South Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Shropshire
County constituency
Created: 1832
Abolished: 1885
Type: House of Commons

South Shropshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire. In 1885 it was - together with the constituency of North Shropshire - divided between four constituencies (Ludlow, Newport, Oswestry and Wellington).

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[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created (1832)
Year First member First party Second member Second party
1832 Earl of Darlington Robert Henry Clive
1842 Viscount Newport
1854 Robert Windsor Clive
1859 Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bt.
Apr. 1865 Sir Percy Egerton Herbert
Jl. 1865 Robert Jasper More
1868 Edward Corbett
1876 John Edmund Severne
1877 Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bt.
  • Constituency abolished (1885)

[edit] Elections

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