43: A little bit of France in Redhill, Reigate’s rogue MPs from history… and more

2735.713 - 2761.091 Peter Stewart

So, in 1832, the Great Reform Act saw that Reigate was one of the smallest boroughs in the country, and along with many other constituencies, reduced the number of seats to one, because it wasn't really fair, was it, that a small constituency returned two MPs. Now, one of the last MPs to be returned before Reigate was disenfranchised was a certain William Monson, the Viscount Oxenbridge.