Rye (UK Parliament constituency)
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Rye was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Rye in East Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was halved under the Reform Act 1832.
From the 1832 general election, Rye returned one Member of Parliament until its abolition for the 1950 general election.
The constituency was re-established for the 1955 general election, and abolished again for the 1983 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Edward Barrett Curteis | ||
| 1837 | Thomas Gybbon Monypenny | ||
| 1841 | Herbert Barrett Curteis | ||
| 1847 | Herbert Mascall Curteis | ||
| 1852 | William Alexander Mackinnon | ||
| 1865 | Lauchlan Bellingham Mackinnon | ||
| 1868 | John Stewart Gathorne-Hardy | Conservative | |
| 1880 | Frederick Andrew Inderwick | ||
| 1885 | Arthur Montagu Brookfield | Conservative | |
| 1903 | Charles Frederick Hutchinson | Liberal | |
| 1906 | George Loyd Courthope | Conservative | |
| 1945 | William Nicolson Cuthbert | Conservative | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
| 1955 | constituency re-established | ||
| 1955 | Bryant Godman Irvine | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Hastings and Rye (UK Parliament constituency) | ||
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
