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Malmesbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885

Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885

Field	Value
name	Malmesbury
type	Borough
parliament	uk
year	1275
abolished	1885
elects_howmany	two (1295–1832); one (1832–1885)
next	Chippenham

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Malmesbury was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1275 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.

History

The borough was represented in Parliament from 1275. The constituency originally returned two members, but representation was reduced to one in the Great Reform Act 1832 until the constituency was finally abolished in 1885.

In the 17th century the constituency was dominated by the Earls of Suffolk, based in the family seat at nearby Charlton Park.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1275–1508

From History of Parliament

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Nicholas Weston	Alexander Oxenford
1388 (Feb)	John Parker	Alexander Oxenford
1388 (Sep)
1390 (Jan)	John Parker	William Blankpayn
1390 (Nov)
1391
1393	William Blankpayn	William Chaloner
1394	Richard Parker	William Blankpayn
1395	Nicholas Sambourn	Thomas Froud
1397 (Jan)	Robert Newman	William Blankpayn
1397 (Sep)	John Stowell	William Blankpayn
1399	Robert Newman	Robert Salman
1401
1402	John Tanner	Thomas Bonde
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	Thomas Hyweye	John Charlton
1407
1410
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)
1414 (Apr)	John Charlton	John Randolf
1414 (Nov)	Thomas Hyweye	John Gore
1415	Thomas Hyweye	Richard Stenysham
1416 (Mar)	John Gore	Thomas Corbyn
1416 (Oct)
1417	William Palmer	Thomas Corbyn
1419	William Palmer
1420	William Palmer	John Charlton
1421 (May)	William Palmer
1421 (Dec)	William Palmer	John Gore

MPs 1509–1558

(Source: Bindoff (1982))

Parliament	First member	Second member
Parliament of 1510–23	No names known	No names known
Parliament of 1529	Thomas Edgar	William Stumpe
Parliament of 1536	Not known	Not known
Parliament of 1539	Not known	Not known
Parliament of 1542	Not known	Not known
Parliament of 1545	Not known	Not known
Parliament of 1547	Sir Maurice Denys	William Stumpe
Parliament of 1553(Mar)	Not known	Not known
Parliament of 1553(Oct)	John Hedges	Matthew King
Parliament of 1554(Apr)	John Hedges	Matthew King
Parliament of 1554(Nov)	Edward Unton	John Hedges
Parliament of 1555	Sir James Stumpe	Matthew King
Parliament of 1558	Matthew King	Griffin Curteys

MPs 1559–1603

Source:History of Parliament

Parliament	First member	Second member
1559	Lawrence Hyde (died 1590)	David Cerney
1562–3	Sir Thomas Ragland	Edward Poole
1571	Nicholas Snell	Ambrose Button
1572	John Danvers	Nicholas Snell, *died
and repl. Jan 1562* by Henry Baynton
1584	Sir Henry Knyvet	John Stumpe
1586	Sir Henry Knyvet	Henry Bayly
1589	Thomas Vavasour	Henry Bayly
1593	Sir Henry Knyvet	Thomas Lake
1597	Sir Henry Knyvet	Thomas Estcourt
1601	Sir William Monson	Sidney Montagu

MPs 1604–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
Parliament of 1604–1611	Sir Roger Dallison	Sir Thomas Dallison
Parliament of 1614–1621	Sir Roger Dallison	Sir Neville Poole
Parliament of 1621–1622	Sir Henry Poole	Sir Edward Wardour
Parliament of 1624–1625	Sir Edward Wardour	Thomas Hatton
Parliament of 1625–1626	Sir Henry Moody, Bt	Sir Edward Wardour
Parliament of 1626–1628	Sir Henry Moody, Bt	Sir William Croft
Parliament of 1628–1629	Sir Henry Moody, Bt	Sir William Croft
1629–1640	No Parliaments convened

MPs 1640–1832

Year	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
April 1640		Anthony Hungerford	Royalist
November 1640		Sir Neville Poole	Parliamentarian
June 1644	Hungerford disabled from sitting – seat vacant
1645		Sir John Danvers
December 1648	Poole excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant
1653	Malmesbury was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659		Sir Henry Lee
May 1659	Malmesbury was not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660		Robert Danvers
1661		Lawrence Washington
1662		Philip Howard
1668		Sir Edward Poole
1673		Thomas Estcourt
February 1679		Sir William Estcourt, Bt
1685		Sir Thomas Estcourt
1689		Thomas Tollemache
1690		Goodwin Wharton
1692		George Booth
1695		Craven Howard
1696		Sir Thomas Skipwith, Bt
1698		Michael Wicks
January 1701		Samuel Shepheard
November 1701		Sir Charles Hedges
1702		Thomas Boucher
1705		Thomas Farrington
1710	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Joseph Addison	Whig
1713		Sir John Rushout, Bt
1719 by-election		Fleetwood Dormer
March 1722		The Viscount Hillsborough
December 1722		Giles Earle
1723 by-election		Charles Stewart
1727		William Rawlinson Earle
1747		John Lee
1751 by-election		Lord Edward Digby
1754		Lord George Bentinck
1759 by-election		Thomas Conolly
1761		The Earl Tylney
1768		The Earl of Donegall
1774	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Hon. Charles James Fox	Whig	Tories (British political party)}}"
September 1780		Viscount Lewisham
November 1780 by-election		John Calvert
1784		The Viscount Melbourne
February 1790 by-election		Paul Benfield
June 1790		Benjamin Bond-Hopkins
1792 by-election		Sir James Sanderson
1794 by-election		Francis Glanville
May 1796		Samuel Smith
November 1796 by-election		Philip Metcalfe
1802		Claude Scott
1806		Robert Ladbroke
1807	Tories (British political party)}}"		Sir George Bowyer, Bt	Tory	Tories (British political party)}}"
1810 by-election	Tories (British political party)}}"		Abel Smith	Tory
1812	Tories (British political party)}}"		William Hicks-Beach	Tory	Tories (British political party)}}"
1813 by-election	Tories (British political party)}}"		Peter Patten	Tory
1817 by-election		Sir William Abdy, Bt
1818	Tories (British political party)}}"		(Sir) Charles Forbes	Tory	Tories (British political party)}}"
1820 by-election		William Leake
1826	Tories (British political party)}}"		John Forbes	Tory
1832	Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1832–1885

Election	Member
1832	Whigs (British political party)}}"	Charles Howard
1841	Whigs (British political party)}}"	Hon. James Howard
1852	Whigs (British political party)}}"	Thomas Luce
1859	Liberal Party (UK)}}"	Henry Howard
1868	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Walter Powell
1882 by-election	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Charles William Miles
1885	Constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

|reg. electors = 13

|reg. electors = 291

|reg. electors = 292

|reg. electors = 260

Elections in the 1840s

|reg. electors = 315

|reg. electors = 320

Elections in the 1850s

|reg. electors = 309

|reg. electors = 315

|reg. electors = 343

Elections in the 1860s

|reg. electors = 329

|reg. electors = 785

Elections in the 1870s

|reg. electors = 1,053

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 1,079

Powell was declared dead after he disappeared when a hydrogen balloon he was travelling in was blown out into the English Channel and never seen again.

|reg. electors = 1,066

References

Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) https://books.google.com/books?id=Gh2wKY2rkDUC&q=Return+of+Members+of+Parliament
F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 – England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)

Notes

References

"History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust.
Bindoff S.T. (ed.) The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1509–1558, London, 1982, pp.91–92
"History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust.
On petition, the result of the election of 1722 was overturned, Rushout and Hillsborough being declared not to have been duly elected
Created a baronet, December 1794
Smith was also elected for [[Leicester (UK Parliament constituency). Leicester]], which he chose to represent, and never sat for Malmesbury
Saxton was also elected for [[Cashel (UK Parliament constituency). Cashel]], which he chose to represent, and never sat for Malmesbury
Created a baronet, November 1823
(1845). "The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive". Simpkin, Marshall, & Co..
(1838). "The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc".
(12 June 1841). "Election Talk". The Spectator.
(1841). "The Gardeners' Chronicle, Volume 1".
(10 July 1841). "Elections Decided". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser.
Disappeared on a balloon flight
"Malmesbury".
(2 July 1841). "Malmesbury, June 30". Evening Mail.
(10 July 1852). "Malmesbury Election". Hampshire Advertiser.
(16 September 1865). "Malmesbury Election". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard.
(1977). "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885". Macmillan Press.
(4 March 1882). "Retirement of Mr Miller". [[Wiltshire Times.

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