Wallingford
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1295–1885
Replaced byAbingdon

Wallingford was a parliamentary constituency in England, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.

It was a parliamentary borough created in 1295, centred on the market town Wallingford in Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire). It used to return two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons; this was cut to one in 1832, and the constituency was abolished in 1885. The town of Wallingford is now within the constituency of Wantage.

History

Before 1832 the borough consisted only of the town of Wallingford, which by the 19th century was divided into four parishes. The franchise was limited to (male) inhabitants paying scot and lot, a local tax. Namier and Brooke estimated that the number of electors in the mid-18th century was about 200;[1] but the number fluctuated considerably with the fortunes of the town, which had no manufacturing interests and considerable unemployment at some periods. There were never enough voters to avoid the risk of corruption, and systematic bribery generally prevailed, with anything up to 150 votes being bought and sold at any one election. (In 1754, Thomas Sewell, one of the Whig candidates, spent over £1000 of his own money and not only was this reimbursed from the "secret service" funds but the government spent further money unsuccessfully attempting to secure him a seat in Wallingford.[2]) By the 19th century Wallingford was regarded as one of the worst of the rotten boroughs, and Oldfield recorded in 1816 that the price of a vote was 40 guineas.

The 1831 census found the borough had a population of about 2,500, and 485 houses. Under the Reform Act 1832, the constituency was allowed to survive and to keep one of its two MPs, but the boundaries were considerably extended, taking in the Wallingford Castle precincts, which had previously been excluded, and all or part of a dozen neighbouring parishes including Benson and Crowmarsh, and part of Cholsey. This change of boundaries almost trebled the population, but the effect on the electorate was much smaller. According to the reports on which the Reform Act was based, Wallingford had about 300 men qualified to vote in 1831 (though no more than 230 had ever voted in the previous thirty years). Yet despite the widening of the right to vote, which preserved the ancient right voters of the borough while adding new electors on an occupation franchise, there were only 453 names on the 1832 electoral register for the extended borough. (Stooks Smith records that 166 of these claimed their vote as scot and lot payers, while 287 qualified as £10 occupiers; but many of the latter group presumably paid scot and lot within the old boundaries and could have voted before the Reform Act.)

In 1868 the franchise was further extended and there were 942 registered electors, but the constituency was much too small to survive the Third Reform Act, and was abolished with effect from the general election of 1885. The constituency was mostly included in the new Berkshire North or Abingdon county constituency, but Benson and the other parts of the extended borough on the Oxfordshire side of the Thames were placed in the Oxfordshire South or Henley division of that county.

Members of Parliament

1295–1640

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1302Osbert de NoteleWilliam Clericus
1304Nicholas de la BarreWilliam Mareschal
1306Nicholas de la BarreRichard de Cippenham
1306John MariotOsbert de Notele
1307Nicholas de la BarreJohn Mariot
1309Thomas de MortonThomas Bene
1311Nicholas de la BarreOsbert de Notele
1311Nicholas de la BarreOsbert de Notele
1312Nicholas de la BarreRichard de Cippenham
1313Nicholas de la BarreWilliam Butty
1314Walter at RussheWilliam Butty
1314–5Osbert de NoteleThomas Bone
1318Thomas GarstonThomas Bone
1327John OsbernRichard Grotard
1320Thomas BoneThomas Bortorat
1321Nicholas de la BarreJohn Osbern
1322Reginald de BradebournAlexander le Vacher
1322Thomas at GastonAlexander le Vacher
1323Osbert de NoteleReginald de Bradebourn
1325Robert ButtyRichard Reswald
1327John OsbernRoger de Saucer
1328Thomas BoneJohn Osbern
1328John OsbernJohn Breton
1329John MariotWilliam Arnyot
1330John MariotRobert Butty
1331John MariotRobert Butty
1331Thomas BoneWilliam de Dene
1333John MariotJohn de Preston
1335William de CornwallPhilip Preston
1335William de CornwallThomas Bone
1336William de CornwallEdmund Bonham
1336William de CornwallThomas Bone
1337John MariotWilliam de Cornwall
1337John MariotWilliam de Cornwall
1338William le GoldsmithJohn Berewyk
1338John MariotWilliam Arnyat
1339John StacyThomas Batheshall
1339Robert ButtyWilliam le Goldsmith
1341John MariotRobert Butty
1344Roger TylewyneJohn Berewyk
1347John atte RuyssheJohn at Barston
1348Philip de PrestonWilliam le Goldsmith
1350–1William HarewellThomas Reynald
1355John LouchJohn Brightwalton
1357–8Robert BerotJohn Heronn
1360John LouchJohn Andrew
1360Nicholas PayableRoger Preston
1362William HarewellHenry Redyng
1363William HarewellAlexander Absolan
1364John JamesRoger Preston
1366John JamesNicholas Payable
1368Nicholas Tanner
1369John JamesNicholas Tanner
1370John JamesRichard Attefelde
1371John JamesRichard Attefelde
1372Richard AttefeldeRoger Melbourne
1373Thomas GroveRoger Arnyate
1375John JamesRichard Attefelde
1376Thomas BeneshefHenry de Bedyng
1377Thomas ReynaldRichard Attefelde
1378Roger Arnyate
1379–80Roger MelbourneWalter Hervy
1381Roger Melbourne
1383Thomas GroveRobert Oxenford
1383Roger MelbourneJohn Kerre
1383Roger ArnyateJohn Kerre
1384Thomas GroveJohn Lyttel
1384Thomas GroveWalter Harby
1385Thomas BeneshefRobert Oxenford
1386Thomas BeneshefJohn Derby
1387Thomas BeneshefRoger Melbourne
1388Richard de BruggeJohn Bernard
1389John CotterellRoger Melbourne
1391Richard HovelockWilliam Hende
1392John CotterellWilliam Cary
1393John CotterellJohn Derby
1394John CotterellJohn Derby
1396John CotterellRobert Oxenford
1397John CotterellWalter Colete
1399Walter HervyJohn Culham
1405–6William EssexWalter Hyndon
1407John CulhamWilliam Clowd
1409–10John CotterellWilliam Cotterell
1413Thomas RaveningLewis John
1413–4Robert DeffonteRobert Carswell
1419John DenbyRichard Algate
1420John CotterellRichard Algate
1421John CotterellJohn Mercham
1421John WarfeldWilliam Bodyngton
1422John WarfeldLaurence Haweman
1423Laurence HawemanHenry Payne
1429John MerchamThomas Jones
1425–6Laurence HawemanJohn Denby
1427John WarfeldWilliam Borde
1429John WarfeldLaurence Haweman
1430–1John WarfeldThomas Ramsey
1432John WarfeldWilliam Bodyngton
1433John WarfeldWilliam Bodyngton
1435John WarfeldWilliam Borde
1436–7John WarfeldWilliam Borde
1441–2John BruggewaterJohn Stoke
1446John StokeRobert Dalby
1448Thomas CarlyllHenry Herleton
1449Robert HoptonThomas Browne
1450Henry SpencerRichard Bulstrode
1452–3Thomas PrestonJohn Burgh
1459Richard HoughtonHenry Spencer
1460William BedestonJohn Bydon
1467John ColynggruggeRobert Hopton
1472Thomas RoosThomas Ashynden
1477–8Thomas WodeThomas Vynsent
1529Edward ChamberlainGodelacius Overton
1536Thomas Denton
1547Sir Thomas ParryHenry Hontley
1552-3Sir Thomas ParryGeorge Wright
1553George WrightEdmund Plowden
1554Edmund AshfieldAnthony Butler
1554Edmund AshfieldRobert Cockson
1555Sir Thomas ParryThomas Mynde
1557Thomas MyndeRadulphus Pollyngton
1558-9Thomas MyndeJohn Fortesque
1563William DunchThomas Browne
1571Sir Edmund DunchThomas Dudley
1572Thomas DiggesJohn Fortesque
1584Christopher EdmondsRichard Knollys
1586Richard KnollysThomas Stampe
1588–9Michael MolynsThomas Stampe
1592–3Thomas FortescueAnthony Bacon
1597Thomas FortescueOwen Oglethorpe
1601(Sir John Herbert)
sat for Glamorgan
and replaced by
Thomas Fortescue		Henry Doyley
1604Sir William DunchGriffith Payne
1614Sir Carew ReynellSir George Simeon
1621–1622Sir George SimeonSamuel Dunch
1624(Sir Edward Howard)
sat for Calne, Wiltshire
and replaced by
Sir Anthony Forrest		Sir George Simeon
1625Sir Anthony ForrestMichael Molyns
1625Sir Anthony ForrestUnton Croke
1628–1629Sir Robert KnollysEdmund Dunch
1629–1640No parliaments summoned

1640–1832

YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
April 1660 Robert Packer Hungerford Dunch[upper-alpha 1]
June 1660 Thomas Saunders
1661 Hon. George Fane
1663 Sir John Bennet
February 1679 John Stone Scorey Barker
August 1679 William Lenthall
1681 Taverner Harris
1685 John Stone John Holloway
1689 Thomas Tipping William Jennens
1690 John Wallis
1695 Sir Thomas Tipping
1698 Richard Pye
1701 William Jennens Thomas Renda
1705 Clement Kent
1708 Grey Neville
1709 Thomas Renda
1710 Simon Harcourt
1713 Richard Bigg
1714 Thomas Renda
1715 Edmund Dunch Whig William Hucks
1719 Henry Grey Whig
1722 Viscount Parker
1727 George Lewen
1734 Thomas Tower
1740 Joseph Townsend
1741 John Bance John Rush
1747 Joseph Townsend Richard Tonson
1754[1] John Hervey Richard AshcroftBedford Whig
1761[1] Sir John Gibbons, Bt
1765[1] Sir George Pigot, Bt[upper-alpha 2]
1768[1] Robert Pigot John Aubrey
1772[1] John Cator
1774[1] Sir Robert Barker
1780[1] Chaloner Arcedeckne John Aubrey
1784[1] Sir Francis Sykes, Bt
1784[1] Thomas Aubrey
1790 Nathaniel Wraxall
1794 Francis SykesTory[3]
1796 The Lord EardleyWhig[3] Tory[3]
1802 William HughesWhig[3]
1804 George Galway Mills
1806 Richard BenyonTory[3]
1812 Ebenezer MaitlandTory[3]
1820 George James RobartsWhig[3]
1826 Robert KnightWhig[3]
1831 Thomas LeighWhig[3]
  • Constituency reduced to one seat, (1832)

1832–1885

YearMemberPartyNote
1832 William Seymour BlackstoneTory[3]
1834 Conservative[3]
1852 Richard MalinsConservative
1865 Sir Wentworth Dilke, BtLiberal
1868 Stanley VickersConservative Died 24 February 1872
1872 Edward WellsConservative
1880 Walter WrenLiberal Election declared void, on petition, 19 June 1880
1880 Pandeli RalliLiberal
  • Constituency abolished (1885)

Elections

Electoral system: The block vote electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past the post for single member elections. Each voter had up to as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings (until the secret ballot was introduced in 1872).

Percentage change calculations: Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections, for the same number of seats, change is calculated on the party percentage vote. Where there was more than one candidate, in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote.

Sources (unless otherwise indicated): (1754–1784) Namier and Brooke; (1790–1831) Stooks Smith; (1832–1880) Craig. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from the other sources this is indicated in a note after the result.

Swing: Positive swing is from Whig/Liberal to Tory/Conservative. Negative swing is from Tory/Conservative to Whig/Liberal.

1750-1760s – 1770-1780s –

1790s – 1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s

Elections in the 1750s and 1760s

General election 15 April 1754: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan John Hervey Elected N/A N/A
Nonpartisan Richard Ashcroft Elected N/A N/A
Nonpartisan Thomas Sewell Defeated N/A N/A
Nonpartisan The Viscount Castlecomer 1 Defeated N/A N/A
General election 25 March 1761: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan John Hervey Unopposed
Nonpartisan John Gibbons Unopposed
  • Death of Hervey
By-Election 15 January 1765: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan George Pigot Unopposed
Nonpartisan hold
  • Creation of Pigot as the 1st Baron Pigot in the Peerage of Ireland, 1766
General election 16 March 1768: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan John Aubrey 69 39.7 N/A
Nonpartisan Robert Pigot 67 38.5 N/A
Nonpartisan John Gibbons 38 21.8 N/A
Turnout 174 N/A N/A

Elections in the 1770s and 1780s

By-Election 27 January 1772: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan John Cator 90 52.9 N/A
Nonpartisan Robert Pigot 80 47.1 N/A
Majority 10 5.9 N/A
Turnout 170 N/A N/A
Nonpartisan hold Swing N/A
General election 8 October 1774: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan John Cator Elected N/A N/A
Nonpartisan Robert Barker Elected N/A N/A
Nonpartisan Thomas Wenman Defeated N/A N/A
Nonpartisan William Nedham Defeated N/A N/A
General election 8 September 1780: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan John Aubrey Unopposed
Nonpartisan Chaloner Arcedeckne Unopposed
By-Election 15 July 1782: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan John Aubrey Unopposed
Nonpartisan hold
  • Seat vacated on the appointment of Aubrey to an office
By-Election 30 December 1783: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan John Aubrey 113 66.1 N/A
Nonpartisan Thomas Keating 58 33.9 N/A
Majority 55 32.2 N/A
Turnout 171 N/A N/A
Nonpartisan hold Swing N/A
By-Election January 1784: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Francis Sykes Unopposed
Nonpartisan hold
  • Note (1784 by-election): Namier and Brooke do not include this by-election, which is noted in Stooks Smith's book. Stooks Smith does not include the previous by-election won by Aubrey.
General election 31 March 1784: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Francis Sykes Unopposed
Nonpartisan Thomas Aubrey Unopposed

Elections in the 1790s

General election 1790: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Francis Sykes Unopposed
Nonpartisan Nathaniel Wraxall Unopposed
  • Resignation of Wraxall
By-Election March 1794: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Francis Sykes Unopposed
Tory gain from Nonpartisan
General election 1796: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Francis Sykes Unopposed
Whig Sampson Eardley 1 Unopposed

Elections in the 1800s

General election 1802: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Francis Sykes Unopposed
Whig William Hughes Unopposed
  • Death of Sykes
By-Election February 1804: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan George Galway Mills Unopposed
Nonpartisan gain from Tory
General election 1806: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Hughes Unopposed
Tory Richard Benyon Unopposed
General election 1807: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Hughes Unopposed
Tory Richard Benyon Unopposed

Elections in the 1810s

General election 1812: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Hughes Unopposed
Tory Ebenezer Maitland Unopposed
General election 1818: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Hughes Elected N/A N/A
Tory Ebenezer Maitland Elected N/A N/A
Whig George James Robarts Defeated N/A N/A

Elections in the 1820s

General election 1820: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Hughes Elected N/A N/A
Whig George James Robarts Elected N/A N/A
Tory Ebenezer Maitland Defeated N/A N/A
General election 1826: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Hughes 151 42.4 N/A
Whig George James Robarts 125 35.1 N/A
Tory John Dodson 80 22.5 N/A
Majority 45 12.6 N/A
Turnout 356 N/A N/A
Whig hold Swing
Whig hold Swing
  • Resignation of Robarts
By-Election December 1826: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Robert Knight 117 58.2 N/A
Tory John Bailey (candidate) 84 41.8 N/A
Majority 33 16.4 N/A
Turnout 201 N/A N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Wallingford (2 seats)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Hughes 47 47.0 +4.6
Whig Robert Knight 31 31.0 -4.1
Tory John Bayley 22 22.0 -0.5
Majority 9 9.0 -3.6
Turnout c. 50 c. 17.2
Registered electors c. 290
Whig hold Swing
Whig hold Swing
General election 1831: Wallingford (2 seats)[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Hughes 196 48.8 +1.8
Whig Robert Knight 152 37.8 +6.8
Tory William Seymour Blackstone 54 13.4 −8.6
Majority 98 24.4 +15.4
Turnout c. 201 c. 69.3 c. +52.1
Registered electors c. 290
Whig hold Swing +3.1
Whig hold Swing +5.6
By-election, 21 September 1831: Wallingford[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Thomas Charles Leigh 119 63.6 −23.0
Tory William Seymour Blackstone 68 36.4 +23.0
Majority 51 27.2 +2.8
Turnout 187 c. 64.5 −4.8
Registered electors c. 290
Whig hold Swing −23.0
General election 1832: Wallingford[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory William Seymour Blackstone 202 55.0 +41.6
Whig Charles Eyston 165 45.0 −41.6
Majority 37 10.0 N/A
Turnout 367 81.0 c. +11.7
Registered electors 453
Tory gain from Whig Swing +41.6
  • Note (1832): Blackstone used crimson and white colours and Eyston used green.
General election 1835: Wallingford[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative William Seymour Blackstone Unopposed
Registered electors 366
Conservative hold
  • Note (1835): Stooks Smith gives the registered electors as 344.
General election 1837: Wallingford[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative William Seymour Blackstone 159 57.4
Whig Thomas Teed 118 42.6
Majority 41 14.8
Turnout 277 83.2
Registered electors 333
Conservative hold
  • Note (1837): Stooks Smith gives the registered electorate as 322. Blackstone used crimson and white colours and Teed used light blue.

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Wallingford[6][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Seymour Blackstone Unopposed
Registered electors 386
Conservative hold
General election 1847: Wallingford[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Seymour Blackstone 166 51.9 N/A
Whig Alfred Morrison[7] 154 48.1 New
Majority 12 3.8 N/A
Turnout 320 80.4 N/A
Registered electors 398
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Wallingford[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Malins 174 50.9 -1.0
Whig Alfred Morrison[7][8] 168 49.1 +1.0
Majority 6 1.8 -2.0
Turnout 342 79.9 -0.5
Registered electors 428
Conservative hold Swing -1.0
General election 1857: Wallingford[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Malins 149 52.5 +1.6
Whig Alfred Sartoris[9][10] 135 47.5 -1.6
Majority 14 5.0 +3.2
Turnout 284 76.5 -3.4
Registered electors 371
Conservative hold Swing +1.6
General election 1859: Wallingford[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Malins Unopposed
Registered electors 381
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Wallingford[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Wentworth Dilke 158 54.5 New
Conservative Richard Malins 132 45.5 N/A
Majority 26 9.0 N/A
Turnout 290 81.2 N/A
Registered electors 357
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A
General election 1868: Wallingford[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stanley Vickers 453 55.9 +10.4
Liberal Wentworth Dilke 358 44.1 -10.4
Majority 95 11.8 N/A
Turnout 811 86.1 +4.9
Registered electors 942
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +10.3

Elections in the 1870s

  • Death of Vickers
By-Election 9 March 1872: Wallingford[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Wells Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1874: Wallingford[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Wells 575 56.8 N/A
Liberal Edwin Jones[11] 437 43.2 N/A
Majority 138 13.6 N/A
Turnout 1,012 88.7 N/A
Registered electors 1,141
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Wallingford[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Walter Wren 582 51.8 +8.6
Conservative Edward Wells 541 48.2 -8.6
Majority 41 3.6 N/A
Turnout 1,123 91.6 +2.9
Registered electors 1,226
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing -8.7
  • Election declared void on petition
By-Election 1 July 1880: Wallingford[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Pandeli Ralli 567 50.9 −0.9
Conservative Robert William Hanbury 548 49.1 +0.9
Majority 19 1.8 -1.8
Turnout 1,115 91.0 −0.6
Registered electors 1,226
Liberal hold Swing −0.9
  • Constituency abolished (1885)

Notes:-

  • 1 A Peer of Ireland.
  • 2 This is the office attributed to the MP by Stooks Smith. However Pigot in 1772 does not appear on the Wikipedia list of Masters of the Mint.

Notes

  1. ↑ Dunch was also elected for Cricklade, which he chose to represent, and did not sit for Wallingford
  2. ↑ The Lord Pigot from 1766

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 J A Cannon (1964). "Wallingford". In Namier, Sir Lewis; Brooke, John (eds.). The House of Commons 1754-1790. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Page 198, Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition – London: St Martin's Press, 1957)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Stooks Smith 1973.
  4. 1 2 3 Fisher, David R. "Wallingford". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Wednesday's Post". Worcester Journal. 5 May 1831. p. 2. Retrieved 28 April 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 316. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  7. 1 2 "Wallingford". Berkshire Chronicle. 3 July 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "The General Election". Morning Post. 24 July 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette". 21 March 1857. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Oxford University and City Herald". 21 March 1857. p. 9. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "Wallingford". Reading Mercury. 7 March 1874. p. 4. Retrieved 21 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Sources

  1. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
  2. J. K. Hedges, Wallingford History (London: Wm Clowes, 1881)
  3. Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke, The House of Commons 1754–1790, (London: HMSO, 1964)
  4. Robert Henry O'Byrne The representative history of Great Britain and Ireland, comprising biographical and genealogical notices of the Members of Parliament from Edward VI 1547 to Victoria 1847. (London, John Ollivier, 1848)
  5. T. H. B. Oldfield, The Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland (London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, 1816)
  6. J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 – England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
  7. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
  8. M. Stenton (ed.), Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832–1885 (The Harvester Press, 1976)
  9. Stooks Smith, Henry (1973) [1844–1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 9–11. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
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