Aldborough | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Riding of Yorkshire |
Borough | Aldborough |
1558–1832 | |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | West Riding of Yorkshire |
Aldborough was a parliamentary borough located in the West Riding of Yorkshire, abolished in the Great Reform Act of 1832.
Aldborough was a small borough (not even including the whole parish of Aldborough, since Boroughbridge, also within the boundaries, was also a borough with its own two MPs). By the time of the Reform Act it had a population only just over 500 and an electorate of less than 100. This made it a pocket borough and easy for the local landowner to dominate.
Aldborough returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1558 until 1832. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] It was a "scot and lot" borough, meaning that any man paying the poor rate was eligible to vote.
In the 18th century, Aldborough was controlled by the Duke of Newcastle. In April 1754 Newcastle, who had just become Prime Minister, selected his junior colleague and future Prime Minister, William Pitt (Pitt the Elder), to sit as its MP. Pitt represented Aldborough for two-and-a-half years, but having fallen out with Newcastle and been dismissed from his ministry, he was forced to find a new constituency when he next needed to be re-elected to the Commons in 1756.
Parliament | First member | Second member |
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1558 | John Gascoigne II | John Browne II [1] |
1559 | Richard Onslow | Richard Assheton [2] |
1563 | William Lambarde | Anthony Tailboyes [2] |
1571 | Thomas Eynns | Barnaby Googe [2] |
1572 | Richard Bunny II | Richard Tempest [2] |
1584 | William Waad | David Waterhouse [2] |
1586 | George Horsey | Ralph Hurleston [2] |
1588 | Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron | David Waterhouse [2] |
1593 | Andrew Fisher | Edward Hancock [2] |
1597 | Henry Bellasis | Richard Gargrave [2] > |
1601 | Sir Edward Cecil | Richard Theakston [2] |
1604–1611 | Sir Henry Savile | Sir Edmund Sheffield |
1614 | Sir Henry Savile | George Wetherid |
1621 | Christopher Wandesford | John Carvile |
1624 | Christopher Wandesford | John Carvile |
1625 | Richard Aldborough | John Carvile |
1626 | Richard Aldborough | John Carvile |
1628 | Henry Darley | Robert Stapleton |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | Clinton James Fynes Clinton | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Michael Thomas Sadler | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 80 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | Clinton James Fynes Clinton | Unopposed | |||
Ultra-Tory | William Murray | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
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