rotten borough
Sign in to saveAlso known as pocket borough, nomination borough, proprietorial borough, Rotten and pocket boroughs
British constituency dominated by a single proprietor
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 786 inbound references to rotten borough, and connects out to William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, borough and Representation of the People Act 1832.
It is catalogued under topics including Apportionment by country, Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (historic) and Corruption in the United Kingdom.
Vinony links it to 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- constituency in the United Kingdom
- Image
- Ac.oldsarum.jpg
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- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- facet of
- apportionment of seats
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