Hertford (UK Parliament constituency)
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Hertford was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire
, which elected Members of Parliament
(MPs) from 1298 until 1974. It was represented in the House of Commons of England
from 1298 to 1707, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain
from 1707 to 1800, and finally in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
from 1801 to 1974.
From 1298 it was a borough consisting of the town of Hertford
, electing two MPs until 1868 and one from 1868 to 1885. In 1885 the borough was abolished and the name was transferred to the county constituency which contained the town.
From the general election of February 1974
the constituency ceased to exist, being mostly included in the new Hertford and Stevenage
constituency.
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Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, which elected Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MPs) from 1298 until 1974. It was represented in the House of Commons of England
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
from 1298 to 1707, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain
House of Commons of Great Britain
The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of the Parliament of Scotland, as one of the most significant...
from 1707 to 1800, and finally in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
from 1801 to 1974.
From 1298 it was a borough consisting of the town of Hertford
Hertford
Hertford is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. Forming a civil parish, the 2001 census put the population of Hertford at about 24,180. Recent estimates are that it is now around 28,000...
, electing two MPs until 1868 and one from 1868 to 1885. In 1885 the borough was abolished and the name was transferred to the county constituency which contained the town.
From the general election of February 1974
United Kingdom general election, February 1974
The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,...
the constituency ceased to exist, being mostly included in the new Hertford and Stevenage
Hertford and Stevenage (UK Parliament constituency)
Hertford and Stevenage was a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election....
constituency.
1298-1640
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| 1621-1622 | William Ashton | Thomas Fanshawe Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe was an English politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Hertford in the 1620s, and as a royalist in 1640.-Life:He was eldest son of Sir Henry Fanshawe, and brother of Sir Richard Fanshawe... |
| 1624 | William Ashton | Thomas Fanshawe Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe was an English politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Hertford in the 1620s, and as a royalist in 1640.-Life:He was eldest son of Sir Henry Fanshawe, and brother of Sir Richard Fanshawe... |
| 1625 | William Ashton | Thomas Fanshawe Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe was an English politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Hertford in the 1620s, and as a royalist in 1640.-Life:He was eldest son of Sir Henry Fanshawe, and brother of Sir Richard Fanshawe... |
| 1626 | Sir William Harrington | Sir Capell Bedell Sir Capell Bedell, 1st Baronet Sir Capell Bedell, 1st Baronet , was a British politician.Bedell was the son of Sir Thomas Bedell, of Hamerton, Huntingdonshire, by Winifred Capell, daughter of Sir Arthur Capell, Hadham, Hertfordshire. He was created a Baronet, of Hamerton in the County of Huntingdon, on 3 June 1622... |
| 1628 | Sir Edward Howard | Sir Thomas Fanshawe Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe was an English politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Hertford in the 1620s, and as a royalist in 1640.-Life:He was eldest son of Sir Henry Fanshawe, and brother of Sir Richard Fanshawe... |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
1640-1868
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| April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks.... |
Viscount Cranborne Charles Cecil, Viscount Cranborne Charles Cecil, Viscount Cranborne was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648.Cranbourne was the son of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury and his wife Lady Catherine Howard, a daughter of the 1st Earl of Suffolk. He bore the courtesy title Viscount Cranbourne... |
Parliamentarian | Sir Thomas Fanshawe Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe was an English politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Hertford in the 1620s, and as a royalist in 1640.-Life:He was eldest son of Sir Henry Fanshawe, and brother of Sir Richard Fanshawe... |
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| November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and... |
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| November 1643 | Fanshawe disabled from sitting - seat vacant | ||||||
| 1645 | William Leman Sir William Leman, 1st Baronet Sir William Leman, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1645 and 1660.Leman was the son of WIlliam Leman of Beccles and his wife Alice. He was a woollen draper and a member of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers... |
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| December 1648 | Cranborne not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents... |
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| 1653 | Hertford was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector... |
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| 1654 First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House.... |
Isaac Pulter | Hertford had only one seat in the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House.... and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons... Parliaments of the Protectorate |
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| 1656 Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons... |
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| January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons... |
James Cooper | ||||||
| May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason.... |
Not represented in the restored Rump Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason.... |
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| April 1660 | Arthur Sparke Arthur Sparke Arthur Sparke was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Sparke was a barrister of the Middle Temple. In 1660, he was elected Member of Parliament for Hertford in the Convention Parliament... |
Sir Thomas Fanshawe Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe was an English politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Hertford in the 1620s, and as a royalist in 1640.-Life:He was eldest son of Sir Henry Fanshawe, and brother of Sir Richard Fanshawe... |
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| 1661 | Sir Edward Turnor | Thomas Fanshawe | |||||
| 1673 | Sir Thomas Byde | ||||||
| 1675 | Edmund Feilde | ||||||
| 1677 | Sir John Gore | ||||||
| February 1679 | Sir Charles Caesar | ||||||
| September 1679 | Sir William Cowper | ||||||
| 1685 | Sir Francis Boteler | ||||||
| 1689 | Sir William Cowper | ||||||
| 1690 | Sir William Leman Sir William Leman, 2nd Baronet Sir William Leman, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1690 to 1695.Leman was the son of Sir William Leman, 1st Baronet and his wife Rebecca Prescot, daughter of Edward Prescot, of Thoby, in Essex, and of London... |
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| 1695 | William Cowper William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper PC KC FRS was an English politician who became the first Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Cowper was the son of Sir William Cowper, 2nd Baronet, of Ratling Court, Kent, a Whig member of parliament of some mark in the two last Stuart reigns... |
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| January 1701 | Charles Caesar Charles Caesar (Treasurer of the Navy) Charles Caesar was a British Member of Parliament and a lawyer, a Tory and a Jacobite.-Life:Charles Caesar was the son of Sir Charles Caesar of Benington, Hertfordshire. He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and admitted at the Middle Templein 1690. He entered Parliament in 1701 as... |
Thomas Filmer | |||||
| February 1701 | Richard Goulston | ||||||
| 1705 | Sir Thomas Clarke | ||||||
| 1708 | William Monson | ||||||
| 1710 | Charles Caesar Charles Caesar (Treasurer of the Navy) Charles Caesar was a British Member of Parliament and a lawyer, a Tory and a Jacobite.-Life:Charles Caesar was the son of Sir Charles Caesar of Benington, Hertfordshire. He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and admitted at the Middle Templein 1690. He entered Parliament in 1701 as... |
Richard Goulston | |||||
| 1715 | Sir Thomas Clarke | John Boteler | |||||
| 1722 | Edward Harrison | Charles Caesar Charles Caesar (Treasurer of the Navy) Charles Caesar was a British Member of Parliament and a lawyer, a Tory and a Jacobite.-Life:Charles Caesar was the son of Sir Charles Caesar of Benington, Hertfordshire. He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and admitted at the Middle Templein 1690. He entered Parliament in 1701 as... |
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| 1723 | Sir Thomas Clarke | ||||||
| 1727 | George Harrison | ||||||
| 1734 | Nathaniel Brassey | ||||||
| 1741 | George Harrison | ||||||
| 1759 | Viscount Fordwich George Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper George Nassau Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper was an English peer who went on the grand tour as a young man, but actually emigrated. Despite becoming a Member of Parliament and inheriting lands and the title of Earl Cowper in England, he remained in Italy. He amassed a valuable art collection... |
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| 1761 | John Calvert | Timothy Caswall | |||||
| 1768 | William Cowper | ||||||
| 1770 | Paul Feilde | ||||||
| 1780 | Thomas, Baron Dimsdale | William Baker William Baker (1743–1824) William Baker was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Aldborough 4 March 1777 – 8 September 1780, Hertford 7 September 1780 – 30 March 1784, Hertfordshire 23 June 1790 – 10 July 1802 and 11 February 1805 – 11 May 1807 and Plympton Erle 22 March 1768 – 10 October 1774.He died... |
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| 1784 | John Calvert | ||||||
| 1790 | Nathaniel, Baron Dimsdale | ||||||
| 1802 | Hon. Edward Spencer Cowper | Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
Nicolson Calvert | Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
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| 1817 | Viscount Cranborne James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, PC , styled Viscount Cranborne until 1823, was a British Conservative politician. He held office under the Earl of Derby as Lord Privy Seal in 1852 and Lord President of the Council between 1858 and 1859... |
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| 1823 | Thomas Byron | ||||||
| 1826 | Thomas Slingsby Duncombe Thomas Slingsby Duncombe Thomas Slingsby Duncombe was a Radical politician, who was a member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Hertford from 1826 to 1832 and for Finsbury from 1834 until his death. Duncombe was a tireless champion of radical causes in the 27 years he served the North East London borough of... |
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| 1830 | Viscount Ingestrie Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury Admiral Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl Talbot, 18th Earl of Waterford, CB, PC , styled Viscount Ingestre between 1826 and 1849 and known as The Earl Talbot between 1849 and 1858, was a British naval commander and Conservative politician.-Background:Shrewsbury was the... |
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| 1831 | John Currie | Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
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| 1832 | Viscount Ingestrie Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury Admiral Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl Talbot, 18th Earl of Waterford, CB, PC , styled Viscount Ingestre between 1826 and 1849 and known as The Earl Talbot between 1849 and 1858, was a British naval commander and Conservative politician.-Background:Shrewsbury was the... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
Viscount Mahon Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope FRS , styled Viscount Mahon between 1816 and 1855, was a British politician and historian... |
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| 1832 | writ suspended: both seats vacant until 1835 | ||||||
| 1835 | Hon. William Francis Cowper William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple William Francis Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple PC , known as William Cowper before 1869 and as William Cowper-Temple between 1869 and 1880, was a British Liberal Party politician and statesman.... |
Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
Viscount Mahon Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope FRS , styled Viscount Mahon between 1816 and 1855, was a British politician and historian... |
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| 1852 | Thomas Chambers Thomas Chambers (MP) Sir Thomas Chambers was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1852 and 1885.Chambers was the son of Thomas Chambers of Hertford and his wife Sarah... |
Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
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| 1857 | Sir Walter Minto Townshend-Farquhar | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1859 | Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
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| 1866 | Robert Dimsdale Robert Dimsdale Robert Dimsdale was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1866 and 1892.... |
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| 1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom... |
Representation reduced to one MP | ||||||
1868-1885
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| 1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom... |
Robert Dimsdale Robert Dimsdale Robert Dimsdale was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1866 and 1892.... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1874 United Kingdom general election, 1874 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *... |
Arthur James Balfour | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:... |
Constituency abolished; name transferred to county division | ||
Hertford county constituency (1885-1974)
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| 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:... |
Abel Smith | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1898 by-election | Evelyn Cecil Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley, GBE, PC was a British, Conservative Party politician.Born in the parish of St George's, Hanover Square in the heart of London's Mayfair, Cecil was the eldest son of Lord Eustace Cecil and was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1900 United Kingdom general election, 1900 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1900*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**... |
Abel Henry Smith Abel Henry Smith Colonel Abel Henry Smith was a British Conservative Party politician and an English landowner of the Smith banking family.... |
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| Jan. 1910 | Sir John Rolleston John Rolleston Sir John Fowke Lancelot Rolleston JP DL , was a British Conservative politician.He was educated at Repton School and King's College London. He was a keen Conservative and the leader of his party in Leicester, where, after being twice defeated at the poll, he was elected Member of Parliament in 1900... |
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| 1916 by-election | Noel Pemberton Billing Noel Pemberton Billing Noel Pemberton Billing was an English aviator, inventor, publisher, and Member of Parliament. He founded the firm that became Supermarine and promoted air power, but he held a strong antipathy towards the Royal Aircraft Factory and its products... |
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| 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did... |
Silver Badge Party Silver Badge Party The Silver Badge Party was the unofficial title for a political movement existing in the United Kingdom during and immediately after World War I. The unofficial party consisted of several groups representing the political interests of former service personnel who had fought in the war... |
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| 1921 by-election Hertford by-election, 1921 The East Hertfordshire division by-election of 1921 was held on 16 June 1921. It had been necessitated by the resignation of the incumbent MP, Noel Pemberton Billing due to ill-health.... |
(Sir) Murray Sueter Murray Sueter Sir Murray Fraser Sueter, CB, MP was a Royal Naval officer who was noted as a pioneer of naval aviation and later became a Member of Parliament .-Naval career:... |
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| 1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922 The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John... |
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| 1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to... |
Sir Derek Walker-Smith Derek Walker-Smith Derek Colclough Walker-Smith, Baron Broxbourne PC, TD, QC, Bt. , known as Sir Derek Walker-Smith, Bt., from 1960 to 1983, was a British Conservative Party politician.... |
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| 1955 United Kingdom general election, 1955 The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on 26 May 1955, four years after the previous general election. It resulted in a substantially increased majority of 60 for the Conservative government under new leader and prime minister Sir Anthony Eden against Labour Party, now in their 20th year... |
Lord Balniel Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford and 12th Earl of Balcarres, , styled Lord Balniel between 1940 and 1975, is a Scottish hereditary peer and Conservative politician. The elder son of the 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres, he succeeded to the titles in 1975... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| Feb. 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,... |
Constituency abolished - see Hertford and Stevenage Hertford and Stevenage (UK Parliament constituency) Hertford and Stevenage was a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.... |
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