Rutland (UK Parliament constituency)
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Rutland was a parliamentary constituency
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

 covering the county of Rutland
Rutland
Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....

. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...

 until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford
Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)
Rutland and Stamford was a county constituency comprising the area centred on the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and the county of Rutland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, using the first-past-the-post voting system.The...

 constituency, along with Stamford in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

. Since 1983, Rutland has formed part of the Rutland and Melton constituency along with Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray is a town in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It is to the northeast of Leicester, and southeast of Nottingham...

 from Leicestershire.

The constituency elected two Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 (MPs), traditionally known as Knights of the Shire
Knights of the Shire
From the creation of the Parliament of England in mediaeval times until 1826 each county of England and Wales sent two Knights of the Shire as members of Parliament to represent the interests of the county, when the number of knights from Yorkshire was increased to four...

, until 1885, when it was reduced to one Member.

Boundaries

The constituency comprised the whole of the historic county
Historic 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 Rutland
Rutland
Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....

, in the East Midlands
East Midlands
The East Midlands is one of the regions of England, consisting of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. It encompasses the combined area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and most of Lincolnshire...

. Rutland, the smallest of the historic counties of England, never had any Parliamentary borough
Parliamentary borough
Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

 constituencies within its borders.

The place of election for the county was at Oakham
Oakham
-Oakham's horseshoes:Traditionally, members of royalty and peers of the realm who visited or passed through the town had to pay a forfeit in the form of a horseshoe...

. This was where the hustings were held; at which candidates were nominated (before the Ballot Act of 1872), polling took place (before the introduction of multiple polling places in county constituencies) and where the result was announced.

Pelling in his Social Geography of British Elections 1885-1910 describes most of the people in this county as "engaged in or dependent upon agriculture". The constituency was a safe Conservative one and was rarely contested in the period covered by the book. G.H. Finch MP had personally owned almost one tenth of the county he represented.

1295-1640

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1310 Ralf de Beaufoy
1312 William de St Liz
1318 John de Beaufoy
1328 Richard de St Liz
1330 Richard de St Liz
1335 Richard de St Liz
1336 Richard de St Liz
1337 John de Seyton
1363 William Beaufoy
1365 William Beaufoy
1369 William Beaufoy
1377 Thomas de Burton
1380 Thomas de Burton
1382 Thomas de Burton
1383 John Calveley
1385 Hugh Calveley
Hugh Calveley
Sir Hugh Calveley was an English soldier and commander, who took part in the Hundred Years' War, gaining fame during the War of the Breton Succession and the Castilian Civil War...

1386 John Wittlebury Walter Scarle
1388 (Feb) Sir Hugh Browe Sir Oliver Mauleverer
1388 (Sep) Sir John Daneys Walter Scarle
1390 (Jan) Hugh Calveley
Hugh Calveley
Sir Hugh Calveley was an English soldier and commander, who took part in the Hundred Years' War, gaining fame during the War of the Breton Succession and the Castilian Civil War...

Sir Oliver Mauleverer
1390 (Nov) Sir Hugh Browe Sir John Calveley
1391 Sir John Bussy
John Bussy
Sir John Bussy of Hougham in Lincolnshire was a Member of Parliament representing Lincolnshire or Rutland eleven times from 1383 to 1398 as a Knight of the Shire and was also Speaker of the House of Commons at the three Parliaments between 1393 and 1398...

Sir Hugh Greenham
1393 Sir Walter Scarle Sir John Elme
1394 Sir John Daneys Sir John Elme
1395 John Wittlebury Sir Walter Scarle
1397 (Jan) Sir Robert Plesington Roger Flore
Roger Flower
Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...

 
1397 (Sep) Sir Oliver Mauleverer Sir Thomas Oudeby
1399 John Durant Roger Flore
Roger Flower
Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...

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1401 John Durant William Oudeby
1402 Sir Thomas Oudeby Roger Flore
Roger Flower
Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...

 
1404 (Jan) Thomas Thorpe John Pensax
1404 (Oct) Sir Thomas Oudeby Roger Flore
Roger Flower
Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...

 
1406 John Pensax Robert Scarle
1407 Robert Browe William Sheffield
1410
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) John Pensax John Burgh
1414 (Apr) Roger Flore
Roger Flower
Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...

Robert Browe
1414 (Nov) Roger Flore
Roger Flower
Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...

John Newbold
1415 Roger Flore
Roger Flower
Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...

John Burgh
1416 (Mar) Roger Flore
Roger Flower
Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...

Geoffrey Paynell
1416 (Oct) Roger Flore
Roger Flower
Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...

 
1417 Roger Flore
Roger Flower
Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...

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1419 Roger Flore
Roger Flower
Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...

Robert Browe
1420 Sir Thomas de Burton (son of Thomas, HS 1377) Sir Henry Plesington
1421 (May) John Pensax William Sheffield
1421 (Dec) John Culpepper Thomas Greenham
1422 Roger Flore
Roger Flower
Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...

Sir Henry Plesington
1432 Thomas Flore
1433 William Beaufoy
1434 William Beaufoy
1445 Thomas Flore
1449 Everard Digby John Browe
1450 Thomas Palmer Everard Digby
1510–1523 No names known
1529 Sir Everard Digby John Harington I
1536
1539 John Harington I Edward Sapcote
1542 John Harington I Simon Digby
1545 Kenelm Digby
Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry)
Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...

Anthony Colly
1547 Kenelm Digby
Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry)
Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...

Anthony Colly
1553 (Mar) Kenelm Digby
Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry)
Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...

Anthony Colly
1553 (Oct) Andrew Nowell Kenelm Digby
Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry)
Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...

 
1554 (Apr) Anthony Colly John Hunt
1554 (Nov) James Harington
James Harington (lawyer)
Sir James Harington was a 16th century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565.-Public career:...

Anthony Colly
1555 James Harington
James Harington (lawyer)
Sir James Harington was a 16th century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565.-Public career:...

Kenelm Digby
Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry)
Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...

 
1558 Kenelm Digby
Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry)
Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...

James Harington
James Harington (lawyer)
Sir James Harington was a 16th century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565.-Public career:...

 
1558–1559 James Harington
James Harington (lawyer)
Sir James Harington was a 16th century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565.-Public career:...

Kenelm Digby
Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry)
Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...

1562–1563 Anthony Colly John Flower
1571 Kenelm Digby
Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry)
Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...

John Harington
John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton
John Harington was an English courtier and politician.-Life:He was the son of James Harington and was knighted in 1584...

 
1572 (Apr) Sir James Harington
James Harington (lawyer)
Sir James Harington was a 16th century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565.-Public career:...

Kenelm Digby
Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry)
Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...

 
1584 Kenelm Digby
Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry)
Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...

(Sir) Andrew Noel 
1586 (Oct) Sir James Harington
James Harington (lawyer)
Sir James Harington was a 16th century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565.-Public career:...

(Sir) Andrew Noel 
1588 Sir James Harington
James Harington (lawyer)
Sir James Harington was a 16th century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565.-Public career:...

(Sir) Andrew Noel 
1593 Sir John Harington
John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton
John Harington was an English courtier and politician.-Life:He was the son of James Harington and was knighted in 1584...

(Sir) Andrew Noel 
1597 William Cecil
William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter
William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter PC KG , known as Lord Burghley from 1605 to 1623, was an English peer.-Life:...

Sir James Harington 
1601 (Oct) Sir John Harington
John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton
John Harington was an English courtier and politician.-Life:He was the son of James Harington and was knighted in 1584...

(Sir) Andrew Noel, declared void, Nov 1601
replaced by Edward Noel 
1604-1611 Sir James Harington Sir William Bulstrode
1614 Sir Guy Palmes
Guy Palmes
Sir Guy Palmes was MP for Rutland, High Sheriff of Yorkshire and Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire.- Early life :Palmes lived at Lindley, now part of Huddersfield, and at Ashwell, Rutland and married Anne, the daughter of Sir Edward Stafford....

Basil Fielding
1621-1622 Sir Guy Palmes
Guy Palmes
Sir Guy Palmes was MP for Rutland, High Sheriff of Yorkshire and Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire.- Early life :Palmes lived at Lindley, now part of Huddersfield, and at Ashwell, Rutland and married Anne, the daughter of Sir Edward Stafford....

Sir William Bulstrode
1624 Sir Guy Palmes
Guy Palmes
Sir Guy Palmes was MP for Rutland, High Sheriff of Yorkshire and Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire.- Early life :Palmes lived at Lindley, now part of Huddersfield, and at Ashwell, Rutland and married Anne, the daughter of Sir Edward Stafford....

Sir William Bulstrode
1625 Sir Guy Palmes
Guy Palmes
Sir Guy Palmes was MP for Rutland, High Sheriff of Yorkshire and Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire.- Early life :Palmes lived at Lindley, now part of Huddersfield, and at Ashwell, Rutland and married Anne, the daughter of Sir Edward Stafford....

Sir William Bulstrode
1626 Sir William Bulstrode Sir Francis Bodenham
1628 Sir Guy Palmes
Guy Palmes
Sir Guy Palmes was MP for Rutland, High Sheriff of Yorkshire and Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire.- Early life :Palmes lived at Lindley, now part of Huddersfield, and at Ashwell, Rutland and married Anne, the daughter of Sir Edward Stafford....

Sir William Bulstrode
1629–1640 No Parliaments convened

1640-1885

YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
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...

Hon. Baptist Noel
Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden
Sir Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden was an English politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Rutland, Custos Rotulorum of Rutland and the Member of Parliament for Rutland....

Royalist Sir Guy Palmes
Guy Palmes
Sir Guy Palmes was MP for Rutland, High Sheriff of Yorkshire and Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire.- Early life :Palmes lived at Lindley, now part of Huddersfield, and at Ashwell, Rutland and married Anne, the daughter of Sir Edward Stafford....

Royalist
1643 Noel succeeded to peerage, August 1643 - seat vacant Palmes disabled from sitting, September 1643 - seat vacant
1646 James Harington Thomas Waite
Thomas Waite (regicide)
Thomas Waite, also known as Thomas Wayte was an English soldier who fought for Parliament in the English Civil War, a member of the Long Parliament, and one of the regicides of King Charles I....

1653 Edward Horseman Rutland had only one representative 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...

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....

William Shield 
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...

Abel Barker
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...

Edward Horseman
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 James Harington Thomas Waite not recorded as participating 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 Philip Sherard
Philip Sherard (MP)
Philip Sherard was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1685.Sherard was the son of William Sherard, 1st Baron Sherard and his wife Abigail Cave....

Samuel Browne
Samuel Browne (MP for Rutland)
Samuel Browne of Sutton Hall, Stretton in the county of Rutland, was a nephew of Samuel Browne . He may have been the Samuel Browne admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1650. He was appointed a militia commissioner by the Rump Parliament in 1659, and was M.P...

1661 Edward Noel
Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough
Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough was a British peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Hon. Edward Noel from 1660 to 1681....

February 1679 Sir Thomas Mackworth
August 1679 Sir Abel Barker
1680 Sir Thomas Mackworth
1681 Edward Fawkener
1685 Baptist Noel
Baptist Noel (MP)
Baptist Noel was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Rutland.He was the second surviving son of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden and Elizabeth Bertie. He succeeded his half-brother Henry in 1677....

Tory Sir Thomas Mackworth
1689 Bennet Sherard
1694 Sir Thomas Mackworth
1695 Lord Burghley
John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter
John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter , known as Lord Burghley from 1678 to 1700, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.- Biography :...

1698 Richard Halford
1701 Sir Thomas Mackworth
1708 Philip Sherard
Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough
Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough was a British peer.He was appointed a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Anne in 1705. In 1708, he was returned as Member of Parliament for Rutland, holding the seat until 1710. In 1714, his appointment as Gentleman of the Privy Chamber was renewed by...

1710 Lord Finch
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham, KG, PC was a British politician. Styled Lord Finch until 1730, he was the eldest son of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham and his second wife Anne Hatton, daughter of Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton...

John Noel 
1711 Richard Halford
1713 The Lord Sherard
Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough
Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough was a British peer and Member of Parliament....

1715 John Noel
1719 Marquess of Granby
John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland
John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland KG PC was an English nobleman, the eldest son of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland and Catherine Russell...

Whig
1721 Sir Thomas Mackworth
1727 John Noel
1728 Thomas Noel
1730 William Burton
1734 James Noel
1741 John Finch
1747 Lord Burghley
Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter
Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter , known as Lord Burghley from 1725 to 1754, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.-Life:...

1753 Thomas Noel
1754 George Bridges Brudenell
1761 Hon. Thomas Chambers Cecil
1768 George Bridges Brudenell
1788 Gerard Edwardes
Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet
Sir Gerard Noel Noel, 2nd Baronet , of Welham Grove in Leicestershire and Exton Park in Rutland, known as Gerard Edwardes until 1798, was an English Member of Parliament.-Background:...

 
Whig
1790 John Heathcote
1795 Lord Sherard
1796 Sir William Lowther, Bt
William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale
William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale of the second creation KG was a British Tory politician and nobleman.-Life:...

1802 The Lord Carbery
George Evans, 4th Baron Carbery
George Evans, 4th Baron Carbery was a British peer and politician.-Background and education:Carbery was the son of George Carbery, 3rd Baron Carbery, and his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Horton. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.-Political career:Carbery...

1805 The Lord Henniker
John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker
John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker was a British peer and Member of Parliament .Henniker was the son of John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker, and Anne Major. He was elected to the House of Commons for New Romney in 1785, a seat he held until 1790, and then represented Steyning from 1794 to 1802...

1808 Charles Noel
Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough
Charles Noel Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough , known as Charles Edwardes until 1798, as Charles Noel between 1798 and 1823 and as the Lord Barham between 1823 and 1841, was a British peer and Whig politician....

1812 Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bt
Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet
Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet was a British Member of Parliament.Heathcote was the son of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd Baronet by his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hudson...

Whig
1814 Sir Gerard Noel, Bt
Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet
Sir Gerard Noel Noel, 2nd Baronet , of Welham Grove in Leicestershire and Exton Park in Rutland, known as Gerard Edwardes until 1798, was an English Member of Parliament.-Background:...

Tory
1838 Hon. William Noel
William Noel
-Background:Noel was the third son of Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet, and Diana, Baroness Barham, daughter of Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham. Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough, was his elder brother.-Political career:...

Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

1840 Hon. Charles Noel
Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough
Charles George Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough , styled Viscount Campden between 1841 and 1866, was a British peer and Whig politician.-Background:...

Whig
1841 Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bt
Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland
Gilbert John Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland , known as Sir Gilbert John Heathcote, 5th Baronet, from 1851 to 1856, was a British peer and Whig politician.-Background:...

Whig Hon. William Dawnay
William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe
William Henry Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe was a British politician.-Background:Downe was the son of Reverend William Henry Dawnay, 6th Viscount Downe, Rector of Sessay and Thormanby.-Political career:...

Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

1846 George Finch
George Finch (1794–1870)
George Finch , of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland, was a British landowner and politician.-Background:Finch was the illegitimate son of George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea. In 1808 he was granted a license to use the Finch arms...

Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

1847 Protectionist Hon. Gerard Noel Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

1852 Whig
1856 Hon. Gilbert Heathcote
Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster
Sir Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 6th Baronet, 1st Earl of Ancaster PC , known as 2nd Baron Aveland from 1867 to 1888 and as 25th Baron Willoughby de Eresby from 1888 to 1892, was a British Liberal politician and court official.Born Gilbert Henry Heathcote, he was the son of Gilbert...

Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

1867 George Finch Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

1883 James Lowther
James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater
James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater, GCB, PC, JP, DL was a British Conservative politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1905 and 1921.-Background and education:The son of Hon...

Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

1885
United Kingdom general election, 1885
-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...

Representation reduced to one member

1885-1918

YearMember of ParliamentParty
1885 George Finch Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

1907 John Gretton
John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton
John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton PC CBE , was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Gretton won two gold medals in the 1900 Olympic Games.-Biography:...

Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

1918
United Kingdom general election, 1918
The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...

Constituency abolished: see Rutland and Stamford
Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)
Rutland and Stamford was a county constituency comprising the area centred on the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and the county of Rutland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, using the first-past-the-post voting system.The...



Notes

Elections

Population in 1831: 19,380

General Election 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....

 (December 14)

Registered Electors: 1,296

Sir G N Noel, Bart. Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



Sir G Heathcote Whig

General Election 1835
United Kingdom general election, 1835
The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large...

 (January 10)

Sir G N Noel, Bart. Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



Sir G Heathcote Whig

General Election 1837
United Kingdom general election, 1837
The 1837 United Kingdom general election saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade....

 (July 29)

Sir G N Noel, Bart. Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



Sir G Heathcote Whig

Following the death of Sir G N Noel:

By-Election 1838 (March 13)

Hon W M Noel Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



Mr Noel accepts Chiltern Hundreds
Chiltern Hundreds
Appointment to the office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham is a sinecure appointment which is used as a device allowing a Member of the United Kingdom Parliament to resign his or her seat...

 (a procedural device to allow resignation from the House of Commons
Resignation from the British House of Commons
Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used...

).

By-Election 1840 (January 28)

Hon C G Noel Whig

General Election 1841
United Kingdom general election, 1841
-Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:*Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for Ireland*Sir George Strickland, Bt*Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987...

 (July 12)

G J Heathcote Whig (767 votes)

Hon W H Dawnay Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 (676 votes)

- Hon C G Noel Whig (664 votes - unsuccessful candidate)

Mr Dawnay accepts Chiltern Hundreds
Chiltern Hundreds
Appointment to the office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham is a sinecure appointment which is used as a device allowing a Member of the United Kingdom Parliament to resign his or her seat...

.

By-Election 1846 (February 14)

Geo Finch Protectionist

General Election 1847
United Kingdom general election, 1847
-Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

 (August 7)

Sir G J Heathcote Protectionist

Hon G J Noel Protectionist

General Election 1852
United Kingdom general election, 1852
The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...

 (July 13)

Sir G J Heathcote Whig

Hon G J Noel Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



Sir G J Heathcote created 1st Lord Aveland

By-Election 1856 (March 4)

Hon G H Heathcote Whig

General Election 1857
United Kingdom general election, 1857
-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

 (March 30)

Hon G J Noel Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



Hon G H Heathcote Whig

General Election 1859
United Kingdom general election, 1859
In the 1859 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, held their majority in the House of Commons over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives...

 (May 3)

Hon G J Noel Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



Hon G H Heathcote Whig

Population in 1861: 21,861

General Election 1865
United Kingdom general election, 1865
The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...

 (July 18)

Hon G J Noel Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



Hon G H Heathcote Whig

Mr Noel appointed Lord of the Treasury. Members of some parliaments were required to seek re-election upon being appointed to a ministerial post. The subsequent by-elections were termed ministerial by-elections

Ministerial By-Election 1866 (July 14)

Hon G J Noel Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



Mr Heathcote succeeded to Peerage (Lord Aveland). Peers are not eligigble to sit in the House of Commons.

By-Election 1867 (November 23)

Geo H Finch Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



General Election 1868
United Kingdom general election, 1868
The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...

 (November 19)

Registered Electors: 2,200

Hon G J Noel Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



Geo H Finch Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



Population in 1871: 22,073

General Election 1874
United Kingdom general election, 1874
-Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

 (February 5)

Registered Electors: 1,840

Hon G J Noel Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



G H Finch Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



Hon G J Noel appointed First Commander of Works

Ministerial By-Election 1876 (August 17)

Rt Hon G J Noel Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



General Election 1880
United Kingdom general election, 1880
-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

 (April )

Rt Hon G J Noel Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



G H Finch Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



Population in 1881: 21,434

Mr Noel accepts Chiltern Hundreds
Chiltern Hundreds
Appointment to the office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham is a sinecure appointment which is used as a device allowing a Member of the United Kingdom Parliament to resign his or her seat...

.

By-Election 1883 (August )

J W Lowther Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 (860 votes)

- J W Davenport Handley Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 (194 votes - unsuccessful candidate)

Rutland reduced to one Member of Parliament

General Election 1885
United Kingdom general election, 1885
-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...

 (November 28)


Registered Electors: 1,725

G H Finch Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 (2,366 votes)

- M C Buzzard, QC Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 (1,110 votes - unsuccessful candidate)

General Election 1886
United Kingdom general election, 1886
-Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the UK general election, 1886*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...

 (July 2)


G H Finch Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



Population in 1891: 20,659

General Election 1892
United Kingdom general election, 1892
The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election...

 (July)


G H Finch Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



General Election 1895
United Kingdom general election, 1895
The United Kingdom general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895. It was won by the Conservatives led by Lord Salisbury who formed an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party and had a large majority over the Liberals, led by Lord Rosebery...

 (July 13)


G H Finch Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



General Election 1900
United Kingdom general election, 1900
-Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1900*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...

 (October 1)


Rt Hon G H Finch Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...



Population in 1901: 19,709

General Election 1906
United Kingdom general election, 1906
-Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...

 (January 17)


Registered Electors: 4,042

Rt Hon G H Finch Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 (2,047 votes)

- H W Pearson Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 (1,564 votes - unsuccessful candidate)

Following the death of Mr G H Finch:

By-Election 1907 (June 11)

John Gretton Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 (2,213 votes)

- W F H Lyon Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 (1,362 votes - unsuccessful candidate)

January 1910 Election (January 20)

John Gretton Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 (2,235 votes)

- W F H Lyon Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 (1,531 votes - unsuccessful candidate)

December 1910 Election (December )

Population: 19,709; Registered Electors: 4,128

John Gretton Liberal Unionist Party (2,169 votes)

- J N Emery Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

(1,367 votes - unsuccessful candidate)
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