Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)
# Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)

Yarmouth was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of England then 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 members of parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system.

The constituency was abolished by the Reform Act 1832, and from the 1832 general election its territory was included in the new county constituency of Isle of Wight.

## Boundaries

The constituency was a Parliamentary borough on the Isle of Wight, part of the historic county of Hampshire. Its boundaries were coterminous with the parish of Yarmouth. At the time that it was disfranchised, there were 114 houses in the borough and town, and a population of only 586.

## History

The borough was seen as a rotten borough and in the late eighteenth century was managed, together with the other Isle of Wight boroughs of Newtown and Newport by Thomas Holmes.

## Members of Parliament

### MPs 1584–1640

| Parliament | First member | Second member |
| - | - | - |
| 1584 | Arthur Gorges | William Stubbs |
| 1586 | Thomas West | John Duncombe |
| 1588 | Daniel Hills | John Howe |
| 1593 | Robert Dillington | Robert Crosse |
| 1597 | Benedict Barnham | John Snow |
| 1601 | William Cotton | Stephen Theobald |
| 1604 | Thomas Cheeke | Arthur Bromfield |
| 1614 | Arthur Bromfield | Sir Thomas Cheeke |
| 1621–1622 | Arthur Bromfield | Thomas Risley |
| 1624 | Thomas Risley | William Beeston |
| 1625 | Edward Clarke sat for Hythe replaced by Sir John Suckling | John Oglander |
| 1626 | Sir Edward Conway | Sir John Oglander |
| 1628–1629 | Edward Dennis | Sir John Oglander |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned |

### MPs 1640–1832

| Year | 1st Member | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Member | 2nd Party |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 1640 | | William Oglander | | | John Bulkeley | |
| November 1640 | | Philip Sidney | Parliamentarian | | Sir John Leigh | Parliamentarian |
| December 1648 | | Philip Sidney | Parliamentarian | Leigh excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant | Leigh excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant | Leigh excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant |
| 1653 | Yarmouth was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Yarmouth was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Yarmouth was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Yarmouth was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Yarmouth was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Yarmouth was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate |
| January 1659 | | John Sadler | | | Richard Lucy | |
| May 1659 | | Philip Sidney | | One seat vacant in the restored Rump | One seat vacant in the restored Rump | One seat vacant in the restored Rump |
| February 1660 | | Philip Sidney | | | Sir John Leigh | |
| April 1660 | | Richard Lucy | | | Sir John Leigh | |
| 1661 | | Richard Lucy | | | Edward Smith | |
| 1678 | | Thomas Lucy | | | Edward Smith | |
| February 1679 | | Thomas Lucy | | | Sir Richard Mason | |
| August 1679 | | Thomas Wyndham | | | Sir Richard Mason | |
| 1681 | | Lemuel Kingdon | | | Sir Thomas Littleton | |
| 1685 | | Thomas Wyndham | | | William Hewer | |
| 1689 | | Sir Robert Holmes | | | Hon. Fitton Gerard | |
| 1690 | | Sir John Trevor | Tory | | Charles Duncombe | Tory |
| April 1695 | | Henry Holmes | Tory | | Charles Duncombe | Tory |
| November 1695 | | Henry Holmes | Tory | | Anthony Morgan | |
| 1710 | | Henry Holmes | Tory | | Sir Gilbert Dolben, 1st Baronet | Tory |
| 1715 | | Henry Holmes | Tory | | Sir Robert Raymond | Tory |
| 1717 | | Colonel Anthony Morgan | | | Sir Theodore Janssen | |
| 1721 by-election | | Colonel Anthony Morgan | | | William Plumer | |
| 1722 | | Colonel Anthony Morgan | | | Thomas Stanwix | |
| 1725 by-election | | Colonel Anthony Morgan | | | Colonel Maurice Morgan | |
| 1727 | | Paul Burrard | | | Colonel Maurice Morgan | |
| 1733 by-election | | Paul Burrard | | | Maurice Bocland | |
| 1734 | | Paul Burrard | | | Lord Harry Powlett | Whig |
| 1736 by-election | | Thomas Gibson | | | Lord Harry Powlett | Whig |
| 1737 by-election | | Thomas Gibson | | | Anthony Chute | |
| 1741 by-election | | Thomas Gibson | | | Colonel Maurice Bocland | |
| 1744 by-election | | Robert Carteret | | | Colonel Maurice Bocland | |
| 1747 | | Thomas Holmes | Whig | | Colonel Henry Holmes | |
| 1762 by-election | | Thomas Holmes | Whig | | Jeremiah Dyson | Tory |
| 1765 by-election | | John Eames | | | Jeremiah Dyson | Tory |
| 1768 | | William Strode | | | Jervoise Clarke | Whig |
| 1769 | | Thomas Dummer | | | Major General the Hon. George Lane Parker | |
| 1774 | | Edward Meux Worsley | | | Jervoise Clarke | Whig |
| 1775 by-election | | James Worsley | | | Jervoise Clarke | Whig |
| 1779 by-election | | James Worsley | | | Captain Robert Kingsmill | |
| 1780 | | Edward Morant | | | Edward Rushworth | |
| 1781 by-election | | Edward Morant | | | Sir Thomas Rumbold | |
| 1784 | | Edward Morant | | | Philip Francis | |
| 1787 by-election | | Thomas Clarke Jervoise | | | Philip Francis | |
| 1790 | | Thomas Clarke Jervoise | | | Edward Rushworth | |
| 1791 by-election | | Jervoise Clarke Jervoise | Whig | | Sir John Leicester, Bt | |
| 1796 | | Jervoise Clarke Jervoise | Whig | | Edward Rushworth | |
| 1797 by-election | | Jervoise Clarke Jervoise | Whig | | William Peachy | |
| 1802 | | Jervoise Clarke Jervoise | Whig | | James Patrick Murray | |
| February 1803 by-election | | Jervoise Clarke Jervoise | Whig | | Colonel Charles Macdonnell | |
| October 1803 by-election | | Jervoise Clarke Jervoise | Whig | | Henry Swann | Tory |
| February 1804 by-election | | Jervoise Clarke Jervoise | Whig | | John Delgarno | |
| March 1804 by-election | | Jervoise Clarke Jervoise | Whig | | Captain Sir Home Riggs Popham | |
| January 1806 by-election | | Jervoise Clarke Jervoise | Whig | | David Scott | |
| November 1806 | | Jervoise Clarke Jervoise | Whig | | Thomas William Plummer | |
| May 1807 | | Jervoise Clarke Jervoise | Whig | | Hon. William Orde-Powlett | |
| August 1807 by-election | | Jervoise Clarke Jervoise | Whig | | Admiral Sir John Orde | |
| January 1808 by-election | | Benjamin Griffinhoofe | | | Admiral Sir John Orde | |
| April 1808 by-election | | John Delgarno | | | Admiral Sir John Orde | |
| June 1808 by-election | | George Annesley | | | Admiral Sir John Orde | |
| 1810 by-election | | Thomas Myers | | | Admiral Sir John Orde | |
| 1812 | | Richard Wellesley | | | Sir Henry Montgomery, Bt | |
| 1816 by-election | | Richard Wellesley | | | John Leslie Foster | Tory |
| 1817 by-election | | Alexander Maconochie | Tory | | John Leslie Foster | Tory |
| March 1818 by-election | | John Copley | Tory | | John Leslie Foster | Tory |
| June 1818 | | John Taylor | Tory | | William Mount | Tory |
| 1819 by-election | | Sir Peter Pole | Tory | | John Wilson Croker | Tory |
| 1820 | | Sir Peter Pole | Tory | | Theodore Broadhead | Tory |
| 1821 by-election | | Sir Peter Pole | Tory | | Theodore He | Tory |
| 1826 | | Thomas Hamilton | Tory | | Joseph Phillimore | Tory |
| 1827 by-election | | Thomas Wallace | Tory | | Joseph Phillimore | Tory |
| 1830 | | William Yates Peel | Tory | | George Lowther Thompson | Tory |
| 1831 | | Sir Henry Willoughby | Whig | | Charles Cavendish | Whig |
| 1832 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |

Notes

* ↑ Page 25, Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1957)
* ↑ Sir Thomas Littleton died April 1681
* ↑ Sir John Trevor was expelled from the House of Commons for accepting a bribe
* 1 2 At the election of 1715, Raymond and Holmes were declared to have defeated Morgan and Janssen, but on petition the result was reversed in 1717
* ↑ Sir Theodore Janssen was expelled from the House of Commons on 30 January 1721 for his role in the South Sea Bubble
* ↑ Powlett was also elected for Hampshire in a disputed election. He sat for Yarmouth until 1737 when the petition against the Hampshire result was withdrawn, then chose to represent Hampshire rather than Yarmouth for the remainder of the Parliament
* ↑ Thomas Holmes was created The Lord Holmes (in the peerage of Ireland) in 1760
* ↑ Major General from 1756, Lieutenant General from 1759
* 1 2 At the election of 1768, Strode and Clarke were declared to have defeated Dummer and Parker, but on petition the result was reversed in 1769
* ↑ Theodore Broadhead (2) later adopted the surname Brinckman
