Members of Parliament for Cricklade
The parliamentary constituency of Cricklade was established in 1295 being instigated as a Parliamentary Borough. Until 1885 two Members of Parliament
were returned to the House of Commons. Until 1782 the constituency was made up of the eligible voters from the town of Cricklade only. After this date it
was extended to include Swindon at this time just a large village. From 1885 the borough constituency was abolished becoming the Sessional Divisions of
Cricklade and Swindon still covering the same area but returning just a single MP. In 1918 the Cricklade Constituency was abolished becoming part of the
Swindon Constituency which had grown in size rapidly with the coming of the railways.
Parliaments 1295-1628 (with Gaps) - Cricklade Borough Only
Parliament or Election
Year
Date
1386
1388
February
1399
1571
1559
1553
October
1427
1571
1597
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Surname
Andrew
Andrew
Andrew
Arnold
Astley
Badger
Bailey
Brydges
Brydges
Given Names
John
John
Robert
Nicholas
John
William
John
Giles
Grey
Title or
Status
Sir
Party
Represented
Notes
1st Member
1st Member
1st Member
1st Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
1st Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
1572
1421
1413
1421
1390
1529
1586
1559
1625
1614
1399
1597
1601
1554
1558
1572
1586
1621-1622
1624-1626
1628
1604-1611
1555
1626
1628
1386
1584
1442
1558
1601
1614
1413
1593
1553
1554
1593
1390
1604-1611
December
May
December
January
April
May
October
November
January
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Brydges
Cowbridge
Cricklade
Cricklade
Crouch
Curzon
Delabere
Denys
Dowse
Eyre
Ferrour
Gifford
Gifford
Hampshire
Hampshire
Higford
Higford
Howard
Howard
Hungerford
Hungerford
Huntley
Hyde
Jenner
Jones
Leigh
Long
Marmion
Master
Monson
Newman
Noel
Parker
Parker
Pleydell
Plomer
Poole
William
Geoffrey
Thomas
Thomas
John
Robert
Richard
Walter
Edward
John
John
George
George
William
William
John
John
Thomas
William
Edward
John
George
Robert
Robert
Andrew
Rowland
John
John
Robert
Thomas
Robert
Henry
Thomas
Thomas
John
William
Henry
Sir
Sir
Sir
Sir
Sir
Sir
Sir
Sir
Sir
Sir
Sir
Sir
1st Member
2nd Member
1st Member
1st Member
1st Member
1st Member
2nd Member
1st Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
1st Member
1st Member
1st Member
1st Member
2nd Member
1st Member
1st Member
1st Member
2nd Member
1st Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
1st Member
2nd Member
1st Member
1st Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
1st Member
2nd Member
1st Member
1st Member
1st Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
1624
1555
1554
1529
1621-1622
1584
1588-1589
1588-1589
1562-1563
1562-1563
1554
1547
1338
Poole
Poyntz
Rede
Rede
Reynell
Smith
Smith
Snigge
St. John
Throckmorton
Tunks
Walshe
Weston
Neville
Nicholas
John
William
Carew
Richard
Thomas
George
Nicholas
Anthony
John
John
Thomas
1547
Winchcombe
John
1510
Windsor
Andrew
November
April
February
Sir
Sir
2nd Member
1st Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
1st Member
1st Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
1st Member;
Also known as John Smallwood
1st Member
Sir
Sir
Parliament was suspended during the years 1629-1640 when King Charles I took up the Royal Prerogative of Personal Rule. This period became known
as The Eleven Years' Tyranny. Two years later in 1642 the English Civil War erupted. Pride's Purge was an event that took place in December 1648, when
troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the
New Model Army and the Independents. Cricklade had no representation in Parliament from 1653-1656 and again in May 1659.
Parliaments 1640-1782 (with Gaps) - Cricklade Borough Only
Parliament or Election
Year
Date
1702 & 1705
1780 & 1782
1768
1776 & 1779
1701
1705, 1708 & 1710
1660
April
Surname
Barker
Benfield
Damer
Dewar
Dunch
Dunch
Dunch
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Given Names
Samuel
Paul
George
John
Edmund
Edmund
Hungerford
Title or
Status
Party
Represented
Honourable
Whig
Whig
Notes
2nd Member
1st Member
1st Member
1st Member
2nd Member
1st Member
1st Member
1679
1774
Dunch
Earle
1747 & 1754
Earle
1741
1661
Ellis
Ernle
Hungerford
William
William
Rawlinson
Welbore
John
1768
Fletcher
Robert
Fox
Charles
Fox
Freke
Gore
Stephen
Thomas
Charles
1747
Gore
John
1722
1754 & 1761
1713
1734
1659
January
Gore
Gore
Gore
Gore
Hawkins
Thomas
Thomas
William
William
John
1640
November
Hodges
Thomas
Hungerford
George
Jenner
Robert
Lenthall
Macpherson
Maskelyne
Moreton
Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Peach
Pleydell
Pleydell
Poole
William
John
Nevil
Matthew Ducie
Arnold
Arnold
Samuel
Edward
John
Edward
Reade
Thomas
1685, 1689-1690 &
1698
1699 & 1701
1689
1739
1661
1640
1681
1779-1780
1660
1721
1761
1774-1776
1775
1698-1699
1680
1659
1713-1715, 17211722, 1727,
November
April
January
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1st Member
1st Member
1st Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
LieutenantColonel, Sir
2nd Member
1st Member
Sir
1st Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
LieutenantColonel
2nd Member
Parliamentarian
Sir
Parliamentarian
Honourable
2nd Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
2nd Member; Was not recorded as having
office after Pride's Purge
1st Member
1st Member; Removed from office during Pride's
Purge leaving the seat vacant
1st Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
1st Member
1st Member
2nd Member
1st Member
2nd Member
1st Member
1st Member
1st Member
1734, 1739 & 1741
1710 & 1714
1715
1782
1727
1708
1679-1681 & 1685
Robinson
Sawbridge
St. John
Tilson
Vernon
Webb
1690
Webb
1702
Webb
Samuel
Jacob
George
Christopher
James, Jnr.
Edmund
Edmund
Richmond
Thomas
Richmond
2nd Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
Honourable
Whig
2nd Member
1st Member
Parliaments 1783-1885 (with Gaps) - Cricklade with Swindon Borough
Parliament or Election
Year
Date
1784
1859
1868
1812-1818
1831-1834
1784
1790 & 1794
1837
1847, 1859, 1865 & 1874
1806 & 1811
1865, 1868, 1874 & 1880
1818, 1831 & 1835
1811
1841
1835, 1837, 1841 & 1847
1785
1812 & 1818
1794 & 1806
1880
1785 & 1790
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Surname
Adamson
Ashley
Cadogan
Calley
Calley
Coxe
Estcourt
Goddard
Goddard
Goddard
Gooch
Gordon
Herbert
Howard
Neeld
Nicholas
Pitt
Porchester
Story-Maskelyne
Walker-Heneage
Given Names
Title or
Status
Party
Represented
Robert
Frederick
Thomas
Thomas
Charles Westley
Thomas
Ambrose
Ambrose Lethbridge
Thomas
Daniel
Robert
William
Henry
John
Robert
Joseph
Lord
Honourable
Liberal
Liberal
Whig
Whig
Conservative
Conservative
Sir
Conservative
Whig
Honourable
Whig
Conservative
Lord
Mervin Herbert Nevil
John
Liberal
Notes
2nd Member
1st Member
2nd Member
2nd Member; See Note 1. Below
1st Member
1st Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
2nd Member
1st Member
2nd Member
1st Member
2nd Member
1st Member
2nd Member
1st Member
1st Member
2nd Member
1st Member
Note 1. - Thomas Calley was born in Burderop, Chiseldon on 21st July 1780. He was resident of Salthrop, Wroughton for a period of his life. He was Sherriff
of Wiltshire from 1807-1808. He was a Lieutenant in the Wilts Yeomanry in 1801 and served as Cornet to the Marlborough Troop of Yeoman Cavalry in the
same year gaining promotion to Lieutenant in 1804 and Captain in 1811 resigning from the corps in 1826. He died of nervous fever at Cannstadt,
Württemberg, Germany on 17th September 1836 and was buried at Chisledon on 18 October 1836.
Parliaments 1885-1918 - Cricklade with Swindon County Division
Parliament or Election
Year
Date
1910
January
1898
1895
1892
1910
December
1885-1886
1906
1918
Surname
Given Names
Calley
Fitzmaurice
Hopkinson
Husband
Lambert
Maskelyne
Massie
Thomas Charles Pleydell
Edmond
Alfred
John
Richard Cornthwaite
Nevil Story
John
Title or
Status
Lord
Party
Represented
Liberal Unionist
Liberal
Liberal Unionist
Liberal
Liberal
Liberal
Liberal
Notes
By-Election
As Liberal Unionist in 1886
The constituency was abolished. Cricklade became part of the Swindon Constituency
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