Parliaments of England 1601-1679 |
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Parliament | Members |
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Final parliament of Elizabeth I | (1601) |
1st parliament of King James I | (1604) |
Addled Parliament | (1614) |
3rd parliament of King James I | (1621) |
Happy Parliament | (1624) |
Useless Parliament | (1625) |
2nd Parliament of King Charles I | (1626) |
3rd parliament of King Charles I | (1628) |
Short Parliament | (1640 Apr) |
Long Parliament (1) | (1640 Nov) |
Long Parliament (2) | (1645) |
Rump Parliament | (1648) |
Barebone's Parliament | (1653) |
First Protectorate Parliament | (1654) |
Second Protectorate Parliament | (1656) |
Third Protectorate Parliament | (1659) |
Restored Rump Parliament | (1659) |
Convention Parliament | (1660) |
Cavalier Parliament | (1661) |
List of Parliaments of England | |
This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Second Protectorate Parliament under the Commonwealth of England which began at Westminster on 17 September 1656, and was held until 4 February 1658.
This list contains details of the MPs elected in 1656.The preceding First Protectorate Parliament had excluded a number of Rotten Borough and given representation to several towns including Manchester, Leeds and Halifax and to the county and city of Durham. The Second Protectorate Parliament consisted of the same seats as its predecessor
Bedfordshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
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Bedfordshire | Sir William Boteler John Harvey Richard Wagstaffe Richard Edwards Samuel Bedford |
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Bedford | Thomas Margets | |
Berkshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Berkshire | William Trumball Edmund Dunch William Hide John Dunch John Southby |
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Abingdon | Thomas Holt | |
Reading | Daniel Blagrave | |
Buckinghamshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Buckinghamshire | Bulstrode Whitelocke Richard Ingoldsby Richard Hampden Sir Richard Pigot Richard Greenville |
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Buckingham | Francis Ingoldsby . | |
Wycombe | Major General Tobias Bridge | |
Aylesbury | Thomas Scot | |
Cambridgeshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Cambridgeshire | Robert West Francis Russell Henry Pickering Robert Castle |
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Cambridge | Richard Timbs (Alderman of Cambridge) | |
Cambridge University | Richard Cromwell | |
Isle of Ely | John Thurloe | |
Cheshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Cheshire | Richard Legh George Booth Peter Booke Thomas Marbury |
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City of Chester | Edward Bradshaw | |
Cornwall |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Cornwall | Thomas Ceely of Trevisham, Richard Carter Anthony Rous, John St Aubyn Walter Moyle Francis Rous Anthony Nicholl William Braddon |
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Launceston | Thomas Gewen | |
Truro | Walter Vincent | |
Penryn | John Fox | Borough |
Eastlow and Westlow |
John Buller | |
Cumberland |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Cumberland | Major General Charles Howard Colonel William Briscoe |
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Carlisle | George Downing | |
Derbyshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Derbyshire | Samuel Sleigh Thomas Sanders German Pole John Gell |
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Derby | Gervase Bennet | |
Devon |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Devon | Thomas Saunders Robert Rolle Arthur Upton Thomas Reynell William Morice John Hale John Dodderidge Sir John Northcote, Bt Henry Hatsell Edmund Fowell Sir John Yonge |
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Exeter | Thomas Bampfield Thomas Westlake |
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Plymouth | John Maynard Timothy Alsop |
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Clifton Dartmouth Hardness | Edward Hopkins | |
Totnes | Christopher Maynard | |
Barnstaple | Sir John Coppleston | |
Tiverton | Robert Shapcote | |
Honiton | Samuel Serle | |
Dorset |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Dorset | William Sydenham John Bingham Robert Coker John Fitzjames John Trenchard James Dewey |
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Dorchester | John Whiteway | |
Melcombe | Denis Bond | |
Lyme Regis | Edmund Prideaux | |
Poole | Edward Boteler | |
Durham |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
County Durham | Thomas Lilburne James Clavering |
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City of Durham | Anthony Smith, Mercer. | |
Essex |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Essex | Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet Sir Richard Everard, 1st Baronet of Much Waltham Sir Thomas Honeywood Sir Thomas Bowes Sir Henry Mildmay, Robert Barrington Carew Mildmay Dionysius Wakering Edward Turnor Dudley Temple Oliver Raymond Hezekiah Haynes John Archer |
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Maldon | Joachim Matthews | |
Colchester | Henry Lawrence John Maidstone |
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Gloucestershire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Gloucestershire | George Berkeley John Crofts John Howe Baynham Throckmorton William Neast |
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Gloucester | Thomas Pury Major-General Desborough |
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Tewkesbury | Francis White | |
Cirencester | John Stone | |
Hampshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Hampshire | Richard Lord Cromwell William Goffe Robert Wallop Richard Norton Thomas Cole John Bulkeley Edward Hooper Richard Cobb |
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Winchester | John Hildesley | |
Southampton | John Lisle | |
Portsmouth | Thomas Smith | |
Andover | Thomas Hussey | |
Isle of WIght | William Sydenham Thomas Bowreman |
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Herefordshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Herefordshire | James Berry (Major-General) Edward Harley Bennet Hoskyns Benjamin Mason |
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Hereford | Wroth Rogers | |
Leominster | John Birch | |
Hertfordshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Hertfordshire | Sir John Gore William Earl of Salisbury Sir John Wittewrong, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Lucy, 1st Baronet Rowland Lytton |
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St Albans | Alban Cox | |
Hertford | Isaac Pulter | |
Huntingdonshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Huntingdonshire | General Edward Montague Henry Cromwell Nicholas Pedley |
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Huntingdon | John Bernard | |
Kent (see also Cinque Ports) |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Kent | Lieutenant Colonel Henry Oxenden Richard Meredith Sir Thomas Style, 2nd Baronet William James Colonel John Dixwell John Boys Lambert Godfrey Colonel Richard Beal John Selliard Colonel Ralph Weldon Daniel Shatterden |
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Canterbury | Thomas St Nicholas Vincent Denne |
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Rochester | John Parker Recorder | |
Maidstone | Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet | |
Queenborough | Gabriel Livesey | |
Lancashire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Lancashire | Richard Holland Gilbert Ireland Richard Standish Sir Richard Hoghton, 3rd Baronet |
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Preston | Richard Shuttleworth | |
Lancaster | Henry Porter | |
Liverpool | Thomas Birch sen. | |
Manchester | Richard Radcliffe | |
Leicestershire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Leicestershire | Thomas Beaumont Francis Hacker of Okeham William Quarks Thomas Pochin |
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Leicester | Sir Arthur Hesilrige William Stanley |
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Lincolnshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Lincolnshire | Edward Rossiter Thomas Hall Thomas Lister Charles Hall Captain Francis Fiennes Sir Charles Hussey, 1st Baronet Colonel Thomas Hatcher William Woolley William Savile William Welby |
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Lincoln | Humphrey Walcot Original Peart |
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Boston | Sir Anthony Irby | . |
Grantham | William Ellis | |
Stamford | John Weaver | |
Grimsby | William Wray | |
Middlesex |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Middlesex | Colonel John Barkstead Sir William Roberts Chaloner Chute William Kiffen |
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Westminster | Colonel Edward Grosvenor Edward Cary |
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City of London | Thomas Foote Theophilus Biddulph Thomas Adams Richard Browne John Jones Sir Christopher Pack |
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Monmouthshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Monmouthshire | Major General James Berry John Nicholas Nathaniel Waterhouse |
Berry chose for Worcestershire – replaced by Edward Herbert |
Norfolk |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Norfolk | Sir John Hobart Charles Fleetwood Sir William D'Oyly Sir Ralph Hare, Bt Sir Horatio Townshend Robert Wilton Philip Wodehouse Robert Wood John Buxton Thomas Sotherton |
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Norwich | Bernard Church John Hobart |
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King's Lynn | Major-General Philip Skippon Major-General Desborough |
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Yarmouth | Charles George Cook William Burton |
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Northamptonshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Northamptonshire | Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt John Claypole William Boteler Sir James Langham, 2nd Baronet Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew Alexander Blake |
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Peterborough | Francis St John Alexander Blake |
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Northampton | Francis Harvey | |
Northumberland |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Northumberland | William Fenwick Robert Fenwick of Bedlington Thomas Widdrington |
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Newcastle | Walter Strickland | |
Berwick upon Tweed | George Fenwick | |
Nottinghamshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Nottinghamshire | Edward Cludd Major-General Edward Whalley Colonel Edward Neville Peniston Whalley |
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Nottingham | James Chadwick William Drury |
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Oxfordshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Oxfordshire | Sir Robert Jenkinson, 1st Baronet Charles Fleetwood Sir Francis Norreys William Lenthall Miles Fleetwood |
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Oxford | Richard Croke | |
Oxford University | Nathaniel Fiennes | |
Woodstock | William Packer | |
Rutland |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Rutland | William Shield Sir Abel Barker, 1st Baronet |
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Salop |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Shropshire | Thomas Mackworth Samuel More Andrew Lloyd Philip Young |
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Shrewsbury | Samuel Jones Humphrey Mackworth |
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Bridgnorth | Edmund Waring | |
Ludlow | John Aston | |
Somerset |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Somerset | John Buckland General John Desborough John Harrington John Ashe Robert Long Alexander Popham John Gorges Francis Luttrell Lislebone Long William Wyndham Francis Rolle |
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Bristol | Robert Aldworth John Dodderidge |
Dodderidge sat for Devon. Replaced by Miles Jackson |
Bath | James Ashe, Recorder | |
Wells | John Jenkyn | |
Taunton | Thomas Gorges Robert Blake |
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Bridgwater | Sir Thomas Wroth | |
Staffordshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Staffordshire | Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet Thomas Crompton Thomas Whitgrave |
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Lichfield | Thomas Minors | |
Stafford | Martin Noel | |
Newcastle under Lyme | John Bowyer | |
Suffolk |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Suffolk | Sir William Spring Sir Thomas Barnardiston Sir Henry Felton Henry North Edmund Harvey Edward Le Neve John Sicklemore William Bloys William Gibbes Robert Brewster Daniel Wall |
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Ipswich | Nathaniel Bacon Francis Bacon |
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Bury St Edmunds | Samuel Moody John Clarke |
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Dunwich | Francis Brewster | |
Sudbury | John Fothergill | |
Surrey |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Surrey | Sir Richard Onslow Arthur Onslow Francis Drake Lewis Audley George Duncombe John Blackwell |
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Southwark | Samuel Highland Peter De La Noy |
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Guildford | Colonel John Hewson | |
Reigate | John Goodwin | |
Sussex |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Sussex | Herbert Morley John Pelham John Fagg John Stapley Anthony Shirley George Courthope Sir Thomas Rivers, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Parker Samuel Gott |
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Chichester | Henry Peckham | |
Lewes | Anthony Stapley | |
East Grinstead | John Goodwin | |
Arundel | Sir John Trevor | |
Warwickshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Warwickshire | Richard Lucy Sir Roger Burgoyne Edward Peyto Joseph Hawksworth |
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Coventry | William Purefoy Robert Beake |
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Warwick | Clement Throckmorton | |
Westmorland |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Westmoreland | Christopher Lister Thomas Burton |
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Wiltshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Wiltshire | Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper Alexander Popham Thomas Grove Alexander Thistlethwaite Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet Sir Walter St John, 3rd Baronet |
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Salisbury | William Stone Mayor of the City of New Sarum James Heeley of the said City Edward Tooker |
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Marlborough | Jeremy Sankey | |
Devizes | Edward Scotten | |
Worcestershire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Worcestershire | Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet Edward Pytts Nicholas Lechmere John Nanfan James Berry |
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Worcester | William Collins Edmund Giles |
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Yorkshire |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Yorkshire | Sir William Strickland, 1st Baronet Hugh Bethell |
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West Riding | Henry Tempest John Lambert Edward Gill Henry Arthington Francis Thorpe |
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East Riding | Richard Darley Henry Darley |
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North Riding | Lord Eure Francis Lascelles Robert Lilburne Luke Robinson |
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York | Geldart Thomas Dickenson (Alderman) |
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Kingston upon Hull | William Lister | |
Beverley | Francis Thorpe Baron of the Exchequer | . |
Scarborough | Edward Salmon | |
Richmond | John Bathurst | |
Leeds | Francis Alanson Adam Baynes |
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Halifax | Jeremy Bentley | |
Cinque Ports |
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Dover | Thomas Kelsey | |
Sandwich | James Thurbarne | |
Rye | William Hay | |
Wales |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Anglesey | George Twisleton Griffith Bodwrda |
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Brecknockshire | Philip Jones Evan Lewis |
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Cardiganshire | James Philipps John Clark |
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Carmarthenshire | John Claypole Rowland Dawkins |
Claypole chose for Northamptonshire – replaced by Robert Atkyns |
Carnarvonshire | Henry Lawrence Robert Williams |
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Denbighshire | Col. John Jones Col. John Carter |
Jones replaced by Lumley Thelwell |
Flintshire | John Trevor John Glynne |
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Glamorgan | Edmund Thomas | |
Cardiff | John Price | |
Merioneth | Col. John Jones | |
Montgomeryshire | Hugh Pryce of Guernogo Charles Lloyd |
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Pembrokeshire | James Philipps Col. John Clark |
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Haverford West | John Upton | |
Radnorshire | George Gwynne Henry Williams |
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Scotland |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Sheriffdoms of Ross, Sutherland, and Cromarty. | Doctor Thomas Clarges | |
Sheriffdom of Inverness | Col. Thomas Fitch. | |
Sheriffdom of Bamff | Master Alexander Douglas | |
Sheriffdom of Aberdeen | Col. William Mitchel | |
Sheriffdoms of Forfar and Kinkardine | Col. David Barclay of Urre. | |
Sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross | Sir John Wemys of Bongie | |
Sheriffdom of Perth | Sir Edward Rhodes, one of his Highness's Council | |
Sheriffdoms of Linlithgow, Sterling, and Clackmannan | Master Godfrey Rhodes | |
Sheriffdoms of Dunbarton, Argyll, and Bute | Master John Lockhart, Brother-German to Col. Lockhart. | |
Sheriffdoms of Aire and Renfrew | William Lord Cochrane of Dundonald. | |
Sheriffdom of Lannerick | Col. William Lockhart. | |
Sheriffdom of Midlothian | Samuel Desborow | |
Sheriffdom of Meroe | John Swinton of Swinton | |
Sheriffdom of Roxborough | Master Ker of Newton | |
Sheriffdoms of Selkirk and Peebles | Henry Whalley | |
Sheriffdom of Dumfries | George Smith | |
Sheriffdom of Wigton | Sir James Mac Dowel of Garthland. | |
Sheriffdom of East-Lothian | John Earl of Tweedale | |
Boroughs of Donnobb, Tayn, Inverness, Dingwell, Nairn, Elgin, and Farras, | Master Robert Wooseley, Commissary of Ayrshire. | |
Boroughs of Banff and Aberdeen, | Col. Stephen Winththrope | |
Boroughs of Forfar, Dundee, Arbroth, Montross, Buchan |
Sir Alexander Wedderburn of Blackness, Clerk of Dundee. | |
Boroughs of Lithgow, Queens Ferry, Perth, Culross, and Stirling | Col. Henry Markham | |
Boroughs of St. Andrews, Dysart, Kirkaldy, Anstruther-East, Pittenween, Creel, Dumfermline Kinghorn, Anstruther-West, Innerleithing, Kilkenny, and Burnt-Iand |
Col. Nathan Wetham | |
City of Edinburgh | Lord Broghill Andrew Ramsay |
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Boroughs of Lannerick, Glasgow, Rutherglen, Rothsay, Renfrew, Ayre, Irwynn, and Dunbarton |
George Terbrax | |
Boroughs of Dumfreize, Sanclare, Lochmaben, Annand,Wigton, Kirkudbright, Whithorn, and Galloway |
Col. Salmon | |
Boroughs of Peebles, Selkirk, Jedburgh, Lauder, North BerwickDunbar, and Haddington |
George Downing | |
Ireland |
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Constituency | Members | Notes |
Counties of Meath and Louth | Col. John Fowk, Governor of Drogheda William Aston |
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Counties of Kildare and Wickloe | Sir Hardress Waller Anthony Morgan |
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County of Dublin | John Bysse | |
City of Dublin | Richard Tighe | |
Counties of Catberlougb, Wexford, Kilkenny, and Queens County | Thomas Sadler Daniel Redman |
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Counties of Westmeath, Longford, and Kings County | Theophilus Jones Maj. Henry Owen |
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Counties of Down, Antrim, and Armagh | Col. Thomas Cooper Lt-Col James Trayle |
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Towns of Carrickfergus and Belfast | John Davis | |
Counties of Londonderry, Donegal, and Tyrone | Tristram Beresford Thomas Newburgh of Lifford in County Donegal |
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Towns of Derry and Coleraine | Ralph King | |
Counties of Cavan, Farmannagh, and Monoghan | Richard Blaney | |
Counties of Kerry, Limmerick, and Clare | Major Gen. Sir Hardress Waller Col. Henry Ingoldsby |
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City and County of the City of Limerick and Kilmallock | Walter Waller | |
County of Cork | Roger Boyle Lord Baron of Broghill | |
Towns of Cork and Youghal | Col. William Jephson | |
Towns of Bandon and Kinsale | Vincent Gookin | |
Counties of Tipperary and Waterford | John Reynolds Commissary-General Daniel Abbot |
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Cities of Waterford and Clonmell | William Halsey | |
Counties of Sligo, Roscommon, and Letrim | Sir Robert King John Bridges |
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Counties of Galway and Mayo | Sir Charles Coot, Commissary-General Lt Col John Brett |