Weobley (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1832}}

{{Infobox UK constituency

|name = Weobley

|type = Borough

|parliament = uk

|year = 1628

|abolished = 1832

|elects_howmany = Two

|previous =

|next = Herefordshire

|}}

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 =

Parliament	First Member	Second Member
class="wikitable"
	colspan = "2"\|Weobley re-enfranchised in 1628
1628	William Walter	William Tomkins
1629–1640	colspan = "2"\| No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr)	William Tomkins	Thomas Tomkins
1640 (Nov)	Arthur Jones	Thomas Tomkins
1645	Robert Andrews	William Crowther
1653	colspan = "2"\| Weobley not represented in Barebones parliament
1654,1656	colspan = "2"\| Weobley not represented in 1st and 2nd Protectorate parliaments
1659	Herbert Perrott	Robert Andrews

= MPs 1660–1832 =

colspan="3"\|Election	First member	First party	Second member
class="wikitable"
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1660, April 13 \| James Pytts	\| Richard Weston
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \|	style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|August 1660 \|rowspan=2 \| Thomas Tomkyns	rowspan=2 \| \| Herbert Perrott
rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|April 1661 \|rowspan=3 \| John Barneby	rowspan=3 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1675 \| Sir Thomas Williams, Bt	\|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1678 \|rowspan=2 \| William Gregory	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|February 1679 \|rowspan=2 \| John Birch	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|September 1679 \| John Booth
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1685 \| Henry Cornewall	\| Robert Price
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \|	style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1689 \|rowspan=2 \| John Birch	rowspan=2 \| \| James Morgan
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1690 \|rowspan=2 \| Robert Price	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1691 \| Thomas Foley
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|January 1701 \| Henry Cornewall	\|rowspan=2 \| John Birch	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|November 1701 \|rowspan=2 \| Robert Price	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1702 \|rowspan=2 \| Henry Cornewall	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=5 \| \|1705 \|rowspan=5 \| John Birch	rowspan=5 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|May 1708 \| Henry ThynneThynne was also elected for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Weobley
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|December 1708 \| Henry Gorges
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1710 \| Henry Cornewall
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1713 \| Uvedale Tomkins Price
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|February 1715 \| Paul FoleyOn petition, Foley was declared not to have been duly elected.	\|rowspan=2 \| Vice-Admiral Charles Cornewall	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=3 \| \|June 1715 \|rowspan=3 \| 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.	rowspan=3 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1718 \| Nicholas Philpott
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1727 \|rowspan=2 \| Uvedale Tomkins Price	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1732 \| James Cornewall
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=3 \|	style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1734 \| John Birch	\|rowspan=3 \| Sir John Buckworth, Bt	rowspan=3 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|October 1735 \|colspan="2"\|Seat 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.
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1737 \| James Cornewall
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1741 \| Lieutenant-Colonel The Lord Carpenter	\| The Viscount Palmerston
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|July 1747 \| Mansel PowellOn petition, Powell was declared not to have been duly elected	\|rowspan=3 \| Captain Savage MostynLater Rear-Admiral	rowspan=3 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|December 1747 \| Viscount Perceval
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1754 \|rowspan=2 \| John Craster	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \|1757 \| George Venables-Vernon	Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \|1761 \| Marquess of Titchfield	Whig \|rowspan=3 \| Hon. Henry Thynne	rowspan=3 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1762 \| William Lynch
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1768 \|rowspan=2 \| Simon LuttrellCreated The Lord Irnham (in the Peerage of Ireland), December 1768	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1770 \| Bamber Gascoyne
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1774 \| Sir William Lynch	\|rowspan=2 \| John St Leger Douglas	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1780 \|rowspan=2 \| Andrew Bayntun-Rolt	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=3 \| \|1783 \|rowspan=3 \| (Sir) John Scott	rowspan=3 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \|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	Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=7 \| \|1790 \|rowspan=7 \| Lord George Thynne	rowspan=7 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|May 1796 \| Lord John Thynne
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|December 1796 \| Inigo Freeman Thomas
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1800 \| Sir Charles Talbot, Bt
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1802 \| Robert Steele
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1807 \| Lord Guernsey
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \|January 1812 \| Lord Apsley	Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|October 1812 \| Viscount St Asaph	\|rowspan=2 \| William Bathurst	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1813 \|rowspan=2 \| James Lenox William Naper	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=3 \| \|1816 \|rowspan=3 \| Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck	rowspan=3 \| Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1818 \| Viscount Weymouth
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" rowspan=3 \| \|1820 \|rowspan=3 \| Sir George Cockburn, Bt	rowspan=3 \| Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \|1824 \| Lord Henry Thynne	Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1826 \|rowspan=2 \| Lord William Thynne	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" rowspan=2 \| \|1828 \|rowspan=2 \| Lord Henry Thynne	rowspan=2 \| Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1831 \| Lord Edward Thynne

Notes

References

Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [https://books.google.com/books?id=Gh2wKY2rkDUC&q=Return+of+Members+of+Parliament]
J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
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colspan="3"\|Election	First member	First party	Second member
class="wikitable"
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1660, April 13 \| James Pytts	\| Richard Weston
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \|	style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|August 1660 \|rowspan=2 \| Thomas Tomkyns	rowspan=2 \| \| Herbert Perrott
rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|April 1661 \|rowspan=3 \| John Barneby	rowspan=3 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1675 \| Sir Thomas Williams, Bt	\|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1678 \|rowspan=2 \| William Gregory	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|February 1679 \|rowspan=2 \| John Birch	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|September 1679 \| John Booth
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1685 \| Henry Cornewall	\| Robert Price
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \|	style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1689 \|rowspan=2 \| John Birch	rowspan=2 \| \| James Morgan
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1690 \|rowspan=2 \| Robert Price	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1691 \| Thomas Foley
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|January 1701 \| Henry Cornewall	\|rowspan=2 \| John Birch	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|November 1701 \|rowspan=2 \| Robert Price	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1702 \|rowspan=2 \| Henry Cornewall	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=5 \| \|1705 \|rowspan=5 \| John Birch	rowspan=5 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|May 1708 \| Henry ThynneThynne was also elected for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Weobley
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|December 1708 \| Henry Gorges
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1710 \| Henry Cornewall
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1713 \| Uvedale Tomkins Price
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|February 1715 \| Paul FoleyOn petition, Foley was declared not to have been duly elected.	\|rowspan=2 \| Vice-Admiral Charles Cornewall	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=3 \| \|June 1715 \|rowspan=3 \| 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.	rowspan=3 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1718 \| Nicholas Philpott
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1727 \|rowspan=2 \| Uvedale Tomkins Price	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1732 \| James Cornewall
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=3 \|	style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1734 \| John Birch	\|rowspan=3 \| Sir John Buckworth, Bt	rowspan=3 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|October 1735 \|colspan="2"\|Seat 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.
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1737 \| James Cornewall
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1741 \| Lieutenant-Colonel The Lord Carpenter	\| The Viscount Palmerston
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|July 1747 \| Mansel PowellOn petition, Powell was declared not to have been duly elected	\|rowspan=3 \| Captain Savage MostynLater Rear-Admiral	rowspan=3 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|December 1747 \| Viscount Perceval
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1754 \|rowspan=2 \| John Craster	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \|1757 \| George Venables-Vernon	Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \|1761 \| Marquess of Titchfield	Whig \|rowspan=3 \| Hon. Henry Thynne	rowspan=3 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1762 \| William Lynch
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1768 \|rowspan=2 \| Simon LuttrellCreated The Lord Irnham (in the Peerage of Ireland), December 1768	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1770 \| Bamber Gascoyne
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1774 \| Sir William Lynch	\|rowspan=2 \| John St Leger Douglas	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1780 \|rowspan=2 \| Andrew Bayntun-Rolt	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=3 \| \|1783 \|rowspan=3 \| (Sir) John Scott	rowspan=3 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \|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	Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=7 \| \|1790 \|rowspan=7 \| Lord George Thynne	rowspan=7 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|May 1796 \| Lord John Thynne
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|December 1796 \| Inigo Freeman Thomas
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1800 \| Sir Charles Talbot, Bt
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1802 \| Robert Steele
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1807 \| Lord Guernsey
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \|January 1812 \| Lord Apsley	Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \|	rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|October 1812 \| Viscount St Asaph	\|rowspan=2 \| William Bathurst	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1813 \|rowspan=2 \| James Lenox William Naper	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=3 \| \|1816 \|rowspan=3 \| Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck	rowspan=3 \| Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1818 \| Viscount Weymouth
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" rowspan=3 \| \|1820 \|rowspan=3 \| Sir George Cockburn, Bt	rowspan=3 \| Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \|1824 \| Lord Henry Thynne	Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" rowspan=2 \| \|1826 \|rowspan=2 \| Lord William Thynne	rowspan=2 \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" rowspan=2 \| \|1828 \|rowspan=2 \| Lord Henry Thynne	rowspan=2 \| Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" \| \|1831 \| Lord Edward Thynne