Aldeburgh in Suffolk, was a parliamentary borough represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessor bodies.
History The town was enfranchised in 1571 as a borough constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, 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 burgesses. The constituency was abolished in 1832 as a rotten borough .[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Boundaries The constituency comprised the parliamentary borough of Aldeburgh , in the county of Suffolk in Eastern England.
Members of Parliament MPs 1571–1640 Parliament First member Second member 1571 Roger Woodhouse Robert Higford[1] 1572 Francis Beaumont Charles Seckford [1] 1584 Peter Osborne John Foxe [1] 1586 Peter Osborne Edmond Bell [1] 1588 Edward Coke William Bence [1] 1593 Thomas Knyvet William Bence [1] 1597 Francis Harvey Francis Johnson [1] 1601 Martin Stutteville Francis Corbet [1] 1604–1611 Sir William Woodhouse Thomas Ryvett 1614 Sir William Woodhouse Sir Henry Glemham 1621–1622 Sir Henry Glemham Charles Glemham 1624 Nicholas Ryvett John Bence 1625 Sir Thomas Glemham Charles Glemham 1626 Sir Thomas Glemham William Mason 1628 Sir Simon Steward Marmaduke Rawden 1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned
MPs 1640–1832 Year First member First party Second member Second party April 1640 William Rainsborough Parliamentarian Squire Bence Parliamentarian November 1640 William Rainsborough Parliamentarian Alexander Bence Parliamentarian 1642 Squire Bence Parliamentarian November 1648 Squire Bence died, November 1648 - seat vacant December 1648 Alexander Bence excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant 1653 Aldeburgh was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate January 1659 Laurence Oxburgh John Bence May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump April 1660 Sir Robert Brooke Thomas Bacon 1661 Sir John Holland, Bt 1669 John Bence February 1679 Sir Richard Haddock Henry Johnson August 1679 John Bence John Corrance 1685 Sir Henry Bedingfield 1689 Sir Henry Johnson William Johnson 1718 by-election Samuel Lowe 1719 by-election Walter Plumer 1727 William Windham 1730 by-election Sir John Williams Tory 1732 by-election Captain George Purvis Whig 1734 William Conolly Whig March 1741 by-election Francis Gashry Whig May 1741 Richard Plumer 1747 William Windham Zachary Philip Fonnereau 1761 Philip Fonnereau 1768 Nicholas Linwood 1773 by-election Thomas Fonnereau 1774 Richard Combe 1779 by-election Martyn Fonnereau 1780 Philip Champion Crespigny 1784 Samuel Salt 1790 Lord Grey of Groby Thomas Grenville 1796 Sir John Aubrey, Bt Whig Michael Angelo Taylor Whig 1800 by-election George Johnstone 1802 John McMahon Tory April 1812 by-election Sandford Graham October 1812 The Lord Dufferin & Claneboye Tory Andrew Strahan Tory 1818 Samuel Walker Tory Joshua Walker Tory[10] 1820 James Blair Tory 1826 John Wilson Croker Tory[11] 1827 by-election Wyndham Lewis Tory[12] February 1829 by-election Marquess of Douro Tory[13] May 1829 by-election Spencer Horsey Kilderbee Tory[14] 1830 John Wilson Croker Tory[11] 1832 Constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1830s See also References ^ a b c d e f g h i "Aldeburgh" . History of Parliament Online (1558-1603). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .^ "Aldeburgh" . History of Parliament Online (1604-1629). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .^ "Aldeburgh" . History of Parliament Online (1640-1660). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .^ "Aldeburgh" . History of Parliament Online (1660-1690). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .^ "Aldeburgh" . History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .^ "Aldeburgh" . History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .^ "Aldeburgh" . History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .^ "Aldeburgh" . History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .^ a b c "Aldeburgh" . History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .^ Escott, Margaret. "WALKER, Joshua (1786-1862), of Hendon Place, Mdx. and 9 Mansion House Street, London" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 25 May 2020 . ^ a b Fisher, David R. "CROKER, John Wilson (1780-1857), of Munster House, Fulham, Mdx. and West Molesey , Surr" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 25 May 2020 . ^ Escott, Margaret. "LEWIS, Wyndham (1780-1838), of Greenmeadow, Tongwynlais, Glam. and Grosvenor Gate, Mdx" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 25 May 2020 . ^ Escott, Margaret. "WELLESLEY, Arthur Richard, mq. of Douro (1807-1884)" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 25 May 2020 . ^ Escott, Margaret. "KILDERBEE (afterwards DE HORSEY), Spencer Horsey (1790-1860), of Great Glemham, Suff. and 8 Upper Grosvenor Street, Mdx" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 25 May 2020 . 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) [1] Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988) [2] Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig - Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973) Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)