Weymouth and Melcombe Regis 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 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...

 represented in the English House of Commons

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...

, later in that

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...

 of Great Britain

Kingdom of Great Britain

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, and finally in 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...

. It was formed by an Act of Parliament of 1570 which amalgamated the existing boroughs of Weymouth

Weymouth

Weymouth is a seaside town in Dorset, England, situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey on the English Channel coast. The town is south of Dorchester and north of the Isle of Portland. The town's population is 52,950 ....

 and Melcombe Regis

Melcombe Regis

Melcombe Regis is an area of Weymouth in Dorset, England.Situated on the north shore of Weymouth Harbour and originally part of the waste of Radipole, it seems only to have developed as a significant settlement and seaport in the 13th century...

. Until 1832, the combined borough continued to elect the four Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MPs) to which its constituent parts had previously been entitled; the Great Reform Act reduced its representation to two Members, and the constituency was abolished altogether in 1885.

Members for Weymouth (1348-1570)

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	John Gosselyn I	John Hughelot
1388 (Feb)	John Wake	Henry Hert
1388 (Sep)	Thomas Dovere	John James
1390 (Jan)	Philip Brice	Robert Gilbert
1390 (Nov)
1391	Philip Brice	John James
1393	Henry Badecok	John Avery
1394	John Bassingbourne	William Glover
1395	John Bassingbourne	Stephen Russell
1397 (Jan)	Thomas Cole	John Fleet
1397 (Sep)	William Ford	Nicholas Crabbe
1399	John Brice	William Clerk
1401
1402	Robert Penne	William Faringdon
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	Peter Dille	William Rose
1407	John Aalday	John Bassingbourne
1410	Thomas Payn	John Bassingbourne
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Robert Penne	John Wydeford
1414 (Apr)	Thomas Payn	John Wodham
1414 (Nov)	John James	John Wodham
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417	John Brice Robert Penne
1419	Robert Hillary	Robert Penne
1420	Robert Hillary	Robert Penne
1421 (May)	John Bassingbourne	Robert Penne
1421 (Dec)	William Payn	John Penne
1472-5	William Twynyho
1510-1523	No names known
1529	William Bond	Robert Aley
1536	?
1539	?
1542	William Aubrey	Richard Jenour
1545	Roger Stourton	Richard Duke
1547	John Cornelius alias Johnson alias Welbored	John Brace
1553 (Mar)	?Richard Phelips	?
1553 (Oct)	Thomas Samways	John Jordan alias Blancombe
1554 (Apr)	John Wadham	John Williams
1554 (Nov)	John Phelips	William Randall
1555	John Buller	Thomas Hobbs
1558	Thomas Keynell	John Cattell
1559	Thomas Fitzwilliams	John Fowler
1562/3	Robert Eyre	Reginald Gray

Members for Melcombe Regis (1319-1570)

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Henry Ford	John Northovere
1388 (Feb)	Henry Ford	Thomas Russell
1388 (Sep)	Thomas Walsh	Richard Morys
1390 (Jan)	John Northovere	Thomas Russell
1390 (Nov)
1391	John Northovere	John Kete
1393	John Abboy	Robert Veel
1394	Robert Calche	Robert Veel
1395	Robert Calche	William Helier
1397 (Jan)	Robert Calche	Henry Ford
1397 (Sep)	William Helier	William Coventre
1399	Thomas Cole	Eustace Kymer
1401
1402	John Wyot	William Fowler
1404 (Jan)	Robert Penne	William Helier
1404 (Oct)
1406	Richard Hurst	William Clerk
1407	Thomas Cole	Eustace Kymer
1410	John Ford	(_) Lane
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Ralph Burnage	Thomas Lond
1414 (Apr)	Henry Barbour	Ralph Burnage
1414 (Nov)	William Pyne	William Helier
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417	Nicholas Pury	John Gardener
1419	Ralph Burnage	Walter Reson
1420	William Walkeden	Robert Abbot
1421 (May)	William Benefeld	Robert Abbot
1421 (Dec)	William Walkeden or Nicholas Moigne	John Alysaundre
1510-1523	No names known
1529	Richard Phelips	Oliver Lawrence
1536	?
1539	?
1542	?
1545	Anthony Cokett	Thomas Poley
1547	Thomas Phelips	John Leweston
1553 (Mar)	John Wadham	?Owen Reynolds
1553 (Oct)	John Leweston	Owen Reynolds
1554 (Apr)	Richard Mitchell	Thomas Samways
1554 (Nov)	Thomas Phelips	John Hannam
1555	John Leweston	William Crowche
1558	John Mill	Richard Shaw
1559	John Maynes	Richard Shaw
1563-7	Thomas Colby	William Mere

1570-1629

Parliament	First member	Second member	Third member	Fourth member
Parliament of 1571	Thomas Hussey d. by 1581 Then Laurence Thompson	Richard Tomlinson	Ralph Browne	Gwyn Reynolds
Parliament of 1572-1581		John Wolley	Richard Bedell died 1576 Moyle Finch Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet was an English politician.He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Thomas Finch of Eastwell, Kent and the brother of Henry Finch....	Thomas Hanham
Parliament of 1584-1585		Francis Bacon Francis Bacon Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and pioneer of the scientific method. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England...   1586 Edward Bacon	George Greenville	Edward Penruddock
Parliament of 1586-1587			William Sprynt	Edward Philips
Parliament of 1588-1589	William Mill	Robert Gregory	Arthur Messenger	William Hody
Parliament of 1593	William Weston	Thomas Stafford Thomas Stafford (MP) Sir Thomas Stafford was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1625....		Thomas Stevens
Parliament of 1597-1598	Richard Swayne	Francis Leigh Francis Leigh (died 1625) Sir Francis Leigh was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1597 and 1622.Leigh was the eldest of Sir William Leigh of Newnham Regis and his wife Frances Harrington, daughter of Sir James Harington of Exton, Rutland. He entered Middle Temple in 1597 and in the same year was...	John Mockett	John Brooke
Parliament of 1601	John Peyton Sir John Peyton Sir John Peyton was an English soldier, MP and administrator.He was born in Knowlton, Kent to John Peyton and Dorothy Peyton, who was the daughter of John Tyndale....	Walter Cope Walter Cope Sir Walter Cope was an English government official of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.-Life:Cope was probably born at Hardwick Manor near Banbury, Oxfordshire, third son of Edward Cope of Hanwell, Oxfordshire and his wife Elizabeth Mohun, daughter of Walter Mohun of Overstone,...	Richard Swayne	Edward Reynolds
Parliament of 1604-1611	Thomas Barefoot died 1610 Viscount Cranborne William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, KG , known as Viscount Cranborne from 1605 to 1612, was an English peer and politician.-Early years, 1591-1612:...	Robert Myddelton	John White Unable to attend 1604 Bernard Michell	Sir John Hanham
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 Charles Caesar Charles Caesar Sir Charles Caesar , of Benington in Hertfordshire, was an English judge who served as Master of the Rolls in the period leading up to the outbreak of the English Civil War; his father Sir Julius Caesar had held the same office for many years.Caesar entered Magdalen College, Oxford aged 12 in 1602,...	Robert Bateman Robert Bateman (MP) Robert Bateman was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1626.Bateman was the son of Richard Bateman of Hartington and his wife Ellen Topleyes daughter of William Topleyes of Tissington Derbyshire. He was baptised at Hartington on 8 September 1561...		John Roy
Parliament of 1621-1622	Matthew Pitt	Giles Green Giles Green Giles Green of Allington in Dorset was a 17th-century English Member of Parliament .Green was a prominent citizen of Weymouth, and the town records show payments to him "towards a key and slipp which he hath built upon the town ground on the East side of his house in Hell Lane"; he was one of the...	John Freke John Freke (MP) John Freke was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1624.Freke was the son of Thomas Freke of Iwerne Courtney, Dorset. He matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford on 31 October 1605, aged 14. He was a student of Middle Temple in 1600. In 1614, he was elected Member of...	Walter Erle
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...	Arthur Pyne	(Sir) Thomas Myddelton Thomas Myddelton (younger) Sir Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle was a Welsh politician and Parliamentary general.-Early life:He was the son of Sir Thomas Myddelton. He matriculated from Queen's College, Oxford, on 22 February 1605, and became a student of Gray's Inn in 1607. he was knighted on 10 February 1617, and was M.P... Won 2 seats 1625 1625 Giles Green Giles Green Giles Green of Allington in Dorset was a 17th-century English Member of Parliament .Green was a prominent citizen of Weymouth, and the town records show payments to him "towards a key and slipp which he hath built upon the town ground on the East side of his house in Hell Lane"; he was one of the...		Henry Waltham
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...			Bernard Michell	(Sir) John Strangways John Strangways (died 1666) Sir John Strangways was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1666. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War...
Parliament of 1625-1626
Parliament of 1628-1629	Hugh Pyne	Thomas Gyard	Lewis Dyve Lewis Dyve Sir Lewis Dyve was an English Member of Parliament and a Royalist adherent during the English Civil War. His surname is sometimes also spelt Dive or Dives....	Henry Waltham
No Parliament summoned 1629-1640

1640-1832

Year	|Second member	Party	|Fourth member	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) John Strangways John Strangways (died 1666) Sir John Strangways was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1666. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War...	Royalist		Giles Strangways Giles Strangways Giles Strangways was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1675. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War...	Royalist		Richard King Richard King (MP) Richard King was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1643. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War.King was elected recorder of Melcombe Regis on 4 February 1628....	Royalist		Thomas Gyard
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...					(Sir) Gerrard Napier Sir Gerrard Napier, 1st Baronet Sir Gerrard Napier, 1st Baronet , of Middle Marsh and Moor Crichel in Dorset, was an English Member of Parliament who supported the Royalists during the English Civil War....	Royalist					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
September 1642	Strangways disabled from sitting - seat vacant
February 1643							King disabled from sitting - seat vacant
January 1644				Napier disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1645		William Sydenham			John Bond John Bond (jurist) John Bond LL.D. was an English jurist, Puritan clergyman, member of the Westminster Assembly, and Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge.-Life:...			Matthew Allen
December 1648				Erle, Allen and Bond all 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...  - seats vacant
1653	Weymouth and Melcombe 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....		Denis Bond Denis Bond (President of the Council) Denis Bond , was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1640 and 1656. He supported the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War and served as president of the Council of State during the Commonwealth....		Weymouth and Melcombe 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...		John Trenchard			Walden Lagoe			John Clark			Peter Middleton
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....		William Sydenham		Three seats vacant
April 1660		Edward Montagu Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, KG was an English Infantry officer who later became a naval officer. He was the only surviving son of Sir Sidney Montagu, and was brought up at Hinchingbrooke House....			Sir William Penn			Peter Middleton			Henry Waltham Henry Waltham (died 1668) Henry Waltham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Waltham was the son of Henry Waltham of Weymouth who was MP in 1628. He was in business supplying naval stores. On the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the parliamentary army. He was made a freeman of Weymouth in...
June 1660		Bullen Reymes
1661								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...			Sir John Strangways John Strangways (died 1666) Sir John Strangways was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1666. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War...
1667											Sir John Coventry John Coventry Sir John Coventry was son of John Coventry , the second son of lord keeper Thomas Coventry.Between 1655 and 1659, he travelled in the continent with his tutor the poet Edward Sherburne...
1670					Lord Ashley
1673		John Man John Man John Man was an English churchman, college head, and diplomat.-Life:He was born at Laycock or Winterbourne Stoke, in Wiltshire. He was educated at Winchester College from 1523, and New College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1533, and M.A. in 1537, and became a Fellow...
February 1679		Thomas Browne						Michael Harvey
August 1679					Sir John Morton Sir John Morton, 2nd Baronet Sir John Morton, 2nd Baronet was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1661 and 1695.Morton was the son of Sir George Morton, 1st Baronet of Milbourne St Andrew, Dorset and his second wife Anne,daughter of Sir Richard Wortley, of Wortley, Yorkshire and widow...
1680		Henry Henning
1685								Francis Mohun			George Strangways
1689								Michael Harvey			Sir Robert Napier Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baronet, of Punknoll Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baronet of Punknoll of Punknoll, in the County of Dorset, was an English lawyer and politician....
1690											Nicholas Gould
1691											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....
1695		Maurice Ashley			John Knight
March 1698					Philip Taylor
August 1698		Arthur Shallett
January 1701		Henry Thynne Henry Thynne (1675–1708) Henry Thynne was an English gentleman and Tory Member of Parliament.Thynne was the eldest of the three sons of Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth , of Longleat, a substantial landowner in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, by his marriage to Lady Frances Finch, a daughter of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl...			Charles Churchill Charles Churchill (British army officer) General Charles Churchill was an English army officer who served during the War of the Spanish Succession.-Life:...						Maurice Ashley
November 1701		George St Loe						Sir Christopher Wren Christopher Wren Sir Christopher Wren FRS is one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history.He used to be accorded responsibility for rebuilding 51 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710...
February 1702											Anthony Henley Anthony Henley Anthony Alfred Henley was an English cricketer.Henley represented Hampshire in one first-class match in 1866 against Surrey at the Kennington Oval.Henley died in Woodbridge, Suffolk on December 14, 1916.-Family:...
July 1702								Henry Thynne Henry Thynne (1675–1708) Henry Thynne was an English gentleman and Tory Member of Parliament.Thynne was the eldest of the three sons of Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth , of Longleat, a substantial landowner in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, by his marriage to Lady Frances Finch, a daughter of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl...
1705		Maurice Ashley
1709								Edward Clavell
1710					James Littleton			William Betts
May 1711					Sir Thomas Hardy			William Harvey	Tory
December 1711											Reginald Marriott
1713		John Baker			Rear-Admiral James Littleton			Lieutenant-General Daniel Harvey	Whig		William Betts
1714		Sir Thomas Hardy						William Harvey	Tory		Reginald Marriott
1715		John Baker			Thomas Littleton			Lieutenant-General Daniel Harvey	Whig		William Betts
1717		Edward Harrison
1722		Sir James Thornhill James Thornhill Sir James Thornhill was an English painter of historical subjects, in the Italian baroque tradition.-Life:...			Thomas Pearse			John Ward
1726								John Willes John Willes (judge) Sir John Willes was an English lawyer and judge who was the longest-serving Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas since the 15th century. He was also a Member of Parliament....
January 1727					Edward Tucker
August 1727								Thomas Pearse
1730											George Dodington
1734		George Bubb Dodington George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe PC was an English politician and nobleman.Christened simply George Bubb, he acquired the surname Dodington around the time his uncle George Dodington died in 1720 and left him his estate...
1735		John Tucker
1737					John Olmius
1741					Joseph Damer Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester was a wealthy landowner particularly associated with the reshaping of Milton Abbey and the creation of the village of Milton Abbas in Dorset, south-west England....			John Raymond			James Steuart James Steuart (Royal Navy officer) Admiral of the Fleet James Steuart was a Royal Navy officer who rose to prominence during the War of the Austrian Succession.-Naval career:...
1747		Welbore Ellis Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip PC FRS was a British statesman. He held a number of political offices, including briefly serving as Secretary for the Colonies in 1782 during the American War of Independence.-Background:...			Richard Plumer			George Dodington			Edward Hungate Beaghan
1751					Lord George Cavendish
1754					Lord John Cavendish Lord John Cavendish Lord John Cavendish PC was a British politician.-Background:Cavendish was the youngest son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, and his wife Catherine, daughter of John Hoskins. Prime Minister William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Lord George Cavendish and Field Marshal Lord...			George Bubb Dodington George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe PC was an English politician and nobleman.Christened simply George Bubb, he acquired the surname Dodington around the time his uncle George Dodington died in 1720 and left him his estate...			John Tucker
1761		Sir Francis Dashwood Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer was an English rake and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer and founder of the Hellfire Club.-Early life:...			John Olmius			Richard Glover Richard Glover (Poet) Richard Glover was an English poet and politician.-Life:The son of Richard Glover, a Hamburg merchant, was born in London. He was educated at Cheam in Surrey....
1762					Richard Jackson Richard Jackson (colonial agent) Richard Jackson, K.C. , nicknamed "Omniscient Jackson", was a British lawyer and politician. A King's Counsel, he acted as official solicitor or counsel of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, owner of lands in New England, and colonial agent of Connecticut.Jackson was called to the...
1763		Charles Walcott Charles Walcott (MP) Charles Walcott was a British politician.He served as Member of Parliament for Weymouth from 1763 to 1769 and also served as High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1782. A graduate of the University of Oxford, he lived at Bitterley Court, Bitterley, Shropshire...
1768		The Lord Waltham Drigue Olmius, 2nd Baron Waltham Drigue Billers Olmius, 2nd Baron Waltham , was a British politician.Olmius was the son of John Olmius, 1st Baron Waltham, by Anne, daughter of Sir William Billers, Lord Mayor of London in 1733. He succeeded his father in the barony in October 1762, aged 16...			Sir Charles Davers			Jeremiah Dyson Jeremiah Dyson Jeremiah Dyson was a British civil servant and politician.He studied at Edinburgh University and matriculated at Leiden University in 1742. He settled a pension on his friend Mark Akenside, the poet and physician, and later defended Akenside's The Pleasures of the Imagination against William...
1774		Welbore Ellis Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip PC FRS was a British statesman. He held a number of political offices, including briefly serving as Secretary for the Colonies in 1782 during the American War of Independence.-Background:...			William Chaffin Grove			John Purling
1778											Gabriel Steward
September 1780											Warren Lisle
November 1780											Gabriel Steward
1781					William Richard Rumbold
1784					Sir Thomas Rumbold
1786											George Jackson
1788											Gabriel Steward
1790		Colonel Sir James Murray Sir James Murray-Pulteney, 7th Baronet General Sir James Murray Pulteney, 7th Baronet PC was a Scottish soldier and British politician.-Background and education:...	Tory		(Sir) Richard Bempde Johnstone Sir Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baronet was a British Member of Parliament.Born Richard Johnstone he was the son of Colonel John Johnstone , second son of Sir William Johnstone, 2nd Baronet, of Westerhall. His mother was Charlotte, daughter of John van den Bempde of Hackness Hall in...			Andrew Stuart			Thomas Jones
1791											Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Johnstone
1794											Gabriel Tucker Steward	Tory
1796					William Garthshore	Tory
1801								Charles Adams	Tory
1806					Richard Augustus Tucker Steward	Tory
1810											Sir John Lowther Johnstone
1811		General Sir John Murray Sir John Murray, 8th Baronet General Sir John Murray, 8th Baronet, GCH led a brigade under Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War. Later in the war, he commanded an independent force that operated on the east coast of Spain....
January 1812											Joseph Hume Joseph Hume Joseph Hume FRS was a Scottish doctor and Radical MP, born in Montrose, Angus.-Medical career:He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and moved to India in 1797...	Tory
October 1812					John Broadhurst			Thomas Wallace Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace PC was an English politician.-Background:Wallace was the son of James Wallace , a barrister who served as Solicitor General for England and Wales and as Attorney General, by Elizabeth, only daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Simpson, Esquire, of Carleton Hall,...			Henry Trail
1813					Viscount Cranborne James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, PC , styled Viscount Cranborne until 1823, was a British Conservative politician. He held office under the Earl of Derby as Lord Privy Seal in 1852 and Lord President of the Council between 1858 and 1859...	Tory		Christopher Idle	Tory		Masterton Ure	Tory
1817					Adolphus Dalrymple Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of High Mark was a British army officer and politician. -Early life:...	Tory
1818		William Williams	Whig		Thomas Fowell Buxton	Whig		Thomas Wallace Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace PC was an English politician.-Background:Wallace was the son of James Wallace , a barrister who served as Solicitor General for England and Wales and as Attorney General, by Elizabeth, only daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Simpson, Esquire, of Carleton Hall,...	Tory
1826		Colonel John Gordon	Tory
1828								Edward Sugden Edward Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards PC was a British lawyer, judge and Conservative politician.-Background:St Leonards was the son of a high-class hairdresser and wig-maker in Westminster, London....	Tory
May 1831								Richard Weyland Richard Weyland Richard Weyland was a British Whigpolitician.He was elected at the 1831 general election as a Member of Parliament both for Oxfordshire and for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. He chose to sit for Oxfordshire, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1837 general election.- External links :...	Whig
August 1831								Charles Baring Wall	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....	Representation reduced to two Members

1832-1885

Year	|Second member	Second party
1832		Sir Frederick Johnstone	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...		Thomas Fowell Buxton	Whig
1835		William Wharton Burdon	Whig
1837		Viscount Villiers	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...		George William Hope George William Hope George William Hope , was a British Tory politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies under Sir Robert Peel from 1841 to 1846.-Background and education:...	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...
1842		Ralph Bernal Ralph Bernal Ralph Bernal was a British Whig politician and art collector. His family were Sephardi Jews of Spanish origin, but he was baptised at St Olave Hart Street in London....	Whig		William Dougal Christie	Whig
August 1847		William Lockyer Freestun	Whig
December 1847					Hon. Frederick Child Villiers	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...
1852					George Medd Butt	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					Robert James Roy Campbell	Whig
1859		Robert Brooks	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...		Viscount Grey de Wilton Arthur Egerton, 3rd Earl of Wilton Arthur Edward Holland Grey Egerton, 3rd Earl of Wilton , known as Viscount Grey de Wilton from 1833 to 1882, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament....	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...
1865					Henry Gillett Gridley Henry Gillett Gridley Henry Gillett Gridley was a British Liberal politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis at the 1865 general election, but resigned his seat on 6 June 1867 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead....	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...
1867					Henry Edwards	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		Charles J. T. Hambro Charles J. T. Hambro Charles Joseph Theophilus Hambro was a British Conservative Party politician.Hambro was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Dorset...	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...
1874		Sir Frederick Johnstone Sir Frederick Johnstone, 8th Baronet Sir Frederick John William Johnstone, 8th baronet was an English racehorse owner and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1885....	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...
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