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Revision as of 12:09, 25 May 2020

Aldeburgh
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountySuffolk
Major settlementsAldeburgh
1571–1832
SeatsTwo
Replaced byEast Suffolk

Aldeburgh in Suffolk, was a parliamentary borough represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessor bodies.

History

The town was enfranchised in 1571 as a borough constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two burgesses. The constituency was abolished in 1832 as a rotten borough.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Boundaries

The constituency comprised the parliamentary borough of Aldeburgh, in the county of Suffolk in Eastern England.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1571–1640

Parliament First member Second member
1571 Roger Woodhouse Robert Higford[1]
1572 Francis Beaumont Charles Seckford [1]
1584 Peter Osborne John Foxe [1]
1586 Peter Osborne Edmond Bell [1]
1588 Edward Coke William Bence [1]
1593 Thomas Knyvet William Bence [1]
1597 Francis Harvey Francis Johnson [1]
1601 Martin Stutteville Francis Corbet [1]
1604–1611 Sir William Woodhouse Thomas Ryvett
1614 Sir William Woodhouse Sir Henry Glemham
1621–1622 Sir Henry Glemham Charles Glemham
1624 Nicholas Ryvett John Bence
1625 Sir Thomas Glemham Charles Glemham
1626 Sir Thomas Glemham William Mason
1628 Sir Simon Steward Marmaduke Rawden
1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1832

Year First member First party Second member Second party
April 1640 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Rainsborough Parliamentarian style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Squire Bence Parliamentarian
November 1640 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Rainsborough Parliamentarian rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Alexander Bence Parliamentarian
1642 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Squire Bence Parliamentarian
November 1648 Squire Bence died, November 1648 - seat vacant
December 1648 Alexander Bence excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant
1653 Aldeburgh was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Laurence Oxburgh style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Bence
May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Robert Brooke style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Bacon
1661 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Holland, Bt
1669 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Bence
February 1679 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Richard Haddock style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Johnson
August 1679 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Bence style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Corrance
1685 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Henry Bedingfield
1689 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir Henry Johnson style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | William Johnson
1718 by-election rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Samuel Lowe
1719 by-election style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Walter Plumer
1727 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Windham
1730 by-election rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir John Williams Tory
1732 by-election rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Captain George Purvis Whig
1734 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | William Conolly Whig
March 1741 by-election style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Francis Gashry Whig
May 1741 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Plumer
1747 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Windham rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Zachary Philip Fonnereau
1761 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Philip Fonnereau
1768 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Nicholas Linwood
1773 by-election rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Fonnereau
1774 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Combe
1779 by-election rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Martyn Fonnereau
1780 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Philip Champion Crespigny
1784 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Samuel Salt
1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Lord Grey of Groby style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Grenville
1796 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir John Aubrey, Bt Whig style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Michael Angelo Taylor Whig
1800 by-election style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Johnstone
1802 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | John McMahon Tory
April 1812 by-election style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sandford Graham
October 1812 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | The Lord Dufferin & Claneboye Tory style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Andrew Strahan Tory
1818 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Samuel Walker Tory rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Joshua Walker Tory[10]
1820 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | James Blair Tory
1826 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | John Wilson Croker Tory[11]
1827 by-election style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Wyndham Lewis Tory[12]
February 1829 by-election rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Marquess of Douro Tory[13]
May 1829 by-election style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Spencer Horsey Kilderbee Tory[14]
1830 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | John Wilson Croker Tory[11]
1832 Constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1831: Aldeburgh[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Arthur Wellesley Unopposed
Tory John Wilson Croker Unopposed
Registered electors c. 65
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1830: Aldeburgh[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Arthur Wellesley Unopposed
Tory John Wilson Croker Unopposed
Tory hold
Tory hold

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Aldeburgh". History of Parliament Online (1558-1603). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Aldeburgh". History of Parliament Online (1604-1629). Retrieved 27 March 2019. (currently unavailable)
  3. ^ "Aldeburgh". History of Parliament Online (1640-1660). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Aldeburgh". History of Parliament Online (1660-1690). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Aldeburgh". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Aldeburgh". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Aldeburgh". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Aldeburgh". History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  9. ^ a b c "Aldeburgh". History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  10. ^ Escott, Margaret. "WALKER, Joshua (1786-1862), of Hendon Place, Mdx. and 9 Mansion House Street, London". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  11. ^ a b Fisher, David R. "CROKER, John Wilson (1780-1857), of Munster House, Fulham, Mdx. and West Molesey , Surr". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  12. ^ Escott, Margaret. "LEWIS, Wyndham (1780-1838), of Greenmeadow, Tongwynlais, Glam. and Grosvenor Gate, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  13. ^ Escott, Margaret. "WELLESLEY, Arthur Richard, mq. of Douro (1807-1884)". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  14. ^ Escott, Margaret. "KILDERBEE (afterwards DE HORSEY), Spencer Horsey (1790-1860), of Great Glemham, Suff. and 8 Upper Grosvenor Street, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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  • Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [1]
  • Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988) [2]
  • Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig - Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)