Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)
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Norfolk was a County constituency of the House of Commons
of the Parliament of England
then of the Parliament of Great Britain
from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament
. In 1832 the county was divided for parliamentary purposes into two new two member divisions - East Norfolk
and West Norfolk
.
of Norfolk
in the East of England
, excluding the city of Norwich
which had the status of a county in its itself
after 1404. (Although Norfolk contained four other parliamentary borough
s - Castle Rising
, Great Yarmouth
, King's Lynn
and Thetford
- each of which elected two MPs in its own right for part of the period when Norfolk was a constituency, these were not excluded from the county constituency: owning property within a borough could confer a vote at the county election. This was not the case, though, for Norwich.)
, which gave the right to vote to every man who possessed freehold property within the county valued at £2 or more per year for the purposes of land tax; it was not necessary for the freeholder to occupy his land, nor even in later years to be resident in the county at all.
Except during the period of the Commonwealth, Norfolk had two MPs elected by the bloc vote
method, under which each voter had two votes. In the nominated Barebones Parliament
of 1653, five members represented Norfolk. In the First
and Second Parliaments
of Oliver Cromwell
's Protectorate, however, there was a general redistribution of seats and Norfolk elected ten members, while the two smallest of the county's boroughs (Castle Rising and Thetford) lost their seats. The traditional arrangements were restored from 1659.
At the time of the Great Reform Act in 1832, Norfolk had a population of approximately 390,000, though only a fraction of these could vote: the highest recorded turnouts in Norfolk were at the elections of 1802 and election of 1806, at each of which under 12,000 votes were cast, even though each voter could cast two votes.
and King's Lynn
contributing the largest numbers of these. Fittingly for such a constituency, the families of two of the best-known pioneers of the agrarian revolution, Coke of Holkham
and "Turnip" Townshend
, frequently provided the county's Members of Parliament.
Nevertheless, no one or two families controlled the constituency, and competition was fostered by the leading families lining up on different sides of the partisan divide. The leading Whig
families around the turn of the 18th century were those of Walpole
and Townshend
, while the most important Tory interests were those of the Wodehouse and Astley families, until Sir Jacob Astley
defected to the Whigs before the 1715 election. By the middle of the 18th century, the list of local peerage families who could expect to exert influence at Norfolk elections had grown to include the Hobart Earls of Buckinghamshire
, the Earls Cholmondeley
and the Lord Suffield
, but these magnates remained divided, with contention between support for the "court" and "country" factions within the Whigs as well as between Whigs and Tories.
Consequently the independent voters generally held the balance of power. But this did not prevent the various leading families from monopolising the representation between them, a process that accelerated in the 18th century: 16 different families represented Norfolk in the 22 Parliaments from 1660 to 1746, but only 7 in the 18 Parliaments from 1747 to 1832. The minor gentry could not expect to secure election for themselves, only to choose between the candidates of the major families. The Cokes of Holkham
were generally regarded as the champions of the independent freeholders, and were frequently elected. Elections in Norfolk were therefore rarely a foregone conclusion, and often hard-fought at the canvassing stage even when the contest was not carried to a poll.
Elections were held at a single polling place, Norwich, and voters from the rest of the county had to travel to the county town to exercise their franchise. It was normal for voters to expect the candidates for whom they voted to meet their expenses in travelling to the poll, making the cost of a contested election substantial. Contested elections were therefore the exception rather than the rule, potential candidates preferring to canvass support beforehand and usually not insisting on a vote being taken unless they were confident of winning; at all but 8 of the 29 general elections between 1701 and 1832, Norfolk's two MPs were elected unopposed, with only two contests after 1768. But this was more frequent than in many other counties of Norfolk's size.
Note on sources: The information for the election results given below is taken from Sedgwick 1715–1754, Stooks Smith 1715–1754, Namier and Brooke 1754–1790 and Stooks Smith 1790–1832.
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of the Parliament of England
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then of the Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
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from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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. In 1832 the county was divided for parliamentary purposes into two new two member divisions - East Norfolk
East Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)
East Norfolk was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Norfolk. It returned two Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1868. Another Eastern division was created in 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member...
and West Norfolk
West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)
West Norfolk or Norfolk Western was a county constituency in the county of Norfolk, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general...
.
Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the historic countyHistoric counties of England
The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...
of Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
in the East of England
East of England
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, excluding the city of Norwich
Norwich
Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
which had the status of a county in its itself
County corporate
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after 1404. (Although Norfolk contained four other parliamentary borough
Parliamentary borough
Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...
s - Castle Rising
Castle Rising (UK Parliament constituency)
Castle Rising was a parliamentary borough in Norfolk, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1558 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act...
, Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)
Great Yarmouth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
, King's Lynn
King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)
King's Lynn was a constituency in Norfolk, known as Lynn or Bishop's Lynn prior to 1537, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, and one member thereafter. Until 1918 it was a parliamentary borough, after which the name...
and Thetford
Thetford (UK Parliament constituency)
Thetford was a constituency of the British House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election until it was disenfranchised in 1868...
- each of which elected two MPs in its own right for part of the period when Norfolk was a constituency, these were not excluded from the county constituency: owning property within a borough could confer a vote at the county election. This was not the case, though, for Norwich.)
Franchise and electorate
As in other county constituencies the franchise between 1430 and 1832 was defined by the Forty Shilling Freeholder ActForty Shilling Freeholders
Forty shilling freeholders were a group of landowners who had the Parliamentary franchise to vote in county constituencies in various parts of the British Isles. In England it was the only such qualification from 1430 until 1832...
, which gave the right to vote to every man who possessed freehold property within the county valued at £2 or more per year for the purposes of land tax; it was not necessary for the freeholder to occupy his land, nor even in later years to be resident in the county at all.
Except during the period of the Commonwealth, Norfolk had two MPs elected by the bloc vote
Plurality-at-large voting
Plurality-at-large voting is a non-proportional voting system for electing several representatives from a single multimember electoral district using a series of check boxes and tallying votes similar to a plurality election...
method, under which each voter had two votes. In the nominated 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...
of 1653, five members represented Norfolk. In 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 Parliaments
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...
of Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
's Protectorate, however, there was a general redistribution of seats and Norfolk elected ten members, while the two smallest of the county's boroughs (Castle Rising and Thetford) lost their seats. The traditional arrangements were restored from 1659.
At the time of the Great Reform Act in 1832, Norfolk had a population of approximately 390,000, though only a fraction of these could vote: the highest recorded turnouts in Norfolk were at the elections of 1802 and election of 1806, at each of which under 12,000 votes were cast, even though each voter could cast two votes.
Political character
Norfolk's electorate was predominantly rural, partly as an effect of the Norwich freeholders voting in the city rather than the county. It has been estimated from the pollbooks that in the early 19th century only around one in six of the voters lived in towns, with Great YarmouthGreat Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, east of Norwich.It has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea...
and King's Lynn
King's Lynn
King's Lynn is a sea port and market town in the ceremonial county of Norfolk in the East of England. It is situated north of London and west of Norwich. The population of the town is 42,800....
contributing the largest numbers of these. Fittingly for such a constituency, the families of two of the best-known pioneers of the agrarian revolution, Coke of Holkham
Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (seventh creation)
Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester , known as Coke of Norfolk, was a British politician and agricultural reformer. Born to Wenman Coke, Member of Parliament for Derby and his wife Elizabeth, Coke was educated at several schools, including Eton College, before undertaking a Grand Tour of...
and "Turnip" Townshend
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend Bt, KG, PC was a British Whig statesman. He served for a decade as Secretary of State, directing British foreign policy...
, frequently provided the county's Members of Parliament.
Nevertheless, no one or two families controlled the constituency, and competition was fostered by the leading families lining up on different sides of the partisan divide. The leading Whig
British Whig Party
The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
families around the turn of the 18th century were those of Walpole
Earl of Orford
Earl of Orford is a title that has been created three times. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1697 in favour of the naval commander Edward Russell, who served three times as First Lord of the Admiralty. He was created Baron Shingay and Viscount Barfleur at the same time...
and Townshend
Marquess Townshend
Marquess Townshend is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain held by the Townshend family of Raynham Hall in Norfolk. This family descends from Roger Townshend, who in 1617 was created a Baronet, of Raynham in the County of Norfolk, in the Baronetage of England. He later represented Orford and...
, while the most important Tory interests were those of the Wodehouse and Astley families, until Sir Jacob Astley
Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet
Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet was an English Tory politician and baronet.-Background:He was the oldest son of Edward Astley and his wife Elizabeth Astley, daughter of his uncle Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading. Astley was educated first at King's College, Cambridge, later at Christ...
defected to the Whigs before the 1715 election. By the middle of the 18th century, the list of local peerage families who could expect to exert influence at Norfolk elections had grown to include the Hobart Earls of Buckinghamshire
Earl of Buckinghamshire
Earl of Buckinghamshire is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1746 for John Hobart, 1st Baron Hobart. The Hobart family descends from Henry Hobart, who served as Attorney General and Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. In 1611 he was created a Baronet, of Intwood in the...
, the Earls Cholmondeley
Marquess of Cholmondeley
Marquess of Cholmondeley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl of Cholmondeley. Each Marquess of Cholmondeley is a descendant of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....
and the Lord Suffield
Baron Suffield
Baron Suffield, of Suffield in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1786 for Sir Harbord Harbord, 2nd Baronet, who had previously represented Norwich in the House of Commons for thirty years...
, but these magnates remained divided, with contention between support for the "court" and "country" factions within the Whigs as well as between Whigs and Tories.
Consequently the independent voters generally held the balance of power. But this did not prevent the various leading families from monopolising the representation between them, a process that accelerated in the 18th century: 16 different families represented Norfolk in the 22 Parliaments from 1660 to 1746, but only 7 in the 18 Parliaments from 1747 to 1832. The minor gentry could not expect to secure election for themselves, only to choose between the candidates of the major families. The Cokes of Holkham
Earl of Leicester
The title Earl of Leicester was created in the 12th century in the Peerage of England , and is currently a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1837.-Early creations:...
were generally regarded as the champions of the independent freeholders, and were frequently elected. Elections in Norfolk were therefore rarely a foregone conclusion, and often hard-fought at the canvassing stage even when the contest was not carried to a poll.
Elections were held at a single polling place, Norwich, and voters from the rest of the county had to travel to the county town to exercise their franchise. It was normal for voters to expect the candidates for whom they voted to meet their expenses in travelling to the poll, making the cost of a contested election substantial. Contested elections were therefore the exception rather than the rule, potential candidates preferring to canvass support beforehand and usually not insisting on a vote being taken unless they were confident of winning; at all but 8 of the 29 general elections between 1701 and 1832, Norfolk's two MPs were elected unopposed, with only two contests after 1768. But this was more frequent than in many other counties of Norfolk's size.
1290–1640
- Constituency created (1290)
| Parliament | First member | Second member | ||
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| c1290–1327 | Robert Baynard Robert Baynard Robert Baynard , was an English politician and judge.Baynard was the son of Fulk Baynard. He was elected knight of the shire for Norfolk several times between 1289 and 1327, and had the custody of the county in 1311–12... |
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| 1377–1386 | Stephen Hales (9 times) | |||
| 1379 | Sir Thomas Gissing | |||
| 1380 | Sir Thomas Gissing | |||
| 1380 | Sir Roger Walsingham | |||
| 1381 | Sir Thomas Gerbridge | |||
| 1382 | Sir Roger Walsingham | |||
| 1382 | Sir Thomas Gerbridge | |||
| 1383 | Sir Roger Walsingham | |||
| 1386 | Sir Thomas Gerbridge | Sir Stephen Hales | ||
| 1388 (Feb) | Sir John Strange | Sir John White | ||
| 1388 (Sep) | Sir John Strange | Sir John White | ||
| 1390 (Jan) | William Rees | Sir John White | ||
| 1390 (Nov) | Sir Robert Berney | Hugh Fastolf | ||
| 1391 | Sir Robert Berney | Sir John White | ||
| 1393 | Sir Ralph Shelton | Sir John Curson | ||
| 1394 | William Rees | Sir John White | ||
| 1395 | Sir Robert Berney | Sir John White | ||
| 1397 (Jan) | William Rees | Sir John Curdon | ||
| 1397 (Sep) | Sir Nicholas Dagworth | Sir Edmund Thorpe | ||
| 1399 | Sir Robert Berney | John Gurney | ||
| 1401 | John Payn | John Wynter | ||
| 1402 | Sir Ralph Shelton | Sir Robert Berney | ||
| 1404 (Jan) | John Reymes | John Wynter | ||
| 1404 (Oct) | John Gurney | Sir Edmund Oldhall | ||
| 1406 | Sir Edmund Noon | John Reymes | ||
| 1407 | Sir Edmund Thorpe | John Wynter | ||
| 1410 | John Wodehouse | John Wynter | ||
| 1411 | Sir Edmund Oldhall | John Wynter | ||
| 1413 (Feb) | ||||
| 1413 (May) | Sir Edmund Oldhall | John Wynter | ||
| 1414 (Apr) | Sir Rober Berney | John Wynter | ||
| 1414 (Nov) | Sir John Ingoldisthorpe | John Wodehouse | ||
| 1415 | ||||
| 1416 (Mar) | Sir Edmund Oldhall | John Wodehouse | ||
| 1416 (Oct) | ||||
| 1417 | Sir Edmund Oldhall | John Wodehouse | ||
| 1419 | John Lancaster | Oliver Groos | ||
| 1420 | Sir John Radcliffe | Edmund Winter | ||
| 1421 (May) | John Lancaster | John Wodehouse | ||
| 1421 (Dec) | John Lancaster | Edmund Winter | ||
| 1450 | Henry Gray | |||
| 1492 | Ralph Shelton | |||
| 1510–1523 | No names known | |||
| 1529 | Sir Roger Townsend Roger Townshend (1477-1551) Sir Roger Townshend II MP was an English politician.He was the son of Roger Townshend I and Eleanor Lumford of Raynham, and studied at Lincoln's Inn.... |
Sir James Boleyn | ||
| 1536 | ?Sir Roger Townsend Roger Townshend (1477-1551) Sir Roger Townshend II MP was an English politician.He was the son of Roger Townshend I and Eleanor Lumford of Raynham, and studied at Lincoln's Inn.... |
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| 1539 | Richard Southwell | Edmund Wyndham | ||
| 1539 | ?Sir Nicholas Hare Nicholas Hare Sir Nicholas Hare of Bruisyard, Suffolk was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between 1539-1540.He was born the eldest son of John Hare of Homersfield, Suffolk, educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and admitted to the Inner Temple in 1515... |
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| 1542 | Sir Roger Townsend Roger Townshend (1477-1551) Sir Roger Townshend II MP was an English politician.He was the son of Roger Townshend I and Eleanor Lumford of Raynham, and studied at Lincoln's Inn.... |
?Sir Richard Southwell | ||
| 1545 | Sir Thomas Paston | Christopher Heydon | ||
| 1547 | Sir Edmund Knyvet, died 1550 and repl.Jan 1552 by Sir Robert Dudley Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, KG was an English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Elizabeth I from her first year on the throne until his death... |
Sir Nicholas Lestrange | ||
| 1553 (Mar) | Sir Robert Dudley Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, KG was an English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Elizabeth I from her first year on the throne until his death... |
Sir Thomas Radcliffe Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex Thomas Radclyffe 3rd Earl of Sussex was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland during the Tudor period of English history, and a leading courtier during the reign of Elizabeth I.- Family:... |
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| 1553 (Oct) | Sir Richard Southwell | Sir Henry Bedingfield | ||
| 1554 (Apr) | Sir Richard Southwell | Sir Henry Bedingfield | ||
| 1554 (Nov) | Sir Richard Southwell | Sir John Shelton Sir John Shelton Sir John Shelton of Carrow, courtier, was, through marriage, the uncle of King Henry VIII's second Queen, Anne Boleyn, and controller of the joint household of the King's daughters, Princess Mary and Princess Elizabeth.-Life:... |
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| 1555 | Sir John Clere | John Appleyard | ||
| 1558 | Sir Henry Bedingfield | Sir William Woodhouse | ||
| 1558/59 | Sir Robert Dudley Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, KG was an English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Elizabeth I from her first year on the throne until his death... |
Sir Edmund Wyndham | ||
| 1562/63 | Sir William Woodhouse | Sir Edward Warner | ||
| 1566 | Both died and replaced 1566 by Clement Paston and Roger Townshend | |||
| 1571 | Sir Christopher Heydon | Sir William Butts | ||
| 1572 | Henry Woodhouse | Francis Wyndham made judge and repl. 1581 by Sir Roger Woodhouse |
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| Parliament of Oct 1584–1585 | Sir Drue Drury | Nathaniel Bacon Nathaniel Bacon (died 1622) Sir Nathaniel Bacon , of Stiffkey in Norfolk, was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament .-Life:Nathaniel Bacon was the second son of Sir Nicholas Bacon and half-brother of Sir Francis Bacon. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1562, and became an "ancient"... |
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| Parliament of 1586–1587 | Thomas Farmer | William Gresham | ||
| Parliament of 1588–1589 | Sir Henry Woodhouse | Christopher Heydon Christopher Heydon Sir Christopher Heydon was an English soldier, Member of Parliament, and writer on astrology.-Background:Born in Surrey, Heydon was the eldest son of Sir William Heydon of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, and his wife Anne, daughter of Sir William Woodhouse of Hickling, Norfolk... |
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| Parliament of 1593 | Edward Coke Edward Coke Sir Edward Coke SL PC was an English barrister, judge and politician considered to be the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Born into a middle class family, Coke was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge before leaving to study at the Inner Temple, where he was called to the... |
Nathaniel Bacon Nathaniel Bacon (died 1622) Sir Nathaniel Bacon , of Stiffkey in Norfolk, was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament .-Life:Nathaniel Bacon was the second son of Sir Nicholas Bacon and half-brother of Sir Francis Bacon. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1562, and became an "ancient"... |
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| Parliament of 1597–1598 | Henry Gawdy | Sir John Townshend | ||
| Parliament of 1601 | Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy | |||
| Parliament of 1604–1611 | Sir Nathaniel Bacon Nathaniel Bacon (died 1622) Sir Nathaniel Bacon , of Stiffkey in Norfolk, was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament .-Life:Nathaniel Bacon was the second son of Sir Nicholas Bacon and half-brother of Sir Francis Bacon. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1562, and became an "ancient"... |
Sir Charles Cornwallis | ||
| Addled Parliament 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... (1614) |
Sir Henry Bedingfield | Sir Hamon L'Estrange | ||
| Parliament of 1621–1622 | Drue Drury | |||
| Happy Parliament 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... (1624–1625) |
Sir Thomas Holland | Sir John Corbet, Bt Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet was MP for Norfolk between 1624 and 1625 and Yarmouth between 1625 and 1626.He was the son of Sir Thomas Corbet of Sprowston, Norfolk, High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1612 and the elder brother of the regicide, Miles Corbet.His spent nearly a year imprisoned in Westminster... |
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| Useless Parliament 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... (1625) |
Sir Edward Coke Edward Coke Sir Edward Coke SL PC was an English barrister, judge and politician considered to be the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Born into a middle class family, Coke was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge before leaving to study at the Inner Temple, where he was called to the... |
Sir Edmund Bacon, Bt Sir Edmund Bacon, 2nd Baronet Sir Edmund Bacon, 2nd Baronet was an English baronet and politician.He was the oldest son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet of Redgrave, Suffolk and his wife Anne Butts, only daughter of Edmund Butts. His younger brother was Sir Butts Bacon, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Corpus Christi College,... |
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| Parliament of 1625–1626 | Sir Edward Drury | |||
| Parliament of 1626 | Sir Edward Coke Edward Coke Sir Edward Coke SL PC was an English barrister, judge and politician considered to be the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Born into a middle class family, Coke was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge before leaving to study at the Inner Temple, where he was called to the... |
Sir Robert Bell | ||
| Parliament of 1628 | Sir Roger Townshend, Bt Sir Roger Townshend, 1st Baronet Sir Roger Townshend, 1st Baronet , was an English Member of Parliament.Townshend was the son of Sir John Townshend. In 1617 he was created a Baronet, of Rainham in the County of Norfolk. He later sat as Member of Parliament for Orford from 1621 to 1622 and for Norfolk from 1628 to 1629... |
John Heveningham | ||
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |||
1640–1832
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| 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.... |
Sir Edmund Moundeford Edmund Moundeford Sir Edmund Moundeford was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1643.Moundeford was the son of Sir Edmund Moundeford of Mundford and Hockwold, Norfolk. He attended school at Wymondham, Norfolk under Mr Eston and was admitted at Caius College,... |
Parliamentarian | Sir John Holland, Bt Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1679.... |
Parliamentarian | ||
| 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... |
(Sir) John Potts Sir John Potts, 1st Baronet Sir John Potts, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648 and in 1660.Potts was the son of John Potts and his wife Ann Dodge, daughter of John Dodge. In November 1640, Potts was elected Member of Parliament for Norfolk in the Long Parliament... |
Parliamentarian | ||||
| 1641 | Sir John Hobart, Bt 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... |
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| 1647 | Sir John Palgrave, Bt Sir John Palgrave, 1st Baronet Sir John Palgrave, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1647 to 1648.Palgrave was of Norwood Barningham, Norfolk and of the Inner Temple, and was a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber. He was created a baronet by Charles I on 24 June 1641.In 1647, Palgrave was... |
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| December 1648 | Palgrave and Potts 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... - both seats vacant |
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| Norfolk was represented by five members 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... |
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| 1653 | Robert Jermy (?); Tobias Frere; Ralph Wolmer; Henry King; William Burton | |||||
| Norfolk was represented by ten members in 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 |
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| 1654 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.... |
Sir John Hobart Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet was an English politician.He was the son of Sir Miles Hobart , and his wife Frances Peyton, daughter of Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet, and was born in Ditchingham... ; Sir William D'Oyly Sir William D'Oyly, 1st Baronet Sir William D'Oyly, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1677.... ; Sir Ralph Hare, Bt Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1672.... ; Thomas Weld; Robert Wilton Thomas Sotherton; Philip Wodehouse Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet was an English baronet and Member of Parliament.Wodehouse was the son of Sir Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Baronet, and Blanche, daughter of John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon... ; Robert Wood (senior); P Bedingfield (senior); Tobias Frere |
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| 1656 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... |
Sir John Hobart Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet was an English politician.He was the son of Sir Miles Hobart , and his wife Frances Peyton, daughter of Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet, and was born in Ditchingham... ; Charles Fleetwood Charles Fleetwood Charles Fleetwood was an English Parliamentary soldier and politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1652–55, where he enforced the Cromwellian Settlement. At the Restoration he was included in the Act of Indemnity as among the twenty liable to penalties other than capital, and was finally... ; Sir William D'Oyly Sir William D'Oyly, 1st Baronet Sir William D'Oyly, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1677.... ; Sir Ralph Hare, Bt Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1672.... ; Sir Horatio Townsend Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend Horatio Townshend, 1st Baron Townsend and 1st Viscount Townshend , known as Sir Horatio Townshend, 3rd Baronet, of Raynham, from 1648 to 1661, was an English politician.... ; Colonel Robert Wilton Philip Wodehouse Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet was an English baronet and Member of Parliament.Wodehouse was the son of Sir Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Baronet, and Blanche, daughter of John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon... ; Colonel Robert Wood; John Buxton John Buxton (politician) John Buxton was an English lawyer and politician. In 1656, in the Second Protectorate Parliament he was the Member of Parliament for Norfolk, one of three replacements of the knights of the shire for the county of Norfolk, replacing those who had been elected in the 1654 parliament ; the other two... ; Thomas Sotherton |
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| Representation reverted to two members in the Third Protectorate Parliament 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... |
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| 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... |
Sir Horatio Townsend Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend Horatio Townshend, 1st Baron Townsend and 1st Viscount Townshend , known as Sir Horatio Townshend, 3rd Baronet, of Raynham, from 1648 to 1661, was an English politician.... |
Sir William D'Oyly Sir William D'Oyly, 1st Baronet Sir William D'Oyly, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1677.... |
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| 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.... |
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| April 1660 | The Lord Cramond Thomas Richardson, 2nd Lord Cramond Thomas Richardson, 2nd Lord Cramond was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1674.... |
Sir Horatio Townshend Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend Horatio Townshend, 1st Baron Townsend and 1st Viscount Townshend , known as Sir Horatio Townshend, 3rd Baronet, of Raynham, from 1648 to 1661, was an English politician.... |
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| 1661 | Sir Ralph Hare, Bt Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1672.... |
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| 1673 | Sir John Hobart, Bt Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet was an English politician.He was the son of Sir Miles Hobart , and his wife Frances Peyton, daughter of Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet, and was born in Ditchingham... |
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| 1675 | Sir Robert Kemp, Bt | |||||
| February 1679 | Sir Christopher Calthorpe | Sir Neville Catelyn | ||||
| May 1679 | Sir John Hobart, Bt Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet was an English politician.He was the son of Sir Miles Hobart , and his wife Frances Peyton, daughter of Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet, and was born in Ditchingham... |
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| August 1679 | Sir Peter Gleane, Bt | |||||
| 1685 | Sir Thomas Hare, Bt | Sir Jacob Astley, Bt Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet was an English Tory politician and baronet.-Background:He was the oldest son of Edward Astley and his wife Elizabeth Astley, daughter of his uncle Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading. Astley was educated first at King's College, Cambridge, later at Christ... |
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| 1689 | Sir William Cook, Bt | Tory | Sir Henry Hobart, Bt Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet was an English Whig politician and baronet.-Background:He was the oldest son of Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet and his first wife Mary Hampden, daughter of John Hampden... |
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| 1690 | Sir Jacob Astley, Bt Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet was an English Tory politician and baronet.-Background:He was the oldest son of Edward Astley and his wife Elizabeth Astley, daughter of his uncle Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading. Astley was educated first at King's College, Cambridge, later at Christ... |
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| 1695 | Sir Henry Hobart, Bt Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet was an English Whig politician and baronet.-Background:He was the oldest son of Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet and his first wife Mary Hampden, daughter of John Hampden... |
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| 1698 | Sir William Cook, Bt | Tory | ||||
| January 1701 | Hon. Roger Townshend | Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
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| December 1701 | Sir John Holland, Bt Sir John Holland, 2nd Baronet Sir John Holland, 2nd Baronet was a British politician.He was a Privy Counsellor, Comptroller of the Household and Member of Parliament for Norfolk from 17 Dec 1701 to 29 Jul 1710.... |
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| 1702 | Sir Jacob Astley, Bt Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet was an English Tory politician and baronet.-Background:He was the oldest son of Edward Astley and his wife Elizabeth Astley, daughter of his uncle Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading. Astley was educated first at King's College, Cambridge, later at Christ... |
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| 1705 | Hon. Roger Townshend | Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
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| 1708 | Ashe Windham | |||||
| 1710 | Sir John Wodehouse, Bt Sir John Wodehouse, 4th Baronet Sir John Wodehouse, 4th Baronet was a British Member of Parliament.A member of an old Norfolk family, Wodehouse succeeded his grandfather in the baronetcy 6 May 1681. In 1695 he was elected to the House of Commons for Thetford, a seat he held until 1698 and again from 1701 to 1702 and 1705 to... |
Tory | Sir Jacob Astley, Bt Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet was an English Tory politician and baronet.-Background:He was the oldest son of Edward Astley and his wife Elizabeth Astley, daughter of his uncle Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading. Astley was educated first at King's College, Cambridge, later at Christ... |
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| 1713 | Sir Edmund Bacon, Bt Sir Edmund Bacon, 6th Baronet Sir Edmund Bacon, 6th Baronet was a British politician.-Life:Edmund Bacon was the oldest son of Sir Robert Bacon, 5th Baronet and Elizabeth Chandler, daughter of Daniel Chandler. He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Bacon succeeded his father as baronet in 1704... |
Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
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| 1715 | Thomas de Grey | Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
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| 1722 | Sir Thomas Coke Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation) Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, KB was a wealthy English land-owner and patron of the arts. He is particularly noted for commissioning the design and construction of Holkham Hall in north Norfolk. Between 1722 and 1728, he was Member of Parliament for Norfolk.He was the son of Edward Coke ... |
Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
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| 1727 | Sir John Hobart, Bt John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire, KB, PC was a British peer.Hobart was the son of Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet and he inherited his father's title when the latter was killed in a duel in 1698... |
Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
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| 1728 | Harbord Harbord | Sir Edmund Bacon, Bt Sir Edmund Bacon, 6th Baronet Sir Edmund Bacon, 6th Baronet was a British politician.-Life:Edmund Bacon was the oldest son of Sir Robert Bacon, 5th Baronet and Elizabeth Chandler, daughter of Daniel Chandler. He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Bacon succeeded his father as baronet in 1704... |
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| 1734 | William Wodehouse | Tory | ||||
| 1737 | Armine Wodehouse Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baronet Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baronet , was a British Member of Parliament.Wodehouse was the son of Sir John Wodehouse, 4th Baronet, and Mary Fermor. He was elected to the House of Commons for Norfolk in 1737, a seat he held until 1768... |
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| 1741 | Viscount Coke Edward Coke, Viscount Coke Edward Coke, Viscount Coke , styled The Hon. Edward Coke from 1728 to 1744, was a British Member of Parliament.... |
Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
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| 1747 | Hon. George Townshend George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, PC , known as The Viscount Townshend from 1764 to 1787, was a British soldier who reached the rank of field marshal.-Early life:... |
Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
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| 1764 | Thomas de Grey | |||||
| 1768 | Sir Edward Astley, Bt Sir Edward Astley, 4th Baronet Sir Edward Astley, 4th Baronet was a British politician.He was the oldest son of Sir Jacob Astley, 3rd Baronet and his second wife Lucy le Strange, youngest daughter of Sir Nicholas le Strange, 4th Baronet, and was baptised at Hindolveston in Norfolk three days after his birth. He was admitted to... |
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| 1774 | Wenman Coke Wenman Coke (d. 1776) Wenman Coke , known as Wenman Roberts until 1750, was a British landowner and politician.-Background:Born Wenman Roberts, he was the son of Major Philip Roberts and Anne, daughter of Edward Coke. He assumed the surname of Coke in lieu of his patronymic in 1750... |
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| 1776 | Thomas Coke Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (seventh creation) Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester , known as Coke of Norfolk, was a British politician and agricultural reformer. Born to Wenman Coke, Member of Parliament for Derby and his wife Elizabeth, Coke was educated at several schools, including Eton College, before undertaking a Grand Tour of... |
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| 1784 | Sir John Wodehouse, Bt John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse , known as Sir John Wodehouse, 6th Baronet, from 1777 to 1797, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.... |
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| 1790 | Thomas Coke Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (seventh creation) Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester , known as Coke of Norfolk, was a British politician and agricultural reformer. Born to Wenman Coke, Member of Parliament for Derby and his wife Elizabeth, Coke was educated at several schools, including Eton College, before undertaking a Grand Tour of... |
Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
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| 1797 | Jacob Astley | |||||
| 1806 | William Windham William Windham William Windham PC, PC was a British Whig statesman.-Early life:Windham was a member of an ancient Norfolk family and a great-great-grandson of Sir John Wyndham. He was the son of William Windham, Sr. of Felbrigg Hall and his second wife, Sarah Lukin... |
Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
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| March 1807 | Edward Coke | Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
Sir Jacob Astley, Bt | Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
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| May 1807 | Thomas Coke Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (seventh creation) Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester , known as Coke of Norfolk, was a British politician and agricultural reformer. Born to Wenman Coke, Member of Parliament for Derby and his wife Elizabeth, Coke was educated at several schools, including Eton College, before undertaking a Grand Tour of... |
Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
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| 1817 | Edmond Wodehouse Edmond Wodehouse (1784–1855) -Background:Wodehouse was the son of Thomas Wodehouse, younger son of Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baronet and brother of John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse. His mother was Sarah, daughter of Pryse Campbell.-Political career:... |
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| 1830 | Sir William Ffolkes, Bt Sir William ffolkes, 2nd Baronet Sir William John Henry Browne ffolkes, 2nd Baronet FRS was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1830 to 1837.... |
Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
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| 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 see: Norfolk East and Norfolk West | |||||
Election results 1710–1832
Note on percentage change calculations: Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections, for the same number of seats, change is calculated on the party percentage vote. Where there was more than one candidate, in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote.Note on sources: The information for the election results given below is taken from Sedgwick 1715–1754, Stooks Smith 1715–1754, Namier and Brooke 1754–1790 and Stooks Smith 1790–1832.
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Elections in the 1710s
- Note (1710): Stooks Smith, whose compilation of results normally starts with the 1715 general election, is the source for this result. He gives no party classification for the candidates, but for three of them the position is obvious from the survey of Norfolk politics in The History of Parliament 1715–1754. Windham was probably a Whig, but this has not yet been confirmed.
- Note (1713): No source for the full result of this election has yet been located. Sir Jacob Astley was re-elected as a Tory but defected to the Whigs during the Parliament.
Elections in the 1720s
- Creation of Hobart as Lord HobartEarl of BuckinghamshireEarl of Buckinghamshire is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1746 for John Hobart, 1st Baron Hobart. The Hobart family descends from Henry Hobart, who served as Attorney General and Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. In 1611 he was created a Baronet, of Intwood in the...
and of Coke as Lord LovelEarl of LeicesterThe title Earl of Leicester was created in the 12th century in the Peerage of England , and is currently a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1837.-Early creations:...
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Elections in the 1730s
- Death of Wodehouse
Elections in the 1740s
Elections in the 1750s
Elections in the 1760s
- Succession of Townshend as the 4th Viscount Townshend
- Note (1768): Stooks Smith has different figures for Astley (2,977) and Coke (2,510).
Elections in the 1770s
- Death of Coke
Elections in the 1780s
Elections in the 1790s
Elections in the 1800s
- Creation of Wodehouse as 1st Baron Wodehouse
- Note (1802): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for eight days
- Note (1806): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for six days
- Election declared void
Elections in the 1810s
- Death of Astley
- Note (1814): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for five days.
Elections in the 1820s
Elections in the 1830s
- Constituency divided following the Reform Act 1832Reform Act 1832The Representation of the People Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales...
, with effect from the United Kingdom general election, 1832United 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....
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