Edward Blaker was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1678.Blaker was the son of Edward Blaker of Buckinghams, Shoreham, and his wife Susanna Scrase, daughter of Tuppen Scrase, of Blatchington. He was admitted student of the Inner Temple in November 1647... |
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| 1662 | William Quatremaine William Quatremaine William Quartremaine was an English physician who served King Charles II in exile and a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1662 to 1667.... |
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| 1667 | John Fagg | |||||
| 1673 | Henry Goring Henry Goring (1646–1685) Henry Goring was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1673 and 1685.Goring was the son of Sir Henry Goring, 2nd Baronet of the first creation and his wife Diana Bishopp daughter of Sir Edward Bishopp. He was a captain in the Regiment of Foot... |
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| 1678 | Sir Anthony Deane Anthony Dean (mayor) Sir Anthony Deane was a 17th century mayor of Harwich, naval architect, shipbuilder and member of Parliament.There is some doubt as to his origins. The Dictionary of National Biography states that he was born circa 1638 and was elder son of Anthony Deane, mariner of Harwich. There was an Anthony... |
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| February 1679 | Robert Fagg | John Cheale John Cheale John Cheale was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1679 to 1681.Cheale was of a West Sussex yeoman family from Perching in Edburton... |
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| August 1679 | John Hales John Hales (MP for New Shoreham) John Hales was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1679 to 1685.Hales was elected Member of Parliament for New Shoreham in 1679 and held the seat to 1685.... |
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| 1681 | Robert Fagg | |||||
| 1685 | Sir Edward Hungerford | Sir Richard Haddock Richard Haddock Sir Richard Haddock was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the Anglo-Dutch Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral in August 1690.-Family and early life:... |
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| 1689 | John Monke John Monke John Monke was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1689 to 1690.Monke was elected Member of Parliament for New Shoreham in 1689 and held the seat to 1690. He was described as an obscure local gentleman who was probably a moderate Tory.Monke died in November 1701.-References:... |
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| 1690 | John Perry John Perry (MP) John Perry was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1690 to 1705.Perry was a London merchant who had interests in the East India Company and the Royal African Company.... |
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| 1695 | Henry Priestman | |||||
| 1698 | Charles Sergison Charles Sergison Charles Sergison was an English Royal Navy administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1698 to 1702.... |
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| 1701 | Nathaniel Gould | |||||
| 1702 | John Perry John Perry (MP) John Perry was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1690 to 1705.Perry was a London merchant who had interests in the East India Company and the Royal African Company.... |
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| 1705 | John Wicker | |||||
| May 1708 | Anthony Hammond Anthony Hammond -Life:Born 1 September 1668, he was the son and heir of Anthony Hammond of Somersham Place, Huntingdonshire, who was the third son of Anthony Hammond of St. Alban's Court, Kent, elder brother of William Hammond. His mother was a Miss Amy Browne of Gloucestershire. He was educated at St Paul's... |
Richard Lloyd | ||||
| December 1708 | Sir Gregory Page | |||||
| 1710 | (Sir) Nathaniel Gould | |||||
| 1713 | Francis Chamberlayne | |||||
| 1715 | Sir Gregory Page | |||||
| 1720 | Francis Chamberlayne | |||||
| 1729 | Samuel Ongley | John Gould | ||||
| 1734 | Thomas Frederick | John Phillipson | ||||
| 1740 | John Frederick | |||||
| 1741 | Charles Frederick Charles Frederick Sir Charles Frederick KB was a British Member of Parliament.He was a younger son of Sir Thomas Frederick, sometime Governor of Fort St David, and a younger brother of Sir John Frederick, 4th Baronet.... |
Thomas Brand | ||||
| 1747 | Robert Bristow | |||||
| 1754 | Richard Stratton | |||||
| 1758 | Sir William Williams Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Clapton Sir William Peere Williams, 2nd Baronet MP was a politician in Great Britain. He was Member of Parliament for New Shoreham from 1758 until his death in 1761. He was born in Clapton, Northamptonshire, England to Sir Hutchins Williams, 1st Baronet of Clapton and Anne Hutchins.- References :*Burke,... |
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| March 1761 | The Viscount Midleton George Brodrick, 3rd Viscount Midleton George Brodrick, 3rd Viscount Midleton was a British nobleman.-Origins:Brodrick was the first and only surviving son of Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton and Mary Capell, the second daughter of Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex. The Brodricks were an English family that had settled in Ireland... |
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| December 1761 | The Lord Pollington John Savile, 1st Earl of Mexborough Sir John Savile , later 1st Lord Pollington and 1st Earl of Mexborough, was an English peer and Member of Parliament.Savile was the eldest son of Charles Savile of Methley... |
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| 1765 | Vice-Admiral (Sir) Samuel Cornish Sir Samuel Cornish, 1st Baronet Sir Samuel Cornish, 1st Baronet was a British naval commander who fought in the Seven Years' War and conquered Manila on October 6, 1762.... |
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| 1768 | Peregrine Cust Peregrine Cust (1723–1785) Peregrine Cust was a British politician and Member of Parliament .-Family and early life:Cust was born in 1723 and baptized on 19 May 1723. He was the fourth son of Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Baronet, and a younger brother of Sir John Cust and Francis Cust, both future politicians... |
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| November 1770 | John Purling | |||||
| December 1770 | Thomas Rumbold | |||||
| 1774 | Charles Goring | Sir John Shelley Sir John Shelley, 5th Baronet Sir John Shelley, 5th Baronet , of Michelgrove in Sussex, was an English Member of Parliament.He was the eldest son of Sir John Shelley, 4th Baronet and Margaret Pelham, two of whose brothers served as British Prime Minister... |
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| 1780 | Sir Cecil Bisshopp | John Peachey | ||||
| 1790 | Sir Harry Goring | John Clater Aldridge | ||||
| 1795 | Hon. Charles Wyndham | |||||
| 1796 | Sir Cecil Bisshopp | |||||
| 1802 | Timothy Shelley Timothy Shelley Sir Timothy Shelley, 2nd Baronet of Castle Goring MA was the son of Sir Bysshe Shelley, 1st Baronet of Castle Goring and the father of Romantic poet and dramatist Percy Bysshe Shelley.-Early life and education:... |
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| 1806 | Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, Bt Sir Charles Burrell, 3rd Baronet Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, 3rd Baronet was an English Conservative politician, who represented the seat of New Shoreham for fifty-six years, becoming Father of the House of Commons.... |
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| 1818 | James Martin Lloyd | |||||
| 1826 | Henry Howard Henry Howard (1802-1875) Henry Howard was a British Member of Parliament, the eldest son of Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard.Howard inherited Greystoke Castle from his father in 1824... |
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| 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... |
Harry Goring | Whig | |||
| 1837 United Kingdom general election, 1837 The 1837 United Kingdom general election saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade.... |
Charles Goring | 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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| 1849 | Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox Lord Alexander Francis Charles Gordon-Lennox , was a British Conservative politician.-Background:Gordon-Lennox was the fourth 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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| 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... |
Rt Hon. Sir Stephen Cave Stephen Cave Sir Stephen Cave GCB, PC, FSA, DL, JP was a British lawyer, writer and Conservative politician. He notably served as Paymaster-General between 1866 and 1868 and again between 1874 and 1880 and as Judge Advocate General between 1874 and 1875.-Background and education:Born at Clifton, Cave was the... |
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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| 1862 | Sir Percy Burrell, Bt Sir Percy Burrell, 4th Baronet Sir Percy Burrell, 4th Baronet DL, JP was a British Conservative politician.-Background:Born at Grosvenor Place, London, he was the second son of Sir Charles Burrell, 3rd Baronet and his wife Frances Wyndham, an illegitimate daughter of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont... |
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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| 1876 | Sir Walter Wyndham Burrell, Bt | 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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| 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 *... |
Robert Loder Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet DL, JP was an English landowner, magistrate and Conservative politician.Loder was the son of Giles Loder, of Wilsford Salisbury, and his wife Elizabeth Higgbotham, daughter of John Higgbotham, of St Petersburg. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge... |
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:... |
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Notes
External sources
- http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?pubid=66 Victoria History of the County of Sussex - south part of the Rape of Bramber