Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)

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Somerset
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
CountySomerset
1290–1832
SeatsTwo
Replaced byEast Somerset and West Somerset

Somerset was a parliamentary constituency in Somerset, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), known traditionally as knights of the shire, to the House of Commons of England until 1707, the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.

Elections were held by the bloc vote system.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1290–1629

  • Constituency created (1290)
Parliament First member Second member
Parliament of 1366 William Bonville
Parliament of 1373 Sir John Delamare[1]
Parliament of 1377 Sir John Delamare[1] Sir Thomas Hungerford
Parliament of 1382 Sir John Delamare[1] Sir Thomas Hungerford
Parliament of 1383 (Oct) Sir William Bonville
Parliament of 1384 (Apr) Sir William Bonville
Parliament of 1384 (Nov) Sir William Bonville
Parliament of 1386 Sir William Bonville[2] Sir Thomas Brooke[2]
First Parliament of 1388 Sir William Bonville[2] Sir Thomas Brooke[2]
Second Parliament of 1388 Sir Thomas Hungerford[2] Sir John Bunghersh[2]
First Parliament of 1390 Sir Stephen Derby[2] Thomas Beaupine[2]
Second Parliament of 1390 Sir John Berkeley[2] Sir Thomas Hungerford[2]
Parliament of 1391 Sir John Rodney[2] Sir Thomas Brooke[2]
Parliament of 1393 Sir Thomas Brooke[2] Sir William Bonville[2]
Parliament of 1394 Sir Humphrey Stafford I[2] Sir John Berkeley[2]
Parliament of 1395 Sir William Bonville[2] Sir Thomas Brooke[2]
First Parliament of 1397 Sir Thomas Brooke[2] Sir Thomas Arthur[2]
Second Parliament of 1397 Sir Ivo Fitzwaryn[2] Sir Thomas Brooke[2]
Parliament of 1399 Sir Thomas Brooke[2] Sir William Bonville[2]
Parliament of 1401 Sir Thomas Beauchamp[2] William Stourton[2]
Parliament of 1402 Sir Thomas Brooke[2] William Stourton[2]
First Parliament of 1404 Sir Thomas Brooke[2] William Stourton[2]
Second Parliament of 1404 Sir Hugh Lutrell[2] Sir Leonard Hakluyt[2]
Parliament of 1406 Sir Walter Rodney[2] Sir Leonard Hakluyt[2]
Parliament of 1407 Sir Thomas Brooke[2] Richard Cheddar[2]
Parliament of 1410 Walter Hungerford[2] Sir Thomas Brooke[2]
Second Parliament of 1413 Sir Thomas Brooke[2] Richard Cheddar[2]
First Parliament of 1414 Sir John Tiptoft[2] Sir Hugh Luttrell[2]
Second Parliament of 1414 Sir Hugh Luttrell[2] Robert Hill[2]
Parliament of 1415 Sir Hugh Luttrell[2] Robert Hill[2]
First Parliament of 1416 Robert Hill[2] Richard Boyton[2]
Parliament of 1417 Thomas Brooke[2] Richard Cheddar[2]
Parliament of 1419 Robert Hill[2] John Stourton[2]
Parliament of 1420 Sir Thomas Stawell[2] John Stourton[2]
First Parliament of 1421 Sir William Bonville[2] Sir Thomas Brooke[2]
Second Parliament of 1421 Richard Cheddar[2] John Stourton[2]
Parliament of 1424 Giles Daubeney[3]
Parliament of 1429 Giles Daubeney[3]
Parliament of 1433 John Hody[4]
Parliament of 1435 John Hody[4]
Parliament of 1437 John Hody[4]
Parliament of 1455 William Courtenay
Parliament of 1529 Sir Nicholas Wadham Sir William Stourton
Parliament of 1539 Sir Hugh Paulet Sir Thomas Speke
Parliament of 1545 Sir Thomas Speke Sir John St Loe
Parliament of 1547 Sir Maurice Berkeley Sir Henry Capell
First Parliament of 1553 Sir Ralph Hopton Sir Edward Rogers
Second Parliament of 1553 Sir Edward Rogers Sir Ralph Hopton
First Parliament of 1554 Sir Edward Waldegrave Sir John Sydenham
Second Parliament of 1554 Sir Edward Waldegrave Humphrey Colles
Parliament of 1555 ?Sir Ralph Hopton ?Sir John St Loe
Parliament of 1558 Sir Edward Rogers John Walshe
Parliament of 1559 Sir William St Loe
Parliament of 1562–1567 Sir Maurice Berkeley
Parliament of 1571 Amias Paulet George Rogers
Parliament of 1572–1581 Sir Hugh Paulet died
Sir George Speke 		Sir Maurice Berkeley
Parliament of 1584–1585 Thomas Horner (Sir) Henry Berkeley
Parliament of 1586–1587
Parliament of 1588–1589 (Sir) Francis Hastings Edward Dyer
Parliament of 1593
Parliament of 1597–1598 Sir Francis Popham Sir Hugh Portman
Parliament of 1601 (Sir) Edward Phelips Sir Maurice Berkeley
Parliament of 1604–1611 Sir Francis Hastings died 1610
In his place John Poulett
Addled Parliament (1614) Sir Maurice Berkeley
Parliament of 1621–1622 Robert Hopton
Happy Parliament (1624–1625) Sir Robert Phelips John Symes
Useless Parliament (1625) John Stawell
Parliament of 1625–1626 Sir Henry Berkeley Sir John Horner
Parliament of 1628–1629 Sir Robert Phelips Sir Edward Rodney
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640

MPs 1640–1832

Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
April 1640 style="background-color: Template:Cavalier/meta/color" | Sir Ralph Hopton Royalist style="background-color: Template:Cavalier/meta/color" | Thomas Smith Royalist
November 1640 style="background-color: Template:Cavalier/meta/color" | Sir John Poulett Royalist style="background-color: Template:Cavalier/meta/color" | Sir John Stawell Royalist
August 1642 Poulett and Stawell disabled from sitting – both seats vacant
1645 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Horner style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Harrington
Election declared void and new writ issued
1646 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Horner style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Harrington
December 1648 Horner excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant Harrington did not sit after Pride's Purge
Somerset had four members in the Barebones Parliament
1653 General-at-sea Robert Blake, John Pine, Dennis Hollister, Henry Henley
Somerset had eleven members in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1654 Sir John Horner, John Buckland, General John Desborough, John Preston, John Harrington,
John Ashe, Charles Steynings, Robert Long, Richard Jones, Thomas Hippisley, Samuel Perry
1656 John Buckland, General John Desborough, John Harrington, John Ashe, Robert Long, Alexander Popham,
Colonel John Gorges, Francis Luttrell, Sir Lislebone Long, William Wyndham, Francis Rolle
Representation reverted to two members for the Third Protectorate Parliament
January 1659 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Buckland, style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Hunt
May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Horner style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hugh Smith
1661 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Stawell rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Phelips
1662 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Poulett
1665 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Warre
1669 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Sydenham
February 1679 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Hugh Smith
August 1679 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir William Portman style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Speke
1685 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Smith rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Horner
1689 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Gorges
1690 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Edward Phelips style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Nathaniel Palmer
1695 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Smith style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Trevelyan, Bt
1698 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Hunt style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Edward Phelips
1699 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Nathaniel Palmer
January 1701 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Trevelyan, Bt
December 1701 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Philip Sydenham rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Nathaniel Palmer
1705 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Pigott
1708 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Seymour Portman style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Prowse
April 1710 rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:Tory (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir William Wyndham, Bt Tory
October 1710 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Wroth
1713 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Horner
1715 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Helyar
1722 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Phelips
1727 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Strangways Horner
1740 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Prowse
1741 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry William Portman
1747 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Charles Kemys Tynte
1767 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt
1768 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Hippisley Coxe
1774 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Phelips
1780 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Trevelyan, Bt
1784 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Phelips
1792 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Hippisley Coxe
1795 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" | William Gore-Langton Whig
1796 style="background-color: Template:Tory (British political party)/meta/color" | William Dickinson Tory
June 1806 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory (British political party)/meta/color" | Thomas Lethbridge Tory
November 1806 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Tory (British political party)/meta/color" | William Dickinson Tory
1812 style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" | William Gore-Langton Whig
1826 style="background-color: Template:Tory (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Lethbridge Tory
1830 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" | Edward Ayshford Sanford Whig
1831 style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" | William Gore-Langton Whig
1832 constituency divided into Eastern and Western divisions

References

  1. ^ a b c S. E. Rigold, Nunney Castle, Somerset (HMSO, 1967), p. 4 (online)
  2. ^ 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 ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf "History of Parliament". Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  3. ^ a b "South Petherton, Somerset" (PDF). Hamline University. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  4. ^ a b c The Commons in the Parliament of 1422. Retrieved 19 August 2011.

Sources

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