Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bedfordshire County constituency
Created:	1290
Abolished:	1885
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	two

Bedfordshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire. It was divided between the constituencies of Biggleswade and Luton in 1885.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 1290-1660 2.2 1660-1885 3 Election results 3.1 Notes 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

Bedfordshire was one of the historic counties of England. It also contained the borough of Bedford, which returned two burgesses to Parliament.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] 1290-1660

• Constituency created (1290)

[edit] 1660-1885

Year			First member	First party	Second member	Second party
		1660	Lord Bruce of Whorlton		Samuel Browne
		1661			Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Bt
		1664	Sir John Napier
		1679	William Russell, Lord Russell	Whig	Sir Humphrey Monoux, 2nd Bt
		1685	Sir Villiers Chernock, 2nd Bt		William Boteler
		1689	Lord Edward Russell		William Duncombe
		1690			Thomas Browne
		1695			William Duncombe
		1698			Sir William Gostwick, 4th Bt
		1705	Sir Pynsent Chernock, 3rd Bt
		1708	Lord Edward Russell
		1713	Sir Pynsent Chernock, 3rd Bt		John Harvey
		February 1715	William Hillersden
		July 1715			John Cater
		1722	Charles Leigh		Sir Rowland Alston, 4th Bt
		1727	Lord Byng
		1733	Charles Leigh
		1735	Sir Roger Burgoyne, 6th Bt
		1741			Sir John Chester, 6th Bt
		1747	Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Bt		Thomas Alston[1]
		1753	The Earl of Upper Ossory
		1758	Henry Osborn
		1761	Marquess of Tavistock	Whig	Robert Henley-Ongley[2]
		1767	The Earl of Upper Ossory
		1780			Hon. St Andrew St John
		1784			The Lord Ongley[3]
		1785			Hon. St Andrew St John[4]
		1794	John Osborn
		1806			Francis Pym
		1807	Hon. Richard Fitzpatrick
		1812	Marquess of Tavistock	Whig
		1818			Sir John Osborn, 5th Bt
		1820			Francis Pym
		1826			Thomas Potter MacQueen
		1830			William Stuart
		1831			Sir Peter Payne
		1832	Lord Charles James Fox Russell	Whig	William Stuart
		1835			Viscount Alford
		1841	William Thornton Astell
		March 1847	Lord Charles James Fox Russell	Liberal
		August 1847	Francis Russell	Liberal
		1851			Sir Richard Gilpin, 1st Bt	Conservative
		1872	Francis Bassett
		1875	Marquess of Tavistock	Liberal
		1880			James Howard

• Constituency abolished (1885)

[edit] Election results

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Succeeded as 5th baronet in 1759
2. ^ Created Lord Ongley in 1776
3. ^ St John originally returned; found not to have been properly returned and Ongley declared duly elected
4. ^ Declared elected and Ongley unseated on petition

[edit] See also

• List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
• Unreformed House of Commons

[edit] References

• Beatson, Robert (1807). A chronological register of both houses of the British Parliament, Volume II. 
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.