Warwick (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Warwick
Parliament:uk
Year:1295
Abolished:1885
Type:Borough
Elects Howmany:Two
Region:England
Towns:Warwick

Warwick was a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Warwick, within the larger Warwickshire constituency of England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new single-member constituency of Warwick and Leamington.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1640

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1386Robert NortonHenry Trymenell[1]
1388 (Feb)Robert NortonHenry Trymenell
1388 (Sep)John RainesJohn Russell
1390 (Jan)John Buckmore
1390 (Nov)
1391Henry de la Chamber
1393Maurice de la ChamberHenry ?
1394Maurice Luttrell
1395Maurice de la ChamberJohn Allerwich
1397 (Jan)Henry TrymenellRobert Walden
1397 (Sep)John BromeWilliam Ilshawe
1399William RudingWilliam Hull
1401?John Brome?William Hopkins
1402John BromeRichard Hewe
1404 (Jan)Simon BennettJohn Weston
1404 (Oct)
1406John BromeJohn Weston
1407Thomas EllamRichard Ferrour alias Barkes
1410John WestonRoger Wootton
1411John WestonRoger Wootton
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)Nicholas RodyRoger Wootton
1414 (Apr)John BromeRoger Wootton
1414 (Nov)Nicholas RodyRoger Wootton
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417
1419Nicholas RodyRoger Wootton
1420John RodyJohn Usk
1421 (May)Nicholas RodyJohn Upton
1421 (Dec)Nicholas RodyJohn Rody
1510–1523No names known [2]
1529William NewenhamThomas Holte
1536?
1539?
1542Clement ThrockmortonWilliam Webbe
1545Kenelm ThrockmortonWilliam Pinnock
1547Sir William PickeringClement Throckmorton
1553 (Mar)Clement ThrockmortonJohn Throckmorton
1553 (Oct)Clement ThrockmortonEdward Ferrers
1554 (Apr)George ThrockmortonThomas Fisher
1554 (Nov)Thomas FisherRalph Broune
1555Kenelm ThrockmortonThomas Fisher
1558Thomas FisherJohn Butler
1558/1559Thomas ThrockmortonThomas Fisher[3]
1562/1563Walter HaddonJohn Butler
1571 (Mar)Edward AglionbyJohn Fisher
1572 (Apr)Thomas DudleyJohn Fisher
1584 (Nov)Thomas DudleyJohn Fisher
1586 (Oct)Thomas DudleyJob Throckmorton
1588 (Oct)James DyerThomas Dudley
1593John HugfordWilliam Combe
1597 (Sep)John Townsend
1601 (Oct)John Townsend
1604John Townsend
1614Sir Greville VerneyJohn Townsend
1621John CokeSir Greville Verney
1624Sir Edward ConwayFrancis Lucy
1625Sir Francis Leigh, BtFrancis Lucy
1626Sir Francis Leigh, Bt.Francis Lucy
1628Hon. Robert Greville Election declared void
Replaced by
Anthony Stoughton[4]
1629-1640No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1885

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
November 1640William PurefoySir Thomas Lucy[5]
December 1640Godfrey Bosvile
1653Warwick was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
Richard LucyWarwick had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
Clement Throckmorton
Fulke LucyThomas Archer
May 1659William PurefoyOne seat vacant
August 1659Both seats vacant after Purefoy's death
April 1660Sir Clement Throckmorton<-- party -->John Rous
1661Henry Puckering
1664Fulke GrevilleSir Francis Compton<-- party -->
1677Robert Digby
1678John Bowyer
February 1679John CloptonHenry Puckering
August 1679Thomas Lucy<-- party -->Richard Booth
1681Thomas Coventry[6] <-- party -->
1685Simon Digby
1689William ColemoreWilliam Digby<-- party -->
1695Francis Greville
1698Robert GrevilleThomas Wagstaffe<-- party -->
1699Algernon Greville
January 1701Francis Greville<-- party -->
November 1701Algernon Greville
1705Dodington Greville<-- party -->
1710Charles Leigh
1713William Colemore
1722William Keyt<-- party -->
1727 William BromleyTory
1735[7] Thomas ArcherHenry Archer<-- party -->
1741Wills Hill[8]
1756John Spencer
1761Hamilton Boyle
1762Paul Methuen
March 1768George Greville<-- party -->
May 1768Paul Methuen<-- party -->
January 1774Charles Francis GrevilleTory
October 1774Robert Fulke GrevilleTory
1780Robert LadbrokeWhig[9]
1790Charles PercevalToryHenry GageTory
1792George VilliersTory
1796Samuel GaussenTory
1802Charles MillsToryHenry GrevilleTory
1816Charles John GrevilleTory
1826John TomesWhig
1831Edward Bolton KingWhig
1832Charles John Greville[10] Tory
1833Writ suspended – seat vacant
1835Charles John GrevilleConservative
1836Charles CanningConservative
March 1837William CollinsWhig[11] [12] [13] [14]
July 1837Charles Eurwicke DouglasConservative
1852George William John ReptonConservativeEdward GreavesConservative
1865Arthur PeelLiberal
1868Edward GreavesConservative
1874George ReptonConservative
1885Constituency abolished: see Warwick and Leamington

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Greville's election was later declared void but no writ was issued for a by-election to elect a new MP.

Greville resigned, causing a by-election.

Canning was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Earl Canning and causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Douglas was appointed a commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History of Parliament. 2011-09-19.
  2. Web site: History of Parliament. 2011-09-19.
  3. Web site: History of Parliament. 2011-09-19.
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=0QpcE0fwP-kC&dq=%22Francis+Lucy%22+Warwick&pg=PA92 Ann Hughes Politics, Society and Civil War in Warwickshire, 1620–1660
  5. Died December 1640
  6. Succeeded to a peerage as 5th Baron Coventry, July 1687, but the vacancy as MP for Warwick was not immediately filled
  7. On petition, Keyt and Bromley were declared not to have been duly re-elected in 1734
  8. Created Earl of Hillsborough (in the Peerage of Ireland), 1751
  9. Book: Stooks Smith . Henry . The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive . 1845 . Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. . London . 100–102 . . 22 December 2018.
  10. 1832: Greville's election was declared void on petition, and the constituency's writ was suspended
  11. News: State of Polls, & Members Returned . 17 July 2018 . Worcester Journal . 27 July 1837 . 3 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  12. News: The Appropriation Clause . 17 July 2018 . . 28 August 1837 . 4 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  13. News: Elections . 17 July 2018 . Saunders's News-Letter . 28 July 1837 . 3 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  14. Book: Edward. Churton. Edward Churton. The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. 1838. 60. . 22 December 2018.