Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Shropshire / Salop
County constituency
Created: 1290
Abolished: 1832
Type: House of Commons
Members: two

Shropshire (a.k.a. Salop) 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 1832. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire. It was divided between the constituencies of North Shropshire and South Shropshire in 1832.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

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  • Constituency created (1290)
Year First member First party Second member Second party
1660 Sir William Whitmore Henry Vernon
1661 Sir Francis Lawley Sir Richard Ottley
1670 Richard Newport
1679 Sir Vincent Corbet
1681 William Leveson-Gower
1685 Edward Kynaston John Walcot
1689 Richard Newport
1698 Sir Edward Leighton
1699 Robert Lloyd
Jan. 1701 Sir Humphrey Briggs
Dec. 1701 Richard Corbet
1702 Roger Owen
1705 Sir Robert Corbet Robert Lloyd
1708 Lord Newport
1710 John Kynaston Robert Lloyd
1713 Lord Newport
1715 Sir Robert Corbet
1722 John Kynaston Robert Lloyd
1727 John Walcot William Lacon Childe
1734 Sir John Astley Corbet Kynaston
1740 Richard Lyster
1766 Charles Baldwyn
1772 Sir Watkin William Wynn
1774 Noel Hill
1780 Sir Richard Hill
1784 Sir John Kynaston Powell
1806 John Cotes
1821 Hon. Rowland Hill
1822 John Cressett-Pelham
  • Constituency abolished (1832)

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