This article includes a list of general
references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding
inline citations. (July 2014) |
Great Marlow | |
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Former
Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1624– 1885 | |
Seats | two (1311-1868); one (1868-1885) |
Replaced by | Aylesbury |
Great Marlow, sometimes simply called Marlow, was a parliamentary borough in Buckinghamshire. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England between 1301 and 1307, and again from 1624 until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and finally in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1868. It elected one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.
In the 17th century a solicitor named William Hakewill, of Lincoln's Inn, rediscovered ancient writs confirming that Amersham, Great Marlow, and Wendover had all sent members to Parliament in the past, and succeeded in re-establishing their privileges (despite the opposition of James I), so that they resumed electing members from the Parliament of 1624. Hakewill himself was elected for Amersham in 1624.
Year | First member | Second member |
---|---|---|
Constituency re-enfranchised by Parliament in 1624 | ||
1624 | Henry Borlase | Thomas Cotton |
1625 | John Backhouse | Thomas Cotton |
1626 | John Backhouse | Sir William Hicks, 1st Baronet |
1628 | Sir John Backhouse | Miles Hobart |
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1868 | Thomas Owen Wethered | Conservative | |
1880 | Owen Williams | Conservative | |
1885 | Constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Owen Williams | 209 | 36.5 | ||
Whig | Thomas Peers Williams | 192 | 33.6 | ||
Whig | William Clayton | 171 | 29.9 | ||
Majority | 21 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 360 | c. 90.0 | |||
Registered electors | c. 400 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Owen Williams | 196 | 34.1 | New | |
Tory | Thomas Peers Williams | 192 | 33.4 | New | |
Whig | William Clayton | 187 | 32.5 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.9 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 374 | c. 93.5 | c. +3.5 | ||
Registered electors | c. 400 | ||||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | −1.9 | |||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | −0.8 |
Owen Williams' death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Clayton | Unopposed | |||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Thomas Peers Williams | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Clayton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 457 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Clayton | 201 | 47.9 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Peers Williams | 185 | 44.0 | ||
Radical | William Carpenter | 34 | 8.1 | ||
Turnout | 240 | 64.3 | |||
Registered electors | 373 | ||||
Majority | 16 | 3.9 | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Majority | 151 | 35.9 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Clayton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Thomas Peers Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 369 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Peers Williams | 233 | 40.7 | N/A | |
Whig | William Clayton | 170 | 29.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Renn Hampden | 169 | 29.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 333 | 90.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 354 | ||||
Majority | 63 | 11.0 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 1 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing |
On petition, Clayton was unseated on 11 April 1842 due to bribery and Hampden was declared elected in his place. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Peers Williams | 238 | 41.2 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Renn Hampden | 178 | 30.8 | +1.3 | |
Whig | William Clayton | 161 | 27.9 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 17 | 2.9 | −8.1 | ||
Turnout | 289 (est) | 77.8 (est) | −12.4 | ||
Registered electors | 371 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Peers Williams | 242 | 45.1 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Brownlow William Knox | 198 | 36.9 | +6.1 | |
Whig | Jacob Bell [7] [8] [9] | 96 | 17.9 | −10.0 | |
Majority | 102 | 19.0 | +16.1 | ||
Turnout | 316 (est) | 89.3 (est) | +11.5 | ||
Registered electors | 354 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brownlow William Knox | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Thomas Peers Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 343 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Peers Williams | 229 | 43.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Brownlow William Knox | 175 | 33.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Webb Probyn [10] | 120 | 22.9 | New | |
Majority | 55 | 10.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 322 (est) | 94.7 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 354 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brownlow William Knox | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Thomas Peers Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 349 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Seat reduced to one member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Owen Wethered | 345 | 52.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edmund Verney | 314 | 47.6 | New | |
Majority | 31 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 659 | 86.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 760 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Owen Wethered | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 856 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Owen Williams | 505 | 58.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | James Olliff Griffits [11] | 355 | 41.3 | New | |
Majority | 150 | 17.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 860 | 91.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 941 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
This article includes a list of general
references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding
inline citations. (July 2014) |
Great Marlow | |
---|---|
Former
Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1624– 1885 | |
Seats | two (1311-1868); one (1868-1885) |
Replaced by | Aylesbury |
Great Marlow, sometimes simply called Marlow, was a parliamentary borough in Buckinghamshire. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England between 1301 and 1307, and again from 1624 until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and finally in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1868. It elected one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.
In the 17th century a solicitor named William Hakewill, of Lincoln's Inn, rediscovered ancient writs confirming that Amersham, Great Marlow, and Wendover had all sent members to Parliament in the past, and succeeded in re-establishing their privileges (despite the opposition of James I), so that they resumed electing members from the Parliament of 1624. Hakewill himself was elected for Amersham in 1624.
Year | First member | Second member |
---|---|---|
Constituency re-enfranchised by Parliament in 1624 | ||
1624 | Henry Borlase | Thomas Cotton |
1625 | John Backhouse | Thomas Cotton |
1626 | John Backhouse | Sir William Hicks, 1st Baronet |
1628 | Sir John Backhouse | Miles Hobart |
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1868 | Thomas Owen Wethered | Conservative | |
1880 | Owen Williams | Conservative | |
1885 | Constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Owen Williams | 209 | 36.5 | ||
Whig | Thomas Peers Williams | 192 | 33.6 | ||
Whig | William Clayton | 171 | 29.9 | ||
Majority | 21 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 360 | c. 90.0 | |||
Registered electors | c. 400 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Owen Williams | 196 | 34.1 | New | |
Tory | Thomas Peers Williams | 192 | 33.4 | New | |
Whig | William Clayton | 187 | 32.5 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.9 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 374 | c. 93.5 | c. +3.5 | ||
Registered electors | c. 400 | ||||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | −1.9 | |||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | −0.8 |
Owen Williams' death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Clayton | Unopposed | |||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Thomas Peers Williams | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Clayton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 457 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Clayton | 201 | 47.9 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Peers Williams | 185 | 44.0 | ||
Radical | William Carpenter | 34 | 8.1 | ||
Turnout | 240 | 64.3 | |||
Registered electors | 373 | ||||
Majority | 16 | 3.9 | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Majority | 151 | 35.9 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Clayton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Thomas Peers Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 369 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Peers Williams | 233 | 40.7 | N/A | |
Whig | William Clayton | 170 | 29.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Renn Hampden | 169 | 29.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 333 | 90.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 354 | ||||
Majority | 63 | 11.0 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 1 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing |
On petition, Clayton was unseated on 11 April 1842 due to bribery and Hampden was declared elected in his place. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Peers Williams | 238 | 41.2 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Renn Hampden | 178 | 30.8 | +1.3 | |
Whig | William Clayton | 161 | 27.9 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 17 | 2.9 | −8.1 | ||
Turnout | 289 (est) | 77.8 (est) | −12.4 | ||
Registered electors | 371 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Peers Williams | 242 | 45.1 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Brownlow William Knox | 198 | 36.9 | +6.1 | |
Whig | Jacob Bell [7] [8] [9] | 96 | 17.9 | −10.0 | |
Majority | 102 | 19.0 | +16.1 | ||
Turnout | 316 (est) | 89.3 (est) | +11.5 | ||
Registered electors | 354 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brownlow William Knox | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Thomas Peers Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 343 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Peers Williams | 229 | 43.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Brownlow William Knox | 175 | 33.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Webb Probyn [10] | 120 | 22.9 | New | |
Majority | 55 | 10.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 322 (est) | 94.7 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 354 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brownlow William Knox | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Thomas Peers Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 349 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Seat reduced to one member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Owen Wethered | 345 | 52.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edmund Verney | 314 | 47.6 | New | |
Majority | 31 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 659 | 86.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 760 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Owen Wethered | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 856 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Owen Williams | 505 | 58.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | James Olliff Griffits [11] | 355 | 41.3 | New | |
Majority | 150 | 17.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 860 | 91.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 941 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |