South Wiltshire, formally known as the Southern division of Wiltshire or Wiltshire Southern was a county constituency in the county of Wiltshire in South West England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.
The constituency was created under the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.
Boundaries 1832–1885: The Hundreds of Kinwardstone, Heytesbury, Branch and Dole, Elstub and Everley, Amesbury, Warminster, Mere, South Damerham, Downton, Chalk, Dunworth, Cawden and Cadworth, Frustfield, Alderbury, Underditch, and Westbury.
Members of Parliament Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1832 John Benett Whig Hon. Sidney Herbert Tory1834Conservative1846 Peelite 1852 William WyndhamWhig"Wyndham, William (Wilts South)", in Charles Roger Dod, Robert Phipps Dod, Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 25, pp. 294–295 1859 Lord Henry Thynne ConservativeLiberal 1861 by-election Frederick Hervey-Bathurst Conservative 1865 Thomas Grove Liberal 1874 Viscount Folkestone Conservative1885 constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Herbert was appointed Secretary at War, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Herbert was appointed Secretary at War, requiring a by-election.
Herbert was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, requiring a by-election.
Herbert was appointed Secretary of State for War, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s Herbert was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Herbert of Lea and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s
Thynne was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
Pleydell-Bouverie was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.
References
Sources