Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
Leicestershire | |
---|---|
Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Leicestershire |
1290–1832 | |
Seats | 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.
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
1640–1832
Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 1640 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Arthur Hesilrige | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hon. Lord Grey of Ruthyn | ||
Nov 1640 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Arthur Hesilrige | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 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 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Francis Hacker | ||
1660 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Merry | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Matthew Babington | ||
1661 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Lord Roos election declared void Apr 1679 |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Faunt | ||
Feb 1679 | rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | The Lord Sherard | ||||
Apr 1679 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir John Hartopp | John Coke | |||
Aug 1679 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | The Lord Sherard | ||||
Feb 1681 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | |||||
1685 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Verney | ||||
1689 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Thomas Halford | ||||
1690 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Thomas Hesilrige | ||||
1695 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Verney | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Ashby | ||
1698 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Wilkins | ||||
1701 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Lord Roos | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | The Lord Sherard | ||
1702 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Verney | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Wilkins | ||
1707 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Ashby | ||||
1708 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Geoffrey Palmer | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Gilbert Pickering | ||
1710 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | The Marquess of Granby | ||||
1711 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | | Sir Thomas Cave | Tory | |||
1713 | style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | | Viscount Tamworth | Tory | |||
1714 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Geoffrey Palmer | ||||
1719 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | | Lord William Manners | Whig | |||
1722 | style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | | Edmund Morris | Tory | |||
1727 | style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | | Sir Clobery Noel | Tory | |||
Feb 1734 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | | Ambrose Phillipps | Tory | |||
May 1734 | rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Smith | ||||
1738 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Lord Grey | ||||
1739 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Lord Guernsey | ||||
1741 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Thomas Cave | ||||
1747 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Wrightson Mundy | ||||
1754 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Thomas Palmer | ||||
1762 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Thomas Cave | ||||
1765 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir John Palmer | ||||
1774 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Noel | ||||
1775 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Peach-Hungerford | ||||
1780 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Pochin | ||||
1790 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Thomas Cave | ||||
1792 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Penn Assheton Curzon | ||||
1797 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Anthony Legh-Keck | ||||
1798 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp | ||||
1806 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Lord Robert William Manners | ||||
1818 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Charles March Phillipps | ||||
1820 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Anthony Legh-Keck | ||||
1831 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Charles March-Phillipps | style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | | Thomas Paget | Whig | |
1832 | Great Reform Act: constituency abolished |
References
- ^ 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 bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er Members of Parliament 1213-1702. London: House of Commons. 1878.
- ^ 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 Curtis, John. A Topographical History of the County of Leicester. p. xxiv.
- ^ 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". Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ Josiah Wedgwood (1936), History of Parliament 1439-1509 Biographies, London: HMSO
{{citation}}
:|format=
requires|url=
(help) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "History of Parliament". Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ Some sources give Thomas Beaumont. Beaumont was initially returned but Hastings declared elected instead