Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

Leicestershire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Leicestershire
1290 (1290)–1832 (1832)
Number of members Two
Replaced by North Leicestershire and South Leicestershire

Leicestershire was a county constituency in Leicestershire, represented in the House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs), traditionally called Knights of the Shire, by the bloc vote system of election, to the Parliament of England until 1707, to the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 until 1800, and then to Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1832.

Contents

History

The constituency was abolished by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, when it was replaced by the Northern and Southern divisions, each of which elected two MPs.

Both divisions were abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when they were replaced by four new single-seat constituencies: Bosworth, Harborough, Loughborough and Melton.

Members of Parliament

1290–1640

Parliament First member Second member
1295 Robert de Wyvill
1297 Sir Thomas de Meynill
1315 Robert de Wyvill (son of Robert, 1295)
1322 Hugh de Prestwold
1324 Sir Robert de Burdet
1325 Ralph Beler
1327 Sir Robert de Burdet
1362–1391 William Flamville (13 times)
1371–1397 Thomas Walsh (15 times)
1376–1383 Ralph Bellers (4 times)
1378 Ralph Hastings
1378 Edmund Appleby
1380 John Burdet
1382 John Neville
1385 John Calverley
1386 Sir William Flamville Sir Thomas Walsh [1]
1388 (Feb) Sir William Flamville Sir Thomas Walsh [1]
1388 (Sep) Sir William Flamville Sir Roger Perwych [1]
1390 (Jan) John Burdet Sir Thomas Walsh [1]
1390 (Nov) Robert Langham Sir Thomas Walsh [1]
1391 Sir William Flamville Sir Thomas Walsh [1]
1393 Sir Robert Harrington Sir Hugh Shirley [1]
1394 Sir Robert Harrington Sir Thomas Walsh [1]
1395 Nicholas Colman Sir Thomas Walsh [1]
1397 (Jan) Edmund Bugge Sir Thomas Walsh [1]
1397 (Sep) Sir John Calverley Sir Henry Neville [1]
1399 Thomas Mandeville Sir Thomas Maureward [1]
1401 Thomas Derby Sir John Neville [1]
1402 Sir John Berkeley II Sir Henry Neville [1]
1404 (Jan) William Brokesby Edmund Bugge [1]
1404 (Oct) Sir John Berkeley II Robert Veer [1]
1406 Sir John Neville Sir Henry Neville [1]
1407 John Blaket Robert Sherard [1]
1410 John Blaket Bartholemew Brokesby [1]
1411 Sir John Berkeley II Sir Thomas Maureward[1]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) James Bellers William Belgrave [1]
1414 (Apr) Thomas Ashby John Blaket [1]
1414 (Nov) James Bellers Richard Hotoft [1]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417
1419 Thomas Ashby William Mallory [1]
1420 James Bellers Sir Ralph Shirley [1]
1421 (May) John Burgh III Richard Hotoft [1]
1421 (Dec) Sir Laurence Berkeley Sir William Trussell [1]
1422 Bartholemew Brokesby
1433 Thomas Palmer John Burgh
1439 Richard Hotoft Thomas Palmer
1442 Thomas Palmer Richard Neel
1449 Thomas Palmer
1455 Sir Leonard Hastings Thomas Palmer
1467 Thomas Palmer Robert Staunton
1510–1515 No names known [2]
1523  ?Sir Richard Sacheverell  ? [2]
1529 Sir Richard Sacheverell, died 1534 Sir William Skeffington, died 1535 [2]
by 1536  ?William Ashby [2]
1536  ?William Ashby  ? [2]
1539 Sir John Villers John Digby [2]
1542 Sir Richard Manners  ?Thomas Brokesby [2]
1545 Sir Ambrose Cave Robert Burdett [2]
1547 Edward Hastings Sir Ambrose Cave [2]
1553 (Mar) Edward Hastings Sir Ambrose Cave [2]
1553 (Oct) Robert Strelley Sir Thomas Hastings [2]
1554 (Apr) Sir Thomas Hastings Henry Poole [2]
1554 (Nov) Sir Thomas Hastings George Turpin [2]
1555 William Faunt William Skeffington [2]
1558 George Vincent George Sherard [2]
1559 (Jan) Adrian Stokes Francis Cave [3]
1562–1563 Nicholas Beaumont George Turpin [3]
1571 Francis Hastings (died 1610) Adrian Stokes [3]
1572 (Apr) (Sir) George Turpin Nicholas Beaumont [3]
1584 George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon Francis Hastings [3]
1586 George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon Francis Hastings [3]
1588 (Oct) Sir Henry Beaumont William Turpin [3]
1593 Francis Hastings (son of George) Thomas Skeffington [3]
1597 Sir Edward Hastings Sir Francis Hastings [3]
1601 Henry Hastings William Skipwith [3]
1604 Sir George Villiers Thomas Beaumont
1614 Sir Thomas Hastings Sir Thomas Hesilrige
1621-1622 Sir George Hastings Sir Henry Hastings [4]
1624 Sir Thomas Hesilrige Sir Henry Hastings
1625 Ferdinando Lord Hastings Sir Wolstan Dixie
1626 Sir Henry Hastings Francis Staresmore
1628-1629 Sir Edward Hartopp Ferdinando, Lord Hastings
1629-1640 No Parliament convened

1640–1832

Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
Apr 1640 Sir Arthur Hesilrige Hon. Lord Grey of Ruthyn
Nov 1640 Sir Arthur Hesilrige Henry Smith
Parliament 1st member 2nd member 3rd member 4th member
1653 Henry Danvers Edward Smith John Prat 3 seats only
1654 Thomas Beaumont Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford Lord Grey of Groby Thomas Pochin
1656 Thomas Beaumont Francis Hacker (of Okeham) William Quarks Thomas Pochin
Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1659 Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet Francis Hacker
1660 Thomas Merry Matthew Babington
1661 Lord Roos George Faunt
Feb 1679 The Lord Sherard
Apr 1679 Sir John Hartopp
1685 John Verney
1689 Sir Thomas Halford
1690 Sir Thomas Hesilrige
1695 John Verney George Ashby
1698 John Wilkins
1701 Lord Roos The Lord Sherard
1702 John Verney John Wilkins
1707 George Ashby
1708 Sir Geoffrey Palmer Sir Gilbert Pickering
1710 The Marquess of Granby
1711 Sir Thomas Cave Tory
1713 Viscount Tamworth Tory
1714 Sir Geoffrey Palmer
1719 Lord William Manners
1722 Edmund Morris
1727 Sir Clobery Noel
Feb 1734 Ambrose Phillipps
May 1734 Edward Smith
1738 Lord Grey
1739 Lord Guernsey
1741 Sir Thomas Cave
1747 Wrightson Mundy
1754 Sir Thomas Palmer
1762 Sir Thomas Cave
1765 Sir John Palmer
1774 Thomas Noel
1775 John Peach-Hungerford
1780 William Pochin
1790 Sir Thomas Cave
1792 Penn Assheton Curzon
1797 George Anthony Legh-Keck
1798 Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp
1806 Lord Robert William Manners
1818 Charles March Phillipps
1820 George Anthony Legh-Keck
1831 Charles March-Phillipps Thomas Paget Whig
1832 Great Reform Act: constituency abolished

Election results

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/leicestershire. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/leicestershire. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/leicestershire. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 
  4. ^ <smal> Some sources give Thomas Beaumont