Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Hythe | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| 1366–1950 | |
| Number of members | 1298–1832: two 1832–1950: one |
Hythe was a constituency centred on the town of Hythe in Kent. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons until 1832, when its representation was reduced to one member. The constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, and replaced with the new Folkestone and Hythe constituency.
Contents |
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] 1366-1640
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| Parliament | First Member | Second Member |
|---|---|---|
| 1386 | Henry Browning | John Bernard I [1] |
| 1388 (Feb) | John Dyne I | William Hughelot [1] |
| 1388 (Sep) | Walter Fisher | John Cundy [1] |
| 1390 (Jan) | John Dyne I | Henry Browning [1] |
| 1390 (Nov) | ||
| 1391 | Henry Browning | William Cundy [1] |
| 1393 | John French I | Alan Honywode [1] |
| 1394 | ||
| 1395 | John Dyne I | John Storme [1] |
| 1397 (Jan) | John Dyne I | John Honywode [1] |
| 1397 (Sept) | ||
| 1399 | Thomas Canterbury | Alexander Appleford [1] |
| 1401 | ||
| 1402 | Thomas Casebourne | Alexander Appleford [1] |
| 1404 (Jan) | ||
| 1404 (Oct) | ||
| 1406 | Thomas Casebourne | Henry Philpot [1] |
| 1407 | Martin French | Henry Philpot [1] |
| 1410 | Alexander Appleford | Stephen Rye [1] |
| 1411 | William Canoun [1] | |
| 1413 (Feb) | Henry Philpot | Stephen Rye [1] |
| 1413 (May) | Thomas Casebourne | Stephen Rye [1] |
| 1414 (Apr) | William Canoun | Stephen Rye [1] |
| 1414 (Nov) | Robert Bannok | William Yoklete [1] |
| 1415 | ||
| 1416 (Mar) | ||
| 1416 (Oct) | ||
| 1417 | Henry Philpot | Stephen Rye [1] |
| 1419 | Henry Philpot | John Skinner [1] |
| 1420 | Alexander Appleford | John Overhaven [1] |
| 1421 (May) | Thomas Bromlegh | John Leigh [1] |
| 1421 (Dec) | John Overhaven | Richard Rykedon [1] |
| 1510 | John Honywood | John Berde[2] |
| 1512 | Clement Holwey | John Berde [2] |
| 1515 | not known | |
| 1523 | not known | |
| 1529 | John Hull I | Stephen Harry [2] |
| 1536 | ?John Hull I | ?Stephen Harry [2] |
| 1539 | not known | |
| 1542 | not known | |
| 1545 | not known | |
| 1547 | William Brooke alias Cobham | William Baddell [2] |
| 1553 (Mar) | William Dalmyngton | John Knight II [2] |
| 1553 (Oct) | Thomas Jekyn | William Oxenden [2] |
| 1554 (Apr) | William Carden | John Estday [2] |
| 1554 (Nov) | John Estday | Thomas Keyes [2] |
| 1555 | John Knight II | John Fowler [2] |
| 1558 | John Knight II | Richard Daper [2] |
| 1559 | William Baddell | Ralph Haselhurst[3] |
| 1562/3 | Edward Popham | John Bridgman [3] |
| 1571 | William Cromer | John Stephenson [3] |
| 1572 | Thomas Honywood, died and replaced Nov 1584 by George Morton |
John Bridgman [3] |
| 1584 | Christopher Honywood | Thomas Bodley, sat for Portsmouth replaced by ?George Morton [3] |
| 1586 | John Smythe | William Dalmyngton [3] |
| 1588/9 | John Collins | John Smythe [3] |
| 1593 | Henry Fane II | John Collins [3] |
| 1597 | Christopher Honywood | Christopher Toldervey [3] |
| 1601 | William Knight | Christopher Toldervey [3] |
| 1604-1611 | Sir John Smith | Christopher Toldervey |
| 1614 | Sir Richard Smith | Lionel Cranfield |
| 1621-1622 | Sir Peter Heyman | Dr Richard Zouche |
| 1624 | Sir Peter Heyman | Dr Richard Zouche |
| 1625 | Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet | Edward Clark |
| 1626 | Basil Dixwell | |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
[edit] 1640-1832
[edit] 1832-1950
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Stewart Marjoribanks | Whig | |
| 1837 | Viscount Melgund | Whig | |
| 1841 | Stewart Marjoribanks | Whig | |
| 1847 | Edward Drake Brockman | Whig | |
| 1857 | Sir John Ramsden | Whig | |
| 1859 | Baron Mayer de Rothschild | Liberal | |
| 1874 | Sir Edward William Watkin | Liberal | |
| 1885 | Independent Liberal | ||
| 1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1895 | General Sir James Bevan Edwards | Conservative | |
| 1899 | Sir Edward Sassoon, Bt | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1912 | Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt | Conservative | |
| 1939 | Rupert Arnold Brabner | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Harry Mackeson | Conservative | |
| 1950 | Constituency abolished. See Folkestone and Hythe | ||
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/hythe. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/hythe. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
- ^ 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/hythe. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
- ^ At the election of 1710, Fane and Shannon were returned as elected but, on petition, they were declared not to have been duly elected and Berners and Boteler were seated in their place
- ^ Succeeded as baronet, January 1748
- ^ Farnaby adopted the surname Radcliffe in 1783
- ^ Styled Viscount Marsham from June 1801 (when his father was created Earl of Romney)
[edit] References
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [2]
- The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (Glasgow: Political Reference Publications, 1969)
- J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)[self-published source?][better source needed]
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