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    Melcombe Regis is an area of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Situated on the north shore of Weymouth Harbour and originally part of the waste of Radipole...
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    was returned for Melcombe Regis. He was Treasurer of the Navy again from December 1755 to November 1756. He was created Baron Melcombe on 6 April 1761...
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  • Weymouth and Melcombe Regis could refer to: Municipal Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)...
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  • Weymouth and Melcombe Regis was a parliamentary borough in Dorset represented in the English House of Commons, later in that of Great Britain, and finally...
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    form a double borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. Both towns have become known as Weymouth, despite Melcombe Regis being the main centre. The villages...
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  • Melcombe Regis is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council. The Melcombe Regis ward is based on the...
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  • (fl. 1414), of Melcombe Regis, Dorset, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Melcombe Regis in April 1414....
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    the quarrying of Purbeck Marble and the busy ports of Weymouth, Melcombe Regis, Lyme Regis and Bridport brought prosperity to the county. However, Dorset...
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  • Weymouth and Melcombe Regis was a borough in England. It was formed by a charter of Elizabeth I, amalgamating the towns of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in 1571...
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  • John Gardener (fl. 1417) was an English Member of Parliament for Melcombe Regis in 1417. "GARDENER, John II. | History of Parliament Online". www...
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    Weymouth and the Isle of Portland, and includes the areas of Wyke Regis, Preston, Melcombe Regis, Upwey, Broadwey, Southill, Nottington, Westham, Radipole, Chiswell...
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  • Thumbnail for James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury
    the House of Commons in 1813 as Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, a seat he held until 1817, and then sat for Hertford between 1817 and...
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  • great living’. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Melcombe Regis in 1563 and for St. Ives in 1586. He married Elizabeth, daughter and...
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    he sat as a Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis from 1661 to 1679 and for Lyme Regis from 1685 to 1688. He was also a Commissioner of...
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    1690. Over a decade later he was elected unopposed for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis at the November 1701 general election. He retired at the general election...
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    Monkton, Winterborne St Martin Melcombe Regis polling district: Chickerell, Fleet, Melcombe Regis, Radipole, Weymouth, Wyke Regis Poxwell polling district:...
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    Melcombe Regis was a station on the Portland Branch Railway in the English county of Dorset. Opened in April 1909, it was sited at the north end of the...
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  • John Alysaundre (category Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Melcombe Regis)
    Charmouth was an English politician who was MP for Melcombe Regis in December 1421 and Lyme Regis in 1432. ALYSAUNDRE, John, of Charmouth, Dorset. v t...
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  • Houghton Regis in Bedfordshire, Salcombe Regis in Devon, Bere Regis, Melcombe Regis and Lyme Regis in Dorset, Milton Regis in Kent, Beeston Regis in Norfolk...
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  • illegitimate son of George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes and MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, Helston and Bodmin Thomas Stafford (died 1425), MP for Warwickshire...
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    England, connecting the formerly separate boroughs of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. The bridge can be lifted to allow boats access to the inner backwater...
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    Looe Lowestoft Lydd-on-Sea Lyme Regis Lympstone Lynmouth Lytham St Annes Mablethorpe Marazion Margate Melcombe Regis Milford Haven Minehead Morecambe...
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  • British Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury, 1768–1774, and Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, 1774–1781 William Grove (1702–1767), British Member of Parliament for...
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  • Radipole (part) Upwey West Chickerell, Wyke Regis (part) Melcombe Regis Radipole (part) Weymouth, Wyke Regis (part) Chalbury, Chettle, Corfe Mullen, Cranborne...
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  • (1470s–1551), MP for Southampton John Mill (by 1533 – 1562 or later), MP for Melcombe Regis Sir John Mill, 1st Baronet (1587–1648), English politician John Mill...
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    Penn was elected as one of the Members of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis and sat in the Convention Parliament. He played a small part in the...
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    Frances Cecil. He was elected to the House of Commons for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in 1673, a seat he held until 1679. In 1683 he succeeded his father...
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  • (MP) of the Parliament of England for Camelford in 1572, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in 1584 and for Dunheved in 1593. His uncle, George Grenville (fl. 1571–1572)...
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    moved to Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1747–1761), Aylesbury (1761–1768), Petersfield (1768–1774), Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1774–1790) and Petersfield...
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  • Houghton Regis Salcombe Regis Bere Regis Lyme Regis Melcombe Regis Wyke Regis Hatfield Regis, now Hatfield Broad Oak Barton Regis Hundred, which historically...
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