Lostwithiel was a rotten borough

Rotten borough

A "rotten", "decayed" or pocket borough was a parliamentary borough or constituency in the United Kingdom that had a very small electorate and could be used by a patron to gain undue and unrepresentative influence within Parliament....

 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...

 which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons

British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

 in the English

Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. In 1066, William of Normandy introduced a feudal system, by which he sought the advice of a council of tenants-in-chief and ecclesiastics before making laws...

 and later British Parliament from 1304 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.

History

The borough consisted of the town of Lostwithiel

Lostwithiel

Lostwithiel is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739...

 and part of the neighbouring Lanlivery

Lanlivery

Lanlivery is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is located approximately 1½ miles west of Lostwithiel and five miles south of Bodmin....

 parish; it was a market town whose trade was mainly dependent on the copper mined nearby.

Unlike many of the most notorious Cornish rotten boroughs

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...

, Lostwithiel had been continuously represented since the Middle Ages and was originally of sufficient size to justify its status. However, by the time of the Great Reform Act it had long been a pocket borough, under the complete control of 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...

 since 1702. The right to vote was vested in the corporation, who numbered 24 in 1816; they made no attempt to defy their patron, who regularly paid the corporation's debts and advanced them money.

In 1831, the borough had a population of 1,047, and 303 houses.

1304-1629

• Constituency created (1304)

Parliament	First member	Second member
1388 (Feb)	Thomas Curteys	Pascoe Polruddon
1388 (Sep)	Thomas Moyle	John Mychel
1390 (Jan)	Richard Respryn	John Brown
1390 (Nov)
1391	Simon Lowys	Robert Combe
1393	Richard Bloyowe	Roger Umfrey
1394
1395	John Quint	William Scoce
1397 (Jan)	Thomas Curteys	John Kendale
1397 (Sep)	Thomas Curteys	John Kendale
1399	John Day	Richard Hervy
1401
1402	Sir Henry Ilcombe	Thomas Curteys
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	John Curteys	Gregory Aute
1407	Sir Henry Ilcombe	Robert Kayl
1410	Robert Kayl	?
1411	John Curteys	Thomas Jayet
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	John Curteys	John Clink
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	Robert Kayl	John Trebarthe
1415
1416 (Mar)	Robert Kayl	Thomas West
1416 (Oct)
1417	Stephen Kendale	Thomas West
1419	Tristram Curteys	Richard Hervy
1420	Thomas Cokayn	John Trewint
1421 (May)	John Colyn	Robert Treage
1421 (Dec)	Tristram Curteys	John Trewint
1510-1523	No names known
1529	John Tredeneck	Richard Bryan alias Croker
1536	?
1539	?
1542	?
1545	Anthony Browne	Walter Mildmay Walter Mildmay Sir Walter Mildmay was an English statesman who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer of England under Queen Elizabeth I, and was founder of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.-Early life:...
Parliament of 1547-1552	Richard Hudson	John Southcote
First Parliament of 1553	Richard Wooton	Jasper Fisher Jasper Fisher Jasper Fisher , was an English divine and dramatist.-Life:Fisher was born in 1591, was the son of William Fisher of Carleton, Bedfordshire, deputy-auditor for the county of York , by Alice Roane of Wellingborough. Fisher matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 13 November 1607; he was admitted B.A....
Second Parliament of 1553	John Courtenay John Courtenay (of Tremere) The Courtenay family of Tremere were a cadet line of the influential Devon family seated at Powderham and part of the House of Courtenay. The family is descendants of Sir Philip Courtenay, the son of Hugh de Courtenay, the 10th Earl of Devon...	Christopher Daunsey
Parliament of 1554	George Southcote	Brice Rookwood
Parliament of 1554-1555	John Southcote	John Cosworth
Parliament of 1555		Brice Rookwood
Parliament of 1558	John Herring	John Cosworth
Parliament of 1559	Peter Edgcumbe Peter Edgcumbe Peter Edgcumbe was an English politician.He was Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall 8 August 1586 – 7 December 1587, High Sheriff of Cornwall 1498–1499 and Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall bef. 1573–1597...	John Trelawny John Trelawny (died 1568) John Trelawny , of Pool in Menheniot, Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament. The son of another John Trelawny of Pool, who had been a co-heir of the Earl of Devon, he was the head of one of Cornwall's leading families. He served as Member for Lostwithiel in the Parliament of 1559, and for...
Parliament of 1563-1567	Thomas Mildmay Thomas Mildmay Sir Thomas Mildmay was an English courtier and politician.He was born the eldest son of Thomas Mildmay , educated at Christ's College, Cambridge and entered Lincoln's Inn in 1559....	John Killigrew
Parliament of 1571	Robert Snagge	William Kendall
Parliament of 1572-1581		John Barkley
Parliament of 1584-1585	James Dalton	John Shirley
Parliament of 1586-1587		John Agmondesham
Parliament of 1588-1589	William Fitzwilliams	William Gardiner
Parliament of 1593	Sir Francis Godolphin Francis Godolphin (1540-1608) Sir Francis Godolphin was an English Member of Parliament. The nephew of Sir William Godolphin, who left no male issue, he succeeded to his uncle's estates early in Queen Elizabeth's reign...	Robert Beale Robert Beale (diplomat) Robert Beale was an English diplomat, administrator, and antiquary in the reign of Elizabeth I. As Clerk of the Privy Council, Beale wrote the official record of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, to which he was an eyewitness.-Early life:...
Parliament of 1597-1598	William Cornwallis	John Cooke
Parliament of 1601	Richard Cromwell	Nicholas Saunders
Parliament of 1604-1611	Sir Thomas Chaloner Thomas Chaloner (naturalist) Sir Thomas Chaloner was an English naturalist.-Life:He was the son of statesman and poet Sir Thomas Chaloner. He was tutor to Prince Henry, son of James I, and was also responsible for introducing alum manufacturing to England. He was Member of Parliament for St Mawes in 1586 and for Lostwithiel...	Sir William Lower
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...	Edward Leech Edward Leech Sir Edward Leech was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1625.In 1614, Leech was elected Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel. He was elected MP for Derby in 1621. He was of Cheshire when he was knighted by King James at Windsor on 9 September 1621...	Sir Henry Vane Henry Vane the Elder Sir Henry Vane, the elder was an English politician and secretary of state.-Origins and education:Vane was born on 18 February 1589, the eldest son of Henry Vane or Fane of Hadlow, Kent, by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Roger Twysden of East Peckham, Kent...
Parliament of 1621-1622	Edward Salter Edward Salter Sir Edward Salter was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1610 and from 1621 to 1622.Salter was probably the son of Thomas Salter of Oswestry, Shropshire and was probably admitted to Gray's Inn in 1580. In 1610, he was elected Member of Parliament for Evesham. He was elected...	George Chudleigh Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet was an English politician.Chudleigh was MP for St. Michaels 1601, East Looe 1614, Lostwithiel 1621-1622 and 1625 and Tiverton 1624-1625....
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...	Sir John Chichester	Sir John Hobart Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet was an English politician and baronet.-Background:Born in Norwich, he was the eldest son of Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet and his wife Dorothy Bell, daughter of Sir Robert Bell. His younger brother was Miles Hobart...
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...	Double return
Parliament of 1625-1626	Sir Robert Mansell Robert Mansell Sir Robert Mansel was an admiral of the English Royal Navy and a Member of Parliament , mostly for Welsh constituencies. His name was sometimes given as Sir Robert Mansfield and Sir Robert Maunsell....	Reginald Mohun
Parliament of 1628-1629	Sir Robert Carr, also elected for Preston Sir Thomas Badger Thomas Badger Thomas Badger was an artist in Boston, Massachusetts in the 19th-century. He specialized in portraits.-Biography:Thomas Badger trained with John Ritto Penniman.Portrait subjects included:* John Abbot* William Allen, of Bowdoin College...	Sir John Chudleigh
No Parliament summoned 1629-1640

1640-1832

Year		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....		Richard Arundell Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1664 when he was raised to the peerage...	Royalist		Nicholas Kendall Nicholas Kendall (Royalist) Nicholas Kendall was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625 and 1640. He was killed in action fighting on the Royalist side in the English Civil War....
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...					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
July 1643				Trevanion killed in action - seat vacant
January 1644	Arundell disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1646		Sir John Maynard John Maynard (KB) Sir John Maynard K.B. was a 17th century English politician.-Origins:Maynard was the second son of Sir Henry Maynard, of Estaines Parva, in Essex, and Susan, the daughter of Thomas Pearson. His elder brother, William, was the first Lord Maynard...			Francis Holles Francis Holles, 2nd Baron Holles Francis Holles, 2nd Baron Holles was an English statesman, and only child of Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles and his first wife Dorothy, daughter and heiress of Sir Francis Ashley...
December 1648	Maynard not recorded as having sat after 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...			Holles 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	Lostwithiel 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...		Walter Moyle Walter Moyle Walter Moyle was an English politician and political writer, an advocate of classical republicanism.-Life:He was born at Bake in St Germans, Cornwall, on 3 November 1672, the third, but eldest surviving son of Sir Walter Moyle, who died in September 1701, by his wife Thomasine, daughter of Sir...			John Clayton John Clayton (MP) John Clayton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660. He fought in the Parliamentary army 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....	Not represented in the restored Rump 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....
April 1660		Walter Moyle Walter Moyle Walter Moyle was an English politician and political writer, an advocate of classical republicanism.-Life:He was born at Bake in St Germans, Cornwall, on 3 November 1672, the third, but eldest surviving son of Sir Walter Moyle, who died in September 1701, by his wife Thomasine, daughter of Sir...			John Clayton John Clayton (MP) John Clayton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....
1661		Sir Chichester Wrey			John Bulteel
1668		Charles Smythe
1670					Silius Titus Silius Titus Silius or Silas Titus , of Bushey, was an English politician, captain of Deal Castle, and Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King Charles II.-Early Life:He was born in London, the son of Silas Titus, a salter and Constatia Colley...
1679		Sir John Carew Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1660 and 1692....			Walter Kendall
1685		Sir Robert Southwell Robert Southwell (diplomat) Sir Robert Southwell was an English diplomat. He was Secretary of State for Ireland and President of the Royal Society from 1690.-Background and education:...			Sir Matthias Vincent
1689		Francis Robartes Francis Robartes Francis Robartes FRS was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1673 and 1718....			Walter Kendall
1690		Sir Bevil Granville Bevil Granville Sir Bevil Grenville or Granville was an English soldier, governor of Barbados.Grenville was the grandson of Sir Bevil Grenville, and the son of Bernard Grenville, M.P., and groom of the bedchamber to Charles II, by his wife Anne, daughter and sole heiress of Cuthbert Morley of Hornby, Yorkshire....
1695		Bernard Granville			Samuel Travers
1698		George Booth
January 1701		Sir John Molesworth			John Buller
April 1701					George Booth
1702					Russell Robartes
1705		Robert Molesworth Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth PC came of an old Northamptonshire family. He married Letitia Coote, daughter of Richard Coote, 1st Lord Coote of Coloony and Mary St. George.His father Robert Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth PC (7 September 1656 – 22 May 1725) came of an old...	Whig
1706		James Kendall
1708					Joseph Addison Joseph Addison Joseph Addison was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was a man of letters, eldest son of Lancelot Addison...	Whig
1709		Francis Robartes Francis Robartes Francis Robartes FRS was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1673 and 1718....			Russell Robartes
January 1710					Horatio Walpole
October 1710		John Hill John Hill (courtier) Major-General John "Jack" Hill was a British army officer and courtier during the reign of Queen Anne. While of no particular military ability, his family connections brought him promotion and office until the end of Anne's reign....	Tory		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...
1713		Sir Thomas Clarges			Erasmus Lewis
1715		Galfridus Walpole			Thomas Liddell
1718					Edward Eliot
1720					John Newsham
1721		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
1722					Lord Stanhope Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield PC KG was a British statesman and man of letters.A Whig, Lord Stanhope, as he was known until his father's death in 1726, was born in London. After being educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he went on the Grand Tour of the continent...	Whig
1724		Sir Orlando Bridgeman Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet was a British baronet and Whig politician.-Background:He was the oldest son of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary Cave, daughter of Sir Thomas Cave, 1st Baronet. His sister Penelope was married to Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington...	Whig		Henry Parsons Henry Parsons Henry Parsons was a Massachusetts politician who served as tenth Mayor, of Marlborough, Massachusetts.-Early life:Parsons was naturalized an American citizen in Auburn, New York on October 12, 1865.-Notes:...
January 1727					Hon. Sir William Stanhope
August 1727					Darrell Trelawny
1728		Anthony Cracherode			Sir Edward Knatchbull Sir Edward Knatchbull, 4th Baronet Sir Edward Knatchbull, 4th Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1702 to 1705 and in the House of Commons of Great Britain variously between 1713 and 1730....
1730					Edward Walpole Edward Walpole Sir Edward Walpole KB PC was a British politician, and a younger son of Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister from 1721 to 1742....
1734		Richard Edgcumbe Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, PC was an English politician.He was the son of Sir Richard Edgcumbe and Lady Anne Montagu, daughter of the Earl of Sandwich...	Whig		Philip Lloyd
1735					Matthew Ducie Moreton
1736					Sir John Crosse
1741		Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton Sir Robert Cotton, 3rd Baronet Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet was a politician in Great Britain. He was Member of Parliament for Cheshire from 1727 to 1734 and for Lostwithiel from 1741 to 1747.- References:*...
1747		Richard Edgcumbe Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe PC was a British nobleman and politician.The eldest surviving son of Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe and his wife Matilda Furnese, he was educated at Eton from 1725 to 1732...	Whig		James Edward Colleton
1754		Thomas Clarke
1761		George Howard
1766		Viscount Beauchamp	Tory
1768		Henry Cavendish Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet PC was an Irish politician noted for his extensive recording of parliamentary debates in the late 1760s and early 1770s.-Early life:...			Charles Brett Charles Brett (MP) Charles Brett was a British Member of Parliament.Coming from a naval family, Brett was at first a naval officer, and in 1755 was in charge of Portsmouth dockyard...
1774		Viscount Fairford Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire PC, FRS , styled Viscount Kilwarlin until 1789 and Earl of Hillsborough from 1789 to 1793, was a British peer and MP.-Life:...
1776					Thomas Potter
September 1780		Hon. John St. John			Hon. Thomas de Grey Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham PC , was a British peer and politician. He served as Joint Postmaster General between 1787 and 1794 and was for many years Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords.-Background:...
December 1780		Commodore George Johnstone	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
1781					Viscount Malden George Capel-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex George Capel-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex FSA was an English aristocrat and politician, styled Viscount Malden until 1799.-Life:...
1784		John Sinclair Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet was a Scottish politician, writer on finance and agriculture and the first person to use the word statistics in the English language, in his vast, pioneering work, Statistical Account of Scotland, in 21 volumes.Sinclair was the eldest son of George Sinclair of...			John Thomas Ellis
1790		Viscount Valletort Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe PC , styled Viscount Valletort between 1789 and 1795, was a British politician and writer on music.-Background:...			Reginald Pole-Carew Reginald Pole Carew Reginald Pole Carew was a British politician.Rt. Hon. Reginald Pole-Carew was born 28 July 1753, the son of Reginald Pole and Anne Buller. He lived at Antony House, Cornwall.-Career:...
1791		George Smith George Smith (1765-1836) George Smith was a British Member of Parliament, banker and director of the East India Company.He was the fifth son of Abel Smith, a wealthy Nottingham banker and Member of Parliament. Four of his brothers were also Members of Parliament and one, Robert, was raised to the peerage as Baron Carrington...
1796		Hans Sloane Hans Sloane (MP) Hans Sloane , later called Hans Sloane-Stanley, was a British Member of Parliament.Sloane was born on 14 November 1739 at South Stoneham, Hampshire, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and the Inner Temple...			William Drummond William Drummond of Logiealmond Sir William Drummond of Logiealmond was a Scottish diplomat and Member of Parliament, poet and philosopher. His book Academical Questions is arguably important in the development of the ideas of English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.-Career:In 1795 he was MP for St. Mawes, and in the...
1802					William Dickinson
1806		The Viscount Lismore
January 1807					Charles Cockerell
May 1807		George Peter Holford			Ebenezer Maitland
1812		Reginald Pole-Carew Reginald Pole Carew Reginald Pole Carew was a British politician.Rt. Hon. Reginald Pole-Carew was born 28 July 1753, the son of Reginald Pole and Anne Buller. He lived at Antony House, Cornwall.-Career:...			John Ashley Warre
1816		Viscount Valletort	Tory
1818		Sir Robert Wigram Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Baronet Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Baronet FRS was a Director of the Bank of England and a Tory politician.Fitzwygram, who began life as Robert Wigram, was the eldest son of Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet, merchant and shipbuilder of Walthamstow. Wigram was interested in the foundation of the London...	Tory		Sir Alexander Cray Grant	Tory
June 1826		Viscount Valletort Ernest Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Ernest Augustus Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , styled Viscount Valletort between 1818 and 1837, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...	Tory
December 1826					Edward Cust	Tory
August 1830		Hon. William Vesey-Fitzgerald William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey PC, PC , FRS, FSA was an Irish statesman.-Background and education:...	Tory
December 1830		Viscount Valletort Ernest Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Ernest Augustus Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , styled Viscount Valletort between 1818 and 1837, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...	Tory
1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....	Constituency abolished

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