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Aldborough (UK Parliament constituency)
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{{UK former constituency infobox|
| Name = Aldborough
| Type = Borough
| Year =
1558
| Abolition =
1832
}}
'''Aldborough''' is a former
parliamentary borough located in the
West Riding of Yorkshire, abolished in the
Reform Act 1832 great reform act of
1832. Aldborough returned two
Member of Parliament Members of Parliament from 1558 until 1832.
In the 18th century, Aldborough was a
pocket borough controlled by the
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle Duke of Newcastle. In April 1754 Newcastle, who had just become Prime Minister, selected his junior colleague and future Prime Minister,
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham William Pitt (Pitt the Elder), to sit as its MP. Pitt represented Aldborough for two-and-a-half years, but having fallen out with Newcastle and been dismissed from his ministry, he was forced to find a new constituency when he next needed to be re-elected to the Commons in 1756.
Members of Parliament
*''Constituency created'' (
1558)
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year!!First member!!Second member
|-
|
1660 || rowspan="2" | Solomon Swale || Francis Goodricke
|-
|
1673 || rowspan="3" | Sir John Reresby
|-
|
1678 || Ruisshe Wentworth
|-
|February
1679 || rowspan="2" | Henry Arthington
|-
|May
1679 .html">Godfrey Copley
Sir Godfrey Copley
|-
|August
1679 || Sir Brian Stapylton
|-
|
1681 || Sir John Reresby
|-
|
1685 || rowspan="2" | Sir Michael Wentworth || Sir Roger Strickland
|-
|
1689 || rowspan="3" | Christopher Tancred
|-
|
1696 || Henry Fairfax
|-
|January
1698 || William Wentworth
|-
|July
1698 || Sir George Cooke || Sir Abstrupus Danby
|-
|
1701 || rowspan="2" | Robert Monckton || Cyril Arthingon
|-
|
1702 || William Jessop
|-
|
1713 || John Dawnay || Paul Foley
|-
|February
1715 .html">James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
James Stanhope || rowspan="4" | William Jessop
|-
|April
1715 || William Monson
|-
|
1722 || Charles Stanhope
|-
|
1734 ||
Henry Pelham
|-
|
1735 || John Jewkes || rowspan="4" | Andrew Wilkinson
|-
|
1743 || Nathaniel Newnham
|-
|
1754 .html">William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
William Pitt
|-
|
1756 || rowspan="2" | Nathaniel Cholmley
|-
|
1765 .html">George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey
Viscount Villiers
|-
|
1768 .html">Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans
Aubrey Beauclerk || Andrew Wilkinson
|-
|
1772 .html">Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln
Earl of Lincoln
|-
|
1774 || Charles Wilkinson || rowspan="2" | Abel Smith
|-
|
1777 || rowspan="2" | William Baker
|-
|
1778 || William Hanger
|-
|September
1780 || Sir Richard Sutton || rowspan="3" | Charles Mellish
|-
|November
1780 || Edward Onslow
|-
|
1781 || rowspan="2" | Sir Samuel Brudenell Fludyer
|-
|January
1784 || rowspan="3" | John Gally-Knight
|-
|March
1784 .html">Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley
Richard Arden
|-
|
1790 || rowspan="2" | Richard Muilman-Trench-Chiswell
|-
|
1796 .html">Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham
Charles Duncombe
|-
|
1797 || John Blackburn
|-
|
1802 || John Sullivan
|-
|
1806 .html">Henry Fynes Clinton
Henry Fynes || Gilbert Jones
|-
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1812 || Henry Dawkins
|-
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1814 ||
Henry Gally Knight
|-
|
1815 || Granville Vernon
|-
|
1820 || Gibbs Antrobus
|-
|
1826 || rowspan="3" | Clinton James Fynes Clinton || Sir Alexander Cray Grant
|-
|
1830 .html">William David Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield
William Murray
|-
|
1831 ||
Michael Thomas Sadler
|}
*''Constituency abolished'' (
1832)
{{Rayment}}
See also
Aldborough (Yorkshire)
Category:Historic parliamentary constituencies in England
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