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Steyning (UK Parliament constituency)

Index Steyning (UK Parliament constituency)

Steyning was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, England, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons sporadically from 1298 and continuously from 1467 until 1832. [1]

93 relations: Arthur Piggott, Barebone's Parliament, Borough, Bramber (UK Parliament constituency), Burgage, Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency), Cavalier, Charles Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville, Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk, David Lewis (lawyer), East Grinstead (UK Parliament constituency), Edward Alford (Colchester MP), Edward Alford (Royalist), Edward Blount (MP), Edward Fraunceys, Edward Hungerford (spendthrift), Edward Stradling (1528/29–1609), Filmer Honywood, First Protectorate Parliament, Gilbert Gerard (judge), Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos, Henry Goring (1646–1685), Henry Howard (1802–1875), House of Commons of the United Kingdom, J. E. Neale, James Lloyd (baronet), John Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon, John Bullock (1731–1809), John Curtis (MP), John Eversfield, John Farnham, John Gumley, John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker, John Shurley (died 1631), John Southcote, John Trevor (1596–1673), Kent (UK Parliament constituency), Lewis Namier, Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard, Member of parliament, New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency), Prime minister, Reform Act 1832, Richard Browne (died 1614?), Richard Fuller (died 1782), Richard Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham, Richard Onslow (Solicitor General), Robert Beatson, Robert Bowyer (diarist), Robert Byng (16th-century MP), ..., Robert Hurst (1750–1843), Robert Keilway, Rotten and pocket boroughs, Rump Parliament, Samuel Whitbread (1720–1796), Scot and lot, Second Protectorate Parliament, Shaftesbury (UK Parliament constituency), Sir Abraham Hume, 1st Baronet, Sir Anthony Shirley, 1st Baronet, Sir Edward Bishopp, 2nd Baronet, Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet, Sir George Philips, 2nd Baronet, Sir Henry Goring, 2nd Baronet, Sir Henry Goring, 4th Baronet, Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet, Sir John Fagg, 1st Baronet, Sir John Honywood, 4th Baronet, Sir Robert Fagge, 2nd Baronet, Sir Robert Fagge, 3rd Baronet, Sir Thomas Bishopp, 1st Baronet, Sir Thomas Skipwith, 4th Baronet, Steyning, Sussex, Third Protectorate Parliament, Thomas Bladen, Thomas Crompton (died 1601), Thomas Edwards-Freeman, Thomas Edwards-Freeman (younger), Thomas Farnefold, Thomas Leedes, Thomas Oldfield, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Thomas Shirley, Thomas Shirley (died 1544), Thomas Shirley (died 1612), Tories (British political party), United Kingdom general election, 1832–33, Whigs (British political party), William Cordell, William Nassau de Zuylestein, 2nd Earl of Rochford, William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, William Vane, 1st Viscount Vane. Expand index (43 more) »

Arthur Piggott

Sir Arthur Leary Piggott (19 October 1749 – 6 September 1819) was an English lawyer and Whig MP.

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Barebone's Parliament

Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector.

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Borough

A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries.

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Bramber (UK Parliament constituency)

Bramber was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, one of the most notorious of all the rotten boroughs.

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Burgage

Burgage is a medieval land term used in Great Britain and Ireland, well established by the 13th century.

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Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Canterbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Rosie Duffield of the Labour Party.

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Cavalier

The term Cavalier was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier Royalist supporters of King Charles I and his son Charles II of England during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – c. 1679).

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Charles Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville

Charles Augustus Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville PC, DL (28 April 1776 – 25 June 1859), styled Lord Ossulston until 1822, was a British politician.

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Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk

Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk (15 March 1746 – 16 December 1815), styled Earl of Surrey from 1777 to 1786, was a British nobleman, peer, and politician.

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David Lewis (lawyer)

David Lewis (– 27 April 1584) was a lawyer, judge, and the first Principal of Jesus College, Oxford.

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East Grinstead (UK Parliament constituency)

East Grinstead was a parliamentary constituency in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.

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Edward Alford (Colchester MP)

Edward Alford (c. 1566 – c. 1632) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1604 and 1628.

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Edward Alford (Royalist)

Sir Edward Alford (ca. 15951653) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1644.

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Edward Blount (MP)

Edward Blount (18 July 1769 – 20 March 1843) was a British politician, and activist in the cause of civil rights for Roman Catholics.

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Edward Fraunceys

Edward Fraunceys (c.1566-1626) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1626.

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Edward Hungerford (spendthrift)

Sir Edward Hungerford, KB, (20 October 1632 – 1711), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1702.

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Edward Stradling (1528/29–1609)

Sir Edward Stradling (c.1529–1609) was an English politician, antiquary and literary patron.

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Filmer Honywood

Filmer Honywood (c. 1745 – 2 June 1809) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1774 and 1806.

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First Protectorate Parliament

The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government.

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Gilbert Gerard (judge)

Sir Gilbert Gerard (died 4 February 1593) was a prominent lawyer, politician, and landowner of the Tudor period.

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Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos

Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos, KB (17 January 1708 – 28 November 1771), known from 1727 to 1744 by the courtesy title Marquess of Carnarvon, was the second son of the 1st Duke of Chandos and his first wife Mary Lake.

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Henry Goring (1646–1685)

Henry Goring (6 April 1646 – 10 June 1685) was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1673 and 1685.

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Henry Howard (1802–1875)

Henry Howard (25 July 1802 – 7 January 1875) was a British Member of Parliament, the eldest son of Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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J. E. Neale

Sir John Ernest Neale, FBA (7 December 1890 in Liverpool – 2 September 1975) was an English historian who specialised in Elizabethan and Parliamentary history.

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James Lloyd (baronet)

Sir James Lloyd (21 May 1762 – 24 October 1844), 1st Baronet, was a Sussex landowner, militia officer and long-serving Member of Parliament, who was created a baronet but left no son to inherit the title.

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John Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon

John Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon (15 January 1703 – 7 April 1727), styled Viscount Wilton from 1714 to 1719, was a British Member of Parliament, heir apparent to the Duke of Chandos.

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John Bullock (1731–1809)

Colonel John Bullock of Faulkbourne M.P. (31 December 1731 – 28 December 1809) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament for 56 years becoming Father of the House and a prominent member of the Bullock family.

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John Curtis (MP)

John Curtis (– 30 November 1813) was a British Member of Parliament.

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John Eversfield

John Eversfield (c. 1624 – 22 May 1678) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1661.

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John Farnham

John Peter Farnham AO (born 1 July 1949) is an Australian rock/soft rock singer.

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John Gumley

John Gumley (c. 1670 – 19 December 1728) was an English furniture-maker, army contractor and MP.

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John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker

John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker (19 April 1752 – 5 December 1821) was a British peer and Member of Parliament (MP).

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John Shurley (died 1631)

Sir John Shurley (1568 – 25 April 1631) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625.

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John Southcote

Sir John Southcote (1510/11–1585) was an English judge and politician.

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John Trevor (1596–1673)

Sir John Trevor (1596–1673) was a Puritan Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1659.

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Kent (UK Parliament constituency)

Kent was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Kent in southeast England.

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Lewis Namier

Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier (27 June 1888 – 19 August 1960) was a British historian of Polish-Jewish background.

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Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard

Lord Henry Thomas Howard-Molyneux-Howard (7 October 1766 – 17 June 1824), known as Henry Howard until 1812 as Henry Molyneux-Howard until 1817, was a British gentleman who served as Deputy Earl Marshal in the latter part of the reign of George III and early in the reign of George IV.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)

New Shoreham, sometimes simply called Shoreham, was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in what is now West Sussex.

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Prime minister

A prime minister is the head of a cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.

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Reform Act 1832

The Representation of the People Act 1832 (known informally as the 1832 Reform Act, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act to distinguish it from subsequent Reform Acts) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. IV c. 45) that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales.

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Richard Browne (died 1614?)

Richard Browne (died 1614?), of Knowle in Cranleigh, Surrey, was an English politician.

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Richard Fuller (died 1782)

Richard Fuller (c. 1713 – 2 January 1782) was an English banker and politician.

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Richard Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham

Richard Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham (21 February 1748 – 11 December 1816) was a British peer and a member of the House of Lords, styled Hon.

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Richard Onslow (Solicitor General)

Richard Onslow (1528–2 April 1571) was a 16th-century English lawyer and politician who served as Solicitor General from 1566 to 1569 and Speaker of the House of Commons.

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Robert Beatson

Robert Beatson, LL.D. FRSE FSA (1742-1818) was a Scottish compiler and miscellaneous writer.

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Robert Bowyer (diarist)

Robert Bowyer (ca. 1560–1621) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1610.

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Robert Byng (16th-century MP)

Robert Byng (by 1530–1595) was the eldest son of John Byng of Wrotham and Agnes Spencer.

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Robert Hurst (1750–1843)

Robert Hurst (1750 – 13 April 1843) was an English Whig politician.

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Robert Keilway

Robert Keilway (alias Kellway, Keylway, Kaylway, Kelloway, etc.) (1497–1581) of Minster Lovell Hall in Oxfordshire, was an English politician and court official.

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Rotten and pocket boroughs

A rotten or pocket borough, more formally known as a nomination borough or proprietorial borough, was a parliamentary borough or constituency in England, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom before the Reform Act 1832, which had a very small electorate and could be used by a patron to gain unrepresentative influence within the unreformed House of Commons.

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Rump Parliament

The Rump Parliament was the English Parliament after Colonel Thomas Pride purged the Long Parliament, on 6 December 1648, of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason.

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Samuel Whitbread (1720–1796)

Samuel Whitbread (30 August 1720 – 11 June 1796) was an English brewer and Member of Parliament.

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Scot and lot

Scot and lot is a phrase common in the records of English medieval boroughs, referring to local rights and obligations.

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Second Protectorate Parliament

The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons.

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Shaftesbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Shaftesbury was a parliamentary constituency in Dorset.

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Sir Abraham Hume, 1st Baronet

Sir Abraham Hume, 1st Baronet (1703 – 10 October 1772) was a British businessman and MP.

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Sir Anthony Shirley, 1st Baronet

Sir Anthony Shirley, 1st Baronet (1624 - June 1683) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1659.

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Sir Edward Bishopp, 2nd Baronet

Sir Edward Bishopp, 2nd Baronet (1602 – April 1649) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1626 and in 1640.

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Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet

Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet (24 March 1766 – 3 October 1847) was an English textile industrialist and politician.

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Sir George Philips, 2nd Baronet

Sir George Philips, 2nd Baronet (23 December 1789 – 22 February 1883) was a British Whig politician.

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Sir Henry Goring, 2nd Baronet

Sir Henry Goring, 2nd Baronet (1 May 1622 – 3 April 1702) was an English barrister and politician.

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Sir Henry Goring, 4th Baronet

Sir Henry Goring, 4th baronet (baptized 16 September 1679 – 12 November 1731), of Highden, Washington, Sussex, one of the Goring baronets of Highden, was an English politician, who had a part in the Jacobite Atterbury Plot of 1721.

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Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet

Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet (4 June 1739 – 14 March 1826) was a British Tory politician.

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Sir John Fagg, 1st Baronet

Sir John Fagg, 1st Baronet (4 October 1627 – 18 January 1701) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England at various times between 1645 and 1701.

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Sir John Honywood, 4th Baronet

Sir John Honywood, 4th Baronet (?1757–1806), of Evington, Kent, was an English politician.

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Sir Robert Fagge, 2nd Baronet

Sir Robert Fagge, 2nd Baronet (ca. 1649 – 22 August 1715) was an English politician.

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Sir Robert Fagge, 3rd Baronet

Sir Robert Fagge, 3rd Baronet (9 August 1673 – 22 June 1736) was an English politician.

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Sir Thomas Bishopp, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Bishopp, 1st Baronet (1550–1626) was an English politician.

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Sir Thomas Skipwith, 4th Baronet

Sir Thomas George Skipwith, 4th Baronet (ca. 1735 – 28 January 1790) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1769 to 1784.

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Steyning

Steyning (pronounced as Stenning) is a small rural town and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England.

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Sussex

Sussex, from the Old English Sūþsēaxe (South Saxons), is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.

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Third Protectorate Parliament

The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons.

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Thomas Bladen

Thomas Bladen (1698–1780) was a politician and colonial governor.

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Thomas Crompton (died 1601)

Thomas Crompton (died 1601), was an English politician.

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Thomas Edwards-Freeman

Thomas Edwards-Freeman (c. 1726–1808) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1780.

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Thomas Edwards-Freeman (younger)

Thomas Edwards-Freeman (1754–1788) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1785 to 1788.

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Thomas Farnefold

Thomas Farnfold (1600 – 19 March 1643) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1643.

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Thomas Leedes

Thomas Leedes (died 1645) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642.

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Thomas Oldfield

Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield (1755–1822) was an English political reformer, parliamentary historian and antiquary.

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Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme, (21 July 1693 – 17 November 1768) was a British Whig statesman, whose official life extended throughout the Whig supremacy of the 18th century.

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Thomas Shirley

Sir Thomas Shirley (1564 – c. 1634) was an English soldier, adventurer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1622.

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Thomas Shirley (died 1544)

Thomas Shirley (by 1489-1544), of West Grinstead, Sussex, was an English politician.

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Thomas Shirley (died 1612)

Sir Thomas Shirley (c.1542 – October 1612), of Wiston in Sussex, was an English Member of Parliament, government official and courtier who is said to have suggested the creation of the rank of baronet.

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Tories (British political party)

The Tories were members of two political parties which existed sequentially in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from the 17th to the early 19th centuries.

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United Kingdom general election, 1832–33

The United Kingdom general election, the first after the Reform Act, saw the Whigs win a large majority, with the Tories winning less than 30% of the vote.

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Whigs (British political party)

The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

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William Cordell

Sir William Cordell (about 1522–1581) was an English lawyer, landowner, administrator and politician who held high offices under both the Catholic Queen Mary I and the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I.

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William Nassau de Zuylestein, 2nd Earl of Rochford

William Nassau de Zuylestein, 2nd Earl of Rochford (9 July 1682 – 27 July 1710) was a British peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Viscount Tunbridge from 1695 to 1709.

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William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington

General William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, (c. 16838 December 1756) was a British statesman and diplomat.

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William Vane, 1st Viscount Vane

William Vane, 1st Viscount Vane (17 February 1682 – 20 May 1734), was a British Whig politician.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steyning_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

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