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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

• 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 Williams-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)

[edit] Elections

[edit] See also

• List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
• Unreformed House of Commons

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page