Haverfordwest (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Haverfordwest Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1545 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Haverfordwest was a parliamentary constituency. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
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[edit] History
The constituency was enfranchished in 1545, as the second borough constituency in the historic county of Pembrokeshire. In the previous election of 1542, the first at which Wales is known to have sent members to the Parliament of England, this borough was one of the ancient boroughs contributing to the wages and being in some sense represented by the member for Pembroke.
The constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election, and merged into the newly-created constituency of Pembroke and Haverfordwest.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1722-1725: Francis Edwardes
- 1725-1726: Seat vacant
- 1726-1743: Erasmus Philipps
- 1743-1747: George Barlow
- 1747-1784: William Edwardes (Baron Kensington from 1776)
- 1784-1786: Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford
- 1786-1801: William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington
- 1801-1802: Seat vacant
- 1802-1818: William Edwardes, 2nd Baron Kensington
- 1818-1826: William Henry Scourfield
- 1826-1835: Richard Bulkeley Philipps
- 1835-1837: William Henry Scourfield
- 1837-1847: Richard Bulkeley Philipps
- 1847-1852: John Evans
- 1852-1868: John Henry Scourfield
- 1868-1885: William Edwardes, Liberal (Baron Kensington from 1872)
