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Member of Parliament

England · Politics / Tory Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1696–1698Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1696

Spencer Compton Wilmington, 1st1696

Eye · Politics / Tory Party

First elected as Member of Parliament for the Eye Division of Suffolk. Elected as a Tory but changes allegiance to the Whigs

1698

Edward Colston1698

Bristol · Politics / Tory Party

Colston is elected Member of Parliament for Bristol.

Names involved

Edward ColstonSpencer Compton Wilmington, 1st

Provenance

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