Seaford (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Seaford Borough constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1641 |
| Abolished: | 1832 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two |
The parliamentary constituency of Seaford was a rotten borough until it was disenfranchised in the Reform Act 1832 at which time representation was incorporated into the Lewes constituency. Seaford returned three members of parliament who went on to become Prime Minister. Henry Pelham, who represented the town from 1717 to 1722, William Pitt the Elder from 1747 to 1754 and George Canning in 1827.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | First Member | Second Member |
|---|---|---|
| 1660 | Sir Thomas Dyke | George Parker |
| 1661 | Sir William Thomas | |
| 1670 | Francis Gratwick | |
| 10 February 1671 | Robert Morley | |
| 23 February 1671 | Sir Nicholas Pelham | |
| 1679 | Herbert Stapley | |
| 1681 | Edward Montagu | Edward Selwyn |
| 1685 | Sir William Thomas | |
| 1689 | William Campion | Sir Nicholas Pelham |
| 1690 | Henry Pelham | |
| 1695 | William Lowndes | |
| 23 July 1698 | Sir William Thomas | |
| 31 December 1698 | William Campion | |
| 1701 | Sir William Thomas | |
| 27 January 1702 | Thomas Chowne | |
| 21 July 1702 | Sir William Thomas | |
| 1706 | George Naylor | |
| 1710 | Thomas Chowne | |
| 1713 | George Naylor | |
| 1715 | Sir William Ashburnham | |
| 1717 | Henry Pelham | |
| 1722 | Sir William Gage, Bt | Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke |
| 1734 | William Hay | |
| 1744 | William Gage, 2nd Viscount Gage | |
| 1747 | William Pitt | |
| 1754 | William Gage, 2nd Viscount Gage | |
| 1755 | James Peachey | |
| 1768 | George Medley | |
| 13 September 1780 | John Durand | John Robinson |
| 4 December 1780 | Christopher D'Oyly | |
| 1784 | Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny | Sir Peter Parker, Bt |
| 1785 | Sir John Henderson | |
| 1786 | Henry Flood | Sir Godfrey Webster |
| 1790 | John Sargent | Richard Paul Jodrell |
| 1785 | John Tarleton | |
| 1794 | Richard Paul Jodrell | |
| 1796 | Charles Rose Ellis, 1st Baron Seaford | George Ellis |
| 1802 | Richard Joseph Sullivan | |
| 28 July 1806 | John Leach | |
| 31 October 1806 | George Hibbert | |
| 1812 | Charles Rose Ellis, 1st Baron Seaford | |
| 1816 | Sir Charles Cockerell | |
| 1818 | George Watson-Taylor | |
| 1820 | George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover | |
| 1826 | John Fitzgerald | Augustus Frederick Ellis |
| 20 April 1827 | George Canning | |
| 5 September 1827 | Augustus Frederick Ellis | |
| 1831 | William Lyon |
Disenfranchised in the Reform Act 1832
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
