Hertford (UK Parliament constituency)
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Until 1868 Hertford returned two members to parliament. Both members are listed here; their terms are not necessarily consecutive.
[edit] Members of Parliament
4 Apr 1660 Arthur Sparke
25 Mar 1661 Sir Edward Turnor; Thomas Fanshawe (to 1675)
3 Feb 1673 Sir Thomas Byde (to 1690)
28 Apr 1675 Edmund Feilde
28 Feb 1677 Sir John Gore
5 Feb 1679 Sir Charles Caesar
1 Sep 1679 Sir William Cowper
23 Mar 1685 Sir Francis Boteler
9 Jan 1689 Sir William Cowper (to 1701)
20 Feb 1690 Sir William Leman
30 Oct 1695 William Cowper
3 Jan 1701 Charles Caesar (to 1708); Thomas Filmer
21 Feb 1701 Richard Goulston
6 Dec 1705 Sir Thomas Clarke (to 1710)
4 May 1708 William Monson
4 Oct 1710 Charles Caesar; Richard Goulston
24 May 1715 Sir Thomas Clarke; John Boteler
20 Mar 1722 Edward Harrison (to 1727); Charles Caesar 21 Nov 1673
22 Jan 1723 Sir Thomas Clarke (to 1741)
23 Jan 1727 George Harrison
24 Apr 1734 Nathaniel Brassey (to 1761)
4 May 1741 George Harrison
13 Dec 1759 George Nassau Clavering Cowper, Viscount Fordwich
26 Mar 1761 John Calvert (to 1780); Timothy Caswall
17 Mar 1768 William Cowper
15 Jan 1770 Paul Feild
7 Sep 1780 Thomas Dimsdale; William Baker
30 Mar 1784 John Calvert (to 1802)
16 Jun 1790 Nathaniel Dimsdale
6 Jul 1802 Edward Spencer Cowper; Nicolson Calvert (to 1826)
6 Feb 1817 James Brownlow William Cecil
27 Jun 1823 Thomas Byron (to 1830)
15 Jun 1826 Thomas Slingsby Duncombe (to 1832)
9 Aug 1830 Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot,Viscount Ingestrie
7 May 1831 John Currie
12 Dec 1832 Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot,Viscount Ingestrie; Philip Henry Stanhope,Viscount Mahon (to 1852)
7 Jan 1835 William Francis Cowper-Temple (to 1868)
7 Jul 1852 Thomas Chambers
27 Mar 1857 Sir Walter Minto Townshend-Farquhar
30 Jun 1866 Robert Dimsdale
Representation reduced to one member, 1868
30 Jan 1874 Arthur James Balfour
28 Nov 1885 Abel Smith
22 Jun 1898 Evelyn Cecil
1 Oct 1900 Abel Henry Smith
19 Jan 1910 Sir John Fowle Lancelot Rolleston
10 Mar 1916 Noel Pemberton Billing
16 Jun 1921 Sir Murray Fraser Sueter
26 Jul 1945 Sir Derek Colclough Walker-Smith
May 1955 Robert Alexander Lindsay, Baron Balniel
Constituency became Hertford and Stevenage in February 1974
28 Feb 1974 Shirley Vivien Teresa Brittain Williams
3 May 1979 Petrie Bowen Wells
Became the constituency of Hertford and Stortford in 1983
[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
