Marylebone East was a

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located in the

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, in

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. It returned one

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(MP) to the

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of the

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, elected by the

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voting system. The constituency was created under the

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, and was formerly part of the two-seat Marylebone constituency. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

The wards of Cavendish Square, Dorset Square and Regent's Park, Portland Place, and St John's Wood Terrace.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Lord Charles Beresford - in Naval Uniform late 1880s 02

Edward Spencer Beesly National Portrait Gallery

Beresford was appointed

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, requiring a by-election. Beresford resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood cph

Elections in the 1910s

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marylebone East (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918 Politics of the City of Westminster