Lymington (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Lymington
Type:Borough
Parliament:uk
Year:1584
Abolished:1885
Elects Howmany:Two (1584–1868);
One (1868–1885)
Next:New Forest

Lymington was a parliamentary borough in Hampshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1584 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.

Members of Parliament

1584-1640

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1584Anthony CookeRichard Cooke[1]
1586 (Oct)Francis KeilwayWilliam Wallop
1588 (Oct)Francis KeilwayWilliam White
1593Richard BlountJohn Knight
1597 (Oct)Thomas WestHenry Wallop
1601 (Oct)Sir Francis DarcyThomas Ridley
1604Thomas MarshalThomas South
1614 Charles Thynne
1621-1622 Henry Crompton
1624John More
1625John ButtonJohn Mills
1626Herbert DoddingtonJohn More
1628–1629Herbert DoddingtonRichard Whitehead
1629–1640No Parliaments summoned

1640-1868

Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
November 1640John DoddingtonJohn Kempe
November 1640John ButtonParliamentarianHenry CampionParliamentarian
December 1648Button excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacantCampion not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
1653Lymington was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659Richard Whitehead
May 1659Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660John ButtonHenry Bromfield
1661Sir William Lewis<-- party -->John Bulkeley
1663Sir Nicholas Steward<-- party -->
1678Sir Richard Knight
February 1679John Button<-- party -->Bartholomew Bulkeley
May 1679John Burrard<-- party -->
1680Henry Dawley
1685Richard Holt
1690Thomas Dore<-- party -->
May 1698William Tulse
July 1698George Burrard
1701Paul Burrard
May 1705Paul Burrard, junior<-- party -->
December 1705Marquess of Winchester
1708Richard Chaundler
1710Lord William Powlett[2] <-- party -->
1713Sir Joseph JekyllWhig
April 1715Richard Chaundler
March 1722Lord Harry Powlett[3] Paul Burrard, junior<-- party -->
October 1722Sir Gilbert HeathcoteWhig
1727Lord Nassau Powlett<-- party -->Anthony Morgan
1729William Powlett
1734Sir John Cope, BtColonel Maurice Bocland
May 1741Lord Nassau Powlett(Sir) Harry Burrard[4] <-- party -->
December 1741(Sir) Charles Powlett[5] Whig
1755Lord Harry Powlett
1761Adam Drummond[6]
1769Hugo MeynellWhig
1774Edward Morant<-- party -->
1778Henry Goodricke
1780Thomas DummerHarry Burrard[7] <-- party -->
1781Edward GibbonWhig
1784Robert Colt<-- party -->
1788George RoseTory
1790Harry Burrard(Sir) Harry Burrard (later Burrard-Neale) [8] <-- party -->
1791Nathaniel Brassey Halhed
1796William Manning<-- party -->
July 1802Harry Burrard
December 1802John Kingston<-- party -->
1806Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt
1807George Duckett
1812Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, BtTory[9]
1814John Taylor
1818William ManningTory
1820George FinchTory
1821William ManningTory
1823Walter BoydTory
1826Guy Lenox PrendergastTory
1827Thomas Divett
1828George BurrardTory
1830William EgertonTory
1831William Alexander MackinnonTory
1832John StewartTorySir Harry Burrard-Neale, BtTory
1834ConservativeConservative
1835William Alexander MackinnonConservative
1847Hon. George KeppelWhig[10] [11] [12] Peelite[13] [14] [15]
1850 by-electionEdward John HutchinsWhig[16] [17] [18]
1852Sir John Rivett-Carnac, BtConservative
1857William Mackinnon (the younger)Whig
1859Liberal
1860 by-electionLord George Gordon-LennoxConservative
1868representation reduced to one member

1868-1885

ElectionMemberParty
1868Lord George Gordon-LennoxConservative
1874Edmund Hegan KennardConservative
1885constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

Keppel resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Carnac's resignation caused a by-election.

Seat reduced to one member

Elections in the 1880s

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History of Parliament. 2011-09-25.
  2. Powlett was re-elected in 1715, but had also been elected for Winchester, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Lymington
  3. Powlett was also elected for Hampshire, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Lymington
  4. Created a baronet, April 1769
  5. Styled Marquess of Winchester from 1754
  6. Drummond was re-elected in 1768, but had also been elected for St Ives, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Lymington
  7. Major from 1786
  8. Succeeded as a baronet, April 1791; Captain (RN) from 1793; took the surname Burrard-Neale in 1795
  9. Book: Stooks Smith , Henry. . Craig, F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig . The Parliaments of England . 1844-1850 . 2nd . 1973 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-13-2 . 127–129 .
  10. Book: Robbins. Alfred Farthing. Alfred Farthing Robbins. The Early Public Life of William Ewart Gladstone: Four Times Prime Minister. 1894. Methuen & Co. London. 179. 21 May 2018.
  11. Keppel, George Thomas. Chichester. Henry Manners. Henry Manners Chichester. 31. 21 May 2018-->.
  12. Book: Gash. Norman. Politics in the Age of Peel: A Study in the Technique of Parliamentary Representation, 1830–1850. Norman Gash. 2013. Faber & Faber. 9780571302901. 250. 21 May 2018.
  13. Web site: John Stewart. Legacies of British Slave-ownership. University College London. 21 May 2018.
  14. News: The New Parliament. 21 May 2018. Reading Mercury. 7 August 1847. 2. British Newspaper Archive. subscription.
  15. Book: Roberts. David. Paternalism in Early Victorian England. 2016. Routledge. Abingdon. 978-1-315-61965-1. 255. 21 May 2018.
  16. Book: The Spectator, Volume 12. 1839. F.C. Westley. 1204. 21 May 2018.
  17. News: The Recent Elections. 21 May 2018. Essex Standard. 31 January 1840. 1. British Newspaper Archive. subscription.
  18. News: The Elections. 21 May 2018. Dublin Morning Register. 29 January 1840. 3. British Newspaper Archive. subscription.