East Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)
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| East Suffolk County constituency |
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| Created: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two |
East Suffolk was a county constituency in Suffolk, England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
[edit] History
The constituency was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was replaced by five new single-member constituencies: Eye, Lowestoft, Stowmarket, Sudbury and Woodbridge.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1832 | John Henniker-Major | Robert Newton Shawe | ||||
| 1835 | Charles Broke Vere | |||||
| 1843 | The Lord Rendlesham | |||||
| 1846 | Sir Edward Gooch | |||||
| 1852 | Fitzroy Kelly | |||||
| 1856 | John Henniker-Major | |||||
| 1866 | John Henniker-Major | Sir Edward Clarence Kerrison | ||||
| 1867 | Frederick Snowdon Corrance | |||||
| 1870 | Viscount Mahon | |||||
| 1874 | The Lord Rendlesham | Conservative | ||||
| 1876 | Frederick St John Newdigate Barne | |||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished: see Eye, Lowestoft, Stowmarket, Sudbury and Woodbridge | |||||
