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CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH "W" |
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or, in some instances, the date of a successful
petition against a |
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that date; dates in italics in the
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buried on that date |
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WATERLOO (LANCASHIRE) |
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| 14 Dec 1918 |
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Albert Buckley |
10 Apr 1877 |
13 Nov 1965 |
88 |
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| 6 Dec 1923 |
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Harold Malcolm Bullock,later [1954] 1st |
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baronet |
10 Jul 1890 |
20 Jun 1966 |
75 |
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CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950 |
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WATFORD (HERTFORDSHIRE) |
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| 28 Nov 1885 |
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Thomas Frederick Halsey,later [1920] 1st |
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baronet |
9 Dec 1839 |
12 Feb 1927 |
87 |
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| 23 Jan 1906 |
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Nathaniel Micklem |
20 Nov 1853 |
19 Mar 1954 |
100 |
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| 27 Jan 1910 |
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Arnold Sandwith Ward |
8 Nov 1876 |
1 Jan 1950 |
73 |
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| 14 Dec 1918 |
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Dennis Henry Herbert [kt 1929],later [1943] 1st |
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Baron Hemingford |
25 Feb 1869 |
10 Dec 1947 |
78 |
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| 23 Feb 1943 |
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William Helmore |
1 Mar 1894 |
18 Jan 1964 |
69 |
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| 26 Jul 1945 |
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John Freeman |
19 Feb 1915 |
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| 26 May 1955 |
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Frederick William Farey-Jones |
21 May 1904 |
18 Feb 1974 |
69 |
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| 15 Oct 1964 |
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Raphael Herman Tuck |
5 Apr 1910 |
1 Jul 1982 |
72 |
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| 3 May 1979 |
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William Armand Thomas Tristan Garel-Jones, |
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later [1997] Baron Garel-Jones [L] |
28 Feb 1941 |
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| 1 May 1997 |
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Claire Margaret Ward |
9 May 1972 |
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Richard Harrington |
4 Nov 1957 |
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WAVENEY (SUFFOLK) |
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| 9 Jun 1983 |
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James Michael Leathes Prior,later [1987] |
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Baron Prior [L] |
11 Oct 1927 |
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| 11 Jun 1987 |
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David John Porter |
16 Apr 1948 |
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| 1 May 1997 |
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Robert John Blizzard |
31 May 1950 |
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| 6 May 2010 |
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Peter Aldous |
26 Aug 1961 |
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WAVERTREE (LIVERPOOL) |
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| 14 Dec 1918 |
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Nathan Raw |
2 Aug 1866 |
28 Aug 1940 |
74 |
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| 15 Nov 1922 |
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Sir Harold Smith |
18 Apr 1876 |
10 Sep 1924 |
48 |
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| 6 Dec 1923 |
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Hugh Reynolds Rathbone |
4 Apr 1862 |
19 Jan 1940 |
77 |
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| 29 Oct 1924 |
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John Abraham Tinné |
27 Nov 1877 |
22 Sep 1933 |
55 |
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| 23 Jun 1931 |
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Arthur Ronald Nall Nall-Cain,later [1934] 2nd |
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Baron Brocket |
4 Aug 1904 |
24 Mar 1967 |
62 |
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| 6 Feb 1935 |
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Joseph Jackson Cleary
[kt 1965] |
26 Oct 1902 |
9 Feb 1993 |
90 |
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| 14 Nov 1935 |
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Peter Stapleton Shaw |
6 Jul 1888 |
3 Aug 1953 |
65 |
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| 26 Jul 1945 |
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Henry Victor Alpin MacKinnon Raikes [kt 1953] |
19 Jan 1901 |
18 Apr 1986 |
85 |
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| 23 Feb 1950 |
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John Dudley Robert Tarleton Tilney [kt 1973] |
19 Dec 1907 |
26 Apr 1994 |
86 |
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| 28 Feb 1974 |
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Anthony David Steen |
22 Jul 1939 |
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CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983 |
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BUT REVIVED 1997 |
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| 1 May 1997 |
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Jane Elizabeth Kennedy |
4 May 1958 |
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Luciana Clare Berger |
13 May 1981 |
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WEALDEN (EAST SUSSEX) |
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| 9 Jun 1983 |
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Sir Geoffrey Johnson-Smith |
16 Apr 1924 |
11 Aug 2010 |
86 |
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| 7 Jun 2001 |
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Charles Hendry |
6 May 1959 |
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WEAVER VALE (CHESHIRE) |
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| 1 May 1997 |
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Michael Thomas Hall |
20 Sep 1952 |
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| 6 May 2010 |
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Graham Thomas Evans |
10 Nov 1963 |
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WEDNESBURY
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| 18 Nov 1868 |
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Alexander Brogden |
3 Nov 1825 |
26 Nov 1892 |
67 |
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| 27 Nov 1885 |
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Wilson Lloyd |
3 Sep 1835 |
4 Sep 1908 |
73 |
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| 6 Jul 1886 |
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Philip James Stanhope,later [1906] 1st Baron |
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Weardale |
8 Dec 1847 |
1 Mar 1923 |
75 |
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note at the foot of the page containing |
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details of his peerage |
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| Jul 1892 |
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Wilson Lloyd |
3 Sep 1835 |
4 Sep 1908 |
73 |
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| 16 Jul 1895 |
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Walford Davis Green |
24 Aug 1869 |
17 Nov 1941 |
72 |
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| 16 Jan 1906 |
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Clarendon Golding Hyde
[kt 1910] |
5 Feb 1858 |
24 Jun 1934 |
76 |
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| 15 Jan 1910 |
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John Norton Norton-Griffiths [kt 1917],later |
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[1922] 1st baronet |
13 Jul 1871 |
27 Sep 1930 |
59 |
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For further information on this MP,see the note |
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attached to the page containing details of his |
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baronetcy |
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| 14 Dec 1918 |
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Alfred Short |
24 Nov 1882 |
24 Aug 1938 |
55 |
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| 27 Oct 1931 |
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William Humble Eric Ward,styled Viscount |
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Ednam,later [1932] 3rd Earl of Dudley |
30 Jan 1894 |
26 Dec 1969 |
75 |
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| 26 Jul 1932 |
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John William Banfield |
1875 |
25 May 1945 |
69 |
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| 26 Jul 1945 |
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Stanley Norman Evans |
1 Feb 1898 |
25 Jun 1970 |
72 |
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| 28 Feb 1957 |
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John Thomson Stonehouse |
28 Jul 1925 |
15 Apr 1988 |
62 |
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CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED FEB
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WELLINGBOROUGH (NORTHAMPTONSHIRE) |
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| 14 Dec 1918 |
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Walter Robert Smith |
7 May 1872 |
25 Feb 1942 |
69 |
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| 15 Nov 1922 |
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Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare,later [1942] |
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1st baronet |
23 Sep 1893 |
8 Sep 1980 |
86 |
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| 6 Dec 1923 |
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William George Cove |
21 May 1888 |
15 Mar 1963 |
74 |
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| 30 May 1929 |
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George Dallas |
6 Aug 1878 |
4 Jan 1961 |
82 |
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| 27 Oct 1931 |
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Archibald William Henry James [kt 1945] |
28 Sep 1893 |
5 May 1980 |
86 |
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| 26 Jul 1945 |
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George Samuel Lindgren,later [1961] Baron |
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Lindgren [L] |
11 Nov 1900 |
8 Sep 1971 |
70 |
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| 8 Oct 1959 |
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Michael Aubrey Hamilton
[kt 1983] |
5 Jul 1918 |
3 Jul 2000 |
81 |
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| 15 Oct 1964 |
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Harry Howarth |
3 Aug 1916 |
8 Aug 1969 |
53 |
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| 4 Dec 1969 |
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Peter Derek Fry [kt
1994] |
26 May 1931 |
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| 1 May 1997 |
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Paul David Stinchcombe |
25 Apr 1962 |
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Peter William Bone |
19 Oct 1952 |
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WELLINGTON
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| 3 Dec 1885 |
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Alexander Hargreaves Brown,later [1903] |
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1st baronet |
11 Apr 1844 |
12 Mar 1922 |
77 |
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| 24 Jan 1906 |
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Charles Solomon Henry,later [1911] 1st baronet |
28 Jan 1860 |
27 Dec 1919 |
59 |
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WELLINGTON
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| 2 Dec 1885 |
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Sir Thomas Dyke Acland,11th baronet |
25 May 1809 |
29 May 1898 |
89 |
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| 7 Jul 1886 |
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Charles Isaac Elton |
6 Dec 1839 |
23 Apr 1900 |
60 |
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Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood,4th baronet, |
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later [1911] 1st Baron St.Audries |
26 Sep 1853 |
4 Jun 1917 |
63 |
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Dennis Fortescue Boles,later [1922] 1st |
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6 Sep 1861 |
26 Jul 1935 |
74 |
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Thomas White |
c 1630 |
25 Aug 1670 |
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Henry Bull |
8 Oct 1630 |
28 Jan 1692 |
61 |
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Lord Richard Butler,later [1662] 1st Earl of |
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Arran [I] and [1673] 1st Baron Butler of Weston |
15 Jun 1639 |
25 Jan 1686 |
46 |
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Sir Maurice Berkeley,1st baronet,later [1668] |
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3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge |
15 Jun 1628 |
13 Jun 1690 |
61 |
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John Hall |
17 May 1632 |
1711 |
79 |
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Edward Berkeley [he was again returned at the |
c 1644 |
1707 |
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William Coward (to
1685) |
19 Jul 1634 |
8 Apr 1705 |
70 |
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John Hall |
17 May 1632 |
1711 |
79 |
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Thomas Wyndham |
c 1642 |
16 Dec 1689 |
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Edward Berkeley (to
1701) |
c 1644 |
1707 |
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William Coward |
19 Jul 1634 |
8 Apr 1705 |
70 |
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Hopton Wyndham |
c 1665 |
10 Oct 1697 |
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William Coward (to
1705) |
19 Jul 1634 |
8 Apr 1705 |
70 |
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Henry Portman (to
1708) |
c 1637 |
23 Feb 1728 |
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Maurice Berkeley |
c 1681 |
by May 1717 |
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Edward Colston (to
1713) |
after 1672 |
5 Apr 1719 |
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10 Jun 1666 |
16 Jun 1716 |
50 |
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Maurice Berkeley
(to May 1716) |
c 1681 |
by May 1717 |
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Sir Thomas Wroth,3rd baronet |
c 1674 |
27 Jun 1721 |
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| 4 Feb 1715 |
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Thomas Horner (Thomas Strangways Horner |
3 Jul 1688 |
19 Nov 1741 |
53 |
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William Coward |
10 Jun 1666 |
16 Jun 1716 |
50 |
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William Piers (to
1722) |
20 May 1686 |
1755 |
69 |
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Thomas Horner (Thomas Strangways Horner |
3 Jul 1688 |
19 Nov 1741 |
53 |
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favour of John Dodd 12 Apr 1717] |
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John Dodd |
c 1693 |
25 Aug 1719 |
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| 14 Dec 1719 |
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Thomas Edwards (to
1735) |
c 1673 |
c Jun 1743 |
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Francis Gwyn |
c 1648 |
14 Jun 1734 |
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Edward Prideaux Gwyn
[he was unseated on |
c 1698 |
c Jun 1736 |
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| 18 Apr 1729 |
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William Piers |
20 May 1686 |
1755 |
69 |
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| 30 Apr 1734 |
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George Hamilton |
c 1697 |
3 May 1775 |
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[Both sitting members (Edwards and Hamilton) |
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were unseated on petition in favour of |
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William Piers and George Speke 25 Mar 1735] |
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| 25 Mar 1735 |
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William Piers |
20 May 1686 |
1755 |
69 |
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George Speke (to
1747) |
c 1686 |
2 Jan 1753 |
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| 14 May 1741 |
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Francis Gwyn (to
1754) |
c 1699 |
17 Nov 1777 |
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| 29 Jun 1747 |
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George Hamilton |
c 1697 |
3 May 1775 |
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Edward Digby,6th Baron Digby [I] |
5 Jul 1730 |
30 Nov 1757 |
27 |
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Charles Tudway (to
1761) |
2 Nov 1713 |
4 Sep 1770 |
56 |
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| 15 Dec 1757 |
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Robert Digby |
20 Dec 1732 |
25 Feb 1815 |
82 |
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| 27 Mar 1761 |
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Henry Digby,7th Baron Digby [I],later [1765] |
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1st Baron Digby [GB] and [1790] 1st Earl Digby |
21 Jul 1731 |
25 Sep 1793 |
62 |
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Clement Tudway (to
1815) |
8 Oct 1734 |
7 Jun 1815 |
80 |
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| 26 Dec 1765 |
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Peter Taylor |
11 Nov 1714 |
3 Nov 1777 |
62 |
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Robert Child |
Feb 1739 |
28 Jul 1782 |
43 |
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Two returns made. Child declared elected |
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15 Jan 1766 |
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| 31 Aug 1782 |
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John Curtis |
c 1751 |
30 Nov 1813 |
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| 5 Apr 1784 |
|
William Beckford |
29 Sep 1760 |
2 May 1844 |
83 |
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| 18 Jun 1790 |
|
Henry Berkeley Portman |
c 1768 |
22 Mar 1803 |
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| 27 May 1796 |
|
Charles William Taylor,later [1828] 1st baronet |
25 Apr 1770 |
10 Apr 1857 |
76 |
|
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(to 1830) |
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| 19 Jul 1815 |
|
John Paine Tudway |
22 Apr 1775 |
28 Jun 1835 |
60 |
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| 5 Aug 1830 |
|
John Edwards-Vaughan |
29 Mar 1772 |
16 Aug 1833 |
61 |
|
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John Lee Lee (to
1837) |
11 Dec 1802 |
16 Aug 1874 |
71 |
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| 14 Dec 1832 |
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Norman Lamont |
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Apr 1834 |
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| 5 May 1834 |
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Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne,later |
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[1839] 1st Baron Colborne |
14 Apr 1779 |
3 May 1854 |
75 |
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| 24 Jul 1837 |
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Richard Blakemore |
1775 |
17 Apr 1855 |
79 |
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William Goodenough Hayter,later [1858] |
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1st baronet (to
1865) |
28 Jan 1792 |
26 Dec 1878 |
86 |
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| 9 Jul 1852 |
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Robert Charles Tudway |
1808 |
20 Oct 1855 |
47 |
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| 21 Nov 1855 |
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Hedworth Hylton Jolliffe,later [1870] 2nd |
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Baron Hylton (to
1868) |
23 Jun 1829 |
30 Oct 1899 |
70 |
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| 11 Jul 1865 |
|
Arthur Divett Hayter,later [1878] 2nd baronet |
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and [1906] 1st Baron Haversham |
9 Aug 1835 |
1 May 1917 |
81 |
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CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1868, |
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BUT REVIVED 1885 |
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| 5 Dec 1885 |
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Richard Horner Paget,later [1886] 1st baronet |
14 Mar 1832 |
3 Feb 1908 |
75 |
|
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| 26 Jul 1895 |
|
Hylton George Hylton Jolliffe,later [1899] |
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3rd Baron Hylton |
10 Nov 1862 |
26 May 1945 |
82 |
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| 7 Dec 1899 |
|
Robert Edmund Dickinson |
1 Aug 1862 |
16 Nov 1947 |
85 |
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| 24 Jan 1906 |
|
Thomas Ball Silcock |
19 Sep 1854 |
1 Apr 1924 |
69 |
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| 21 Jan 1910 |
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George John Sandys |
23 Sep 1875 |
3 Sep 1937 |
61 |
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| 14 Dec 1918 |
|
Harry Greer [kt
1922] |
18 Sep 1876 |
20 Mar 1947 |
70 |
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| 15 Nov 1922 |
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Robert Bruford |
Jun 1868 |
29 Dec 1939 |
71 |
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| 6 Dec 1923 |
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Arthur Lawrence Hobhouse
[kt 1942] |
15 Feb 1886 |
20 Jan 1965 |
78 |
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| 29 Oct 1924 |
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Sir Robert Arthur Sanders,1st baronet,later |
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|
[1929] 1st Baron Bayford |
20 Jun 1867 |
24 Feb 1940 |
72 |
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| 30 May 1929 |
|
Anthony John Muirhead |
4 Nov 1890 |
29 Oct 1939 |
48 |
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| 13 Dec 1939 |
|
Dennis Coleridge Boles |
4 Jun 1885 |
25 Apr 1958 |
72 |
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| 25 Oct 1951 |
|
Stephen Lynch Conway Maydon |
15 Dec 1913 |
2 Mar 1971 |
57 |
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| 18 Jun 1970 |
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Robert Thomas Boscawen |
17 Mar 1923 |
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| 9 Jun 1983 |
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David Philip Heathcoat-Amory |
21 Mar 1949 |
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| 6 May 2010 |
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Tessa Jane Munt |
16 Oct 1959 |
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WELWYN HATFIELD |
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| 28 Feb 1974 |
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Robert Alexander Lindsay,styled Lord Balniel, |
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later [Jan 1975] Baron Balniel [L] and [Dec 1975] |
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29th Earl of Crawford & 12th Earl of Balcarres |
5 Mar 1927 |
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| 10 Oct 1974 |
|
Helene Valerie Hayman,later [1996] |
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|
Baroness Hayman [L] |
26 Mar 1949 |
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| 3 May 1979 |
|
Christopher Philip Yorke Murphy |
20 Apr 1947 |
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| 11 Jun 1987 |
|
David John Evans |
23 Apr 1935 |
22 Oct 2008 |
73 |
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| 1 May 1997 |
|
Melanie Jane Johnson |
5 Feb 1955 |
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| 5 May 2005 |
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Grant Shapps |
14 Sep 1968 |
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WEMBLEY NORTH |
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| 26 Jul 1945 |
|
Charles Rider Hobson,later [1964] Baron |
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|
Hobson [L] |
18 Feb 1903 |
17 Feb 1966 |
62 |
|
|
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|
| 23 Feb 1950 |
|
Eric Edward Bullus
[kt 1964] |
20 Nov 1906 |
31 Aug 2001 |
94 |
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| |
|
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED FEB 1974 |
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WEMBLEY SOUTH |
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| 26 Jul 1945 |
|
Clarence Barton |
21 Jun 1892 |
15 Sep 1957 |
65 |
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| 23 Feb 1950 |
|
Ronald Stanley Russell
[kt 1964] |
29 May 1904 |
6 Apr 1974 |
69 |
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|
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED FEB 1974 |
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|
WENDOVER
(BUCKINGHAMSHIRE) |
|
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|
| Apr 1660 |
|
Richard Hampden (to
1681) |
13 Oct 1631 |
12 Dec 1695 |
64 |
|
|
John Baldwin |
|
13 Oct 1691 |
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| 15 Apr 1661 |
|
Robert Croke |
c 1636 |
30 Jul 1671 |
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| 29 Jan 1673 |
|
Edward Backwell [Backwell's
election was |
c 1618 |
1683 |
|
|
|
declared void on 6 Feb 1673. At the resultant |
|
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|
by-election held on 10 Feb 1673,Backwell |
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was re-elected,but was unseated on petition |
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|
19 Mar 1673] |
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| 19 Mar 1673 |
|
Thomas Wharton,later [1696] 5th Baron |
|
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|
Wharton and [1715] 1st Marquess of Wharton |
23 Oct 1648 |
12 Apr 1715 |
66 |
|
|
|
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|
|
| 3 Feb 1679 |
|
Edward Backwell (to
1685) |
c 1618 |
1683 |
|
|
|
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|
| 5 Feb 1681 |
|
John Hampden |
21 Mar 1653 |
7 Dec 1696 |
43 |
|
|
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|
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|
| 21 Mar 1685 |
|
Richard Hampden (to
1690) |
13 Oct 1631 |
12 Dec 1695 |
64 |
|
|
John Backwell |
20 Apr 1654 |
15 Apr 1708 |
53 |
|
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|
| 12 Jan 1689 |
|
John Hampden |
21 Mar 1653 |
7 Dec 1696 |
43 |
|
|
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|
|
|
| 21 Feb 1690 |
|
Richard Beke |
8 Sep 1630 |
29 Nov 1707 |
77 |
|
|
John Backwell (to
Nov 1701) |
20 Apr 1654 |
15 Apr 1708 |
53 |
|
|
|
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|
|
| 7 Jan 1701 |
|
Richard Hampden (to
1708) |
after 1674 |
27 Jul 1728 |
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|
| 25 Nov 1701 |
|
Richard Crawley |
29 Aug 1666 |
21 Mar 1713 |
46 |
|
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|
| 15 Jul 1702 |
|
Sir Roger Hill [he was unseated on petition in |
19 Jun 1642 |
29 Dec 1729 |
87 |
|
|
favour of Richard Crawley 23 Nov 1702] |
|
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| 23 Nov 1702 |
|
Richard Crawley |
29 Aug 1666 |
21 Mar 1713 |
46 |
|
|
|
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|
| 8 May 1705 |
|
Sir Roger Hill (to
1722) |
19 Jun 1642 |
29 Dec 1729 |
87 |
|
|
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|
| 3 May 1708 |
|
Thomas Ellys |
13 Apr 1685 |
24 May 1709 |
24 |
|
|
|
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|
| 21 Nov 1709 |
|
Henry Grey |
17 Aug 1683 |
9 Sep 1740 |
57 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 25 Aug 1713 |
|
Richard Hampden [he was also returned for |
after 1674 |
27 Jul 1728 |
|
|
|
Berwick-upon-Tweed,for which he chose |
|
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|
to sit] |
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
| 13 Mar 1714 |
|
James Stanhope,later [1718] 1st Earl Stanhope |
1673 |
5 Feb 1721 |
47 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 22 Jan 1715 |
|
Richard Grenville |
23 Mar 1678 |
17 Feb 1727 |
48 |
|
|
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|
|
|
| 21 Mar 1722 |
|
Richard Hampden (to
1728) [at the
general |
after 1674 |
27 Jul 1728 |
|
|
|
election in Aug 1727,Hampden was also |
|
|
|
|
|
returned for Buckinghamshire,for which he |
|
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|
chose to sit] |
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|
Sir Richard Steele |
12 Mar 1672 |
1 Sep 1729 |
57 |
|
|
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|
|
| 16 Aug 1727 |
|
James Hamilton,1st Viscount Limerick [I],later |
|
|
|
|
|
[1756] 1st Earl of Clanbrassil [I] (to 1734) |
c 1691 |
17 Mar 1758 |
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|
| 18 Mar 1728 |
|
John Hamilton |
27 Nov 1685 |
Mar 1757 |
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|
| 23 Apr 1734 |
|
John Boteler [his election was declared void |
1684 |
17 Jul 1774 |
90 |
|
|
17 Apr 1735] |
|
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|
|
John Hampden (to
1754) |
c 1695 |
4 Feb 1754 |
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|
| 22 Apr 1735 |
|
James Hamilton,1st Viscount Limerick [I],later |
|
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|
|
[1756] 1st Earl of Clanbrassil [I] |
c 1691 |
17 Mar 1758 |
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| 2 May 1741 |
|
Ralph Verney,2nd Viscount Fermanagh [I], |
|
|
|
|
|
later [1743] 1st Earl Verney [I] |
18 Mar 1683 |
4 Oct 1752 |
69 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 17 Jan 1753 |
|
Ralph Verney,2nd Earl Verney [I] (to 1761) |
1 Feb 1714 |
31 Mar 1791 |
77 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 25 Feb 1754 |
|
John Calvert |
6 May 1726 |
22 Feb 1804 |
77 |
|
|
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|
|
| 30 Mar 1761 |
|
Richard Cavendish
(to 1768) |
c 1703 |
22 Nov 1769 |
|
|
|
Verney Lovett |
2 Dec 1705 |
10 Dec 1771 |
66 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 23 Dec 1765 |
|
Edmund Burke (to
1774) |
12 Jan 1729 |
9 Jul 1797 |
68 |
|
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|
| 16 Mar 1768 |
|
Sir Robert Darling |
|
4 Aug 1770 |
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|
| 6 Sep 1770 |
|
Joseph Bullock (to
1775) |
11 Dec 1731 |
13 Apr 1808 |
76 |
|
|
|
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|
|
| 8 Oct 1774 |
|
John Adams [he was also returned for |
c 1746 |
2 Jun 1817 |
|
|
|
Carmarthen,for which he chose to sit] |
|
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|
|
|
| 24 Dec 1774 |
|
Henry Drummond (to
1780) |
1730 |
24 Jun 1795 |
64 |
|
|
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|
|
| 14 Mar 1775 |
|
Thomas Dummer |
c 1739 |
3 Jun 1781 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 9 Sep 1780 |
|
Richard Smith |
15 May 1734 |
3 Jul 1803 |
69 |
|
|
John Mansell Smith |
c 1758 |
after 1784 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 31 Mar 1784 |
|
Robert Burton |
c 1738 |
2 Mar 1810 |
|
|
|
John Ord |
11 Oct 1729 |
6 Jun 1814 |
84 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 16 Jun 1790 |
|
John Barker Church |
9 Nov 1748 |
2 May 1818 |
69 |
|
|
Hugh Seymour-Conway (styled Lord Hugh |
|
|
|
|
|
Seymour-Conway from 1793) |
29 Apr 1759 |
11 Sep 1801 |
42 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 25 May 1796 |
|
John Hiley Addington |
1759 |
11 Jun 1818 |
58 |
|
|
George Canning |
11 Apr 1770 |
8 Aug 1827 |
57 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 5 Jul 1802 |
|
Charles Long,later [1826] 1st Baron Farnborough |
29 Jan 1760 |
17 Jan 1838 |
77 |
|
|
John Smith |
6 Sep 1767 |
20 Jan 1842 |
74 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 29 Oct 1806 |
|
Philip Henry Stanhope,styled Viscount Mahon, |
|
|
|
|
|
later [1816] 4th Earl Stanhope [at the general |
7 Dec 1781 |
2 Mar 1855 |
73 |
|
|
election in May 1807,he was also returned for |
|
|
|
|
|
Kingston-upon-Hull,for which he chose to sit] |
|
|
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|
|
George Smith (to
1830) |
30 Apr 1765 |
26 Dec 1836 |
71 |
|
|
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|
|
|
| 20 Jul 1807 |
|
Francis Horner |
12 Aug 1778 |
8 Feb 1817 |
38 |
|
|
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|
|
| 5 Oct 1812 |
|
Abel Smith |
17 Jul 1788 |
23 Feb 1859 |
70 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 17 Jun 1818 |
|
Robert John Smith,later [1838] 2nd Baron |
|
|
|
|
|
Carrington |
16 Jan 1796 |
17 Mar 1868 |
72 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 6 Mar 1820 |
|
Samuel Smith (to
1832) |
14 Apr 1754 |
12 Mar 1834 |
79 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 31 Jul 1830 |
|
Abel Smith |
17 Jul 1788 |
23 Feb 1859 |
70 |
|
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|
|
|
CONSTITUENCY
DISENFRANCHISED 1832 |
|
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|
(MUCH) WENLOCK (SHROPSHIRE) |
|
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|
|
| 21 Apr 1660 |
|
Sir Francis Lawley,2nd baronet |
c 1626 |
25 Oct 1696 |
|
|
|
Thomas Whitmore |
12 Feb 1599 |
30 May 1677 |
78 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4 Apr 1661 |
|
Sir Thomas Littleton,2nd baronet |
c 1621 |
14 Apr 1681 |
|
|
|
George Weld |
c 1635 |
14 Sep 1701 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 18 Feb 1679 |
|
Sir John Weld |
26 Jan 1613 |
4 Aug 1681 |
68 |
|
|
William Forester
[kt 1689] (to 1685) |
10 Dec 1655 |
22 Feb 1718 |
62 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 27 Aug 1679 |
|
John Wolryche |
c 1637 |
17 Jun 1685 |
|
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|
|
| 31 Mar 1685 |
|
Thomas Lawley,later [1696] 3rd baronet |
c 1650 |
late 1729 |
|
|
|
George Weld (to
1701) |
c 1635 |
14 Sep 1701 |
|
|
|
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|
| 14 Jan 1689 |
|
Sir William Forester
(to 1715) |
10 Dec 1655 |
22 Feb 1718 |
62 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 27 Nov 1701 |
|
George Weld |
Apr 1674 |
9 Jul 1748 |
74 |
|
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|
| 11 May 1708 |
|
Thomas Weld |
c 1678 |
9 Sep 1774 |
|
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|
| 10 Oct 1710 |
|
George Weld |
Apr 1674 |
9 Jul 1748 |
74 |
|
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|
| 2 Sep 1713 |
|
William Whitmore [he was also returned for |
c 1682 |
24 May 1725 |
|
|
|
Bridgnorth,for which he chose to sit] |
|
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|
|
| 17 Mar 1714 |
|
Richard Newport |
28 Jul 1685 |
3 Dec 1716 |
31 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 Feb 1715 |
|
Thomas Newport,later [1716] 1st Baron |
|
|
|
|
|
Torrington |
c 1655 |
27 May 1719 |
|
|
|
William Forester
(to 1722) |
1690 |
12 Nov 1758 |
68 |
|
|
|
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|
|
| 13 Jul 1716 |
|
Sir Humphrey Briggs,4th baronet (to 1727) |
c 1670 |
8 Dec 1734 |
|
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|
|
| 27 Mar 1722 |
|
Samuel Edwards (to
1739) |
c 1668 |
12 Jun 1738 |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
| 28 Aug 1727 |
|
John Sambrooke |
c 1692 |
19 May 1734 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
| 27 Apr 1734 |
|
William Forester
(to 1741) |
1690 |
12 Nov 1758 |
68 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 14 Feb 1739 |
|
Brooke Forester (to
1768) |
7 Feb 1717 |
8 Jul 1771 |
54 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 5 May 1741 |
|
Sir Bryan Broughton-Delves,4th baronet |
6 Jan 1718 |
11 Aug 1744 |
26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 7 Dec 1744 |
|
Isaac Hawkins Browne |
21 Jan 1706 |
14 Feb 1760 |
54 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 19 Apr 1754 |
|
William Forester |
1690 |
12 Nov 1758 |
68 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 8 Dec 1758 |
|
George Forester |
21 Dec 1735 |
13 Jul 1811 |
75 |
|
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|
|
| 28 Mar 1761 |
|
Cecil Forester |
c 1721 |
22 Aug 1774 |
|
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|
|
| 18 Mar 1768 |
|
Sir Henry Bridgeman,5th baronet,later [1794] |
|
|
|
|
|
1st Baron Bradford
(to 1794) |
7 Sep 1725 |
5 Jun 1800 |
74 |
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George Forester |
21 Dec 1735 |
13 Jul 1811 |
75 |
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| 13 Sep 1780 |
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Thomas Whitmore [he was also returned |
c 1742 |
17 Apr 1795 |
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for Bridgnorth,for which he chose to sit] |
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| 9 Dec 1780 |
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George Forester |
21 Dec 1735 |
13 Jul 1811 |
75 |
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| 7 Apr 1784 |
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John Bridgeman (Simpson from 1785) |
13 May 1763 |
5 Jun 1850 |
87 |
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| 9 Aug 1785 |
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George Forester |
21 Dec 1735 |
13 Jul 1811 |
75 |
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| 22 Jun 1790 |
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Cecil Weld-Forester,later [1821] 1st Baron |
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Forester (to 1820) |
7 Apr 1767 |
23 May 1828 |
61 |
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| 9 Sep 1794 |
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John Simpson |
13 May 1763 |
5 Jun 1850 |
87 |
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| 9 Mar 1820 |
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Francis Forester |
19 Aug 1774 |
22 Oct 1861 |
87 |
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William Lacon Childe |
3 Jan 1786 |
Dec 1880 |
94 |
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| 10 Jun 1826 |
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John George Weld Weld-Forester,later [1828] |
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2nd Baron Forester |
9 Aug 1801 |
10 Oct 1874 |
73 |
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Paul Beilby Thompson,later [1839] 1st |
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Baron Wenlock (to
1832) |
1 Jul 1784 |
9 May 1852 |
67 |
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| 17 Jun 1828 |
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George Cecil Weld Weld-Forester,later [1874] |
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3rd Baron Forester
(to 1874) |
10 May 1807 |
14 Feb 1886 |
78 |
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| 12 Dec 1832 |
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James Milnes Gaskell |
19 Oct 1810 |
5 Feb 1873 |
62 |
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| 16 Nov 1868 |
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Alexander Hargreaves Brown,later [1903] |
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1st baronet |
11 Apr 1844 |
12 Mar 1922 |
77 |
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| 16 Nov 1874 |
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Cecil Theodore Weld-Forester,later [1894] |
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5th Baron Forester |
3 Aug 1842 |
20 Nov 1917 |
75 |
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CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1885 |
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WENTWORTH
(YORKSHIRE) |
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| 14 Dec 1918 |
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George Henry Hirst |
17 May 1868 |
13 Nov 1933 |
65 |
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| 22 Dec 1933 |
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Wilfred Paling |
7 Apr 1883 |
17 Apr 1971 |
88 |
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CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950 |
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BUT REVIVED 1983 |
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| 9 Jun 1983 |
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Peter Hardy,later [1997] Baron Hardy of Wath [L] |
16 Jul 1931 |
16 Dec 2003 |
72 |
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| 1 May 1997 |
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John Healey |
13 Feb 1960 |
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NAME ALTERED TO "WENTWORTH AND |
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DEARNE" 2010 |
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WENTWORTH AND
DEARNE (SOUTH YORKSHIRE) |
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| 6 May 2010 |
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John Healey |
13 Feb 1960 |
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WEOBLY
(HEREFORDSHIRE) |
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| 13 Apr 1660 |
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James Pytts |
c 1627 |
c Feb 1686 |
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Richard Weston |
c 1620 |
18 Mar 1681 |
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Election declared void 16 Jul 1660 |
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| 2 Aug 1660 |
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Thomas Tomkyns (to
1675) |
c 1605 |
31 Dec 1674 |
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Sir Herbert Perrott |
c 1617 |
1 Aug 1683 |
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| 2 Apr 1661 |
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John Barneby (to
1679) |
3 May 1621 |
27 Aug 1701 |
80 |
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| 22 Apr 1675 |
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Sir Thomas Williams,1st baronet |
c 1621 |
12 Sep 1712 |
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Election declared void 22 Feb 1678 |
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| 7 Mar 1678 |
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William Gregory [kt
1679] (to Sep 1679) |
1 Mar 1625 |
28 May 1696 |
71 |
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| 7 Feb 1679 |
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John Birch (to
1685) |
7 Sep 1615 |
10 May 1691 |
75 |
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| 4 Sep 1679 |
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John Booth |
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1 Mar 1705 |
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| 19 Mar 1685 |
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Henry Cornewall |
c 1654 |
22 Feb 1717 |
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Robert Price |
14 Jan 1653 |
2 Feb 1733 |
80 |
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| 12 Jan 1689 |
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John Birch (to
1691) |
7 Sep 1615 |
10 May 1691 |
75 |
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James Morgan |
c 1660 |
9 Nov 1717 |
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| 28 Feb 1690 |
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Robert Price (to
Jan 1701) |
14 Jan 1653 |
2 Feb 1733 |
80 |
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| 5 Jun 1691 |
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Thomas Foley (to
Jan 1701) |
c 1670 |
10 Dec 1737 |
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John Birch |
c 1666 |
6 Oct 1735 |
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Double return. Foley seated 12 Nov 1691 |
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| 26 Jul 1698 |
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Robert Price |
14 Jan 1653 |
2 Feb 1733 |
80 |
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Thomas Foley |
c 1670 |
10 Dec 1737 |
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John Birch |
c 1666 |
6 Oct 1735 |
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Double return between Foley and Birch. |
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Foley declared elected 13 Jan 1699 |
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| 9 Jan 1701 |
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Henry Cornewall |
c 1654 |
22 Feb 1717 |
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John Birch (to
1702) |
c 1666 |
6 Oct 1735 |
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| 27 Nov 1701 |
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Robert Price |
14 Jan 1653 |
2 Feb 1733 |
80 |
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| 21 Jul 1702 |
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Henry Cornewall (to
1708) |
c 1654 |
22 Feb 1717 |
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Thomas Price |
16 Jan 1680 |
17 Sep 1706 |
26 |
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the foot of this page |
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| 14 May 1705 |
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John Birch (to Feb
1715) |
c 1666 |
6 Oct 1735 |
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| 6 May 1708 |
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Henry Thynne [he was also returned for |
8 Feb 1675 |
20 Dec 1708 |
33 |
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Weymouth and Melcombe Regis,for which |
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he chose to sit] |
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| 13 Dec 1708 |
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Henry Gorges |
c 1665 |
14 Mar 1718 |
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| 9 Oct 1710 |
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Henry Cornewall |
c 1654 |
22 Feb 1717 |
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| 31 Aug 1713 |
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Uvedale Tomkyns Price |
17 Sep 1685 |
17 Mar 1764 |
78 |
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| 1 Feb 1715 |
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Paul Foley [he was unseated on petition in |
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28 Nov 1739 |
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favour of John Birch 18 Jun 1715] |
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Charles Cornwall
(to 1718) |
9 Aug 1669 |
7 Oct 1718 |
49 |
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| 18 Jun 1715 |
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John Birch (to
1732) [expelled
30 Mar 1732] |
c 1666 |
6 Oct 1735 |
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| 22 Nov 1718 |
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Nicholas Philpott |
c 1695 |
6 Jul 1732 |
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| 21 Sep 1727 |
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Uvedale Tomkyns Price
(to 1734) |
17 Sep 1685 |
17 Mar 1764 |
78 |
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| 14 Apr 1732 |
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James Cornewall |
17 Nov 1698 |
11 Feb 1744 |
45 |
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| 30 Apr 1734 |
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Sir John Buckworth,2nd baronet (to 1741) |
5 Apr 1700 |
31 Dec 1758 |
58 |
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John Birch |
c 1666 |
6 Oct 1735 |
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| 3 Mar 1737 |
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James Cornewall [after the death of John |
17 Nov 1698 |
11 Feb 1744 |
45 |
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Birch, Cornewall was seated on petition, |
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without the occurrence of a by-election] |
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| 15 May 1741 |
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George Carpenter,2nd Baron Carpenter [I] |
c 1695 |
12 Jul 1749 |
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Henry Temple,1st Viscount Palmerston [I] |
c 1673 |
10 Jun 1757 |
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| 1 Jul 1747 |
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Mansel Powell [he was unseated on petition |
c 1696 |
5 Jun 1775 |
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in favour of John Perceval,Viscount Perceval |
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9 Dec 1747] |
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Savage Mostyn (to
1757) |
c 1713 |
16 Sep 1757 |
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| 9 Dec 1747 |
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John Perceval,Viscount Perceval [I],later [1748] |
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2nd Earl of Egmont [I] |
24 Feb 1711 |
20 Dec 1770 |
59 |
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| 15 Apr 1754 |
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John Craster (to
1761) |
c 1697 |
31 Dec 1763 |
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| 7 Dec 1757 |
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George Venables-Vernon,later [1780] 2nd |
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Baron Vernon |
9 May 1735 |
18 Jun 1813 |
78 |
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| 28 Mar 1761 |
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William Henry Cavendish Bentinck,styled |
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Marquess of Titchfield,later [1762] 3rd Duke of |
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Portland |
14 Apr 1738 |
30 Oct 1809 |
71 |
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Henry Frederick Thynne,later [1784] 1st Baron |
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Carteret (to 1770) |
17 Nov 1735 |
17 Jun 1826 |
90 |
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| 12 Jun 1762 |
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William Lynch |
c 1730 |
25 Aug 1785 |
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| 18 Mar 1768 |
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Simon Luttrell,1st Baron Irnham [I],later [1781] |
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1st Viscount Carhampton [I] and [1785] 1st Earl |
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of Carhampton [I]
(to 1774) |
1713 |
14 Jan 1787 |
73 |
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| 26 Dec 1770 |
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Bamber Gascoyne |
22 Feb 1725 |
27 Oct 1791 |
66 |
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| 13 Oct 1774 |
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Sir William Lynch |
c 1730 |
25 Aug 1785 |
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John St.Leger Douglas
(to 1783) |
c 1732 |
23 May 1783 |
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| 31 Mar 1780 |
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Andrew Bayntun-Rolt,later [1800] 2nd |
c 1740 |
12 Aug 1816 |
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baronet (to 1786) |
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| 16 Jun 1783 |
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John Scott,later [1821] 1st Earl of Eldon |
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(to 1796) |
4 Jun 1751 |
13 Jan 1838 |
86 |
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| 22 Apr 1786 |
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Thomas Thynne,later [1796] 2nd Marquess |
25 Jan 1765 |
27 Mar 1837 |
72 |
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of Bath [at the general election in Jun
1790,he |
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was also returned for Bath,for which he chose |
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to sit] |
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| 28 Dec 1790 |
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Lord George Thynne,later [1826] 2nd Baron |
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Carteret (to Oct
1812) |
23 Jan 1770 |
19 Feb 1838 |
68 |
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| 27 May 1796 |
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Lord John Thynne,later [1838] 2nd Baron |
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Carteret |
28 Dec 1772 |
10 Mar 1849 |
76 |
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| 16 Dec 1796 |
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Inigo Freeman Thomas |
25 Jan 1767 |
21 Dec 1847 |
80 |
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| 1 Apr 1800 |
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Sir Charles Talbot,2nd baronet |
8 Nov 1751 |
3 Nov 1812 |
60 |
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| 8 Jul 1802 |
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Robert Steele |
24 Feb 1757 |
10 Jul 1817 |
60 |
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| 6 May 1807 |
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Heneage Finch,styled Baron Guernsey,later |
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[1812] 5th Earl of Aylesford |
24 Apr 1786 |
3 Jan 1859 |
72 |
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| 15 Jan 1812 |
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Henry George Bathurst,styled Baron Apsley, |
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later [1834] 4th Earl Bathurst |
24 Feb 1790 |
25 May 1866 |
76 |
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| 10 Oct 1812 |
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George Ashburnham,styled Viscount St.Asaph |
9 Oct 1785 |
7 Jun 1813 |
27 |
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William Lennox Bathurst,later [1866] 5th Earl |
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Bathurst (to 1816) |
14 Feb 1791 |
24 Feb 1878 |
87 |
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| 22 Jun 1813 |
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James Lenox William Naper
(to 1818) |
18 Feb 1791 |
2 Sep 1868 |
77 |
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| 20 Feb 1816 |
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Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck |
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(to 1824) |
2 Nov 1781 |
11 Feb 1828 |
46 |
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| 17 Jun 1818 |
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Thomas Thynne,styled Viscount Weymouth |
9 Apr 1796 |
16 Jan 1837 |
40 |
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| 7 Mar 1820 |
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Sir George Cockburn,later [1852] 10th |
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baronet (to 1828) |
22 Apr 1772 |
19 Aug 1853 |
81 |
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| 16 Feb 1824 |
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Lord Henry Frederick Thynne,later [1837] 3rd |
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Marquess of Bath |
24 May 1797 |
24 Jun 1837 |
40 |
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| 9 Jun 1826 |
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Lord William Thynne
(to 1831) |
17 Oct 1803 |
30 Jan 1890 |
86 |
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| 12 Jun 1828 |
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Lord Henry Frederick Thynne,later [1837] 3rd |
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Marquess of Bath
(to 1832) |
24 May 1797 |
24 Jun 1837 |
40 |
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| 30 Apr 1831 |
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Lord Edward Thynne |
23 Jan 1807 |
4 Feb 1884 |
77 |
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CONSTITUENCY
DISENFRANCHISED 1832 |
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WEST BROMWICH |
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| 26 Nov 1885 |
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John Horton Blades |
1841 |
1916 |
75 |
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| 5 Jul 1886 |
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James Ernest Spencer
[kt 1901] |
5 May 1848 |
29 Jun 1937 |
89 |
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| 16 Jan 1906 |
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Alfred Ernest William Hazel |
1869 |
20 Aug 1944 |
75 |
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| 17 Jan 1910 |
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William Legge,styled Viscount Lewisham, |
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later [1936] 7th Earl of Dartmouth |
22 Feb 1881 |
28 Feb 1958 |
77 |
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| 14 Dec 1918 |
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Frederick Owen Roberts |
2 Jul 1876 |
23 Oct 1941 |
65 |
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| 27 Oct 1931 |
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Alexander Ramsay
[kt 1938] |
12 Jan 1887 |
17 Oct 1969 |
82 |
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| 14 Nov 1935 |
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Frederick Owen Roberts |
2 Jul 1876 |
23 Oct 1941 |
65 |
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| 16 Apr 1941 |
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John Dugdale |
16 Mar 1905 |
12 Mar 1963 |
57 |
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| 4 Jul 1963 |
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Maurice Anthony Foley |
9 Oct 1925 |
8 Feb 2002 |
76 |
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| 24 May 1973 |
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Betty Boothroyd,later [2001] Baroness |
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Boothroyd [L] |
8 Oct 1929 |
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CONSTITUENCY SPLIT INTO EAST & |
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WEST DIVISIONS FEB 1974 |
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WEST BROMWICH EAST |
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| 28 Feb 1974 |
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Peter Charles Snape,later [2004] Baron |
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Snape [L] |
12 Feb 1942 |
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| 7 Jun 2001 |
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Thomas Anthony Watson |
8 Jan 1967 |
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WEST BROMWICH WEST |
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| 28 Feb 1974 |
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Betty Boothroyd,later [2001] Baroness |
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Boothroyd [L] |
8 Oct 1929 |
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| 23 Nov 2000 |
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Adrian Edward Bailey |
11 Dec 1949 |
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WESTBURY
(WILTSHIRE) |
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| 2 Apr 1660 |
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Richard Lewis (to
1680) |
c 1623 |
1 Oct 1706 |
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William Brouncker |
c 1620 |
6 Mar 1680 |
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| 8 Apr 1661 |
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Thomas Wancklyn [expelled 1 Feb 1678] |
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1694 |
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| 18 Feb 1678 |
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Henry Bertie |
c 1656 |
4 Dec 1734 |
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| 13 Feb 1679 |
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William Trenchard |
c 1643 |
22 Aug 1713 |
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| 28 Aug 1679 |
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Henry Bertie |
c 1656 |
4 Dec 1734 |
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Richard Lewis (see above) and Henry Bertie |
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unseated on petition in favour of Edward |
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Norton and William Trenchard 26 Nov 1680 |
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| 26 Nov 1680 |
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Edward Norton |
10 Jan 1654 |
1702 |
48 |
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William Trenchard
(to 1685) |
c 1643 |
22 Aug 1713 |
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| 9 Mar 1681 |
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John Ashe |
c 1653 |
late 1687 |
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| 23 Mar 1685 |
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Richard Lewis (to
1701) |
c 1623 |
1 Oct 1706 |
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James Herbert |
27 Apr 1660 |
11 Nov 1704 |
44 |
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| 14 Jan 1689 |
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Peregrine Bertie |
c 1634 |
3 Jan 1701 |
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| 4 Nov 1695 |
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Robert Bertie (to
1702) |
28 Feb 1677 |
8 Aug 1710 |
33 |
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| 24 Nov 1701 |
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Henry Bertie |
c 1656 |
4 Dec 1734 |
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| 17 Jul 1702 |
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William Trenchard |
c 1643 |
22 Aug 1713 |
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Thomas Phipps |
3 Dec 1648 |
19 Apr 1715 |
66 |
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[Both members were unseated on petition |
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in favour of Henry Bertie and Robert Bertie |
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1 Dec 1702] |
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| 1 Dec 1702 |
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Henry Bertie (to
Jan 1715) |
c 1656 |
4 Dec 1734 |
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Robert Bertie |
28 Feb 1677 |
8 Aug 1710 |
33 |
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| 6 May 1708 |
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Francis Annesley
(to Jun 1715) |
24 Oct 1663 |
7 Apr 1750 |
86 |
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| 25 Jan 1715 |
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Willoughby Bertie |
28 Nov 1692 |
10 Jun 1760 |
67 |
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Francis Annesley |
24 Oct 1663 |
7 Apr 1750 |
86 |
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George Evans,later [May 1715] 1st Baron |
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Carbery [I] |
c 1680 |
28 Aug 1749 |
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Charles Allanson |
c 1662 |
Jul 1729 |
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Double return. Bertie and Annesley declared |
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elected 28 Mar 1715. They were both |
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unseated on petition in favour of Carbery |
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and Allanson 1 Jun 1715 |
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| 1 Jun 1715 |
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George Evans,1st Baron Carbery [I] |
c 1680 |
28 Aug 1749 |
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Charles Allanson |
c 1662 |
Jul 1729 |
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| 24 Mar 1722 |
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James Bertie [he was also returned for |
13 Mar 1673 |
18 Oct 1735 |
62 |
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Middlesex,for which he chose to sit] |
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Francis Annesley (to 1734) |
24 Oct 1663 |
7 Apr 1750 |
86 |
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| 16 Mar 1724 |
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George Evans,1st Baron Carbery [I] |
c 1680 |
28 Aug 1749 |
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| 18 Aug 1727 |
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John Hoskins Gifford |
c 1693 |
Aug 1744 |
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| 24 Apr 1734 |
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George Evans,later [1749] 2nd Baron Carbery [I] |
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(to 1747) |
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2 Feb 1759 |
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John Bance |
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23 Feb 1755 |
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| 4 May 1741 |
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Joseph Townsend |
by 1704 |
8 Jul 1763 |
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| 24 Jun 1747 |
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John Bance |
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23 Feb 1755 |
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Paul Methuen |
16 May 1723 |
22 Jan 1795 |
71 |
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[Both members were unseated on petition in |
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favour of Chauncy Townsend and Matthew |
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Michell 16 Mar 1748] |
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| 16 Mar 1748 |
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Chauncy Townsend
(to 1768) |
23 Feb 1708 |
28 Mar 1770 |
61 |
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Matthew Michell |
c 1705 |
29 Apr 1752 |
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| 16 Jan 1753 |
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Peregrine Bertie
(to 1774) |
c 1723 |
28 Dec 1786 |
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| 21 Mar 1768 |
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William Blackstone |
10 Jul 1723 |
14 Feb 1780 |
56 |
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| 21 Feb 1770 |
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Charles Dillon,later [1787] 12th Viscount Dillon [I] |
6 Nov 1745 |
9 Nov 1813 |
68 |
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| 10 Oct 1774 |
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Thomas Francis Wenman
(to 1780) |
18 Nov 1745 |
8 Apr 1796 |
50 |
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Nathaniel Bayly |
c 1726 |
Oct 1798 |
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| 20 Mar 1779 |
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Samuel Estwick (to
Nov 1795) |
c 1736 |
19 Nov 1795 |
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| 9 Sep 1780 |
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John Whalley-Gardiner,later [1783] 1st baronet |
26 May 1743 |
18 Nov 1797 |
54 |
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| 1 Apr 1784 |
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Chaloner Arcedeckne |
c 1743 |
20 Dec 1809 |
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| 3 Feb 1786 |
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John Madocks |
c 1723 |
24 Oct 1794 |
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| 19 Jun 1790 |
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Ewan Law |
30 Oct 1747 |
24 Apr 1829 |
81 |
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| 15 Jan 1795 |
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Samuel Estwick (to
1796) |
22 Jan 1770 |
23 Feb 1797 |
27 |
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| 27 Nov 1795 |
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Edward Wilbraham-Bootle,later [1828] 1st |
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Baron Skelmersdale |
7 Mar 1771 |
3 Apr 1853 |
82 |
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| 27 May 1796 |
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Sir Henry Paulet St.John-Mildmay,3rd |
30 Sep 1764 |
11 Nov 1808 |
44 |
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baronet (to 1802) |
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For further information on this MP, see the |
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note at the foot of the page containing |
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details of the St.John-Mildmay baronets |
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George Ellis [he was also returned for |
19 Dec 1753 |
10 Apr 1815 |
61 |
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Seaford,for which he chose to sit] |
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| 28 Oct 1796 |
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George William Richard Harcourt |
9 Feb 1775 |
19 Dec 1812 |
37 |
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| 18 Apr 1800 |
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John Simon Harcourt |
14 Dec 1772 |
21 Feb 1810 |
37 |
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| 6 Jul 1802 |
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William Baldwin |
c 1737 |
10 Oct 1813 |
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Charles Smith |
Sep 1756 |
9 May 1814 |
57 |
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| 31 Oct 1806 |
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William Jacob |
c 1762 |
17 Dec 1851 |
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John Woolmore |
1755 |
2 Dec 1837 |
82 |
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| 6 May 1807 |
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Edward Lascelles,styled Viscount Lascelles |
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from 1812 |
10 Jan 1764 |
3 Jun 1814 |
50 |
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[he was also returned for Northallerton, for |
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which he chose to sit] |
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Glynn Wynn (to
1809) |
1 Sep 1772 |
23 Apr 1809 |
36 |
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| 20 Jul 1807 |
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Henry Lascelles,later [1820] 2nd Earl of |
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Harewood (to 1812) |
25 Dec 1767 |
24 Nov 1841 |
73 |
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| 27 Jan 1809 |
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Francis Whittle |
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by 1838 |
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| 24 Mar 1810 |
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John de Ponthieu |
27 Apr 1765 |
26 Apr 1813 |
47 |
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| 10 Oct 1812 |
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Benjamin Hall |
29 Sep 1778 |
31 Jul 1817 |
38 |
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Benjamin Shaw (to
1818) |
c 1770 |
6 Nov 1843 |
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| 5 Dec 1814 |
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Ralph Franco (later Lopes), later [1831] 2nd |
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baronet (to 1819) |
10 Sep 1788 |
23 Jan 1854 |
65 |
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| 23 Jun 1818 |
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Lord Francis Nathaniel Conyngham,later [1832] |
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2nd Marquess Conyngham
(to 1820) |
11 Jun 1797 |
17 Jul 1876 |
79 |
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| 1 May 1819 |
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William Leader Maberly |
7 May 1798 |
6 Feb 1885 |
86 |
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| 10 Mar 1820 |
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Jonathan Elford |
5 Nov 1777 |
11 Mar 1823 |
45 |
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Nathaniel Barton |
9 Nov 1764 |
2 Nov 1828 |
63 |
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| 29 Nov 1820 |
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Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes,1st baronet |
27 Jan 1755 |
26 Mar 1831 |
76 |
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(to 1829) |
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Philip John Miles |
1 Mar 1774 |
24 Mar 1845 |
71 |
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| 9 Jun 1826 |
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Sir George Warrender,4th baronet (to 1830) |
5 Dec 1782 |
21 Feb 1849 |
66 |
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| 2 Mar 1829 |
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Robert Peel,later [1830] 2nd baronet |
5 Feb 1788 |
2 Jul 1850 |
62 |
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| 30 Jul 1830 |
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Sir Alexander Cray Grant,8th baronet |
30 Nov 1782 |
29 Nov 1854 |
71 |
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Michael George Prendergast |
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1834 |
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| 2 May 1831 |
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Sir Ralph Lopes,2nd baronet (to 1837) |
10 Sep 1788 |
23 Jan 1854 |
65 |
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Henry Hanmer |
23 Jan 1789 |
2 Feb 1868 |
79 |
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| 15 Jul 1831 |
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Henry Frederick Stephenson |
18 Sep 1790 |
10 Jul 1858 |
67 |
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REPRESENTATION REDUCED |
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TO ONE MEMBER 1832 |
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| 26 Jul 1837 |
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John Ivatt Briscoe |
12 Oct 1791 |
16 Aug 1870 |
79 |
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| 28 Jun 1841 |
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Sir Ralph Lopes,2nd baronet |
10 Sep 1788 |
23 Jan 1854 |
65 |
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| 31 Jul 1847 |
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James Wilson |
3 Jun 1805 |
11 Aug 1860 |
55 |
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| 27 Mar 1857 |
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Sir Massey Lopes,3rd baronet |
14 Jun 1818 |
20 Jan 1908 |
89 |
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| 18 Nov 1868 |
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John Lewis Phipps [his election was |
1801 |
10 Jun 1871 |
69 |
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declared void 5 Feb 1869] |
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| 27 Feb 1869 |
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Charles Paul Phipps |
26 Sep 1815 |
8 Jun 1880 |
64 |
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| 3 Feb 1874 |
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Abraham Laverton |
1819 |
13 Oct 1886 |
67 |
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| 1 Apr 1880 |
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Charles Nicholas Paul Phipps |
4 Nov 1845 |
9 Dec 1913 |
68 |
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| 5 Dec 1885 |
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George Pargiter Fuller |
8 Jan 1833 |
2 Apr 1927 |
94 |
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| 25 Jul 1895 |
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Richard Godolphin Walmesley Chaloner, |
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later [1917] 1st Baron Gisborough |
12 Oct 1856 |
23 Jan 1938 |
81 |
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| 10 Oct 1900 |
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John Michael Fleetwood Fuller,later [1910] 1st |
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baronet |
21 Oct 1864 |
4 Sep 1915 |
50 |
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| 23 Feb 1911 |
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Geoffrey William Algernon Howard |
12 Feb 1877 |
20 Jun 1935 |
58 |
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| 14 Dec 1918 |
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George Llewellen Palmer |
12 Mar 1857 |
31 Mar 1932 |
75 |
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| 15 Nov 1922 |
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Charles William Darbishire |
17 Jun 1875 |
5 Jun 1925 |
49 |
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| 29 Oct 1924 |
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Walter William Shaw |
1868 |
10 May 1927 |
58 |
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| 16 Jun 1927 |
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Richard Eric Onslow Long,later [1944] 3rd |
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Viscount Long of Wraxall |
22 Aug 1892 |
12 Jan 1967 |
74 |
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| 27 Oct 1931 |
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Robert Villiers Grimston,later [1952] 1st |
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baronet and [1964] 1st Baron Grimston of |
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Westbury |
8 Jun 1897 |
8 Dec 1979 |
82 |
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| 15 Oct 1964 |
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Dennis Murray Walters
[kt 1988] |
28 Nov 1928 |
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| 9 Apr 1992 |
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David James Christian Faber |
7 Jul 1961 |
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| 7 Jun 2001 |
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Andrew William Murrison |
24 Apr 1961 |
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CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2010 |
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WEST DERBY
(LIVERPOOL) |
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| 25 Nov 1885 |
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Lord Claude John Hamilton |
20 Feb 1843 |
26 Jan 1925 |
81 |
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| 10 Aug 1888 |
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William Henry Cross |
22 Aug 1856 |
12 Dec 1892 |
36 |
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| 10 Jan 1893 |
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Walter Hume Long,later [1921] 1st Viscount |
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Long of Wraxall |
13 Jul 1854 |
26 Sep 1924 |
70 |
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| 29 Sep 1900 |
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Samuel Wasse Higginbottom |
1853 |
27 Dec 1902 |
49 |
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| 20 Jan 1903 |
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William Watson Rutherford,later [1923] 1st |
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baronet |
1853 |
3 Dec 1927 |
74 |
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| 14 Dec 1918 |
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Sir Frederick Edwin Smith,1st baronet,later [1919] |
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1st Baron Birkenhead and [1922] 1st Earl of |
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Birkenhead |
12 Jul 1872 |
30 Sep 1930 |
58 |
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| 26 Feb 1919 |
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Sir William Reginald Hall |
28 Jun 1870 |
22 Oct 1943 |
73 |
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For further information on this MP,see the note |
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at the foot of this page |
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| 6 Dec 1923 |
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Charles Sydney Jones
[kt 1937] |
7 Feb 1872 |
16 Feb 1947 |
75 |
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| 29 Oct 1924 |
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John Sandeman Allen
[kt 1928] |
26 Sep 1865 |
3 Jun 1935 |
69 |
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| 6 Jul 1935 |
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David Patrick Maxwell-Fyfe [kt 1942],later |
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[1954] 1st Viscount Kilmuir and [1962] 1st Earl |
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of Kilmuir |
29 May 1900 |
27 Jan 1967 |
66 |
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| 18 Nov 1954 |
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John Victor Woollam |
14 Aug 1927 |
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| 15 Oct 1964 |
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Eric Ogden |
23 Aug 1923 |
5 May 1997 |
73 |
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| 9 Jun 1983 |
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Robert Nelson Wareing |
20 Aug 1930 |
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| 6 May 2010 |
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Stephen Twigg |
25 Dec 1966 |
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WESTERN ISLES |
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| 14 Dec 1918 |
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Donald Murray |
21 Oct 1862 |
6 Jul 1923 |
60 |
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| 15 Nov 1922 |
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Sir William Dingwall Mitchell Cotts,1st baronet |
15 Jul 1871 |
20 Jan 1932 |
60 |
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| 6 Dec 1923 |
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Alexander Mackenzie Livingstone [kt 1933] |
18 Oct 1880 |
14 Sep 1950 |
69 |
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| 30 May 1929 |
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Thomas Bridgehill Wilson Ramsay |
2 Jul 1877 |
20 Oct 1956 |
79 |
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| 14 Nov 1935 |
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Malcolm Kenneth Macmillan |
21 Aug 1913 |
17 Nov 1978 |
65 |
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| 18 Jun 1970 |
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Donald James Stewart |
17 Oct 1920 |
23 Aug 1992 |
71 |
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| 11 Jun 1987 |
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Calum Alasdair MacDonald |
7 May 1956 |
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NAME ALTERED TO "NA H-EILEANAN |
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AN IAR" 2005 |
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WEST HAM |
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| 1 May 1997 |
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Anthony Louis Banks,later [2005] Baron |
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Stratford [L] |
8 Apr 1943 |
8 Jan 2006 |
62 |
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| 5 May 2005 |
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Lyn Carol Brown |
13 Apr 1960 |
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WEST HAM NORTH |
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| 28 Nov 1885 |
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Edward Rider Cook |
4 Jun 1836 |
21 Aug 1898 |
62 |
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| 7 Jul 1886 |
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James Forrest Fulton
[kt 1892] |
12 Jul 1846 |
25 Jun 1925 |
78 |
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| Jul 1892 |
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Thomas Newcomen Archibald Grove |
1855 |
4 Jun 1920 |
64 |
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| 15 Jul 1895 |
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Ernest Gray [kt
1925] |
27 Aug 1856 |
6 May 1932 |
75 |
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| 15 Jan 1906 |
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Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman |
25 Oct 1874 |
17 Nov 1927 |
53 |
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[Following the general election in Dec 1910, |
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he was unseated on petition 20 Jun 1911] |
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| 8 Jul 1911 |
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Baron Maurice Arnold de Forest |
9 Jan 1879 |
6 Oct 1968 |
89 |
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CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918, |
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BUT REVIVED 1950 |
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| 23 Feb 1950 |
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Arthur William John Lewis |
21 Feb 1917 |
25 Jun 1998 |
81 |
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CONSTITUENCY
ABOLISHED FEB 1974 |
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WEST HAM SOUTH |
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| 28 Nov 1885 |
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Joseph Lynn Leicester |
24 Dec 1825 |
13 Oct 1903 |
77 |
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| 7 Jul 1886 |
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George Edward Banes |
2 Feb 1829 |
16 Jul 1907 |
78 |
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| Jul 1892 |
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James Keir Hardie |
15 Aug 1856 |
26 Sep 1915 |
59 |
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note at the foot of this page |
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| 15 Jul 1895 |
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George Edward Banes |
2 Feb 1829 |
16 Jul 1907 |
78 |
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| 15 Jan 1906 |
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William James Thorne |
8 Oct 1857 |
2 Jan 1946 |
88 |
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CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918, |
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BUT REVIVED 1950 |
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| 23 Feb 1950 |
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Frederick Elwyn Jones [kt 1964],later [1974] |
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Baron Elwyn-Jones [L] |
24 Oct 1909 |
4 Dec 1989 |
80 |
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CONSTITUENCY
ABOLISHED FEB 1974 |
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WESTHOUGHTON
(LANCASHIRE) |
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| 28 Nov 1885 |
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Frank Hardcastle |
12 May 1844 |
6 Nov 1908 |
64 |
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| Jul 1892 |
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Edward George Villiers Stanley,styled Baron |
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Stanley,later [1908] 17th Earl of Derby |
4 Apr 1865 |
4 Feb 1948 |
82 |
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| 18 Jan 1906 |
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William Tyson Wilson |
1855 |
14 Aug 1921 |
66 |
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| 5 Oct 1921 |
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Rhys John Davies |
15 Apr 1877 |
31 Oct 1954 |
77 |
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| 21 Jun 1951 |
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Joseph Thomas Price |
9 Oct 1902 |
1 Feb 1973 |
70 |
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| 24 May 1973 |
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Roger Stott |
7 Aug 1943 |
8 Aug 1999 |
56 |
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CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983 |
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WEST LINDSEY
(LINCOLNSHIRE) |
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SEE
"GAINSBOROUGH" |
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WEST LOOE
(CORNWALL) |
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| 14 Apr 1660 |
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John Buller |
c 1632 |
1716 |
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John Kendall |
7 Aug 1631 |
after 1702 |
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| 4 Apr 1661 |
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John Nicholas [he was also returned for |
19 Jan 1624 |
9 Jan 1705 |
80 |
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Wilton and for Ripon,for which he chose to sit] |
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John Trelawny (to
1685) |
c 1625 |
c Feb 1682 |
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| 10 Jun 1661 |
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Sir Henry Vernon,1st baronet |
16 Dec 1606 |
11 Apr 1676 |
69 |
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| 21 Feb 1677 |
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John Trelawny |
c 1646 |
14 May 1680 |
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| 19 Feb 1681 |
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Jonathan Trelawny |
14 Feb 1648 |
1705 |
57 |
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| 21 Apr 1685 |
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Henry Trelawny |
c 1658 |
8 Jan 1702 |
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James Kendall (to
1690) |
17 Jun 1647 |
10 Jul 1708 |
61 |
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| 11 Jan 1689 |
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Percy Kirke |
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31 Oct 1691 |
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| 24 Feb 1690 |
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Edward Seymour,later [1708] 5th baronet |
18 Dec 1663 |
29 Dec 1740 |
77 |
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Jonathan Trelawny |
14 Feb 1648 |
1705 |
57 |
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| 25 Oct 1695 |
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James Kendall (to
1702) |
17 Jun 1647 |
10 Jul 1708 |
61 |
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John Mountstephen |
28 Apr 1644 |
19 Dec 1706 |
62 |
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| 2 Dec 1701 |
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Richard Jones,1st Earl of Ranelegh [I] |
8 Feb 1641 |
5 Jan 1712 |
70 |
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(to 1703) [expelled 1 Feb 1703] |
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| 28 Jul 1702 |
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Sidney Godolphin [he was also returned for |
12 Jan 1652 |
23 Sep 1732 |
80 |
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Helston,for which he chose to sit] |
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| 3 Dec 1702 |
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Richard Hele [he was also returned for |
27 Mar 1679 |
Dec 1709 |
30 |
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Plympton Erle as a result of a petition on |
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28 Jan 1703, for which he chose to sit] |
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| 31 Mar 1703 |
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Henry Poley |
5 Jan 1654 |
7 Aug 1707 |
53 |
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Charles Seymour |
after 1679 |
10 Oct 1740 |
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| 22 May 1705 |
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Sir Charles Hedges
(to 1713) |
30 Jan 1650 |
10 Jun 1714 |
64 |
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John Mountstephen |
28 Apr 1644 |
19 Dec 1706 |
62 |
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| 23 Jan 1707 |
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Francis Palmes |
by 1663 |
15 Jan 1719 |
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| 15 May 1708 |
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John Conyers |
6 Mar 1650 |
10 Mar 1725 |
75 |
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| 19 Oct 1710 |
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Arthur Maynwaring |
9 Jul 1668 |
13 Nov 1712 |
44 |
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| 20 Apr 1713 |
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John Trelawny,later [1721] 4th baronet |
26 Jul 1691 |
2 Feb 1756 |
64 |
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(to 1715) |
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| 7 Sep 1713 |
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Sir Charles Wager |
c 1666 |
24 May 1743 |
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| 1 Feb 1715 |
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Thomas Maynard |
c 1685 |
8 Sep 1742 |
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George Delaval (to
1724) |
c 1667 |
22 Jun 1723 |
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| 12 Apr 1722 |
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Sir John Trelawny,4th baronet (to 1727) |
26 Jul 1691 |
2 Feb 1756 |
64 |
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| 20 Jan 1724 |
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Edward Trelawny (to
1733) |
9 Jul 1699 |
16 Jan 1754 |
54 |
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| 23 Aug 1727 |
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John Willes (to
1737) |
29 Nov 1685 |
15 Dec 1761 |
76 |
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| 26 Jan 1733 |
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Thomas Walker |
c 1664 |
22 Oct 1748 |
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| 4 May 1734 |
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Edward Trelawny |
9 Jul 1699 |
16 Jan 1754 |
54 |
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[his election was declared void] |
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| 20 Feb 1735 |
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John Owen (to 1741) |
c 1698 |
29 Dec 1775 |
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| 9 Feb 1737 |
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John Strange [kt
1740] |
c 1696 |
18 May 1754 |
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| 12 May 1741 |
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Sir Charles Wager |
c 1666 |
24 May 1743 |
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Benjamin Keene (to
1747) |
c 1697 |
15 Dec 1757 |
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| 10 Dec 1743 |
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John Frederick,later [1770] 4th baronet |
28 Nov 1708 |
9 Apr 1783 |
74 |
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(to 1761) |
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| 2 Jul 1747 |
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William Noel |
19 Mar 1695 |
8 Dec 1762 |
67 |
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| 16 May 1757 |
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William Trelawny,later [1762] 6th baronet |
c 1722 |
11 Dec 1772 |
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(to 1767) |
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| 30 Mar 1761 |
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Francis Buller |
31 Oct 1723 |
31 Oct 1764 |
41 |
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| 19 Jan 1765 |
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John Sargent (to
1768) |
1715 |
20 Sep 1791 |
76 |
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| 10 Jul 1767 |
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James Townsend (to
1774) |
8 Feb 1737 |
1 Jul 1787 |
50 |
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| 21 Mar 1768 |
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William Graves |
c 1724 |
30 Apr 1801 |
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| 11 Oct 1774 |
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Sir William James,1st baronet (to Jan 1784) |
c 1721 |
16 Dec 1783 |
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Charles Ogilvie |
c 1731 |
1788 |
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| 7 Jun 1775 |
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John Rogers |
15 Aug 1750 |
22 feb 1832 |
81 |
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| 9 Sep 1780 |
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John Buller |
28 Feb 1745 |
26 Nov 1793 |
48 |
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| 20 Mar 1782 |
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John Sommers Cocks,later [1821] 1st Earl |
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Somers (to Apr
1784) |
6 May 1760 |
5 Jan 1841 |
80 |
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| 3 Jan 1784 |
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John Buller |
28 Feb 1745 |
26 Nov 1793 |
48 |
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| 5 Apr 1784 |
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John Lemon |
6 Nov 1754 |
5 Apr 1814 |
59 |
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John Scott (to
1790) |
24 Oct 1747 |
5 May 1819 |
71 |
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| 21 Aug 1784 |
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James Adams |
5 Jun 1752 |
14 Sep 1816 |
64 |
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| 21 Jun 1790 |
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Sir John William de la Pole,6th baronet |
27 Jun 1757 |
30 Nov 1799 |
42 |
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John Pardoe |
c 1756 |
26 Apr 1796 |
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| 30 May 1796 |
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John Buller |
10 Jan 1771 |
3 Apr 1849 |
78 |
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Sitwell Sitwell,later [1808] 1st baronet |
Sep 1769 |
4 Jul 1811 |
41 |
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(to 1802) |
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| 22 Nov 1796 |
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John Hookham Frere |
21 May 1769 |
7 Jan 1846 |
76 |
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| 7 Jul 1802 |
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James Buller (to
1805) |
9 Nov 1772 |
14 Nov 1830 |
58 |
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Thomas Smith |
c 1754 |
24 Apr 1831 |
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| 21 Dec 1803 |
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Quintin Dick (to
1806) |
7 Feb 1777 |
26 Mar 1858 |
81 |
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| 23 Jan 1805 |
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Ralph Allen Daniell
(to Oct 1812) |
22 Jul 1762 |
28 Mar 1823 |
60 |
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| 1 Nov 1806 |
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James Buller |
9 Nov 1772 |
14 Nov 1830 |
58 |
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| 17 Jan 1812 |
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Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke |
6 Jun 1768 |
5 May 1831 |
62 |
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For further information on the death of this |
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MP, see the note at the foot of the page |
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containing details of the MPs for Reigate |
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| 10 Oct 1812 |
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Charles Buller |
31 May 1774 |
17 May 1848 |
73 |
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Anthony Buller |
26 Jul 1780 |
27 Jun 1866 |
85 |
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| 11 Mar 1816 |
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Henry William Fitzgerald-de Ros |
12 Jun 1793 |
29 Mar 1839 |
45 |
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Sir Charles Hulse
(to 1826) |
12 Oct 1771 |
25 Oct 1854 |
83 |
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| 19 Jun 1818 |
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Henry Goulburn |
19 Mar 1784 |
12 Jan 1856 |
71 |
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| 9 Jun 1826 |
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John Buller |
10 Jan 1771 |
3 Apr 1849 |
78 |
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Charles Buller (to
1830) |
31 May 1774 |
17 May 1848 |
73 |
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| 6 Apr 1827 |
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Sir Charles Hulse
(to 1832) |
12 Oct 1771 |
25 Oct 1854 |
83 |
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| 12 Feb 1830 |
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Charles Buller |
6 Aug 1806 |
29 Nov 1848 |
42 |
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| 29 Apr 1831 |
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Sir Anthony Buller |
26 Jul 1780 |
27 Jun 1866 |
85 |
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CONSTITUENCY
DISENFRANCHISED 1832 |
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Alexander Brogden, MP for Wednesbury 1868-1885 |
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Brogden died as a result of being badly burnt.
At the Coroner's inquest following his death, |
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it was found that Brogden, who had been ill for
some time, was sitting by his fire when he |
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leaned over to stir the coals, fell against the
grate and received severe burns, to which |
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he later succumbed. |
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Thomas Price, MP for Weobly 1702-1705 |
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Thomas Price was the eldest son of Robert Price,
MP for Weobly 1685-1687, 1690-1700 and |
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from Jan 1701 until he was appointed a Baron of
the Exchequer in June 1702. He held this role |
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until October 1726, when he was appointed a
Justice of the Common Pleas, which position he |
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held until his death in 1733. Thomas Price's
younger brother, Uvedale Tomkyns Price, also sat |
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for Weobly 1713-1715 and 1727-1734. |
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Robert Price's biographer, Edmund Curll, in his
book "The Life of the late Honourable Robert |
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Price" [London 1734] includes the following
brief sketch of Thomas Price:- |
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'The first Child they [Robert Price and his
wife, Lucy Rodd] had was a Son, born at Foxley [in |
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Yazor, Herefordshire], on the 16th Day of
January 1680.......Thomas Price, Esq., died while on |
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his Travels......The expression of Mr. Justice
Price, to all his Relations and Friends, even to the |
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Day of his own Death, was, that the Loss of his
eldest Son Thomas was irreparable! |
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'This very hopeful young Gentleman, Thomas
Price, Esq., was educated at Westminster |
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School, and, upon leaving it, was entered a
Gentleman-Commoner of St. John's College in |
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Cambridge. After finishing his Academical
Studies, he was chosen Member of Parliament for |
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the Borough of Weobly in Herefordshire, when he
was but twenty two Years of Age. |
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'As his Father had done, he, likewise, made the
grand Tour of France and Italy, and sent over |
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several agreeable Letters, recounting the
Progress of his Travels. But the Acquaintance he |
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had contracted with a Venetian Lady, it is
presumed, was the Cause of his Death. His Person |
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being very amiable, and more particularly so,
from his having a fine Head of Hair, with which |
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this Madona became extremely enamoured; and when
these Ladies find a Lover to their liking, |
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(especially, among all the Foreigners they meet
with, an English Gentleman;) if they signify |
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any Inclinations of a Departure, they make them
a Present, of an unknown Dose, which will |
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put a Period to their Lives according to the
Time it is allotted for, either of Days, Months or |
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Years. It so, fatally, happened that Mr. Price
had declared his Intentions of going to Genoua; |
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and the first Accident which befel him in his
Way from the City of Venice to that Republick, he |
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was attacked and a Quarrel drawn upon him by an
Italian Nobleman, whom he fought, and |
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disarmed. Then proceeding on his Journey, he
arrived safe at Genoua. |
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'Here he had not been long before he found
himself greatly out of Order. Among other |
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Symptoms, which caused the utmost Anxiety, his
Hair came off by Handfuls, and, the many |
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Fears he had grew too strong for him to bear;
insomuch, that it cost him his Life in the Year |
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1706. It was not through the want of any
Temporary Blessings; he having by him, a Bill of |
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Credit for Five Hundred Pounds, and a
considerable Sum in Gold, when he died. The Senate |
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of Genoua seized all his Effects; and being a
Protestant, alias a Heretick, they permitted his |
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Remains no other than a Watry-Grave, letting
them down, in a Leaden Coffin, into the Sea. |
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'The unhappy Death of this Gentleman has been
differently related, as occasioned (by a Point |
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of good Breeding here, though the Jealousy of
Foreigners will not bear it) in the following |
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Manner, viz. |
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'Mr. Price being at an Entertainment, drank to a
Lady, the Wife of a Venetian Nobleman; which |
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was, by the Husband, so highly resented, that he
vowed his Destruction. Some Gentlemen in |
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Company desired Mr. Price to go Post for Genoua,
from which he was at that Time about |
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twenty Leagues. He did so, and arrived there in
Safety; but he was pursued by Bravoes, and |
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through the Lattices of his Chamber Window in
the Inn where he lay, shot in his Bed the next |
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Morning. |
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'Others relate, that the Venetian Nobleman whom
he had fought with, and disarmed, in his |
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Journey between Venice and Genoua, being full of
the most malicious and cowardly |
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Resentment, sent his Servant after Mr. Price,
who acted the Part of a villainous Bravo and |
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killed him. |
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'But tho' there is not any Certainty on which of
these different Rumours to fix the Death of |
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this unhappy Gentleman, yet certain it is, that
a good Son, and the express Image, in all |
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Respects, of his Father, was lost to his parents
in the Bloom of Life.' |
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There are, therefore, three possible reasons for
his death - first, at the hands of a jealous |
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husband, who shot him or caused him to be shot;
second, that he had been poisoned by a |
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spurned lover; or third, depending upon the interpretation of "an unknown
Dose," that he |
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killed himself due to the ravages caused by
syphilis. |
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Sir William Reginald Hall, MP for Liverpool West
Derby 1919-1923 and Eastbourne |
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1925-1929 |
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The following biography of Sir William Reginald
Hall appeared in the September 1958 issue of |
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the Australian monthly magazine
"Parade." Surprisingly, no mention is made of the fact that |
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Hall was always known by the nickname of
"Blinker," on account of a chronic facial twitch. |
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'All through World War 1 an oddly-assorted band
sat closeted day and night in Room 40 at the |
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Admiralty working out puzzles on which hinged
the fate of nations. They included high officers |
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of all the services, professors from Oxford and
Cambridge, a director of the Bank of England, a |
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world-renowned music critic, a West End stage
star, a publisher, an art expert, a famous dress |
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designer, a Doctor of Divinity, a Roman Catholic
priest and many others. They worked in the |
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utmost secrecy. Not even a cleaner penetrated
that office for four years. In it countless |
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intercepted enemy wireless messages and signals
were decoded - the basis of the whole |
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British intelligence system. Presiding genius of
Room 40 and a whole world-wide network of |
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secret agents, counterspies and
cloak-and-dagger experts was dynamic, piercing-eyed, |
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staccato-voiced Admiral Sir Reginald Hall. As
Director of Naval Intelligence, he was primarily |
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responsible for providing the Admiralty with
information on enemy naval movements. |
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'William Reginald Hall was born in Wiltshire on
June 28, 1870. His father, Captain [William |
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Henry] Hall [1842-1895], founded the
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From a Navy cadet at 14, young William Hall rose
to Commander at 31 and Captain four years |
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later. On the outbreak of World War I, Hall had
command of the fine new cruiser Queen Mary. |
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He revolutionised navy routine to improve
conditions for the crew - shorter watches, washing |
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machines, films, hot showers, library and their
own chapel on board. In November, 1914, Hall |
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was relieved of his command and ordered to
report to the Admiralty. He was appointed |
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Director of Intelligence, and told to get to work. |
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Room 40 and its history-making wartime record
was the result. Round him Hall gathered men |
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and women from the academic, legal, literary and
business worlds. Till then intelligence on |
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enemy naval moves had come from foreign agents,
look-out vessels cruising round ports, |
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prisoners, fishermen and suchlike. Under Hall
the whole set-up was changed to use newly- |
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developed wireless. Scores of listening posts
were set up in England and Europe, to intercept |
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enemy wireless messages of all kinds. The
signals were sent in code. Hall's experts had the job |
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of deciphering them. |
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Germany changed the code at monthly intervals.
Before long, however, the code was changed |
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every 24 hours. Each day teams of cipher experts
went to work to break the new code. |
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Sometimes, German tricks and false trails held
them up for hours, but not once did Room 40 fail |
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to decipher a message eventually. From
intercepted and deciphered German wireless messages |
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Hall after only a couple of weeks warned the
Navy that a small German fleet was on the move |
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in the Heligoland Bight. A British cruiser and
destroyer force caught the German fleet, sank |
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three cruisers and one destroyer for little loss
and sent the rest running for cover. Similarly, on |
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December 15, 1914, Room 40 alerted the Admiralty
of a forthcoming German raid on Scar- |
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borough in Yorkshire. The Germans got through
and bombarded the town, but were chased off |
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by the Navy. A week later Hall gave details of a
rendezvous between the German raiding |
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cruiser, Dresden, and a collier in the Atlantic.
The navy ordered our ships Kent and Glasgow to |
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the scene. The Dresden was sunk. |
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'Early in 1915, Admiral Hall knew Germany was
planning a revolt in Ireland to cause trouble for |
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England. Intercepted messages revealed their
plan to land the Irish patriot Sir Roger Casement |
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secretly to spark the uprising. Hall immediately
chartered the luxury yacht, Sayonara, owned |
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by American millionaire Anthony Drexel. He sent
her off to the Irish west coast, ostensibly on |
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a pleasure cruise. Her captain was Lieutenant
F.M. Simon of the Royal Navy. Major Wilfred |
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Russell posed as her owner. Outwardly they were
Americans. Simon and Russell, however, |
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skilfully conveyed the impression by speech,
gesture, dress and attitude that they were really |
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Germans pretending to be Americans. Hall hoped
the obvious German flavour about her owner |
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and captain would take in the Irish. Thus
information could probably be wormed out about the |
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Casement plans. |
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'Main trouble for the plotters came from English
Navy units in the area and loyal Irish who were |
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unaware of the masquerade. Complaints poured in
on London authorities about the German spy |
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ship at work in Irish waters. This was exactly
what Hall wanted. The Royal Navy watched the |
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Sayonara constantly and once even placed her
under arrest. Local Sinn Feiners knew this and |
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welcomed Simon and Russell every time they put
ashore. They revealed full details of prepar- |
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ations to join Casement as soon as he landed.
The loyal Irish were not so pleased to see |
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Simon and Russell. On one occasion they stoned
them as spies. One Irish Marquess was so |
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incensed at official muddle-headedness over the
Sayonara that he made a special trip to |
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London. He bearded the First Sea Lord in his
office and threatened to blow the lid off the |
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"disgraceful affair" in the House of
Lords. To avoid wrecking the whole scheme, the Marquess |
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was referred to Hall, who let him into the secret. |
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'The Sayonara was all ready to spring the trap
if Casement appeared at Achill Head as the |
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Sinn Feiners anticipated. Germany, however,
decided Ireland was not yet ripe for revolt. The |
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Casement project was delayed till 1916. The
Sayonara quietly slipped back to England. Hall's |
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organisation was again well on the job in 1916
when Casement did land in Ireland. Full details |
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were known by tapping wireless messages from
Berlin to the German Ambassador in |
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Washington. As soon as Casement stepped ashore
he was arrested by Hall and Sir Basil |
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Thomson of Scotland Yard. Hall was responsible
for the later execution of Sir Roger Casement. |
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Though convicted, and sentenced to death, public
sympathy for the Irish patriot seemed |
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likely to save his life. From personal
conviction Hall felt he should hang. He arranged the |
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circulation of scandalous extracts from
Casement's private diary [which portrays Casement as |
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a predatory homosexual]. A revulsion of public
feeling followed. The campaign for mercy |
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petered out and Casement went to the gallows. |
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'Meanwhile Hall constantly hoaxed the enemy. In
the spring of 1915, British forces in France |
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were weakened through sending troops to the
Dardanelles. To counteract this, Hall tricked |
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Germany into diverting units from France to the
Belgian coast. Fake messages were sent to |
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Berlin ostensibly through spies the Germans did
not know had long been captured. These told |
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of the massing of an imaginary invasion fleet of
flat-bottomed boats at Hull. German plans in |
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1915 to raise a revolt in India by plotters from
the United States were known to Hall from the |
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beginning. He let them get to the stage of
sailing from San Francisco with a shipload of arms |
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bought in America. Once on the high seas a
gunboat appeared, detained the arms ship, |
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arrested the plotters and confiscated arms worth
300,000 dollars. |
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'The later famous thriller writer, A[lfred]
E[dward] W[oodley] Mason [1865-1948], was one of |
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Hall's best undercover agents. He did invaluable
work in Spain, Mexico, Morocco and other |
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places. Mason thwarted a scheme to send petrol
on rafts to German submarines from Spanish |
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ports. He uncovered a wild plan to bomb
Gibraltar from a Spanish plane ostensibly giving a |
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demonstration of flying acrobatics. Mason also
discovered and smashed an under-cover group |
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channelling cash from Germans in Spain to
promote an uprising in Morocco. |
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'Whatever new scheme Germany tried, Hall and his
men seemed to get wind of it. Hall's |
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greatest test came in the great U-Boat onslaught
on Allied shipping that reached its peak in |
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the autumn of 1916. Reliable intelligence on
U-Boat movements was essential. As well as from |
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wireless interception, Hall got it from hundreds
of agents throughout Europe - in German dock- |
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yards, on neutral steamers, in foreign
consulates, in convoys and hunting squadrons, in |
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prisoner-of-war camps. |
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'In January, 1917, with the U-Boats seemingly
turning the struggle in Germany's favour, Admiral |
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Hall was presented with a stroke of luck which
be realised could change the whole course of |
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the war. It was a deciphered message sent from
the German Foreign Minister, Zimmermann, to |
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his Ambassador, von Eckardt, in Mexico City.
More than anything else that message, which |
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Hall at once turned over to U.S. President
Wilson, forced America into World War I. It stated |
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Germany's intention to begin unrestricted U-Boat
attacks on all Atlantic shipping (including |
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American) and her efforts to persuade Mexico to
declare war and invade Texas. [For further |
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information, see "The Zimmermann
Telegram" by Barbara Tuchman [Macmillan, New York 1958] |
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It was the last straw. With America's entry into
the conflict, the scales swung decisively in |
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the allies' favour and Germany's ultimate defeat
was inevitable. |
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'With peace, Admiral Hall, who had been
knighted, faded into semi-obscurity. With his mind and |
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energies set implacably on the war and victory
during his years of triumph, he had trodden on |
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many toes. Once the powerful press baron Lord
Northcliffe called on him in Room 40. The |
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Admiral was affronted that Northcliffe did not
remove his hat - and rather tactlessly showed it. |
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He pressed a button. A messenger appeared. Hall
asked him to fetch his cap. When it arrived, |
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he jammed it on his head and continued the
conversation. Northcliffe never forgave the blunt |
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reminder of his own discourtesy. He was believed
responsible for the behind-the-scenes moves |
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that resulted in Hall's retirement after the
Armistice. Still under 50, the Admiral won a seat in |
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the House of Commons, but gradually faded from
the public eye. He died in 1943.' |
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James Keir Hardie, MP for West Ham South
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The following biography of Hardie appeared in
the March 1967 issue of the Australian monthly |
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'One August day in 1892 a horse-drawn carriage
packed with roughly dressed and wildly |
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excited passengers, one of them blowing lustily
on a cornet, made its noisy way to the House |
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of Commons. Passers-by stared in astonishment as
a small, bearded man in a tweed suit, |
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flannel shirt and cloth cap descended from the
carriage and walked calmly through the gates. |
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His name was Keir Hardie. His arrival at
Westminster that morning was a momentous event in |
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English political history, the advent of the
Labour Party in the House of Commons. Hardie was |
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the first Labour member of Parliament in
England, having just been elected by dockers of the |
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London working class suburb of West Ham. The
clothes he wore were his way of announcing |
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that he himself was a working man and he was not
going to dress himself up in the uniform of |
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another class, even to sit in Parliament. |
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'A stubborn idealist from the hitherto voiceless
ranks of the economic underdogs, Keir Hardie |
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was a unique phenomenon as he sat alone in the
House of Commons in 1892. Tories and |
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Liberals despised him and the newspapers
ridiculed him. But for years he battled on single- |
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handed to win a better deal for workers and the
poor. In Parliament he spoke long and |
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earnestly about hours, wages, conditions of work
and child labour. His well-fed opponents |
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listened indifferently or branded him a
dangerous agitator. And he lived to see more than 40 |
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other Labour MPs beside him - and the idea of a
Labour government of Britain no longer a |
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dream. |
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'The son of a carpenter, James Keir Hardie was
born in 1856 in a tumble-down, two-room |
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cottage in Legbrannock, a grimy mining village
in Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was still a child |
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when the family moved to Glasgow so his father
could work in the shipyards. However, |
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scarcity of jobs, strikes and frequent accidents
reduced the father's earnings so they were |
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always on the verge of destitution. School for
young Hardie was out of the question. At the |
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age of eight he was packed off to work as a
messenger boy in the office of the shipping |
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company. For his weekly half-crown he put in six
10-hour days, running all over Glasgow, |
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rarely allowed to rest and frequently helped on
his way by kicks. |
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'When he dared to ask for a sixpenny rise he was
sacked. So he went off to the shipyards |
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and landed a four-shillinga-week job as a rivet
boy. "You'll have to learn as you go," the |
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foreman told the eight-year-old. "And mind,
if you fall and kill yourself, it's your own fault and |
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nobody else is to blame." Working 12 hours
a day, regardless of wind, rain or snow, and often |
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high up on dangerous scaffolding, the boy had to
catch the red-hot rivet in a small pail, grip it |
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with tongs and insert it in the hole ready for
the striker to hammer home. Despite the risks he |
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was content with the job because of the extra
pay he could take home. Then came the |
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disaster of a strike. He could not afford the
luxury of being idle so he got another messenger |
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job in a bakery. When he was a few minutes late
one payday he was sacked on the spot and |
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lost a week's wages. |
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'Shortly afterwards the Hardie family moved to
the mining village of Newarthill in Lanarkshire. |
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There, still only 10, Keir learnt at first hand
the horrors of the 19th century miner's life. |
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Pitifully small wages, long hours, back-breaking
labour and the ever-present fear of a pit |
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disaster or unemployment - all these turned the
miners into men prematurely aged, often drunk |
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and without self-respect or hope. The lad
started in the mine as a trapper. He had to sit for |
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12 hours a day in a tiny air vent and manipulate
a curtain to keep air circulating below. Unlike |
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the other mine boys, he used the time to educate
himself. He taught himself to write on a |
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piece of slate, painfully printing words that he
had learned to spell by gazing at open books in |
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shop windows. |
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'By the time he was 18 and a fullfledged
coal-hewer, Keir Hardie could read and write. |
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Earnest-minded, a teetotaller and devoutly
religious, he began attending a night school. He |
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studied English grammar and literature, history,
geography and shorthand. He read the Scot's |
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literary heroes, Burns and Carlyle. Because of
his unusual education it was not long before he |
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developed into an outspoken critic of the
fearful conditions in the Lanarkshire mines. Because |
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he could put into words the grievances and
aspirations of his tongue-tied workmates, he was |
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elected to deputations to petition for safety
measures, shorter hours and better wages. He |
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paid dearly for his zeal. Branded as a
troublemaker, he was sacked, and blacklisted at every |
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mine in Lanarkshire. |
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'He hit back by forming a union of all miners in
the county with himself as secretary. Meanwhile |
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to eke out a living he acted as correspondent
for a Glasgow newspaper and wrote for radical |
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magazines. At 24 Keir Hardie led the Lanarkshire
miners in their first organised strike. Though |
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it failed in its immediate objectives it
demonstrated the union's power and gradually the mine- |
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owners made concessions. After his marriage in
1886 Hardie moved to Ayrshire, where he |
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founded another union. He settled in a cottage
in Cumnock and again earned his bread by |
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journalism while battling for the miners. |
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'By now mine-owners throughout Scotland were
denouncing him as a dangerous revolutionary. |
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To his followers he was a hero and by 1888 the
Ayrshire Miners Union was able to pay its |
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secretary a modest 30 shillings a week. With
that and his earnings from journalism Hardie |
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founded his own monthly paper, Labour Leader, to
"advocate reform in every direction which |
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promises to bring relief to the toiling
millions." His horizons were widening. Now he wanted |
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better conditions not only for miners but for
all workers. He saw they could be best obtained |
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by direct representation in Parliament. |
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'So was born the idea of an independent
political party of working men, to represent working |
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men. From Keir Hardie's dream the British Labour
Party was eventually to emerge. Before him |
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several members had been elected to Parliament
as avowed representatives of the working |
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class, but in the Commons they always allied
themselves with the Liberal Party. Hardie was |
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the first to insist on the need for a completely
independent Labour party, free from any other |
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affiliation. |
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'His pioneer venture into politics was daunting.
In 1888 he stood as an independent Labour |
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candidate in a by-election in Lanarkshire and
was crushingly defeated. It was clear the |
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Scottish miners were not yet united enough to
elect a representative of their own. So in 1892, |
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financed by his Ayrshire union, Hardie went to
London and won the East End seat of West |
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Ham [South]. No figure like him had ever been
seen in the sedate precincts of Parliament. One |
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day, as he arrived in his workman's clothes, he
was stopped by a policeman at the doorway. |
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"Are you working here, mate?" the
constable asked. "Yes," was the laconic reply. "On the |
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roof?" persisted the policeman. "No,
on the floor," said the member for West Ham. |
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'Hardie was then only 36, but his hair was
streaked with silver and he looked years older. |
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Ignoring overtures from the Liberal Party to
join it, he steadfastly sat out his term as a party |
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of one. He made his presence felt as he
tenaciously forced the attention of the House of |
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Commons on such unpalatable subjects as an
eight-hour day, a minimum wage, municipal |
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housing, factory acts and workers' compensation
laws. Opponents denounced him as anti- |
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Christian and a "believer in bloody
revolutions." Reforms which he advocated - and which in a |
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few years were to be accepted as a matter of
course - were described as "certain to bankrupt |
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'On an eventful day in 1894 three happenings
were reported - the French President François |
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[Sadi] Carnot was assassinated, an heir was born
to the Duke of York [who was later to be |
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King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor] and 290
miners were killed in a Welsh colliery disaster |
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[at the Albion Colliery in Cilfynydd,
Glamorgan]. The House of Commons prepared to adopt a |
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resolution of condolence for the French Republic
and another of congratulation to the royal |
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family. Keir Hardie then asked the Liberal
Government to propose a resolution of sympathy |
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for the families of the dead miners. When the
government refused Hardie retaliated by |
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opposing the motion of congratulation on the
birth of the prince, well knowing that he would |
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be the target of violent public abuse. |
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'He lost his seat in the general election of
1895. Five years later he was back again as MP for |
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the Welsh mining seat of Merthyr, which elected
him for the rest of his life. While out of the |
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House he turned his paper, Labour Leader, into a
weekly and on a shoestring budget fought |
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vigorously to win mass trade union support for
Labour representation. Though he was still the |
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only Labour Party candidate elected in 1900
[this is incorrect - Richard Bell was elected for |
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Derby], only five more years passed before Keir
Hardie saw his lifelong struggle rewarded when |
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he became the leader of a Parliamentary Labour
Party of 29 members. |
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'Despite recurring ill-health he worked
incessantly for his ideals on an income that rarely |
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exceeded £4 a week. By the time World War I
broke out the ailing Keir Hardie had relinquished |
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the leadership of the Labour Party to Ramsay
MacDonald, who was to become the first Labour |
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Prime Minister, in 1924. As a fanatical
pacifist, however, it was Hardie who had spearheaded |
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the party's fight to avoid war. By now a
world-famous figure in Labour and socialist circles, he |
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clung to the hope that the workers of Europe
would unite to prevent the war by threat of a |
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general strike. His disillusionment was
overwhelming. In every country almost all radical leaders |
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put patriotism before the cause of international
solidarity. |
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He died in 1915. He was only 59 and his doctor
said just before the end: "He wasn't ill as we |
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know it. He's past medicine or drugs. He just
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