- Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)
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Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1570–1885 Number of members four (1570-1832), two (1832-1885) Weymouth and Melcombe Regis was a parliamentary borough in Dorset represented in the English House of Commons, later in that of Great Britain, and finally in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was formed by an Act of Parliament of 1570 which amalgamated the existing boroughs of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. Until 1832, the combined borough continued to elect the four Members of Parliament (MPs) to which its constituent parts had previously been entitled; the Great Reform Act reduced its representation to two Members, and the constituency was abolished altogether in 1885.
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Members of Parliament
Members for Weymouth (1348-1570)
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Parliament First member Second member 1386 John Gosselyn I John Hughelot [1] 1388 (Feb) John Wake Henry Hert [1] 1388 (Sep) Thomas Dovere John James [1] 1390 (Jan) Philip Brice Robert Gilbert [1] 1390 (Nov) 1391 Philip Brice John James [1] 1393 Henry Badecok John Avery [1] 1394 John Bassingbourne William Glover [1] 1395 John Bassingbourne Stephen Russell [1] 1397 (Jan) Thomas Cole John Fleet [1] 1397 (Sep) William Ford Nicholas Crabbe [1] 1399 John Brice William Clerk [1] 1401 1402 Robert Penne William Faringdon [1] 1404 (Jan) 1404 (Oct) 1406 Peter Dille William Rose [1] 1407 John Aalday John Bassingbourne [1] 1410 Thomas Payn John Bassingbourne [1] 1411 1413 (Feb) 1413 (May) Robert Penne John Wydeford [1] 1414 (Apr) Thomas Payn John Wodham [1] 1414 (Nov) John James John Wodham [1] 1415 1416 (Mar) 1416 (Oct) 1417 John Brice Robert Penne [1] 1419 Robert Hillary Robert Penne [1] 1420 Robert Hillary Robert Penne [1] 1421 (May) John Bassingbourne Robert Penne [1] 1421 (Dec) William Payn John Penne [1] 1472-5 William Twynyho [2] 1510-1523 No names known [3] 1529 William Bond Robert Aley [3] 1536 ? 1539 ? 1542 William Aubrey Richard Jenour [3] 1545 Roger Stourton Richard Duke [3] 1547 John Cornelius alias Johnson alias Welbored John Brace [3] 1553 (Mar) ?Richard Phelips ? [3] 1553 (Oct) Thomas Samways John Jordan alias Blancombe [3] 1554 (Apr) John Wadham John Williams [3] 1554 (Nov) John Phelips William Randall [3] 1555 John Buller Thomas Hobbs [3] 1558 Thomas Keynell John Cattell [3] 1559 Thomas Fitzwilliams John Fowler [4] 1562/3 Robert Eyre Reginald Gray[4] Members for Melcombe Regis (1319-1570)
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Parliament First member Second member 1386 Henry Ford John Northovere[1] 1388 (Feb) Henry Ford Thomas Russell [1] 1388 (Sep) Thomas Walsh Richard Morys [1] 1390 (Jan) John Northovere Thomas Russell [1] 1390 (Nov) 1391 John Northovere John Kete [1] 1393 John Abboy Robert Veel [1] 1394 Robert Calche Robert Veel [1] 1395 Robert Calche William Helier [1] 1397 (Jan) Robert Calche Henry Ford [1] 1397 (Sep) William Helier William Coventre [1] 1399 Thomas Cole Eustace Kymer [1] 1401 1402 John Wyot William Fowler [1] 1404 (Jan) Robert Penne William Helier [1] 1404 (Oct) 1406 Richard Hurst William Clerk [1] 1407 Thomas Cole Eustace Kymer[1] 1410 John Ford (_) Lane [1] 1411 1413 (Feb) 1413 (May) Ralph Burnage Thomas Lond [1] 1414 (Apr) Henry Barbour Ralph Burnage [1] 1414 (Nov) William Pyne William Helier [1] 1415 1416 (Mar) 1416 (Oct) 1417 Nicholas Pury John Gardener [1] 1419 Ralph Burnage Walter Reson [1] 1420 William Walkeden Robert Abbot [1] 1421 (May) William Benefeld Robert Abbot [1] 1421 (Dec) William Walkeden or Nicholas Moigne John Alysaundre [1] 1510-1523 No names known[3] 1529 Richard Phelips Oliver Lawrence [3] 1536 ? 1539 ? 1542 ? 1545 Anthony Cokett Thomas Poley [3] 1547 Thomas Phelips John Leweston [3] 1553 (Mar) John Wadham ?Owen Reynolds [3] 1553 (Oct) John Leweston Owen Reynolds [3] 1554 (Apr) Richard Mitchell Thomas Samways [3] 1554 (Nov) Thomas Phelips John Hannam[3] 1555 John Leweston William Crowche[3] 1558 John Mill Richard Shaw[3] 1559 John Maynes Richard Shaw 1563-7 Thomas Colby William Mere Members for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1570-1885)
1570-1629
Parliament First member Second member Third member Fourth member Parliament of 1571 Thomas Hussey d. by 1581
Then Laurence ThompsonRichard Tomlinson Ralph Browne Gwyn Reynolds Parliament of 1572-1581 John Wolley Richard Bedell died
1576 Moyle FinchThomas Hanham Parliament of 1584-1585 Francis Bacon [5]
1586 Edward BaconGeorge Greenville Edward Penruddock Parliament of 1586-1587 William Sprynt Edward Philips Parliament of 1588-1589 William Mill Robert Gregory Arthur Messenger William Hody Parliament of 1593 William Weston Thomas Stafford Thomas Stevens Parliament of 1597-1598 [6] Richard Swayne Francis Leigh John Mockett John Brooke Parliament of 1601 John Payton Walter Cope Richard Swayne Edward Reynolds Parliament of 1604-1611 Thomas Barefoot died
1610 Viscount CranborneRobert Myddelton John White Unable to attend
1604 Bernard MichellSir John Hanham Addled Parliament (1614) Sir Charles Caesar Robert Bateman John Roy Parliament of 1621-1622 Matthew Pitt Giles Green John Freke Walter Erle[7] Happy Parliament (1624-1625) Arthur Pyne (Sir) Thomas Myddelton
Won 2 seats 1625[8]
1625 Giles GreenHenry Waltham Useless Parliament (1625) Bernard Michell (Sir) John Strangways Parliament of 1625-1626 Parliament of 1628-1629 [9] Hugh Pyne Thomas Gyard Lewis Dyve Henry Waltham No Parliament summoned 1629-1640 1640-1832
Year First member Party Second member Party Third member Party Fourth member Party April 1640 (Sir) John Strangways Royalist Giles Strangways Royalist Richard King Royalist Thomas Gyard November 1640 (Sir) Gerrard Napier[10] Royalist Sir Walter Erle Parliamentarian September 1642 Strangways disabled from sitting - seat vacant February 1643 King disabled from sitting - seat vacant January 1644 Napier disabled from sitting - seat vacant 1645 William Sydenham John Bond Matthew Allen December 1648 Erle, Allen and Bond all excluded in Pride's Purge - seats vacant 1653 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament 1654 Denis Bond Weymouth and Melcombe Regis had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate1656 January 1659 John Trenchard Walden Lagoe John Clark Peter Middleton May 1659 William Sydenham Three seats vacant April 1660 Edward Montagu Sir William Penn Peter Middleton Henry Waltham June 1660 Bullen Reymes 1661 Winston Churchill Sir John Strangways 1667 Sir John Coventry 1670 Lord Ashley 1673 John Man February 1679 Thomas Browne Michael Harvey August 1679 Sir John Morton 1680 Henry Henning 1685 Francis Mohun George Strangways 1689 Michael Harvey Sir Robert Napier 1690 Nicholas Gould 1691 Thomas Freke 1695 Maurice Ashley John Knight March 1698 Philip Taylor August 1698 Arthur Shallett January 1701 Henry Thynne Charles Churchill Maurice Ashley November 1701 George St Loe Sir Christopher Wren February 1702 Anthony Henley July 1702 Henry Thynne 1705 Maurice Ashley 1709 Edward Clavell 1710 [11] James Littleton William Betts May 1711 Sir Thomas Hardy William Harvey Tory December 1711 Reginald Marriott 1713 [12] John Baker Rear-Admiral James Littleton Lieutenant-General Daniel Harvey Whig William Betts 1714 Sir Thomas Hardy William Harvey Tory Reginald Marriott 1715 John Baker Thomas Littleton Lieutenant-General Daniel Harvey Whig William Betts 1717 Edward Harrison 1722 Sir James Thornhill Thomas Pearse John Ward [13] 1726 John Willes January 1727 Edward Tucker August 1727 Thomas Pearse 1730 George Dodington 1734 George Bubb Dodington [14] 1735 John Tucker 1737 John Olmius 1741 Joseph Damer John Raymond James Steuart 1747 Welbore Ellis Richard Plumer George Dodington Edward Hungate Beaghan 1751 Lord George Cavendish 1754 Lord John Cavendish George Bubb Dodington John Tucker 1761 Sir Francis Dashwood John Olmius [15] Richard Glover 1762 Richard Jackson 1763 Charles Walcott 1768 The Lord Waltham Sir Charles Davers Jeremiah Dyson 1774 Welbore Ellis William Chaffin Grove John Purling 1778 Gabriel Steward September 1780 Warren Lisle November 1780 Gabriel Steward 1781 William Richard Rumbold 1784 Sir Thomas Rumbold 1786 George Jackson 1788 Gabriel Steward 1790 Colonel Sir James Murray [16] Tory (Sir) Richard Bempde Johnstone [17] Andrew Stuart Thomas Jones 1791 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Johnstone 1794 Gabriel Tucker Steward Tory 1796 William Garthshore Tory 1801 Charles Adams Tory 1806 Richard Augustus Tucker Steward Tory 1810 Sir John Lowther Johnstone 1811 General Sir John Murray January 1812 Joseph Hume Tory October 1812 [18] John Broadhurst Thomas Wallace Henry Trail 1813 Viscount Cranborne Tory Christopher Idle Tory Masterton Ure Tory 1817 Adolphus Dalrymple Tory 1818 William Williams Whig Thomas Fowell Buxton Whig Thomas Wallace Tory 1826 Colonel John Gordon Tory 1828 Edward Sugden Tory May 1831 Richard Weyland [19] Whig August 1831 Charles Baring Wall Tory 1832 Representation reduced to two Members 1832-1885
Year First member First party Second member Second party 1832 Sir Frederick Johnstone Conservative Thomas Fowell Buxton Whig 1835 William Wharton Burdon Whig 1837 Viscount Villiers Conservative George William Hope Conservative 1842 [20] Ralph Bernal Whig William Dougal Christie Whig August 1847 William Lockyer Freestun Whig December 1847 Hon. Frederick Child Villiers Conservative 1852 George Medd Butt Conservative 1857 Robert James Roy Campbell Whig 1859 Robert Brooks Conservative Viscount Grey de Wilton Conservative 1865 Henry Gillett Gridley Liberal 1867 Henry Edwards Liberal 1868 Charles J. T. Hambro Conservative 1874 Sir Frederick Johnstone Conservative 1885 Constituency abolished Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/weymouth. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ^ Biographical notes by I.S. Rogers, 2005
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/weymouth. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ^ a b "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/weymouth. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ^ Francis Bacon was re-elected in 1586, but had also been elected for Taunton, which he chose to represent
- ^ Browne Willis, working from the Parliamentary records, gives two names for Weymouth and four for Melcombe, remarking of these "Double return, as it seems to me". But it may equally be that two of the six were recorded against the wrong constituency (especially as, in the same Parliament, he has the same pair of the names with onkly minor variations for Corfe Castle and Wareham.
- ^ Not the same as Sir Walter Erle
- ^ Middleton was re-elected to the Useless Parliament, but had also been elected for Denbighshire, which he chose to represent
- ^ The names in the table are those given by Browne Willis, but other sources suggest Robert Napier represented the boroughs in this Parliament
- ^ Created a baronet, June 1641
- ^ On petition, the election of Littleton and Betts was declared void, and a writ for a by-election was issued. Both were returned at the by-election, but were once again declared not to have been duly elected.
- ^ On petition, Baker, Harvey and Betts were all declared not to have been duly elected
- ^ Expelled from the House of Commons 1726 following his conviction for forgery
- ^ Dodington was also elected for Bridgwater, which he chose to represent, and did not sit in this parliament for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis
- ^ Created The Lord Waltham (in the Peerage of Ireland), June 1762
- ^ Major-General from 1793, Lieutenant-General from 1799; adopted the surname Murray-Pulteney on his marriage in July 1794
- ^ Created a baronet, July 1795
- ^ On petition, the election of Wallace, Broadhurst and Trail was declared void, and a by-election was held; Murray's election was not disturbed
- ^ Weyland was also elected for Oxfordshire, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis
- ^ At the election of 1841, the two sitting Conservative members, Villiers and Hope, were initially declared re-elected, by margins of 5 votes and 3 votes respectively, but on petition the result was overturned and the opponents, Bernal and Christie, were seated in their place
References
- 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)
- Grey's Debates of the House of Commons: volume 8 (1769), pp. 373–381 [2]
- 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)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Dorset (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1570
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885
- Weymouth, Dorset
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