# Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Shropshire (a.k.a. Salop) was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire. It was split into North Shropshire and South Shropshire in 1832.

## Boundaries

The county limits.

## History

Shropshire by the mid eighteenth century was seen as an independent county seat, controlled by the rank and file of the country gentry and tended to return Tory MPs despite the borough seats within Shropshire, and the dominant local Herbert and Clive families, being Whig. From 1753 onwards there was a compromise by which the Tory country gentlemen chose the County MPs while the Herberts chose for Shrewsbury.

## Members of Parliament

* Constituency created (1290)

### MPs 1290–1653

| Parliament | First member | Second member |
| 1298 | Sir Peter de Eyton | |
| 1298 | William de Hodnet | |
| 1301 | Sir Peter de Eyton | |
| 1305 | Sir Richard de Harley | |
| 1307 | ? Ludlow | |
| 1309 | Roger Corbet of Caus | |
| 1312–1318 | Robert de Leighton | |
| 1320 | Sir William de Sondford, Kt | |
| 1328 | ? Ludlow | |
| 1337 | ? Hopton | |
| 1361 | ? Ludlow | |
| 1364 | ? Hopton | |
| 1369–1383 | Brian Cornwall (6 times) | |
| 1371–1382 | Sir Robert Kendale (5 times) | |
| 1373 | ? Ludlow | |
| 1377 | ? Ludlow | |
| 1377 | Sir William Chetwynd | |
| 1378 | Edward Acton | |
| 1380 | Sir Peter Carswell | |
| 1382 | Sir Peter Carswell | |
| 1382 (Oct) | Edward Acton | |
| 1384 (Apr) | Edward Acton | |
| 1384 (Nov) | Edward Acton | |
| 1385 | Thomas Lee of South Bache in Diddlebury | Sir William Hugford |
| 1386 | Edward Acton | Hamon Peshale |
| 1388 (Feb) | Sir William Hugford | Sir Richard Ludlow |
| 1388 (Sep) | Edward Acton | Sir Hugh Cheyne |
| 1390 (Jan) | Thomas Lee of South Bache in Diddlebury | Sir Richard Ludlow |
| 1390 (Nov) | Thomas Whitton | Sir Richard Ludlow |
| 1391 | Sir Hugh Cheyne | Sir Roger Corbet |
| 1393 | John Darras | Sir William Hugford |
| 1394 | Sir Adam Peshale | Sir William Hugford |
| 1395 | John Longford | Thomas Young |
| 1397 (Jan) | William Lee I | Fulk Sprenghose |
| 1397 (Sep) | Richard Chelmswick | Sir Fulk Pembridge |
| 1399 | John Burley | Thomas Young |
| 1401 | John Burley | Sir Hugh Cheyne |
| 1402 | Sir John Cornwall | Sir Adam Peshale |
| 1404 (Jan) | John Burley | George Hawkstone |
| 1404 (Oct) | John Burley | John Darras |
| 1406 | David Holbache | Thomas Whitton |
| 1407 | Sir John Cornwall | David Holbache |
| 1410 | John Burley | David Holbache |
| 1411 | John Burley | Sir Adam Peshale |
| 1413 (Feb) | |
| 1413 (May) | Robert Corbet | Richard Lacon |
| 1414 (Apr) | David Holbache | John Wele |
| 1414 (Nov) | David Holbache | Richard Lacon |
| 1415 | Hugh Burgh | George Hawkstone |
| 1416 (Mar) | Hugh Burgh | Edward Sprenghose |
| 1416 (Oct) | |
| 1417 | William Burley | Richard Fox |
| 1419 | William Burley | Robert Corbet |
| 1420 | William Burley | John Wynnesbury |
| 1421 (May) | William Burley | Hugh Burgh |
| 1421 (Dec) | Sir Richard Lacon | John Stapleton |
| 1422 | William Burley | Hugh Burgh |
| 1423 | Sir Richard Lacon | |
| 1425 | William Burley | Hugh Burgh |
| 1427 | William Burley | |
| 1429 | William Burley | Roger Corbet (died 1430) |
| 1431 | William Burley | Sir Richard Lacon |
| 1432 | William Burley | John Wynnesbury |
| 1433 | William Burley | Sir Richard Lacon |
| 1437 | William Burley | |
| 1439 | William Burley | |
| 1442 | William Burley | |
| 1445 | William Burley | |
| 1449 (Nov) | William Burley | |
| 1450 | William Burley | |
| 1455 | William Burley | |
| 1485 | Sir Thomas Leighton | |
| 1491 | Sir Gilbert Talbot | Sir Richard Corbet |
| 1510–1523 | No names known | No names known |
| 1529 | Sir Thomas Cornwall | John Blount |
| 1536 | Richard Trentham | ? |
| 1539 | Richard Mytton | John Corbet |
| 1542 | |
| 1545 | Sir George Blount | Richard Mytton |
| 1547 | Sir George Blount | Richard Newport |
| 1553 (Mar) | Richard Mytton | Thomas Vernon |
| 1553 (Oct) | Richard Mytton | Edward Leighton |
| 1554 (Apr) | William Charlton | Francis Kynaston |
| 1554 (Nov) | Richard Mytton | William Gatacre |
| 1555 | Sir Andrew Corbet | Sir Henry Stafford |
| 1558 | Richard Corbet | Thomas Fermor |
| 1559 (Jan) | Sir Andrew Corbet | Sir Arthur Mainwaring |
| 1562–1563 | Richard Corbet, died and replaced 1566 by Robert Corbet | Sir Edward Leighton |
| 1571 | Sir George Blount | George Bromley |
| 1572 (Apr) | George Bromley | George Mainwaring |
| 1584 (Nov) | Walter Leveson | Francis Bromley |
| 1586 (Oct) | Richard Corbet II | Walter Leveson |
| 1588 (Nov) | (Sir) Walter Leveson | Richard Leveson |
| 1593 | Francis Newport II | Sir Robert Needham |
| 1597 (Sep) | Sir Henry Bromley | Thomas Leighton |
| 1601 (Sep) | John Egerton | Roger Owen |
| 1604 | Sir Richard Leveson | Sir Robert Needham |
| 1606 | Sir Roger Owen | Sir Robert Needham |
| 1614 | Sir Roger Owen | Sir Richard Newport |
| 1621 | Sir Robert Vernon | Sir Francis Kynaston |
| 1624 | Sir Richard Newport | Sir Andrew Corbet |
| 1625 | Sir Richard Newport | Sir Andrew Corbet |
| 1626 | Sir Rowland Cotton | Sir Richard Leveson |
| 1628 | Sir Richard Newport | Sir Andrew Corbet |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments convened | No Parliaments convened |
| 1640 (Apr) | William Pierrepont | Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet |
| 1640 (Nov) | Sir Richard Lee, 2nd Baronet, disabled Sep 1642 | Sir Richard Newport. ennobled 1642 |
| 1645 | Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet, of Stoke upon Tern | Humphrey Edwards |
| 1648 | Humphrey Edwards | one member only |
| 1653 | William Bottrell | Thomas Baker |

### MPs 1654–1660

| Parliament | First member | Second member | Third member | Fourth member |
| 1654 | Humphrey Mackworth snr. | Thomas Mytton | Robert Corbet | Philip Young |
| 1658 | Thomas Mackworth | Samuel More | Andrew Lloyd | Philip Young |
| 1659 | Thomas Mackworth | Philip Young | two members only | two members only |

### MPS 1660–1832

| Year | First member | Second member | Second party |
| 1660 | Sir William Whitmore, 2nd Baronet | Henry Vernon | |
| 1661 | Sir Francis Lawley | Sir Richard Ottley | |
| 1670 | Sir Francis Lawley | Hon. Richard Newport | Whig |
| 1679 | Sir Vincent Corbet, 2nd Baronet | Hon. Richard Newport | Whig |
| 1681 | William Leveson-Gower | Hon. Richard Newport | Whig |
| 1685 | Edward Kynaston | John Walcot | |
| 1689 | Edward Kynaston | Hon. Richard Newport | Whig |
| 1698 | Edward Kynaston | Sir Edward Leighton | |
| 1699 | Robert Lloyd | Sir Edward Leighton | |
| Jan. 1701 | Robert Lloyd | Sir Humphrey Briggs | |
| Dec. 1701 | Robert Lloyd | Richard Corbet | |
| 1702 | Roger Owen | Richard Corbet | |
| 1705 | Sir Robert Corbet | Robert Lloyd | |
| 1708 | Sir Robert Corbet | Lord Newport | |
| 1710 | John Kynaston | Robert Lloyd | |
| 1713 | John Kynaston | Lord Newport | |
| 1715 | Sir Robert Corbet | Lord Newport | |
| 1722 | John Kynaston | Robert Lloyd | |
| 1727 | John Walcot | William Lacon Childe | |
| 1734 | Sir John Astley | Corbet Kynaston | |
| 1740 | Sir John Astley | Richard Lyster | |
| 1766 | Sir John Astley | Charles Baldwyn | |
| 1772 | Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn | Charles Baldwyn | |
| 1774 | Noel Hill | Charles Baldwyn | |
| 1780 | Noel Hill | Sir Richard Hill | |
| 1784 | John Kynaston | Sir Richard Hill | |
| 1806 | John Kynaston | John Cotes | |
| 1821 | John Kynaston | Rowland Hill | |
| 1822 | John Cressett-Pelham | Rowland Hill | |
* Constituency abolished (1832)