Weobley was a parliamentary borough in Herefordshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons in 1295 and from 1628 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.
Members of Parliament MPs 1628–1660 ParliamentFirst MemberSecond MemberWeobley re-enfranchised in 1628 1628 William Walter William Tomkins 1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned 1640 (Apr) William Tomkins Thomas Tomkins 1640 (Nov) Arthur Jones Thomas Tomkins 1645 Robert Andrews William Crowther 1653 Weobley not represented in Barebones parliament1654,1656 Weobley not represented in 1st and 2nd Protectorate parliaments 1659 Herbert Perrott Robert Andrews
MPs 1660–1832 ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party 1660, April 13 James Pytts Richard Weston August 1660 Thomas Tomkyns Herbert Perrott April 1661 John Barneby 1675 Sir Thomas Williams, Bt 1678 William Gregory February 1679 John Birch September 1679 John Booth 1685 Henry Cornewall Robert Price 1689 John Birch James Morgan 1690 Robert Price 1691 Thomas Foley January 1701 Henry Cornewall John Birch November 1701 Robert Price 1702 Henry Cornewall 1705 John Birch May 1708 Henry ThynneThynne was also elected for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Weobley December 1708 Henry Gorges 1710 Henry Cornewall 1713 Uvedale Tomkins Price February 1715 Paul FoleyOn petition, Foley was declared not to have been duly elected. Vice-Admiral Charles Cornewall June 1715 John BirchExpelled from the House of Commons, 14 March 1732, "for a notorious Breach of Trust reposed in him, as a Commissioner and Trustee for the Sale of the Forfeited Estates, referring to the Derwentwater estates. 1718 Nicholas Philpott 1727 Uvedale Tomkins Price 1732 James Cornewall 1734 John Birch Sir John Buckworth, Bt October 1735Seat vacant pending resolution of disputed election Cornewall petitioned against Birch's election (in a dispute over the franchise), but Birch died before the dispute was resolved; no by-election could be called until it was determined whether Birch had been duly elected. His election was eventually annulled, and Cornewall declared to have been elected.1737 James Cornewall 1741 Lieutenant-Colonel The Lord Carpenter The Viscount Palmerston July 1747 Mansel PowellOn petition, Powell was declared not to have been duly elected Captain Savage MostynLater Rear-Admiral December 1747 Viscount Perceval 1754 John Craster 1757 George Venables-Vernon Whig 1761 Marquess of Titchfield Whig Hon. Henry Thynne 1762 William Lynch 1768 Simon LuttrellCreated The Lord Irnham (in the Peerage of Ireland), December 1768 1770 Bamber Gascoyne 1774 Sir William Lynch John St Leger Douglas 1780 Andrew Bayntun-Rolt 1783 (Sir) John Scott 1786 Hon. Thomas ThynneStyled Viscount Weymouth from August 1788 (when his father was created Marquess of Bath). He was re-elected in 1790, but had also been elected for Bath, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Weobley Tory1790 Lord George Thynne May 1796 Lord John Thynne December 1796 Inigo Freeman Thomas 1800 Sir Charles Talbot, Bt 1802 Robert Steele 1807 Lord Guernsey January 1812 Lord Apsley Tory October 1812 Viscount St Asaph William Bathurst 1813 James Lenox William Naper 1816 Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck Tory1818 Viscount Weymouth 1820 Sir George Cockburn, Bt Tory1824 Lord Henry Thynne Tory1826 Lord William Thynne 1828 Lord Henry Thynne Tory1831 Lord Edward Thynne
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References Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)