Bishop's Castle (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bishop's Castle
Borough constituency
Created: 1290
Abolished: 1832
Type: House of Commons

Bishop's Castle was a former borough constituency in Shropshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was founded in 1290 and was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, 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 burgesses.

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[edit] Boundaries


[edit] Members of Parliament

Year First member First party Second member Second party
1660 William Oakeley Edmund Waring
1679 Richard Scriven
1681 Sir Richard Mason Richard Moore
1685 Edmund Waring Francis Charlton
1689 Richard More Walter Waring
Mr. 1690 William Oakeley Richard Mason
May 1690 Walter Waring
Mr. 1695 Richard More
Oct. 1695 Charles Mason
1698 Sir William Brownlow
Jan. 1701 George Walcot
Nov. 1701 Henry Brett
1706 Lord Newport
1708 Richard Harnage Charles Mason
1710 Sir Robert Mason
1715 Charles Mason
1719 Sir Matthew Decker
1722 William Peere Williams Bowater Vernon
1726 Charles Mason
1727 Robert More John Plumptre
1734 Edward Kynaston
1741 Marquess of Carnarvon Andrew Hill
1744 Viscount Trentham
1747 Samuel Child John Robinson Lytton
1753 John Dashwood-King
1754 Barnaby Backwell
1755 Walter Waring
1759 Henry Grenville
1761 Francis Child Peregrine Cust
1763 George Clive
1768 William Clive
1770 Alexander Wedderburn
1774 Henry Strachey
1778 Alexander Wedderburn
1779 William Clive
1780 Henry Strachey
1802 John Robinson
1819 Douglas James William Kinnaird
1820 William Holmes Edward Rogers
1830 Frederick Hamilton Cornewall
1831 James Lewis Knight-Bruce
  • Constituency abolished / disenfranchised (1832)

[edit] Election results

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Christopher W. Brooks, ‘Littleton, Edward, Baron Littleton (1589–1645)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008