# Great Bedwyn (UK Parliament constituency)

Great Bedwyn was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, centred on Great Bedwyn, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.

## Members of Parliament
### 1295–1640

| Parliament | First member | Second member |
| 1295 | Sir William Russell (d.1311), Lord of Yaverland |
| 1386 | John Combe | William Bailiff |
| 1388 (Feb) | |
| 1388 (Sep) | |
| 1390 (Jan) | John Combe | William Plomer |
| 1399 | Thomas Smith | Geoffrey Mauncell |
| 1420 | John Benger | John Everard |
| 1421 (May) |
| 1421 (Dec) | Thomas Hussey | Maurice Hommedieux |
| 1449 | Sir Thomas Malory | |
| 1491 | William Paston | |
| 1510–1523 | No names known | No names known |
| 1529 | William Newdigate died and replaced 1532/3 by ?Thomas Polsted | John Berwick |
| 1536 | ? |
| 1539 | ? |
| 1542 | ? |
| 1545 | John Winchcombe alias Smallwood | John Seymour |
| 1547 | Anthony Browne | Robert Pagman |
| 1553 (Mar) | ? |
| 1553 (Oct) | Richard Fulmerston | John Hungerford |
| 1554 (Apr) | Richard Fulmerston | Sir Edmund Rous |
| 1554 (Nov) | Richard Fulmerston | Edward Hungerford |
| 1555 | Henry Clifford | David Seymour |
| 1558 | John Temple | George Hidden |
| 1559 | Francis Newdigate | Henry Clifford |
| 1562–3 | John Thynne | Stephen Hales |
| 1571 | Nicholas St John | Thomas Blagrave |
| 1572 | Simon Bowyer | George Ireland |
| 1584 | Richard Wheler | Roger Puleston |
| 1586 | Richard Wheler | Roger Puleston |
| 1588 | John Seymour | Henry Ughtred |
| 1593 | Thomas Hungerford | James Kirton |
| 1597 | Sir Anthony Hungerford | Francis Castilian |
| 1601 | Sir Anthony Hungerford | Levinus Munck |
| 1604–1611 | John Rodney | Sir Anthony Hungerford |
| 1614 | Robert Hyde | Sir Giles Mompesson |
| 1621–1622 | Sir Francis Popham | Sir Giles Mompesson |
| 1624 | Hugh Crompton | William Cholmeley |
| 1625 | Sir John Brooke | William Cholmeley |
| 1626-? | John Selden | Sir Maurice Berkeley |
| 1628 | Edward Kyrton | Sir John Trevor |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | No Parliaments summoned |

### 1640–1832

| Year | | First member | First party | | Second member | Second party |
| April 1640 | | Charles Seymour | | | Richard Hardinge | Royalist |
| November 1640 | | Sir Walter Smith | Royalist | | Richard Hardinge | Royalist |
| February 1644 | Smith and Harding disabled from sitting – both seats vacant | Smith and Harding disabled from sitting – both seats vacant | Smith and Harding disabled from sitting – both seats vacant | Smith and Harding disabled from sitting – both seats vacant | Smith and Harding disabled from sitting – both seats vacant | Smith and Harding disabled from sitting – both seats vacant |
| 1646 | | Edmund Harvey | Parliamentarian | | Henry Hungerford | Parliamentarian |
| December 1648 | | Edmund Harvey | Parliamentarian | Hungerford not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge | Hungerford not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge | Hungerford not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge |
| 1653 | Great Bedwyn was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Great Bedwyn was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Great Bedwyn was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Great Bedwyn was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Great Bedwyn was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Great Bedwyn was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate |
| January 1659 | | Thomas Manley | | | Henry Hungerford | |
| May 1659 | | Colonel Edmund Harvey | | One seat vacant | One seat vacant | One seat vacant |
| 1660 | | Robert Spencer | | | Thomas Gape | |
| 1661 | | Duke Stonehouse | | | Henry Clerke | |
| 1663 | | John Trevor | | | Henry Clerke | |
| 1673 | | Daniel Finch | | | Henry Clerke | |
| February 1679 | | Francis Stonehouse | | | John Deane | |
| August 1679 | | Francis Stonehouse | | | William Finch | |
| 1681 | | Sir John Ernle | | | John Wildman | |
| 1685 | | Lemuel Kingdon | | | Thomas Loder | |
| 1689 | | Sir Edmund Warneford | | | John Wildman | |
| 1690 | | The Viscount Falkland | | | Sir Jonathan Raymond | |
| 1694 | | Francis Stonehouse | | | Sir Jonathan Raymond | |
| 1695 | | Francis Stonehouse | | | Admiral Sir Ralph Delaval | |
| 1698 | | Francis Stonehouse | | | Charles Davenant | |
| 1701 | | Francis Stonehouse | | | Michael Mitford | |
| 1702 | | Francis Stonehouse | | | Hon. James Bruce | |
| May 1705 | | Sir George Byng | | | Nicholas Pollexfen | |
| December 1705 | | Lord Bruce | | | Nicholas Pollexfen | |
| November 1707 | | Lord Bruce | | | Tracy Pauncefort | |
| December 1707 | | Lord Bruce | | | Nicholas Pollexfen | |
| 1708 | | Lord Bruce | | | Samuel Vanacker Sambrooke | |
| 1710 | | Lord Bruce | | | Sir Edward Seymour | |
| 1711 | | Thomas Millington | | | Sir Edward Seymour | |
| 1715 | | Stephen Bisse | | | William Sloper | |
| 1722 | | Robert Bruce | | | Charles Longueville | |
| 1727 | | Sir William Willys | | | Viscount Lewisham | |
| 1729 | | Sir William Willys | | | William Sloper | |
| 1732 | | Francis Seymour | | | William Sloper | |
| 1734 | | Brigadier Robert Murray | | | William Sloper | |
| 1738 | | Edward Popham | | | William Sloper | |
| 1741 | | Sir Edward Turner | Whig | | Lascelles Metcalfe | |
| 1747 | | William Sloper | | | Lascelles Metcalfe | |
| 1754 | | William Sloper | | | Sir Robert Hildyard | |
| 1756 | | Hon. Robert Brudenell | | | Sir Robert Hildyard | |
| 1761 | | Vice Admiral Thomas Cotes | | | William Woodley | |
| 1766 | | Vice Admiral Thomas Cotes | | | William Burke | |
| 1767 | | Sir Thomas Fludyer | | | William Burke | |
| March 1768 | | Hon. James Brudenell | | | Hon. Robert Brudenell | |
| May 1768 | | Hon. James Brudenell | | | William Burke | |
| November 1768 | | William Northey | | | William Burke | |
| 1771 | | Benjamin Hopkins | | | William Burke | |
| October 1774 | | The Earl of Courtown | | | Paul Methuen | |
| December 1774 | | Viscount Cranborne | | | Paul Methuen | |
| 1780 | | Sir Merrick Burrell | | | Paul Methuen | |
| 1781 | | Sir Merrick Burrell | | | Paul Cobb Methuen | |
| 1784 | | Marquess of Graham | | | Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Manners | |
| June 1790 | | Marquess of Graham | | | Lord Doune | |
| December 1790 | | Viscount Stopford | Tory | | Lord Doune | |
| 1792 | | Viscount Stopford | Tory | | Edward East | |
| 1796 | | Lieutenant General the Hon. Thomas Bruce | | | John Wodehouse | |
| 1797 | | Sir Robert Buxton | | | John Wodehouse | |
| 1802 | | Sir Robert Buxton | | | Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Bt | |
| 1806 | | Viscount Stopford | Tory | | James Henry Leigh | Tory |
| April 1807 | | Sir Vicary Gibbs | Tory | | James Henry Leigh | Tory |
| May 1807 | | Sir John Nicholl | Tory | | James Henry Leigh | Tory |
| March 1818 | | Sir John Nicholl | Tory | | John Buxton | Tory |
| 1832 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |
Notes
* ↑ Wiffen, J. H. Historical Memoirs of the House of Russell, 1884, vol. 1, pp.127–131. The Russell family, of Kingston Russell, Dorset, held the manor of Little Bedwyn
* 1 2 3 4 5 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
* ↑ Cavill. The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
* ↑ Byng was also elected for Plymouth, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Great Bedwyn
* ↑ Bruce was re-elected in 1710, but had also been elected for Marlborough, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Great Bedwyn
* ↑ On petition, Pauncefort was found not to have been duly elected and was taken into custody by order of the House of Commons for bribery and corruption at his election
* ↑ On petition (in a dispute over the franchise), Lewisham was declared not to have been duly elected
* ↑ Brudenell was also elected for Marlborough, which he chose to represent, and did not sit in this Parliament for Great Bedwyn
* ↑ Styled The Hon. John Wodehouse from October 1797