Due to the town's close proximity to Euston Hall (the main residence of the FitzRoy family), the seat for Thetford has been held by various members of the family:
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Sourcesedit
D. Brunton & D. H. Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [1]
December 15, 2023
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Thetford was a constituency of the British House of Commons It elected two Members of Parliament MPs by the bloc vote system of election It was disenfranchised under the Representation of the People Scotland Act 1868 which had resulted in a net increase of seven seats in Scotland offset by the disenfranchisement of seven English Boroughs ThetfordFormer Borough constituencyfor the House of CommonsCountyNorfolk1529 1868SeatsTwoReplaced byWest NorfolkBelow are those MPs who held the seat from just prior to the Restoration onwards Contents 1 Members of Parliament 1 1 MPs 1529 1660 1 2 MPs 1660 1868 2 FitzRoy family 3 Election results 3 1 Elections in the 1830s 3 2 Elections in the 1840s 3 3 Elections in the 1850s 3 4 Elections in the 1860s 4 References 5 SourcesMembers of Parliament editMPs 1529 1660 edit This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 Year First member Second member1529 Giles Heron William Dauntesey 1 1536 1539 1542 1545 1547 John Brende Richard Heydon 1 1553 Mar Sir John Clere Henry Northey 1 1553 Oct William Hunston Robert Drury 1 1554 Apr Robert Drury Nicholas Rookwood 1 1554 Nov Robert Drury Nicholas Rookwood 1 1555 Nicholas Rookwood Robert Barker 1 1558 Edward Clere Walter Haddon 1 1559 Edmund Gascoigne Thomas Poley I 2 1562 3 Sir Richard Fulmerston Edward Clere 2 1571 Philip Appleyard Thomas Hogan 2 1572 William Humberston died and repl Jan 1576 by Sir Valentine Browne Thomas Colby 2 1584 Edward Eden Robert Whitney 2 1586 Sir Roger Woodhouse Thomas Poley II 2 1588 9 William Waad Philip Gawdy 2 1593 Charles Chewte Bassingbourne Gawdy 2 1597 John Crofts Philip Gawdy 2 1601 Henry Warner Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet 2 1604 Bassingbourne Gawdy died and repl 1606 by Sir William Twysden 1st Baronet Sir William Paddy1614 Framlingham Gawdy Sir William Twysden 1st Baronet1621 Framlingham Gawdy Sir Thomas Holland1624 Framlingham Gawdy Drue Drury1625 Sir Robert Cotton 1st Baronet of Connington Framlingham Gawdy1626 Sir John Hobart 2nd Baronet Framlingham Gawdy1628 Edmund Moundeford Sir Henry Spiller sat for Middlesex and repl by Sir Henry Vane1629 1640 No Parliaments summonedApr 1640 Sir Thomas Wodehouse 2nd Baronet Framlingham GawdyNov 1640 Sir Thomas Wodehouse 2nd Baronet Framlingham Gawdy secluded 16481648 Sir Thomas Wodehouse 2nd Baronet1653 1658 Thetford not represented in Barebones and Protectorate Parliaments1659 William Stene Robert StewardMPs 1660 1868 edit Year First member 3 First party Second member 3 Second partyApril 1660 Sir Philip Wodehouse Robert PastonMarch 1661 Sir Allen Apsley William GawdyOctober 1669 Sir Joseph WilliamsonFebruary 1679 William HarbordMarch 1685 Henry Heveningham William de GreyJanuary 1689 Sir Henry Hobart Whig William HarbordFebruary 1689 Sir Francis GuybonJune 1689 John Trenchard WhigFebruary 1690 William HarbordMay 1690 Baptist MayNovember 1695 Sir Joseph Williamson Sir John WodehouseJanuary 1696 James SloaneJuly 1698 Sir Joseph WilliamsonJanuary 1699 Lord PastonJanuary 1701 Sir Joseph Williamson Edmund SoameMarch 1701 Sir Thomas HanmerNovember 1701 Sir John WodehouseJuly 1702 Robert Benson Edmund SoameMay 1705 Sir Thomas Hanmer Sir John WodehouseMay 1708 Robert Baylis Thomas de GreyOctober 1710 Sir Thomas Hanmer Dudley NorthDecember 1710 Sir Edmund BaconAugust 1713 Sir William Barker ToryJanuary 1715 John Ward1722 Sir Edmund Bacon Tory Robert Jacomb1733 by election Charles FitzRoy Scudamore1739 by election Lord Augustus FitzRoyDec 1741 by election Lord Henry Beauclerk Whig1754 Herbert Westfaling1761 Henry Seymour Conway Rockingham Whig Hon Aubrey Beauclerk1768 John DrummondSept 1774 by election Viscount Petersham1774 Hon Charles FitzRoy Charles FitzRoy Scudamore1780 Richard Hopkins1782 by election Earl of Euston Whig1784 Sir Charles Kent Bt George Jennings1790 Robert John Buxton Joseph Randyll BurchMay 1796 John Harrison1802 Thomas Creevey1806 Lord William FitzRoy James MingayFebruary 1807 Thomas Creevey1812 Lord John FitzRoy1818 Lord Charles FitzRoy Whig 4 Nicholas Ridley Colborne1826 Bingham Baring Whig 5 1830 Lord James FitzRoy Whig 6 Francis Baring Whig 6 1831 Alexander Baring Tory 6 1832 Francis Baring Tory 6 August 1834 by election Henry FitzRoy Earl of Euston Whig 7 8 6 December 1834 Conservative 6 1841 Hon Bingham Baring Conservative 6 May 1842 Sir James Flower Bt Conservative 6 1847 William FitzRoy Earl of Euston Whig1848 by election Francis Baring Conservative 6 1857 by election Alexander Baring Conservative1859 Liberal1863 by election Lord Frederick FitzRoy Liberal1865 Robert Harvey Conservative1867 by election Edward Gordon Conservative1868 Constituency abolishedFitzRoy family editDue to the town s close proximity to Euston Hall the main residence of the FitzRoy family the seat for Thetford has been held by various members of the family 1733 54 amp 1774 82 Charles FitzRoy Scudamore 1739 41 Lord Augustus FitzRoy 1774 80 Hon Charles FitzRoy 1782 84 George FitzRoy Earl of Euston 1806 12 Lord William FitzRoy 1812 18 Lord John FitzRoy 1818 30 Lord Charles FitzRoy 1830 34 Lord James FitzRoy 1847 63 William FitzRoy Earl of Euston 1863 65 Lord Frederick FitzRoyElection results editElections in the 1830s edit General election 1830 Thetford 6 9 Party Candidate Votes Whig Lord James FitzRoy UnopposedWhig Francis Baring UnopposedRegistered electors 31Whig holdWhig holdGeneral election 1831 Thetford 6 9 Party Candidate Votes Whig Lord James FitzRoy UnopposedTory Alexander Baring UnopposedRegistered electors 31Whig holdTory gain from WhigGeneral election 1832 Thetford 6 10 Party Candidate Votes Whig Lord James FitzRoy UnopposedTory Francis Baring UnopposedRegistered electors 146Whig holdTory holdFitzRoy s death caused a by election By election 8 August 1834 Thetford 6 10 Party Candidate Votes Whig Henry FitzRoy UnopposedWhig holdGeneral election 1835 Thetford 6 10 Party Candidate Votes Whig Henry FitzRoy UnopposedConservative Francis Baring UnopposedRegistered electors 160Whig holdConservative holdGeneral election 1837 Thetford 6 10 Party Candidate Votes Whig Henry FitzRoy UnopposedConservative Francis Baring UnopposedRegistered electors 161Whig holdConservative holdElections in the 1840s edit General election 1841 Thetford 10 6 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Bingham Baring 86 37 7 N AWhig Henry FitzRoy 71 31 1 N AConservative James Flower 71 31 1 N ATurnout 137 87 8 N ARegistered electors 156Majority 15 6 6 N AConservative hold Swing N AMajority 0 0 0 N AWhig hold Swing N AConservative winDue to the triple return on petition one vote was knocked off FitzRoy s total and Flower was declared elected in 1842 Baring was appointed Paymaster General requiring a by election By election 24 February 1845 Thetford 10 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Bingham Baring UnopposedConservative holdGeneral election 1847 Thetford 10 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Bingham Baring UnopposedWhig William FitzRoy UnopposedRegistered electors 200Conservative holdWhig holdBaring succeeded to the peerage becoming 2nd Baron Ashburton and causing a by election By election 3 August 1848 Thetford 10 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Francis Baring UnopposedConservative holdElections in the 1850s edit General election 1852 Thetford 10 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Francis Baring UnopposedWhig William FitzRoy UnopposedRegistered electors 200Conservative holdWhig holdGeneral election 1857 Thetford 10 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Francis Baring UnopposedWhig William FitzRoy UnopposedRegistered electors 218Conservative holdWhig holdBaring resigned causing a by election By election 9 December 1857 Thetford 10 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Alexander Baring UnopposedConservative holdGeneral election 1859 Thetford 10 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Alexander Baring UnopposedLiberal William FitzRoy UnopposedRegistered electors 231Conservative holdLiberal holdElections in the 1860s edit FitzRoy succeeded to the peerage becoming 6th Duke of Grafton and causing a by election By election 21 April 1863 Thetford 10 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Lord Frederick FitzRoy 93 53 4 N AConservative Robert Harvey 81 46 6 N AMajority 12 6 8 N ATurnout 174 75 0 N ARegistered electors 232Liberal hold Swing N AGeneral election 1865 Thetford 10 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Robert Harvey 193 48 4 N ALiberal Alexander Baring 137 34 3 N ALiberal Thomas Dakin 11 69 17 3 N AMajority 56 14 1 N ATurnout 200 est 89 1 est N ARegistered electors 224Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N ALiberal hold Swing N ABaring resigned causing a by election By election 2 December 1867 Thetford 10 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Edward Gordon UnopposedConservative gain from LiberalReferences edit a b c d e f g h History of Parliament Retrieved 11 October 2011 a b c d e f g h i j History of Parliament Retrieved 11 October 2011 a b Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with T part 1 Escott Margaret FITZROY Lord Charles 1791 1865 of 49 Piccadilly Mdx The History of Parliament Retrieved 27 April 2020 Escott Margaret BARING William Bingham 1799 1864 of Buckenham House Brandon Norf and 12 Great Stanhope Street Mdx The History of Parliament Retrieved 27 April 2020 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Stooks Smith Henry 1973 1844 1850 Craig F W S ed The Parliaments of England 2nd ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services pp 227 228 ISBN 0 900178 13 2 Mackie Charles 1901 Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteen Century 1801 1850 Reprint ed Digipublishing p 352 ISBN 978 1 4710 8854 4 Retrieved 15 July 2018 via Google Books Mosse Richard Bartholomew 1838 The Parliamentary Guide a concise history of the Members of both Houses etc p 168 Retrieved 15 July 2018 via Google Books a b Escott Margaret Thetford The History of Parliament Retrieved 27 April 2020 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Craig F W S ed 1977 British Parliamentary Election Results 1832 1885 e book 1st ed London Macmillan Press ISBN 978 1 349 02349 3 Eastern Counties Elections Bury and Norwich Post 18 July 1865 p 6 Retrieved 25 March 2018 via British Newspaper Archive Sources editD Brunton amp D H Pennington Members of the Long Parliament London George Allen amp Unwin 1954 Cobbett s Parliamentary history of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 London Thomas Hansard 1808 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thetford UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1182507079, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
