in Oxfordshire thru' the Corn Exchange, Wallingford Members of Parliament Wallingford used to return two Members of Parliament (MPs), cut to one in 1832 and none in 1885. Its prominent MPs, often not resident, included: William Seymour Blackstone, builder of Howbery Park, Crowmarsh Gifford Thomas Browne (High Sheriff of Kent), Chancellor of the Exchequer John Cator, timber merchant Thomas Digges, astronomer Sir Charles Dilke, 1st Baronet, promoter of the Great Exhibition Edmund Dunch, member of the Kit-Kat Club Sir John Fortescue, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, astronomer Sir Thomas Parry, Comptroller of the Household to Elizabeth I George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras Robert Pigot, Lieutenant General in the American Revolutionary War Edmund Plowden, lawyer who defended religious freedom Francis Sykes, builder of Basildon Park Nathaniel William Wraxall, writer Nearby places References Sources External links The Wallingford Welcome Royal Berkshire History: Wallingford Wallingford History Gateway Wallingford Museum Populated places on the River Thames Market towns in Oxfordshire Civil parishes in Oxfordshire South Oxfordshire District