(Much) Wenlock (constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1885 June 2020 Much Wenlock Borough uk 1468 1885 Ludlow Much Wenlock, often called simply Wenlock, 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 finally of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885, when it was abolished. It was named after the town of that name in Shropshire. The seat was founded in 1468 as a borough constituency and was represented throughout its history by two burgesses. Boundaries Much Wenlock's constituency boundaries ran from Leighton to just west of Dawley, to Ironbridge, and finally to just east of Madeley along the northern border; travelling eastwards, the boundaries ran from just east of Madeley to the bend in the River Severn, following the river thereafter. The far southern border, commencing in the east, travelled along the southern part of the Severn across to Easthope; the western border, running northwards, going from Easthope through to Benthall, and onwards back to Leighton. Members of Parliament August 2008 Constituency created (1468) ParliamentFirst memberSecond member 1510–1523 No names known http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/much-wenlock History of Parliament History of Parliament Trust 2011-10-12 25 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225041622/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/much-wenlock dead 1529 John Foster Edward Hall 1536 ? 1539 ? 1542 William Blount Reginald Corbet 1545 Richard Cornwall Richard Lawley 1547 Richard Lawley Thomas Lawley 1553 (Mar) John Herbert Thomas Lawley 1553 (Oct) Richard Lee Robert Eyton 1554 (Apr) Thomas Foster Edward Lacon 1554 (Nov) Sir George Blount John Evans 1555 Sir George Blount Thomas Ridley 1558 Sir George Blount George Bromley 1558–9 Roland Lacon George Bromley http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/much-wenlock Much Wenlock (1559–1603) History of Parliament Trust 2011-10-12 16 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131016114803/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/much-wenlock dead 1562–3 Sir George Blount Charles Foxe 1571 William Lacon Thomas Eyton 1572Sir George Blount Thomas Lawley 1584 Thomas Lawley William Baynham 1586 Thomas Lawley William Baynham 1588 William Baynham Robert Lawley 1593 William Baynham Sir John Poole 1597 William Baynham, died and replaced by Thomas Fanshawe William Lacon 1601 John Brett William Leighton 1604 Robert Lawley George Lawley 1614 Rowland Lacon Edward Lawley 1621 Sir Edward Lawley Thomas Wolryche 1624 Henry Mytton Thomas Wolryche 1625 Thomas Lawley Thomas Wolryche 1626 Thomas Lawley Francis Smallman 1628 Thomas Lawley George Bridgmant 1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party 1640 (Apr)Sir Thomas Littleton Richard Cresset 1640 (Nov)William Pierrepont Sir Thomas Littleton 1645William Pierrepont Humphrey Bridges 1653, 1654, 1656 Much Wenlock excluded from Barebones and 1st & 2nd Protectorate Parliaments 1659Thomas Whitmore Sir Francis Lawley 1660Sir Francis Lawley Thomas Whitmore 1661Sir Thomas Littleton, Bt George Weld Feb 1679Sir John Weld William Forester Aug 1679John Wolryche 1685Thomas Lawley George Weld1689Sir William Forester 1701George Weld 1708Thomas Weld 1710George Weld 1713William Whitmore 1714Richard Newport 1715Thomas Newport William Forester II 1716Sir Humphrey Briggs 1722Samuel Edwards 1727John Sambrooke 1734William Forester II 1739Brooke Forester 1741Sir Brian Broughton-Delves, Bt 1744Isaac Hawkins Browne 1754William Forester II 1758George Forester 1761Cecil Forester 1768Sir Henry Bridgeman ToryStooks Smith Henry The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive 1845 Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. London 22–24 https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA22 George Forester TorySept. 1780Thomas Whitmore ToryDec. 1780George Forester Tory1784John Bridgeman (later Simpson) Tory1785George Forester Tory1790Cecil Forester (from 1811 Weld-Forester) Tory1794John Simpson Tory 1820Francis Forester ToryWilliam Lacon Childe Tory 1826John Weld-Forester ToryPaul Thompson Whig1828George Weld-Forester Tory1832 James Milnes Gaskell Tory 1834 Conservative Conservative1868Alexander Brown Liberal1874Cecil Weld-Forester Conservative Constituency abolished (1885) Election results Elections in the 1830s Weld-Forester was appointed Groom of the Bedchamber to William IV, requiring a by-election. By-election, 20 February 1830: Wenlock Tories (British political party) George Weld-Forester Tories (British political party) General election 1830: WenlockEscott Margaret Wenlock https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/wenlock The History of Parliament 30 April 2020 Tories (British political party) George Weld-Forester Whigs (British political party) Paul Thompson 500 Tories (British political party) Whigs (British political party) General election 1831: Wenlock Tories (British political party) George Weld-Forester Whigs (British political party) Paul Thompson 500 Tories (British political party) Whigs (British political party) General election 1832: Wenlock Tories (British political party) George Weld-Forester 448 41.3 Tories (British political party) James Milnes Gaskell 330 30.4 Radicals (UK) Matthew Bridges 308 28.4 22 2.0 635 91.9 691 Tories (British political party) Tories (British political party) Whigs (British political party) General election 1835: Wenlock Conservative Party (UK) George Weld-Forester 519 41.1 −0.2 Conservative Party (UK) James Milnes Gaskell 422 33.4 +3.0 Whigs (British political party) William Somerville 323 25.6 −2.8 99 7.8 +5.8 632 78.1 −13.8 809 Conservative Party (UK) +0.6 Conservative Party (UK) +2.2 General election 1837: Wenlock Conservative Party (UK) George Weld-Forester Conservative Party (UK) James Milnes Gaskell 906 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Elections in the 1840s General election 1841: Wenlock Conservative Party (UK) George Weld-Forester Conservative Party (UK) James Milnes Gaskell 961 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Gaskell was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election. By-election, 14 September 1841: Wenlock Conservative Party (UK) James Milnes Gaskell 949 Conservative Party (UK) General election 1847: Wenlock Conservative Party (UK) George Weld-Forester Conservative Party (UK) James Milnes Gaskell 857 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Elections in the 1850s Weld-Forester was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election. By-election, 3 March 1852: Wenlock Conservative Party (UK) George Weld-Forester Conservative Party (UK) General election 1852: Wenlock Conservative Party (UK) George Weld-Forester Conservative Party (UK) James Milnes Gaskell 905 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) General election 1857: Wenlock Conservative Party (UK) George Weld-Forester Conservative Party (UK) James Milnes Gaskell 871 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Gaskell was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election. By-election, 3 March 1858: Wenlock Conservative Party (UK) James Milnes Gaskell Conservative Party (UK) General election 1859: Wenlock Conservative Party (UK) George Weld-Forester Conservative Party (UK) James Milnes Gaskell 881 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Elections in the 1860s General election 1865: Wenlock Conservative Party (UK) George Weld-Forester Conservative Party (UK) James Milnes Gaskell 961 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) General election 1868: Wenlock Conservative Party (UK) George Weld-Forester Liberal Party (UK) Alexander Brown 3,445 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Elections in the 1870s General election 1874: Wenlock Conservative Party (UK) George Weld-Forester 1,708 41.4 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Alexander Brown 1,575 38.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Charles Milnes GaskellTo the Electors of Wenlock https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001502/18740128/107/0004 22 January 2018 Eddowes's Journal, and General Advertiser for Shropshire, and the Principality of Wales 28 January 1874 4 British Newspaper Archive subscription 846 20.5 N/A 3,283 (est) 92.7 (est) N/A 3,541 133 3.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) N/A 729 17.6 N/A Liberal Party (UK) N/A Forester succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Forester and causing a by-election. 1874 Wenlock by-election Conservative Party (UK) Cecil Weld-Forester 1,720 55.1 -6.8 Liberal Party (UK) Beilby Lawley 1,401 44.9 +6.8 319 10.2 +6.9 3,121 88.1 -4.6 3,541 Conservative Party (UK) -6.8 Elections in the 1880s General election 1880: WenlockCraig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 1977 Macmillan Press London 978-1-349-02349-3 1 e-book 324–325 Liberal Party (UK) Alexander Brown 2,058 46.5 +8.4 Conservative Party (UK) Cecil Weld-Forester 1,358 30.7 −10.7 Conservative Party (UK) Ralph Augustus BensonWenlock https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001005/18800403/088/0005 23 December 2017 Dudley Herald 3 April 1880 5 British Newspaper Archive subscription 1,013 22.9 +2.4 700 15.8 −1.8 3,244 (est) 93.2 (est) +0.5 3,481 Liberal Party (UK) +1.5 Conservative Party (UK) −7.5 August 2008 See also Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire#Historical constituencies List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies Unreformed House of Commons References w 2 March 2012 The History of Parliament Trust, Much Wenlock, Borough, from 1529 to 1714 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225041622/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/much-wenlock 25 February 2012 The History of Parliament Trust, Wenlock, Borough, from 1715 to 1831 Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire (historic) Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1468 Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885 Category:Much Wenlock