Parliamentary constituency in the: United Kingdom, 1832β1885
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 1707ββto 1800. And of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801ββto 1885.
The undivided county was represented from 1290 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/Ross.
Boundariesβ»
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.
Members of Parliamentβ»
1290β1604β»
Constituency created (1290)
1604β1832β»
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.
Election |
First member |
First party |
Second member |
Second party
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Herefordshire was represented by 2 elected Knights of the Shire
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1640, April
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Sir Robert Harley |
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Sir Walter Pye |
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1640, November
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Sir Robert Harley |
Parliamentarian
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Fitzwilliam Coningsby
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c. 1641
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Humphrey Coningsby |
Royalist
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c. 1644
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vacant |
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c. 1646
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Edward Harley |
Parliamentarian
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1647, 29 January
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vacant |
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1648, 8 June
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Edward Harley |
Parliamentarian
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1648, 6 December
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vacant |
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vacant |
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Herefordshire was represented by 2 nominated MPs in Barebone's Parliament
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1653
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Wroth Rogers |
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John Herring |
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Herefordshire's representation was increased to 4 elected MPs in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
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1654
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John Scudamore |
John Pateshal
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John Flacket |
Richard Read
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1656
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James Berry |
Edward Harley
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Bennet Hoskyns |
Benjamin Mason
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Herefordshire's representation was decreased to 2 MPs in the Third Parliament of the Protectorate and thereafter
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1659, January
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Wroth Rogers |
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Bennet Hoskyns |
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1659, May
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vacant |
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vacant |
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1660, 18 April
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Edward Harley |
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William Powell |
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1661, 20 March
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James Scudamore |
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Thomas Prise |
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1668, 23 September
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Sir John Kyrle |
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1679, 26 February
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The Viscount Scudamore |
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Sir Herbert Croft, Bt |
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1679, 10 September
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Sir Edward Harley |
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1685, 18 March
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Sir John Morgan, Bt |
Tory
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Sir John Hoskyns, Bt |
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1689, 15 January
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Sir Edward Harley |
Whig
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1690, 12 March
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Sir Herbert Croft, Bt |
Whig
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1693, 8 February
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Sir Edward Harley |
Whig
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1698, 3 August
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Henry Cornewall |
Tory
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Henry Gorges |
Tory
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1701, 16 January
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Sir John Williams, Bt |
Tory
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1705, 16 May
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The Viscount Scudamore |
Tory
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1708, 12 May
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John Prise |
Tory
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1712, 30 July
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Sir Thomas Morgan, Bt |
Tory
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1715, 9 February
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Richard Hopton |
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1717, 6 March
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Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, Bt |
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1722, 28 March
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Velters Cornewall |
Tory
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Sir Edward Goodere, Bt |
Tory
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1727, 6 September
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Edward Harley |
Tory
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1742, 6 January
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Thomas Foley |
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1747, 15 July
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Lord Harley |
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1755, 5 May
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Sir John Morgan, Bt |
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1767, 18 May
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Thomas Foley |
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1768, 6 April
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Thomas Foley |
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1774, 12 October
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Sir George Cornewall, Bt |
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1776, 22 May
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Thomas Harley |
Tory
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1780, 18 September
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Whig
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1796, 8 June
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Robert Biddulph |
Whig
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1802, 14 July
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Sir George Cornewall, Bt |
Tory
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John Cotterell |
Tory
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1803, 31 March
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John Matthews |
Tory
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1806, 8 November
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Sir John Cotterell, Bt |
Tory
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1807, 13 May
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Thomas Foley |
Whig
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1818, 29 June
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Sir Robert Price, Bt |
Whig
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1831, 7 May
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Kedgwin Hoskins |
Whig
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Herefordshire's representation was increased to 3 MPs in the 1832 general election and thereafter
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1832β1885β»
Election resultsβ»
Elections in the 1830sβ»
Elections in the 1840sβ»
Elections in the 1850sβ»
Bailey's death caused a by-election.
Booker-Blakemore's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1860sβ»
Elections in the 1870sβ»
Elections in the 1880sβ»
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
Notes
- ^ "The parliamentary history of the county of Gloucester". Internet Archive. 1898. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ^ "History of Parliament". Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ Cavill. The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504.
- ^ "History of Parliament". Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ "History of Parliament". Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ Sir Robert Harley was excluded by the Army, 6 December 1648.
- ^ Fitzwilliam Coningsby was expelled 30 October 1641, for being monopolist.
- ^ Humphrey Coningsby was disabled for joining the King's Oxford Parliament. New writ issued 11 September 1646.
- ^ Edward Harley was disabled on charges brought by Thomas Fairfax and the Army, on 29 January 1647.
- ^ The order disabling Edward Harley was revoked by another, on 8 June 1648. Excluded by the Army, 6 December 1648?
- ^ From: 'List of members nominated for Parliament of 1653', Diary of Thomas Burton esq, volume 4: March β April 1659 (1828), pp. 499β500. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36965. Date accessed: 27 January 2008.
- ^ 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: 1651β1660 (1802), pp. 431β433. 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.
- ^ 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: 1651β1660 (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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Stooks Smith classifies Velters Cornewall as a Tory candidate in the 1722 election. But does not classify him by party in subsequent elections.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) β». Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 138β139. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- ^ Election of Cotterell declared void
- ^ Dod, Robert Phipps (1857). The Parliamentary Companion for 1857. London: Whittaker & Co. p. 258.
- ^ Escott, Margaret (2009). "PRICE, Robert (1786β1857), of Foxley, Herefs". The History of Parliament.
- ^ Escott, Margaret. "Herefordshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. p. 215.
- ^ "London, Monday Evening". Western Courier, West of England Conservative, Plymouth and Devonport Advertiser. 30 July 1845. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 125.
- ^ "The Peers and the Press". Gloucester Journal. 7 August 1847. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Political Terms". The Spectator. 18 June 1898. p. 18.
- ^ Hawkins, Angus (1987). Parliament, Party and the Art of Politics in Britain, 1855β59 (eBook ed.). Basingstoke: Macmillan Press. p. 30. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-08925-3. ISBN 978-1-349-08925-3.
- ^ "Election Intelligence". The Examiner. 14 March 1857. pp. 8β10 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Escott, Margaret. "Herefordshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 396β397. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) β»
- The House of Commons 1690β1715, 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 1844β50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973))
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Richard II, Volume 1, by H.C. Maxwell Lyte (editor). (London: 1914). British History Online β», 16 November 1378, 27 May 1379, 25 Feb 1382, 22 May 1382, and 26 November 1383.
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, Henry VI, Volume 16, 1430β1437. (London:1936). Page 281, 3 January 1436 (membrane 11)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, Henry VI, Volume 17, 1437β1445. (London: 1936). Page 148, 24 April 1440 (membrane 12)