Marlborough (UK Parliament constituency)

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Marlborough
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1295–1885
Seatstwo (1295–1868); one (1868–1885)
Replaced by Devizes

Marlborough was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Marlborough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.

Contents

Members of Parliament

1295–1640

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1386 Thomas Cryps John Jenewyne [1]
1388 (Feb) John Curteys John Wyly [1]
1388 (Sep) John Curteys John Wyly [1]
1390 (Jan) Thomas Calston Robert Warner [1]
1390 (Nov)
1391
1393 John Curteys Thomas Lechenore [1]
1394 John Curteys Richard Frys [1]
1395 John Curteys Robert Drake [1]
1397 (Jan)
1397 (Sep) John Canynges Nicholas Cley [1]
1399 Thomas Cryps Thomas Cook [1]
1401
1402 Richard Collingbourne John Bird [1]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406 Thomas Heose Nicholas Tympeneye [1]
1407
1410
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) John Bird William Byllyngtre [1]
1414 (Apr) Thomas Hathaway William Alcliffe [1]
1414 (Nov) Thomas Hathaway John Bird [1]
1415 John Bird Thomas Newman [1]
1416 (Mar) Thomas Newman Nicholas Swan [1]
1416 (Oct)
1417 William Hungate Hugh Gower [1]
1419
1420 Hugh Gower Nicholas Swan [1]
1421 (May) Hugh Gower Laurence Fitton [1]
1421 (Dec) Hugh Gower John Giles [1]
1455 Thomas Vaughan [2]
1510–1523No names known [3]
1529 Edmund Darrell Henry Bagot [3]
1536 ?
1539 ?John Berwick  ?John Thynne [3]
1542 ?William Barnes  ?John Thynne [3]
1545 John Thynne Andrew Baynton [3]
1547 Humphrey Moseley Thomas Smith [3]
1553 (Mar) William Button Roger Colly [3]
1553 (Oct) Robert Weare alias Brown Robert Bithway [3]
1554 (Apr) Owen Gwyn Thomas Tyndale [3]
1554 (Nov) Peter Taylor alias Perce John Broke [3]
1555 Andrew Baynton Gabriel Pleydell [3]
1558 William Daniell William Fleetwood [3]
1559 William Daniell John Young [4]
1562–3 Michael Blount Leonard Dannett [4]
1571 John Cornwall Philip Godwyn [4]
1572 Nicholas St John John Stanhope [4]
1584 Henry Ughtred Edward Stanhope [4]
1586 Edward Stanhope Edmund Hungerford [4]
1588 Richard Wheler John Cornwall [4]
1593 Richard Wheler Anthony Hungerford [4]
1597 Richard Digges Richard Wheler [4]
1601 Richard Digges Lawrence Hyde
1604–1611 Lawrence Hyde Richard Digges
1614 Richard Digges Sir Francis Popham
1621 William Seymour, Lord Beauchamp, ennobled 1621
and replaced by Walter Devereux 		Richard Digges
1624 Sir Francis Seymour Richard Digges
1625 Richard Digges Edward Kyrton
1626 Richard Digges Edward Kyrton
1628 Richard Digges Henry Piercy
1629–1640No Parliaments summoned

1640–1868

YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
March 1640 Sir William Carnaby Royalist Francis Baskerville
November 1640 John Francklyn Parliamentarian Sir Francis Seymour Royalist
1641 Philip Smith Parliamentarian
1645 Charles Fleetwood
1653Marlborough was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654 Charles Fleetwood Marlborough had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656 Jerome Sankey
January 1659 Thomas Grove James Hayes
May 1659 Charles Fleetwood Philip Smith
April 1660 Henry Hungerford Jeffrey Daniel
1661 Lord John Seymour
1673 Sir John Elwes
February 1679 Thomas Bennet Edward Goddard
August 1679 Lord Bruce
1685 Sir John Ernle Sir George Willoughby
January 1695 Thomas Bennet
November 1695 William Daniell
1698 The Earl of Ranelagh William Grinfield
January 1701 John Jeffreys
November 1701 Robert Yard
July 1702 Hon. Robert Bruce
November 1702 Edward Jeffreys
May 1705 Edward Ashe John Jeffreys
November 1705 Earl of Hertford [5]
May 1708 Hon. James Bruce
December 1708 Sir Edward Ernle
1710 Lord Bruce Hon. Robert Bruce
1712 Richard Jones
1713 Gabriel Roberts
1715 Sir William Humphreys Joshua Ward [6]
1717 Gabriel Roberts
March 1722 Earl of Hertford [7]
October 1722 Thomas Gibson
1727 Edward Lisle [8] Tory
1734 Francis Seymour
1737 John Crawley
1741 Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Baronet Tory
1747 John Talbot
1752 Sir John Hynde Cotton, 4th Baronet
1754 Hon. John Ward
1761 Lord Brudenell Colonel the Hon. Robert Brudenell Tory [9]
1762 (Sir) James Long [10] Tory [9]
1768 Hon. James Brudenell Tory [9]
1780 The Earl of Courtown Tory [9] William Woodley Tory [9]
1784 Sir Philip Hales Tory [9]
1790 Major-General the Hon. Thomas Bruce Tory [9]
1793 Earl of Dalkeith Tory [9]
1796 Lord Bruce

(replaced on inheriting his father's earldom in April 1814) [11]

Tory [9] Hon. James Bruce Tory [9]
1797 Robert Brudenell Tory [9]
1802 James Henry Leigh Tory [9]
1806 Earl of Dalkeith Tory [9]
1807 Viscount Stopford Tory [9]
1810 Edward Stopford Tory [9]
1814 William Hill Tory [9]
1818 John Wodehouse Tory [9] Lord Brudenell Tory [9]
1826 Earl Bruce Tory [9]
13 March 1829 Thomas Bucknall-Estcourt Tory [9]
23 March 1829 William John Bankes Tory [9]
1832 Lord Ernest Bruce Tory [9] Henry Bingham Baring Tory [9]
1834 Conservative [9] Conservative [9]
1847 Peelite [12] [13] [14] Peelite [12] [13] [14]
1859 Liberal Liberal
1868 Representation reduced to one member

1868–1885

YearMemberParty
1868 Lord Ernest Bruce Liberal
1878 Lord Charles Bruce Liberal
1885 Constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Marlborough [9] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory T. H. S. Bucknall-Estcourt Unopposed
Tory William John Bankes Unopposed
Whig Alexander Charles Malet
Whig John Mirehouse
Registered electors c. 12
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1831: Marlborough [9] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory T. H. S. Bucknall-Estcourt Unopposed
Tory William John Bankes Unopposed
Registered electors c. 12
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1832: Marlborough [9] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Ernest Brudenell-Bruce 135 41.4
Tory Henry Bingham Baring 118 36.2
Whig Alexander Charles Malet 7322.4
Majority4513.8
Majority17070.8
Registered electors 240
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1835: Marlborough [9] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Ernest Brudenell-Bruce Unopposed
Conservative Henry Bingham Baring Unopposed
Registered electors 280
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1837: Marlborough [9] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Ernest Brudenell-Bruce Unopposed
Conservative Henry Bingham Baring Unopposed
Registered electors 280
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Marlborough [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Bingham Baring Unopposed
Conservative Ernest Brudenell-Bruce Unopposed
Registered electors 282
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Baring was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and Bruce was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring by-elections.

By-election, 14 September 1841: Marlborough [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Bingham Baring Unopposed
Conservative Ernest Brudenell-Bruce Unopposed
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1847: Marlborough [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Peelite Henry Bingham Baring Unopposed
Peelite Ernest Brudenell-Bruce Unopposed
Registered electors 262
Peelite gain from Conservative
Peelite gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Marlborough [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Peelite Henry Bingham Baring Unopposed
Peelite Ernest Brudenell-Bruce Unopposed
Registered electors 271
Peelite hold
Peelite hold

Brudenell-Bruce was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 4 January 1853: Marlborough [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Peelite Ernest Brudenell-Bruce Unopposed
Peelite hold
General election 1857: Marlborough [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Peelite Ernest Brudenell-Bruce 184 51.1 N/A
Peelite Henry Bingham Baring 125 34.7 N/A
Conservative William David Lewis [17] 5114.2N/A
Majority7420.5N/A
Turnout 180 (est)74.4 (est)N/A
Registered electors 275
Peelite hold
Peelite hold
General election 1859: Marlborough [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Bingham Baring Unopposed
Liberal Ernest Brudenell-Bruce Unopposed
Registered electors 281
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Marlborough [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Bingham Baring Unopposed
Liberal Ernest Brudenell-Bruce Unopposed
Registered electors 275
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Seat reduced to one member

General election 1868: Marlborough [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ernest Brudenell-Bruce Unopposed
Registered electors 616
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Marlborough [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ernest Brudenell-Bruce Unopposed
Registered electors 659
Liberal hold

Brudenell-Bruce succeeded to the peerage, becoming Marquess of Ailesbury.

By-election, 31 January 1878: Marlborough [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Bruce Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Marlborough [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Bruce 333 58.2 N/A
Conservative Henry Brudenell-Bruce 23941.8New
Majority9416.4N/A
Turnout 57285.6N/A
Registered electors 668
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Bruce was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 8 May 1880: Marlborough [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Bruce Unopposed
Liberal hold

References and sources

References
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Vaughan, Sir Thomas" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28147 . Retrieved 2 December 2011.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  5. ↑ Hertford was re-elected in 1708, but had also been elected for Northumberland, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Marlborough
  6. ↑ On petition, Ward was declared not to have been duly elected
  7. ↑ Hertford was also elected for Northumberland, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Marlborough
  8. ↑ Lisle was re-elected in 1734, but had also been elected for Hampshire; however, the result there was disputed. He continued to sit for Marlborough until the Hampshire petition was withdrawn in 1737, then chose to sit for Hampshire for the rest of the Parliament
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 117–119.
  10. ↑ Succeeded as baronet and adopted the surname Tylney-Long in 1767
  11. ↑ "No. 16898". The London Gazette . 14 May 1814. p. 1009.
  12. 1 2 Saunders, Robert (2016). Democracy and the Vote in British Politics, 1848–1867: The Making of the Second Reform Act. Abingdon: Routledge. pp. 203–204. ISBN   978-1-4094-1794-1 . Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  13. 1 2 "Peelites". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  14. 1 2 "Marlborough" . Londonderry Standard. 6 August 1847. p. 1. Retrieved 28 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. 1 2 Farrell, Stephen. "Marlborough". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 208–209. ISBN   978-1-349-02349-3.
  17. ↑ "Marlborough" . Reading Mercury. 4 April 1857. p. 5. Retrieved 28 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
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