Marlborough was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Marlborough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.

Members of Parliament 1295–1640

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member 1386 Thomas Cryps John Jenewyne 1388 (Feb) John Curteys John Wyly 1388 (Sep) John Curteys John Wyly 1390 (Jan) Thomas Calston Robert Warner 1390 (Nov) 1391 1393 John Curteys Thomas Lechenore 1394 John Curteys Richard Frys 1395 John Curteys Robert Drake 1397 (Jan) 1397 (Sep) John Canynges Nicholas Cley 1399 Thomas Cryps Thomas Cook 1401 1402 Richard Collingbourne John Bird 1404 (Jan) 1404 (Oct) 1406 Thomas Heose Nicholas Tympeneye 1407 1410 1411 1413 (Feb) 1413 (May) John Bird William Byllyngtre 1414 (Apr) Thomas Hathaway William Alcliffe 1414 (Nov) Thomas Hathaway John Bird 1415 John Bird Thomas Newman 1416 (Mar) Thomas Newman Nicholas Swan 1416 (Oct) 1417 William Hungate Hugh Gower 1419 1420 Hugh Gower Nicholas Swan 1421 (May) Hugh Gower Laurence Fitton 1421 (Dec) Hugh Gower John Giles 1455 Thomas Vaughan 1510–1523 No names known 1529 Edmund Darrell Henry Bagot 1536 ? 1539 ?John Berwick ?John Thynne 1542 ?William Barnes ?John Thynne 1545 John Thynne Andrew Baynton 1547 Humphrey Moseley Thomas Smith 1553 (Mar) William Button Roger Colly 1553 (Oct) Robert Weare alias Brown Robert Bithway 1554 (Apr) Owen Gwyn Thomas Tyndale 1554 (Nov) Peter Taylor alias Perce John Broke 1555 Andrew Baynton Gabriel Pleydell 1558 William Daniell William Fleetwood 1559 William DaniellJohn Young 1562–3 Michael Blount Leonard Dannett 1571 John Cornwall Philip Godwyn 1572 Nicholas St John John Stanhope 1584 Henry Ughtred Edward Stanhope 1586 Edward Stanhope Edmund Hungerford 1588 Richard Wheler John Cornwall 1593 Richard Wheler Anthony Hungerford 1597 Richard Digges Richard Wheler 1601 Richard Digges Lawrence Hyde 1604–1611 Lawrence Hyde Richard Digges 1614 Richard Digges Sir Francis Popham 1621 William Seymour, Lord Beauchamp, ennobled 1621 and replaced by Walter Devereux Richard Digges 1624 Sir Francis Seymour Richard Digges 1625 Richard Digges Edward Kyrton 1626 Richard Digges Edward Kyrton 1628 Richard Digges Henry Piercy 1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned

1640–1868

YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond partyMarch 1640Sir William CarnabyRoyalistFrancis BaskervilleNovember 1640John FrancklynParliamentarianSir Francis SeymourRoyalist1641 Philip Smith Parliamentarian1645Charles Fleetwood1653Marlborough was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament1654Charles Fleetwood Marlborough had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate1656Jerome Sankey January 1659Thomas GroveJames HayesMay 1659Charles Fleetwood Philip Smith April 1660 Henry Hungerford Jeffrey Daniel 1661 Lord John Seymour 1673 Sir John Elwes February 1679 Thomas Bennet Edward Goddard August 1679 Lord Bruce 1685 Sir John Ernle Sir George Willoughby January 1695 Thomas Bennet November 1695 William Daniell 1698 The Earl of Ranelagh William Grinfield January 1701 John Jeffreys November 1701 Robert Yard July 1702 Hon. Robert Bruce November 1702 Edward Jeffreys May 1705 Edward Ashe John Jeffreys November 1705 Earl of HertfordHertford was re-elected in 1708, but had also been elected for Northumberland, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Marlborough May 1708 Hon. James Bruce December 1708 Sir Edward Ernle 1710 Lord Bruce Hon. Robert Bruce 1712 Richard Jones 1713 Gabriel Roberts 1715 Sir William Humphreys Joshua WardOn petition, Ward was declared not to have been duly elected 1717 Gabriel Roberts March 1722 Earl of HertfordHertford was also elected for Northumberland, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Marlborough October 1722 Thomas Gibson 1727 Edward LisleLisle was re-elected in 1734, but had also been elected for Hampshire; however, the result there was disputed. He continued to sit for Marlborough until the Hampshire petition was withdrawn in 1737, then chose to sit for Hampshire for the rest of the Parliament Tory 1734 Francis Seymour 1737 John Crawley 1741 Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Baronet Tory 1747 John Talbot 1752 Sir John Hynde Cotton, 4th Baronet 1754 Hon. John Ward 1761 Lord Brudenell Colonel the Hon. Robert Brudenell Tory 1762 (Sir) James LongSucceeded as baronet and adopted the surname Tylney-Long in 1767 Tory 1768 Hon. James Brudenell Tory 1780 The Earl of Courtown Tory William Woodley Tory 1784 Sir Philip Hales Tory 1790 Major-General the Hon. Thomas Bruce Tory 1793 Earl of Dalkeith Tory 1796 Lord Bruce (replaced on inheriting his father's earldom in April 1814) Tory Hon. James Bruce Tory 1797 Robert Brudenell Tory 1802 James Henry Leigh Tory 1806 Earl of Dalkeith Tory 1807 Viscount Stopford Tory 1810 Edward Stopford Tory 1814 William Hill Tory 1818 John Wodehouse Tory Lord Brudenell Tory 1826 Earl Bruce Tory13 March 1829 Thomas Bucknall-Estcourt Tory23 March 1829 William John Bankes Tory 1832 Lord Ernest Bruce Tory Henry Bingham Baring Tory 1834 Conservative Conservative 1847 Peelite Peelite 1859 Liberal Liberal1868 Representation reduced to one member

1868–1885 YearMemberParty 1868 Lord Ernest Bruce Liberal 1878 Lord Charles Bruce Liberal1885 Constituency abolished

Election results Elections in the 1830s

The mayor refused to accept the nominations of Malet and Mirehouse, and Bucknall-Estcourt and Bankes were declared elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1840s

Baring was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and Bruce was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring by-elections.

Elections in the 1850s

Brudenell-Bruce was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Seat reduced to one member

Elections in the 1870s

Brudenell-Bruce succeeded to the peerage, becoming Marquess of Ailesbury.

Elections in the 1880s

Bruce was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.

References and sources References

Sources Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) 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) 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)