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
1640-1868
1868-1885
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
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) https://books.google.com/books?id=Gh2wKY2rkDUC&q=Return+of+Members+of+Parliament
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) https://web.archive.org/web/20150904125310/http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=p-000-00---0modhis06--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00001-001-1-1isoZz-8859Zz-1-0&a=d&cl=CL1
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
Notes and References
- Web site: History of Parliament. 2011-09-25.
- 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
- Powlett was also elected for Hampshire, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Lymington
- Created a baronet, April 1769
- Styled Marquess of Winchester from 1754
- 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
- Major from 1786
- Succeeded as a baronet, April 1791; Captain (RN) from 1793; took the surname Burrard-Neale in 1795
- Book: Stooks Smith
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. 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 .
- 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.
- Keppel, George Thomas. Chichester. Henry Manners. Henry Manners Chichester. 31. 21 May 2018-->.
- 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.
- Web site: John Stewart. Legacies of British Slave-ownership. University College London. 21 May 2018.
- News: The New Parliament. 21 May 2018. Reading Mercury. 7 August 1847. 2. British Newspaper Archive. subscription.
- Book: Roberts. David. Paternalism in Early Victorian England. 2016. Routledge. Abingdon. 978-1-315-61965-1. 255. 21 May 2018.
- Book: The Spectator, Volume 12. 1839. F.C. Westley. 1204. 21 May 2018.
- News: The Recent Elections. 21 May 2018. Essex Standard. 31 January 1840. 1. British Newspaper Archive. subscription.
- News: The Elections. 21 May 2018. Dublin Morning Register. 29 January 1840. 3. British Newspaper Archive. subscription.
