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Culture, England, Crown, Member Parliament, MP Shrewsbury

MP Shrewsbury is in Member Parliament.

1640 Short Parliament

1640 Long Parliament

In 1572 Philip Sidney (age 17) was elected MP Shrewsbury.

In 1586 Thomas Owen of Condover was elected MP Shrewsbury.

In 1586 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet (age 36) was elected MP Shrewsbury.

In 1621 Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport (age 33) was elected MP Shrewsbury.

Short Parliament

In February 1640 Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 19) was elected MP Shrewsbury during the Short Parliament.

Long Parliament

In November 1640 Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 20) was elected MP Shrewsbury during the Long Parliament.

In 1646 William Masham was elected MP Shrewsbury.

In 1689 Andrew Newport (age 68) was elected MP Shrewsbury.

On 9th April 1723 Richard Corbet 4th Baronet (age 27) was elected MP Shrewsbury.

In 1727 John Astley 2nd Baronet (age 39) was elected MP Shrewsbury which seat he held until 1734.

In 1741 Richard Corbet 4th Baronet (age 45) was elected MP Shrewsbury unopposed.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1768 Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick (age 22) was elected MP Shrewsbury which seat he held until 1774.

In 1780 and 1784 Charlton Leighton 4th Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Shrewsbury unopposed.

In 1806 Henry Grey Bennet (age 28) was elected MP Shrewsbury.

In 1807 Thomas Tyrwhitt aka Tyrwhitt-Jones 1st Baronet (age 41) was elected MP Shrewsbury which seat he held until his death on 26th November 1811.

In 1819 John "Mad Jack" Mytton (age 22) was elected MP Shrewsbury after having offered £10 to each voter spending £10000. He spend thirty minutes in the House of Commons.

In 1832 John Hamner 1st Baron Hamner (age 22) was elected MP Shrewsbury which seat he held util 1837.