Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885
Malmesbury Seats two (1295–1832); one (1832–1885) Replaced by Chippenham
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.
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 of 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 [ edit ]
From History of Parliament [ 1]
(Source: Bindoff (1982)) [ 2]
Source:History of Parliament [ 3]
Year
First member
First party
Second member
Second party
April 1640
Anthony Hungerford
Royalist
Sir Neville Poole
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
Thomas Higgons
May 1659
Malmesbury was not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660
Robert Danvers
Sir Francis Lee, Bt
1661
Lawrence Washington
1662
Philip Howard
1668
Sir Edward Poole
1673
Thomas Estcourt
February 1679
Sir William Estcourt, Bt
Sir James Long, Bt
1685
Sir Thomas Estcourt
John Fitzherbert
1689
Thomas Tollemache
Charles Godfrey
1690
Goodwin Wharton
Sir James Long, Bt
1692
George Booth
1695
Craven Howard
1696
Sir Thomas Skipwith, Bt
1698
Michael Wicks
Edward Pauncefort
January 1701
Samuel Shepheard
November 1701
Sir Charles Hedges
1702
Thomas Boucher
1705
Thomas Farrington
Henry Mordaunt
1710
Joseph Addison
Whig
1713
Sir John Rushout, Bt
1719 by-election
Fleetwood Dormer
March 1722 [ 4]
The Viscount Hillsborough
December 1722
Giles Earle
John Fermor
1723 by-election
Charles Stewart
1727
William Rawlinson Earle
1747
John Lee
James Douglas
1751 by-election
Lord Edward Digby
1754
Lord George Bentinck
Brice Fisher
1759 by-election
Thomas Conolly
1761
The Earl Tylney
1768
The Earl of Donegall
Hon. Thomas Howard
1774
Hon. Charles James Fox
Whig
William Strahan
Tory
September 1780
Viscount Lewisham
Viscount Fairford
November 1780 by-election
John Calvert
1784
The Viscount Melbourne
Viscount Maitland
February 1790 by-election
Paul Benfield
June 1790
Benjamin Bond-Hopkins
1792 by-election
Sir James Sanderson [ 5]
1794 by-election
Francis Glanville
May 1796
Samuel Smith [ 6]
Peter Thellusson
November 1796 by-election
Philip Metcalfe
1802
Claude Scott
Sir Samuel Scott, Bt
1806
Robert Ladbroke
Nicholas Ridley-Colborne
1807
Sir George Bowyer, Bt
Tory [ 7]
Philip Gell
Tory [ 7]
1810 by-election
Abel Smith
Tory [ 7]
1812
William Hicks-Beach
Tory [ 7]
Sir Charles Saxton, Bt[ 8]
Tory [ 7]
1813 by-election
Peter Patten
Tory [ 7]
1817 by-election
Sir William Abdy, Bt
1818
(Sir) Charles Forbes [ 9]
Tory [ 7]
Kirkman Finlay
Tory [ 7]
1820 by-election
William Leake
1826
John Forbes
Tory [ 7]
1832
Representation reduced to one member
Elections in the 1830s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1840s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1850s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1860s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1870s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1880s [ edit ]
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.
Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
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)
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
^ "History of Parliament" . History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 13 October 2011 .
^ 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. Retrieved 9 November 2011 .
^ 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 , which he chose to represent, and never sat for Malmesbury
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n 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. 114–117. Retrieved 26 November 2018 – via Google Books .
^ Saxton was also elected for Cashel , which he chose to represent, and never sat for Malmesbury
^ Created a baronet, November 1823
^ Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc . p. 129. Retrieved 26 November 2018 – via Google Books .
^ "Election Talk" . The Spectator . 12 June 1841. p. 8. Retrieved 28 May 2018 .
^ The Gardeners' Chronicle, Volume 1 . 1841. p. 386. Retrieved 28 May 2018 .
^ "Elections Decided" . Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser . 10 July 1841. p. 6. Retrieved 28 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ Disappeared on a balloon flight
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3 .
^ a b Farrell, Stephen. "Malmesbury" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 18 April 2020 .
^ "Malmesbury, June 30" . Evening Mail . 2 July 1841. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Malmesbury Election" . Hampshire Advertiser . 10 July 1852. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 28 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Malmesbury Election" . Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard . Gloucestershire . 16 September 1865. p. 5. Retrieved 2 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Retirement of Mr Miller" . Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser . 4 March 1882. p. 8. Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive .