Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
Somerset | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Somerset |
1290–1832 | |
Seats | Two |
Replaced by | East 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
[edit]MPs 1290–1629
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- Constituency created (1290)
MPs 1640–1832
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l John Collinson, Edmund Rack, 'The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset: Collected from Authentic Records, and an Actual Survey Made by the Late Mr. Edmund Rack. Adorned with a Map of the County, and Engravings of Roman and Other Reliques, Town-seals, Baths, Churches, and Gentlemen's Seats, Volume 1, R. Cutwell, 1791, p. xxx online Archived 15 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c S. E. Rigold, Nunney Castle, Somerset (HMSO, 1967), p. 4 (online Archived 30 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "BURGHERSH, Sir John (1343-91), of Ewelme, Oxon. | History of Parliament Online". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ 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". Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ a b "South Petherton, Somerset" (PDF). Hamline University. Retrieved 21 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c Roskell, John Smith (1954). The Commons in the Parliament of 1422. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
Sources
[edit]- 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)
- Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. p. 1.
- Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847, Volume 2 (London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1845)