List of MPs elected to the English Parliament in 1660
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This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) in the Convention Parliament which began at Westminster on 25 April 1660, and was held until 29 December 1660. It was elected as a "free parliament",[1] i.e. with no oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth or to the monarchy. The last parliament called by Royal Authority was originally the Long Parliament called on 3 November 1640, but subsequently reduced to the Rump parliament under Pride's Purge. There were four intervening parliaments called under the Commonwealth. The restored Rump Parliament had finally voted for its own dissolution on 16 March and summoned the new Convention Parliament.
The Convention Parliament was predominantly Royalist in its membership and called back the King, and restored the Constitution in Church and State. After the Declaration of Breda had been received, Parliament proclaimed on 8 May that King Charles II had been the lawful monarch since the death of Charles I in January 1649. The Convention Parliament then proceeded to conduct the necessary preparation for the Restoration Settlement.
List of constituencies and members
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This list contains details of the MPs elected in 1660.
Bedfordshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | Robert, Lord Bruce Samuel Browne |
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| Bedford | Sir Samuel Luke Humphrey Winch |
Winch created baronet 1660 |
Berkshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Berkshire | Richard Powle Sir Robert Pye |
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| Abingdon | Sir George Stonhouse, 3rd Baronet | |
| Reading | John Blagrave Thomas Rich |
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| Wallingford | Robert Packer Hungerford Dunch |
Dunch chose to sit for Cricklade - replaced by Thomas Saunders |
| Windsor | Alexander Baker Roger Palmer |
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Buckinghamshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Buckinghamshire | William Bowyer Thomas Tyrrill |
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| Amersham | Charles Cheyne Thomas Proby |
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| Aylesbury | Richard Ingoldsby Thomas Lee |
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| Buckingham | John Dormer Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet |
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| Marlow | Peregrine Hoby William Borlase |
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| Wendover | Richard Hampden John Baldwin |
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| Wycombe | Edmund Petty Richard Browne |
Browne knighted 1660 |
Cambridgeshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cambridgeshire | Thomas Wendy Isaac Thornton |
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| Cambridge | Sir Dudley North Sir Thomas Wills, 1st Baronet |
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| Cambridge University | George Monck Thomas Crouch |
Monck sat for Devon - replaced by William Montagu |
Cheshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cheshire | Sir George Booth, 2nd Baronet Thomas Mainwaring |
Mainwaring created baronet 1660 |
| City of Chester | John Ratcliffe William Ince |
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Cornwall[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cornwall | Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet Robert Robartes |
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| Bodmin | Hender Robartes John Silly |
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| Bossiney | Francis Gerard Charles Pym |
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| Callington | Robert Rolle Edward Herle |
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| Camelford | Peter Killigrew Samuel Trelawny |
Double return - seated 5 May - election voided 27 June |
| Fowey | Edward Herle John Barton |
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| Grampound | Thomas Herle Hugh Boscawen |
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| Helston | Anthony Rous Alexander Penhellick |
Double return - seated 5 May - election voided 12 June |
| Launceston | Thomas Gewen Edward Eliot |
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| Liskeard | John Connock John Robinson |
Double return - seated 5 May |
| Eastlow | Henry Seymour Jonathan Trelawny |
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| Westlow | John Buller John Kendall |
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| Lostwithiel | Walter Moyle John Clayton |
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| Mitchel | Thomas Carew Heneage Finch |
Double return - seated 5 May |
| Newport | William Morice Sir Francis Drake, 2nd Baronet |
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| Penryn | Samuel Enys James Robyns |
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| St Germans | John Eliot Richard Knightley |
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| St Ives | John St Aubyn James Praed |
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| St Mawes | William Tredenham Arthur Spry |
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| Saltash | Francis Buller Anthony Buller |
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| Tregoney | Sir John Temple Edward Boscawen |
Double return - seated 5 May |
| Truro | Edward Boscowen Walter Vincent |
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Cumberland[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cumberland | Sir Wilfred Lawson Charles Howard |
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| Carlisle | William Briscoe Jeremiah Tolhurst |
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| Cockermouth | Richard Tolson Wilfrid Lawson |
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Derbyshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Derbyshire | Viscount Mansfield John Ferrers |
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| Derby | Roger Allestry John Dalton |
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Devon[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Devon | Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet George Monck |
Monck also elected for Cambridge University |
| Ashburton | John Fowell Sir William Courtenay, 1st Baronet |
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| Barnstaple | John Rolle Nicholas Dennys |
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| Bere Alston | John Maynard George Howard |
Maynard chose to sit for Tavistock - replaced by Richard Arundell |
| Clifton Dartmouth Hardness | John Frederick John Hale |
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| Exeter | Thomas Bampfield John Maynard |
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| Honiton | John Yonge Samuel Serle |
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| Okehampton | Josias Calmady Edward Wise |
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| Plymouth | John Maynard Edmund Fowell |
Double Return. Maynard and Fowell replaced in June 1660 by William Morice and Samuel Trelawny. Maynard sat for Exeter, Fowell retired. |
| Plympton Erle | William Strode Christopher Martyn |
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| Tavistock | William Russell George Howard |
Double return - Howard seated 27 April |
| Tiverton | Thomas Bampfield Robert Shapcote |
Bampfield chose to sit for Exeter - replaced July 1660 by Roger Colman; Colman died - replaced by Henry Newte |
| Totnes | Thomas Chafe Thomas Clifford |
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Dorset[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Dorset | John Fitzjames Robert Coker |
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| Bridport | John Drake Henry Henley |
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| Corfe Castle | Ralph Bankes John Tregonwell |
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| Dorchester | Denzil Holles John Whiteway |
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| Lyme Regis | Walter Yonge Thomas Moore |
Moore sat for Heytesbury and was replaced 18 June 1660 by Henry Hyde |
| Poole | George Cooper Sir Walter Erle |
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| Shaftesbury | Thomas Grove James Baker |
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| Wareham | George Pitt Robert Culliford |
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| Weymouth | Edward Montagu William Penn |
Montagu sat for Dover and was replaced by Bullen Reymes |
| Melcombe | Henry Waltham Peter Middleton |
Double return - Middleton seated 5 May |
Essex[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Essex | John Bramston Edward Turnor |
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| Colchester | John Shaw Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet |
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| Harwich | Capel Luckyn Henry Wright |
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| Maldon | Henry Mildmay Tristram Conyers |
Double return - Mildmay seated 27 Apr 1660 but election voided. Replaced by Edward Herrys |
Gloucestershire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Gloucestershire | Edward Stephens Matthew Hale |
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| Cirencester | Thomas Master Henry Powle |
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| Gloucester | Edward Massie James Stephens |
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| Tewkesbury | Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell Richard Dowdeswell |
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Hampshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Andover | John Trott John Collins |
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| Christchurch | John Hildesley Henry Tulse |
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| Hampshire | John Bulkeley Richard Norton |
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| Lymington | John Button jun. Henry Bromfield |
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| Newport al. Medina | William Oglander Robert Dillington |
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| Newtown | Sir John Barrington, 3rd Baronet Sir Henry Worsley, 2nd Baronet |
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| Petersfield | Thomas Cole Arthur Bold |
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| Portsmouth | Richard Norton Henry Whithed |
Norton chose to sit for Hampshire - replaced by Andrew Henley |
| Southampton | William Stanley Robert Richbell |
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| Stockbridge | Francis Rivett John Evelyn |
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| Whitchurch | Robert Wallop Giles Hungerford |
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| Winchester | John Hooke Thomas Cole |
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| Yarmouth | Sir John Leigh Richard Lucy |
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Herefordshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Herefordshire | Edward Harley William Powell |
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| Hereford | Herbert Westfaling Roger Bosworth |
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| Leominster | John Birch Edward Pytts |
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| Weobley | James Pytts Richard Weston |
Election declared void 16 July |
Hertfordshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hertfordshire | Rowland Lytton Henry Caesar |
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| Hertford | Arthur Sparke James Cowper |
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| St Albans | Richard Jennings William Foxwist |
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Huntingdonshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Huntingdonshire | Henry Cromwell-Williams Viscount Mandeville |
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| Huntingdon | Nicholas Pedley John Bernard |
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Kent (see also Cinque Ports)[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Kent | Sir John Tufton, 2nd Baronet Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet |
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| Canterbury | Sir Anthony Aucher Heneage Finch |
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| Maidstone | Thomas Twisden Robert Barnham |
Twisden replaced by Sir Edward Hales, 2nd Baronet |
| Queenborough | James Herbert William Wheler |
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| Rochester | John Marsham Peter Pett |
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Lancashire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Lancashire | Sir Robert Bindlosse, 1st Baronet Roger Bradshaigh |
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| Clitheroe | Sir Ralph Assheton, 2nd Baronet, of Lever William White |
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| Lancaster | Col.William West Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Harrow on the Hill |
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| Liverpool | Gilbert Ireland William Stanley |
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| Newton | Richard Legh William Banks |
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| Preston | Alexander Rigby Richard Standish |
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| Wigan | Hugh Forth William Gardiner |
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Leicestershire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Leicestershire | Thomas Merry Matthew Babington |
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| Leicester | Thomas Armeston John Grey |
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Lincolnshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Lincolnshire | Edward Rossiter Viscount Castleton |
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| Boston | Sir Anthony Irby Thomas Hatcher |
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| Grantham | John Newton Thomas Skipwith |
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| Grimsby | William Wray Edward King |
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| Lincoln | John Monson Thomas Meres |
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| Stamford | John Hatcher Francis Wingfield |
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Middlesex[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Middlesex | Lancelot Lake Sir William Waller |
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| City of London | William Wilde John Robinson William Vincent Richard Browne |
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| Westminster | Gilbert Gerard Thomas Clarges |
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Monmouthshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Monmouthshire | William Morgan Henry Somerset |
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| Monmouth | Sir Trevor Williams, 1st Baronet | |
Norfolk[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Norfolk | Sir Horatio Townsend, 3rd Baronet The Lord Cramond |
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| Castle Rising | Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet John Spelman |
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| Yarmouth | Sir John Potts, 1st Baronet William D'Oyly |
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| King's Lynn | Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet Edward Walpole |
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| Norwich | William Barnham Thomas Rant |
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| Thetford | Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet Robert Paston |
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Northamptonshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Northamptonshire | John Crew Sir Henry Yelverton, 2nd Baronet |
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| Brackley | Thomas Crew William Lisle |
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| Higham Ferrars | Sir Thomas Dacres | |
| Northampton | Francis Harvey Sir Richard Rainsford |
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| Peterborough | Humphrey Orme Charles Fane, Lord le Despencer |
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Northumberland[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Northumberland | Sir William Fenwick, 2nd Baronet Ralph Delaval |
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| Berwick upon Tweed | John Rushworth Sir Thomas Widdrington |
Widdrington chose York - replaced by Edward Grey |
| Morpeth | Thomas Widdrington Ralph Knight |
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| Newcastle | Robert Ellison Sir Francis Anderson |
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Nottinghamshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Nottinghamshire | Lord Houghton William Pierrepont |
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| East Retford | Sir William Hickman, 2nd Baronet Wentworth Fitzgerald, 17th Earl of Kildare |
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| Nottingham | Arthur Stanhope John Hutchinson |
Hutchinson discharged as Regicide. Replaced by Robert Pierrepont |
Oxfordshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Oxfordshire | Thomas Viscount Wenman Hon. James Fiennes |
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| Oxford | Henry Cary, 4th Viscount Falkland James Huxley |
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| Oxford University | Thomas Clayton John Mylles |
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| Woodstock | Sir Thomas Spencer, 3rd Baronet Edward Atkins |
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| Banbury | Sir Anthony Cope, 4th Baronet | |
Rutland[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Rutland | Philip Sherard Samuel Browne |
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Salop[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Shropshire | Sir William Whitmore, 2nd Baronet Henry Vernon |
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| Bishops Castle | Edmund Waring William Oakeley |
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| Bridgnorth | Sir Walter Acton, 2nd Baronet John Bennet |
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| Ludlow | Job Charlton Timothy Littleton |
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| Shrewsbury | Samuel Jones Thomas Jones |
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| Wenlock | Thomas Whitmore Sir Francis Lawley, 2nd Baronet |
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Somerset[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Somerset | George Horner Hugh Smith |
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| Bath | Alexander Popham William Prynne |
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| Bridgwater | Sir Thomas Wroth Francis Rolle |
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| Bristol | John Stephens John Knight |
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| Ilchester | Robert Hunt Henry Dunster |
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| Milborne Port | William Milborne Michael Malet |
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| Minehead | Francis Luttrell Charles Pym |
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| Taunton | William Wyndham Thomas Gorges |
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| Wells | Henry Bull Thomas White |
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Staffordshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Staffordshire | Edward Bagot William Sneyd |
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| Lichfield | Daniel Watson Michael Biddulph |
Biddulph replaced by Thomas Minors |
| Newcastle under Lyme | Samuel Terrick John Bowyer |
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| Stafford | John Swinfen Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet |
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| Tamworth | Richard Newdigate Thomas Fox |
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Suffolk[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Suffolk | Sir Henry Felton, 2nd Baronet Henry North |
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| Aldeburgh | Robert Brooke Thomas Bacon |
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| Bury St Edmunds | Sir Henry Crofts Sir John Duncombe |
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| Dunwich | John Rous Henry Bedingfield |
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| Eye | Charles Cornwallis George Reeve |
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| Ipswich | Nathaniel Bacon Francis Bacon |
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| Orford | Walter Devereux Allen Brodrick |
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| Sudbury | John Gurdon Joseph Brand |
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Surrey[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Surrey | The Lord Aungier Daniel Harvey |
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| Bletchingly | John Goodwin Sir John Evelyn |
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| Gatton | Thomas Turgis Sir Edmund Bowyer |
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| Guildford | Sir Richard Onslow Arthur Onslow |
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| Haslemere | John Westbrooke Richard West |
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| Reigate | John Hele Edward Thurland |
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| Southwark | John Langham Thomas Bludworth |
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Sussex[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Sussex | Sir Henry Goring, 2nd Baronet Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet |
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| Arundel | Roger Buyle, Lord Broghill Henry Cary, 4th Viscount Falkland |
Falkland sat for Oxford - replaced by John Trevor |
| Bramber | John Byne Edward Eversfield |
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| Chichester | Henry Peckham John Farrington |
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| East Grinstead | Marmaduke Gresham George Courthope |
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| Horsham | Thomas Middleton Hall Ravenscroft |
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| Lewes | Nizel Rivers John Stapley |
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| Midhurst | William Willoughby John Steward |
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| New Shoreham | Edward Blaker Herbert Springet |
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| Steyning | Sir Henry Goring, 2nd Baronet John Fagg |
Goring sat for Sussex - replaced by John Eversfield |
Warwickshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Warwickshire | Thomas Archer George Browne |
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| Coventry | Robert Beake Richard Hopkins |
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| Warwick | Clement Throckmorton John Rous |
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Westmorland[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Westmoreland | Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet, of Lowther Thomas Wharton |
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| Appleby | Henry Cholmley Christopher Clapham |
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Wiltshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Wiltshire | John Ernle Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper |
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| Calne | Edward Baytun William Duckett |
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| Chippenham | Edward Hungerford Edward Poole |
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| Cricklade | Hungerford Dunch Nevil Maskelyne |
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| Devizes | William Lewis Robert Aldworth |
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| Downton | Thomas Fitzjames William Coles |
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| Great Bedwyn | Robert Spencer Thomas Gape |
Double return - seated 16 May |
| Heytesbury | Thomas Moore John Joliffe |
Moore also elected for Lyme Regis |
| Hindon | George Grobham Howe Sir Thomas Thynne |
Double return - Thynne seated 18 May |
| Ludgershall | William Prynne William Thomas |
Double return - Thomas seated 23 May |
| Marlborough | Henry Hungerford Jeffrey Daniel |
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| Malmesbury | Robert Danvers Sir Francis Lee, 4th Baronet |
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| Old Sarum | Seymour Bowman John Norden |
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| Salisbury | Henry Eyre Edward Tooker |
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| Westbury | Richard Lewis William Brouncker |
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| Wilton | Francis Swanton Richard Grobham Howe |
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| Wootton Bassett | John Pleydell Henry Somerset |
Somerset sat for Monmouthshire - replaced by Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet |
Worcestershire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Worcestershire | Henry Bromley John Talbot |
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| Bewdley | Thomas Foley | |
| Droitwich | Samuel Sandys Thomas Coventry |
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| Evesham | John Egioke Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet |
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| Worcester | Thomas Hall Thomas Street |
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Yorkshire[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Yorkshire | Thomas Lord Fairfax John Dawnay |
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| Aldborough | Solomon Swale Francis Goodricke |
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| Beverley | Hugh Bethell Sir John Hotham, 2nd Baronet |
Bethell sat for Hedon - replaced by Michael Warton |
| Boroughbridge | Conyers Darcy Henry Stapylton |
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| Hedon | John Cloberry Hugh Bethell |
Cloberry chose to sit for Launceston - replaced by Henry Hildyard |
| Kingston upon Hull | John Ramsden Andrew Marvell |
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| Knaresborough | William Stockdale Henry Bethell |
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| Malton | Philip Howard Thomas Hebblethwaite |
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| Northallerton | Thomas Lascelles Francis Lascelles |
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| Pontefract | William Lowther Sir George Savile, 4th Baronet |
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| Richmond | Sir Christopher Wyvill, 3rd Baronet James Darcy |
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| Ripon | Edmund Jennings Henry Arthington |
Double return - seated 3 May |
| Scarborough | Luke Robinson John Legard |
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| Thirsk | Barrington Bourchier William Stanley |
Stanley sat for Liverpool - replaced by The Earl of Ancram |
| York | Sir Thomas Widdrington Metcalfe Robinson |
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Cinque Ports[edit] | ||
| Dover | Edward Montagu Arnold Braemes |
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| Hastings | Denny Ashburnham Nicholas Delves |
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| Hythe | The Viscount Strangford Phineas Andrews |
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| Romney | Sir Norton Knatchbull, 1st Baronet John Knatchbull |
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| Rye | William Hay Herbert Morley |
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| Sandwich | Henry Oxenden James Thurbarne |
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| Seaford | Sir Thomas Dyke George Parker |
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| Winchelsea | William Howard Samuel Gott |
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Wales[edit] | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Anglesey | The Viscount Bulkeley | |
| Newburgh | Griffith Bodwrda | |
| Brecknockshire | Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet | |
| Brecknock | Sir Henry Williams, 2nd Baronet | |
| Cardiganshire | Sir Richard Pryse, 2nd Baronet | |
| Cardigan | James Philipps | |
| Carmarthenshire | John Lloyd | |
| Carmarthen | Arthur Annesley | |
| Carnarvonshire | John Glynne | |
| Carnarvon | Wiliam Glynne | |
| Denbighshire | Sir Thomas Myddelton | |
| Denbigh | John Carter | |
| Flintshire | Kenrick Eyton | |
| Flint | Roger Whitley | |
| Glamorgan | Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet | |
| Cardiff | Bussy Mansell | |
| Merioneth | Edmund Meyricke | |
| Montgomeryshire | John Purcell | |
| Montgomery | Thomas Myddelton | |
| Pembrokeshire | Arthur Owen | |
| Pembroke | Sir Hugh Owen, 1st Baronet | |
| Haverford West | William Philipps | |
| Radnorshire | George Gwynne | |
| Radnor | Robert Harley | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
- ^ History of England, Thomas Babington Macaulay pp 109-110