24-671: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Edmund Nugent GCH (c.1759 – 7 January 1844) was a Royal Navy officer. He saw action as a junior officer in the 50-gun Bristol at the Battle of Sullivan's Island during the American Revolutionary War . He was held as a prisoner-of war for a day by Spaniards shortly before the Battle of San Fernando de Omoa later on in the War. Nugent served in
48-562: A Conservative . The seat was abolished for the 2024 general election and largely replaced by the new constituencies Buckingham and Bletchley and Mid Buckinghamshire , with some areas transferred to Aylesbury . After its creation in 1542, the Parliamentary Borough of Buckingham sent two MPs to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and finally to
72-569: A Speaker , seemingly in response to Bercow's opposition to Prime Minister Boris Johnson 's handling of Brexit . However, Bercow announced in September 2019 that he would stand down as Speaker on either October 31 or at the next election, whichever occurred first. Gained Linslade and the Rural District of Wing from Aylesbury . The Urban District of Wolverton had succeeded the Rural District of Stratford and Wolverton. The parts of
96-539: A large part of central Buckinghamshire , covering much of the Aylesbury Vale including the town of Buckingham , and some areas south of it, including Chequers , the official country residence of the Prime Minister since 1921. To the north, the remaining part of ceremonial Buckinghamshire forms two Borough of Milton Keynes constituencies ( Milton Keynes South and Milton Keynes North ). Further to
120-590: The Chatham . In December Parker and Clinton were sent north to capture Rhode Island, which was taken without resistance. At the beginning of 1778 Parker sailed to Jamaica to serve as commander-in-chief, and on 26 May promoted Nugent to the rank of commander , his promotion to lieutenant as yet still unconfirmed by the Admiralty, and thus his name first appears in the Navy List as a commander. On 2 May 1779 Nugent
144-745: The House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801, reduced to one MP from 1868 by the Representation of the People Act 1867 . The Borough was abolished altogether by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 , and it was transformed into a large county division, formally named the North or Buckingham Division of Buckinghamshire. It was one of three divisions formed from the undivided three-member Parliamentary County of Buckinghamshire ,
168-532: The Jamaica station until mid-1782, when he returned to England with Sir Peter Parker. The following year he was elected as Member of Parliament for Buckingham . When the war with France began in 1793 Nugent was appointed to the 64-gun ship Veteran , and sailed for the Caribbean at the end of the year. He served in the naval brigade in the invasions of Martinique , Saint Lucia , and Guadaloupe , receiving
192-617: The Pro-Euro Conservative Party . In both the 2015 and 2017 general elections, Bercow was challenged by only UKIP and the Green Party , with the addition of the independent candidate Scott Raven in the latter election. In September 2019 the Conservative Party announced their intention to stand a candidate against Bercow in the next election, breaking the convention of major parties not opposing
216-662: The naval brigade in the invasions of Martinique , Saint Lucia , and Guadaloupe during the French Revolutionary Wars and, when William Cornwallis assumed command of the blockade of Brest, Nugent was selected to serve as his Captain of the Fleet during the Napoleonic Wars . He never commanded any fleet or naval station but did rise to the highest rank in the Navy. He was the son of Lieutenant Colonel
240-399: The new town of Milton Keynes, including its older parts such as Bletchley and Fenny Stratford , was in the constituency. The 1983 review followed the previous national review in 1974 and recognised the large increase in voters in the constituency. The sitting Buckingham MP, William Benyon , stood for the newly created Milton Keynes constituency , where he was elected. The residual seat
264-581: The Fleet . Nugent was present at the funeral of Lord Nelson in January 1806. He saw no further service at sea, but was promoted to full admiral on 28 April 1808, and to Admiral of the Fleet on 24 April 1833, becoming the most senior officer of the Royal Navy, at the same time that his brother, Field Marshal Sir George Nugent , held the same position in the British Army. On 12 March 1834 Nugent
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#1732779818934288-590: The Honourable Edmund Nugent, the only son of Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent , but after his father's death in 1771 his marriage was found to have been illegal, and he and his elder brother George were declared illegitimate, and thus unable to inherit any of his grandfather's titles. Nugent entered the Navy as a youngster in 1771, serving aboard the sloop Scorpion , commanded by George Elphinstone (later Viscount Keith) until 1774. He then served aboard Trident , flagship of Sir Peter Denis , in
312-586: The Mediterranean. Towards the end of 1777 he was appointed to the 50-gun Bristol , flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Peter Parker . On 26 December 1777 Parker sailed from Portsmouth with a squadron of ships, carrying troops under the command of Earl Cornwallis , to launch an attack on Charleston, South Carolina . The squadron arrived off Cape Fear in May, and was joined by General Henry Clinton and his troops. The combined force advanced upriver until reaching
336-632: The Rural District of Aylesbury and the (former) Rural District of Long Crendon were transferred to Aylesbury. Lost Linslade to South Bedfordshire ; the Urban District of Linslade had been merged with that of Leighton Buzzard to form the Urban District of Leighton-Linslade , which was included in the Administrative County of Bedfordshire . Rural areas to the north and west of the town of Aylesbury transferred from
360-596: The constituency of William Hague . In 2009, Bercow was elected as Speaker of the House of Commons following the resignation of Michael Martin . There is an inconsistently followed convention, which is mostly kept by the major parties, not to oppose a Speaker at election. Nonetheless, UKIP's leader, Nigel Farage , stood against Bercow in the 2010 election but finished third behind the Buckinghamshire Campaign for Democracy founder, who previously founded
384-1022: The constituency thereof. The area comprising the new District of Milton Keynes, except for Stony Stratford and Wolverton , formed the new constituency of Milton Keynes . For the 1992 general election , outside the normal cycle of periodic reviews by the Boundaries Commission, the Milton Keynes constituency was split in two, with Stony Stratford and Wolverton being included in the new Borough Constituency of Milton Keynes South West . No further changes. The District of Aylesbury Vale wards of Aston Clinton, Bierton, Brill, Buckingham North, Buckingham South, Cheddington, Eddlesborough, Great Brickhill, Great Horwood, Grendon Underwood, Haddenham, Hogshaw, Long Crendon, Luffield Abbey, Marsh Gibbon, Newton Longville, Oakley, Pitstone, Quainton, Steeple Claydon, Stewkley, Stone, Tingewick, Waddesdon, Wing, Wingrave, and Winslow. The Aston Clinton ward
408-462: The details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 185168081 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:43:39 GMT Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency) Buckingham ( / ˈ b ʌ k ɪ ŋ ə m / ) was a constituency that was last represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Greg Smith ,
432-524: The other two being the Mid or Aylesbury Division and the Southern or Wycombe Division. In the twentieth century, the constituency was held by the Conservative Party for most of the time. However, Aidan Crawley , a Labour Party MP, served Buckingham from 1945 until 1951, and from 1964 until 1970, its Labour MP was the controversial publisher Robert Maxwell . Before the periodic review effected in 1983,
456-547: The strongly fortified Sullivan's Island. In the subsequent battle on 28 June the British were unable to subdue the defenders or mount an attack by land. Bristol bore the brunt of the American fire and had 111 men killed and wounded. The British eventually withdrew, and sailed north to attack New York. Nugent was serving as an acting-lieutenant during the attack on Sullivan's Island, and in September 1777 he followed Parker into
480-494: The thanks of the military Commander-in-Chief, Sir Charles Grey , before returning to England with despatches. Nugent then commanded the 80-gun ship Caesar in the Channel from early 1795 until early 1797. Nugent was promoted to rear-admiral on 20 February 1797 and to vice-admiral on 1 January 1801. In mid-1805, when William Cornwallis assumed command of the blockade of Brest, Nugent was selected to serve as his Captain of
504-622: Was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Hanoverian Order . He died on 7 January 1844, aged 85, at his son-in-law's home in Studland , Dorset . Nugent was married, and his only daughter Georgina Charlotte married George Bankes , MP for Corfe Castle on 8 June 1822. Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy) Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
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#1732779818934528-649: Was promoted to post-captain in command of the 28-gun frigate Pomona at Jamaica. Before the Battle of San Fernando de Omoa in October 1779 Nugent was sent in the schooner Racehorse to employ local pilots from the Gulf of Honduras , but when attempting to land at St. George's Key was captured by armed Spanish boats. He was held as a prisoner until the next day, when Pomona arrived, the Spaniards fled, and Nugent and his boat crew released themselves. Nugent remained on
552-494: Was transferred from Aylesbury. The District of Wycombe wards, including Princes Risborough , were transferred from Aylesbury, offset by the return of Aston Clinton . In April 2020, the Districts of Aylesbury Vale and Wycombe, as well as those of South Bucks and Chiltern were merged into the new unitary authority of Buckinghamshire Council . Accordingly, the current contents of the constituency are: The constituency covered
576-666: Was won in 1983 by Conservative George Walden . Walden retired in 1997, and John Bercow won the following general elections in 2001, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2017. At the 2005 general election , this constituency had the Conservatives' highest numerical majority, although a higher share of the vote was achieved in Kensington and Chelsea in London , the constituency of Malcolm Rifkind , and Richmond in North Yorkshire ,
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