Orford (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Orford constituency | |
|---|---|
| Created: | 1660 |
| Abolished: | 1832 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Orford was a constituency of the House of Commons, created in 1660. Centred on the town of Orford in Suffolk, it elected two Members of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election until it was disenfranchised in 1832.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1660: Walter Deveraux
- 1660: Sir Allen Brodrick
- 1679: Lionel Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower
- 1679: Sir John Duke (until 1685)
- 1679: Henry Parker
- 1681: Thomas Glemham (to 1695)
- 1685: Lionel Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower
- 1689: Sir John Duke
- 1690: Sir Thomas Felton (until 1700)
- 1695: Sir Adam Felton
- 1697: Sir John Duke
- 1698: Sir Charles Hedges
- 1700: Sir Edmund Bacon (until 1708)
- 1701: Sir Edward Turnor (until 1709)
- 1708: Clement Corrance (until 1722)
- 1709: William Thompson
- 1710: Sir Edward Turnor
- 1721: Sir Edward Duke
- 1722: Dudley North (until 1730)
- 1722: William Acton
- 1727: Hon. Price Devereux
- 1729: William Acton (until 1734)
- 1730: Robert Kemp
- 1734: Richard Powys (until 1741)
- 1734: Lewis Barlow
- 1738: John Cope
- 1741: John Campbell, Viscount Glenorchy
- 1741: Henry Bilson-Legge (until 1759)
- 1746: Hon. John Bateman
- 1747: Hon. John Waldegrave
- 1754: John Offley (until 1768)
- 1759: Hon. Charles FitzRoy
- 1761: Thomas Worsley
- 1768: Francis Seymour-Conway, Viscount Beauchamp (until 1794)
- 1771: Robert Seymour-Conway
- 1784: George Seymour-Conway
- 1790: William Seymour-Conway (until 1796)
- 1794: Robert Seymour-Conway (until 1807)
- 1796: Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
- 1797: Francis Seymour-Conway, Earl of Yarmouth
- 1802: James Trail
- 1806: Lord Henry Moore (until 1812)
- 1807: William Sloane
- 1812: Charles Arbuthnot, Conservative
- 1812: Edmond MacNaghten (until 1820)
- 1818: John Douglas (until 1821)
- 1820: Horace Seymour
- 1820: Edmond MacNaghten (until 1826)
- 1821: Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry
- 1822: Charles Ross
- 1826: Sir Henry Cooke (until 1832)
- 1826: Horace Seymour
- 1826: Quintin Dick
- 1830: Spencer Kilderbee
- Constituency disenfranchised in 1832
