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Bibliography of Manuscript Sources

 

Scheme

1. London repositories

2. United Kingdom repositories outside London

3. Borough records

4. Mss in private possession

5. Foreign archives and libraries

 

1. LONDON REPOSITORIES

 

The British Library


Index to parliamentary boroughs

(by county and district)

Aberavon

Cardiff Boroughs (Glamorgan)                                 

Parliamentary Lists

Lists having reference to Members’ general political allegiance and behaviour are noted first, with specifically Irish lists as an addendum. The division lists which have been used in the writing of the biographies follow. Commentaries on them may be found in the Introductory Survey.

Constituencies and Contested Elections

 

The House of Commons from 1820 until 1826 had 658 Members, elected by 380 constituencies as follows:

 

England, 489 Members, 245 constituencies:

40 counties, returning 2 Members each;

196 boroughs, returning 2 Members each;

2 boroughs (London and the combined constituency of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis), returning 4 Members each;

5 boroughs (Abingdon, Banbury, Bewdley, Higham Ferrers and Monmouth), returning 1 Member each;

Officials of the House of Commons

 

Clerk of the House

John Hatsell

1768-Oct. 1820

John Henry Ley

Oct. 1820-1850

Clerk Assistant

John Henry Ley

Prime Ministers and Leaders of the House of Commons

 

Date                              

Administration           

First lord of

Speaker of the House of Commons and Chairmen of Ways and Means

 

Speaker of the House of Commons

2 June 1817-Dec. 1834

Charles Manners Sutton

Dates of Parliaments

 

Year

Date of
summons

Dates of sessions

Date of dissolution

1820

21 Apr.

21 Apr.-23 Nov. 1820