Bishop's Castle (UK Parliament constituency)

Bishop's Castle (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Bishop's Castle
Type = Borough
Year = 1290
Abolition = 1832

Bishop's Castle was a former borough constituency in Shropshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1290 and was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, 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 burgesses.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

*1614 Edward Littleton Christopher W. Brooks, ‘Littleton, Edward, Baron Littleton (1589–1645)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 ] - Addled Parliament

*"Constituency abolished / disenfranchised" (1832)

Election results

ee also

*List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
*Unreformed House of Commons

References

*Rayment


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