Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Shropshire / Salop
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Extract from 1831 result: the dark blue area.
1290–1832
Number of memberstwo
Replaced byNorth Shropshire and South Shropshire

Shropshire (a.k.a. Salop) was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, 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 Knights of the Shire. It was split into North Shropshire and South Shropshire in 1832.

Boundaries[]

The county limits.

Members of Parliament[]

  • Constituency created (1290)

MPs 1290–1653[]

Parliament First member Second member
1298
1298
1301
1305
1307
1309
1312–1318
1320
1328
1337
1361
1364
1369–1383 (6 times)
1371–1382 (5 times)
1373
1377
1377 Sir William Chetwynd
1378 Edward Acton
1380
1382
1382 (Oct) Edward Acton
1384 (Apr) Edward Acton
1384 (Nov) Edward Acton
1385 of South Bache in Diddlebury
1386 Edward Acton [1]
1388 (Feb) Sir Richard Ludlow[1]
1388 (Sep) Edward Acton [1]
1390 (Jan) of South Bache in Diddlebury Sir Richard Ludlow[1]
1390 (Nov) Sir Richard Ludlow[1]
1391 Sir Roger Corbet[1]
1393 John Darras [1]
1394 [1]
1395 [1]
1397 (Jan) [1]
1397 (Sep) [1]
1399 John Burley [1]
1401 John Burley [1]
1402 Sir John Cornwall [1]
1404 (Jan) John Burley [1]
1404 (Oct) John Burley John Darras[1]
1406 David Holbache [1]
1407 Sir John Cornwall David Holbache[1]
1410 John Burley David Holbache[1]
1411 John Burley [1]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) Robert Corbet [1]
1414 (Apr) David Holbache [1]
1414 (Nov) David Holbache [1]
1415 [1]
1416 (Mar) [1]
1416 (Oct)
1417 William Burley [1]
1419 William Burley Robert Corbet[1]
1420 William Burley [1]
1421 (May) William Burley [1]
1421 (Dec) [1]
1422 William Burley
1423
1425 William Burley
1427 William Burley
1429 William Burley Roger Corbet (died 1430)[2]
1431 William Burley
1432 William Burley
1433 William Burley
1437 William Burley
1439 William Burley
1442 William Burley
1445 William Burley
1449 (Nov) William Burley
1450 William Burley
1455 William Burley
1485
1491 Sir Gilbert Talbot Sir Richard Corbet[3]
1510–1523 No names known[4]
1529 Sir Thomas Cornwall John Blount[4]
1536 Richard Trentham ?[4]
1539 Richard Mytton John Corbet[4]
1542
1545 Sir George Blount Richard Mytton[4]
1547 Sir George Blount Richard Newport[4]
1553 (Mar) Richard Mytton Thomas Vernon[4]
1553 (Oct) Richard Mytton Edward Leighton[4]
1554 (Apr) William Charlton Francis Kynaston[4]
1554 (Nov) Richard Mytton William Gatacre[4]
1555 Sir Andrew Corbet Sir Henry Stafford[4]
1558 Richard Corbet Thomas Fermor[4]
1559 (Jan) Sir Andrew Corbet [5]
1562–1563 Richard Corbet, died
and replaced 1566 by Robert Corbet		 Sir Edward Leighton[5]
1571 Sir George Blount George Bromley[5]
1572 (Apr) George Bromley George Mainwaring[5]
1584 (Nov) Walter Leveson Francis Bromley[5]
1586 (Oct) Richard Corbet II Walter Leveson[5]
1588 (Nov) (Sir) Walter Leveson Richard Leveson[5]
1593 Francis Newport II Sir Robert Needham[5]
1597 (Sep) Sir Henry Bromley Thomas Leighton[5]
1601 (Sep) John Egerton Roger Owen[5]
1604 Sir Richard Leveson Sir Robert Needham
1606 Sir Roger Owen Sir Robert Needham
1614 Sir Roger Owen Sir Richard Newport
1621 Sir Robert Vernon Sir Francis Kynaston [6]
1624 Sir Richard Newport Sir Andrew Corbet
1625 Sir Richard Newport Sir Andrew Corbet
1626 Sir Rowland Cotton Sir Richard Leveson
1628 Sir Richard Newport Sir Andrew Corbet
1629–1640 No Parliaments convened
1640 (Apr) William Pierrepont Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet
1640 (Nov) Sir Richard Lee, 2nd Baronet, disabled Sep 1642 Sir Richard Newport. ennobled 1642
1645 Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet, of Stoke upon Tern Humphrey Edwards
1648 Humphrey Edwards one member only
1653 Thomas Baker

MPs 1654–1660[]

Parliament First member Second member Third member Fourth member
1654 Humphrey Mackworth snr. Thomas Mytton Robert Corbet
1658 Thomas Mackworth
1659 Thomas Mackworth two members only

MPS 1660–1832[]

Year First member First party Second member Second party
1660 Sir William Whitmore, 2nd Baronet Henry Vernon
1661 Sir Francis Lawley Sir Richard Ottley
1670 Hon. Richard Newport Whig
1679
1681 William Leveson-Gower
1685 John Walcot
1689 Hon. Richard Newport Whig
1698 Sir Edward Leighton
1699
Jan. 1701 Sir Humphrey Briggs
Dec. 1701
1702 Roger Owen
1705 Sir Robert Corbet
1708 Lord Newport
1710
1713 Lord Newport
1715 Sir Robert Corbet
1722
1727 John Walcot William Lacon Childe
1734 Sir John Astley Corbet Kynaston
1740 Richard Lyster
1766 Charles Baldwyn
1772 Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn
1774 Noel Hill
1780 Sir Richard Hill
1784 [7]
1806
1821 Rowland Hill[8]
1822
  • Constituency abolished (1832)

Elections[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Woodger, L. S. (1993). "Shropshire". In Clark, Linda; Rawcliffe, Carole; Roskell, J. S. (eds.). The House of Commons 1386-1421. The History of Parliament Trust.
  2. ^ Woodger, L. S. (1993). "Corbet, Roger (d. 1430)". In Clark, Linda; Rawcliffe, Carole; Roskell, J. S. (eds.). The House of Commons 1386-1421. The History of Parliament Trust.
  3. ^ Cavill, P. R. (2009). The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191610264.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l Fuidge, N. M. (1982). "Shropshire". In Bindoff, S. T. (ed.). The House of Commons 1509-1558. The History of Parliament Trust.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Hasler, P. W. (1981). "Shropshire". In Hasler, P. W. (ed.). The House of Commons 1558-1603. The History of Parliament Trust.
  6. ^ Bradley, Emily Tennyson (1892). "Kynaston, Francis" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  7. ^ Assumed surname of Powell in 1797. Created a Baronet in 1818.
  8. ^ Styled Sir Rowland Hill, Bt, from 1824.

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