MP Downton is in Member Parliament.
In 1529 Nicholas Hare (age 45) was elected MP Downton.
In 1554 James Bassett (age 28) was elected MP Downton.
In 1572 Edward St Lo (age 53) was elected MP Downton.
In 1722 John Verney (age 22) was elected MP Downton.
In May 1741 John Verney (age 41) was elected MP Downton.
In 1774 Philip Hales 5th Baronet (age 39) was elected MP Downton. His brother-in-law Anthony Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham was influential in the result. He was successful only after petitioning against the original result; he took his seat in February 1775.
In December 1779 Bartholomew Bouverie (age 26) was elected MP Downton, but was unseated on petition already in February of the following year.
In 1790 Bartholomew Bouverie (age 36) was elected MP Downton which seat he held until 1796.
In 1801 William Pleydell-Bouverie 3rd Earl Radnor (age 21) was elected MP Downton.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In 1803 Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney (age 25) was elected MP Downton.
In 1806 Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie (age 25) was elected MP Downton.
In 1806 Bartholomew Bouverie (age 52) was elected MP Downton which seat he held until 1812.
In April 1813 Thomas Brooke-Pechell 2nd Baronet (age 60) was elected MP Downton which seat he held until 1818.
In 1819 Bartholomew Bouverie (age 65) was elected MP Downton which seat he held until Jun 1826.
In February 1819 Thomas Brooke-Pechell 2nd Baronet (age 66) was elected MP Downton which seat he held until 1826.
In 1826 Bartholomew Bouverie (age 72) was elected MP Downton which seat he held until 1830.
In 1832 Philip Pleydell-Bouverie (age 43) was elected MP Downton.