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

13Records
1735–1832Date range
11Named people
9Places

Chronological records

1735

Henry Bathurst Bathurst, 2nd1735

Cirencester · Politics / Tory Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Cirencester

1747

Peter Warren1747

Westminster · Politics / Tory Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Westminster

1764

Robert Clive Plessey, 1st1764

Shrewsbury · Politics / Tory Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury

1774

Ralph Abercromby1774

Politics / Tory Party

Elected Member of Parliament

1784

Henry Addington Sidmouth, 1st1784

Politics / Tory Party

Elected Member of Parliament

1790

Robert Banks Jenkinson Liverpool, 2nd1790

Rye · Politics / Tory Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Rye, beginning the parliamentary career of the future Lord Liverpool.

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1st1790

Trim · Politics / Tory Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Trim, Ireland

1806

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1st1 April 1806

Rye · Politics / Tory Party

Elected Member of Parliament or Rye

Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rdNovember 1806

Horsham · Politics / Tory Party

Elected for Horsham but was unseated in January 1807, when the Whig majority in the Commons voted for a petition to unseat him

Stewart Castlereagh1806

Politics / Tory Party

Elected Member of Parliament

1807

Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rdMay 1807

Newport · Politics / Tory Party

Palmerston enters Parliament as Tory MP for the pocket borough of Newport on the Isle of Wight

1819

James Thomas Brudenell Cardigan, 7th1819

Marlborough · Politics / Tory Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Marlborough

1832

William Ewart Gladstone1832

Newark · Politics / Tory Party

Elected to Parliament in 1832 as Tory Member of Parliament (MP) for Newark, partly through the influence of the local patron, the Duke of Newcastle

Names involved

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1stHenry Addington Sidmouth, 1stHenry Bathurst Bathurst, 2ndHenry John Temple Palmerston, 3rdJames Thomas Brudenell Cardigan, 7thPeter WarrenRalph AbercrombyRobert Banks Jenkinson Liverpool, 2ndRobert Clive Plessey, 1stStewart CastlereaghWilliam Ewart Gladstone

Provenance

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