East Grinstead (UK Parliament constituency)
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| East Grinstead | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| County | West Sussex |
| Major settlements | East Grinstead |
| 1885–1983 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Mid Sussex and Wealden |
| 1307–1832 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
East Grinstead was a parliamentary constituency in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. It first existed as a Parliamentary borough from 1307, returning two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons elected by the bloc vote system. The borough was disfranchised under the Reform Act 1832, but the name was revived at the 1885 election when the Redistribution of Seats Act created a new single-member county division of the same name.
Upon its abolition for the 1983 election, its territory was divided between Mid Sussex and Wealden.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs 1307–1660
| Year | First member | Second member | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1388 (Feb) | John Dyne | John Heldele [1] | |
| 1388 (Sep) | William Nelond | Richard Woghere [1] | |
| 1390 (Jan) | |||
| 1390 (Nov) | |||
| 1391 | John Alfray I | John Dyne [1] | |
| 1393 | Thomas Alleyn | Thomas Rasse [1] | |
| 1394 | |||
| 1395 | Thomas Farlegh | William atte Hull [1] | |
| 1397 (Jan) | John Dyne | John Punget [1] | |
| 1397 (Sep) | John Dyne | John Punget [1] | |
| 1399 | John Dyne | Richard Woghere [1] | |
| 1401 | |||
| 1402 | John Dyne | Richard Woghere [1] | |
| 1404 (Jan) | |||
| 1404 (Oct) | |||
| 1406 | |||
| 1407 | John Dyne | Richard Woghere [1] | |
| 1410 | |||
| 1411 | |||
| 1413 (Feb) | |||
| 1413 (May) | Thomas Alleyn | John Hoke [1] | |
| 1414 (Apr) | |||
| 1414 (Nov) | John Dyne | John Woghere [1] | |
| 1415 | |||
| 1416 (Mar) | John Ermyte | John Mason [1] | |
| 1416 (Oct) | |||
| 1417 | |||
| 1419 | William Fenningham | John Hamme [1] | |
| 1420 | |||
| 1421 (May) | Richard Fowell | John Woghere [1] | |
| 1421 (Dec) | John Alfray II | John Woghere [1] | |
| 1457 | Ralph Legh | ||
| 1510-1523 | No names known [2] | ||
| 1529 | William Rutter | Edward Goodwin [2] | |
| 1536 | ? | ||
| 1539 | ? | ||
| 1542 | ? | John Sackville I [2] | |
| 1545 | ? | ||
| 1547 | Jasper Culpeper | John Sackville II, died and replaced by Jan 1552 by George Darrell [2] |
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| 1553 (Mar) | Sir Robert Oxenbridge | George Darrell [2] | |
| 1553 (Oct) | Sir Thomas Stradling | John Story[2] | |
| 1554 (Apr) | Richard Whalley | Anthony Stapleton [2] | |
| 1554 (Nov) | Thomas Duffield | Jasper Culpeper [2] | |
| 1555 | ?William Barnes | John Wiseman [2] | |
| 1558 | Thomas Farnham | Thomas Parker [2] | |
| 1559 | Thomas Sackville | Humphrey Llwyd [3] | |
| 1562/3 | John Sackville | Lawrence Banester [3] | |
| 1571 | John Jeffrey | Henry Berkeley [3] | |
| 1572 | Thomas Cure | Michael Heneage [3] | |
| 1584 | Thomas Cure | Francis Alford [3] | |
| 1586 | John Covert | Drew Pickesse [3] | |
| 1589 | Francis Alford | Thomas Frere [3] | |
| 1593 | Reade Stafford | John Shurley [3] | |
| 1597 | George Rivers | Richard Baker [3] | |
| 1601 | Sir Henry Compton | George Rivers [3] | |
| 1604 | Sir Henry Compton | Sir John Swynnerton | |
| 1614 | Sir Henry Compton | George Rivers | |
| 1621 | Sir Henry Compton | Thomas Pelham | |
| 1624 | Robert Heath | Thomas Caldicot | |
| 1625 | Robert Heath | Sir Henry Compton | |
| 1626 | Robert Goodwin | Sir Henry Compton | |
| 1628-1629 | Robert Goodwin | Sir Henry Compton | |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | ||
| 1640 (Apr) | Sir Henry Compton | Robert Goodwin | |
| 1640 (Nov) | Lord Buckhurst, disabled 1644 | Robert Goodwin | |
| 1648 | Robert Goodwin | John Baker | |
| 1653 | Not represented in Barebones Parliament | ||
| 1654 | John Goodwin | (one seat only) | |
| 1656 | John Goodwin | (one seat only) | |
| 1659 | Robert Goodwin | George Courthope | |
[edit] MPs 1660–1885
- Constituency abolished (1832)
[edit] MPs 1885–1983
- Constituency revived (1885)
| Election | Name | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | George Burrow Gregory | Conservative | MP for East Sussex 1868–1885 | |
| 1886 | Alfred Erskine Gathorne-Hardy | Conservative | MP for Canterbury 1878–1880. Son of 1st Earl of Cranbrook | |
| 1895 | George Goschen | Conservative | Governor of Madras 1924–1929; 2nd Viscount Goschen 1907–1952 | |
| 1906 | Charles Joseph Henry Corbett | Liberal | ||
| 1910 (Jan) | Henry Strother Cautley | Conservative | ennobled in 1936 as Baron Cautley, triggering a by-election | |
| 1936 by-election | Ralph Stephenson Clarke | Conservative | ||
| 1955 | Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet | Conservative | Made a life peer in 1965 as Baroness Emmet of Amberley, triggering a by-election | |
| 1965 by-election | Geoffrey Johnson Smith | Conservative | Former broadcaster. MP for Wealden 1983–2001 | |
| 1983 | Constituency abolished. See Wealden and Mid Sussex | |||
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/east-grinstead. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/east-grinstead. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/east-grinstead. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)[self-published source?][better source needed]
- Election results, 1950 - 1979
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 404. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 481. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
[edit] Further reading
- Hills, Wallace Henry (c. 1906). "The Borough of East Grinstead and its Members of Parliament". The History of East Grinstead: The rise and progress of the town and the history of its institutions & People. Farncombe. http://www.sussexhistory.co.uk/history-east-grinstead/east-grinstead-history%20-%200122.htm. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
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