Devon (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Devon County constituency |
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| Created: | 1290 |
| Abolished: | 1832 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Devon is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire. It was divided between the constituencies of Devon North and Devon South in 1832.
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- Constituency created (1290)
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| April 1660 | George Monck | Sir John Northcote, Bt | ||||
| July 1660 | Sir Edward Seymour, Bt | |||||
| 1661 | Sir Hugh Pollard, Bt | Sir John Rolle | ||||
| 1667 | Earl of Torrington | |||||
| 1671 | Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, Bt | |||||
| February 1679 | Edward Seymour | Tory | Sir William Courtenay, Bt | |||
| September 1679 | Samuel Rolle | |||||
| 1685 | Sir Bourchier Wrey, Bt | Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, Bt | ||||
| 1689 | Francis Courtenay | Samuel Rolle | ||||
| September 1699 | Thomas Drewe | |||||
| January 1701 | Sir William Courtenay, Bt | |||||
| December 1701 | Sir John Pole, Bt | |||||
| 1702 | Robert Rolle | |||||
| 1710 | Sir William Pole | John Rolle | ||||
| 1712 | Sir William Courtenay, Bt | |||||
| 1713 | Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, Bt | |||||
| 1727 | John Rolle | |||||
| 1730 | Henry Rolle | |||||
| 1736 | John Bampfylde | |||||
| 1741 | Sir William Courtenay, Bt | Theophilus Fortescue | ||||
| 1746 | Sir Thomas Dyke-Acland, Bt | |||||
| 1747 | Sir Richard Bampfylde, Bt | |||||
| 1762 | John Parker | |||||
| 1776 | John Rolle Walter | |||||
| 1780 | John Rolle | |||||
| 1784 | John Pollexfen Bastard | Tory | ||||
| 1796 | Sir Lawrence Palk, Bt | |||||
| 1812 | Sir Thomas Dyke-Acland, Bt | Tory | ||||
| 1816 | Edmund Pollexfen Bastard | |||||
| 1818 | Viscount Ebrington | Whig | ||||
| 1820 | Sir Thomas Dyke-Acland, Bt | Tory | ||||
| 1830 | Viscount Ebrington | Whig | ||||
| 1831 | Lord John Russell | Whig | ||||
- Constituency abolished (1832)
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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