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CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH "W" | |||||
Last updated 13/06/2017 (8 Aug 2024) | |||||
Date | Name | Born | Died | Age | |
Dates in italics in the first column denote that the election held on that date was a by‑election or, in some instances, the date of a successful petition against a previous election result. Dates shown in normal type were general elections. | |||||
Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the MP was baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate that the MP was buried on that date. | |||||
WIGAN (LANCASHIRE) | |||||
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Apr 1660 | William Gardiner, later [1660] 1st baronet | 9 May 1628 | 23 Jun 1691 | 63 | |
Hugh Forth | 6 Jul 1610 | 20 Feb 1676 | 65 | ||
Orlando Bridgeman | 30 Jan 1609 | 25 Jun 1674 | 65 | ||
Double return. Election declared void 31 Jul 1660 | |||||
22 Oct 1660 | John Molyneux | c 1624 | Oct 1691 | ||
Roger Stoughton | 10 Dec 1609 | 30 May 1690 | 80 | ||
10 Apr 1661 | Charles Kerr, 2nd Earl of Ancram [S] (to 1689) | 6 Aug 1624 | 10 Sep 1690 | 66 | |
Geoffrey Shakerley | 20 Apr 1619 | 17 Oct 1696 | 77 | ||
22 Feb 1679 | Roger Bradshaigh, later [1684] 2nd baronet | c 1649 | 17 Jun 1687 | ||
15 Sep 1679 | William Banks | c 1658 | 10 Jan 1690 | ||
22 Feb 1681 | Richard Savage, styled Viscount Colchester, later [1694] 4th Earl Rivers | c 1654 | 18 Aug 1712 | ||
2 Apr 1685 | Lord Charles Murray, later [1686] 1st Earl of Dunmore [S] | 28 Feb 1661 | 19 Apr 1710 | 49 | |
12 Jan 1689 | Sir Edward Chisenhall | 14 Oct 1646 | 1 Apr 1727 | 80 | |
William Banks | c 1658 | 10 Jan 1690 | |||
10 Mar 1690 | Sir Richard Standish, 1st baronet | 21 Jan 1651 | 5 Dec 1693 | 42 | |
Peter Shakerley (to 1698) | c 1650 | 24 Jun 1726 | |||
24 Jan 1694 | John Byrom | 19 Jul 1659 | 3 Mar 1695 | 35 | |
7 Nov 1695 | Sir Roger Bradshaigh, 3rd baronet (to Mar 1747) | 29 Apr 1675 | 25 Feb 1747 | 71 | |
5 Aug 1698 | Orlando Bridgeman | 22 May 1671 | 14 Aug 1721 | 50 | |
29 Nov 1701 | Sir Alexander Rigby | c 1663 | 20 Apr 1717 | ||
28 Jul 1702 | Orlando Bridgeman | 22 May 1671 | 14 Aug 1721 | 50 | |
15 May 1705 | Emanuel Scrope Howe | c 1663 | 22 Sep 1709 | ||
13 May 1708 | Henry Bradshaigh | 6 Apr 1676 | Jul 1712 | 36 | |
22 Apr 1713 | George Kenyon | 15 Feb 1666 | 1 Dec 1728 | 62 | |
7 Feb 1715 | James Barry, 4th Earl of Barrymore [I] | 1667 | 5 Jan 1748 | 80 | |
22 Aug 1727 | Peter Bold | c 1705 | 12 Sep 1762 | ||
27 Apr 1734 | James Barry, 4th Earl of Barrymore [I] (to Jun 1747) | 1667 | 5 Jan 1748 | 80 | |
11 Mar 1747 | Richard Clayton (to 1754) | c 1703 | 8 Jul 1770 | ||
29 Jun 1747 | Richard Barry (to 1761) | c 1720 | 23 Nov 1787 | ||
17 Apr 1754 | Sir William Meredith, 3rd baronet | c 1725 | 2 Jan 1790 | ||
28 Mar 1761 | Fletcher Norton, later [1782] 1st Baron Grantley | 23 Jun 1716 | 1 Jan 1789 | 72 | |
Simon Luttrell, later [1768] 1st Baron Irnham [I], [1781] 1st Viscount Carhampton [I] and [1785] 1st Earl of Carhampton [I] | 1713 | 14 Jan 1787 | 73 | ||
18 Mar 1768 | George Byng (to Sep 1780) | c 1735 | 27 Oct 1789 | ||
Beaumont Hotham, later [1813] 2nd Baron Hotham [I] | 5 Aug 1737 | 4 Mar 1814 | 76 | ||
23 May 1775 | John Morton | c 1714 | 25 Jul 1780 | ||
21 Aug 1780 | Henry Simpson Bridgeman (to 1782) | 12 Apr 1757 | 26 Jul 1782 | 25 | |
11 Sep 1780 | Horatio Walpole, later [1809] 2nd Earl of Orford (to 1784) | 13 Jun 1752 | 15 Jun 1822 | 70 | |
7 Sep 1782 | John Cotes (to 1802) | c 1750 | 24 Aug 1821 | ||
3 Apr 1784 | Orlando Bridgeman, later [1800] 2nd Baron Bradford and [1815] 1st Earl of Bradford | 19 Mar 1762 | 7 Sep 1825 | 63 | |
21 Jun 1800 | George William Gunning, later [1816] 1st baronet | 15 Feb 1763 | 7 Apr 1823 | 60 | |
8 Jul 1802 | Robert Holt Leigh, later [1815] 1st baronet | 25 Dec 1762 | 21 Jan 1843 | 80 | |
John Hodson | 20 Apr 1758 | 11 Mar 1828 | 69 | ||
8 Mar 1820 | James Alexander Hodson (to Mar 1831) | 1 Sep 1788 | 24 Nov 1832 | 44 | |
James Lindsay, styled Lord Lindsay, later [1825] 24th Earl of Crawford and 7th Earl of Balcarres | 24 Apr 1783 | 15 Dec 1869 | 86 | ||
6 Apr 1825 | James Lindsay (to 1831) | 22 Apr 1791 | 5 Dec 1855 | 64 | |
1 Mar 1831 | John Hodson Kearsley (to 1832) | 28 Feb 1785 | 2 Oct 1842 | 57 | |
5 May 1831 | Ralph Thicknesse (to 1835) | c 1768 | 1 Nov 1842 | ||
10 Dec 1832 | Richard Potter (to 1839) | ||||
8 Jan 1835 | John Hodgson Kearsley | 28 Feb 1785 | 2 Oct 1842 | 57 | |
25 Jul 1837 | Charles Strickland Standish (to 1841) | Mar 1790 | 10 Jun 1863 | 73 | |
9 Mar 1839 | William Ewart | 1 May 1798 | 23 Jan 1869 | 70 | |
1 Jul 1841 | Peter Greenall (to 1845) | 1796 | 25 Sep 1845 | 49 | |
Thomas Bright Crosse [he was unseated on petition in favour of Charles Strickland Standish 11 Apr 1842] | 1796 | 21 Mar 1886 | 89 | ||
11 Apr 1842 | Charles Strickland Standish (to 1847) | Mar 1790 | 10 Jun 1863 | 73 | |
16 Oct 1845 | James Alexander Lindsay [kt 1870] (to 1857) | 25 Aug 1815 | 13 Aug 1874 | 58 | |
28 Jul 1847 | Ralph Anthony Thicknesse | 1800 | 22 Aug 1854 | 54 | |
3 Oct 1854 | Joseph Acton | 1803 | 8 Dec 1862 | 59 | |
28 Mar 1857 | Francis Sharp Powell, later [1892] 1st baronet | 29 Jun 1827 | 24 Dec 1911 | 84 | |
Henry Woods (to 1874) | 1822 | 16 May 1882 | 59 | ||
30 Apr 1859 | James Alexander Lindsay [kt 1870] | 25 Aug 1815 | 13 Aug 1874 | 58 | |
27 Mar 1866 | Nathaniel Eckersley | 1815 | 15 Feb 1892 | 76 | |
18 Nov 1868 | John Lancaster | 1816 | 21 Apr 1884 | 67 | |
3 Feb 1874 | James Ludovic Lindsay, styled Lord Lindsay, later [1880] 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres | 28 Jul 1847 | 31 Jan 1913 | 65 | |
Thomas Knowles (to 1883) | 1824 | 3 Dec 1883 | 59 | ||
18 Jan 1881 | Francis Sharp Powell, later [1892] 1st baronet [his election was declared void 1 Apr 1881. The writ for the second seat remained suspended until Dec 1882] | 29 Jun 1827 | 24 Dec 1911 | 84 | |
2 Dec 1882 | Algernon Fulke Egerton (to 1885) | 31 Dec 1825 | 14 Jul 1891 | 65 | |
21 Nov 1883 | Nathaniel Eckersley | 1815 | 15 Feb 1892 | 76 | |
REPRESENTATION REDUCED TO ONE MEMBER 1885 | |||||
25 Nov 1885 | Francis Sharp Powell, later [1892] 1st baronet | 29 Jun 1827 | 24 Dec 1911 | 84 | |
17 Jan 1910 | Henry Twist | 30 Jan 1870 | 16 May 1934 | 64 | |
Dec 1910 | Reginald James Neville Neville, later [1927] 1st baronet | 22 Feb 1863 | 28 Apr 1950 | 87 | |
14 Dec 1918 | John Allen Parkinson | 15 Oct 1870 | 7 Dec 1941 | 71 | |
11 Mar 1942 | William Foster | 12 Jan 1887 | 2 Dec 1947 | 60 | |
4 Mar 1948 | Ronald Watkins Williams | 18 Jul 1907 | 14 Mar 1958 | 50 | |
12 Jun 1958 | Ernest Alan Fitch | 10 Mar 1915 | 7 Aug 1985 | 70 | |
9 Jun 1983 | Roger Stott | 7 Aug 1943 | 8 Aug 1999 | 56 | |
23 Sep 1999 | Neil Turner | 16 Sep 1945 | |||
6 May 2010 | Lisa Eva Nandy | 9 Aug 1979 | |||
WIGTOWN | |||||
26 May 1708 | George Lockhart [he was also returned for Midlothian, for which he chose to sit] | 1681 | 17 Dec 1731 | 50 | |
14 Dec 1708 | William Cochrane | after 1659 | Aug 1717 | ||
17 Sep 1713 | Sir Alexander Maxwell, 2nd baronet | 23 May 1730 | |||
17 Feb 1715 | Patrick Vanse | c 1655 | 27 Jan 1733 | ||
13 Apr 1722 | William Dalrymple [at the general election in Sep 1727, he was also returned for Wigtownshire, for which he chose to sit] | 11 Oct 1678 | 30 Nov 1744 | 66 | |
16 Mar 1728 | John Dalrymple | after 1699 | 23 Feb 1742 | ||
18 May 1734 | James Stewart | c 1699 | 27 Apr 1768 | ||
28 May 1741 | William Stewart | c 1706 | 3 May 1748 | ||
22 Jul 1747 | James Stewart | c 1699 | 27 Apr 1768 | ||
9 May 1754 | John Hamilton | 4 Feb 1715 | 12 Feb 1796 | 81 | |
20 Apr 1761 | Archibald Montgomerie, later [1769] 11th Earl of Eglinton [S] [he was also returned for Ayrshire, for which he chose to sit] | 18 May 1726 | 30 Oct 1796 | 70 | |
19 Feb 1762 | Keith Stewart | 1739 | 3 Mar 1795 | 55 | |
15 Apr 1762 | John Hamilton | 4 Feb 1715 | 12 Feb 1796 | 81 | |
11 Apr 1768 | George Augustus Selwyn [he was also returned for Gloucester, for which he chose to sit] | 11 Aug 1719 | 25 Jan 1791 | 71 | |
23 Dec 1768 | Chauncy Townsend | 23 Feb 1708 | 28 Mar 1770 | 62 | |
7 May 1770 | William Stewart | 1737 | 8 Oct 1797 | 60 | |
31 Oct 1774 | William Norton, later [1789] 2nd Baron Grantley [he was unseated on petition in favour of Henry Watkin Dashwood 23 Mar 1775] | 19 Feb 1742 | 12 Nov 1822 | 80 | |
23 Mar 1775 | Henry Watkin Dashwood, later [1779] 3rd baronet | 30 Aug 1745 | 10 Jun 1818 | 72 | |
2 Oct 1780 | William Adam | 2 Aug 1751 | 17 Feb 1839 | 87 | |
26 Apr 1784 | William Dalrymple | 1736 | 16 Feb 1807 | 70 | |
12 Jul 1790 | Nisbet Balfour | 1743 | 10 Oct 1823 | 80 | |
20 Jun 1796 | John Spalding | 1763 | 26 Aug 1815 | 52 | |
29 Jul 1803 | William Stewart | 10 Jan 1774 | 7 Jan 1827 | 52 | |
9 Aug 1805 | James Graham, later [1808] 1st baronet | 18 Nov 1753 | 21 Mar 1825 | 71 | |
24 Nov 1806 | Edward Richard Stewart | 5 May 1782 | 27 Aug 1851 | 69 | |
27 Feb 1809 | Lyndon Evelyn | c 1759 | 30 Apr 1839 | ||
30 Oct 1812 | James Henry Keith Stewart | 22 Oct 1783 | 18 Jul 1836 | 52 | |
21 Mar 1821 | Sir John Osborn, 5th baronet | 3 Dec 1772 | 28 Aug 1848 | 75 | |
4 Mar 1824 | Nicholas Conyngham Tindal [kt 1826] | 12 Dec 1776 | 6 Jul 1846 | 69 | |
3 Jul 1826 | John Henry Lowther, later [1844] 2nd baronet | 23 Mar 1793 | 23 Jun 1868 | 75 | |
23 May 1831 | Edward Stewart | 9 Oct 1808 | 21 Mar 1875 | 66 | |
19 Jan 1835 | John McTaggart, later [1841] 1st baronet | 15 Mar 1789 | 13 Aug 1867 | 78 | |
1 Apr 1857 | Sir William Dunbar, 7th baronet | 2 Mar 1812 | 18 Dec 1889 | 77 | |
15 Apr 1865 | George Young | 2 Jul 1819 | 21 May 1907 | 87 | |
12 Feb 1874 | Mark John Stewart, later [1892] 1st baronet [he was unseated on petition in favour of George Young 28 May 1874] | 12 Oct 1834 | 26 Sep 1923 | 88 | |
28 May 1874 | George Young | 2 Jul 1819 | 21 May 1907 | 87 | |
15 Jun 1874 | Mark John Stewart, later [1892] 1st baronet | 12 Oct 1834 | 26 Sep 1923 | 88 | |
8 Apr 1880 | John McLaren | 17 Aug 1831 | 6 Apr 1910 | 78 | |
20 May 1880 | Mark John Stewart, later [1892] 1st baronet [his election was declared void 14 Jul 1880] | 12 Oct 1834 | 26 Sep 1923 | 88 | |
2 Aug 1880 | Sir John Charles Dalrymple‑Hay, 3rd baronet | 11 Feb 1821 | 28 Jan 1912 | 90 | |
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1885 | |||||
WIGTOWNSHIRE | |||||
17 Jun 1708 | John Stewart | after 1670 | 22 Apr 1748 | ||
10 Nov 1710 | Patrick Vanse | c 1655 | 27 Jan 1733 | ||
3 Mar 1711 | John Stewart | after 1670 | 22 Apr 1748 | ||
21 Sep 1727 | William Dalrymple | 11 Oct 1678 | 30 Nov 1744 | 66 | |
15 May 1741 | James Stewart | c 1699 | 27 Apr 1768 | ||
31 Jul 1747 | John Stewart | c Jun 1769 | |||
2 May 1754 | James Stewart | c 1699 | 27 Apr 1768 | ||
23 Apr 1761 | John Hamilton | 4 Feb 1715 | 12 Feb 1796 | 81 | |
18 Mar 1762 | James Murray | 1727 | 30 Apr 1799 | 71 | |
22 Apr 1768 | Keith Stewart | 1739 | 3 Mar 1795 | 55 | |
17 Sep 1784 | Andrew McDouall | 7 Dec 1758 | 3 May 1834 | 75 | |
17 Jun 1796 | William Stewart | 10 Jan 1774 | 7 Jan 1827 | 52 | |
27 Jul 1802 | Andrew McDouall | 7 Dec 1758 | 3 May 1834 | 75 | |
15 Apr 1805 | William Maxwell, later [1812] 5th baronet | 5 Mar 1779 | 22 Aug 1838 | 59 | |
28 Oct 1812 | William Stewart | 10 Jan 1774 | 7 Jan 1827 | 52 | |
2 Aug 1816 | James Hunter-Blair | c 1780 | 24 Jun 1822 | ||
30 Jul 1822 | Sir William Maxwell, 5th baronet | 5 Mar 1779 | 22 Aug 1838 | 59 | |
17 Aug 1830 | Sir Andrew Agnew, 7th baronet | 21 Mar 1793 | 12 Apr 1849 | 56 | |
5 Aug 1837 | James Blair | c 1788 | 9 Sep 1841 | ||
15 Jul 1841 | John Hamilton Dalrymple, later [1864] 10th Earl of Stair | 1 Apr 1819 | 3 Dec 1903 | 84 | |
9 Feb 1856 | Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th baronet | 2 Jan 1818 | 25 Mar 1892 | 74 | |
21 Nov 1868 | Alan Plantagenet Stewart, styled Lord Garlies, later [1873] 10th Earl of Galloway | 21 Oct 1835 | 7 Feb 1901 | 65 | |
24 Feb 1873 | Robert Vans-Agnew | 4 Mar 1817 | 26 Sep 1893 | 76 | |
10 Apr 1880 | Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, 7th baronet | 8 Jan 1845 | 30 Oct 1937 | 92 | |
23 Jan 1906 | John James Hamilton Dalrymple, styled Viscount Dalrymple, later [1914] 12th Earl of Stair | 1 Feb 1879 | 4 Nov 1961 | 82 | |
12 Feb 1915 | Hew Hamilton Dalrymple [kt 1932] | 27 Sep 1857 | 11 Jul 1945 | 87 | |
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918 | |||||
WILLESDEN EAST | |||||
14 Dec 1918 | Harry Deeley Mallaby‑Deeley, later [1922] 1st baronet | 27 Oct 1863 | 4 Feb 1937 | 73 | |
3 Mar 1923 | Harcourt Johnstone | 19 May 1895 | 1 Mar 1945 | 49 | |
29 Oct 1924 | George Frederick Stanley [kt 1929] | 14 Oct 1872 | 1 Jul 1938 | 65 | |
30 May 1929 | Daniel Gerald Somerville | 26 Oct 1879 | 1 Jul 1938 | 58 | |
28 Jul 1938 | Samuel Schofield Hammersley | 1892 | 28 Mar 1965 | 72 | |
26 Jul 1945 | Maurice Orbach | 13 Jul 1902 | 24 Apr 1979 | 76 | |
8 Oct 1959 | Trevor Herbert Harry Skeet [kt 1986] | 28 Jan 1918 | 14 Aug 2004 | 86 | |
15 Oct 1964 | Reginald Yarnitz Freeson | 24 Feb 1926 | 9 Oct 2006 | 80 | |
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED FEB 1974 | |||||
WILLESDEN WEST | |||||
14 Dec 1918 | Charles Pinkham [kt 1928] | 24 Oct 1853 | 7 Mar 1938 | 84 | |
15 Nov 1922 | George James Furness | 1868 | 11 Jun 1936 | 67 | |
6 Dec 1923 | Samuel Philip Viant | 1882 | 19 May 1964 | 81 | |
27 Oct 1931 | Mavis Constance Tate | 17 Aug 1893 | 5 Jun 1947 | 53 | |
14 Nov 1935 | Samuel Philip Viant | 1882 | 19 May 1964 | 81 | |
8 Oct 1959 | Laurence Anstice Pavitt | 1 Feb 1914 | 14 Dec 1989 | 75 | |
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED FEB 1974 | |||||
WILTON (WILTSHIRE) | |||||
26 Mar 1660 | Francis Swanton (to Apr 1661) | c 1605 | c Nov 1661 | ||
William Hewes | |||||
Richard Grobham Howe, later [c 1671] 2nd baronet | 28 Aug 1621 | 3 May 1703 | 81 | ||
Double return. Election of Hewes and Howe declared void 14 Jun 1660 | |||||
27 Jun 1660 | Richard Grobham Howe, later [c 1671] 2nd baronet | 28 Aug 1621 | 3 May 1703 | 81 | |
1 Apr 1661 | John Nicholas [he was also returned for West Looe and for Ripon, for which he chose to sit] | 19 Jan 1624 | 9 Jan 1705 | 80 | |
Thomas Mompesson [kt 1662] (to 1679) | 4 Jan 1630 | 11 Jun 1701 | 71 | ||
20 Jun 1661 | John Berkenhead | 24 Mar 1617 | 4 Dec 1679 | 62 | |
10 Feb 1679 | Thomas Herbert, later [1683] 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery (to 1685) | 1656 | 22 Jan 1733 | 76 | |
Thomas Penruddock | c 1649 | c 1698 | |||
23 Aug 1679 | Sir John Nicholas (to 1689) | 19 Jan 1624 | 9 Jan 1705 | 80 | |
23 Mar 1685 | Oliver Nicholas | 7 Jun 1651 | 11 Mar 1716 | 64 | |
14 Jan 1689 | Thomas Penruddock | c 1649 | c 1698 | ||
Thomas Wyndham (to 1695) | 14 Jan 1664 | 18 Apr 1698 | 34 | ||
20 Feb 1690 | Sir Richard Grobham Howe | 28 Aug 1621 | 3 May 1703 | 81 | |
24 Oct 1695 | John Hawles | 18 Mar 1645 | 2 Aug 1716 | 71 | |
John Gauntlett (to 1702) | c 1643 | 14 Apr 1719 | |||
27 Jul 1698 | Sir Henry Ashurst, 1st baronet | 8 Sep 1645 | 13 Apr 1711 | 65 | |
6 Jan 1701 | Thomas Phipps | 3 Dec 1648 | 19 Apr 1715 | 66 | |
24 Nov 1701 | Sir Henry Ashhurst, 1st baronet | 8 Sep 1645 | 13 Apr 1711 | 65 | |
18 Jul 1702 | Sir John Hawles (to 1705) | 18 Mar 1645 | 2 Aug 1716 | 71 | |
George Boddington [he was unseated on petition in favour of John Gauntlett 28 Nov 1702] | 15 Oct 1646 | 10 May 1719 | 72 | ||
28 Nov 1702 | John Gauntlett (to 1708) | c 1643 | 14 Apr 1719 | ||
10 May 1705 | William Nicholas | c 1668 | 27 Dec 1749 | ||
6 May 1708 | Sir Lambert Blackwell, later [1718] 1st baronet | 27 Oct 1727 | |||
Charles Mompesson (to 1713) | 26 Jan 1670 | 12 Jul 1714 | 44 | ||
6 Oct 1710 | John London [he was unseated on petition in favour of Peter Bathurst 17 Mar 1711] | 9 Jan 1670 | 25 Nov 1734 | 64 | |
17 Mar 1711 | Peter Bathurst (to 1713) | 3 May 1687 | 25 Apr 1748 | 61 | |
29 Aug 1713 | John London | 9 Jan 1670 | 25 Nov 1734 | 64 | |
Thomas Pitt, later [1719] 1st Baron Londonderry [I] and [1726] 1st Earl of Londonderry [I] (to 1727) | c 1688 | 12 Sep 1729 | |||
23 Mar 1722 | Robert Sawyer Herbert (to 1768) | 28 Jan 1693 | 25 Apr 1769 | 76 | |
18 Aug 1727 | Thomas Martin | c 1679 | 21 Apr 1765 | ||
27 Apr 1734 | William Herbert | c 1696 | 31 Mar 1757 | ||
27 Apr 1757 | Nicholas Herbert (to 1775) | c 1706 | 1 Feb 1775 | ||
21 Mar 1768 | Henry Herbert, later [1780] 1st Baron Porchester and [1793] 1st Earl of Carnarvon (to 1780) | 20 Aug 1741 | 3 Jun 1811 | 69 | |
20 Feb 1775 | Charles Herbert | 28 May 1743 | 5 Sep 1816 | 73 | |
11 Sep 1780 | George Augustus Herbert, styled Baron Herbert, later [1794] 11th Earl of Pembroke and 8th Earl of Montgomery | 10 Sep 1759 | 26 Oct 1827 | 68 | |
William Gerard Hamilton (to 1790) | 28 Jan 1729 | 16 Jul 1796 | 67 | ||
2 Feb 1785 | Philip Goldsworthy | c 1737 | 4 Jan 1801 | ||
9 Feb 1788 | George Augustus Herbert, styled Baron Herbert, later [1794] 11th Earl of Pembroke and 8th Earl of Montgomery (to 1794) | 10 Sep 1759 | 26 Oct 1827 | 68 | |
21 Jun 1790 | Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Meryon [I] (to 1806) | 1 Aug 1745 | 4 Feb 1816 | 70 | |
15 Feb 1794 | Philip Goldsworthy | c 1737 | 4 Jan 1801 | ||
12 Feb 1801 | John Spencer | 21 Dec 1767 | 17 Dec 1831 | 63 | |
24 May 1804 | Ralph Sheldon (to 1823) | 14 Sep 1741 | 22 Nov 1822 | 81 | |
24 Feb 1806 | Charles Herbert | 5 Jul 1774 | 12 Sep 1808 | 34 | |
8 May 1807 | Charles Herbert | 28 May 1743 | 5 Sep 1816 | 73 | |
11 Nov 1816 | James Edward Harris, styled Viscount FitzHarris, later [1820] 2nd Earl of Malmesbury | 19 Aug 1778 | 10 Sep 1841 | 63 | |
1 Feb 1821 | John Hungerford Penruddocke (to 1837) | 23 Jan 1770 | 25 Dec 1841 | 71 | |
6 Jan 1823 | Edward Baker | 9 Aug 1774 | 24 Feb 1862 | 87 | |
30 Jul 1830 | William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer, later [1871] 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer | 13 Feb 1801 | 23 May 1872 | 71 | |
2 May 1831 | James Dawkins | 1760 | 13 Mar 1843 | 82 | |
REPRESENTATION REDUCED TO ONE MEMBER 1832 | |||||
24 Jul 1837 | Edward Baker | 9 Aug 1774 | 24 Feb 1862 | 87 | |
18 Jun 1841 | James Howard Harris, styled Viscount Fitzharris, later [1841] 3rd Earl of Malmesbury | 25 Mar 1807 | 17 May 1889 | 82 | |
6 Oct 1841 | James Charles Herbert Welbore Ellis Agar, styled Viscount Somerton, later [1868] 3rd Earl of Normanton | 17 Sep 1818 | 19 Dec 1896 | 78 | |
8 Jul 1852 | Charles Henry Wyndham A'Court | 14 Oct 1819 | 29 Oct 1903 | 84 | |
28 Mar 1855 | Edmund Antrobus, later [1870] 3rd baronet | 3 Sep 1818 | 1 Apr 1899 | 80 | |
21 Feb 1877 | Sidney Herbert, later [1895] 14th Earl of Pembroke and 11th Earl of Montgomery | 20 Feb 1853 | 30 Mar 1913 | 60 | |
2 Dec 1885 | Sir Thomas Fraser Grove, 1st baronet | 27 Nov 1823 | 14 Jan 1897 | 73 | |
Jul 1892 | Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, styled Viscount Folkestone, later [1900] 6th Earl of Radnor | 8 Jul 1868 | 25 Jun 1930 | 61 | |
17 Jul 1900 | James Archibald Morrison | 18 Sep 1873 | 27 Oct 1934 | 61 | |
23 Jan 1906 | Levi Lapper Morse | 24 May 1853 | 10 Sep 1913 | 60 | |
21 Jan 1910 | Sir Charles Bathurst, later [1918] 1st Baron Bledisloe and [1935] 1st Viscount Bledisloe | 21 Sep 1867 | 3 Jul 1958 | 90 | |
6 Nov 1918 | Hugh Morrison | 8 Jun 1868 | 15 Mar 1931 | 62 | |
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918 | |||||
WILTSHIRE | |||||
27 Mar 1660 | Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 2nd baronet, later [1672] 1st Earl of Shaftesbury | 22 Jul 1621 | 21 Jan 1683 | 61 | |
John Ernle [kt 1665] | c 1620 | 27 Jun 1697 | |||
26 Mar 1661 | Charles Seymour, later [1664] 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge | 5 Feb 1621 | 25 Aug 1665 | 44 | |
Henry Hyde, styled Viscount Cornbury, later [1674] 2nd Earl of Clarendon (to 1675) | 2 Jun 1638 | 31 Oct 1709 | 71 | ||
27 Dec 1664 | Sir James Thynne | c 1605 | 12 Oct 1670 | ||
29 Nov 1670 | Thomas Thynne (to 1682) For further information on the death of this MP, see the note at the foot of this page |
c 1648 | 12 Feb 1682 | ||
4 May 1675 | Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd baronet | 28 Aug 1621 | 3 May 1703 | 81 | |
19 Aug 1679 | Sir Walter St. John, 3rd baronet | May 1622 | 3 Jul 1708 | 86 | |
24 Mar 1685 | Edward Hyde, styled Viscount Cornbury, later [1709] 3rd Earl of Clarendon (to 1695) For further information on this MP, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of the Earldom of Clarendon |
28 Nov 1661 | 31 Mar 1723 | 61 | |
Thomas Bruce, styled Viscount Bruce of Ampthill, later [1685] 2nd Earl of Ailesbury | 26 Sep 1656 | 16 Dec 1741 | 85 | ||
15 Jan 1689 | Sir Thomas Mompesson | 4 Jan 1630 | 11 Jun 1701 | 71 | |
18 Feb 1690 | Sir Walter St. John, 3rd baronet | May 1622 | 3 Jul 1708 | 86 | |
29 Oct 1695 | Sir George Hungerford (to Dec 1701) | 1637 | 9 May 1712 | 74 | |
Henry St. John, later [1708] 4th baronet and [1716] 1st Viscount St. John | 17 Oct 1652 | 8 Apr 1742 | 89 | ||
26 Jul 1698 | Sir Edward Ernle, 3rd baronet | c 1673 | 31 Jan 1729 | ||
7 Jan 1701 | Richard Grobham Howe, later [1703] 3rd baronet | c 1651 | 3 Jul 1730 | ||
9 Dec 1701 | Maurice Ashley | 14 Apr 1675 | 21 Oct 1726 | 51 | |
William Ashe | 17 Nov 1647 | 22 Oct 1713 | 65 | ||
21 Jul 1702 | Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 3rd baronet (to 1727) | c 1651 | 3 Jul 1730 | ||
Robert Hyde | 10 Oct 1650 | 27 Apr 1722 | 71 | ||
6 Nov 1722 | Richard Goddard | 6 Jan 1676 | 24 Aug 1732 | 56 | |
22 Aug 1727 | Sir James Long, 5th baronet | c 1681 | 16 Mar 1729 | ||
John Ivory-Talbot (to 1741) | c 1691 | Oct 1772 | |||
12 Apr 1729 | John Howe, later [1741] 1st Baron Chedworth | by 1690 | 3 Apr 1742 | ||
12 May 1741 | Sir Robert Long, 6th baronet | c 1705 | 10 Feb 1767 | ||
Edward Popham (to 1772) | c 1711 | 14 Jul 1772 | |||
24 Mar 1767 | Thomas Goddard | 6 Mar 1722 | 12 Aug 1770 | 48 | |
2 Oct 1770 | Charles Penruddocke (to 1788) | 24 Oct 1743 | 30 Oct 1788 | 45 | |
21 Aug 1772 | Ambrose Goddard (to 1806) | c 1727 | 19 Jun 1815 | ||
19 Dec 1788 | Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th baronet | c 1737 | 28 Nov 1794 | ||
10 Jan 1795 | Henry Penruddocke Wyndham (to 1812) | 4 Jun 1736 | 3 May 1819 | 82 | |
10 Nov 1806 | Richard Godolphin Long (to 1818) | 2 Oct 1761 | 1 Jul 1835 | 73 | |
14 Oct 1812 | Paul Methuen, later [1838] 1st Baron Methuen (to 1819) | 21 Jun 1779 | 14 Sep 1849 | 70 | |
24 Jun 1818 | William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, later [1845] 4th Earl of Mornington [I] (to 1820) | 22 May 1788 | 1 Jul 1857 | 69 | |
19 Jul 1819 | John Benett (to 1832) | 20 May 1773 | 1 Oct 1852 | 79 | |
14 Mar 1820 | John Dugdale Astley, later [1821] 1st baronet | 27 Jun 1778 | 19 Jan 1842 | 63 | |
COUNTY SPLIT INTO "NORTH" AND "SOUTH" DIVISIONS 1832 | |||||
WILTSHIRE EAST | |||||
4 Jul 2024 | Daniel Rayne Kruger | 23 Oct 1974 | |||
WILTSHIRE NORTH | |||||
21 Dec 1832 | Paul Methuen, later [1838] 1st Baron Methuen (to 1837) | 21 Jun 1779 | 14 Sep 1849 | 70 | |
Sir John Dugdale Astley, 1st baronet | 27 Jun 1778 | 19 Jan 1842 | 63 | ||
12 Jan 1835 | Walter Long (to Jul 1865) | 10 Oct 1793 | 31 Jan 1867 | 73 | |
10 Aug 1837 | Sir Francis Burdett, 5th baronet | 25 Jan 1770 | 23 Jan 1844 | 73 | |
12 Feb 1844 | Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron‑Estcourt | 4 Apr 1801 | 6 Jan 1876 | 74 | |
20 Mar 1865 | Lord Charles William Brudenell‑Bruce (to 1874) | 18 Jun 1834 | 16 Apr 1897 | 62 | |
18 Jul 1865 | Richard Penruddocke Long | 19 Dec 1825 | 16 Feb 1875 | 49 | |
21 Nov 1868 | Sir George Samuel Jenkinson, 11th baronet (to 1880) | 27 Sep 1817 | 19 Jan 1892 | 74 | |
16 Feb 1874 | George Thomas John Sotheron‑Estcourt, later [1903] 1st Baron Estcourt (to 1885) | 21 Jan 1839 | 12 Jan 1915 | 75 | |
12 Apr 1880 | Walter Hume Long, later [1921] 1st Viscount Long | 13 Jul 1854 | 26 Sep 1924 | 70 | |
SPLIT INTO VARIOUS DIVISIONS 1885, SEE "CHIPPENHAM", "CRICKLADE", "DEVIZES", "WESTBURY" AND "WILTON". CONSTITUENCY REVIVED 1983 | |||||
9 Jun 1983 | Richard Francis Needham, 6th Earl of Kilmorey [I] | 29 Jan 1942 | |||
1 May 1997 | James Whiteside Gray | 7 Nov 1954 | |||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2024 | |||||
WILTSHIRE SOUTH | |||||
17 Dec 1832 | John Benett | 20 May 1773 | 1 Oct 1852 | 79 | |
Sidney Herbert, later [1861] 1st Baron Herbert of Lea (to 1861) | 16 Sep 1810 | 2 Aug 1861 | 50 | ||
16 Jul 1852 | William Wyndham | 17 Apr 1796 | 27 Feb 1862 | 65 | |
2 May 1859 | Lord Henry Frederick Thynne (to 1885) | 2 Aug 1832 | 28 jan 1904 | 71 | |
14 Feb 1861 | Frederick Thomas Arthur Hervey‑Bathurst, later [1881] 4th baronet | 13 Mar 1833 | 20 May 1900 | 67 | |
14 Jul 1865 | Thomas Fraser Grove, later [1874] 1st baronet | 27 Nov 1823 | 14 Jan 1897 | 73 | |
16 Feb 1874 | William Pleydell-Bouverie, styled Viscount Folkestone, later [1889] 5th Earl of Radnor | 19 Jun 1841 | 3 Jun 1900 | 58 | |
SPLIT INTO VARIOUS DIVISIONS 1885, SEE "CHIPPENHAM", "CRICKLADE", "DEVIZES", "WESTBURY" AND "WILTON" | |||||
WILTSHIRE SOUTH WEST | |||||
6 May 2010 | Andrew William Murrison | 24 Apr 1961 | |||
WIMBLEDON (SURREY) | |||||
3 Dec 1885 | Henry Cosmo Orme Bonsor, later [1925] 1st baronet | 2 Sep 1848 | 4 Dec 1929 | 81 | |
29 Sep 1900 | Charles Eric Hambro | 30 Sep 1872 | 28 Dec 1947 | 75 | |
14 May 1907 | Henry Chaplin, later [1916] 1st Viscount Chaplin | 22 Dec 1840 | 29 May 1923 | 82 | |
20 Apr 1916 | Sir Stuart Auchincloss Coats, 2nd baronet | 20 Mar 1868 | 15 Jul 1959 | 91 | |
14 Dec 1918 | Joseph Hood, later [1922] 1st baronet | 31 Mar 1863 | 10 Jan 1931 | 67 | |
29 Oct 1924 | Sir John Cecil Power, 1st baronet | 21 Dec 1870 | 5 Jun 1950 | 79 | |
26 Jul 1945 | Arthur Montague Frank Palmer | 4 Aug 1912 | 14 Aug 1994 | 82 | |
23 Feb 1950 | Cyril Wilson Black [kt 1959] | 8 Apr 1902 | 29 Oct 1991 | 89 | |
18 Jun 1970 | (Robert) Michael Oldfield Havers [kt 1972], later [1987] Baron Havers [L] | 10 Mar 1923 | 1 Apr 1992 | 69 | |
11 Jun 1987 | Charles Goodson-Wickes | 7 Nov 1945 | |||
1 May 1997 | Roger Mark Casale | 22 May 1960 | |||
5 May 2005 | Stephen William Hammond | 4 Feb 1962 | |||
4 Jul 2024 | Paul Christopher Kohler | ||||
WINCHELSEA | |||||
2 Apr 1660 | William Howard, later [1678] 3rd Baron Howard of Escrick | c 1630 | 24 Apr 1694 | ||
Samuel Gott | 20 Jan 1614 | 18 Dec 1671 | 57 | ||
6 May 1661 | Sir Nicholas Crispe, later [1665] 1st baronet | c 1598 | 26 Feb 1666 | ||
Francis Finch (to 1678) | c 1602 | Aug 1677 | |||
4 Oct 1666 | Robert Austen (to 1681) | 3 Aug 1642 | 22 Aug 1696 | 54 | |
2 Feb 1678 | Sir John Banks, 1st baronet [he was unseated on petition in favour of Cresheld Draper 7 Mar 1678] | 19 Aug 1627 | 19 Oct 1699 | 72 | |
7 Mar 1678 | Cresheld Draper (to 1689) | 8 Nov 1646 | 15 Mar 1694 | 47 | |
14 Mar 1681 | Sir Stephen Lennard, 2nd baronet | 2 Mar 1637 | 15 Oct 1709 | 72 | |
11 Apr 1685 | Charles Middleton, 2nd Earl of Middleton [S] | c 1650 | 28 Jul 1719 | ||
17 Jan 1689 | Robert Austen | 3 Aug 1642 | 22 Aug 1696 | 54 | |
Samuel Western (to 1698) | 3 Aug 1652 | 20 Aug 1699 | 47 | ||
2 Nov 1696 | Sir George Chute, 1st baronet | 10 Feb 1665 | 4 Feb 1722 | 56 | |
23 Jul 1698 | John Hayes | 25 Jan 1643 | 22 Mar 1705 | 62 | |
Robert Bristow (to Nov 1701) | Dec 1662 | 27 Aug 1706 | 43 | ||
7 Jan 1701 | Thomas Newport, later [1716] 1st Baron Torrington | c 1655 | 27 May 1719 | ||
Robert Bristow | Dec 1662 | 27 Aug 1706 | 43 | ||
Election declared void 27 Feb 1701 | |||||
25 Nov 1701 | Robert Austen | c 1672 | c Aug 1728 | ||
John Hayes | 25 Jan 1643 | 22 Mar 1705 | 62 | ||
21 Jul 1702 | George Clarke | 7 May 1661 | 22 Oct 1736 | 75 | |
James Hayes (to May 1708) | 2 Apr 1676 | by Dec 1731 | |||
12 May 1705 | George Dodington (to Dec 1708) [at the general election in May 1708, Dodington was also returned for Bridgwater, for which he chose to sit] | c 1662 | 28 Mar 1720 | ||
4 May 1708 | Sir Francis Dashwood, 1st baronet (to 1713) | c 1658 | 4 Nov 1724 | ||
20 Dec 1708 | Robert Bristow (to 1738) | 20 Oct 1687 | 3 Nov 1737 | 50 | |
28 Aug 1713 | George Dodington | c 1662 | 28 Mar 1720 | ||
25 Jan 1715 | George Bubb, later [1761] 1st Baron Melcombe [at the general election in Mar 1722, he was also returned for Bridgwater, for which he chose to sit] | c 1691 | 28 Jul 1762 | ||
1 Nov 1722 | Thomas Townshend | 2 Jun 1701 | 21 May 1780 | 78 | |
15 Aug 1727 | John Scrope [he was also returned for Bristol, for which he chose to sit] | c 1662 | 9 Apr 1752 | ||
28 Feb 1728 | Sir Archer Croft, 2nd baronet [two days later, on 2 Mar 1728, he was also returned for Bere Alston, for which he chose to sit] | 3 Apr 1683 | 10 Dec 1753 | 70 | |
23 Apr 1728 | Peter Walter | c 1663 | 19 Jan 1746 | ||
24 Apr 1734 | Edmund Hungate Beaghan (to 1741) | 1703 | 15 Jul 1755 | 52 | |
30 Jan 1738 | Robert Bristow | 1712 | 9 Dec 1776 | 64 | |
5 May 1741 | Arthur Mohun St. Leger, 3rd Viscount Doneraile [I] | 7 Aug 1718 | Aug 1750 | 31 | |
Thomas Orby Hunter (to 1759) | c 1716 | 20 Oct 1769 | |||
26 Jun 1747 | John Mordaunt | c 1709 | 1 Jul 1767 | ||
13 Apr 1754 | Arnold Nesbitt (to 1761) | c 1721 | 7 Apr 1779 | ||
26 Jan 1759 | George Gray | c 1710 | 14 Feb 1773 | ||
5 Apr 1760 | Thomas Orby Hunter (to 1770) | c 1716 | 20 Oct 1769 | ||
27 Mar 1761 | Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond [I] | c 1723 | 21 Jul 1774 | ||
4 Dec 1761 | Thomas Sewell | c 1710 | 6 Mar 1784 | ||
19 Mar 1768 | Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond [I] (to Aug 1774) | c 1723 | 21 Jul 1774 | ||
15 Jan 1770 | Arnold Nesbitt (to 1775) [at the general election in Oct 1774, he was also returned for Cricklade, for which he chose to sit] | c 1721 | 7 Apr 1779 | ||
13 Aug 1774 | William Nedham | c 1740 | 27 Apr 1806 | ||
10 Oct 1774 | Charles Wolfran Cornwall (to 1784) | 15 Jun 1735 | 2 Jan 1789 | 53 | |
3 Jan 1775 | William Nedham | c 1740 | 27 Apr 1806 | ||
9 Sep 1780 | John Nesbitt (to 1790) | c 1745 | 15 Mar 1817 | ||
1 Apr 1784 | William Nedham | c 1740 | 27 Apr 1806 | ||
18 Jun 1790 | William Harry Vane, styled Viscount Barnard, later [1792] 3rd Earl of Darlington and [1833] 1st Duke of Cleveland | 27 Jul 1766 | 29 Jan 1842 | 75 | |
Richard Barwell (to Dec 1796) | 8 Oct 1741 | 2 Sep 1804 | 62 | ||
24 Oct 1792 | Sir Frederick Fletcher-Vane, 2nd baronet | 27 Feb 1760 | Mar 1832 | 72 | |
17 Feb 1794 | John Hiley Addington | 1759 | 11 Jul 1818 | 58 | |
27 May 1796 | William Currie (to 1802) | 26 Feb 1756 | 3 Jun 1829 | 72 | |
13 Dec 1796 | William Devaynes | c 1730 | 29 Nov 1809 | ||
7 Jul 1802 | Robert Ladbroke | c 1739 | 1 Jul 1814 | ||
William Moffat | 7 Mar 1737 | 12 Jan 1822 | 84 | ||
1 Nov 1806 | Sir Frederick Fletcher-Vane, 2nd baronet | 27 Feb 1760 | Mar 1832 | 72 | |
Calverley Bewicke (to 1816) | 26 Jun 1755 | 24 Oct 1815 | 60 | ||
27 Jul 1807 | Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd baronet | 27 Mar 1785 | 24 May 1871 | 86 | |
8 Oct 1812 | William John Frederick Vane (Powlett from 1813 and Vane from Mar 1864), later [Jan 1864] 3rd Duke of Cleveland | 3 Apr 1792 | 6 Sep 1864 | 72 | |
21 Jul 1815 | Henry Peter Brougham, later [1830] 1st Baron Brougham & Vaux (to Feb 1830) | 19 Nov 1778 | 7 May 1868 | 89 | |
12 Feb 1816 | Henry Vane, styled Viscount Barnard, later [1842] 2nd Duke of Cleveland | 6 Aug 1788 | 18 Jan 1864 | 75 | |
18 Jun 1818 | George Galway Mills For information on the death of this MP, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of the members for Wallingford |
22 Oct 1765 | 14 Feb 1828 | 62 | |
8 Mar 1820 | Lucius Concannon | c 1764 | 29 Jan 1823 | ||
20 Feb 1823 | William Leader | 19 Oct 1767 | 18 Jan 1828 | 60 | |
9 Jun 1826 | Henry Grey, styled Viscount Howick, later [1845] 3rd Earl Grey (to 1830) | 28 Dec 1802 | 9 Oct 1894 | 91 | |
15 Feb 1830 | John Williams [kt 1834] (to 1832) | 10 Feb 1777 | 15 Sep 1846 | 69 | |
30 Jul 1830 | Henry Dundas, later [1851] 3rd Viscount Melville | 25 Feb 1801 | 1 Feb 1876 | 74 | |
4 Apr 1831 | Stephen Lushington [he was also returned for Ilchester, for which he chose to sit] | 14 Jan 1782 | 19 Jan 1873 | 91 | |
15 Jul 1831 | James Brougham | 16 Jan 1780 | 24 Dec 1833 | 53 | |
CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1832 | |||||
WINCHESTER (HAMPSHIRE) | |||||
2 Apr 1660 | John Hooke (to 1661) | c 1605 | 14 May 1685 | ||
Thomas Cole [he was also returned for Petersfield, for which he chose to sit] | 15 Jan 1622 | 4 Mar 1681 | 59 | ||
8 Jun 1660 | Charles Paulet, styled Baron St. John, later [1675] 6th Marquess of Winchester and [1689] 1st Duke of Bolton | c 1630 | 27 Feb 1699 | ||
22 Mar 1661 | Richard Goddard | c 1590 | c Sep 1666 | ||
Lawrence Hyde (to 1679) | c 1610 | Sep 1682 | |||
1 Nov 1666 | Sir Robert Mason | c 1626 | c Apr 1669 | ||
26 Oct 1669 | Sir Robert Holmes | c 1622 | 18 Nov 1692 | ||
11 Feb 1679 | James Annesley, styled Baron Annesley, later [1686] 2nd Earl of Anglesey | c 1645 | 1 Apr 1690 | ||
Sir John Cloberry | c 1625 | 31 Jan 1688 | |||
16 Mar 1685 | Roger L'Estrange | 17 Dec 1616 | 12 Dec 1704 | 87 | |
Charles Hanses | c 1659 | c 1697 | |||
14 Jan 1689 | Lord William Powlett (to 1710) | 18 Aug 1666 | 25 Sep 1729 | 63 | |
Francis Morley | c 1623 | 10 Dec 1690 | |||
5 Mar 1690 | Frederick Tylney | 24 Nov 1652 | 2 Oct 1725 | 72 | |
6 Jan 1701 | George Rodney Brydges (to 1714) | after 1649 | 9 Feb 1714 | ||
5 Oct 1710 | Thomas Lewis [at the general election in Aug 1713, he was also returned for Southampton, for which he chose to sit] | c 1679 | 22 Nov 1736 | ||
15 Mar 1714 | George Brydges (to 1751) | Jul 1678 | 13 May 1751 | 72 | |
John Popham | c 1668 | 8 Aug 1754 | |||
29 Jan 1715 | Lord William Powlett | 18 Aug 1666 | 25 Sep 1729 | 63 | |
26 Jan 1730 | Norton Powlett | c 1705 | 14 Mar 1759 | ||
27 Apr 1734 | Paulet St. John, later [1772] 1st baronet | 7 Apr 1704 | 8 Jun 1780 | 76 | |
8 May 1741 | William Powlett | c 1693 | 28 Feb 1757 | ||
2 Jul 1747 | Henry Penton (to 1761) | c 1705 | 1 Sep 1762 | ||
28 May 1751 | Paulet St. John, later [1772] 1st baronet | 7 Apr 1704 | 8 Jun 1780 | 76 | |
16 Apr 1754 | James Brydges, styled Marquess of Carnarvon, later [1771] 3rd Duke of Chandos | 16 Dec 1731 | 10 Oct 1789 | 57 | |
30 Mar 1761 | Lord Harry Powlett, later [1765] 6th Duke of Bolton | 6 Nov 1720 | 25 Dec 1794 | 74 | |
Henry Penton (to 1796) | 11 Dec 1736 | 15 Jan 1812 | 75 | ||
24 Dec 1765 | George Powlett, later [1794] 12th Marquess of Winchester | 7 Jun 1722 | 22 Apr 1800 | 77 | |
8 Oct 1774 | Lovell Stanhope | 12 Dec 1720 | 19 Sep 1783 | 62 | |
17 Oct 1783 | Henry Flood | 1732 | 1 Dec 1791 | 59 | |
31 Mar 1784 | Richard Grace Gamon, later [1795] 1st baronet (to 1812) | 14 Aug 1748 | 8 Apr 1818 | 69 | |
25 May 1796 | Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston [I] | 4 Dec 1739 | 16 Apr 1802 | 62 | |
5 Jul 1802 | Sir Henry Paulet St. John‑Mildmay, 3rd baronet For further information on this MP, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of the St. John‑Mildmay baronets |
30 Sep 1764 | 11 Nov 1808 | 44 | |
5 May 1807 | Henry St. John Carew St. John‑Mildmay, later [1808] 4th baronet (to Jun 1818) | 15 Apr 1787 | 17 Jan 1848 | 60 | |
8 Oct 1812 | Richard Meyler | 1791 | 3 Mar 1818 | 26 | |
18 Mar 1818 | James Henry Leigh (to 1823) | 8 Feb 1765 | 28 Oct 1823 | 58 | |
19 Jun 1818 | Paulet St. John-Mildmay (to 1835) | 8 Apr 1791 | 19 May 1845 | 54 | |
18 Feb 1823 | Edward Hyde East, later [Apr 1823] 1st baronet | 9 Sep 1764 | 8 Jan 1847 | 82 | |
2 May 1831 | James Buller East, later [1847] 2nd baronet | 1 Feb 1789 | 19 Nov 1878 | 89 | |
12 Dec 1832 | William Bingham Baring, later [1848] 2nd Baron Ashburton (to 1837) | Jun 1799 | 23 Mar 1864 | 64 | |
10 Jan 1835 | James Buller East, later [1847] 2nd baronet (to 1864) | 1 Feb 1789 | 19 Nov 1878 | 89 | |
26 Jul 1837 | Paulet St. John-Mildmay | 8 Apr 1791 | 19 May 1845 | 54 | |
29 Jun 1841 | Bickham Escott | 6 Feb 1800 | 4 Nov 1853 | 53 | |
3 Aug 1847 | John Bonham Carter (to 1874) | 13 Oct 1817 | 26 Nov 1884 | 67 | |
10 Feb 1864 | Thomas Willis Fleming | 19 Jun 1819 | 7 Mar 1890 | 70 | |
12 Jul 1865 | William Barrow Simonds (to 1880) | 28 Aug 1820 | 29 Dec 1911 | 91 | |
3 Feb 1874 | Arthur Robert Naghten | 1829 | 7 Aug 1881 | 52 | |
2 Apr 1880 | Francis George Baring, styled Viscount Baring, later [1904] 2nd Earl of Northbrook | 6 Dec 1850 | 12 Apr 1929 | 78 | |
Richard Moss | 1823 | 2 Mar 1905 | 81 | ||
REPRESENTATION REDUCED TO ONE MEMBER 1885 | |||||
25 Nov 1885 | Arthur Loftus Tottenham | 5 Apr 1838 | 4 Dec 1887 | 49 | |
12 Jan 1888 | Richard Moss | 1823 | 2 Mar 1905 | 81 | |
Jul 1892 | William Henry Myers | 30 Nov 1854 | 21 Dec 1933 | 79 | |
13 Jan 1906 | Guy Victor Baring | 26 Feb 1873 | 15 Sep 1916 | 43 | |
19 Oct 1916 | Douglas George Carnegie | 4 Jan 1870 | 27 Feb 1937 | 67 | |
14 Dec 1918 | George Richard James Hennessy, later [1927] 1st baronet and [1937] 1st Baron Windlesham | 23 Mar 1877 | 8 Oct 1953 | 76 | |
27 Oct 1931 | Robert Geoffrey Ellis, later [1932] 1st baronet | 4 Sep 1874 | 28 Jul 1956 | 81 | |
14 Nov 1935 | Gerald Eustace Howell Palmer | 9 Jun 1904 | 7 Feb 1984 | 79 | |
26 Jul 1945 | George Jeger | 19 Mar 1903 | 6 Jan 1971 | 67 | |
23 Feb 1950 | Peter Henry Berry Otway Smithers [kt 1970] | 9 Dec 1913 | 8 Jun 2006 | 92 | |
14 May 1964 | Morgan Charles Morgan‑Giles [kt 1985] | 19 Jun 1914 | 4 May 2013 | 98 | |
3 May 1979 | John Ernest Douglas Delavalette Browne | 17 Oct 1938 | |||
9 Apr 1992 | Peter Gerald Malone | 21 Jul 1950 | |||
1 May 1997 | Mark Oaten [unseated on petition 6 Oct 1997, but re‑elected at subsequent by‑election 20 Nov 1997] | 8 Mar 1964 | |||
6 May 2010 | Steven Charles Brine | 28 Jan 1974 | |||
4 Jul 2024 | Danny Seiorse Chambers | ||||
WINDSOR (BERKSHIRE) | |||||
3 Apr 1660 | Alexander Baker | 25 Jul 1611 | 4 Aug 1685 | 74 | |
Roger Palmer, later [1661] 1st Earl of Castlemaine [I] | 3 Sep 1634 | 28 Jul 1705 | 70 | ||
Richard Winwood | |||||
Double return. Baker and Palmer seated 27 Apr 1660 | |||||
9 Apr 1661 | Sir Richard Braham, 1st baronet | c 1613 | Apr 1676 | ||
Thomas Higgons [kt 1663] (to 1679) | c 1624 | 24 Nov 1691 | |||
19 Feb 1677 | Sir Francis Winnington | 7 Nov 1634 | 1 May 1700 | 65 | |
27 Feb 1679 | Sir John Ernle | c 1620 | 27 Jun 1697 | ||
John Powney | c 1646 | 24 Feb 1684 | |||
Both members unseated on petition 5 Apr 1679 | |||||
5 Apr 1679 | Richard Winwood | 15 Apr 1609 | 28 Jun 1688 | 79 | |
Samuel Starkey | 11 Sep 1649 | 20 Mar 1717 | 67 | ||
29 Aug 1679 | John Powney | c 1646 | 24 Feb 1684 | ||
John Carey | 23 Dec 1612 | 18 Oct 1685 | 72 | ||
Both members unseated on petition 4 Nov 1680 | |||||
4 Nov 1680 | Samuel Starkey | 11 Sep 1649 | 20 Mar 1717 | 67 | |
Richard Winwood | 15 Apr 1609 | 28 Jun 1688 | 79 | ||
28 Mar 1685 | William Chiffinch | 26 Nov 1691 | |||
Richard Graham | 8 Dec 1691 | ||||
11 Jan 1689 | Henry Powle (to Mar 1690) | 18 Oct 1630 | 21 Nov 1692 | 62 | |
Sir Christopher Wren [election declared void 14 May 1689] | 20 Oct 1632 | 25 Feb 1723 | 90 | ||
23 May 1689 | Sir Algernon May | c 1625 | 25 Jul 1704 | ||
6 Mar 1690 | Sir Christopher Wren | 20 Oct 1632 | 25 Feb 1723 | 90 | |
Baptist May | 4 Nov 1628 | 2 Mar 1697 | 68 | ||
Sir Charles Porter | 6 Sep 1631 | 8 Dec 1696 | 65 | ||
William Adderley | 28 Jun 1693 | ||||
Two returns. Wren and May initially took their seats, but Porter and Adderley successfully petitioned and were seated on 17 May 1690 | |||||
17 May 1690 | Sir Charles Porter (to 1695) | 6 Sep 1631 | 8 Dec 1696 | 65 | |
William Adderley | 28 Jun 1693 | ||||
20 Nov 1693 | Sir William Scawen (to 1698) | c 1644 | 18 Oct 1722 | ||
23 Oct 1695 | John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge [I] (to 1710) | 18 Apr 1650 | 19 Dec 1712 | 62 | |
21 Aug 1698 | Richard Topham (to 1713) | 5 Dec 1671 | 7 Sep 1730 | 58 | |
4 Oct 1710 | William Paul | 17 Jun 1673 | May 1711 | 37 | |
18 May 1711 | Samuel Masham, later [1712] 1st Baron Masham of Otes | c 1679 | 16 Oct 1758 | ||
21 Jan 1712 | Charles Aldworth (to Jan 1715) | c 1677 | 28 Sep 1714 | ||
24 Aug 1713 | Christopher Wren (to Apr 1715) | 18 Feb 1675 | 6 Sep 1747 | 72 | |
26 Jan 1715 | Robert Gayer | 21 Jan 1672 | after 1737 | ||
The two sitting members (Wren and Gayer) were unseated on petition in favour of Sir Henry Ashurst and Samuel Travers 14 Apr 1715 | |||||
14 Apr 1715 | Sir Henry Ashurst, 2nd baronet | after 1670 | 17 May 1732 | ||
Samuel Travers | c 1655 | 17 Sep 1725 | |||
20 Mar 1722 | Charles Beauclerk, styled Earl of Burford, later [1726] 2nd Duke of St. Albans | 6 Apr 1696 | 27 Jul 1751 | 55 | |
William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin [I] (to 1727) | c 1700 | 18 Jul 1777 | |||
31 May 1726 | Lord Vere Beauclerk, later [1750] 1st Baron Vere of Hanworth (to 1741) | 14 Jul 1699 | 2 Oct 1781 | 82 | |
16 Aug 1727 | George Cholmondeley, styled Viscount Malpas later [1733] 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley | 2 Jan 1703 | 10 Jun 1770 | 67 | |
16 May 1733 | Lord Sidney Beauclerk (to 1744) | 27 Feb 1703 | 23 Nov 1744 | 41 | |
10 Mar 1738 | Lord Vere Beauclerk, later [1750] 1st Baron Vere of Hanworth (to 1741) | 14 Jul 1699 | 2 Oct 1781 | 82 | |
Richard Oldfield | |||||
Double return between Lord Vere Beauclerk and Richard Oldfield. Beauclerk declared re‑elected 27 Mar 1738 | |||||
2 May 1741 | Henry Fox, later [1763] 1st Baron Holland (to 1761) | 28 Sep 1705 | 1 Jul 1774 | 68 | |
3 Dec 1744 | Lord George Beauclerk | 26 Dec 1704 | 11 May 1768 | 63 | |
13 Apr 1754 | John Fitzwilliam (to 1768) | 28 Mar 1714 | 31 Jul 1789 | 75 | |
25 Mar 1761 | Augustus Keppel, later [1782] 1st Viscount Keppel (to 1780) | 25 Apr 1725 | 2 Oct 1786 | 61 | |
16 Mar 1768 | Lord George Beauclerk | 26 Dec 1704 | 11 May 1768 | 63 | |
18 May 1768 | Richard Tonson | 9 Oct 1772 | |||
9 Nov 1772 | John Hussey-Montagu, styled Baron Montagu from 1784 (to 1787) | 18 Jan 1747 | 25 Jun 1787 | 40 | |
8 Sep 1780 | Peniston Portlock Powney (to 1794) | c 1743 | 17 Jan 1794 | ||
19 Jul 1787 | Richard Wesley (Wellesley from 1789), 2nd Earl of Mornington [I], later [1799] 1st Marquess Wellesley (to 1796) | 20 Jun 1760 | 26 Sep 1842 | 82 | |
1 Feb 1794 | William Grant [kt 1799] | 13 Oct 1752 | 23 May 1832 | 79 | |
25 May 1796 | Robert Fulke Greville (to 1806) | 3 Feb 1751 | 27 Apr 1824 | 73 | |
Henry Isherwood | 9 Feb 1739 | 22 Jan 1797 | 57 | ||
20 Feb 1797 | Sir William Johnston, 7th baronet | Aug 1760 | 13 Jan 1844 | 83 | |
6 Jul 1802 | John Williams [his election was declared void 16 Feb 1804] | 30 Oct 1766 | after 1810 | ||
22 Feb 1804 | Arthur Vansittart | 28 Dec 1775 | 31 May 1829 | 53 | |
30 Oct 1806 | Edward Disbrowe (to 1819) | 30 Jan 1754 | 29 Nov 1818 | 64 | |
Richard Ramsbottom | c 1749 | 22 Feb 1813 | |||
14 Mar 1810 | John Ramsbottom (to 1845) | 5 Apr 1778 | 8 Oct 1845 | 67 | |
16 Feb 1819 | Thomas North Graves, 2nd Baron Graves [I] | 28 May 1775 | 7 Feb 1830 | 54 | |
7 Mar 1820 | Sir Herbert Taylor | 29 Sep 1775 | 20 Mar 1839 | 63 | |
11 Feb 1823 | Edward Cromwell Disbrowe | 26 Sep 1790 | 29 Oct 1851 | 61 | |
12 Jun 1826 | Richard Hussey Vivian, later [1828] 1st baronet and [1841] 1st Baron Vivian | 28 Jul 1775 | 20 Aug 1842 | 67 | |
10 Feb 1831 | Edward Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, later [1851] 14th Earl of Derby | 29 Mar 1799 | 23 Oct 1869 | 70 | |
12 Dec 1832 | Sir Samuel John Brooke‑Pechell, 3rd baronet | 1 Sep 1785 | 3 Nov 1849 | 64 | |
7 Jan 1835 | Sir John Edmund de Beauvoir, 2nd baronet [he was unseated on petition in favour of Sir John Elley 6 Apr 1835] | 10 Dec 1794 | 29 Apr 1869 | 74 | |
6 Apr 1835 | Sir John Elley | 24 Jan 1839 | |||
25 Jul 1837 | Robert Gordon | 1786 | 16 May 1864 | 77 | |
29 Jun 1841 | Ralph Neville (to 1847) | 27 Feb 1817 | 20 Aug 1886 | 69 | |
8 Nov 1845 | George Alexander Reid (to May 1852) | 12 May 1852 | |||
28 Jul 1847 | Lord John Hay | 1 Apr 1793 | 26 Aug 1851 | 58 | |
6 Jan 1850 | John Hatchell | 1788 | 14 Aug 1870 | 82 | |
22 May 1852 | Charles William Grenfell (to 1859) | 17 Mar 1823 | 4 May 1861 | 38 | |
7 Jul 1852 | Lord Charles Wellesley | 16 Jan 1808 | 9 Oct 1858 | 50 | |
14 Feb 1855 | Samson Ricardo | 1792 | 14 Nov 1862 | 70 | |
27 Mar 1857 | William Vansittart (to 1865) | 2 May 1813 | 15 Jan 1878 | 64 | |
29 Apr 1859 | George William Hope | 4 Jul 1808 | 18 Oct 1863 | 55 | |
4 Nov 1863 | Richard Henry Howard Vyse | 24 Aug 1813 | 12 Jun 1872 | 58 | |
12 Jul 1865 | Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare, 5th baronet | 14 Apr 1824 | 7 Jul 1894 | 70 | |
Henry Du Pré Labouchčre For information on this MP, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of members for the constituency of Northampton |
9 Nov 1831 | 15 Jan 1912 | 80 | ||
Election declared void 26 Apr 1866 | |||||
9 May 1866 | Roger Eykyn (to 1874) | 1828 | 14 Nov 1896 | 68 | |
Charles Edwards | 1825 | 22 Feb 1889 | 63 | ||
REPRESENTATION REDUCED TO ONE MEMBER 1868 | |||||
4 Feb 1874 | Robert Richardson-Gardner | 15 Jun 1827 | 4 Jan 1898 | 70 | |
2 Apr 1890 | Francis Tress Barry, later [1899] 1st baronet | 8 Jun 1825 | 28 Feb 1907 | 81 | |
16 Jan 1906 | James Francis Mason | 1861 | 2 Apr 1929 | 67 | |
14 Dec 1918 | Ernest Gardner [kt 1923] | 1846 | 7 Aug 1925 | 79 | |
15 Nov 1922 | Annesley Ashworth Somerville [kt 1939] | 1858 | 15 May 1942 | 83 | |
30 Jun 1942 | Charles Edward Mott‑Radclyffe [kt 1957] | 25 Dec 1911 | 25 Nov 1992 | 80 | |
18 Jun 1970 | Alan Jack Glyn [kt 1990] | 26 Sep 1918 | 4 May 1998 | 79 | |
NAME ALTERED TO "WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD" FEB 1974, BUT REVERTED 1997 | |||||
1 May 1997 | Michael St. John Trend | 19 Apr 1952 | |||
5 May 2005 | Adam Afriyie | 4 Aug 1965 | |||
4 Jul 2024 | Jack Michael Rankin | ||||
WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD | |||||
28 Feb 1974 | Alan Jack Glyn [kt 1990] | 26 Sep 1918 | 4 May 1998 | 79 | |
9 Apr 1992 | Michael St. John Trend | 19 Apr 1952 | |||
NAME REVERTED TO "WINDSOR" 1997 | |||||
WIRRAL (CHESHIRE) | |||||
2 Dec 1885 | Edward Thomas Davenant Cotton‑Jodrell [kt 1911] | 29 Jun 1847 | 13 Oct 1917 | 70 | |
6 Oct 1900 | Joseph Hoult | 1847 | 19 Oct 1917 | 70 | |
24 Jan 1906 | William Hesketh Lever, later [1911] 1st baronet, [1917] 1st Baron Leverhulme and [1922] 1st Viscount Leverhulme | 19 Sep 1851 | 7 May 1925 | 73 | |
22 Jan 1910 | Gershom Stewart [kt 1924] | 30 Dec 1857 | 5 Dec 1929 | 71 | |
6 Dec 1923 | Stephen Roxby Dodds | 29 Jan 1881 | 10 Sep 1943 | 62 | |
29 Oct 1924 | John Grace | 16 Nov 1886 | 8 Dec 1972 | 86 | |
27 Oct 1931 | George Christopher Clayton [kt 1933] | 11 Jul 1869 | 28 Jul 1945 | 76 | |
14 Nov 1935 | Alan Crosland Graham | 2 Aug 1896 | 10 May 1964 | 67 | |
26 Jul 1945 | John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd, later [1976] Baron Selwyn‑Lloyd [L] | 28 Jul 1904 | 17 May 1978 | 73 | |
11 Mar 1976 | David James Fletcher Hunt, later [1997] Baron Hunt of Wirral [L] | 21 May 1942 | |||
CONSTITUENCY SPLIT INTO "SOUTH" AND "WEST" DIVISIONS 1983 | |||||
WIRRAL SOUTH (MERSEYSIDE) | |||||
9 Jun 1983 | George Barrington Porter | 11 Jun 1939 | 3 Nov 1996 | 57 | |
27 Feb 1997 | James Keith ["Ben"] Chapman | 8 Jul 1940 | |||
6 May 2010 | Alison McGovern | 30 Dec 1980 | |||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2024 | |||||
WIRRAL WEST (MERSEYSIDE) | |||||
9 Jun 1983 | David James Fletcher Hunt, later [1997] Baron Hunt of Wirral [L] | 21 May 1942 | |||
1 May 1997 | Stephen Hesford | 27 May 1957 | |||
6 May 2010 | Esther Louise McVey | 24 Oct 1967 | |||
7 May 2015 | Margaret Greenwood | 14 Mar 1959 | |||
4 Jul 2024 | Matthew John Patrick | ||||
WISBECH (CAMBRIDGESHIRE) | |||||
4 Dec 1885 | John Rigby [kt 1892] | 4 Jan 1834 | 26 Jul 1903 | 69 | |
7 Jul 1886 | Charles William Selwyn | 1858 | 1 Mar 1893 | 34 | |
23 Jul 1891 | Arthur George Brand | 1 May 1853 | 9 Jan 1917 | 63 | |
17 Jul 1895 | Charles Tyrrell Giles [kt 1922] | 2 Feb 1850 | 16 Jan 1940 | 89 | |
9 Oct 1900 | Arthur George Brand | 1 May 1853 | 9 Jan 1917 | 63 | |
23 Jan 1906 | Arthur Cecil Tyrrell Beck [kt 1920] | 3 Dec 1876 | 22 Mar 1932 | 55 | |
26 Jan 1910 | Neil James Archibald Primrose | 14 Dec 1882 | 18 Nov 1917 | 34 | |
14 Dec 1917 | Colin Reith Coote [kt 1962] | 18 Oct 1893 | 8 Jun 1979 | 85 | |
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918 | |||||
WITHAM (ESSEX) | |||||
6 May 2010 | Priti Sushil Patel [Dame 2023] | 29 Mar 1972 | |||
WITHINGTON (MANCHESTER) | |||||
14 Dec 1918 | Rei Alfred Deakin Carter | 3 Dec 1856 | 4 Feb 1938 | 81 | |
15 Nov 1922 | Thomas Watts [kt 1928] | 1 Jul 1868 | 3 Jun 1951 | 82 | |
6 Dec 1923 | Ernest Emil Darwin Simon [kt 1932], later [1947] 1st Baron Simon of Wythenshawe | 9 Oct 1879 | 3 Oct 1960 | 80 | |
29 Oct 1924 | Thomas Watts [kt 1928] | 1 Jul 1868 | 3 Jun 1951 | 82 | |
30 May 1929 | Ernest Emil Darwin Simon [kt 1932], later [1947] 1st Baron Simon of Wythenshawe | 9 Oct 1879 | 3 Oct 1960 | 80 | |
27 Oct 1931 | Edward Lascelles Fleming | c 1891 | 17 Feb 1950 | ||
23 Feb 1950 | Frederick William Cundiff | 17 Nov 1895 | 7 Aug 1982 | 86 | |
25 Oct 1951 | Sir Robert Archibald Cary, later [1955] 1st baronet | 25 May 1898 | 1 Oct 1979 | 81 | |
28 Feb 1974 | Frederick John Silvester | 20 Sep 1933 | |||
11 Jun 1987 | Keith John Charles Bradley, later [2006] Baron Bradley [L] | 17 May 1950 | |||
5 May 2005 | John Leech | 11 Apr 1971 | |||
7 May 2015 | Jeff Smith | 26 Jan 1963 | |||
Thomas Thynne | ||
MP for Wiltshire 1670‑1682 | ||
Thomas Thynne was born around 1648, a member of the wealthy Thynne family whose current head is the Marquess of Bath. In 1670, he inherited from his uncle, Sir James Thynne, his estates including Longleat House. Thomas became known as "Tom o'Ten Thousand", a nickname based on his estimated annual income. | ||
After leaving Oxford University, Thomas attached himself to the party of James, Duke of York (later King James II), but having fallen out with him, he switched his allegiance to the Whigs, whose leader at that time was James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of King Charles II. During this period, Thomas sat in the House of Commons as one of the members for Wiltshire. | ||
When Thomas decided it was time to marry, his eye fell upon Elizabeth Percy, daughter of the 5th Earl of Northumberland of the creation of 1557. Elizabeth was only 15 at the time, but she was already a widow, having married Henry Cavendish, styled Earl of Ogle, the son and heir of the Duke of Newcastle. He, however, died within a year of this marriage. Elizabeth, as heiress to the Northumberland estates, was probably the richest prize available at that time. After some wooing, and the encouragement of Elizabeth's grandmother, the Countess of Northumberland, Elizabeth and Thomas were married in July 1681. | ||
Immediately after the marriage, Elizabeth went to Holland to stay with some friends, and it was there that she met a Swedish adventurer, Count John Philip Köningsmark, an adventurer and professional seducer of wealthy young ladies. Köningsmark realised that the one obstacle to his complete conquest of Elizabeth, and the resultant access to her fortune, was her husband, Thomas Thynne, and accordingly, he resolved to remove this obstacle. | ||
He enlisted the services of three men to achieve this end - a German, Captain Christopher Vratz, his groom, a Pole named George Boroski, and a Swedish mercenary named John Stern. On the evening of 12 February 1682, Thomas was travelling in his carriage along Pall Mall when Vratz seized the horses and stopped the carriage, whereupon Borowski shot Thynne with a blunderbuss. Thomas died of his wounds some hours later. | ||
The following account is taken from The Newgate Calendar and has been edited where necessary:- | ||
'Christopher Vratz, the youngest son of a very good gentleman, and born in Pomerania, a country adjoining Poland, having but a very small patrimony left him, he was incited, through the slenderness of his fortune, to betake himself to the highway; and, being a man of great courage and undaunted spirit, he ventured on such attempts which would not be under- taken by half-a-dozen men, for once John Sobieski, King of Poland, who, with the Duke of Lorrain, raised the siege of Vienna, going disguised out the Christian camp, in company with only three officers, to observe the motion of the Turks, he intercepted his coming back, and robbed him and his attendants of as many diamonds, which he sold to a Jew at Vienna for eight thousand ducatoons, besides taking from them a considerable quantity of gold. He had also committed some robberies in Hungary, but, having somewhat of a more generous soul than always to get his bread by that diminutive way of living, he was, contrary to all others of that profession, not extravagant whilst he maintained himself by those scaring words "Stand and deliver". Therefore having saved a good purse by him, he bought a captain's commission in a regiment in the Emperor of Germany's service. | ||
Whilst he was in this post he became acquainted with Count Köningsmark, and came over with him into England, where the said Count, being balked in his amours with a certain Lady Ogleby [sic] [by] Thomas Thynn, Esq., his ill success therein he so highly resented that nothing could pacify his resentment but the death of his rival. | ||
Captain Vratz being made privy to his disgust procured two other assassins - namely, John Stern, a lieutenant, and George Borosky alias Boratzi - who, about a quarter after eight at night, on Sunday, the 12th of February, 1682, meeting Esquire Thynn riding in his coach up to St. James's Street, from the Countess of Northumberland's, Borosky, a Polander, shot him with a blunderbuss, which mortified him in such a barbarous manner that Mr. Hobbs, an eminent surgeon, found in his body four bullets which had torn his guts, wounded his liver and stomach and gall, broke one of his ribs, and wounded the great bone below, of which wounds he died. | ||
These murderers being taken the next day, and carried before Justice Bridgman, he committed them to Newgate; from whence being brought to the Old Bailey on Tuesday, the 28th of February following, they were tried before the Lord Chief Justice Pemberton, before a jury half English and half foreigners (all three prisoners being foreign). [Köningsmark had been captured at Gravesend while trying to flee home to Sweden.] | ||
The jury, after retiring half-an-hour, brought in the three principals guilty, but acquitted the Count of the charge of procuring the others to commit the murder [probably due either to a political deal or a corrupted jury]. | ||
The report goes on to describe the executions of the three prisoners on 10 March 1682. As to the other players in this drama, Count Köningsmark resumed his military career before dying during the siege of Argas in 1687; Lady Elizabeth subsequently married, (within less than four months after the death of Thomas Thynne) as her third husband, Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset. She died in 1722. | ||
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