Aldeburgh (UK Parliament constituency)
Not to be confused with Aldborough (UK Parliament constituency).
| Aldeburgh | |
|---|---|
|
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Suffolk |
| Major settlements | Aldeburgh |
| 1571–1832 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Replaced by | East Suffolk |
Aldeburgh was a parliamentary borough represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessor bodies.
The town was enfranchised in 1571 as a borough constituency. It 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. The constituency was abolished in 1832 as a rotten borough.
Boundaries
The constituency comprised the parliamentary borough of Aldeburgh, in the county of Suffolk in Eastern England.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1571–1640
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1571 | Roger Woodhouse | Robert Higford [1] |
| 1572 | Francis Beaumont | Charles Seckford [1] |
| 1584 | Peter Osborne | John Foxe [1] |
| 1586 | Peter Osborne | Edmond Bell [1] |
| 1588 | Edward Coke | William Bence [1] |
| 1593 | Thomas Knyvet | William Bence [1] |
| 1597 | Francis Harvey | Francis Johnson [1] |
| 1601 | Martin Stutteville | Francis Corbet [1] |
| 1604–1611 | Sir William Woodhouse | Thomas Ryvett |
| 1614 | Sir William Woodhouse | Sir Henry Glemham |
| 1621–1622 | Sir Henry Glemham | Charles Glemham |
| 1624 | Nicholas Ryvett | John Bence |
| 1625 | Sir Thomas Glemham | Charles Glemham |
| 1626 | Sir Thomas Glemham | William Mason |
| 1628 | Sir Simon Steward | Marmaduke Rawden |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
MPs 1640–1832
Election results
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See also
References
- 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)
- Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988)
- Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig - Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
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