Dartmouth, also sometimes called Clifton, Dartmouth and Hardness, was a parliamentary borough in

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which elected two

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(MPs) to the

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in 1298 and to the Commons of England,

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, and the

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from 1351 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1868, when the borough was disfranchised.

History

Clifton, Dartmouth and Hardness were three towns clustered round the mouth of the

River Dart The River Dart is a river in Devon, England, that rises high on Dartmoor and flows for to the sea at Dartmouth. Name Most hydronyms in England derive from the Brythonic language (from which the river's subsequent names ultimately derive fr ...

in southern

; all three are within the modern town of Dartmouth. The borough as first represented in 1298 seems to have included only the town of Dartmouth, but at the next return of members in 1350–1351 it also included Clifton; Hardness is first mentioned in 1553, though may have been included earlier. The boundaries by the 19th century included the whole of Dartmouth St Petrox and St Saviour parishes, and part of Townstall parish. Dartmouth by the end of the 18th century was a prosperous small port, depending mainly on fishing but also with some shipbuilding interests; but the bulk of the inhabitants had little voice in the choice of its Members of Parliament. After a decision by Parliament that followed a disputed election in 1689, the right to vote in Dartmouth rested with the corporation, which appointed its own successors, and with the freemen of the borough, who were made by the corporation. This amounted to a total of 71 voters in 1832, although only 53 of these were resident; virtually all were officers of the custom house or other government employees. This franchise meant that once control was gained of the borough it was easy to retain indefinitely. Around the turn of the 18th century, the Herne family had almost total control, but in the mid-to-late 18th and early 19th century, control had passed to the government and Dartmouth was considered a safe seat for the party in power, returning one member at the nomination of the

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and one of the

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. (Even this control had its limits however – Namier and Brooke quote letters to show that when a vacancy arose in 1757, the government had to abandon their original intention of nominating a soldier, and instead acceded to the corporation's demand for a naval candidate.) The Holdsworth family managed the government's interests in the borough, and generally had first refusal on one of the seats. Indeed, the Holdsworths were sufficiently influential to defy the government on occasion, as in 1780 when

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arranged the re-election of the popular but opposition-supporting naval hero Lord Howe to one seat while taking the other for himself – no government candidates stood against them, and both Howe and Holdsworth voted with the opposition in the new Parliament. At the time of the

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, the 1831 census showed that there were 611 houses in the borough but a population of 4,447. Dartmouth was allowed to keep one of its two MPs, and the boundaries were extended slightly to include the whole of Townstall parish and part of Stoke Fleming, bringing the population up to 4,662. The constituency was abolished at the next boundary revision, which came into effect at the general election of 1868, after which the towns were part of the Southern Devon county division.

Members of Parliament

1351–1640

1640–1832

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John Fownes John Fownes (1661-1731) of Kittery Court in the parish of Kingswear and of Nethway in the parish of Brixham, both in Devon, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1714 to 1715. Origin and early life Fownes ...

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, - , 1820 , style="background-color: {{party color, Tories (British political party)" , , Charles Milner Ricketts ,

, - , 1822 , style="background-color: {{party color, Tories (British political party)" , ,

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, - , 1825 , style="background-color: {{party color, Tories (British political party)" , , Sir John Hutton Cooper ,

, - , 1829 , style="background-color: {{party color, Tories (British political party)" , , Arthur Howe Holdsworth ,

, - , 1832 , colspan="6", ''Representation reduced to one member''

1832–1868

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66–68
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, - , August 1859 , style="background-color: {{party color, Conservative Party (UK)" , , John Dunn ,

, - , 1860 , style="background-color: {{party color, Conservative Party (UK)" , , John Hardy ,

, - , 1868 , colspan="6", ''Constituency abolished''

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

{{Election box begin , title= General election 1830: Dartmouth (2 seats){{cite web , last1=Jenkins , first1=Terry , title=Dartmouth , url=http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/dartmouth , website=The History of Parliament , access-date=11 April 2020 {{Election box winning candidate with party link, , party = Tories (British political party) , candidate = John Bastard , votes = 21 , percentage = 7.5 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box winning candidate with party link, , party = Tories (British political party) , candidate = Arthur Howe Holdsworth , votes = 21 , percentage = 7.5 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Whigs (British political party) , candidate = Henry Willoughby , votes = 119 , percentage = 42.5 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Whigs (British political party) , candidate =

John Henry Seale Sir John Henry Seale, 1st Baronet (1780–1844) of Mount Boone in the parish of Townstal near Dartmouth in Devon, was a Whig Member of Parliament for Dartmouth in 1838. He was created a baronet on 31 July 1838. He owned substantial lands in ...

, votes = 119 , percentage = 42.5 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box majority, , votes = −98 , percentage = −35.0 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box turnout, , votes = 21 (eligible) , percentage = {{circa, 48.8 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box registered electors, , reg. electors = {{circa, 43 {{Election box hold with party link , winner = Tories (British political party) , swing = ''N/A'' {{Election box hold with party link , winner = Tories (British political party) , swing = ''N/A'' {{Election box end The 119 votes for Willoughby and Seale were declared void as they were placed by ineligible householders. {{Election box begin , title= General election 1831: Dartmouth (2 seats) {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link, , party = Tories (British political party) , candidate = John Bastard {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link, , party = Tories (British political party) , candidate = Arthur Howe Holdsworth {{Election box registered electors, , reg. electors = 43 {{Election box hold with party link no swing , winner = Tories (British political party) {{Election box hold with party link no swing , winner = Tories (British political party) {{Election box end {{Election box begin , title= General election 1832: Dartmouth {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link, , party = Whigs (British political party) , candidate =

{{Election box registered electors, , reg. electors = 243 {{Election box gain with party link no swing , winner = Whigs (British political party) , loser = Tories (British political party) {{Election box end {{Election box begin , title= General election 1835: Dartmouth {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link, , party = Whigs (British political party) , candidate =

{{Election box registered electors, , reg. electors = 240 {{Election box hold with party link no swing , winner = Whigs (British political party) {{Election box end {{Election box begin , title= General election 1837: Dartmouth {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link, , party = Whigs (British political party) , candidate =

{{Election box registered electors, , reg. electors = 257 {{Election box hold with party link no swing , winner = Whigs (British political party) {{Election box end

Elections in the 1840s

{{Election box begin , title= General election 1841: Dartmouth {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link, , party = Whigs (British political party) , candidate =

{{Election box registered electors, , reg. electors = 276 {{Election box hold with party link no swing , winner = Whigs (British political party) {{Election box end Seale's death caused a by-election. {{Election box begin , title= By-election, 27 December 1844: Dartmouth {{Election box winning candidate with party link, , party = Conservative Party (UK) , candidate =

, votes = 125 , percentage = 51.4 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Radicals (UK) , candidate =

, votes = 118 , percentage = 48.6 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box majority, , votes = 7 , percentage = 2.8 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box turnout, , votes = 243 , percentage = 86.2 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box registered electors, , reg. electors = 282 {{Election box gain with party link , winner = Conservative Party (UK) , loser = Whigs (British political party) , swing = ''N/A'' {{Election box end Somes' death caused a by-election. {{Election box begin , title= By-election, 3 July 1845: Dartmouth {{Election box winning candidate with party link, , party = Radicals (UK) , candidate =

, votes = 125 , percentage = 53.0 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Conservative Party (UK) , candidate = Henry Thoby Prinsep , votes = 111 , percentage = 47.0 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box majority, , votes = 14 , percentage = 6.0 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box turnout, , votes = 236 , percentage = 83.7 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box registered electors, , reg. electors = 282 {{Election box gain with party link , winner = Radicals (UK) , loser = Whigs (British political party) , swing = ''N/A'' {{Election box end {{Election box begin , title= General election 1847: Dartmouth {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link, , party = Radicals (UK) , candidate =

{{Election box registered electors, , reg. electors = 376 {{Election box gain with party link no swing , winner = Radicals (UK) , loser = Whigs (British political party) {{Election box end

Elections in the 1850s

{{Election box begin , title= General election 1852: Dartmouth {{Election box winning candidate with party link, , party = Conservative Party (UK) , candidate = Thomas Herbert , votes = 146 , percentage = 52.0 , change = ''New'' {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Whigs (British political party) , candidate =

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, votes = 135 , percentage = 48.0 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box majority, , votes = 11 , percentage = 4.0 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box turnout, , votes = 281 , percentage = 93.0 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box registered electors, , reg. electors = 302 {{Election box gain with party link , winner = Conservative Party (UK) , loser = Radicals (UK) , swing = ''N/A'' {{Election box end {{Election box begin , title= General election 1857: Dartmouth {{Election box winning candidate with party link, , party = Peelite , candidate = James Caird , votes = 127 , percentage = 57.5 , change = +5.5 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Whigs (British political party) , candidate =

Charles Seale-Hayne Charles Hayne Seale Hayne PC (22 October 1833 – 22 November 1903) of Fuge House in the parish of Blackawton and of Kingswear Castle, Dartmouth harbour, both in Devon, was a British businessman and Liberal politician, serving as Member of Pa ...

, votes = 94 , percentage = 42.5 , change = −5.5 {{Election box majority, , votes = 33 , percentage = 15.0 , change = +11.0 {{Election box turnout, , votes = 221 , percentage = 82.2 , change = −10.8 {{Election box registered electors, , reg. electors = 269 {{Election box gain with party link , winner = Peelite , loser = Conservative Party (UK) , swing = +5.5 {{Election box end {{Election box begin , title= General election 1859: Dartmouth {{Election box winning candidate with party link, , party = Liberal Party (UK) , candidate =

, votes = 123 , percentage = 51.5 , change = +9.0 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Conservative Party (UK) , candidate = Thomas Herbert , votes = 116 , percentage = 48.5 , change = -9.0 {{Election box majority, , votes = 7 , percentage = 3.0 , change = −12.0 {{Election box turnout, , votes = 239 , percentage = 93.0 , change = +10.8 {{Election box registered electors, , reg. electors = 257 {{Election box hold with party link , winner = Liberal Party (UK) , swing = ''N/A'' {{Election box end The election was declared void on petition due to bribery and corruption, causing a by-election. {{Election box begin , title= By-election, 8 August 1859: Dartmouth {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link, , party = Conservative Party (UK) , candidate = John Dunn {{Election box gain with party link no swing , winner = Conservative Party (UK) , loser = Liberal Party (UK) {{Election box end

Elections in the 1860s

Dunn's death caused a by-election. {{Election box begin , title= By-election, 3 November 1860: Dartmouth{{cite book , last=Craig , first=F. W. S. , author-link= F. W. S. Craig , title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 , orig-year=1977 , edition= 2nd , year=1989 , publisher= Parliamentary Research Services , location=Chichester , isbn= 0-900178-26-4 {{Election box winning candidate with party link, , party = Conservative Party (UK) , candidate = John Hardy , votes = 112 , percentage = 50.5 , change = +2.0 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Liberal Party (UK) , candidate =

{{cite news, title=Political, url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001641/18601017/029/0002, access-date=25 March 2018, work=Brighton Guardian, date=17 October 1860, page=2, via = British Newspaper Archive, url-access=subscription , votes = 110 , percentage = 49.5 , change = −2.0 {{Election box majority, , votes = 2 , percentage = 1.0 , change = ''N/A'' {{Election box turnout, , votes = 222 , percentage = 90.2 , change = −2.8 {{Election box registered electors, , reg. electors = 246 {{Election box gain with party link , winner = Conservative Party (UK) , loser = Liberal Party (UK) , swing = +2.0 {{Election box end {{Election box begin , title= General election 1865: Dartmouth {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link, , party = Conservative Party (UK) , candidate = John Hardy {{Election box registered electors, , reg. electors = 282 {{Election box gain with party link no swing , winner = Conservative Party (UK) , loser = Liberal Party (UK) {{Election box end

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