Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Leicestershire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1290 |
| Abolished: | 1832 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two |
Leicestershire was a county constituency in Leicestershire, represented in the British House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) 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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] 1290-1660
- 1547-1554: Edward Hastings
- 1614: Sir Thomas Hesilrige
- 1624-1625: Sir Thomas Hesilrige
- 1628-1629: Sir Edward Hartopp
- 1640-1645: Sir Arthur Hesilrige
- 1653: Edward Smith
- 1654-1659: (Sir) Thomas Beaumont [1]
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[edit] 1660-1832
| Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1660 | Thomas Merry | Matthew Babington | ||||
| 1661 | Lord Roos | George Faunt | ||||
| Feb 1679 | The Lord Sherard | |||||
| Apr 1679 | Sir John Hartopp | |||||
| 1685 | John Verney | |||||
| 1689 | Sir Thomas Halford | |||||
| 1690 | Sir Thomas Hesilrige | |||||
| 1695 | John Verney | George Ashby | ||||
| 1698 | John Wilkins | |||||
| 1701 | Lord Roos | The Lord Sherard | ||||
| 1702 | John Verney | John Wilkins | ||||
| 1707 | George Ashby | |||||
| 1708 | Sir Geoffrey Palmer | Sir Gilbert Pickering | ||||
| 1710 | The Marquess of Granby | |||||
| 1711 | Sir Thomas Cave | |||||
| 1713 | Viscount Tamworth | |||||
| 1714 | Sir Geoffrey Palmer | |||||
| 1719 | Lord William Manners | |||||
| 1722 | Edmund Morris | |||||
| 1727 | Sir Clobery Noel | |||||
| Feb 1734 | Ambrose Phillipps | |||||
| May 1734 | Edward Smith | |||||
| 1738 | Lord Grey | |||||
| 1739 | Lord Guernsey | |||||
| 1741 | Sir Thomas Cave | |||||
| 1747 | Wrightson Mundy | |||||
| 1754 | Sir Thomas Palmer | |||||
| 1762 | Sir Thomas Cave | |||||
| 1765 | Sir John Palmer | |||||
| 1774 | Thomas Noel | |||||
| 1775 | John Peach-Hungerford | |||||
| 1780 | William Pochin | |||||
| 1790 | Sir Thomas Cave | |||||
| 1792 | Penn Assheton Curzon | |||||
| 1797 | George Anthony Legh-Keck | |||||
| 1798 | Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp | |||||
| 1806 | Lord Robert William Manners | |||||
| 1818 | Charles March Phillipps | |||||
| 1820 | George Anthony Legh-Keck | |||||
| 1831 | Charles March-Phillipps | Thomas Paget | ||||
| 1832 | Great Reform Act: constituency abolished | |||||
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[edit] References
- ^ Beaumont was created a baronet by the Lord Protector in March 1658. This baronetcy was not recognised after the Restoration, but Charles II created a new baronetcy for Beaumont in February 1661.
