Bishop's Castle (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bishop's Castle
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1290–1832
Number of memberstwo
Replaced bySouth Shropshire

Bishop's Castle was a borough constituency in Shropshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was founded in 1584 and was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two burgesses.

Members of Parliament[]

MPs 1584–1660[]

Parliament First member Second member
1584
1586
1588
1593
1597
1601
1604
1614 Edward Littleton[1]
1621
1624 Sir Robert Howard[2] Richard Oakeley
1625
1626
1628 Sir Robert Howard
1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr) Sir Robert Howard Richard Moor
1640 (Nov) Sir Robert Howard Richard Moor
1645
1648
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[]

Year First member First party Second member Second party
1660 William Oakeley Edmund Waring
1679
1681 Sir Richard Mason
1685 Edmund Waring Francis Charlton
1689
Mr. 1690 William Oakeley
May 1690
Mr. 1695
Oct. 1695
1698 Sir William Brownlow
Jan. 1701
Nov. 1701 Henry Brett
1706 Henry Newport Whig
1708
1710 Sir Robert Raymond
1715
1719 Sir Matthew Decker
1722 William Peere Williams
1726
1727 Robert More John Plumptre
1734 Edward Kynaston
1741 Henry Brydges
1744 Granville Leveson-Gower
1747 Samuel Child
1753 John Dashwood-King
1754 Barnaby Backwell
1755 Walter Waring
1759 Henry Grenville
1761 Francis Child Peregrine Cust
1763 George Clive
1768 William Clive
1770 Alexander Wedderburn
1774 Henry Strachey
1778 Alexander Wedderburn
1779 William Clive
1780 Henry Strachey
1802
1819 Douglas Kinnaird
1820 William Holmes Tory[3] Tory[4]
1830 Tory[5]
1831 James Knight-Bruce Tory[6]
  • Constituency abolished / disenfranchised (1832)

Election results[]

Elections in the 1830s[]

General election, 30 April 1831: Bishop's Castle[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Edward Rogers (MP) Unopposed
Tory James Knight Unopposed
Registered electors c. 200
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election, 31 July 1830: Bishop's Castle[7]
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[]

  • Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire#Historical constituencies
  • List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
  • Unreformed House of Commons

References[]

  1. ^ Christopher W. Brooks, ‘Littleton, Edward, Baron Littleton (1589–1645)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004|| online edn, Jan 2008
  2. ^ "Howard, Robert (1585-1653)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Escott, Margaret. "CORNEWALL, Frederick Hamilton (1791-1845), of Delbury Hall, Diddlebury, Salop". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b Escott, Margaret. "Bishop's Castle". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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