133:
however, was controversial: the whole parish (of which the town made up only a fraction) had a population in the 1821 census of 2,404, and the initial proposal was that St
Germans should lose only one of its two MPs. But the borough covered only 40 acres (160,000 m), and the town 50, in a parish of more than 9,000 acres (36 km). The Whig government decided that the availability in a surrounding parish of sufficient population should not save a borough from disfranchisement, unless a substantial part of that population was already within the borough boundaries. The bill's schedules were amended so as to extinguish both of the St Germans MPs, saving instead the second MP at
1607:
132:
In 1831, the borough had a population of 672, and 99 houses. The boundaries excluded part of the town, which consisted of 124 houses in total, but this was still far too small to justify its retaining its representation, and St
Germans was disfranchised by the Reform Act in 1832. The decision,
1713:
1708:
1645:
246:
121:
The right to vote rested in theory with all (adult male) householders, but in practice only a handful (who called themselves freemen) exercised the right; there were only seven voters in 1831. The
141:). The Tory opposition attacked the decision as politically motivated (St Germans was a Tory borough), and the vote in the Commons was one of the narrowest in the entire reform bill debates.
251:
186:
206:
176:
1296:
306:
781:
767:
1703:
624:
549:
652:
1509:
475:
1677:
Notitia
Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ...
680:
1210:
296:
110:
parish in South-East
Cornwall, a coastal town too small to have a mayor and corporation, where the chief economic activity was fishing. Like most of the
221:
795:
328:
276:
191:
1588:
966:
708:
382:
63:
840:
1284:
1267:
1170:
1688:
36:
1575:
1562:
1549:
1448:
1250:
126:
1681:
1536:
1477:
1099:
1003:
934:
736:
45:
1224:
134:
957:
880:
1322:
943:
350:
1470:
1453:
1436:
1419:
1402:
1390:
1373:
1361:
1344:
1327:
1315:
1289:
1272:
1255:
1229:
1175:
1158:
1130:
1104:
1008:
885:
857:
845:
814:
741:
524:
236:
1522:
A writ was issued for a by-election in
November 1646, apparently in the mistaken belief that Moyle had died.
587:
533:
520:
1414:
1196:
892:
281:
1034:
1182:
1048:
989:
362:
1718:
1465:
980:
906:
601:
83:
1385:
809:
291:
216:
125:
had exercised complete control over the choice of MPs for many years, as was also true at nearby
111:
1675:
578:
447:
372:
318:
266:
1642:
Cobbett's
Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803
1356:
87:
1667:(2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig – Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
1339:
1076:
920:
516:
107:
30:
8:
1310:
1236:
1144:
694:
666:
463:
387:
357:
138:
91:
1397:
1153:
1085:
313:
1689:
Leigh
Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
1631:
1020:
866:
492:
431:
340:
95:
1612:
565:
558:
456:
261:
1578:, which he chose to represent, and did not sit for St Germans in this Parliament
1523:
1368:
638:
540:
438:
333:
75:
1714:
Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1832
1697:
1671:
1620:
231:
171:
1552:, which he chose to represent, and did not for St Germans in that Parliament
137:(where the boundaries had been extended to take in the neighbouring town of
1504:
1116:
826:
722:
615:
201:
115:
1709:
Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1562
1062:
753:
122:
1431:
480:
468:
345:
1526:
was elected, but does not appear to have attempted to take his seat
79:
1591:, which he chose to represent, and never sat for St Germans
1565:, which he chose to represent, and never sat for St Germans
1548:
Eliot was re-elected in 1768 but had also been elected for
1539:, which he chose to represent, and never sat for St Germans
1510:
The
Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III
1658:
Parliamentary Representation 1832 – England and Wales
1602:
1704:
Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall (historic)
1695:
94:from 1562 to 1832, when it was abolished by the
82:which returned two Members of Parliament to the
1513:(2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1957)
1665:The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847
114:enfranchised or re-enfranchised during the
118:, it was a rotten borough from the start.
16:Former rotten borough in Cornwall, England
1660:(New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
1638:(London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
144:
1696:
1670:
489:
515:St Germans was unrepresented in the
13:
14:
1730:
505:Valentine died 1652 – seat vacant
106:The borough consisted of part of
1651:The Elizabethan House of Commons
1605:
564:Not represented in the restored
402:
395:No Parliament summoned 1629–1640
149:
1644:(London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
527:Parliaments of the Protectorate
1636:Members of the Long Parliament
1587:Hardinge was also elected for
1581:
1568:
1555:
1542:
1529:
1516:
1497:
1:
1653:(London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
1598:
1386:Hon. Seymour Thomas Bathurst
341:Happy Parliament (1624–1625)
7:
1574:Eliot was also elected for
1535:Bacon was also elected for
10:
1735:
1627:(London: Hutchinson, 1973)
1561:Salt was also elected for
101:
1481:
1418:
1413:
1411:
1401:
1396:
1394:
1326:
1321:
1319:
1254:
1249:
1247:
1228:
1223:
1221:
1200:
1195:
1193:
1174:
1169:
1167:
1089:
1084:
1082:
1007:
1002:
1000:
993:
988:
986:
910:
905:
903:
884:
879:
877:
813:
808:
806:
785:
780:
778:
698:
693:
691:
619:
614:
612:
582:
577:
575:
562:
513:
503:
467:
462:
460:
393:
361:
358:Useless Parliament (1625)
344:
305:
290:
59:
51:
43:
28:
23:
1490:
1466:Winthrop Mackworth Praed
379:Parliament of 1628–1629
369:Parliament of 1625–1626
325:Parliament of 1621–1622
314:Addled Parliament (1614)
303:Parliament of 1604–1611
273:Parliament of 1597–1598
243:Parliament of 1588–1589
228:Parliament of 1586–1587
213:Parliament of 1584–1585
198:Parliament of 1572–1581
168:Parliament of 1563–1567
1237:Hon. Edward James Eliot
1483:Constituency abolished
1357:William Henry Pringle
1225:The Marquess of Lorne
881:Sir Gilbert Heathcote
145:Members of Parliament
1663:Henry Stooks Smith,
1656:J Holladay Philbin,
1625:The Great Reform Act
1340:Charles Philip Yorke
1211:Sir Charles Hamilton
517:Barebones Parliament
31:borough constituency
288:Parliament of 1601
258:Parliament of 1593
183:Parliament of 1571
1589:Newport (Cornwall)
1449:Sir Henry Hardinge
1251:Hon. William Eliot
1145:Edward James Eliot
935:The Lord Baltimore
639:Sir Thomas Higgons
491:Moyle excluded in
464:Benjamin Valentine
388:Benjamin Valentine
351:Sir John Stradling
334:Sir Richard Buller
292:(Sir) George Carew
247:William Barrington
92:British Parliament
1630:D. Brunton &
1488:
1487:
1398:Charles Arbuthnot
1086:Benjamin Langlois
958:John Hynde Cotton
588:Richard Knightley
400:
399:
69:
68:
1726:
1685:
1680:London. p.
1632:D. H. Pennington
1615:
1610:
1609:
1608:
1592:
1585:
1579:
1572:
1566:
1559:
1553:
1546:
1540:
1533:
1527:
1520:
1514:
1501:
1311:Sir Joseph Yorke
1021:Anthony Champion
893:Sidney Godolphin
867:Philip Cavendish
737:Richard Edgcumbe
653:Sir Walter Moyle
407:
406:
363:Sir Henry Marten
282:John Chamberlain
154:
153:
112:Cornish boroughs
96:Great Reform Act
84:House of Commons
39:
37:House of Commons
21:
20:
1734:
1733:
1729:
1728:
1727:
1725:
1724:
1723:
1719:Rotten boroughs
1694:
1693:
1613:Cornwall portal
1611:
1606:
1604:
1601:
1596:
1595:
1586:
1582:
1573:
1569:
1560:
1556:
1547:
1543:
1534:
1530:
1521:
1517:
1502:
1498:
1493:
1323:Matthew Montagu
1077:George Jennings
1035:Philip Stanhope
944:Charles Montagu
796:Francis Scobell
481:Parliamentarian
469:Parliamentarian
405:
346:(Sir) John Coke
329:Richard Tisdale
277:Robert Hatchman
262:Sampson Lennard
252:William Langham
192:Thomas Cosgrave
187:Charles Glemham
152:
147:
104:
34:
33:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1732:
1722:
1721:
1716:
1711:
1706:
1692:
1691:
1686:
1672:Willis, Browne
1668:
1661:
1654:
1647:
1639:
1628:
1617:
1616:
1600:
1597:
1594:
1593:
1580:
1567:
1554:
1541:
1528:
1524:William Scawen
1515:
1495:
1494:
1492:
1489:
1486:
1485:
1480:
1474:
1473:
1468:
1463:
1461:
1460:December 1830
1457:
1456:
1451:
1446:
1444:
1440:
1439:
1434:
1429:
1427:
1423:
1422:
1417:
1412:
1410:
1406:
1405:
1400:
1395:
1393:
1388:
1383:
1381:
1377:
1376:
1371:
1369:Henry Goulburn
1366:
1364:
1359:
1354:
1352:
1348:
1347:
1342:
1337:
1335:
1331:
1330:
1325:
1320:
1318:
1313:
1308:
1306:
1302:
1301:
1299:
1294:
1292:
1287:
1282:
1280:
1276:
1275:
1270:
1265:
1263:
1259:
1258:
1253:
1248:
1246:
1242:
1241:
1239:
1234:
1232:
1227:
1222:
1220:
1216:
1215:
1213:
1208:
1206:
1205:February 1790
1202:
1201:
1199:
1194:
1192:
1188:
1187:
1185:
1180:
1178:
1173:
1168:
1166:
1162:
1161:
1156:
1151:
1149:
1147:
1142:
1140:
1136:
1135:
1133:
1128:
1126:
1122:
1121:
1119:
1114:
1112:
1108:
1107:
1102:
1097:
1095:
1091:
1090:
1088:
1083:
1081:
1079:
1074:
1072:
1071:December 1768
1068:
1067:
1065:
1060:
1058:
1054:
1053:
1051:
1049:William Hussey
1046:
1044:
1040:
1039:
1037:
1032:
1030:
1026:
1025:
1023:
1018:
1016:
1012:
1011:
1006:
1001:
999:
995:
994:
992:
987:
985:
983:
978:
976:
972:
971:
969:
964:
962:
960:
955:
953:
949:
948:
946:
941:
939:
937:
932:
930:
926:
925:
923:
918:
916:
912:
911:
909:
904:
902:
898:
897:
895:
890:
888:
883:
878:
876:
872:
871:
869:
864:
862:
860:
855:
853:
849:
848:
843:
838:
836:
832:
831:
829:
824:
822:
818:
817:
812:
807:
805:
801:
800:
798:
793:
791:
787:
786:
784:
779:
777:
776:December 1705
773:
772:
770:
765:
763:
759:
758:
756:
751:
749:
745:
744:
739:
734:
732:
731:December 1701
728:
727:
725:
720:
718:
714:
713:
711:
706:
704:
700:
699:
697:
692:
690:
686:
685:
683:
678:
676:
672:
671:
669:
664:
662:
658:
657:
655:
650:
648:
644:
643:
641:
636:
634:
630:
629:
627:
622:
620:
618:
613:
611:
607:
606:
604:
599:
597:
593:
592:
590:
585:
583:
581:
576:
574:
570:
569:
561:
555:
554:
552:
547:
545:
543:
541:John Glanville
538:
536:
530:
529:
512:
508:
507:
502:
498:
497:
488:
487:December 1648
484:
483:
478:
473:
471:
466:
461:
459:
453:
452:
450:
445:
443:
441:
439:William Scawen
436:
434:
428:
427:
424:
421:
419:
416:
413:
411:
404:
401:
398:
397:
391:
390:
385:
380:
376:
375:
373:Sir John Eliot
370:
366:
365:
360:
354:
353:
348:
343:
337:
336:
331:
326:
322:
321:
319:Sir John Eliot
316:
310:
309:
304:
300:
299:
294:
289:
285:
284:
279:
274:
270:
269:
267:John Glanville
264:
259:
255:
254:
249:
244:
240:
239:
234:
229:
225:
224:
219:
214:
210:
209:
204:
199:
195:
194:
189:
184:
180:
179:
174:
169:
165:
164:
163:Second member
161:
158:
151:
148:
146:
143:
103:
100:
76:rotten borough
67:
66:
61:
57:
56:
53:
49:
48:
41:
40:
26:
25:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1731:
1720:
1717:
1715:
1712:
1710:
1707:
1705:
1702:
1701:
1699:
1690:
1687:
1683:
1679:
1678:
1673:
1669:
1666:
1662:
1659:
1655:
1652:
1648:
1646:
1643:
1640:
1637:
1633:
1629:
1626:
1622:
1621:Michael Brock
1619:
1618:
1614:
1603:
1590:
1584:
1577:
1571:
1564:
1558:
1551:
1545:
1538:
1532:
1525:
1519:
1512:
1511:
1506:
1500:
1496:
1484:
1479:
1476:
1475:
1472:
1469:
1467:
1464:
1462:
1459:
1458:
1455:
1452:
1450:
1447:
1445:
1442:
1441:
1438:
1435:
1433:
1430:
1428:
1425:
1424:
1421:
1416:
1408:
1407:
1404:
1399:
1392:
1389:
1387:
1384:
1382:
1379:
1378:
1375:
1372:
1370:
1367:
1365:
1363:
1360:
1358:
1355:
1353:
1350:
1349:
1346:
1343:
1341:
1338:
1336:
1333:
1332:
1329:
1324:
1317:
1314:
1312:
1309:
1307:
1304:
1303:
1300:
1298:
1297:James Langham
1295:
1293:
1291:
1288:
1286:
1283:
1281:
1278:
1277:
1274:
1271:
1269:
1266:
1264:
1261:
1260:
1257:
1252:
1244:
1243:
1240:
1238:
1235:
1233:
1231:
1226:
1218:
1217:
1214:
1212:
1209:
1207:
1204:
1203:
1198:
1190:
1189:
1186:
1184:
1181:
1179:
1177:
1172:
1171:John Hamilton
1164:
1163:
1160:
1157:
1155:
1152:
1150:
1148:
1146:
1143:
1141:
1138:
1137:
1134:
1132:
1129:
1127:
1124:
1123:
1120:
1118:
1115:
1113:
1110:
1109:
1106:
1103:
1101:
1098:
1096:
1093:
1092:
1087:
1080:
1078:
1075:
1073:
1070:
1069:
1066:
1064:
1061:
1059:
1056:
1055:
1052:
1050:
1047:
1045:
1042:
1041:
1038:
1036:
1033:
1031:
1028:
1027:
1024:
1022:
1019:
1017:
1014:
1013:
1010:
1005:
997:
996:
991:
990:Thomas Potter
984:
982:
981:Richard Eliot
979:
977:
974:
973:
970:
968:
967:James Newsham
965:
963:
961:
959:
956:
954:
951:
950:
947:
945:
942:
940:
938:
936:
933:
931:
928:
927:
924:
922:
919:
917:
914:
913:
908:
907:Richard Eliot
901:January 1733
900:
899:
896:
894:
891:
889:
887:
882:
874:
873:
870:
868:
865:
863:
861:
859:
856:
854:
851:
850:
847:
844:
842:
841:Lord Stanhope
839:
837:
834:
833:
830:
828:
825:
823:
821:January 1715
820:
819:
816:
811:
803:
802:
799:
797:
794:
792:
789:
788:
783:
775:
774:
771:
769:
766:
764:
761:
760:
757:
755:
752:
750:
747:
746:
743:
740:
738:
735:
733:
730:
729:
726:
724:
721:
719:
716:
715:
712:
710:
707:
705:
703:January 1701
702:
701:
696:
695:Henry Fleming
688:
687:
684:
682:
679:
677:
674:
673:
670:
668:
667:Henry Fleming
665:
663:
660:
659:
656:
654:
651:
649:
646:
645:
642:
640:
637:
635:
632:
631:
628:
626:
625:Richard Eliot
623:
621:
617:
609:
608:
605:
603:
600:
598:
595:
594:
591:
589:
586:
584:
580:
572:
571:
568:
567:
560:
557:
556:
553:
551:
550:John St Aubyn
548:
546:
544:
542:
539:
537:
535:
532:
531:
528:
526:
522:
518:
510:
509:
506:
500:
499:
496:
495:– seat vacant
494:
493:Pride's Purge
486:
485:
482:
479:
477:
474:
472:
470:
465:
458:
457:November 1640
455:
454:
451:
449:
446:
444:
442:
440:
437:
435:
433:
430:
429:
426:Second party
425:
423:Second member
422:
420:
417:
414:
412:
409:
408:
403:MPs 1640–1832
396:
392:
389:
386:
384:
383:Thomas Cotton
381:
378:
377:
374:
371:
368:
367:
364:
359:
356:
355:
352:
349:
347:
342:
339:
338:
335:
332:
330:
327:
324:
323:
320:
317:
315:
312:
311:
308:
302:
301:
298:
295:
293:
287:
286:
283:
280:
278:
275:
272:
271:
268:
265:
263:
260:
257:
256:
253:
250:
248:
245:
242:
241:
238:
237:Edward Barker
235:
233:
232:Thomas Bodley
230:
227:
226:
223:
220:
218:
215:
212:
211:
208:
207:Richard Eliot
205:
203:
200:
197:
196:
193:
190:
188:
185:
182:
181:
178:
175:
173:
172:William Mohun
170:
167:
166:
162:
159:
156:
155:
150:MPs 1563–1629
142:
140:
136:
130:
128:
124:
119:
117:
113:
109:
99:
97:
93:
89:
85:
81:
77:
73:
65:
64:East Cornwall
62:
58:
54:
50:
47:
42:
38:
32:
27:
22:
19:
1676:
1664:
1657:
1650:
1641:
1635:
1624:
1583:
1570:
1557:
1544:
1531:
1518:
1508:
1505:Lewis Namier
1499:
1482:
1415:Charles Ross
1285:Lord Binning
1197:Samuel Smith
1131:John Peachey
1117:John Pownall
1100:Edward Eliot
1004:Edward Eliot
921:Dudley Ryder
858:Lord Binning
827:Waller Bacon
782:Edward Eliot
768:Samuel Rolle
723:Daniel Eliot
709:John Speccot
616:Daniel Eliot
602:Edward Eliot
563:
534:January 1659
514:
504:
490:
415:First member
394:
297:John Osborne
217:George Carew
202:Thomas Ayshe
177:William Hyde
160:First member
131:
123:Eliot family
120:
116:Tudor period
105:
71:
70:
18:
1649:J E Neale,
1154:Dudley Long
1063:Samuel Salt
1057:March 1768
915:March 1733
810:John Knight
754:John Anstis
717:April 1701
681:John Tanner
418:First party
222:Henry Denny
60:Replaced by
1698:Categories
1599:References
1503:Page 147,
1443:July 1830
1432:James Loch
1219:June 1790
1183:Abel Smith
579:John Eliot
476:John Moyle
448:John Eliot
432:April 1640
307:John Trott
157:Parliament
108:St Germans
90:and later
72:St Germans
24:St Germans
1268:Lord Grey
835:May 1715
762:May 1705
1674:(1750).
1576:Liskeard
1563:Liskeard
1550:Liskeard
559:May 1659
519:and the
139:Falmouth
127:Liskeard
80:Cornwall
35:for the
1537:Norwich
102:History
88:English
86:in the
29:Former
525:Second
135:Penryn
74:was a
1491:Notes
1426:1827
1409:1826
1380:1818
1351:1812
1334:1810
1305:1806
1279:1802
1262:1796
1245:1791
1191:1788
1165:1784
1139:1780
1125:1776
1111:1775
1094:1774
1043:1765
1029:1761
1015:1754
998:1748
975:1747
952:1741
929:1734
875:1727
852:1722
804:1710
790:1708
748:1702
689:1700
675:1698
661:1690
647:1689
633:1685
610:1679
596:1661
573:1660
521:First
511:1653
501:1652
52:Seats
44:1562–
1478:1832
1471:Tory
1454:Tory
1437:Whig
1420:Tory
1403:Tory
1391:Tory
1374:Tory
1362:Tory
1345:Tory
1328:Tory
1316:Tory
1290:Tory
1273:Whig
1256:Tory
1230:Whig
1176:Tory
1159:Whig
1105:Whig
1009:Whig
886:Whig
846:Whig
815:Whig
742:Whig
566:Rump
523:and
410:Year
46:1832
78:in
55:Two
1700::
1634:,
1623:,
1507:,
129:.
98:.
1684:.
1682:1
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.