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IN view of the clause relating to the abolition of university constituencies which appears in the Representation of the People Bill, the text of which has recently been issued, a joint memorandum has been submitted to the electors of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge by their present parliament-ary representatives. The memorandum gives a brief history of university representation in Great Britain. In 1603 James I. by a charter issued on the advice of his Attorney-General, Sir Edward Coke, granted to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge the right, which they have ever since enjoyed, of each return-ing two burgesses to Parliament. A similar right of representation in the Irish Parliament was accorded to Trinity College, Dublin, ten years later. By the time of the outbreak of the War there were nine university members in the House of Commons, re-turned by the following constituencies:
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Parliamentary Representation of the Universities of Great Britain. Nature 127, 183–184 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127183b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/127183b0