South Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| South Wiltshire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two |
South Wiltshire was a county constituency in the county of Wiltshire in South West England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.
The constituency was created under the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1832 | John Bennett | Sidney Herbert | ||||
| 1852 | William Wyndham | |||||
| 1859 | Lord Henry Thynne | Conservative | ||||
| 1861 | Frederick Thomas Arthur Hervey-Bathurst | |||||
| 1865 | Thomas Fraser Grove | |||||
| 1874 | William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone | |||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished | |||||
