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South Wiltshire, formally known as the Southern division of Wiltshire or Wiltshire Southern was a county constituency in the county of Wiltshire in South West England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.

The constituency was created under the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

Boundaries

1832–1885: The Hundreds of Kinwardstone, Heytesbury, Branch and Dole, Elstub and Everley, Amesbury, Warminster, Mere, South Damerham, Downton, Chalk, Dunworth, Cawden and Cadworth, Frustfield, Alderbury, Underditch, and Westbury.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Herbert was appointed Secretary at War, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Herbert was appointed Secretary at War, requiring a by-election.

Herbert was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, requiring a by-election.

Herbert was appointed Secretary of State for War, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Herbert was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Herbert of Lea and causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Thynne was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

Pleydell-Bouverie was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.

References

1. "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
2. ^ Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 106. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via Google Books.
3. Farrell, Stephen (2009). Fisher, D.R. (ed.). "BENETT, John (1773–1852), of Pythouse, Wilts. and 19 Albemarle Street, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
4. Churton, Edward (1836). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1836. p. 18. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via Google Books.
5. bloy, Marjorie (12 January 2016). "Sidney Herbert, first Baron Herbert of Lea (1810–1861)". A Web of English History. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018.
6. Gash, Norman (1979). Aristocracy and People. Britain, 1815–1865. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 268. ISBN 067-4044-916. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via Internet Archive.
7. "Grantham Journal". 11 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "State of the Polls". Berkshire Chronicle. 24 July 1852. p. 5. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "The Scotsman". 7 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "Wyndham, William (Wilts South)", in Charles Roger Dod, Robert Phipps Dod, Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 25, pp. 294–295
11. "The General Election". London Evening Standard. 17 July 1852. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
12. "The General Election". Coventry Herald. 23 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
13. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 482–483. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

Sources

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
• Craig, F. W. S. (1989) . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 482–483. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

• Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire (historic)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885