Kensington South (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Kensington South Borough constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1974 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Kensington South was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Kensington district of West London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Sir Algernon Borthwick | Conservative | |
| 1895 | Henry Algernon George Percy | Conservative | |
| 1910 | Lord Claud John Hamilton | Conservative | |
| 1918 | Sir William Henry Davison | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Richard Kidston Law | Conservative | |
| 1950 | Sir Patrick Spens | Conservative | |
| 1959 | William Lloyd Roots | Conservative | |
| 1968 | Sir Brandon Meredith Rhys-Williams | Conservative | |
| 1974 | constituency abolished | ||
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
