Marlborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Marlborough

Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1295–1885
Seats| two (1295–1868); one (1868–1885)
Replaced by| Devizes

Marlborough was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Marlborough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.

## Members of Parliament

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### 1295–1640

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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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Parliament | First member | Second member

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1386 | Thomas Cryps | John Jenewyne[1]
1388 (Feb) | John Curteys | John Wyly[1]
1388 (Sep) | John Curteys | John Wyly[1]
1390 (Jan) | Thomas Calston | Robert Warner[1]
1390 (Nov) |
1391 |
1393 | John Curteys | Thomas Lechenore[1]
1394 | John Curteys | Richard Frys[1]
1395 | John Curteys | Robert Drake[1]
1397 (Jan) |
1397 (Sep) | John Canynges | Nicholas Cley[1]
1399 | Thomas Cryps | Thomas Cook[1]
1401 |
1402 | Richard Collingbourne | John Bird[1]
1404 (Jan) |
1404 (Oct) |
1406 | Thomas Heose | Nicholas Tympeneye[1]
1407 |
1410 |
1411 |
1413 (Feb) |
1413 (May) | John Bird | William Byllyngtre[1]
1414 (Apr) | Thomas Hathaway | William Alcliffe[1]
1414 (Nov) | Thomas Hathaway | John Bird[1]
1415 | John Bird | Thomas Newman[1]
1416 (Mar) | Thomas Newman | Nicholas Swan[1]
1416 (Oct) |
1417 | William Hungate | Hugh Gower[1]
1419 |
1420 | Hugh Gower | Nicholas Swan[1]
1421 (May) | Hugh Gower | Laurence Fitton[1]
1421 (Dec) | Hugh Gower | John Giles[1]
1455 | Thomas Vaughan[2]
1510–1523 | No names known [3]
1529 | Edmund Darrell | Henry Bagot[3]
1536 | ?
1539 | ?John Berwick | ?John Thynne[3]
1542 | ?William Barnes | ?John Thynne [3]
1545 | John Thynne | Andrew Baynton[3]
1547 | Humphrey Moseley | Thomas Smith[3]
1553 (Mar) | William Button | Roger Colly[3]
1553 (Oct) | Robert Weare alias Brown | Robert Bithway[3]
1554 (Apr) | Owen Gwyn | Thomas Tyndale[3]
1554 (Nov) | Peter Taylor alias Perce | John Broke[3]
1555 | Andrew Baynton | Gabriel Pleydell[3]
1558 | William Daniell | William Fleetwood[3]
1559 | William Daniell | John Young[4]
1562–3 | Michael Blount | Leonard Dannett[4]
1571 | John Cornwall | Philip Godwyn[4]
1572 | Nicholas St John | John Stanhope[4]
1584 | Henry Ughtred | Edward Stanhope[4]
1586 | Edward Stanhope | Edmund Hungerford[4]
1588 | Richard Wheler | John Cornwall[4]
1593 | Richard Wheler | Anthony Hungerford[4]
1597 | Richard Digges | Richard Wheler[4]
1601 | Richard Digges | Lawrence Hyde
1604–1611 | Lawrence Hyde | Richard Digges
1614 | Richard Digges | Sir Francis Popham
1621 | William Seymour, Lord Beauchamp, ennobled 1621
and replaced by Walter Devereux | Richard Digges
1624 | Sir Francis Seymour | Richard Digges
1625 | Richard Digges | Edward Kyrton
1626 | Richard Digges | Edward Kyrton
1628 | Richard Digges | Henry Piercy
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned

### 1640–1868

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

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March 1640 |  | Sir William Carnaby | Royalist |  | Francis Baskerville |
November 1640 |  | John Francklyn | Parliamentarian |  | Sir Francis Seymour | Royalist
1641  |  | Philip Smith | Parliamentarian
1645  |  | Charles Fleetwood |
1653  | Marlborough was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654 |  | Charles Fleetwood |  | Marlborough had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656 |  | Jerome Sankey |
January 1659 |  | Thomas Grove |  |  | James Hayes |
May 1659 |  | Charles Fleetwood |  |  | Philip Smith |
April 1660  |  | Henry Hungerford |  |  | Jeffrey Daniel |
1661  |  | Lord John Seymour |
1673  |  | Sir John Elwes |
February 1679 |  | Thomas Bennet |  |  | Edward Goddard |
August 1679  |  | Lord Bruce |
1685  |  | Sir John Ernle |  |  | Sir George Willoughby |
January 1695  |  | Thomas Bennet |
November 1695  |  | William Daniell |
1698  |  | The Earl of Ranelagh |  |  | William Grinfield |
January 1701  |  | John Jeffreys |
November 1701  |  | Robert Yard |
July 1702  |  | Hon. Robert Bruce |
November 1702  |  | Edward Jeffreys |
May 1705  |  | Edward Ashe |  |  | John Jeffreys |
November 1705  |  | Earl of Hertford[5] |
May 1708  |  | Hon. James Bruce |
December 1708  |  | Sir Edward Ernle |
1710  |  | Lord Bruce |  |  | Hon. Robert Bruce |
1712  |  | Richard Jones |
1713  |  | Gabriel Roberts |
1715  |  | Sir William Humphreys |  |  | Joshua Ward[6] |
1717  |  | Gabriel Roberts |
March 1722  |  | Earl of Hertford[7] |
October 1722  |  | Thomas Gibson |
1727  |  | Edward Lisle[8] | Tory
1734  |  | Francis Seymour |
1737  |  | John Crawley |
1741  |  | Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Baronet | Tory
1747  |  | John Talbot |
1752  |  | Sir John Hynde Cotton, 4th Baronet |
1754  |  | Hon. John Ward |
1761  |  | Lord Brudenell |  |  | Colonel the Hon. Robert Brudenell | Tory[9]
1762  |  | (Sir) James Long[10] | Tory[9]
1768  |  | Hon. James Brudenell | Tory[9]
1780  |  | The Earl of Courtown | Tory[9] |  | William Woodley | Tory[9]
1784  |  | Sir Philip Hales | Tory[9]
1790  |  | Major-General the Hon. Thomas Bruce | Tory[9]
1793  |  | Earl of Dalkeith | Tory[9]
1796  |  | Lord Bruce

(replaced on inheriting his father's earldom in April 1814)[11]

| Tory[9] |  | Hon. James Bruce | Tory[9]
1797  |  | Robert Brudenell | Tory[9]
1802  |  | James Henry Leigh | Tory[9]
1806  |  | Earl of Dalkeith | Tory[9]
1807  |  | Viscount Stopford | Tory[9]
1810  |  | Edward Stopford | Tory[9]
1814  |  | William Hill | Tory[9]
1818  |  | John Wodehouse | Tory[9] |  | Lord Brudenell | Tory[9]
1826  |  | Earl Bruce | Tory[9]
13 March 1829  |  | Thomas Bucknall-Estcourt | Tory[9]
23 March 1829  |  | William John Bankes | Tory[9]
1832  |  | Lord Ernest Bruce | Tory[9] |  | Henry Bingham Baring | Tory[9]
1834  |  | Conservative[9] |  | Conservative[9]
1847  |  | Peelite[12][13][14] |  | Peelite[12][13][14]
1859  |  | Liberal |  | Liberal
1868 | Representation reduced to one member

### 1868–1885

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Year |  | Member | Party

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1868  |  | Lord Ernest Bruce | Liberal
1878  |  | Lord Charles Bruce | Liberal
1885 | Constituency abolished

## Election results

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### Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1830: Marlborough[9][15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Tory | T. H. S. Bucknall-Estcourt | Unopposed
| Tory | William John Bankes | Unopposed
| Whig | Alexander Charles Malet |  |
| Whig | John Mirehouse  |  |
Registered electors | c. 12 |
| Tory hold
| Tory hold

* The mayor refused to accept the nominations of Malet and Mirehouse, and Bucknall-Estcourt and Bankes were declared elected unopposed.

General election 1831: Marlborough[9][15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Tory | T. H. S. Bucknall-Estcourt | Unopposed
| Tory | William John Bankes | Unopposed
Registered electors | c. 12 |
| Tory hold
| Tory hold
General election 1832: Marlborough[9][16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Tory | Ernest Brudenell-Bruce | 135  | 41.4
| Tory | Henry Bingham Baring | 118  | 36.2
| Whig | Alexander Charles Malet | 73  | 22.4
Majority  | 45  | 13.8
Majority  | 170  | 70.8
Registered electors | 240  |
| Tory hold
| Tory hold
General election 1835: Marlborough[9][16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Conservative | Ernest Brudenell-Bruce | Unopposed
| Conservative | Henry Bingham Baring | Unopposed
Registered electors | 280  |
| Conservative hold
| Conservative hold
General election 1837: Marlborough[9][16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Conservative | Ernest Brudenell-Bruce | Unopposed
| Conservative | Henry Bingham Baring | Unopposed
Registered electors | 280  |
| Conservative hold
| Conservative hold

### Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Marlborough[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Henry Bingham Baring | Unopposed
| Conservative | Ernest Brudenell-Bruce | Unopposed
Registered electors | 282  |  |
| Conservative hold
| Conservative hold

Baring was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and Bruce was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring by-elections.

By-election, 14 September 1841: Marlborough[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Henry Bingham Baring | Unopposed
| Conservative | Ernest Brudenell-Bruce | Unopposed
| Conservative hold
| Conservative hold
General election 1847: Marlborough[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Peelite | Henry Bingham Baring | Unopposed
| Peelite | Ernest Brudenell-Bruce | Unopposed
Registered electors | 262  |  |
| Peelite gain from Conservative
| Peelite gain from Conservative

### Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: Marlborough[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Peelite | Henry Bingham Baring | Unopposed
| Peelite | Ernest Brudenell-Bruce | Unopposed
Registered electors | 271  |  |
| Peelite hold
| Peelite hold

Brudenell-Bruce was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 4 January 1853: Marlborough[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Peelite | Ernest Brudenell-Bruce | Unopposed
| Peelite hold
General election 1857: Marlborough[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Peelite | Ernest Brudenell-Bruce | 184  | 51.1  | N/A
| Peelite | Henry Bingham Baring | 125  | 34.7  | N/A
| Conservative | William David Lewis[17] | 51  | 14.2  | N/A
Majority  | 74  | 20.5  | N/A
Turnout | 180 (est)  | 74.4 (est)  | N/A
Registered electors | 275  |  |
| Peelite hold
| Peelite hold
General election 1859: Marlborough[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Henry Bingham Baring | Unopposed
| Liberal | Ernest Brudenell-Bruce | Unopposed
Registered electors | 281  |  |
| Liberal hold
| Liberal hold

### Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1865: Marlborough[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Henry Bingham Baring | Unopposed
| Liberal | Ernest Brudenell-Bruce | Unopposed
Registered electors | 275  |  |
| Liberal hold
| Liberal hold

Seat reduced to one member

General election 1868: Marlborough[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Ernest Brudenell-Bruce | Unopposed
Registered electors | 616  |  |
| Liberal hold

### Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: Marlborough[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Ernest Brudenell-Bruce | Unopposed
Registered electors | 659  |  |
| Liberal hold

Brudenell-Bruce succeeded to the peerage, becoming Marquess of Ailesbury.

By-election, 31 January 1878: Marlborough[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Charles Bruce | Unopposed
| Liberal hold

### Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Marlborough[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Charles Bruce | 333  | 58.2  | N/A
| Conservative | Henry Brudenell-Bruce | 239  | 41.8  | New
Majority  | 94  | 16.4  | N/A
Turnout | 572  | 85.6  | N/A
Registered electors | 668  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |

Bruce was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 8 May 1880: Marlborough[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Charles Bruce | Unopposed
| Liberal hold

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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## References and sources

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References

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
2. ^ "Vaughan, Sir Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28147. Retrieved 2 December 2011. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
5. ^ Hertford was re-elected in 1708, but had also been elected for Northumberland, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Marlborough
6. ^ On petition, Ward was declared not to have been duly elected
7. ^ Hertford was also elected for Northumberland, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Marlborough
8. ^ Lisle was re-elected in 1734, but had also been elected for Hampshire; however, the result there was disputed. He continued to sit for Marlborough until the Hampshire petition was withdrawn in 1737, then chose to sit for Hampshire for the rest of the Parliament
9. ^ 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 Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 117–119.
10. ^ Succeeded as baronet and adopted the surname Tylney-Long in 1767
11. ^ "No. 16898". The London Gazette. 14 May 1814. p. 1009.
12. ^ a b Saunders, Robert (2016). Democracy and the Vote in British Politics, 1848–1867: The Making of the Second Reform Act. Abingdon: Routledge. pp. 203–204. ISBN 978-1-4094-1794-1. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
13. ^ a b "Peelites". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
14. ^ a b "Marlborough". Londonderry Standard. 6 August 1847. p. 1. Retrieved 28 May 2018 - via British Newspaper Archive.
15. ^ a b Farrell, Stephen. "Marlborough". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 208–209. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
17. ^ "Marlborough". Reading Mercury. 4 April 1857. p. 5. Retrieved 28 May 2018 - via British Newspaper Archive.

Sources

* Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
* 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) [2]
* 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)
* Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)

*[c.]: circa