Wilton (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Wiltshire, Southern or Wilton Division
Type = County
Year = 1885
Abolition = 1918
members = one

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Wilton
Type = Borough
Year = 1295
Abolition = 1885
members = two (1295-1832); one (1832-1885)

Wilton was the name of a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from 1295 to 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832, and by one member from 1832 to 1885. The name was then transferred to a county constituency electing one MP from 1885 until 1918.

History

Members of Parliament

Wilton borough

1295-1640

* 1542: William Herbert
* 1604-1611: Sir Thomas Edmonds
* 1604-1611: Thomas Morgan
* 1621-1622: Thomas Morgan
* 1621: Sir Thomas Tracy
* 1622: Sir Henry Neville

1640-1832

Notes

Election results

References

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*D Brunton & D H Pennington, "Members of the Long Parliament" (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
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* "The Constitutional Year Book for 1913" (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
*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)
*Rayment