Caernarvonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Caernarvonshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918 (1918)1950 (1950)
Replaced by Caernarvon and Conway
Created from Arfon and Eifion
1542 (1542)1885 (1885)
Replaced by Arfon and Eifion

Caernarvonshire 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 and from 1918 until 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system.

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Members of Parliament

1542–1604

Parliament Member
1542  ?John "Wynn" ap Maredudd [1]
1545 John Puleston [1]
1547 Sir John Puleston, died 1552
and replaced by
John "Wynn" ap Maredudd} [1]
1553 (Mar) John Wynn ap Hugh [1]
1553 (Oct) Morris Wynn [1]
1554 (Apr) Morris Wynn [1]
1554 (Nov) David Lloyd ap Thomas [1]
1555 Sir Rhys Gruffydd [1]
1558 William Wynn Williams [1]
1558–1559 Robert Pugh [2]
1563 (Jan) Morris Wynn[2]
1571 John Wynn ap Hugh [2]
1572 (Apr) John Gwynne, died 1574
and replaced by
William Thomas[2]
1584 William Thomas [2]
1586 John Wynn [2]
1588 (Oct) Hugh Gwyn Bodvel [2]
1593 William Maurice [2]
1597 (Oct) William Griffith [2]
1601 (Sep) William Jones [2]

1604–1950

Year Member Party
1604 Sir William Maurice
1614 Richard Wynn
1621 John Griffith
1624 Thomas Glynn
1625 Thomas Glynn
1626 John Griffith
1628 John Griffith
1640 April Thomas Glynn
1640 November John Griffith junior disabled 1642
1647 Sir Richard Wynn, 4th Baronet
1653 Not represented in Barebones Parliament
Year First Member Second Member
Two members in first and second protectorate parliaments
1654 Sir John Glynne Thomas Madryn
1656 Sir John Glynne
Henry Lawrence
Robert Williams
Year Member Party
1659 William Glynne
1660 Sir John Glynne
1661 Sir Richard Wynn, 4th Baronet
1675 Robert Bulkeley, 2nd Viscount Bulkeley
1679 Thomas Bulkeley
1689 Sir William Williams, 6th Baronet
1697 Thomas Bulkeley
1705 Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet
1713 William Griffith
1715 John Griffith
1740 John Wynn
1741 William Bodvell
1754 Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet
1761 Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet
1774 Thomas Assheton Smith
1780 John Parry
1790 Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet
1826 Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet
1830 Charles Griffith-Wynne
1832 Thomas Assheton Smith Conservative
1837 John Ralph Ormsby-Gore Conservative
1841 Edward Douglas-Pennant Conservative
1841 Edward Douglas-Pennant Conservative
1866 George Douglas-Pennant Conservative
1868 Love Jones-Parry Liberal
1874 Hon. George Douglas-Pennant Conservative
April 1880 Charles James Watkin Williams Liberal
December 1880 William Rathbone Liberal
1885 Constituency abolished
1918 Constituency re-created
1918 Charles Edward Breese Coalition Liberal
1922 Robert Thomas Jones Labour
1923 Goronwy Owen Liberal
1945 Goronwy Owen Roberts Labour
1950 Constituency abolished

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