Aldeburgh (UK Parliament constituency)
Aldeburgh in Suffolk, was a parliamentary borough represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessor bodies.
Aldeburgh | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Suffolk |
Major settlements | Aldeburgh |
1571–1832 | |
Number of members | Two |
Replaced by | East Suffolk |
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 | ||
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April 1640 | William Rainsborough | Parliamentarian | Squire Bence | Parliamentarian | ||
November 1640 | William Rainsborough | Parliamentarian | Alexander Bence | Parliamentarian | ||
1642 | 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 | Laurence Oxburgh | John Bence | ||||
May 1659 | Not represented in the restored Rump | |||||
April 1660 | Sir Robert Brooke | Thomas Bacon | ||||
1661 | Sir John Holland, Bt | |||||
1669 | John Bence | |||||
February 1679 | Sir Richard Haddock | Henry Johnson | ||||
August 1679 | John Bence | John Corrance | ||||
1685 | Sir Henry Bedingfield | |||||
1689 | Sir Henry Johnson | William Johnson | ||||
1718 by-election | Samuel Lowe | |||||
1719 by-election | Walter Plumer | |||||
1727 | William Windham | |||||
1730 by-election | Sir John Williams | Tory | ||||
1732 by-election | Captain George Purvis | Whig | ||||
1734 | William Conolly | Whig | ||||
March 1741 by-election | Francis Gashry | Whig | ||||
May 1741 | Richard Plumer | |||||
1747 | William Windham | Zachary Philip Fonnereau | ||||
1761 | Philip Fonnereau | |||||
1768 | Nicholas Linwood | |||||
1773 by-election | Thomas Fonnereau | |||||
1774 | Richard Combe | |||||
1779 by-election | Martyn Fonnereau | |||||
1780 | Philip Champion Crespigny | |||||
1784 | Samuel Salt | |||||
1790 | Lord Grey of Groby | Thomas Grenville | ||||
1796 | Sir John Aubrey, Bt | Whig | Michael Angelo Taylor | Whig | ||
1800 by-election | George Johnstone | |||||
1802 | John McMahon | Tory | ||||
April 1812 by-election | Sandford Graham | |||||
October 1812 | The Lord Dufferin & Claneboye | Tory | Andrew Strahan | Tory | ||
1818 | Samuel Walker | Tory | Joshua Walker | Tory[10] | ||
1820 | James Blair | Tory | ||||
1826 | John Wilson Croker | Tory[11] | ||||
1827 by-election | Wyndham Lewis | Tory[12] | ||||
February 1829 by-election | Marquess of Douro | Tory[13] | ||||
May 1829 by-election | Spencer Horsey Kilderbee | Tory[14] | ||||
1830 | John Wilson Croker | Tory[11] | ||||
1832 | Constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Arthur Wellesley | Unopposed | |||
Tory | John Wilson Croker | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 65 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Arthur Wellesley | Unopposed | |||
Tory | John Wilson Croker | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
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See also
- List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
- Unreformed House of Commons
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- 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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