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Wilton (UK Parliament 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 where it also absorbed the former rotten borough of Old Sarum.[1] 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.

Wilton
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyWiltshire
Major settlementsWilton
1885–1918
SeatsOne
Created fromSouth Wiltshire
Replaced bySalisbury and Westbury
1295–1885
Seats1295–1832: Two
1832–1885: One
Type of constituencyBorough constituency

Boundaries

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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

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Wilton borough

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MPs 1295–1640

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Parliament First member Second member
1386 Thomas Cuttyng Thomas Moleyns[2]
1388 (Feb) Thomas Cuttyng William Chitterne[2]
1388 (Sep) Thomas Cuttyng John Hulle[2]
1390 (Jan) Thomas Cuttyng William Chitterne[2]
1390 (Nov)
1391
1393 John Cole Henry Bont[2]
1394 Thomas Cuttyng John Cole[2]
1395 Thomas Cuttyng John Hardy[2]
1397 (Jan) John Hardy William Chitterne[2]
1397 (Sep) John Hardy Thomas Cuttyng[2]
1399 Thomas Cuttyng William Chitterne[2]
1401
1402 John Bottenham William Chitterne[2]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406 Robert Frye John Hardy[2]
1407 Robert Frye Robert Lardiner[2]
1410 Robert Frye John Harleston[2]
1411 Robert Frye John Harleston[2]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) Robert Frye John Lambarde[2]
1414 (Apr) John Valeys John Harleston[2]
1414 (Nov) John Harleston John Whithorne[2]
1415 John Harleston John Whithorne[2]
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417 John Harleston John Whithorne[2]
1419 John Harleston John Whithorne[2]
1420 John Harleston John Whithorne[2]
1421 (May) John Harleston John Whithorne[2]
1421 (Dec) John Harleston John Whithorne[2]
1510-1523 No names known[3]
1529 Geoffrey Pole Edmund Knightley[3]
1536 ?
1539 ?
1542 Sir Edward Bayntun[4] William Herbert[3]
1545 Sir Thomas Lee Christopher Willoughby[3]
1547 Robert Watson Robert Warner[3]
1553 (Mar) William Damsell[5] William Wightman[3]
1553 (Oct) Nicholas Chowne Henry Creed[3]
1554 (Apr) William Clerke Matthew Colthurst[3]
1554 (Nov) William Clerke Henry Creed[3]
1555 Henry Creed William Clerke[3]
1558 William Clerke Henry Creed[3]
1559 Henry Bodenham Thomas Highgate[6]
1562–3 William Wightman Thomas Highgate[6]
1571 William Wightman Thomas Highgate[6]
1572 William Clerke Francis Vaughan[6]
1584 John Penruddock Roger Earthe[6]
1586 Edward Penruddock Henry Martyn[6]
1588 Thomas Cavendish Robert Penruddock[6]
1593 Sir Thomas Morgan Robert Penruddock[6]
1597 Thomas Muffet[7] Robert Penruddock[6]
1601 Sir Edmund Morgan Hugh Sanford[6]
1604-1611 Sir Thomas Edmonds Hugh Sandford
1614 Sir Robert Sidney Thomas Morgan
1621 Henry Nevill, 9th Baron Bergavenny ennobled 1622
replaced by Thomas Morgan		 Sir 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

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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 Howe Hon. John Herbert
May 1659 Wilton was not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 Richard Howe Francis Swanton
April 1661 John Nicholas[8] 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 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[9]
1711 Peter Bathurst
1713 John London Thomas Pitt[10]
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[11] William Gerard Hamilton Tory[11]
1785 Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Goldsworthy Tory[11]
1788 Lord Herbert Tory[11]
1790 The Viscount FitzWilliam Tory[11]
1794 Major General Philip Goldsworthy Tory[11]
1801 John Spencer Tory[11]
1804 Ralph Sheldon Tory[11]
1806 Captain the Hon. Charles Herbert Tory[11]
1807 Captain Charles Herbert Tory[11]
1816 Viscount FitzHarris Tory[11]
1821 John Penruddocke Tory[11]
1823 Edward Baker Tory[11]
1830 Henry Bulwer Tory[11]
1831 James Dawkins Tory[11]
1832 Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1832–1885

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Election Member Party
1832 John Penruddocke Tory[11]
1834 Conservative[11]
1837 Edward Baker Conservative[11]
1841 James Harris Conservative[11]
1841 by-election James Agar Conservative[11]
1847 Peelite[12][13]
1852 Charles A'Court Peelite[14][15]
1855 by-election (Sir) Edmund Antrobus[16] Peelite[17]
1859 Liberal
1877 by-election Hon. Sidney Herbert Conservative
1885 Borough abolished - name transferred to county division

Wiltshire, Southern or Wilton Division

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MPs 1885–1918

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Year Member Party
1885 Sir Thomas Grove Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1892 Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie Conservative
1900 James Morrison Conservative
1906 Levi Lapper Morse Liberal
1910 Sir Charles Bathurst Conservative
1918 Hugh Morrison Unionist
1918 Constituency abolished

Election results

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Decades:

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1830: Wilton [11][18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory John Penruddocke Unopposed
Tory Henry Bulwer Unopposed
Registered electors c. 30
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1831: Wilton[11][18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory John Penruddocke Unopposed
Tory James Dawkins Unopposed
Registered electors c. 30
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1832: Wilton [19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory John Penruddocke Unopposed
Registered electors 204
Tory hold
General election 1835: Wilton [19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Penruddocke Unopposed
Registered electors 203
Conservative hold
General election 1837: Wilton [19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Edward Baker Unopposed
Registered electors 210
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Wilton [19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Harris Unopposed
Registered electors 194
Conservative hold

Harris succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl of Malmesbury, causing a by-election.

By-election, 6 October 1841: Wilton [19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Agar Unopposed
Registered electors 205
Conservative hold
General election 1847: Wilton [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peelite James Agar Unopposed
Registered electors 216
Peelite gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: Wilton [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peelite Charles A'Court 125 82.8 N/A
Conservative Jeremiah Greene Jones Greene[21] 26 17.2 N/A
Majority 99 65.6 N/A
Turnout 151 70.3 N/A
Registered electors 219
Peelite hold Swing N/A

A'Court resigned after being appointed a Special Commissioner of Property and Income Tax in Ireland, causing a by-election.

By-election, 28 March 1855: Wilton [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peelite Edmund Antrobus Unopposed
Peelite hold
General election 1857: Wilton [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peelite Edmund Antrobus Unopposed
Registered electors 251
Peelite hold
General election 1859: Wilton [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edmund Antrobus Unopposed
Registered electors 258
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1865: Wilton [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edmund Antrobus Unopposed
Registered electors 265
Liberal hold
General election 1868: Wilton [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edmund Antrobus Unopposed
Registered electors 931
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: Wilton [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edmund Antrobus Unopposed
Registered electors 1,040
Liberal hold

Antrobus resigned, causing a by-election.

1877 Wilton by-election[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sidney Herbert 751 80.1 New
Liberal John Freeman Norris[22] 187 19.9 N/A
Majority 564 60.2 N/A
Turnout 938 86.3 N/A
Registered electors 1,087
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Wilton [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sidney Herbert 819 67.4 N/A
Lib-Lab Joseph Arch[23] 397 32.6 N/A
Majority 422 34.8 N/A
Turnout 1,216 86.8 N/A
Registered electors 1,401
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Herbert was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

1885 Wilton by-election Wilton [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sidney Herbert Unopposed
Conservative hold
 
Herbert
General election 1885: Wilton [24][25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Grove 4,151 55.5 +22.9
Conservative Sidney Herbert 3,329 44.5 −22.9
Majority 822 11.0 N/A
Turnout 7,480 86.2 −0.6
Registered electors 8,675
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +22.9
General election 1886: Wilton [24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Thomas Grove Unopposed
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1890s

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Folkestone
General election 1892: Wilton [24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 3,743 52.9 N/A
Liberal Thomas Grove 3,336 47.1 New
Majority 407 5.8 N/A
Turnout 7,079 79.1 N/A
Registered electors 8,951
Conservative hold
General election 1895: Wilton [24][25][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 3,828 51.8 −1.1
Liberal Lionel Edward Pyke 3,565 48.2 +1.1
Majority 263 3.6 −2.2
Turnout 7,393 86.9 +7.8
Registered electors 8,511
Conservative hold Swing -1.1

Elections in the 1900s

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1900 Wilton by-election[24][25][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Morrison Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1900: Wilton [24][25][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Morrison 3,733 56.3 +4.5
Liberal Martin White 2,892 43.7 −4.5
Majority 841 12.6 +9.0
Turnout 6,626 80.7 −6.2
Registered electors 8,205
Conservative hold
 
Morse
General election 1906: Wilton [24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Levi Lapper Morse 4,272 54.6 +10.9
Conservative James Morrison 3,548 45.4 −10.9
Majority 724 9.2 N/A
Turnout 7,820 90.6 +9.9
Registered electors 8,632
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +10.9

Elections in the 1910s

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Verney
General election January 1910: Wilton [24][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Bathurst 4,541 53.8 +8.4
Liberal Harry Verney 3,894 46.2 −8.4
Majority 647 7.6 N/A
Turnout 8,435 93.0 +2.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.4
General election December 1910: Wilton [24][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Bathurst 4,356 53.6 −0.2
Liberal Francis Rogers 3,769 46.4 +0.2
Majority 587 7.2 −0.4
Turnout 8,125 89.6 −3.4
Conservative hold Swing -0.2

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[24][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Hugh Morrison Unopposed
Unionist hold

References

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  9. ^ On petition, London was found not to have been duly elected
  10. ^ Created The Lord Londonderry 1719 and The Viscount Londonderry 1726, both titles being in the Peerage of Ireland
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