Wilton Former County constituencyfor the House of Commons County Wiltshire Major settlements Wilton 1885–1918 Number of members One Replaced by Salisbury and Westbury Created from South Wiltshire 1295–1885 Number of members 1295–1832: Two Type of constituency Borough constituency
Wilton was the name of a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire . It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from 1295 to 1707, then in the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and finally in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It had two Members of Parliament (MPs) until 1832, but from 1832 to 1885 only one member, as a result of the Reform Act 1832 . In 1885 the borough was abolished, but the name of the constituency was then transferred to a new county constituency electing one Member from 1885 until 1918.
Boundaries 1885–1918 : The Borough of Salisbury, the Sessional Divisions of Amesbury, Hindon, and Salisbury, and the civil parishes of Figheldean, Fisherton-de-la-Mere, Milston, and Wily.
Stonehenge was within the constituency from 1885 until the seat disappeared in 1918, since when it has been in the Salisbury seat.
Members of Parliament Wilton borough MPs 1295–1640 Parliament First member Second member 1386 Thomas Cuttyng Thomas Moleyns [1] 1388 (Feb) Thomas Cuttyng William Chitterne [1] 1388 (Sep) Thomas Cuttyng John Hulle [1] 1390 (Jan) Thomas Cuttyng William Chitterne [1] 1390 (Nov) 1391 1393 John Cole Henry Bont [1] 1394 Thomas Cuttyng John Cole [1] 1395 Thomas Cuttyng John Hardy [1] 1397 (Jan) John Hardy William Chitterne [1] 1397 (Sep) John Hardy Thomas Cuttyng [1] 1399 Thomas Cuttyng William Chitterne [1] 1401 1402 John Bottenham William Chitterne [1] 1404 (Jan) 1404 (Oct) 1406 Robert Frye John Hardy [1] 1407 Robert Frye Robert Lardiner [1] 1410 Robert Frye John Harleston [1] 1411 Robert Frye John Harleston [1] 1413 (Feb) 1413 (May) Robert Frye John Lambarde [1] 1414 (Apr) John Valeys John Harleston [1] 1414 (Nov) John Harleston John Whithorne [1] 1415 John Harleston John Whithorne [1] 1416 (Mar) 1416 (Oct) 1417 John Harleston John Whithorne [1] 1419 John Harleston John Whithorne [1] 1420 John Harleston John Whithorne [1] 1421 (May) John Harleston John Whithorne [1] 1421 (Dec) John Harleston John Whithorne [1] 1510-1523 No names known [2] 1529 Geoffrey Pole Edmund Knightley [2] 1536 ? 1539 ? 1542 Sir Edward Bayntun[3] William Herbert [2] 1545 Sir Thomas Lee Christopher Willoughby [2] 1547 Robert Watson Robert Warner [2] 1553 (Mar) William Damsell[4] William Wightman [2] 1553 (Oct) Nicholas Chowne Henry Creed [2] 1554 (Apr) William Clerke Matthew Colthurst [2] 1554 (Nov) William Clerke Henry Creed [2] 1555 Henry Creed William Clerke [2] 1558 William Clerke Henry Creed [2] 1559 Henry Bodenham Thomas Highgate[5] 1562/3 William Wightman Thomas Highgate [5] 1571 William Wightman Thomas Highgate [5] 1572 William Clerke Francis Vaughan [5] 1584 John Penruddock Roger Earthe [5] 1586 Edward Penruddock Henry Martyn [5] 1588 Thomas Cavendish Robert Penruddock [5] 1593 Sir Thomas Morgan Robert Penruddock [5] 1597 Thomas Muffet [6] Robert Penruddock [5] 1601 Sir Edmund Morgan Hugh Sanford [5] 1604-1611 Sir Thomas Edmonds Hugh Sandford 1614 Sir Robert Sidney Thomas Morgan 1621 Henry Nevill, 9th Baron Bergavenny ennobled 1622 Thomas MorganSir Thomas Tracy 1624 Sir Thomas Morgan Sir Percy Hobart 1625 Sir Thomas Morgan Sir William Harrington 1626 Sir Thomas Morgan Sir John Evelyn 1628 John Pooley Sir Thomas Morgan 1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned
MPs 1640–1832 Year First member First party Second member Second party April 1640 Sir Henry Vane (the elder) Parliamentarian Sir Benjamin Rudyerd Parliamentarian November 1640 December 1648 Rudyerd excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant 1653 Wilton was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate January 1659 Richard Grobham Howe Hon. John Herbert May 1659 Wilton was not represented in the restored Rump April 1660 Richard Grobham Howe Francis Swanton April 1661 John Nicholas [7] Thomas Mompesson June 1661 John Berkenhead February 1679 Hon. Thomas Herbert Thomas Penruddocke August 1679 Sir John Nicholas 1685 Oliver Nicholas 1689 Thomas Penruddocke Thomas Wyndham 1690 Sir Richard Grobham Howe 1695 John Hawles John Gauntlett 1698 Sir Henry Ashurst January 1701 Thomas Phipps November 1701 Sir Henry Ashurst July 1702 Sir John Hawles George Boddington November 1702 John Gauntlett 1705 William Nicholas 1708 Sir Lambert Blackwell Charles Mompesson 1710 John London [8] 1711 Peter Bathurst 1713 John London Thomas Pitt [9] 1722 Hon. Robert Sawyer Herbert 1727 Thomas Martin 1734 Colonel the Hon. William Herbert 1757 Hon. Nicholas Herbert 1768 Henry Herbert 1775 Captain Charles Herbert 1780 Lord Herbert Tory[10] William Gerard Hamilton Tory[10] 1785 Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Goldsworthy Tory[10] 1788 Lord Herbert Tory[10] 1790 The Viscount FitzWilliam Tory[10] 1794 Major General Philip Goldsworthy Tory[10] 1801 John Spencer Tory[10] 1804 Ralph Sheldon Tory[10] 1806 Captain the Hon. Charles Herbert Tory[10] 1807 Captain Charles Herbert Tory[10] 1816 Viscount FitzHarris Tory[10] 1821 John Penruddocke Tory[10] 1823 Edward Baker Tory[10] 1830 Henry Bulwer Tory[10] 1831 James Dawkins Tory[10] 1832 Representation reduced to one member
MPs 1832–1885 Wiltshire, Southern or Wilton Division MPs 1885–1918 Election results Elections in the 1830s General election 1831: Wilton[10] [17] Party Candidate Votes % Tory John Penruddocke Unopposed Tory James Dawkins Unopposed Registered electors c. 30 Tory hold Tory hold
General election 1832: Wilton [18] Party Candidate Votes % Tory John Penruddocke Unopposed Registered electors 204 Tory hold
Elections in the 1840s Harris succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl of Malmesbury , causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s A'Court resigned after being appointed a Special Commissioner of Property and Income Tax in Ireland, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s Elections in the 1870s Antrobus resigned, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s Herbert was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Herbert
Elections in the 1890s Folkestone
Elections in the 1900s Morse
Elections in the 1910s Verney
General Election 1914/15 :
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
1918 Wilton by-election [23] [27] Party Candidate Votes % Unionist Hugh Morrison Unopposed Unionist hold
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