{"id":578,"date":"2016-09-20T10:46:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T09:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/?page_id=578"},"modified":"2017-09-04T17:33:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T16:33:15","slug":"launceston-members-of-parliament","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/home\/governance-of-launceston\/launceston-members-of-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Launceston Members of Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Launceston was one of 21 parliamentary boroughs in Cornwall between the 16th and 19th centuries; unlike many of these, which had been little more than villages even when established and were rotten boroughs from the start, Launceston had been a town of reasonable size and importance though much in decline by the 19th century. The borough consisted of only part of the present town, as Newport was a separate borough in itself from 1554, though Newport and Launceston were joined together as Dunheved, collectively returning members, earlier in that century.<br \/>\nThe right to vote was vested theoretically in the Mayor, aldermen and those freemen of the borough who were resident at the time they became freemen; but in practice the vote was exercised only by members of the corporation, who were chosen mainly with a view to maintaining the influence of the &#8220;patron&#8221;. Up to 1775, this was generally the head of the Morice family, who also controlled Newport, but in that year Humphry Morice sold his interest in both boroughs to the Duke of Newcastle, whose family retained hold on both until the Reform Act. There were about 17 voters in Launceston in 1831, by which time the borough was as rotten as any of the others in Cornwall.<br \/>\nIn 1831 the borough had a population of 2,669 and 429 houses. Under the Great Reform Act of 1832 the boundaries were extended to encompass the whole town (including Newport, which was abolished as a separate borough), bringing the population up to 5,394. This was sufficient for Launceston to retain one of its two seats.<br \/>\nThe borough was eventually abolished in 1885, but the name of the town was transferred to the new county constituency in which it was placed, strictly the North-Eastern or Launceston Division of Cornwall, which also elected a single member. This covered a much larger, rural, area including Callington, Calstock and Bude-Stratton. This constituency in its turn was abolished in 1918, being absorbed mostly into the new Cornwall North constituency.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Launceston formerly known as Dunheved.<\/strong><br \/>\n1358 John Hamely<br \/>\n1386 John Cokeworthy I Roger Leye<br \/>\n1388 (Feb) John Cokeworthy I William Bodrugan<br \/>\n1388 (Sep) Thomas Trereise Thomas Treuref<br \/>\n1390 (Jan) John Cokeworthy I John Syreston<br \/>\n1390 (Nov) ?<br \/>\n1391 John Cokeworthy I Richard Lovyn<br \/>\n1393 John Cokeworthy I Richard Lovyn<br \/>\n1394 1395 John Cokeworthy I Richard Lovyn<br \/>\n1397 (Jan) John Cokeworthy I Richard Tolle<br \/>\n1397 (Sep) Roger Menwenick William Holt<br \/>\n1399 John Cokeworthy I John Goly<br \/>\n1401 1402 Thomas Colyn Richard Raddow<br \/>\n1404 (Jan) ?<br \/>\n404 (Oct) ?<br \/>\n1406 Walter Tregarya John Colet<br \/>\n1407 Richard Brackish ?John Pengersick<br \/>\n1410 Edward Burnebury John Cory<br \/>\n1411 Edward Burnebury Richard Trelawny<br \/>\n1413 (Feb) 1413 (May) Edward Burnebury John Mayhew<br \/>\n1414 (Apr)<br \/>\n1414 (Nov) Edward Burnebury John Cory<br \/>\n1415 ?<br \/>\n1416 (Mar) Oliver Wyse Edward Burnebury<br \/>\n1416 (Oct)<br \/>\n1417 Edward Burnebury John Cory<br \/>\n1419 Edward Burnebury Edward Burnebury<br \/>\n1420 Simon Yurle Edward Burnebury<br \/>\n1421 (May) Simon Yurle John Cory<br \/>\n1421 (Dec) John Treffriowe Edward Burnebury<br \/>\n1510\u20131523 No names known<br \/>\n1529 Sir Edward Ryngley John Rastell<br \/>\n1536 ?<br \/>\n1539 ?<br \/>\n1542 ?<br \/>\n1545 William Cordell Robert Taverner<br \/>\n1547 William Cordell Nicholas Carminowe<br \/>\nFirst Parliament of 1553 William Ley alias Kempthorne John Kempthorne<br \/>\nSecond Parliament of 1553 Robert Monson<br \/>\nParliament of 1554 Arthur Welsh<br \/>\nParliament of 1554\u20131555 William Bendlow<br \/>\nParliament of 1555 Robert Grenville<br \/>\nParliament of 1558 Thomas Roper, Robert Monson, John Heydon<br \/>\nParliament of 1559 George Basset Ayshton Aylworth Wiliiam Gibbes<br \/>\nParliament of 1563\u20131567 Richard Grenville Henry Chiverton Parliament of 1571 George Grenville Sampson Lennard<br \/>\nParliament of 1572\u20131581 George Blyth George Grenville<br \/>\nParliament of 1584\u20131585 Roland Watson John Glanville Parliament of 1586\u20131587 John Spurling<br \/>\nParliament of 1588\u20131589<br \/>\nParliament of 1593 George Grenville<br \/>\nParliament of 1597\u20131598 Herbert Croft Sir William Bowyer<br \/>\nParliament of 1601 John Parker Gregory Downhall<br \/>\nParliament of 1604\u20131611 Sir Thomas Lake Ambrose Rous<br \/>\nAddled Parliament (1614) Sir Charles Wilmot William Croft<br \/>\nParliament of 1621\u20131622 John Harris Thomas Bond<br \/>\nHappy Parliament (1624\u20131625) Sir Francis Crane Miles Fleetwood<br \/>\nUseless Parliament (1625) Sir Bevil Grenville Richard Scott Parliament of 1625\u20131626 Parliament of 1628\u20131629<br \/>\nNo Parliament summoned 1629\u20131640<br \/>\nApril 1640 Sir Bevil Grenville Royalist, Ambrose Manaton Royalist<br \/>\nNovember 1640 William Coryton, Ambrose Manaton<br \/>\n1641 John Harris Parliamentarian January<br \/>\n1644 Manaton disabled from sitting \u2013 seat vacant<br \/>\n1645 Thomas Gewen December 1648 Harris and Gewen excluded in Pride&#8217;s Purge \u2013 both seats vacant<br \/>\n1653 Launceston was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament<br \/>\n1654 Robert Bennet Launceston had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate.<br \/>\n1656 Thomas Gewen<br \/>\nJanuary 1659 Robert Bennet<br \/>\nMay 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump.<br \/>\n12 Apr 1660 Edward Eliot, Thomas Gewen, and John Cloberry Double return. Eliot and Gewen seated on 5 May 1660. Eliot subsequently unseated and replaced by Clobery on 29 Jun 1660.<br \/>\n29 Jun 1660 Sir John Cloberry<br \/>\n19 Mar 1661 Richard Edgcumbe, Sir Charles Harbord (to Sep 1679)<br \/>\n14 Feb 1679 Bernard Granville<br \/>\n1 Sep 1679 Sir John Coryton,1st baronet Sir Hugh Piper (to 1689)<br \/>\n19 Nov 1680 Charles Granville, styled Baron Lansdown, later (1701) 2nd Earl of Bath<br \/>\n24 Feb 1681 William Harbord (he was also returned for Thetford,but the Parliament was dissolved before he chose which seat to represent)<br \/>\n27 Apr 1685 John Granville, later (1703) 1st Baron Granville<br \/>\n14 Jan 1689 William Harbord (to 1692), Edward Russell,later [1697] 1st Earl of Orford<br \/>\n25 Feb 1690 Bernard Granville (to 1695) 4<br \/>\n15 Nov 1692 Henry Hyde,styled Viscount Hyde later (1711) 2nd Earl of Rochester and (1724) 4th Earl of Clarendon (to 1711)<br \/>\n28 Oct 1695 William Cary<br \/>\n24 Oct 1710 Francis Scobell (to 1713)<br \/>\n29 May 1711 George Clarke<br \/>\n7 Sep 1713 Edward Herle, John Anstis (to 1722)<br \/>\n11 May 1721 Alexander Pendarves (to 1725) 11 Nov 1662 8 Mar 1725 62<br \/>\n12 Apr 1722 John Friend (he was unseated on petition in favour of John Willes 17 Mar 1724)<br \/>\n17 Mar 1724 John Willes (to 1726)<br \/>\n29 Mar 1725 John Friend (to 1727)<br \/>\n31 May 1726 Henry Vane, later (1754) 1st Earl of Darlington<br \/>\n28 Aug 1727 John King, later 2nd Baron King of Ockham (to 1735) (he was unseated on petition in favour of Sir William Irby 24 May 1735), Arthur Tremayne<br \/>\n3 May 1734 Sir William Morice, 3rd baronet (to 1750)<br \/>\n24 May 1735 Sir William Irby, 2nd baronet, later (1761) 1st Baron Boston<br \/>\n2 Jul 1747 Sir John St.Aubyn,4th baronet (to 1754)<br \/>\n2 Feb 1750 Humphry Morice (to 1780)<br \/>\n19 Apr 1754 Sir George Lee<br \/>\n30 Dec 1758 Sir John St.Aubyn, 4th baronet (he was unseated on petition in favour of Peter Burrell 21 Feb 1759)<br \/>\n21 Feb 1759 Peter Burrell 6 Dec<br \/>\n18 Mar 1768 William Amherst<br \/>\n10 Oct 1774 John Buller<br \/>\n8 Sep 1780 James Cecil, styled Viscount Cranborne, later (1780) 7th Earl of Salisbury and (1789) 1st Marquess of Salisbury, Thomas Bowlby (to 1783)<br \/>\n28 Nov 1780 Charles George Perceval, later (1784]) 1st Baron Arden and (1802) 1st Baron Arden (to 1790)<br \/>\n31 Jan 1783 Sir John Jervis, later (1797) 1st Earl of St.Vincent<br \/>\n5 Apr 1784 George Rose<br \/>\n18 Jun 1788 Sir John Edward Swinburne, 6th baronet<br \/>\n22 Jun 1790 John Rodney (to 1796), Sir Henry Clinton 4 Jun 1730 23 Dec 1795 65<br \/>\n9 Jan 1795 William Garthshore<br \/>\n31 May 1796 John Theophilus Rawdon, James Brogden (to 1832)<br \/>\n7 Jul 1802 Richard Alexander Henry Bennet<br \/>\n4 Nov 1806 Hugh Percy,styled Earl Percy, later (1817) 3rd Duke of Northumberland (at the general election in May 1807, he was also returned for Northumberland,for which he chose to sit)<br \/>\n17 Jul 1807 Richard Alexander Henry Bennet<br \/>\n8 May 1812 Jonathan Raine<br \/>\n9 Oct 1812 Pownoll Bastard Pellew, later (1833) 2nd Viscount Exmouth<br \/>\n17 Mar 1829 Sir James Willoughby Gordon, 1st baronet<br \/>\n9 Apr 1831 Sir John Malcolm<br \/>\nIn 1832 representation was reduced to just the one member under the Great Reform Act of 1832 .<br \/>\n12 Dec 1832 Sir Henry Hardinge, later (1846) 1st Viscount Hardinge<br \/>\n20 May 1844 William Bowles (knighted 1862)<br \/>\n7 Jul 1852 Josceline William Percy<br \/>\n29 Apr 1859 Thomas Chandler Haliburton<br \/>\n10 Jul 1865 Alexander Henry Campbell<br \/>\n9 Apr 1868 Henry Charles Lopes, later (1897) 1st Baron Ludlow<br \/>\n9 Feb 1874 James Henry Deakin (the elder) (his election was declared void 6 May 1874)<br \/>\n3 Jul 1874 James Henry Deakin (the younger)<br \/>\n3 Mar 1877 Sir Hardinge Stanley Giffard, later (1898) 1st Earl of Halsbury<br \/>\n1 Jul 1885 Sir Richard Everard Webster, later (1899) 1st baronet and (1913) 1st Viscount Alverstone<br \/>\n1 Dec 1885 Charles Thomas Dyke-Acland, later (1898) 12th baronet<br \/>\nJul 1892 Thomas Owen<br \/>\nThomas Owen, MP for Launceston 1892-1898<br \/>\n<em>Owen died as a result of an accident on 10 July 1898. The result of the inquest which was held following his death was reported in the &#8220;Belfast News-Letter&#8221; on 12 July 1898:- <\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8216;An inquest has held at Cwmrhaidr Mansion, near Machynlleth, yesterday evening, relative to the death of Mr. Thomas Owen, member of Parliament for the Launceston Division of Cornwall. Mrs. Owen stated her husband and herself came to Cwmrhaidr on Friday in order to recuperate her health. On Sunday afternoon they went to a spot under the waterfall, and sat together some time. Her husband remarked that he had heard it was as easy to cross the fall as to go by the path. He got up, and as he did not return she imagined he had gone home. On her proceeding there, however, she found he had not arrived, and his dead body was subsequently found in a pool underneath the fall. Evidence having been given as to the dangerous nature of the spot in question, Dr. Rees said he had examined the body of the deceased and found no signs of disease or illness. He was of opinion that Mr. Owen was stunned by falling against a rock, and that before he came to his senses he was drowned. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony&#8230;&#8230;.&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n3 Aug 1898 John Fletcher Moulton (knighted 1906), later (1912) Baron Moulton<br \/>\n20 Jan 1906 George Croydon Marks (knighted 1911), later (1929) 1st Baron Marks<br \/>\nThe constituency of Launceston was abolished in 1918 .<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Newport<\/strong><br \/>\n13 Apr 1660 Sir Francis Drake, 2nd baronet (to 1662), and William Morice (he was also returned for Plymouth,for which he chose to sit)<br \/>\n20 Aug 1660 Laurence Hyde, later (1682)1st Earl of Rochester<br \/>\n4 Apr 1661 John Speccot (to 1678)<br \/>\nC. Feb 1662 Piers Edgcumbe<br \/>\n25 Mar 1667 Nicholas Morice (to Feb 1679)<br \/>\nc Feb 1678 Ambrose Manaton (to 1685)<br \/>\n17 Feb 1679 Sir John Coryton, 2nd baronet<br \/>\n18 Sep 1679 Sir William Coryton, later (1690) 3rd baronet<br \/>\n8 Mar 1681 William Morice (to 1689)<br \/>\n22 Apr 1685 John Speccot (to 1695)<br \/>\n18 Jan 1689 Sir William Morice,1st baronet<br \/>\n24 Feb 1690 Charles Cheyne, 1st Viscount Newhaven ( He was also returned for Harwich,for which he chose to sit)<br \/>\n16 Dec 1690 John Morice (to 1699) (at the general election in Aug 1698,Morice was also returned for Saltash,for which he chose to sit)<br \/>\n14 Nov 1695 Charles Cheyne, 1st Viscount Newhaven<br \/>\n4 Aug 1698 John Granville,later (1703) 1st Baron Granville (to Jan 1701)<br \/>\n27 Jan 1699 Francis Stratford (to Dec 1701)<br \/>\n15 Jan 1701 John Prideaux<br \/>\n3 Dec 1701 William Pole, later [1708] 4th baronet, and John Spark (to 1707)<br \/>\n27 Jul 1702 Sir Nicholas Morice, 2nd baronet (to 1726)<br \/>\n21 Jan 1707 Sir John Pole, 3rd baronet<br \/>\n17 May 1708 Sir William Pole, 4th baronet<br \/>\n21 Oct 1710 George Courtenay<br \/>\n7 Sep 1713 Humphry Morice<br \/>\n13 Apr 1722 Sir William Pole (he was also returned for 17 Aug 1678 31 Dec 1741 63 Honiton,for which he chose to sit)<br \/>\n11 Dec 1722 John Morice (to 1727)<br \/>\n18 Feb 1726 Thomas Herbert (to 1740)<br \/>\n23 Aug 1727 Sir William Morice, 3rd baronet<br \/>\n4 May 1734 Sir John Molesworth, 4th baronet (to 1741)<br \/>\n22 Jan 1740 Nicholas Herbert (to 1754)<br \/>\n13 May 1741 Thomas Bury<br \/>\n23 Apr 1754 John Lee (to 1761), and Edward Bacon<br \/>\n26 Jun 1756 Richard Bull (to 1780)<br \/>\n7 Dec 1761 William de Grey, later (1780) 1st Baron Walsingham<br \/>\n12 Feb 1770 Richard Henry Alexander Bennett<br \/>\n11 Oct 1774 Humphry Morice (he was also returned for Launceston,for which he chose to sit)<br \/>\n30 Dec 1774 John Frederick, later (1783) 5th baronet<br \/>\n9 Sep 1780 James Maitland, styled Viscount Maitland, later (1789) 8th Earl of Lauderdale, and John Coghill, later (1781) 1st baronet (to 1785)<br \/>\n7 Apr 1784 Sir John Riggs-Miller,1st baronet (to 1790)<br \/>\n13 Dec 1785 William Mitford<br \/>\n23 Jun 1790 William Robert Feilding, styled Viscount Feilding, and Charles Rainsford<br \/>\n28 May 1796 William Northey (to 1826), and Joseph Richardson<br \/>\n20 Jun 1803 Edward Morris<br \/>\n10 Oct 1812 Jonathan Raine (to Jul 1831)<br \/>\n8 Feb 1826 Charles Greathead-Bertie-Percy<br \/>\n20 Mar 1829 William Vesey-Fitzgerald, later (1832) 2nd Baron Fitzgerald &amp; Vesey<br \/>\n30 Jul 1830 John Doherty<br \/>\n17 Dec 1830 Sir Henry Hardinge, later (1846) 1st Viscount Hardinge (to 1832)<br \/>\n12 Jul 1831 James Walter Grimston, styled Viscount Grimston, later (1845) 2nd Earl of Verulam<br \/>\nNewport constituency was disenfranchised in Great Reform Act of 1832 .<\/p>\n<p>Visits: 291<\/p><!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-578\" data-postid=\"578\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-578 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. 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