Bishop's Castle was a borough constituency in Shropshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
| Bishop's Castle | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Borough | Bishop's Castle |
| 1290–1832 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | South Shropshire |
The market town of Bishop's Castle became a parliamentary borough in 1584 and was a constituency of the House of Commons of England until 1707, of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two burgesses.
The historian Lewis Namier claimed that in the middle of the eighteenth century it was the one notoriously corrupt parliamentary borough in Shropshire.[1] It was abolished under the Reform Act 1832.
Members of Parliament edit
MPs 1584–1660 edit
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1584 | Thomas Jukes | John Cole |
| 1586 | Charles Walcot | Thomas Darrell |
| 1588 | Charles Walcot | Alexander King |
| 1593 | Francis Beavans | Alexander King |
| 1597 | Hayward Townsend | Edmund Baynham |
| 1601 | Hayward Townsend | Alexander King |
| 1604 | William Twyneho | Samuel Lewknor |
| 1614 | Edward Littleton[2] | Thomas Hitchcock |
| 1621 | Francis Roberts | Gilbert Cornwall |
| 1624 | Sir Robert Howard[3] | Richard Oakeley |
| 1625 | William Oakeley | Edward Waring |
| 1626 | William Oakeley | Edward Waring |
| 1628 | Sir Robert Howard | Sir Edward Fox |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
| 1640 (Apr) | Sir Robert Howard | Richard Moor |
| 1640 (Nov) | Sir Robert Howard | Richard Moor |
| 1645 | Isaiah Thomas | John Corbet |
| 1648 | Isaiah Thomas | John Corbet |
| 1653 | Bishop's Castle not represented in Barebones Parliament | |
| 1654 | Bishop's Castle not represented in 1st Protectorate Parliament | |
| 1656 | Bishop's Castle not represented in 2nd Protectorate Parliament | |
| 1659 | Samuel More | William Oakeley |
MPs 1660–1832 edit
- Constituency abolished / disenfranchised (1832)
Election results edit
Elections in the 1830s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory | Edward Rogers (MP) | Unopposed | |||
| Tory | James Knight | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | c. 200 | ||||
| Tory hold | |||||
| Tory hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory | Edward Rogers (MP) | Unopposed | |||
| Tory | Frederick Cornewall (Bishop's Castle MP) | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | c. 200 | ||||
| Tory hold | |||||
| Tory hold | |||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Namier, Lewis (1957). The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd ed.). London: St Martin's Press. p. 245.
- ^ Christopher W. Brooks, ‘Littleton, Edward, Baron Littleton (1589–1645)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004|| online edn, Jan 2008
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Fisher, David R. "HOLMES, William (?1777-1851), of 10 Grafton Street; New Bond Street and Vine Cottage, Fulham, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ Escott, Margaret. "ROGERS, Edward (1781-1852), of Stanage Park, nr. Knighton, Rad. and 8 Charles Street, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ Escott, Margaret. "CORNEWALL, Frederick Hamilton (1791-1845), of Delbury Hall, Diddlebury, Salop". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ Escott, Margaret; Fisher, David R. "KNIGHT, James Lewis (1791-1866), of 1 New Square, Lincoln's Inn and Highwood Hill, Hendon, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ a b Escott, Margaret. "Bishop's Castle". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.