Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Northamptonshire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1290 |
| Abolished: | 1832 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two |
The county constituency of Northamptonshire, in the East Midlands of England, was abolished when the county was divided for parliamentary purposes in 1832. 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. After the county was split two new county constituencies were created, North Northamptonshire and South Northamptonshire.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the historic county of Northamptonshire. Although the county contained a number of parliamentary boroughs, each of which elected one or two MPs in its own right for parts of the period when Northamptonshire 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. (After 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
[edit] 1290-1640
Constituency created (1290)
- 1529-1536: Sir William Parr
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.
[edit] 1640-1832
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| Northamptonshire was represented by 2 elected Knights of the Shire | ||||||
| 1640, April | John Crew | unknown | ||||
| 1640, November | Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt | Parliamentarian | Sir John Dryden, Bt | Parliamentarian | ||
| Northamptonshire was represented by 2 nominated MPs in Barebones Parliament | ||||||
| 1653 [2] | Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt | Thomas Brooke | ||||
| Northamptonshire's representation was increased to 6 elected MPs in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | ||||||
| 1654 | (1) Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt | (2) John Crew [3] | ||||
| (3) Sir John Norwich, Bt | (4) John Claypole, senior | |||||
| (5) Sir John Dryden, Bt | (6) Thomas Brooke | |||||
| 1656 | (1) Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt | (2) John, Lord Claypole [4] | ||||
| (3) William Boteler | (4) James Langham | |||||
| (5) Thomas Crew | (6) Alexander Blake | |||||
| Northamptonshire's representation was decreased to 2 MPs in the Third Parliament of the Protectorate and thereafter | ||||||
| 1659, January | Richard Knightley | Philip Holman | ||||
| 1659, May | Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt | vacant | ||||
| 1660, April 22 | John Crew | Sir Henry Yelverton, Bt | ||||
| 1661, March 21 | Sir Justinian Isham, 2nd Bt | George Clerke | ||||
| 1675, April 29 | Lord Burghley | |||||
| 1678, February 28 | Miles Fleetwood | |||||
| 1679, February 6 | Sir Roger Norwich, Bt | John Parkhurst | ||||
| 1679, August 21 | Miles Fleetwood | |||||
| 1685, May 12 | Sir Roger Norwich, Bt | Edward Montagu | Tory | |||
| 1689, January 14 | Edward Harby | Whig | ||||
| 1689, June 13 | Sir Thomas Samwell, Bt | |||||
| 1690, February 20 | Sir St Andrew St John, Bt | Whig | John Parkhurst | Whig | ||
| 1695, November 14 | Thomas Cartwright | Tory | ||||
| 1698, July 21 | Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Bt | Tory | John Parkhurst | Whig | ||
| 1701, December 4 | Thomas Cartwright | Tory | ||||
| 1730, May 21 | Sir Justinian Isham, 5th Bt | |||||
| 1737, March 31 | Sir Edmund Isham, Bt | |||||
| 1748, April 14 | Valentine Knightley | |||||
| 1754, December 26 | William Cartwright | |||||
| 1768, March 31 | Sir William Dolben, Bt | |||||
| 1773, January 14 | Lucy Knightly | |||||
| 1774, October 18 | Thomas Powys | |||||
| 1784, April 15 | Sir James Langham, Bt | |||||
| 1790, June 23 | Francis Dickins | |||||
| 1797, August 2 | William Ralph Cartwright | Tory | ||||
| 1806, November 12 | Viscount Althorp | Whig | ||||
| 1831, May 23 | Viscount Milton | Whig | ||||
| Constituency abolished 1832: see North Northamptonshire and South Northamptonshire. | ||||||
Notes
- ^ Elected following the elevation of Sir Edward Montagu to the peerage in 1621
- ^ 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.
- ^ Appointed to Cromwell's Upper House, which first sat on 20 January 1658.
- ^ Oliver Cromwell's son-in-law. Appointed to Cromwell's Upper House, which first sat on 20 January 1658.
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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)
- J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
- 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
