Herefordshire (constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The county constituency of Herefordshire, in the West Midlands of England bordering on Wales, was abolished when the county was divided for parliamentary purposes in 1885. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.

CountyHerefordshire

SeatsTwo, then three from 1832

Replaced byLeominster
Ross

Quick facts County, 1290–1885 ...

Herefordshire
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Context: 1832–1868. Extract from 1837 result: the southern 'doubly' orange area with thin blue stripes.
County	Herefordshire
1290–1885
Seats	Two, then three from 1832
Replaced by	Leominster Ross

The undivided county was represented from 1290 by two Knights of the Shire until 1832 and three thereafter. After the county was split two new county constituencies were created, the North division or Leominster and the South division or Ross.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the historic county of Herefordshire. Although Herefordshire contained a number of parliamentary boroughs, each of which elected one or two MPs in its own right for parts of the period when Herefordshire was a constituency, these areas were not excluded from the county constituency. Owning freehold property of the required value, within such boroughs, could confer a vote at the county election. From 1832 only non-resident owners of forty-shilling freeholds, situated in borough seats, could qualify for a county vote on the basis of that property.

Members of Parliament

1290–1604

Constituency created (1290)

More information Parliament, First member ...

Parliament	First member	Second member
1290	Sir Roger le Rous^[1]
1315	Sir Hugh de Croft
1318	Sir Roger Chandos
1330	John le Rous^[1]
1336–1337	John le Rous^[1]
1340	John le Rous^[1]
1340	Sir Roger Chandos
1343	John le Rous^[1]
1343	Sir Roger Chandos
1355	Sir Thomas Chandos
1355	Sir Richard de la Bere
1360	Sir Thomas Chandos
1370	Sir Thomas Chandos
1376	Peter de la Mare
1377 (Jan)	Peter de la Mare	Sir Robert Whitney
1377 (Oct)	Peter de la Mare
1378	Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham	Sir John Eylesford
1379	Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham	Sir Robert Whitney
1380 (Jan)	Peter de la Mare	Sir Robert Whitney
1381	Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham	Ralph Lengayne
1381	Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham	Peter de la Mare
1382	Sir John Eylesford	Peter de la Mare
1382 (May, Sep)	Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham	Peter de la Mare
1383	Sir William Devereux of Frome	Sir Andrew Herle
1383 (Oct)	Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham	Sir Andrew Herle
1384	Kynard de la Bere	Richard Mawarden
1386	Kynard de la Bere	Sir Thomas de la Barre^[2]
1388 (Feb)	Leonard Hakluyt	Richard Nash^[2]
1388 (Sep)	Malcolm de la Mare	William Seymour^[2]
1390 (Jan)	(Sir) Kynard de la Bere	Thomas Oldcastle^[2]
1390 (Nov)	Roger Wigmore	Richard Nash^[2]
1391	Sir Robert Whitney	Roger Wigmore^[2]
1393	Sir John Chandos	Thomas Oldcastle^[2]
1394	(SIR) Leonard Hakluyt	Thomas Clanvowe^[2]
1395	Sir John Chandos	Thomas Walwyn I^[2]
1397 (Jan)	(Sir) Thomas Clanvowe	Thomas Walwyn II^[2]
1397 (Sep)	(Sir) Thomas Clanvowe	John Skydemore^[2]
1399	(Sir) Kynard de la Bere	Thomas Walwyn II^[2]
1401	Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham and Weobley	Sir John Greyndoe^[2]
1402	Sir Thomas de la Barre	Philip Holgot^[2]
1404 (Jan)	Sir John Oldcastle	Thomas Walwyn II^[2]
1404 (Oct)	Sir John Greyndore	Thomas Walwyn II^[2]
1406	John ap Harry	Thomas Holgot^[2]
1407	John ap Harry	Thomas Holgot^[2]
1410	John ap Harry	Thomas Holgot^[2]
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Thomas de la Hay	Thomas Holgot^[2]
1414 (Apr)	Sir John Skydemore	John Russell^[2]
1414 (Nov)	Sir John Skydemore	Thomas Holgot^[2]
1415
1416 (Mar)	Sir Thomas de la Barre	Sir Robert Whitney II^[2]
1416 (Oct)
1417	John Russell	Thomas Holgot^[2]
1419	John Russell	John Merbury^[2]
1420	John Russell	John Brugge^[2]
1421 (May)	John Russell	John Merbury^[2]
1421 (Dec)	John Russell	John Merbury^[2]
1422	John Russell	Sir Robert Whitney II
1423	John Russell	Thomas de la Hay
1425	John Merbury
1426	John Russell	Sir John Skydemore
1427	John Merbury
1428	Walter Devereux
1429	John Russell	Sir John Skydemore
1431	John Russell	Giles Brydges
1432	John Russell
1433	John Russell	Sir John Skydemore
1434	Walter Devereux
1436	Sir Walter Devereux	Sir Kynard de la Bere
1437		John Abrahall
1439		John Abrahall
1440	Sir Walter Devereux	John Abrahall
1442		John Abrahall
1450 (Nov)	Sir Walter Devereux
1455	Giles Brydges
1459	Walter Devereux
1471	Sir Richard Croft
1472	Thomas Brydges
1476	Sir James Baskerville
1504	__? Mynors	Sir Gruffydd ap Rhys^[3]
1510–1515	No Names Known^[4]
1523	Sir Richard Cornwall	?^[4]
1529	Sir Richard Cornwall, died and replaced c.1533 by James Baskerville	John Rudhale, died and replaced c.1532 by John Scudamore^[4]
1536
1539	George Cornwall	John Lingen^[4]
1542	?John Vaughan	James Croft^[4]
1545
1547	James Baskerville	John Gwillim^[4]
1553 (Mar)
1553 (Oct)	Humphrey Coningsby	Stephen Parry^[4]
1554 (Apr)	John Lingen	John Baskerville^[4]
1554 (Nov)	Richard Sebourne	Thomas Havard^[4]
1555	John Baskerville	Stephen Parry^[4]
1558	Gregory Price	John Pateshall^[4]
1559 (Jan)	Sir Robert Whitney	Humphrey Coningsby^[5]
1562–1563	Sir James Croft	James Warnecombe^[5]
1571	Sir James Croft	John Scudamore^[5]
1572 (Apr)	Sir James Croft	John Scudamore^[5]
1584 (Nov)	Sir James Croft	John Scudamore^[5]
1586 (Oct)	Sir James Croft	John Scudamore^[5]
1588 (Oct)	Sir James Croft	John Scudamore^[5]
1593	Sir Thomas Coningsby	Herbert Croft^[5]
1597 (Sep)	Sir Thomas Coningsby	Sir John Scudamore^[5]
1601	Sir Thomas Coningsby	Sir Herbert Croft^[5]

1604–1832

As there were sometimes significant gaps between Parliaments, the dates of first assembly and dissolution are given for those up to 1640. Where the name of the member has not yet been ascertained or is not recorded in a surviving document, the entry unknown is entered in the table.

More information Elected, Assembled ...

Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	First member	Second member
1604	19 March 1604	9 February 1611	Sir James Scudamore	Sir Herbert Croft
1614	5 April 1614	7 June 1614	Sir James Scudamore	Sir Herbert Croft
1621	16 January 1621	8 February 1622	Sir John Scudamore, Bt	Fitzwilliam Coningsby
1624	12 February 1624	27 March 1625	Sir John Scudamore, Bt	Sir Robert Harley
1625	17 May 1625	12 August 1625	John Rudhale	Sir Giles Brydges, Bt
1626	6 February 1626	15 June 1626	Sir Robert Harley	Sir Walter Pye
1628	17 March 1628	10 March 1629	Sir Giles Brydges, Bt	Sir Walter Pye
1629–1640	No Parliaments convened

More information Election, First member ...

Election		First member	First party	Second member	Second party
Herefordshire was represented by 2 elected Knights of the Shire
	1640, April	Sir Robert Harley		Sir Walter Pye
	1640, November	Sir Robert Harley^[6]	Parliamentarian	Fitzwilliam Coningsby^[7]
	c. 1641			Humphrey Coningsby^[8]	Royalist
	c. 1644			vacant
	c. 1646			Edward Harley^[9]	Parliamentarian
	1647, 29 January			vacant
	1648, 8 June			Edward Harley^[10]	Parliamentarian
	1648, 6 December	vacant		vacant
Herefordshire was represented by 2 nominated MPs in Barebone's Parliament
	1653^[11]	Wroth Rogers		John Herring
Herefordshire's representation was increased to 4 elected MPs in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
	1654	John Scudamore	John Pateshal	John Flacket	Richard Read
	1656	James Berry^[12]	Edward Harley^[13]	Bennet Hoskyns	Benjamin Mason
Herefordshire's representation was decreased to 2 MPs in the Third Parliament of the Protectorate and thereafter
	1659, January	Wroth Rogers		Bennet Hoskyns
	1659, May	vacant		vacant
	1660, 18 April	Edward Harley		William Powell
	1661, 20 March	James Scudamore		Thomas Prise
	1668, 23 September	Sir John Kyrle		Thomas Prise
	1679, 26 February	The Viscount Scudamore		Sir Herbert Croft, Bt
	1679, 10 September	The Viscount Scudamore		Sir Edward Harley
	1685, 18 March	Sir John Morgan, Bt	Tory	Sir John Hoskyns, Bt
	1689, 15 January			Sir Edward Harley	Whig
	1690, 12 March			Sir Herbert Croft, Bt	Whig
	1693, 8 February	Sir Edward Harley	Whig	Sir Herbert Croft, Bt	Whig
	1698, 3 August	Henry Cornewall	Tory	Henry Gorges	Tory
	1701, 16 January	Sir John Williams, Bt	Tory
	1705, 16 May	The Viscount Scudamore	Tory
	1708, 12 May			John Prise	Tory
	1712, 30 July			Sir Thomas Morgan, Bt	Tory
	1715, 9 February	Richard Hopton		Sir Thomas Morgan, Bt	Tory
	1717, 6 March	Richard Hopton		Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, Bt^[14]
	1722, 28 March	Velters Cornewall^[15]	Tory	Sir Edward Goodere, Bt	Tory
	1727, 6 September			Edward Harley	Tory
	1742, 6 January			Thomas Foley
	1747, 15 July			Lord Harley
	1755, 5 May			Sir John Morgan, Bt
	1767, 18 May			Thomas Foley
	1768, 6 April	Thomas Foley		Thomas Foley
	1774, 12 October	Thomas Foley		Sir George Cornewall, Bt^[16]
	1776, 22 May	Thomas Harley	Tory^[17]
	1780, 18 September				Whig^[17]
	1796, 8 June			Robert Biddulph	Whig^[17]
	1802, 14 July	Sir George Cornewall, Bt	Tory^[17]	John Cotterell^[18]	Tory^[17]
	1803, 31 March			John Matthews	Tory^[17]
	1806, 8 November			Sir John Cotterell, Bt	Tory^[17]
	1807, 13 May	Thomas Foley	Whig^[17]
	1818, 29 June	Sir Robert Price, Bt	Whig^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[17]
	1831, 7 May	Sir Robert Price, Bt	Whig^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[17]	Kedgwin Hoskins	Whig^[17]
Herefordshire's representation was increased to 3 MPs in the 1832 general election and thereafter

1832–1885

More information Election, First member ...

Election	First member		First party		Second party		Third party
1832		Edward Thomas Foley	Tory^[17]	Kedgwin Hoskins	Whig^[17]^[24]	Sir Robert Price, Bt	Whig^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[17]
1834		Edward Thomas Foley	Conservative^[17]			Sir Robert Price, Bt	Whig^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[17]
1841		Thomas Baskerville	Conservative^[17]			Joseph Bailey	Conservative^[17]
1847		Francis Haggitt (F.R. Wegg-Prosser, 1849)	Conservative	George Cornewall Lewis	Whig^[25]^[26]^[27]	Joseph Bailey	Conservative^[17]
1850 by-election		Francis Haggitt (F.R. Wegg-Prosser, 1849)	Conservative	George Cornewall Lewis	Whig^[25]^[26]^[27]	Thomas William Booker-Blakemore	Conservative
1852		James King King	Conservative	Hon. Charles Hanbury	Conservative
1857				Sir Geers Cotterell, Bt	Whig^[28]
1858 by-election				Sir Geers Cotterell, Bt	Whig^[28]	Lord Montagu Graham	Conservative
1859				Humphrey St John-Mildmay	Liberal	Lord Montagu Graham	Conservative
1865				Sir Joseph Bailey	Conservative	Michael Biddulph	Liberal
1868		Sir Herbert Croft, Bt	Conservative
1874		Daniel Peploe Peploe	Conservative
1880		Thomas Duckham	Liberal
1885	Constituency abolished: see Leominster and Ross.