A description of the North Riding of Yorkshire

NRY HISTORY
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THE PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. Previous to the year 1832, the North Riding had no parliamentary representation separate from the whole county; but by the Reform Bill of that year two members were allotted to each Riding; the boroughs of Aldborough, Boroughbridge, and Hedon were disfranchised, and those of Northallerton and Thirsk were deprived of one member. Bradford, Halifax, Leeds, and Sheffield were constituted parliamentary boroughs with two members each, and Huddersfield, Wakefield, and Whitby with one member each. The Ainsty of York was for parliamentary purposes united with the North Riding. The Reform Act of 1868 deprived Richmond and Malton of one representative each, and conferred the electoral dignity on Middlesbrough, to which was allotted one member, but the Riding otherwise remained unaltered.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, the North Riding was divided into four Electoral Divisions, viz., Cleveland, Richmond, Thirsk and Malton, and Whitby. The boroughs of Malton, Northallerton, Richmond, and Thirsk were disfranchised, and amalgamated with the Parliamentary Divisions in which they are situated, and Scarborough was deprived of one member. The parishes and places comprised in each of these Parliamentary Divisions are described in alphabetical order under their respective headings in the following pages, and need not be here repeated.

The Representatives

REPRESENTATIVES. - Cleveland Division, Henry Fell Pease, Esq., J.P. & D.L., Brinkburn, Darlington; Stanhope Castle, Durham, and Reform and Devonshire Clubs, London, S.W. Richmond Division, George William Elliot, Esq., J.P. & D.L., Scruton Hall, Bedale; 1, Park Street, Park Lane, W.; Garrick Club, W.C., and Carlton and St. Stephen's Clubs, London, S.W. Thirsk and Malton Division, The Hon. Payan Dawnay, Beningbrough Hall, York; 51, Charles Street, Berkeley Square, W., and Guards', Carlton and Travellers' Clubs, London, S.W. Whitby Division, Ernest William Beckett, Esq., J.P., Kirkstall Grange.

The County Council

County Council. - This body was constituted in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act of 1888, which decreed that in every administrative county, as defined by the Act, an elective body called a County Council shall be established, which shall be entrusted with the management of the administrative and financial business of the county hitherto transacted by the magistrates at the Quarter Sessions. Under this Act the Ridings of Yorkshire form separate administrative counties. The North Riding is divided into fifty three divisions, each of which elects one councillor, the Borough of Richmond one councillor, and the Borough of Scarborough six. The Municipal Boroughs of York and Middlesbrough are, by this Act, constituted separate administrative counties. Each council consists of a chairman, aldermen, one-half of whom shall retire in rotation every third year, and councillors. The Act came into force on the first of April, 1889, and the elections in the several divisions took place in the previous January. The first provisional meeting of the council for the election of a chairman, was held on the 27th of February, 1889, and at the subsequent provisional meetings the various arrangements and appointments were made to bring the Act into operation. Chairman - The Hon. John Charles Dundas, D.L., J.P., Mount St. John, Thirsk. Vice-Chairman - The Hon. George Edwin Lascelles, J.P., Sion Hill, Thirsk.

The Aldermen

Retire in 1891 -

• Dale John, Esq., J.P., Filey Road, Scarborough
• Dawnay The Hon. Payan, J.P., Beningbrough Hall, York
• Legard Major Jas. Digby, Gilling Castle, York
• Milbank P. C., Esq., J.P., Park House, Bedale
• Pennyman J. S., Esq., J.P., Ormesby Hall, Middlesbro'
• Ripon The Most Hon. the Marquis of, K.G., Studley Park, Ripon
• Rutherford James, Kirkleatham, Redcar
• Smith Joseph, South Holme, York
• Wilson Col. J. G., D.L, J.P., Cliffe Hall, Darlington
• Wombwell Sir G. 0., Bart., D.L., J.P., Newburgh Priory, Easingwold
• Retire in 1894 -
• Lascelles The Hon. G. E., J.P., Sion Hill, Thirsk
• Lowther The Right Hon. J., J.P., Wilton Castle, Redcar
• Newton E. H., Westwood, Scarborough
• Pease Sir J. W., Bart., D.L., J.P., Hutton Hall, Guisbro'
• Richardson W. B., Esq., J.P., Elm Bank, York
• Roper G., Esq., J.P., The Grove, Richmond
• Rutson A. 0., Esq., J.P., Newby Wiske, Northallerton
• Smith Jacob, Humburton, York
• Sowerby J. P., Esq., Stokesley
• Willis Thomas. Carperby, Bedale

Councillors

   NAMES.                           ELECTORAL                 NAMES                 ELECTORAL
                                     DIVISIONS.                                      DIVISIONS.
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 Anderson G. H.                   Loftus                 Dodsworth Sir C. E. S.,
 Bagnall T.                       Eskdaleside            Bart.                     Masham
 Barker R.                        Startforth             Duncombe Hon. C.          Kirbymoorside
 Baxter W. N.                     South Otterington      Dundas Hon. J. C.         Redcar & Saltburn
 Beacham E.                       South Eston            Emerson J. J.             Osmotherley
 Bell R.                          Thirsk                 Feversham The Earl of     Helmsley
 Bell T. H.                       Brotton                Finch E. H. W.            Stokesley
 Booth W. C.                      Catterick              Forster R.                Scarbro' North
 Byron T.                         Snainton                                         Ward
 Cayley D.                        Norton                 Glen J.                   Normanby
 Clarkson R. P.                   Scarbro'West Ward      Hartley J.                Malton
 Clayhills J. M.                  East Whitby            Hawking H.                Easingwold
 Darley H.                        Scarbro' South Ward    Hawking J.                Wath
                                  Ward                   Head C. A.                South Thornaby
 Hedley W.                        Yarm                   Seymour W.                North Eston
 Hutton J.                        Northallerton          Smirthwaite J. G.         Scarbro' N. W.
 I'Anson J.                       Topcliffe                                        Ward
 Johnstone Hon. F.                Scalby                 Stevenson J.              Ruswarp
 Kinnear T. J.                    Sheriff Hutton         Walker G.                 Richmond
 Knowles E. A.                    Reeth                  Walker W. E.              Kirkleatham
 Melrose J.                       Clifton                Wharton W. H. A.          Skelton
 Mitchelson J. M.                 Pickering              Whitwell W.               North Thornaby
 Newton J.                        Stillington            Wilford B.                Brompton
 Palmer Sir C. M., Bart.          Hinderwell             Wilson J.                 Ormesby
 Pannett R. E.                    West Whitby            Wilson-Todd W. H.         Croft
 Pease A. E.                      Guisbro'               Winn J. C.                Aysgarth
 Peirse Sir H. M. de la Poer                             Winn W.                   Great Ayton
 B., Bart.                        Bedale                 Wood W. A.                Flaxton
 Powlett Hon. W. T. Orde.         Leyburn                Woodall C. W.             Scarbro' East Ward
 Pyman G.                         Lythe                  Woodall J. W.             Scarbro' Central
 Rowlandson S.                    Gilling                                          Ward
 Scoby W.                         Thornton               Worsley Sir W. C., Bart.  Hovingham
 Scrope S. T.                     Middleham              Zetland, The Earl of      Marske-by-the-Sea
 

Clerk to the County Council - Thomas Lawrence Yeoman. Deputy Clerk to the Council - William Charles Trevor. County Offices and Place of Meeting - Northallerton.

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