Grampound (UK Parliament constituency)

Grampound in Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

, was a borough constituency of the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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of the Parliament of England

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, then of the Parliament of Great Britain

Parliament of Great Britain

The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland...

from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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from 1801 to 1821. It was represented by two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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History

Grampound

Grampound is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the A390 road six miles west of St Austell.Grampound with Creed is the civil parish of which the village of Grampound and the village of Creed are the main settlements...

's market was on a Saturday and the town had a glove

Glove

A glove is a garment covering the hand. Gloves have separate sheaths or openings for each finger and the thumb; if there is an opening but no covering sheath for each finger they are called "fingerless gloves". Fingerless gloves with one large opening rather than individual openings for each...

factory. Grampound was created a Borough by a charter of King Edward III

Edward III of England

Edward III was King of England from 1327 until his death and is noted for his military success. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe...

with a Mayor, eight Aldermen, a Recorder, and a Town Clerk. In 1547 it sent members to Parliament for the first time, one of a number of rotten boroughs in Cornwall

Cornish rotten boroughs

The Cornish rotten boroughs were one of the most striking anomalies of the Unreformed House of Commons in the Parliament that ruled Britain before the Reform Act of 1832...

established during the Tudor period

Tudor period

The Tudor period usually refers to the period between 1485 and 1603, specifically in relation to the history of England. This coincides with the rule of the Tudor dynasty in England whose first monarch was Henry VII...

Boundaries

The constituency was a Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

in Cornwall

Cornwall

, covering Grampound

Grampound

, a market town 8 miles from Truro

Truro

Truro is a city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The city is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population recorded in the 2001 census of 17,431. Truro urban statistical area, which includes parts of surrounding parishes, has a 2001 census...

on the River Fal

River Fal

The River Fal flows through Cornwall, United Kingdom, rising on the Goss Moor and reaching the English Channel at Falmouth. On or near the banks of the Fal are the castles of Pendennis and St Mawes as well as Trelissick Garden. The River Fal separates the Roseland peninsula from the rest of...

Franchise

The franchise for the borough was in the hands of Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and any Freemen created by the council. In 1816, T.H.B. Oldfield wrote that there were 42 voters in all. Given that the borough had 80 houses, this meant that the franchise was extended well into the working class.

While several patrons (including the Earls of Mount Edgcumbe

Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

Earl of Mount Edgcumbe is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for George Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe. The Edgcumbe family descends from Sir Piers Edgcumbe of Cotehele in Cornwall, who acquired the Mount Edgcumbe estate near Plymouth through marriage in the early 16th...

, Lord Eliot

Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot

Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot was born to Richard Eliot and Harriot Craggs , the illegitimate daughter of the Privy Counsellor and Secretary of State, James Craggs and Hester Santlow, the noted...

, Sir Christopher Hawkins and Basil Cochrane) attempted to exert their influence over the choice of members to serve Grampound, the electors were more interested in the monetary value of their vote. Oldfield wrote "The freemen of this borough have been known to boast of receiving three hundred guineas a man for their votes at one election." So notorious and unmanageable did the borough become that Grampound became a byword for electoral corruption, and Edward Porritt noted its use was continuing in 1903.

Disfranchisement for corruption

Finally, after the return of two members in the 1818 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1818

The 1818 general election of the United Kingdom saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats...

was overturned by a petition alleging gross bribery, Lord John Russell

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC , known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an English Whig and Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....

moved to disfranchise Grampound and to transfer the two members to a new Parliamentary Borough of Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

. The usual treatment for a Borough which had perpetual bribery (as practiced in New Shoreham

New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)

New Shoreham, sometimes simply called Shoreham, was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in what is now West Sussex...

in 1770, Cricklade

Cricklade (UK Parliament constituency)

Cricklade was a parliamentary constituency named after the town of Cricklade in Wiltshire.From 1295 until 1885, Cricklade was a parliamentary borough, returning two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, previously to the House of Commons of...

in 1782, Aylesbury

Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Aylesbury is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party has held the seat since 1924, and held it at the 2010 general election with a 52.2% share of the vote.-Boundaries:...

in 1804 and East Retford

East Retford (UK Parliament constituency)

East Retford was a parliamentary constituency in Nottinghamshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons for the first time in 1316, and continuously from 1571 until 1885, when the constituency was abolished...

in 1828) was to expand its boundaries and franchise into an area free of corruption but that was not possible in Grampound where the neighbouring towns were also Parliamentary boroughs and increasing the electorate would simply increase the pool of potential bribed voters.

After a delay caused by the accession of King George IV

George IV of the United Kingdom

George IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later...

and the scandal of Queen Caroline's return, Russell introduced a Bill in January 1821. The suggestion of Leeds as a new borough met with resistance because of the large number of working class voters who would be enfranchised, and when an amendment to raise the qualification was passed, Russell withdrew his Bill; however, the mover of the amendment introduced his own. The House of Lords

House of Lords

The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....

amended the Bill to give the two members instead to the county of Yorkshire

Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Yorkshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from 1290, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...

, an amendment accepted and which eventually went into law. Grampound was disfranchised by 1 & 2 Geo. IV, c. 47.

1547-1629

Parliament	First member	Second member
Parliament of 1547	Henry Knollys	Peter Sainthill
First Parliament of 1553	Thomas Niccolls	Egidius Wilson
Second Parliament of 1553	Sir Thomas Smith Thomas Smith (diplomat) Sir Thomas Smith was an English scholar and diplomat.He was born at Saffron Walden in Essex. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he became a fellow in 1530, and in 1533 was appointed a public reader or professor. He lectured in the schools on natural philosophy, and on Greek in...	Sir William Smythwick
Parliament of 1554	Richard Chappell	Sir Thomas Cornwallis
Parliament of 1554-1555	Robert Vaughan	George Tedlowe
Parliament of 1555	Richard Chappell	John Harris
Parliament of 1558	Thomas Herle Thomas Herle Thomas Herle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679.Herle was the son of Thomas Herle of Prideaux, Cornwall, and his wife Loveday Glyn, daughter of Nicholas Glyn of Glyn Cornwall.In 1659, Herle was elected Member of Parliament for Grampound in the Third...	Robert Rychers
Parliament of 1559	Sir John Pollard	Christopher Perne
Parliament of 1563-1567	Sir John Pollard	Christopher Perne
Parliament of 1571	Edward Clere	John Hussey
Parliament of 1572-1581	Edmund Sheffield	John Hussey
Parliament of 1584-1585	William Stoughton William Stoughton (English constitutionalist) William Stoughton developed the most complete and insightful version of classical republicanism that had yet appeared in England.-Biography:Not much is known of Stoughton's life. William Stoughton was the first student to matriculate to Christ Church, Oxford and then was elected to the Westminster...	Charles Trevanion Charles Trevanion Charles Trevanion was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1625.Trevanion was the son of Charles Trevanion of Caerhays, Vice-Admiral of Cornwall and his wife Joanna Witchabse...
Parliament of 1586-1587	Thomas Cromwell Thomas Cromwell (Parliamentary diarist) Thomas Cromwell , born in Putney, third surviving son of The 1st Baron Cromwell and grandson of the famous Thomas Cromwell, was an English Member of Parliament during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I...	John Herbert John Herbert (Secretary of State) Sir John Herbert was a Welsh lawyer, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1611. He was Secretary of State under Elizabeth I and James I.-Life:...
Parliament of 1588-1589		Richard Sayer
Parliament of 1593	Richard Edgecumbe	Edward Jones Edward Jones (died 1609) Edward Jones was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1609.Jones was admitted to Gray's Inn on 12 January 1588. In 1593, he was elected Member of Parliament for Grampound. He was elected MP for Penryn in 1597. In 1601 he was elected MP for...
Parliament of 1597-1598	Sir John Leigh John Leigh (died 1612) Sir John Leigh was an English landowner, soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1597 and 1611.Leigh was the son of John Leigh of Coldrey, Hampshire and his wife Margaret or Margery Saunders, daughter of Thomas Saunders of Uxbridge, Middlesex...	Robert Newdigate
Parliament of 1601	Sir John Gray	John Astell
Parliament of 1604-1611	William Noy William Noy William Noy was a noted British jurist.He was born on the family estate of Pendrea in St Buryan, Cornwall. He left Exeter College, Oxford without taking a degree, and entered Lincoln's Inn in 1594. From 1603 until his death he was elected, with one exception, to each parliament, sitting...	(Sir) Francis Barnham Francis Barnham Sir Francis Barnham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1604 and 1646. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.-Life:...
Addled Parliament (1614) Addled Parliament The Addled Parliament was the second Parliament of England of the reign of James I of England , which sat between 5 April and 7 June 1614...	Thomas St Aubyn Thomas St Aubyn Thomas St Aubyn was an English politician. He was the MP for St Ives in the Parliament of 1601 alongside Thomas Barton and Grampound in the Addled Parliament , and High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1546.-References:...
Parliament of 1621-1622	John Hampden John Hampden John Hampden was an English politician, the eldest son of William Hampden, of Hampden House, Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire, John Hampden (ca. 15951643) was an English politician, the eldest son of William Hampden, of Hampden House, Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire, John Hampden (ca. 15951643)...	Sir Robert Carey Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the youngest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Anne Morgan, daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan and Anne Whitney.As a young man he accompanied several diplomatic missions abroad and took part in military expeditions...
Happy Parliament (1624-1625) Happy Parliament The Happy Parliament was the fourth and last Parliament of England of the reign of King James I, sitting from 19 February 1624 to 24 May 1624 and then from 2 November 1624 to 16 February 1625...	John Mohun John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton was an English politician.He was the eldest son of Sir Reginald Mohun, 1st Baronet, and was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, graduating in 1608, and joining the Middle Temple...	Richard Edgcumbe
Useless Parliament (1625) Useless Parliament The Useless Parliament was the first Parliament of England of the reign of King Charles I, sitting only from June until August 1625. It gained its name because it transacted no significant business, making it 'useless' from the king's point of view...		Sir Samuel Rolle Samuel Rolle Sir Samuel Rolle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1640 and 1647. He supported the parliamentary side in the English Civil War....
Parliament of 1625-1626	Edward Thomas	Thomas St Aubyn Thomas St Aubyn Thomas St Aubyn was an English politician. He was the MP for St Ives in the Parliament of 1601 alongside Thomas Barton and Grampound in the Addled Parliament , and High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1546.-References:...
Parliament of 1628-1629	Lord Carey Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth was an English nobleman and translator born in Bolton, Lancashire, England to Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth and Elizabeth Trevannion. On 6 November 1652 Henry married Martha Cranfield daughter of Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex and Elizabeth Shepard...	Sir Robert Pye Robert Pye (elder) Sir Robert Pye was an English courtier, administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1629. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
No Parliament summoned 1629-1640

1640-1821

	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....	William Coryton William Coryton William Coryton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1641. He was expelled from parliament for falsyfying returns....		John Trevanion John Trevanion John Trevanion was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1643. He was a royalist officer who was killed in action in the English Civil War....	Royalist
November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...			James Campbell	Parliamentarian
1640	Sir John Trevor John Trevor (1596 - 1673) Sir John Trevor , of Trevalyn Hall in Denbighshire, was a Welsh Puritan Member of Parliament during the reigns of James I and Charles I, and a member of the Council of State during the Commonwealth...	Parliamentarian	James Campbell	Parliamentarian
December 1648		Parliamentarian	Campbell excluded in Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents... - seat vacant
1653	Grampound was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector... and the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House.... and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons... Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...	Thomas Herle Thomas Herle Thomas Herle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679.Herle was the son of Thomas Herle of Prideaux, Cornwall, and his wife Loveday Glyn, daughter of Nicholas Glyn of Glyn Cornwall.In 1659, Herle was elected Member of Parliament for Grampound in the Third...		Robert Scawen Robert Scawen Robert Scawen was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1670. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....
May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	Sir John Trevor John Trevor (1596 - 1673) Sir John Trevor , of Trevalyn Hall in Denbighshire, was a Welsh Puritan Member of Parliament during the reigns of James I and Charles I, and a member of the Council of State during the Commonwealth...		One seat vacant
April 1660	Thomas Herle Thomas Herle Thomas Herle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679.Herle was the son of Thomas Herle of Prideaux, Cornwall, and his wife Loveday Glyn, daughter of Nicholas Glyn of Glyn Cornwall.In 1659, Herle was elected Member of Parliament for Grampound in the Third...		Hugh Boscawen Hugh Boscawen Hugh Boscawen was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1646 and 1701.Boscawen was the son of Hugh Boscawen of Tregothnan, Cornwall and was baptised on 21 August 1625....
October 1660	John Tanner
1661	John Tanner		Charles Trevanion
February 1679	Sir Joseph Tredenham	Tory	Charles Trevanion
August 1679	John Tanner		Nicholas Herle
1685	Sir Joseph Tredenham	Tory	Robert Foley Robert Foley (MP) Robert Foley of Stourbridge was the son of Robert Foley .- Biography :He succeeded to his father's business as an ironmonger and naval contractor for ironware. His contract with the Navy Board has been printed, and lists 30 different kinds of nails and nearly 60 other species of iron goods...
1689	Edward Herle Edward Herle Edward Herle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1660. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....		John Tanner
1690	Walter Vincent
1692	John Buller John Buller (died 1716) John Buller was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1656 and 1695.Buller was the son of Francis Buller of Shillingham Cornwall, and his wife Thomasine Honeywood...
1695	Hugh Fortescue Hugh Fortescue Hugh Fortescue was a British politician.He married Bridget Boscawen, the daughter of Hugh Boscawen . Bridget's mother Margaret was the daughter of Theophilus Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln, and was one of the coheirs of the Barony of Clinton upon the death of the 5th Earl in 1692...
1698	Sir William Scawen
1699	Sir William Scawen		Francis Scobell
1702	James Craggs James Craggs the Elder James Craggs the Elder was an English politician and the father of James Craggs the Younger.A son of Anthony Craggs of Holbeck, Durham, he was baptized on 10 June 1657...	Whig	Francis Scobell
1708			Thomas Scawen
1710			Thomas Coke Thomas Coke (privy counsellor) Thomas Coke was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1698 and 1715.Coke was the son of John Coke and his wife Mary Leventhorpe, daughter of Sir Thomas Leventhorpe, 4th Baronet. He was born at Melbourne, Derbyshire where he was baptised on 19 February 1675....
1713	Andrew Quick
1715	Hon. John West John West, 1st Earl De La Warr Lieutenant-General John West, 1st Earl De La Warr KB, PC, FRS , styled The Honourable John West until 1723 and known as The Lord De La Warr between 1723 and 1761, was a British soldier, courtier and politician....		Charles Cooke Charles Cooke (MP for Grampound) Sir Charles Cooke was an English merchant and politician of the early 18th century. He served as MP for Grampound from 1715 to 1721, was Master of the Worshipful Company of Mercers in 1716, was knighted in January 1717 and appointed Sheriff of London the same year. Following his death he left a...
1721			Richard West Richard West (Lord Chancellor of Ireland) Richard West was an 18th-century lawyer and politician.He represented Grampound and Bodmin in the English Parliament and was Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1725 to 1726, succeeding Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton.-Career:...
1722	Marquess of Hartington William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC was a British nobleman and Whig politician, the son of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire and Hon. Rachel Russell....	Whig	Humphry Morrice
1727	Philip Hawkins		Humphry Morrice
1732			Isaac le Heup
1734			Thomas Hales Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet , of Beakesbourne in Kent, was an English courtier and Member of Parliament.Hales was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet, of Brymore, and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford...	Whig
1739	Thomas Trefusis			Whig
1741	Daniel Boone		William Banks
1747	Lord George Bentinck		Thomas Hawkins
1754	Merrick Burrell Sir Merrick Burrell, 1st Baronet Sir Merrik Burrell, 1st Baronet was a British politician.He was the second son of Peter Burrell and his wife Isabella Merrik, daughter of John Merrik. Burrell entered the British House of Commons for Great Marlow in 1747, sat for it until 1754 and was subsequently returned for Grampound, which he...		Simon Fanshawe
1768	Grey Cooper Grey Cooper Grey Cooper was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1765 and 1790 and was Secretary to the Treasury under various administrations....		Charles Wolfran Cornwall Charles Wolfran Cornwall Charles Wolfran Cornwall was a British politician.In 1768, he was returned as MP for Grampound. He was created a Privy Councillor in 1780....
1774	Hon. Sir Joseph Yorke Joseph Yorke, 1st Baron Dover General Joseph Yorke, 1st Baron Dover KB, PC , styled The Honourable Joseph Yorke until 1761 and The Honourable Sir Joseph Yorke between 1761 and 1788, was a British soldier, diplomat and Whig politician....	Whig	Richard Neville
1780	Sir John Ramsden, Bt		Thomas Lucas Thomas Lucas Thomas Lucas MP, West India merchant, was treasurer of Guy's Hospital 1764-1774 then president of its board of governors until his death.-Business interests:...
1784	Hon. John Somers Cocks John Cocks, 1st Earl Somers John Somers Cocks, 1st Earl Somers , known as The Lord Somers between 1806 and 1821, was a British peer and politician.-Background and education:...		Francis Baring	Whig
1790	Thomas Wallace Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace PC was an English politician.-Background:Wallace was the son of James Wallace , a barrister who served as Solicitor General for England and Wales and as Attorney General, by Elizabeth, only daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Simpson, Esquire, of Carleton Hall,...		Jeremiah Crutchley
1796	Bryan Edwards		Robert Sewell Robert Sewell (lawyer) Robert Sewell was Attorney General of Jamaica and pro-slavery member of the Parliament of Great Britain.Robert Sewell was the son of Sir Thomas Sewell and Catherine Heath and christened 13 December 1751 at All Hallows, London....
1800	Sir Christopher Hawkins	Tory
1802			Benjamin Hobhouse
1806			Henry Fawcett
1807	Hon. Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone		Hon. George Cochrane
March 1808	Robert Williams Robert Williams (1767–1847) Robert Williams was an English banker and politician. He purchased the Bridehead estate near Dorchester, Dorset around 1797. It comprised the manor of Littlebredy, Bridehead being a name fabricated by Williams, and in later years became the main family residence.Williams was the Member of...		John Teed
May 1808	William Holmes William Holmes (1779-1851) William Holmes was a British Tory politician of the early nineteenth century, and an MP for 28 years....	Tory	Hon. George Cochrane
1812		Tory	Hon. Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone
1812	John Teed		Hon. Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone
1814	John Teed		Ebenezer Collett
1818	John Innes		Alexander Robertson Alexander Robertson (MP) Alexander Robertson was an English politician.He was elected at the 1818 as one of the two Members of Parliament for the rotten borough of Grampound in Cornwall,and was re-elected in 1820....

Constituency disenfranchished for corruption (1821)

Notes

Elections

As with most boroughs in the unreformed House of Commons, Grampound was uncontested at most elections. The only contested elections after 1660 were:

1741: The sitting members, Thomas Hales and Thomas Trefusis, (who were supporters of Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....

) were challenged by Daniel Boone and William Banks. Hales and Trefusis were supported by Richard Edgcumbe who was managing the Cornish Boroughs for the Government and controlled the Grampound corporation, but Boone and Banks arranged for an alternate Mayor to be elected and indemnified the Sheriff of the County against any legal expenses if he delivered the writs for the election to their Mayor and was sued. They secured their election by 27 votes to 23, while an alternative poll by the original Mayor returned Hales and Trefusis with 35 votes to 17 for their opponents. However, Hales and Trefusis declined to press their challenge through an election petition.

1754: Sir John St Aubyn, Bt and Francis Beauchamp were proposed as candidates apparently without their knowledge by local malcontent voters who wanted to raise the level of their bribery. They secured 13 votes to 31 for Merrick Burrell and Simon Fanshawe, who were government candidates.

Election declared void, March 7, 1808

1808: Robert Williams (1767–1847) and John Teed 14; Hon. George Augustus Frederick Cochrane and William Holmes 13 by first returning officer. Cochrane and Holmes 27; Williams and Teed 14 by second returning officer. Williams and Teed seated on petition, May 10, 1808.

Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone expelled for committing stock fraud
Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814
The Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814 was a hoax or fraud centered on false information about the then-ongoing Napoleonic Wars, affecting the London Stock Exchange in 1814.-The du Bourg hoax:...

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