Lymington (UK Parliament constituency)
Lymington was a parliamentary borough in Hampshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1584 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.
History
Members of Parliament
1584-1640
| Parliament |
First member |
Second member |
| 1584 |
Anthony Cooke |
Richard Cooke [1] |
| 1586 (Oct) |
Francis Keilway |
William Wallop [1] |
| 1588 (Oct) |
Francis Keilway |
William White [1] |
| 1593 |
Richard Blount |
John Knight [1] |
| 1597 (Oct) |
Thomas West |
Henry Wallop [1] |
| 1601 (Oct) |
Sir Francis Darcy |
Thomas Ridle [1] |
| 1604 |
Thomas Marshal |
Thomas South |
| 1621-1622 |
Sir William Doddington |
Henry Crompton |
| 1614 |
Philip Fleming |
Charles Thynne |
| 1624 |
Nicholas Ferrer |
John Moor |
| 1625 |
John Button |
John Mills |
| 1626 |
Herbert Doddington |
John Moor |
| 1628-1629 |
Herbert Doddington |
Richard Whitehead |
| 1629–1640 |
No Parliaments summoned' |
1640-1868
1868-1885
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/lymington. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
- ^ Powlett was re-elected in 1715, but had also been elected for Winchester, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Lymington
- ^ Powlett was also elected for Hampshire, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Lymington
- ^ Created a baronet, April 1769
- ^ Styled Marquess of Winchester from 1754
- ^ Drummond was re-elected in 1768, but had also been elected for St Ives, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Lymington
- ^ Major from 1786
- ^ Succeeded as a baronet, April 1791; Captain (RN) from 1793; took the surname Burrard-Neale in 1795
Election results
References
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [2]
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)