| Wareham Borough constituency | |
|---|---|
| Created: | 1302 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two (1302-1832); one (1832-1885) |
Wareham was a parliamentary borough in Dorset, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1302 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the borough was abolished. In the United Kingdom (UK, each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In the United Kingdom (UK, each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division usually covering urban areas that are entitled to representation in a Parliament. Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
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History
The borough consisted of the town of Wareham on the Isle of Purbeck, a market town close to Poole Harbour. Wareham is a historic Market town and under the name Wareham Town, a Civil parish, in the English county of Dorset. The Isle of Purbeck, not a true island but a Peninsula, is in the county of Dorset, England. Poole Harbour is a large natural Harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores In 1831, the population of the borough was 1,676, and it contained 364 houses.
The right to vote was exercised by the Mayor, magistrates and freemen of the town and all inhabitants paying scot and lot; the number who were qualified to vote under this provision by the time of the Reform Act was unknown, as there had not been a contested election for many years, but there were about 500 in the 1760s. Freedom of the City is an honour bestowed by some municipalities in Australia, Canada, Ireland, France, Italy, New Zealand Scot and lot (0 Fr escot, AS sceot, a payment lot a portion or share is a phrase common in the records of English medieval Boroughs applied In the early 18th century a number of wealthy local families were influential over the choice of members, but eventually John Calcraft of Kingstone Hall secured total control by buying up all the property in the borough occupied by potential voters.
Wareham retained one of its two MPs under the Reform Act, but its boundaries were extended to include several surrounding areas, including nearby Corfe Castle which had previously been a borough in its own right. Corfe Castle is a Village, Civil parish and ruined Castle, in the English county of Dorset. The new borough had a population of 5,751.
The borough continued to elect one MP until the third Reform Act, which came into effect at the general election of 1885. Results |} Total votes cast 4638235 All parties shown Voting summary Seats summary See also This abolished the constituency, Wareham being placed in the new East Dorset county division. East Dorset is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary Constituency.
Members of Parliament
1302-1660
- 1604-1611: Robert Napier
- 1628-1629: Gerrard Napier
1660-1832
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1660 | George Pitt | Robert Culliford | ||||
| 1679 | Thomas Erle | Whig | George Savage | |||
| 1685 | George Ryves | |||||
| 1689 | Thomas Skinner | |||||
| 1690 | William Okeden | |||||
| 1695 | Thomas Trenchard | |||||
| 1698 | George Pitt | |||||
| January 1701 | Thomas Erle | Whig | ||||
| March 1701 | Sir Edward Ernle | |||||
| November 1701 | Thomas Erle | Whig | ||||
| 1702 | Sir Josiah Child | |||||
| 1704 | Sir Edward Ernle | |||||
| 1705 | George Pitt [1] | |||||
| 1710 | Sir Edward Ernle | |||||
| 1713 | George Pitt [2] | |||||
| 1715 | George Pitt, junior | |||||
| 1718 | Henry Drax | |||||
| 1722 | Sir Edward Ernle | Joseph Gascoigne | ||||
| 12 February 1729 | Nathaniel Gould | |||||
| 26 February 1729 | Thomas Tower | |||||
| 1734 | Henry Drax | John Pitt | ||||
| 1747 [3] | Thomas Erle Drax | |||||
| 1748 | Robert Banks Hodgkinson | John Pitt | ||||
| 1751 | Henry Drax | |||||
| April 1754 | Seats vacant after disputed election [4] | |||||
| December 1754 | William Augustus Pitt | Henry Drax | ||||
| 1755 | Edward Drax | |||||
| 1761 | Thomas Erle Drax | John Pitt | ||||
| March 1768 | Ralph Burton | Robert Palk | ||||
| November 1768 | Whitshed Keene | |||||
| January 1774 | Thomas de Grey | |||||
| October 1774 | William Gerard Hamilton | Christopher D'Oyly | ||||
| 1780 | John Boyd | Thomas Farrer | ||||
| 1784 | Charles Lefebure | |||||
| 1786 | John Calcraft | |||||
| 1790 | Lord Robert Spencer | General Richard Smith | ||||
| May 1796 | Charles Rose Ellis[5] | |||||
| November 1796 | Sir Godfrey Vassall | |||||
| 1799 | Joseph Chaplin Hankey | |||||
| 1800 | John Calcraft | |||||
| 1802 | Andrew Strahan | |||||
| 1806 | Jonathan Raine | |||||
| 1807 | Sir Granby Calcraft | Hon. John William Ward | Tory | |||
| 1808 | Sir Samuel Romilly | Whig | ||||
| 1812 | Robert Gordon | Theodore Henry Broadhead | ||||
| 1818 | John Calcraft | Whig | Thomas Denman | Whig | ||
| 1820 | John Hales Calcraft | Tory | ||||
| 1826 | Charles Baring Wall | |||||
| 1830 | James Ewing | Whig | ||||
| 1831 | Granby Hales Calcraft | Whig | Charles Wood | Whig | ||
| 1832 | Representation reduced to one Member | |||||
1832-1885
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | John Hales Calcraft | Conservative | |
| 1841 | John Erle-Drax | Whig | |
| 1852 | Conservative | ||
| 1857 | John Hales Calcraft | Whig | |
| 1859 | John Erle-Drax | Conservative | |
| 1865 | John Hales Montagu Calcraft | Liberal | |
| 1868 | John Erle-Drax | Conservative | |
| 1880 | Montague Guest | Liberal | |
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | ||
Notes
- ^ Pitt was re-elected in 1710 but had also been elected for Hampshire, which he chose to represent, and did not sit in this Parliament for Wareham
- ^ Pitt was re-elected in 1715 but had also been elected for Hampshire, which he chose to represent, and did not sit in this Parliament for Wareham
- ^ At the election of 1747, Henry Drax and Thomas Erle Drax were initially returned as elected, but on petition (in a dispute over the franchise) the committee declared their election void and that their opponents Pitt and Hodgkinson had been duly elected
- ^ At the election of 1754, there was a double return (two alternative results declared after a disputed election, leaving the House of Commons to resolve the issue), one return naming John Pitt and William Augustus Pitt, the other Henry Drax and Thomas Erle Drax. Lieutenant General Thomas Erle (1650 – 1720-07-23) was an army general MP Governor of Portsmouth and a Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance. The Whigs (with the Tories) are often described as one of two political parties in England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to Lieutenant General Thomas Erle (1650 – 1720-07-23) was an army general MP Governor of Portsmouth and a Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance. The Whigs (with the Tories) are often described as one of two political parties in England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to Lieutenant General Thomas Erle (1650 – 1720-07-23) was an army general MP Governor of Portsmouth and a Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance. The Whigs (with the Tories) are often described as one of two political parties in England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to Year 1702 ( MDCCII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1705 ( MDCCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1710 ( MDCCX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1729 ( MDCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1729 ( MDCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1734 ( MDCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1747 ( MDCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1748 ( MDCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1751 ( MDCCLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or General Sir William Augustus Pitt, KB was a long-serving if undistinguished senior officer of the British Army whose sixty years of service covered several major wars Year 1755 ( MDCCLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Ralph Burton (d 1768 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England) was a British soldier and Canadian settler Sir Robert Palk 1st Baronet (December 1717 &ndash 29 April 1798) was an English cleric and politician Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a William Gerard Hamilton ( January 28, 1729 &ndash July 16, 1796) English Statesman, popularly known as "Single Speech Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Sir John Boyd 2nd Baronet (1750–1815 was the son of John Boyd, 1st Baronet Boyd, and his first wife Mary Bumpstead Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year -of the Julian calendar. 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Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Montague John Guest ( 29 March 1839 - 9 November 1909) was a British Liberal politician The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party Results |} Total votes cast 4638235 All parties shown Voting summary Seats summary See also Hampshire was a County constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Members of Parliament (MP to the House of Commons Hampshire was a County constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Members of Parliament (MP to the House of Commons The House declared the entire election void, and a writ was issued for a new election
- ^ Ellis was also been elected for Seaford, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Wareham
References
- F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885" (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1961)
- J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
- Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig - Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
- Concise Dictionary of National Biography (1930)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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