MP New Romney

MP New Romney is in Member Parliament. See Romney, Kent.

1640 Short Parliament

1665 Battle of Lowestoft

1710 General Election

In 1601 Thomas Lake (age 33) was elected MP New Romney.

In 1614 Arthur Ingram (age 49) was elected MP New Romney.

In 1640 Norton Knatchbull 1st Baronet (age 61) was elected MP New Romney.

Short Parliament

In Apr 1640 Thomas Godfrey (age 54) was elected MP New Romney in the Short Parliament.

In 1660 John Knatchbull 2nd Baronet (age 24) was elected MP New Romney.

After 17 Mar 1664 Charles Berkeley 1st Earl Falmouth (age 34) was elected MP New Romney.

Battle of Lowestoft

In 1665 Henry Brouncker 3rd Viscount Brounckner (age 38) was elected MP New Romney which seat he held until 21 Apr 1668 when he was expelled from the House of Commons when charges were brought against him, for allowing the Dutch fleet to escape during the Battle of Lowestoft, and for ordering the sails of the English fleet to be slackened in the name of the Duke of York (age 31). This was essentially an act of treason. Such a military decision, taken without the Duke's (age 31) authority, was an incident seemingly without parallel, especially as his apparent motive was simply that he was fatigued with the stress and noise of the battle.

In 1668 Charles Sedley 5th Baronet (age 28) was elected MP New Romney.

In 1690 Charles Sedley 5th Baronet (age 50) was elected MP New Romney.

In 1696 Charles Sedley 5th Baronet (age 56) was elected MP New Romney.

1710 General Election

In 1710 Robert Furnese 2nd Baronet (age 22) was elected MP New Romney during the 1710 General Election.

In 1761 Edward Dering 6th Baronet (age 28) was elected MP New Romney; he held the seat until 1770 when he resigned to take up the position of the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds.

In 1774 Edward Dering 6th Baronet (age 41) was elected MP New Romney; he held the seat until 1787 when he resigned to take up the position of the Stewardship of the Manor of East Hendred.

In 1785 John Henniker-Major 2nd Baron Henniker (age 32) was elected MP New Romney which seat he held until 1790.

In 1807 George Ashburnham (age 21) was elected MP New Romney.

In 1818 Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor (age 55) was elected MP New Romney.

On 08 Feb 1819 Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor (age 56) died. His son Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor (age 21) succeeded MP New Romney.

In 1830 William Howard (age 48) was elected MP New Romney.

In 1831 Roger Gresley 8th Baronet (age 31) was elected Romney Marsh which seat he held until 1832.