Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Buckinghamshire

Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1265–1885
Number of members| two
Replaced by| Aylesbury, Buckingham and Wycombe

Buckinghamshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It 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 1885.

Its most prominent member was Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.

## Contents

* 1 Boundaries and boundary changes
* 2 Members of Parliament
* 2.1 Knights of the shire 1290–1660
* 2.2 Knights of the shire 1660–1832
* 2.3 Knights of the shire 1832–1885
* 3 Elections
* 3.1 Elections in the 1660-70s
* 3.2 Elections in the 1680-90s
* 3.3 Elections in the 1700-10s
* 3.4 Elections in the 1720-30s
* 3.5 Elections in the 1740-50s
* 3.6 Elections in the 1760-70s
* 3.7 Elections in the 1780-90s
* 3.8 Elections in the 1800-10s
* 3.9 Elections in the 1820-30s
* 3.10 Elections in the 1840-50s
* 3.11 Elections in the 1860-80s
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## Boundaries and boundary changes[edit | edit source]

This county constituency consisted of the historic county of Buckinghamshire, in south-eastern England to the north-west of the modern Greater London region. Its southern boundary was the River Thames. See History of Buckinghamshire for maps of the historic county and details about it.

The county returned two knights of the shire until 1832 and three 1832–1885. The place of election for the county was at the county town of Aylesbury. Aylesbury replaced Buckingham as the county town in 1529.

The county, up to 1885, also contained the borough constituencies of Amersham (originally enfranchised with 2 seats from 1300, revived 1625, disenfranchised 1832), Aylesbury (originally enfranchised with 2 seats from 1302, revived 1554), Buckingham (2 seats from 1529, 1 seat from 1868), Chipping Wycombe (2 seats from 1300, 1 seat from 1868), Great Marlow (2 seats 1625–1868, 1 seat from 1868) and Wendover (2 seats 1625–1832, disenfranchised 1832).

In 1885 the county was split into three single-member county divisions. These were Aylesbury, Buckingham and Wycombe.

Aylesbury, Buckingham, Chipping Wycombe and Great Marlow were disenfranchised as borough constituencies. There were no remaining Parliamentary boroughs in the county from 1885.

## Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Preliminary note: The English civil year started on 25 March until 1752 (Scotland having changed to 1 January in 1600). The year used in the lists of Parliaments in this article have been converted to the new style where necessary. Old style dates would be a year earlier than the new style for days between 1 January and 24 March. No attempt has been made to compensate for the eleven days which did not occur in September 1752 in both England and Scotland as well as other British controlled territories (when the day after 2 September was 14 September), so as to bring the British Empire fully in line with the Gregorian calendar.

Constituency created (1265): See Simon de Montfort's Parliament for further details. Knights of the shire are known to have been summoned to most Parliaments from 1290 (19th Parliament of King Edward I of England) and to every one from 1320 (19th Parliament of King Edward II of England).

### Knights of the shire 1290–1660[edit | edit source]

Further information: Knights of Buckinghamshire

### Knights of the shire 1660–1832[edit | edit source]

Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party

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|  | April 1660  | Thomas Tyrrell |  | Sir William Bowyer, 1st Bt. |
| August 1660  | William Tyringham |
|  | 1679  | Hon. Thomas Wharton | Whig | John Hampden |
| 1681  | Richard Hampden | Whig
| 1685  | Viscount Brackley | Whig
| 1689  | Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Bt. |
| 1690  | Richard Hampden | Whig
| 1695  | Sir Richard Atkins, 2nd Bt. |
| February 1696  | The Viscount Newhaven | Tory
| December 1696  | Henry Neale |
| 1698  | Goodwin Wharton | Whig
| 1701  | Robert Dormer |
| 1702  | The Viscount Newhaven | Tory
| 1704  | Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt. | Whig
| 1705  | Robert Dormer |
| 1706  | William Egerton |
|  | 1708  | Sir Edmund Denton, 1st Bt. |  | Richard Hampden |
| 1710  | The Viscount Fermanagh | Tory
| 1713  | John Fleetwood |
| 1715  | Richard Hampden |
|  | 1722  | Montague Garrard Drake |  | Sir Thomas Lee, 3rd Bt. |
|  | 1727  | Sir William Stanhope |  | Richard Hampden (died 1728) |
| 1729  | Sir Thomas Lee, 3rd Bt. |
|  | 1741  | Richard Grenville | Whig | Richard Lowndes |
| 1747  | Sir William Stanhope |
| 1768  | The Earl Verney | Whig[1]
| 1774  | George Grenville | Whig[1]
| 1779  | Thomas Grenville | Whig[1]
|  | 1784  | William Grenville | Tory[1] | Sir John Aubrey, 6th Bt. | Tory[1]
| June 1790  | The Earl Verney | Whig[1]
| December 1790  | James Grenville | Whig[1]
| 1791  | Marquess of Titchfield | Whig[1]
| 1797  | Earl Temple | Tory[1]
| 1810  | William Selby Lowndes | Whig[1]
| 1813  | Thomas Grenville |
| 1818  | Marquess of Chandos | Tory[1]
| 1820  | Robert Smith | Whig[1]
| 1831  | John Smith | Whig[1]
|  | 1832  | Third member added

### Knights of the shire 1832–1885[edit | edit source]

Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | Third member | Third party

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|  |  | 1832 | Richard Temple-Grenville | Tory[1] | John Smith | Whig[1] | Sir George Dashwood, 5th Bt. | Whig[1]
| 1834 | Conservative[1]
|  | 1835 | Sir William Young, 4th Bt | Conservative[1] | James Backwell Praed | Conservative[1]
| 1837 by-election | George Simon Harcourt | Conservative[1]
| 1839 by-election | Caledon Du Pré | Conservative[1]
| 1841 | Charles Scott-Murray | Conservative[1]
| 1842 by-election | Hon. William FitzMaurice | Conservative[1]
| 1845 by-election | Christopher Tower | Conservative
|  | 1847 | Hon. Charles Cavendish | Whig[2][3][4] | Benjamin Disraeli | Conservative
| 1857 | William Cavendish | Whig[5][6][7]
| 1859 | Liberal
| 1863 by-election | Robert Harvey | Conservative
| 1868 | Nathaniel Lambert | Liberal
| 1874 | Sir Robert Harvey, Bt | Conservative
| 1876 by-election | Hon. Thomas Fremantle | Conservative
| 1880 | Rupert Carington | Liberal
| 1885 | Constituency divided. See Aylesbury, Buckingham and Wycombe

## Elections[edit | edit source]

In multi-member elections the bloc voting system was used. Voters could cast a vote for one or two (or three in three-member elections 1832–1868) candidates, as they chose. The leading candidates with the largest number of votes were elected. In 1868 the limited vote was introduced, which restricted an individual elector to using one or two votes, in elections to fill three seats.

In by-elections, to fill a single seat, the first past the post system applied.

After 1832, when registration of voters was introduced, a turnout figure is given for contested elections. In three-member elections, when the exact number of participating voters is unknown, this is calculated by dividing the number of votes by three (to 1868) and two thereafter. To the extent that electors did not use all their votes this will be an underestimate of turnout.

Where a party had more than one candidate in one or both of a pair of successive elections change is calculated for each individual candidate, otherwise change is based on the party vote.

Candidates for whom no party has been identified are classified as Non Partisan. The candidate might have been associated with a party or faction in Parliament or consider himself to belong to a particular political tradition. Political parties before the 19th century were not as cohesive or organized as they later became. Contemporary commentators (even the reputed leaders of parties or factions) in the 18th century did not necessarily agree who the party supporters were. The traditional parties, which had arisen in the late 17th century, became increasingly irrelevant to politics in the 18th century (particularly after 1760), although for some contests in some constituencies party labels were still used. It was only toward the end of the century that party labels began to acquire some meaning again, although this process was by no means complete for several more generations.'

Sources: The results for elections 1660-1790 were taken from the History of Parliament Trust publications. The results are based on Stooks Smith from 1790 until the 1832 United Kingdom general election and Craig from 1832. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information after 1832 this is indicated in a note.

1660-70s – 1680-90s – 1700-10s – 1720-30s – 1740-50s – 1760-70s – 1780-90s – 1800-10s – 1820-30s – 1840-50s – 1860-80s

### Elections in the 1660-70s[edit | edit source]

General election 11 April 1660: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | William Bowyer | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan | Thomas Tyrrell | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Appointment of Tyrrell as a Judge

By-election 22 August 1660: Buckinghamshire  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | William Tyringham | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
General election 1661: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | William Bowyer | 1,499  | 27.58  | N/A
| Non Partisan | William Tyringham | 1,379  | 25.37  | N/A
| Non Partisan | Richard Hampden | 1,315  | 24.20  | N/A
| Non Partisan | R. Winwood | 1,242  | 22.85  | N/A
General election 5 February 1679: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | John Hampden | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig | Thomas Wharton | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

### Elections in the 1680-90s[edit | edit source]

General election 1680: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | John Hampden | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig | Thomas Wharton | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
General election 2 February 1681: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | Richard Hampden | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig | Thomas Wharton | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
General election 10 April 1685: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | John Egerton | 2,430  | 44.66  | N/A
| Whig | Thomas Wharton | 1,804  | 33.16  | N/A
| Non Partisan | T. Hackett | 1,207  | 22.18  | N/A
General election 10 January 1689: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Thomas Lee | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig | Thomas Wharton | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
General election 19 February 1690: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | Richard Hampden | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig | Thomas Wharton | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
General election 30 October 1695: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Richard Atkins | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig | Thomas Wharton | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Succession of Wharton as 5th Baron Wharton

By-election 24 February 1696: Buckinghamshire  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Tory | William Cheyne | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Tory gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |

* Note (February 1696): The William Cheyne succeeded his father as the 2nd Viscount Newhaven, an Irish peerage, in 1698.
* Death of Atkins

By-election 31 December 1696: Buckinghamshire  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Henry Neale | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
General election 27 August 1698: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Tory | William Cheyne | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig | Goodwin Wharton | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

### Elections in the 1700-10s[edit | edit source]

General election February 1701: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Tory | William Cheyne | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig | Goodwin Wharton | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
General election 10 December 1701: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Robert Dormer | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig | Goodwin Wharton | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
General election 22 July 1702: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Tory | William Cheyne | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig | Goodwin Wharton | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Death of Wharton

By-election 8 November 1704: Buckinghamshire  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | Richard Temple | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig gain from Non Partisan | Swing | N/A |
General election 24 May 1705: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Robert Dormer | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig | Richard Temple | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Appointment of Dormer as a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas

By-election 27 February 1706: Buckinghamshire  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan |  William Egerton | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
General election 18 May 1708: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Edmund Denton | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan | Richard Hampden | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Note (1708): Possible classification - Hampden (W)

General election 4 October 1710: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Edmund Denton | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Tory | John Verney | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
General election 2 September 1713: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Tory | John Verney | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan | John Fleetwood | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Note (1713): Possible classification - Fleetwood (T)

General election 2 February 1715: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | John Fleetwood | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan | Richard Hampden | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Note (1715): Possible classification - Fleetwood (T), Hampden (W)
* Appointment of Hampden as a Teller of the Exchequer

By-election 4 July 1716: Buckinghamshire  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Richard Hampden | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |

* Note (1716): Possible classification - Hampden (W)
* Appointment of Hampden as Treasurer of the Navy

By-election 9 April 1717: Buckinghamshire  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Richard Hampden | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |

* Note (1717): Possible classification - Hampden (W)

### Elections in the 1720-30s[edit | edit source]

General election 4 April 1722: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Montague Garrard Drake | 2,441  | 37.21  | N/A
| Non Partisan | Thomas Lee | 2,415  | 36.81  | N/A
| Non Partisan | Fleetwood Dormer | 1,704  | 25.98  | N/A

* Note (1722): Possible classification - Drake (T), Lee & Dormer (W)

General election 16 August 1727: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Hon. William Stanhope | 2,310  | 39.39  | N/A
| Non Partisan | Richard Hampden | 1,903  | 32.45  | N/A
| Non Partisan | William Gore | 1,651  | 28.16  | N/A

* Note (1727): Possible classification - Stanhope & Hampden (W), Gore (T)
* Death of Hampden

By-election 29 January 1729: Buckinghamshire  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Thomas Lee | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |

* Note (1729): Possible classification - Lee (W)

General election 1734: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan |  William Stanhope | 2,414  | 43.96  | N/A
| Non Partisan | Thomas Lee | 1,763  | 32.11  | N/A
| Non Partisan | Richard Lowndes | 1,314  | 23.93  | N/A

* Note (1734): Possible classification - Stanhope & Lee (W), Lowndes (T)

### Elections in the 1740-50s[edit | edit source]

General election 6 May 1741: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | Richard Grenville | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan | Richard Lowndes | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Note (1741): Possible classification - Lowndes (T)

General election 6 July 1747: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Richard Lowndes | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan | Hon. William Stanhope | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Note (1747): Possible classification - Lowndes (T), Stanhope (W)

General election 17 April 1754: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Richard Lowndes | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan | William Stanhope | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Note (1754): Possible classification - Lowndes (T), Stanhope (W)

### Elections in the 1760-70s[edit | edit source]

General election 4 April 1761: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Richard Lowndes | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan | Hon. William Stanhope | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Note (1761): Possible classification - Lowndes (T), Stanhope (W)

General election 28 March 1768: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Richard Lowndes | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig | Ralph Verney | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Note (1768): Possible classification - Lowndes (T)

General election 19 October 1774: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | George Grenville | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig | Ralph Verney | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Succession of Grenville as 3rd Earl Temple

By-election 25 October 1779: Buckinghamshire  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | Thomas Grenville | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig hold | Swing | N/A |

### Elections in the 1780-90s[edit | edit source]

General election 13 September 1780: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | Thomas Grenville | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig | Ralph Verney | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
General election 21 April 1784: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | William Grenville | 2,261  | 39.55  | N/A
| Non Partisan | John Aubrey | 1,740  | 30.44  | N/A
| Whig | Ralph Verney | 1,716  | 30.02  | N/A

* Note (1784): Poll 13 days. 3,548 voted. Possible classification for Aubrey (T). (Source: Stooks Smith)
* An alternative interpretation is that Aubrey was a supporter of Pitt (who called himself a Whig, although retrospectively usually classified as a Tory). Aubrey had very clearly identified himself with the opposition to the Fox-North coalition. (Source: Davis)
* Appointment of Grenville as Secretary of State for the Home Department

By-election 19 June 1789: Buckinghamshire  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | William Grenville | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
General election 22 June 1790: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Tory | William Bentinck | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig | Ralph Verney | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Death of Verney

By-election 27 December 1790: Buckinghamshire  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | James Grenville | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
General election 1 June 1796: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | James Grenville | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Tory | William Bentinck | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Resignation of Grenville

By-election 30 June 1797: Buckinghamshire  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Earl Temple | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |

### Elections in the 1800-10s[edit | edit source]

General election July 1802: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Earl Temple | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Tory | William Bentinck | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Note (1802): Identifying a definitive party label for Temple and Titchfield is difficult. Stooks Smith considered Temple a Tory and Titchfield a Whig, but he may not be reliable for Bucks candidates allegiances before about 1818. Both knights of the shire were members of traditional Whig families and were closely related to one or more Whig Prime Ministers. Temple was a member of the Grenville family, which had supported their cousin William Pitt the Younger during his first premiership 1783-1801. Former Bucks MP (and uncle of Earl Temple) William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville had become closer to Charles James Fox and his faction of opposition Whigs since leaving office with Pitt in 1801. This may have affected the political position of his relatives like Earl Temple. Titchfield was the son of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland who had been the Whig Prime Minister of the Fox-North Coalition, in office before Pitt. However Portland had split his Whig faction and broken with the pre-eminent opposition Whig leader in the House of Commons, Charles James Fox, over the attitude to be taken to the French Revolution. Portland joined Pitt's cabinet in 1794. Pitt called himself a Whig, although his followers came from both traditional Whig and Tory families. Titchfield, when he was first elected for the county in 1791, had been brought forward as a candidate by the Buckinghamshire Independent Club. This club had supported the late Earl Verney, and were definitely a Whig organisation. At that time Titchfield's father was the leader of the largest Whig faction in opposition to Pitt's Ministry. However Davis does imply that Titchfield himself was a Tory, which is how he has been classified in this article. In the absence of a clear indication of whether Temple considered himself a Whig or Tory at this stage of his career, he has been classified as a Non Partisan member for this article.

General election 1806: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Earl Temple | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Tory | William Bentinck | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Note (1806): As for 1802 save that following Pitt's death William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, who had not joined Pitt's second Ministry in 1804, become Prime Minister of the Ministry of All the Talents in 1806. This may have led the Grenvilles, in retrospect, to continue to be regarded as Whig when Pitt and other groups of his supporters came to be called Tory after Pitt's death.

General election 11 May 1807: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Earl Temple | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Tory | William Bentinck | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Note (1807): As before save that in 1807 the Duke of Portland had formed a Tory administration (although he claimed to be the Whig Prime Minister of a Tory Ministry). In retrospect Portland has been regarded as a Tory at the time of his second Ministry.
* Succession of Titchfield as 4th Duke of Portland

By-election 3 January 1810: Buckinghamshire  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | William Selby Lowndes | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan gain from Tory | Swing | N/A |

* Note (1810): Possible party for Selby Lowndes is Whig (source: Stooks Smith), but given his conservative religious views and support for Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth's anti-dissenter policy it may be best to regard him as a member of a traditional Whig family who was moving towards being a nineteenth century Tory. He has been classified as Non Partisan for the purpose of this article.

General election 1812: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | William Selby Lowndes | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan | Earl Temple | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* Succession of Temple as 2nd Marquess of Buckingham

By-election 6 March 1813: Buckinghamshire  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | Thomas Grenville | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |

* Note (1813): Grenville was the uncle of the 2nd Marquess of Buckingham (formerly Earl Temple MP). The same factors noted for Temple lead to Thomas Grenville being classified as Non Partisan for the purpose of this article. Stooks Smith however classifies him as Tory and he was of the same generation as his brother William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville classified by Stooks Smith as a Tory and in this article as a Whig.

General election 22 June 1818: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Non Partisan | William Selby Lowndes | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Tory | Earl Temple | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

### Elections in the 1820-30s[edit | edit source]

General election 13 March 1820: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | Robert Smith | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Tory | Richard Temple-Grenville | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A

* From 1822 Temple was known by the courtesy title of Marquess of Chandos, as his father was created 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

General election 1826: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Tory | Richard Temple-Grenville | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Whig | Robert Smith | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
General election 1830: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)[1][8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Tory | Richard Temple-Grenville | Unopposed
| Whig | Robert Smith | Unopposed
Registered electors | c. 4,000 |
| Tory hold
| Whig hold
General election 9 May 1831: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)[1][8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Tory | Richard Temple-Grenville | 1,594  | 42.2
| Whig | John Smith (Buckinghamshire MP)  | 1,284  | 34.0
| Whig | Pascoe Grenfell | 901  | 23.8
Turnout | 2,593  | c. 64.8
Registered electors | c. 4,000 |
Majority  | 310  | 8.2
| Tory hold
Majority  | 383  | 10.2
| Whig hold

* Note (1831): Chandos 1,287 plumpers, 287 split with Smith, 18 split with Grenfell; Smith 191 plumpers, 806 split with Grenfell; Grenfell 2 plumpers. Total voters 2,593. (Source: Davis). Poll: 4 days.[1]

General election 17 December 1832: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[1][9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Tory | Richard Temple-Grenville | 2,856  | 33.8  | +12.7
| Whig | John Smith (Buckinghamshire MP)  | 2,402  | 28.5  | −5.5
| Whig | George Dashwood | 1,647  | 19.5  | −4.3
| Tory | Charles Scott-Murray | 1,536  | 18.2  | −2.9
Turnout | 4,189  | 78.9  | +14.1
Registered electors | 5,306  |  |
Majority  | 454  | 5.3  | −2.9
| Tory hold | Swing | +8.8  |
Majority  | 866  | 10.3  | +0.1
| Whig hold | Swing | −5.2  |
| Whig win (new seat)
General election 10 January 1835: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[1][9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Richard Temple-Grenville | 3,094  | 28.9  | +11.6
| Conservative | William Young | 2,394  | 22.4  | +5.1
| Conservative | James Backwell Praed  | 2,179  | 20.4  | +3.1
| Whig | George Dashwood | 1,672  | 15.6  | −12.9
| Whig | John Lee  | 1,365  | 12.8  | −6.7
Majority  | 507  | 4.8  | −0.5
Turnout | 3,946  | 73.5  | −5.4
Registered electors | 5,371  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +9.1  |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +5.8  |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +4.8  |

* Death of Praed

By-election, 20 February 1837: Buckinghamshire[1][9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | George Simon Harcourt  | 2,233  | 69.5  | −2.2
| Whig | George Dashwood | 982  | 30.5  | +2.1
Majority  | 1,251  | 39.0  | +34.2
Turnout | 3,215  | 55.8  | −17.7
Registered electors | 5,760  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.2  |
General election 1837: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[1][9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Richard Temple-Grenville | 2,993  | 28.8  | −0.1
| Conservative | George Simon Harcourt  | 2,704  | 26.0  | +3.6
| Conservative | William Young | 2,633  | 25.3  | +4.9
| Whig | George Robert Smith | 2,071  | 19.9  | −8.5
Majority  | 562  | 5.4  | +0.6
Turnout | 4,464  | 77.5  | +4.0
Registered electors | 5,760  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.2  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.9  |

* Succession of Chandos as 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

By-election, 18 February 1839: Buckinghamshire[1][9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Conservative | Caledon Du Pré | Unopposed
| Conservative hold

### Elections in the 1840-50s[edit | edit source]

General election 5 July 1841: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[1][9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | William Young | 2,578  | 29.8  | +4.5
| Conservative | Caledon Du Pré | 2,572  | 29.8  | +1.0
| Conservative | Charles Scott-Murray | 2,547  | 29.5  | +3.5
| Whig | John Lee  | 495  | 5.7  | −14.2
| Radical | Henry Morgan Vane  | 450  | 5.2  | New
Majority  | 2,052  | 23.7  | +18.3
Turnout | 3,071  | 49.9  | −27.6
Registered electors | 6,156  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.9  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.2  |

* Death of Young

By-election, 15 July 1842: Buckinghamshire[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | William Fitzmaurice | Unopposed
| Conservative hold

* Resignation of Scott-Murray by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme

By-election, 21 February 1845: Buckinghamshire[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Christopher Tower | Unopposed
| Conservative hold
General election 4 August 1847: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | Charles Cavendish | Unopposed
| Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli | Unopposed
| Conservative | Caledon Du Pré | Unopposed
Registered electors | 5,798  |  |
| Whig gain from Conservative
| Conservative hold
| Conservative hold

* Appointment of Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer

By-election 12 March 1852: Buckinghamshire[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli | Unopposed
| Conservative hold
General election 1852: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Caledon Du Pré | 2,000  | 33.2  | N/A
| Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli | 1,973  | 32.7  | N/A
| Whig | Charles Cavendish | 1,403  | 23.3  | N/A
| Radical | John Lee[10] | 656  | 10.9  | New
Majority  | 570  | 9.4  | N/A
Turnout | 3,016 (est)  | 53.3 (est)  | N/A
Registered electors | 5,659  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
| Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
General election 1857: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | Charles Cavendish | Unopposed
| Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli | Unopposed
| Conservative | Caledon Du Pré | Unopposed
Registered electors | 5,353  |  |
| Whig hold
| Conservative hold
| Conservative hold

* Creation of Cavendish as 1st Baron Chesham

By-election 28 December 1857: Buckinghamshire[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | William Cavendish | 1,617  | 52.7  | N/A
| Conservative | Charles Baillie-Hamilton | 1,454  | 47.3  | N/A
Majority  | 163  | 5.4  | N/A
Turnout | 3,071  | 57.4  | N/A
Registered electors | 5,353  |  |
| Whig hold | Swing | N/A |

* Appointment of Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer

By-election 8 March 1858: Buckinghamshire[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli | Unopposed
| Conservative hold
General election 1859: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | William Cavendish | Unopposed
| Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli | Unopposed
| Conservative | Caledon Du Pré | Unopposed
Registered electors | 5,343  |  |
| Liberal hold
| Conservative hold
| Conservative hold

### Elections in the 1860-80s[edit | edit source]

* Succession of Cavendish as 2nd Baron Chesham

By-election 29 December 1863: Buckinghamshire[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Robert Harvey | 2,311  | 88.1  | N/A
| Liberal | John Lee  | 313  | 11.9  | N/A
Majority  | 1,998  | 76.2  | N/A
Turnout | 2,624  | 45.0  | N/A
Registered electors | 5,836  |  |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
General election 1865: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli | Unopposed
| Conservative | Caledon Du Pré | Unopposed
| Conservative | Robert Harvey | Unopposed
Registered electors | 6,126  |  |
| Conservative hold
| Conservative hold
| Conservative gain from Liberal

* Appointment of Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer

By-election 13 July 1866: Buckinghamshire[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli | Unopposed
| Conservative hold
General election 19 November 1868: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli | Unopposed
| Conservative | Caledon Du Pré | Unopposed
| Liberal | Nathaniel Lambert | Unopposed
Registered electors | 7,894  |  |
| Conservative hold
| Conservative hold
| Conservative hold
General election 14 February 1874: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli | 2,999  | 38.6  | N/A
| Conservative | Robert Harvey | 2,902  | 37.3  | N/A
| Liberal | Nathaniel Lambert | 1,720  | 22.1  | N/A
| Ind. Conservative | William Talley[11] | 151  | 1.9  | New
Turnout | 4,822 (est)  | 65.4 (est)  | N/A
Registered electors | 7,368  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Majority  | 1,182  | 15.2  | N/A
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Majority  | 1,569  | 20.2  | N/A

* Talley was a Slough solicitor who contested the seat as a "Progressive Conservative". (Source: Davis)
* Appointment of Disraeli as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury

By-election 17 March 1874: Buckinghamshire[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli | Unopposed
| Conservative hold

* Creation of Disraeli as 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

By-election 22 September 1876: Buckinghamshire[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Thomas Fremantle | 2,725  | 51.8  | −24.1
| Liberal | Rupert Carington | 2,539  | 48.2  | +26.1
Majority  | 186  | 3.5  | −11.7
Turnout | 5,264  | 72.4  | +7.0
Registered electors | 7,273  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | −25.1  |
General election 10 April 1880: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Robert Harvey | 2,956  | 31.7  | −5.6
| Conservative | Thomas Fremantle | 2,790  | 29.9  | −8.7
| Liberal | Rupert Carington | 2,790  | 29.9  | +7.8
| Ind. Conservative | Frederick Charsley[12] | 796  | 8.5  | N/A
Turnout | 5,746 (est)  | 70.8 (est)  | +5.4
Registered electors | 8,114  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | −4.8  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | −6.3  |
Majority  | 0  | 0.0  | −15.2
| Liberal hold | Swing | +11.1  |
Majority  | 1,994  | 21.4  | +1.2

* Constituency divided in the 1885 redistribution

## See also[edit | edit source]

* List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
* Unreformed House of Commons
* List of parliaments of England

## References[edit | edit source]

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2. ^ Fisher, David R. (1986). Thorne, R. (ed.). "CAVENDISH, Charles Compton (1793–1863), of Latimers, nr. Chesham, Bucks". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
3. ^ Spencer, Howard; Salmon, Philip. Fisher, D. R. (ed.). "CAVENDISH, Charles Compton (1793–1863), of Latimers, nr. Chesham, Bucks". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
4. ^ "Bucks Gazette". 7 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 29 July 2018 - via British Newspaper Archive.
5. ^ "Members Returned". Norfolk News. 7 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 24 June 2018 - via British Newspaper Archive.
6. ^ "Buckinghamshire". North Devon Journal. 17 December 1857. p. 8. Retrieved 29 July 2018 - via British Newspaper Archive.
7. ^ "Buckinghamshire Election". Oxford Journal. 26 December 1857. p. 8. Retrieved 29 July 2018 - via British Newspaper Archive.
8. ^ a b Fisher, David R. "Buckinghamshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 355–356. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
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11. ^ "Buckinghamshire". Berkshire Chronicle. 31 January 1874. p. 8. Retrieved 28 December 2017 - via British Newspaper Archive.
12. ^ "District News". Bucks Herald. 10 April 1880. p. 6. Retrieved 28 December 2017 - via British Newspaper Archive.

* The History and Antiquities of Buckinghamshire, Vol. 1, by George Lipscomb (1847)
* The House of Commons 1754-1790, by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)
* Political Change and Continuity 1760-1885: A Buckinghamshire Study, by Richard W. Davis (David & Charles 1972)
* The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F. W. S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
* Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
* British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
* Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)

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since 1865

Title last held by

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27 February – 1 December 1868  | Succeeded by

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Preceded by

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|  Constituency represented by the Prime Minister
1874–1876  | Vacant

until 1880

Title next held by

Midlothian
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