Hedon (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Hedon Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1547 |
| Abolished: | 1832 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Hedon, sometimes spelt Heydon, was a parliamentary borough in the East Riding of Yorkshire, represented by two Members of Parliament in the House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1547 to 1832.
The constituency consisted of the market town of Hedon, in Holderness to the east of Hull, which had been of some importance in medieval times but which by 1831 had dwindled to 217 houses and a population of 1,080, and the borough was disfranchised in the Great Reform Act of 1832.
The right of election in Hedon was vested in the burgesses generally, meaning that a high proportion of the male population had the vote. In 1826, when the election was contested, 331 burgesses recorded their votes.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1660 | John Cloberry | Hugh Bethell | ||||
| 1660 | Henry Hildyard | |||||
| 1661 | Sir Matthew Appleyard | |||||
| 1670 | Henry Guy | |||||
| 1680 | William Boynton | |||||
| 1685 | Charles Duncombe | |||||
| 1689 | Matthew Appleyard | |||||
| 1695 | Lord Spencer | Sir William Trumbull | ||||
| 1695 | Thomas Frankland | Hugh Bethell | ||||
| 1698 | Anthony Duncombe | |||||
| 1701 | Sir Robert Bedingfield | |||||
| 1701 | Sir Robert Hildyard | |||||
| 1702 | Sir Charles Duncombe | Henry Guy | ||||
| 1702 | Anthony Duncombe | |||||
| 1705 | William Pulteney | Whig | ||||
| 1708 | Hugh Cholmley | |||||
| 1721 | Daniel Pulteney | |||||
| 1722 | Harry Pulteney | |||||
| 1734 | Sir Francis Boynton | George Berkeley | ||||
| 1739 | Harry Pulteney | |||||
| 1741 | Francis Chute | Luke Robinson | ||||
| 1742 | The Earl of Mountrath | George Berkeley | ||||
| 1744 | George Anson | |||||
| 1746 | Samuel Gumley | |||||
| 1747 | Luke Robinson | |||||
| 1747 | John Savile | |||||
| 1754 | Sir Charles Saunders | Peter Denis | ||||
| 1768 | Beilby Thompson | |||||
| 1776 | Lewis Watson | |||||
| 1780 | Christopher Atkinson | William Chaytor | ||||
| 1783 | Stephen Lushington | |||||
| 1784 | Sir Lionel Darell | |||||
| 1790 | Beilby Thompson | |||||
| 1796 | Christopher Atkinson Savile | |||||
| 1802 | George Johnstone | |||||
| 1806 | Anthony Browne | |||||
| 1813 | John Broadhurst | |||||
| 1818 | Edmund Turton | Robert Farrand | ||||
| 1820 | John Baillie | |||||
| 1826 | Thomas Hyde Villiers | |||||
| 1830 | Sir Thomas Clifford-Constable | Robert Farrand | ||||
[edit] References
- Michael Brock, "The Great Reform Act" (London: Hutchinson, 1973)
- J Holladay Philbin, "Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales" (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
- Frederic A Youngs, jr, "Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II" (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991)
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
