| Malton Borough constituency | |
|---|---|
| Created: | 1640 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Malton, also called New Malton, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England in 1295 and 1298, and again from 1640, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. 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 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 The Parliament of England was the Legislature of the Kingdom of England. The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1868, among them the political philosopher Edmund Burke, and by one member from 1868 to 1885. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Edmund Burke ( 12 January, 1729 9 July, 1797) was an Irish statesman author orator Political theorist, and
The constituency was divided between the new Thirsk and Malton division of the North Riding of Yorkshire and the Buckrose division of the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1885. Thirsk and Malton will be a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The North Riding of Yorkshire was one of the three historic subdivisions of the English county of Yorkshire, alongside the East and West Buckrose was a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Boundaries
The constituency consisted of parts of the St Leonard's and St Michael's parishes of New Malton in the North Riding until the Great Reform Act of 1832; the borough at that point included 791 houses and had a population of 4,173 in the 1831 census. Malton is a Market town in North Yorkshire, England. The town is the location of the offices of Ryedale District Council and has a population The North Riding of Yorkshire was one of the three historic subdivisions of the English county of Yorkshire, alongside the East and West The Representation of the People Act 1832, commonly known as the Reform Act 1832, was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system The Reform Act expanded the boundaries to include the whole of those two parishes, as well as that of Old Malton and of the adjoining town of Norton in the East Riding, increasing the population to 7,192 and encompassing 1,401 houses. Norton-on-Derwent is a town and Civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England.
Franchise
The right of election in Malton was vested in the scot and lot householders of the borough, of whom there were about 800 in 1832. 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 practice the seats were generally in the gift of the landowner, Earl Fitzwilliam (and were frequently held by one of that family, often by the heir to the Earldom who had the courtesy title Viscount Milton); at an earlier period the borough was similarly dominated by the Watson-Wentworth family, and was used as a form of government patronage when the Marquess of Rockingham was Prime Minister. William Wentworth-FitzWilliam 2nd and 4th Earl FitzWilliam ( 30 May 1748 – 8 February 1833) was a British Whig Statesman The title Marquess of Rockingham in the peerage of Great Britain was created for Thomas Watson-Wentworth 6th Baron Rockingham in 1746 Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquess of Rockingham KG, PC (13 May 1730 &ndash 1 July 1782 styled The Hon This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation.
Members of Parliament
1640-1868
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1640 | Thomas Hebblethwaite | Royalist | Henry Cholmley | Parliamentarian | ||
| November 1644 | Hebblethwaite disabled to sit - seat vacant | |||||
| 1645 | Richard Darley | |||||
| December 1648 | Cholmley excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant | |||||
| 1653 | Malton was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | |||||
| January 1659 [1] | Philip Howard | George Marwood | ||||
| May 1659 | Richard Darley | One seat vacant | ||||
| April 1660 | Thomas Hebblethwaite | Philip Howard | ||||
| April (?) 1661 | Thomas Danby | |||||
| December 1661 | Sir Thomas Gower | |||||
| 1668 | William Palmes | |||||
| 1673 | James Hebblethwaite | |||||
| 1679 | Sir Watkinson Payler | |||||
| 1685 | Hon. The Long Parliament is the name of the English Parliament called by Charles I, on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I during the English Civil War ( 1642 &ndash 1651 " Roundheads " was the Nickname given to the Puritan supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War. Pride’s Purge took place in December 1648 when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the House of Commons all those who were not Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653 and was the last attempt of the English The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Philip Howard may refer to Philip Howard 20th Earl of Arundel, Saint Philip Howard (1557-1595 Philip Howard (1629-1717, English army The Rump Parliament was the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride on December 6 1648 had purged Long Parliament of those Thomas Fairfax | Thomas Worsley | ||||
| 1689 | William Palmes | Junto Whig | Sir William Strickland | Junto Whig | ||
| 1698 | Thomas Worsley | |||||
| 1701 | Sir William Strickland | Junto Whig | ||||
| 1708 | William Strickland | Whig | ||||
| 1713 | Thomas Watson-Wentworth | |||||
| 1715 | Thomas Watson-Wentworth (the younger) | |||||
| 1722 | Sir William Strickland | Whig | ||||
| 1724 | Henry Finch | |||||
| 1727 | Wardell Westby | |||||
| 1731 | Sir William Wentworth | |||||
| May 1741 | Lord James Cavendish | |||||
| December 1741 | John Mostyn | |||||
| 1761 | Savile Finch | |||||
| 1768 | Viscount Downe | |||||
| 1774 | Edmund Burke[2] | Whig | ||||
| 1775 | William Weddell | Whig | ||||
| 1775 | Edmund Burke | Whig | ||||
| April 1784 | Sir Thomas Gascoigne | Whig | ||||
| August 1784 | William Weddell | Whig | ||||
| 1792 | Hon. The Whig Junto is the name given to a group of leading Whigs who were seen to direct the management of the Whig party and often the government during the reigns of William III Sir William Strickland (March 1665 &ndash 12 May 1724) 3rd Baronet of Boynton, Yorkshire, was an English landowner and racehorse owner The Whig Junto is the name given to a group of leading Whigs who were seen to direct the management of the Whig party and often the government during the reigns of William III Sir William Strickland (March 1665 &ndash 12 May 1724) 3rd Baronet of Boynton, Yorkshire, was an English landowner and racehorse owner The Whig Junto is the name given to a group of leading Whigs who were seen to direct the management of the Whig party and often the government during the reigns of William III Year 1708 ( MDCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Sir William Strickland (c 1686 &ndash 1 September 1735) was an English Member of Parliament (MP and Government Minister in Sir Robert Walpole's 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 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 Thomas Watson-Wentworth 1st Marquess of Rockingham, KB, PC (I ( 13 November, 1693 – 14 December, 1750) was a British Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Sir William Strickland (March 1665 &ndash 12 May 1724) 3rd Baronet of Boynton, Yorkshire, was an English landowner and racehorse owner 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 1724 ( MDCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1727 ( MDCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1731 ( MDCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1741 ( MDCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Colonel Lord James Cavendish (d 5 November: date of death is different from that written in William Cavendish 2nd Duke of Devonshire --> 1741 was a British Year 1741 ( MDCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 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 Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Edmund Burke ( 12 January, 1729 9 July, 1797) was an Irish statesman author orator Political theorist, and 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 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 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 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Edmund Burke ( 12 January, 1729 9 July, 1797) was an Irish statesman author orator Political theorist, and 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 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 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 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 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 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year George Damer[3] | Whig | ||||
| 1794 | Richard Burke (d. 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 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Richard Burke ( February 9, 1758 – August 2, 1794) was a Barrister and Member of Parliament in England 1794) | Whig | ||||
| 1795 | William Baldwin | Whig | ||||
| 1798 | Bryan Cooke | Whig | ||||
| 1798 | Charles Lawrence Dundas | Whig | ||||
| 1805 | Henry Grattan | Whig | ||||
| 1806 | Viscount Milton | Whig | ||||
| 1807 | Lord Headley[4] | Tory | Robert Lawrence Dundas | Whig | ||
| March 1808 | Bryan Cooke | Whig | ||||
| 1812 | John Ramsden | Whig | Viscount Duncannon | Whig | ||
| 1826 | Viscount Normanby | Canningite Tory | ||||
| 1830 | Sir James Scarlett | Whig[5] | ||||
| April 1831 | Francis Jeffrey [6] | Whig | ||||
| May 1831 | Henry Gally Knight | |||||
| July 1831 | William Cavendish | |||||
| September 1831 | Charles Pepys | Whig | ||||
| 1832 | William Fitzwilliam [7] | Whig | ||||
| 1833 | John Ramsden | Whig | ||||
| 1836 | John Childers | Whig | ||||
| 1837 | Viscount Milton [8] | Whig | ||||
| 1841 | John Denison | Whig | ||||
| 1846 | Viscount Milton | Whig | ||||
| 1847 | John Childers | Whig | ||||
| 1852 | Hon Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam | Whig/Liberal | ||||
| 1857 | James Brown | Whig/Liberal | ||||
| 1868 | Representation reduced to one member | |||||
1868-1885
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1867 | Hon Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam | Liberal | |
| 1885 | constituency abolished | ||
Notes
- ^ The Returning Officer made a double return after a dispute over the franchise: the Committee of Elections and Privileges ruled in favour of Howard and Marwood, and against their opponents Luke Robinson and Robert Lilburne on the grounds that Old Malton as well as New Malton was entitled to vote. 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 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 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 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 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 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 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 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Henry Grattan (3 July 1746 &ndash 6 June 1821 was a member of the Irish House of Commons and a campaigner for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament in the 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 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam 5th Earl FitzWilliam KG ( 4 May 1786 – 4 October 1857) was a British nobleman 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 The election to the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1807 was the third general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland. The Tories were any of a series of Political factions that existed in the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom, having its roots in the 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 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 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 The election to the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the fourth general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland 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 John William Ponsonby 4th Earl of Bessborough PC ( 31 August 1781 – 16 May 1847) was an English Politician 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 The 1826 UK general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial and increased majority over the Whigs In Ireland, Constantine Henry Phipps 1st Marquess of Normanby KG GCB GCH ( 15 May 1797 &ndash 28 July 1863) was a Canningites was the name used for a faction of British Tories in the 1800s through the 1820s who were led by George Canning. The 1830 UK general election, fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, saw Electoral reform as a major election issue James Scarlett 1st Baron Abinger ( 13 December, 1769 &ndash 17 April 1844) was an English Judge. 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 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Francis Jeffrey Lord Jeffrey ( October 23, 1773 - January 26, 1850) was a Scottish Judge and Literary critic 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 The 1831 UK general election, the last before the Reform Act of 1832, saw Electoral reform as the major election issue Henry Gally Knight, FRS ( 2 December 1786 &ndash 9 February 1846) a country gentleman of Yorkshire, educated at Eton Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a William Cavendish 7th Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC ( 27 April 1808 – 21 December 1891) known as Lord Cavendish of Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Charles Christopher Pepys 1st Earl of Cottenham ( 29 April 1781 &ndash 29 April 1851) a Lawyer, Judge, Politician 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 The 1832 UK general election, the first after the Reform Act, saw the Whigs win a large majority with the Tories winning less than 30% of the vote 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 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common 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 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap 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 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common William Thomas Spencer Wentworth-FitzWilliam 6th Earl FitzWilliam, KG ( 12 October 1815 &ndash 20 February 1902) was a British 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 For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link John Evelyn Denison 1st Viscount Ossington (27 January 1800 &ndash 7 March 1873 English Statesman, was the eldest son of John Denison (died 1820 of Ossington 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 For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display William Thomas Spencer Wentworth-FitzWilliam 6th Earl FitzWilliam, KG ( 12 October 1815 &ndash 20 February 1902) was a British 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 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common 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 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 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 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 Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the 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 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 2333251 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 Colonel Robert Lilburne (1613&ndash1665 was the older brother of John Lilburne, the well known Leveller, but unlike his brother who severed his relationship with (House of Commons Journal, 7 March 1659 [1])
- ^ In 1774 Burke was also elected for Bristol, and did not sit for Malton in this Parliament
- ^ Styled Viscount Milton from 1792
- ^ Dundas and Headley won in a contested election in which Bryan Cooke came third. On petition, Headley's election was declared void and a by-election held at which Cooke was elected.
- ^ Scarlett took the Chiltern Hundreds, April 1831, after switching from the Whigs to the Tories
- ^ Jeffrey was also elected for Perth District of Burghs at the 1831 general election and chose to represent that constituency
- ^ Fitzwilliam became Viscount Milton 1833 when his father succeeded as Earl Fitzwilliam, and resigned to contest his father's Northamptonshire, Northern seat)
- ^ Not the same Viscount Milton who held the seat in 1806-7 or in 1833
References
- Michael Brock, "The Great Reform Act" (London: Hutchinson, 1973)
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, “Members of the Long Parliament” (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [2]
- F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885" (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- 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)
- Robert Walcott, "English Politics in the Early Eighteenth Century" (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1956)
- Frederic A Youngs, jr, "Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II" (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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