Malmesbury (UK Parliament constituency): Difference between revisions

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox UK constituency

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|[[Short Parliament|April 1640]]

|rowspan="2"|[[Anthony Hungerford (Royalist)|Anthony Hungerford]]||rowspan="2"| [[Cavaliers|Royalist]]

| [[Neville Poole|Sir Neville Poole]] ||<!-- party -->

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|[[Long Parliament|November 1640]]

|rowspan="3"| [[Neville Poole|Sir Neville Poole]] ||rowspan="3"|[[Roundheads|Parliamentarian]]

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|1645

|rowspan="2"|[[John Danvers|Sir John Danvers]]||rowspan="2"|

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|[[Third Protectorate Parliament|January 1659]]

|Sir Henry Lee||<!-- party -->

|[[Thomas Higgons]]||<!-- party -->

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|April 1660

| [[Robert Danvers]]

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|rowspan="3"| [[Sir Francis Lee, 4th Baronet|Sir Francis Lee, Bt]]

|rowspan="3"| <!-- party -->

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| 1661

| Lawrence Washington

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| 1662

|rowspan="3"| [[Philip Howard (1629–1717)|Philip Howard]]

|rowspan="3"| <!-- party -->

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| 1668

| [[Edward Poole|Sir Edward Poole]]

| <!-- party -->

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| 1673

| [[Thomas Estcourt (died 1702)|Thomas Estcourt]]

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| [[Habeas Corpus Parliament|February 1679]]

| Sir William Estcourt, Bt

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| [[Sir James Long, 2nd Baronet|Sir James Long, Bt]]

| <!-- party -->

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| 1685

| [[Thomas Estcourt (died 1702)|Sir Thomas Estcourt]]

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| John Fitzherbert

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| 1689

| [[Thomas Tollemache]]

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| [[Charles Godfrey (courtier)|Charles Godfrey]]

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| 1690

|rowspan="3"| [[Goodwin Wharton]]

|rowspan="3"| <!-- party -->

| [[Sir James Long, 2nd Baronet|Sir James Long, Bt]]

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| 1692

| George Booth

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| 1695

|rowspan="2"| Craven Howard

|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->

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| 1696

| [[Sir Thomas Skipwith, 2nd Baronet|Sir Thomas Skipwith, Bt]]

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| 1698

| Michael Wicks

| <!-- party -->

|rowspan="4"| Edward Pauncefort

|rowspan="4"| <!-- party -->

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|January 1701

| [[Samuel Shepheard (died 1748)|Samuel Shepheard]]

| <!-- party -->

|-mich

|November 1701

| [[Charles Hedges|Sir Charles Hedges]]

| <!-- party -->

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| 1702

| Thomas Boucher

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| 1705

|rowspan="2"| [[Thomas Farrington (British Army officer)|Thomas Farrington]]

|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->

| [[Henry Mordaunt (Royal Navy officer)|Henry Mordaunt]]

| <!-- party -->

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| 1710

|rowspan="2"| [[Joseph Addison]]

|rowspan="2"| [[Whig (British political party)|Whig]]

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| 1713

|rowspan="3"| [[Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet|Sir John Rushout, Bt]]

|rowspan="3"| <!-- party -->

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| 1719 by-election

| Fleetwood Dormer

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|[[1722 British general election|March 1722]]<ref>On petition, the result of the election of 1722 was overturned, Rushout and Hillsborough being declared not to have been duly elected</ref>

| [[Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough|The Viscount Hillsborough]]

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|December 1722

|rowspan="3"| [[Giles Earle (MP)|Giles Earle]]

|rowspan="3"| <!-- party -->

| John Fermor

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| 1723 by-election

| [[Charles Stewart (Royal Navy officer)|Charles Stewart]]

| <!-- party -->

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|[[1727 British general election|1727]]

| [[William Rawlinson Earle]]

| <!-- party -->

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|[[1747 British general election|1747]]

|rowspan="2"| [[John Lee (1695–1761)|John Lee]]

|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->

| [[James Douglas (died 1751)|James Douglas]]

| <!-- party -->

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| 1751 by-election

| [[Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby|Lord Edward Digby]]

| <!-- party -->

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|[[1754 British general election|1754]]

| [[Lord George Bentinck (1715-1759)|Lord George Bentinck]]

| <!-- party -->

|rowspan="2"| Brice Fisher

|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->

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| 1759 by-election

|rowspan="2"| [[Thomas Conolly (1738–1803)|Thomas Conolly]]

|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->

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|[[1761 British general election|1761]]

| [[John Tylney, 2nd Earl Tylney|The Earl Tylney]]

| <!-- party -->

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|[[1768 British general election|1768]]

| [[Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall|The Earl of Donegall]]

| <!-- party -->

| [[Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk|Hon. Thomas Howard]]

| <!-- party -->

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|[[1774 British general election|1774]]

| [[Charles James Fox|Hon. Charles James Fox]]

| [[Whig (British political party)|Whig]]

| [[William Strahan (publisher)|William Strahan]]

| [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]]

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|[[1780 British general election|September 1780]]

| [[George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth|Viscount Lewisham]]

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|rowspan="2"| [[Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire|Viscount Fairford]]

|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->

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|November 1780 by-election

| John Calvert

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|[[1784 British general election|1784]]

|rowspan="2"| [[Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne|The Viscount Melbourne]]

|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->

| [[John Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale|Viscount Maitland]]

| <!-- party -->

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|February 1790 by-election

|rowspan="2"| [[Paul Benfield]]

|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->

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|[[1790 British general election|June 1790]]

|rowspan="2"| Benjamin Bond-Hopkins

|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->

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| 1792 by-election

|rowspan="2"| [[Sir James Sanderson, 1st Baronet|Sir James Sanderson]]<ref>Created a baronet, December 1794</ref>

|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->

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| 1794 by-election

| [[Francis Glanville]]

| <!-- party -->

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|[[1796 British general election|May 1796]]

| [[Samuel Smith (1754–1834)|Samuel Smith]]<ref>Smith was also elected for [[Leicester (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester]], which he chose to represent, and never sat for Malmesbury</ref>

| <!-- party -->

|rowspan="2"| [[Peter Thellusson, 1st Baron Rendlesham|Peter Thellusson]]

|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->

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|November 1796 by-election

| [[Philip Metcalfe]]

| <!-- party -->

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|[[1802 United Kingdom general election|1802]]

| Claude Scott

| <!-- party -->

| Sir Samuel Scott, Bt

| <!-- party -->

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|[[1806 United Kingdom general election|1806]]

| Robert Ladbroke

| <!-- party -->

| [[Nicholas Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne|Nicholas Ridley-Colborne]]

| <!-- party -->

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|[[1807 United Kingdom general election|1807]]

| [[Sir George Bowyer, 6th Baronet|Sir George Bowyer, Bt]]

| [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>

|rowspan="2"| [[Philip Gell (1775–1842)|Philip Gell]]

|rowspan="2"| [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>

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| 1810 by-election

| [[Abel Smith (1788–1859)|Abel Smith]]

| [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>

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|[[1812 United Kingdom general election|1812]]

|rowspan="2"| [[William Hicks-Beach (1783-1856)|William Hicks-Beach]]

|rowspan="2"| [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>

| Sir Charles Saxton, Bt<ref>Saxton was also elected for [[Cashel (UK Parliament constituency)|Cashel]], which he chose to represent, and never sat for Malmesbury</ref>

| [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>

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| 1813 by-election

|rowspan="2"| Peter Patten

|rowspan="2"| [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>

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| 1817 by-election

| [[Sir William Abdy, 7th Baronet|Sir William Abdy, Bt]]

| <!-- party -->

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|[[1818 United Kingdom general election|1818]]

|rowspan="3"| [[Sir Charles Forbes, 1st Baronet|(Sir) Charles Forbes]]<ref>Created a baronet, November 1823</ref>

|rowspan="3"| [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>

| [[Kirkman Finlay]]

| [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>

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| 1820 by-election

| William Leake

| <!-- party -->

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|[[1826 United Kingdom general election|1826]]

| [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>

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|[[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832]]

| [[Charles Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk|Charles Howard]]

| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith">{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive |date=1845 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |pages=114–117 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA31 |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=26 November 2018}}</ref><ref name="mosse">{{cite book|last1=Mosse|first1=Richard Bartholomew|title=The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc|date=1838|page=129|access-date=26 November 2018 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pHcEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA129 |via = [[Google Books]] }}</ref>

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|[[1841 United Kingdom general election|1841]]

| [[James Howard (Whig politician)|Hon. James Howard]]

| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Election Talk|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/12th-june-1841/8/lokn-d-city-the-conservative-association-for-the-c|access-date=28 May 2018|work=The Spectator|date=12 June 1841|page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Gardeners' Chronicle, Volume 1|date=1841|page=386|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wtc6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA386|access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Elections Decided|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/18410710/017/0006|access-date=28 May 2018|work=Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser|date=10 July 1841|page=6|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

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|[[1852 United Kingdom general election|1852]]

| [[Thomas Luce (MP)|Thomas Luce]]

| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]

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|[[1859 United Kingdom general election|1859]]

| [[Henry Howard, 18th Earl of Suffolk|Henry Howard]]

| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]

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|[[1868 United Kingdom general election|1868]]

| [[Walter Powell (1842-1881)|Walter Powell]]<ref>Disappeared on a balloon flight</ref>

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

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|1882 by-election

| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|votes = 491

|percentage = 53.0