Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Created: | 1290 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two |
Bedfordshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. 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. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire. It was divided between the constituencies of Biggleswade and Luton in 1885.
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Bedfordshire was one of the historic counties of England. It also contained the borough of Bedford, which returned two burgesses to Parliament.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] 1290-1660
- Constituency created (1290)
[edit] 1660-1885
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1660 | Lord Bruce of Whorlton | Samuel Browne | ||||
| 1661 | Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Bt | |||||
| 1664 | Sir John Napier | |||||
| 1679 | William Russell, Lord Russell | Whig | Sir Humphrey Monoux, 2nd Bt | |||
| 1685 | Sir Villiers Chernock, 2nd Bt | William Boteler | ||||
| 1689 | Lord Edward Russell | William Duncombe | ||||
| 1690 | Thomas Browne | |||||
| 1695 | William Duncombe | |||||
| 1698 | Sir William Gostwick, 4th Bt | |||||
| 1705 | Sir Pynsent Chernock, 3rd Bt | |||||
| 1708 | Lord Edward Russell | |||||
| 1713 | Sir Pynsent Chernock, 3rd Bt | John Harvey | ||||
| February 1715 | William Hillersden | |||||
| July 1715 | John Cater | |||||
| 1722 | Charles Leigh | Sir Rowland Alston, 4th Bt | ||||
| 1727 | Lord Byng | |||||
| 1733 | Charles Leigh | |||||
| 1735 | Sir Roger Burgoyne, 6th Bt | |||||
| 1741 | Sir John Chester, 6th Bt | |||||
| 1747 | Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Bt | Thomas Alston[1] | ||||
| 1753 | The Earl of Upper Ossory | |||||
| 1758 | Henry Osborn | |||||
| 1761 | Marquess of Tavistock | Whig | Robert Henley-Ongley[2] | |||
| 1767 | The Earl of Upper Ossory | |||||
| 1780 | Hon. St Andrew St John | |||||
| 1784 | The Lord Ongley[3] | |||||
| 1785 | Hon. St Andrew St John[4] | |||||
| 1794 | John Osborn | |||||
| 1806 | Francis Pym | |||||
| 1807 | Hon. Richard Fitzpatrick | |||||
| 1812 | Marquess of Tavistock | Whig | ||||
| 1818 | Sir John Osborn, 5th Bt | |||||
| 1820 | Francis Pym | |||||
| 1826 | Thomas Potter MacQueen | |||||
| 1830 | William Stuart | |||||
| 1831 | Sir Peter Payne | |||||
| 1832 | Lord Charles James Fox Russell | Whig | William Stuart | |||
| 1835 | Viscount Alford | |||||
| 1841 | William Thornton Astell | |||||
| March 1847 | Lord Charles James Fox Russell | Liberal | ||||
| August 1847 | Francis Russell | Liberal | ||||
| 1851 | Sir Richard Gilpin, 1st Bt | Conservative | ||||
| 1872 | Francis Bassett | |||||
| 1875 | Marquess of Tavistock | Liberal | ||||
| 1880 | James Howard | |||||
- Constituency abolished (1885)
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Succeeded as 5th baronet in 1759
- ^ Created Lord Ongley in 1776
- ^ St John originally returned; found not to have been properly returned and Ongley declared duly elected
- ^ Declared elected and Ongley unseated on petition
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Beatson, Robert (1807). A chronological register of both houses of the British Parliament, Volume II.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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