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Bishop's Castle was a borough constituency in Shropshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The market town of Bishop's Castle became a parliamentary borough in 1584 and was a constituency of the House of Commons of England until 1707, of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two burgesses.

The historian Lewis Namier claimed that in the middle of the eighteenth century it was the one notoriously corrupt parliamentary borough in Shropshire. It was abolished under the Reform Act 1832.

Members of Parliament

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MPs 1584–1660

MPs 1660–1832

• Constituency abolished / disenfranchised (1832)

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire#Historical constituencies
• List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
• Unreformed House of Commons

References

1. Namier, Lewis (1957). The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd ed.). London: St Martin's Press. p. 245.
2. Christopher W. Brooks, ‘Littleton, Edward, Baron Littleton (1589–1645)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004|| online edn, Jan 2008
3. "Howard, Robert (1585-1653)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
4. Fisher, David R. "HOLMES, William (?1777-1851), of 10 Grafton Street; New Bond Street and Vine Cottage, Fulham, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
5. Escott, Margaret. "ROGERS, Edward (1781-1852), of Stanage Park, nr. Knighton, Rad. and 8 Charles Street, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
6. Escott, Margaret. "CORNEWALL, Frederick Hamilton (1791-1845), of Delbury Hall, Diddlebury, Salop". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
7. Escott, Margaret; Fisher, David R. "KNIGHT, James Lewis (1791-1866), of 1 New Square, Lincoln's Inn and Highwood Hill, Hendon, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
8. ^ Escott, Margaret. "Bishop's Castle". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)

• Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire (historic)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1584
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1832