Weobley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Weobley (UK Parliament constituency)

Weobley (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1832

Weobley was a parliamentary borough in Herefordshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons in 1295 and from 1628 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.

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Members of Parliament

MPs 1628–1660

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MPs 1660–1832

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Thynne was also elected for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Weobley
  2. [2]
    On petition, Foley was declared not to have been duly elected.
  3. [3]
    Expelled from the House of Commons, 14 March 1732, "for a notorious Breach of Trust reposed in him, as a Commissioner and Trustee for the Sale of the Forfeited Estates, referring to the Derwentwater estates.
  4. [4]
    Cornewall petitioned against Birch's election (in a dispute over the franchise), but Birch died before the dispute was resolved; no by-election could be called until it was determined whether Birch had been duly elected. His election was eventually annulled, and Cornewall declared to have been elected.
  5. [5]
    On petition, Powell was declared not to have been duly elected
  6. [6]
    Later Rear-Admiral
  7. [7]
    Created The Lord Irnham (in the Peerage of Ireland), December 1768
  8. [8]
    Styled Viscount Weymouth from August 1788 (when his father was created Marquess of Bath). He was re-elected in 1790, but had also been elected for Bath, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Weobley

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