- Newport (Cornwall) (UK Parliament constituency)
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For other UK Parliament constituencies of the same name, see Newport (UK Parliament constituency).
Newport Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1529–1832 Number of members Two Replaced by Launceston Created from Dunheved Newport was a rotten borough situated in Cornwall. It is now within the town of Launceston, which was itself also a parliamentary borough at the same period. It is occasionally referred to as Newport-juxta-Launceston to distinguish it from other constituencies named Newport.
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History
From 1529 until it was abolished by the great reform act of 1832, Newport returned two Members of Parliament. Until the early 18th century, the right to vote was held by all inhabitants paying scot and lot, but subsequently it was converted to a burgage franchise, meaning that the right to vote was tied to ownership of certain properties within the borough, which could be bought and sold at will. This reduced the number of qualified voters: under the scot and lot qualification around 70 people had had the right to vote, but by 1831 the number was only about 12.
The borough had a population of 595 in 1831. The Lord of the Manor, owning extensive property within the borough and with the effective power of choosing both members of parliament, was the Duke of Northumberland.
By the Reform Act, Newport was abolished as a separate borough, but the boundaries of Launceston were extended to include Newport. As Launceston's representation was halved by the same measure, the combined borough was thereafter represented by a single MP whereas previously there had been four members.
Members of Parliament
1529-1629
- Constituency created 1529
Parliament First member Second member Parliament of 1529 Simon Mountford William Harris [1] Parliament of 1536 ? Parliament of 1539 ? Parliament of 1542 ? Parliament of 1545 Richard Grenville Walter Skinner [1] Parliament of 1547 Reginald Mohun James Trewynnard [1] First Parliament of 1553 Henry Killigrew Francis Roscarrock Second Parliament of 1553 William Smith John Gayer Parliament of Apr 1554 Roger Tavernor Thomas Prideaux Parliament of Nov 1554 Robert Monson Robert Browne Parliament of 1554/5 William Stourton Robert Monson Parliament of 1558 Thomas Hungate Thomas Roper Parliament of 1559 (Richard) Grenville Thomas Hickes Parliament of 1563-1567 George Basset Ayshton Ayleworth Parliament of 1571 Edward Holt Robert Colshill Parliament of 1572-1581 George Basset William Merbury Parliament of 1584-1585 Robert Mordaunt Walter Covert Parliament of 1586-1587 John Osborne Edward Winter Parliament of 1588-1589 William Cavendish Daniel Rogers Parliament of 1593 Richard Stevens Emanuel Chamond Parliament of 1597-1598 Morgan Coleman Edward Lewknor Parliament of 1601 Tobie Matthew Sir John Leigh Parliament of 1604-1611 Sir Robert Killigrew Sir Edward Seymour Addled Parliament (1614) Thomas Trevor Sir Thomas Cheeke Parliament of 1621-1622 Sir Robert Killigrew Sir Edward Barrett Happy Parliament (1624-1625) Sir John Eliot Richard Estcourt Useless Parliament (1625) Ralph Speccot Parliament of 1625-1626 Sir Henry Hungate Thomas Williams, junior Parliament of 1628-1629 Piers Edgcumbe Sir William Killigrew[2]
Nicholas TrefusisNo Parliament summoned 1629-1640 1640-1832
Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party April 1640 Nicholas Trefusis Parliamentarian John Maynard [3] Parliamentarian 1640 Paul Speccot November 1640 Richard Edgcumbe Royalist John Maynard [4] Parliamentarian December 1640 Seat left vacant after Maynard chose to sit for Totnes January 1644 Edgcumbe disabled from sitting - seat vacant 1647 Sir Philip Perceval (died November 1647) Nicholas Leach (died May 1647) 1648 William Prynne Alexander Pym December 1648 Prynne excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant Pym not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge 1653 Newport was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate January 1659 Sir John Glanville William Morice May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump April 1660 Sir Francis Drake William Morice[5] August 1660 Hon. Laurence Hyde 1661 John Speccot 1662 Piers Edgcumbe 1667 Nicholas Morice 1678 Ambrose Manaton February 1679 John Coryton September 1679 William Coryton 1681 William Morice 1685 John Speccot 1689 Sir William Morice February 1690 The Viscount Newhaven December 1690 John Morice 1695 The Viscount Newhaven 1698 John Granville 1699 Francis Stratford January 1701 John Prideaux December 1701 William Pole John Spark 1702 Sir Nicholas Morice 1707 Sir John Pole 1708 Sir William Pole 1710 George Courtenay 1713 Humphry Morice April 1722 Sir William Pole[6] December 1722 John Morice 1726 Thomas Herbert 1727 Sir William Morice 1734 Sir John Molesworth 1740 Nicholas Herbert 1741 Thomas Bury 1754 John Lee Edward Bacon 1756 Richard Bull 1761 William de Grey 1770 Richard Henry Alexander Bennett October 1774 Humphry Morice[7] December 1774 John Frederick 1780 Viscount Maitland Whig John Coghill[8] 1784 Sir John Riggs-Miller 1785 William Mitford Tory 1790 Viscount Feilding Charles Rainsford 1796 William Northey Tory Joseph Richardson 1803 Edward Morris Whig 1812 Jonathan Raine Tory 1826 Charles Bertie Percy Tory 1829 William Vesey-Fitzgerald Tory July 1830 John Doherty Tory December 1830 Sir Henry Hardinge Tory 1831 Viscount Grimston Tory 1832 constituency abolished Notes
- ^ a b c "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/newport-iuxta-launceston. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ Killigrew was also elected for Penryn, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Newport
- ^ Maynard was also elected for Totnes, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Newport
- ^ Maynard was also elected for Totnes, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Newport
- ^ Morice was also elected for Plymouth, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Newport
- ^ Pole was also elected for Honiton, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Newport
- ^ Morice was also elected for Launceston, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Newport
- ^ Created a baronet as Sir John Coghill in March 1781
References
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- 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)
- J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
- J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
- Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig - Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
- Browne Willis, Notitia Parliamentaria (London, 1750) [2]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
Categories:- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1529
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1832
- Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall (historic)
- Rotten boroughs
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