Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Herefordshire
County constituency
Created: 1290
Abolished: 1885
Type: House of Commons

The county constituency of Herefordshire, in the West Midlands of England bordering on Wales, was abolished when the county was divided for parliamentary purposes in 1885. 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.

The undivided county was represented by two Knights of the Shire until 1832 and three thereafter. After the county was split two new county constituencies were created, the North division or Leominster and the South division or Ross.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the historic county of Herefordshire. Although Herefordshire contained a number of parliamentary boroughs, each of which elected one or two MPs in its own right for parts of the period when Herefordshire was a constituency, these areas were not excluded from the county constituency. Owning freehold property of the required value, within such boroughs, could confer a vote at the county election. From 1832 only non-resident owners of forty shilling freeholds, situated in borough seats, could qualify for a county vote on the basis of that property.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Roman numerals are used to differentiate MPs for this constituency, with the same name, who are not holders of a title with different succession numbers. It is not suggested that the people involved would have used roman numerals in this way.

[edit] 1290-1640

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Constituency created (1290)

As there were sometimes significant gaps between Parliaments, the dates of first assembly and dissolution are given for those up to 1640. Where the name of the member has not yet been ascertained or is not recorded in a surviving document, the entry unknown is entered in the table.

1570s and 1580s Sir John Scudamore[1]

Elected Assembled Dissolved First member Second member
1604 19 March 1604 9 February 1611 Sir James Scudamore Sir H. Crofte
1614 5 April 1614 7 June 1614 unknown unknown
1620 16 January 1621 8 February 1622 Sir John Scudamore unknown
1624 12 February 1624 27 March 1625 Sir John Scudamore unknown
1625 17 May 1625 12 August 1625 Sir John Scudamore unknown
1626 6 February 1626 15 June 1626 unknown unknown
1628 17 March 1628 10 March 1629 unknown unknown

[edit] 1640-1832

Election First member First party Second member Second party
Herefordshire was represented by 2 elected Knights of the Shire
1640, April unknown unknown
1640, November Sir Robert Harley [2] Parliamentarian Fitz-Williams Coningsby [3]
c. 1641 Humphry Coningsby [4] Royalist
c. 1644 vacant
c. 1646 Edward Harley [5] Parliamentarian
1647, January 29 vacant
1648, June 8 Edward Harley [6] Parliamentarian
1648, December 6 vacant vacant
Herefordshire was represented by 2 nominated MPs in Barebones Parliament
1653 [7] Wroth Rogers John Herring
Herefordshire's representation was increased to 4 elected MPs in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1654 John Scudamore John Pateshal John Flacket Richard Read
1656 James Berry [8] Edward Harley [9] Bennet Hoskyns Benjamin Mason
Herefordshire's representation was decreased to 2 MPs in the Third Parliament of the Protectorate and thereafter
1659, January Wroth Rogers Bennet Hoskyns
1659, May vacant vacant
1660, April 18 Edward Harley William Powell
1661, March 20 James Scudamore Thomas Prise
1668, September 23 Sir John Kyrle
1679, February 26 2nd Viscount Scudamore Sir Herbert Croft
1679, September 10 Sir Edward Harley
1685, March 18 Sir John Morgan Tory Sir John Hoskyns
1689, January 15 Sir Edward Harley Whig
1690, March 12 Sir Herbert Croft Whig
1693, February 8 Sir Edward Harley Whig
1698, August 3 Henry Cornewall Tory Henry Gorges Tory
1701, January 16 Sir John Williams Tory
1705, May 16 The Viscount Scudamore Tory
1708, May 12 John Prise Tory
1712, July 30 Sir Thomas Morgan Tory
1715, February 9 Richard Hopton
1717, March 6 Sir Hungerford Hoskyns [10]
1722, March 28 Velters Cornewall [11] Tory Sir Edward Goodere Tory
1727, September 6 Edward Harley
1742, January 6 Thomas Foley
1747, July 15 Lord Harley
1755, May 5 Sir John Morgan
1767, May 18 Thomas Foley
1768, April 6 Thomas Foley
1774, October 12 Sir George Cornewall [12]
1776, May 22 Thomas Harley Tory
1780, September 18 Whig
1796, June 8 Robert Biddulph Whig
1802, July 14 Sir George Cornewall Tory John Cotterell [13] Tory
1803, March 31 John Matthews Tory
1806, November 8 Sir John Cotterell Tory
1807, May 13 Thomas Foley Whig
1818, June 29 Sir Robert Price Whig
1831, May 7 Kedgwin Hoskins Whig
Herefordshire's representation was increased to 3 MPs in the 1832 general election and thereafter

[edit] 1832-1885

Election First member First party Second member Second party Third member Third party
1832 Sir Robert Price Liberal Kedgwin Hoskins Liberal Edward Thomas Foley Conservative
1841 Thomas Baskerville Conservative Joseph Bailey Conservative
1847 Francis Richard Haggitt
(F.R. Wegg-Prosser, 1849)		 Conservative George Cornewall Lewis Liberal
1850 Thomas Booker Conservative
1852 James King King Conservative Hon. Charles Hanbury Conservative
1857 Sir Geers Cotterell Liberal
1858 Lord Montagu Graham Conservative
1859 Humphrey Mildmay Liberal
1865 Sir Joseph Bailey Conservative Michael Biddulph Liberal
1868 Sir Herbert Croft Conservative
1874 Daniel Peploe Conservative
1880 Thomas Duckham Liberal
1885 Constituency abolished: see Leominster and Ross.

Notes

  1. ^ Ian Atherton, ‘Scudamore family (per. 1500–1820)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 24 March 2008
  2. ^ Sir Robert Harley was excluded by the Army, 6 December 1648.
  3. ^ Fitz-Williams Coningsby was expelled 30 October 1641, for being a monopolist.
  4. ^ Humphry Coningsby was disabled for joining the King's Oxford Parliament. New writ issued 11 September 1646.
  5. ^ Edward Harley was disabled on charges brought by Thomas Fairfax and the Army, on 29 January 1647.
  6. ^ The order disabling Edward Harley was revoked by another, on 8 June 1648. Excluded by the Army, 6 December 1648?
  7. ^ From: 'List of members nominated for Parliament of 1653', Diary of Thomas Burton esq, volume 4: March - April 1659 (1828), pp. 499-500. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36965. Date accessed: 27 January 2008.
  8. ^ Major-General Berry being returned to serve as a Knight for Three Counties; viz. for the Counties of Worcester, Hereford, and Monmouth, doth make his Election to serve as a Knight for the County of Worcester; and waves his Election for the County of Monmouth; the Election for the County of Hereford being questioned. From: 'House of Commons Journal Volume 7: 2 October 1656', Journal of the House of Commons: volume 7: 1651-1660 (1802), pp. 431-433. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=24466. Date accessed: 27 January 2008. A new election was ordered on 17 July 1657.
  9. ^ Edward Harley was elected but not allowed to take his seat. The Council of State explained to the House of Commons "That the Council, in pursuance of their Duty, and according to the Trust reposed in them, have examined the said Returns, and have not refused to approve any who have appeared to them to be Persons of Integrity to the Government, fearing God, and of good Conversation: And those who are not approved, his Highness hath given Order to some Persons to take Care, that they do not come into the House." From: 'House of Commons Journal Volume 7: 22 September 1656', Journal of the House of Commons: volume 7: 1651-1660 (1802), pp. 426. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=24458. Date accessed: 27 January 2008. The excluded members were permitted to take their seats for the second session of the Parliament, which began on 20 January 1658.
  10. ^ Stooks Smith classifies Hoskins (or Hoskyns) as a Whig candidate in the 1722 election, which he lost. He is not classified by party for the 1717 by-election,
  11. ^ Stooks Smith classifies Velters Cornewall as a Tory candidate in the 1722 election, but does not classify him by party in subsequent elections.
  12. ^ Stooks Smith did not classify George Cornewall by party before the 1780 general election. He is classified as a Whig in the 1780, 1784 and 1790 elections; however he is classified as a Tory in the 1796 election, which he lost.
  13. ^ Election of Cotterell declared void

[edit] Elections

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[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [1]
  • The House of Commons 1690-1715, by Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley and D.W. Hayton (Cambridge University Press 2002)
  • The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973))
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page