Haslemere (UK Parliament constituency)
| Haslemere | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Borough | Haslemere |
| 1584–1832 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | West Surrey |
Haslemere was a parliamentary borough in Surrey, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1584 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.
Members of Parliament
[edit]1584-1640
[edit]| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1584 | Christopher Rithe | Marlyon Rithe |
| 1586 | William Morgan | William Campion |
| 1588–9 | Hugh Hare | John Haselrigge |
| 1593 | Adrian Stoughton | Nicholas Saunders |
| 1597 | Francis Aungier | George Austen |
| 1601 | Francis Wolley | John Clarke |
| 1604 | Edward Fraunceys | William Jackson |
| 1614 | Sir Thomas Grimes | Sir William Browne |
| 1621 | Sir Thomas Grimes | Sir William Browne |
| 1624-1625 | Francis Carew | Poynings More |
| 1625 | Francis Carew | Poynings More |
| 1626 | Francis Carew | Poynings More |
| 1628 | George Grimes | Sir Thomas Canon |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
1640-1832
[edit]Notes
- ^ Created a baronet, May 1642
- ^ Onslow was also elected for Bletchingley, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Haslemere
- ^ Onslow was also elected for Bletchingley, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Haslemere
- ^ Created a baronet, January 1715
- ^ Created Viscount Blundell (in the Peerage of Ireland), 1720
- ^ Lowther was also elected for Cumberland, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Haslemere
- ^ Lowther was also elected for Westmorland, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Haslemere
- ^ Lowther was also elected for Westmorland, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Haslemere
References
[edit]- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
- 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) [2]
- J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
- Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig - Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)