Montgomery (UK Parliament constituency)
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Montgomery was a constituency
represented until 1707 in the House of Commons of England
and later in the House of Commons
of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
. It elected one Member
, but was abolished in 1918.
After 1832 the constituency was more usually called the Montgomery Boroughs or Montgomery District of Boroughs.
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represented until 1707 in the House of Commons of England
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and later in the House of Commons
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of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. It elected one Member
Member of Parliament
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, but was abolished in 1918.
After 1832 the constituency was more usually called the Montgomery Boroughs or Montgomery District of Boroughs.
1542-1640
| Parliament | Member |
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| 1542 | William Herbert II |
| 1545 | William Herbert II |
| 1547 | William Herbert II |
| 1553 (Mar) | Richard Herbert |
| 1553 (Oct) | John ap Edmund |
| 1554 (Apr) | Richard Lloyd |
| 1554 (Nov) | Richard Lloyd |
| 1555 | not known |
| 1558 | William Herbert II |
| 1559 | John Man |
| 1562/3 | John Price |
| 1571 | Arthur Price |
| 1572 | Rowland Pugh, thought to be dead repl. 1581 by Richard Herbert I |
| 1584 | Richard Herbert II |
| 1586 | Matthew Herbert |
| 1588 | Rowland Pugh |
| 1593 | Richard Morgan |
| 1597 | Thomas Jukes |
| 1601 | John Harris |
1601-1918
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1601 | John Harries | ||
| 1604-1611 | Edward Whittingham | ||
| 1614 | Sir John Danvers John Danvers Sir John Danvers was an English courtier and politician. He was one of the signatories of the death warrant of Charles I.-Life:Danvers was third and youngest son of Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey, Wiltshire, by Elizabeth Danvers... |
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| 1621-1622: | Edward Herbert | ||
| 1624 | George Herbert George Herbert George Herbert was a Welsh born English poet, orator and Anglican priest.Being born into an artistic and wealthy family, he received a good education that led to his holding prominent positions at Cambridge University and Parliament. As a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, Herbert excelled in... |
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| 1625 | George Herbert George Herbert George Herbert was a Welsh born English poet, orator and Anglican priest.Being born into an artistic and wealthy family, he received a good education that led to his holding prominent positions at Cambridge University and Parliament. As a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, Herbert excelled in... |
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| 1626 | Sir Henry Herbert | ||
| 1628 | Sir Richard Lloyd Richard Lloyd (Royalist) Sir Richard Lloyd was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1676. He fought for the Royalist army in the English Civil War.... |
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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... |
Richard Herbert Richard Herbert, 2nd Baron Herbert of Chirbury Richard Herbert, 2nd Baron Herbert of Chirbury was an Anglo-Welsh Member of Parliament, a Royalist who fought with the rank of Colonel in the English Civil War, and a peer whose membership of the House of Lords was curtailed by its abolition in 1649.-Life:Herbert, born about 1604, was the elder... |
Royalist | |
| September 1642 | Herbert disabled from sitting - seat vacant | ||
| 1646 | George Devereux George Devereux (MP) George Devereux was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1647 to 1653.Devereux was the son of Sir George Devereux of Sheldon Hall, Warwickshire, and was a nephew of Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount Hereford.... |
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| 1653 | Not represented 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... and 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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| 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... |
Charles Lloyd Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet, of Garth Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet , was a Welsh merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1659.Lloyd was the grandson of Humphrey Lloyd of Leighton, the first High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire and great-great-grandson of Sir Gruffudd Vychan. He was a member of the... |
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| 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 | (Sir) Thomas Myddelton Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1st Baronet was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1646 and 1663... |
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| 1661 | John Purcell John Purcell (MP) John Purcell was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1665.Purcell was of Nantycribba and was possibly the son of Edward Purcell and his wife Mary Pryse daughter of Sir Richard Pryse of Gogerddan.... |
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| 1665 | Henry Herbert | ||
| 1679 | Matthew Pryce | ||
| April 1685 | William Williams | ||
| July 1685 | Charles Herbert | ||
| 1691 | Price Devereux Price Devereux, 9th Viscount Hereford Price Devereux, 9th Viscount Hereford was a British Peer. He was the grandson of Sir George Devereux, younger brother of Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount Hereford and succeeded to the title in 1700 when Edward Devereux, 8th Viscount Hereford died without an heir.He was Member of Parliament for... |
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| 1701 | John Vaughan | ||
| 1705 | Charles Mason | ||
| 1708 | John Pugh | ||
| 1727 | (Sir) William Corbet | ||
| 1741 | James Cholmondeley | ||
| 1747 | Henry Herbert | ||
| 1748 | Francis Herbert | ||
| 1754 | William Bodvell | ||
| 1759 | Richard Clive | ||
| 1771 | Captain Frederick Cornewall | ||
| 1774 | Whitshed Keene | ||
| 1818 | Henry Clive | ||
| 1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807.... |
David Pugh David Pugh (1789–1861) David Pugh was a wealthy tea trader, a Welsh landowner and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1832, and again between 1847 and 1861.-Career:... |
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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| 1833 by-election | John Edwards Sir John Edwards, 1st Baronet, of Garth Sir John Edwards, 1st Baronet , served as Member of Parliament for Montgomery from 8th April 1833 to 23rd June 1841 and the Edwards Baronetcy, of Garth in the County of Montgomery, was created for him in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1838... |
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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| 1841 United Kingdom general election, 1841 -Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:*Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for Ireland*Sir George Strickland, Bt*Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987... |
Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere , styled The Honourable from 1821 until 1855, was a British peer and politician.-Personal:... |
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| 1847 United Kingdom general election, 1847 -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 *... |
David Pugh David Pugh (1789–1861) David Pugh was a wealthy tea trader, a Welsh landowner and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1832, and again between 1847 and 1861.-Career:... |
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| 1861 by-election | John Samuel Willes Johnson | 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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| 1863 by-election | Hon. Charles Hanbury-Tracy Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley Charles Douglas Richard Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley PC FRS , styled The Honourable Charles Hanbury-Tracy from 1858 to 1877, was a British Liberal politician... |
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| 1877 by-election | Hon. Frederick Hanbury-Tracy Frederick Hanbury-Tracy The Hon. Frederick Stephen Archibald Hanbury-Tracy , was a British politician.Hanbury-Tracy was a younger son of Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley, and his wife Emma Elizabeth Alicia, daughter of George Hay Dawkins Pennant. Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley, was his elder brother... |
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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:... |
Pryce Pryce-Jones Pryce Pryce-Jones Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones was a Welsh entrepreneur who was one of the first to succeed in the mail order business.-Life history:... |
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| 1886 United Kingdom general election, 1886 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the UK general election, 1886*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**... |
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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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| 1892 United Kingdom general election, 1892 The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election... |
Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones Pryce Pryce-Jones Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones was a Welsh entrepreneur who was one of the first to succeed in the mail order business.-Life history:... |
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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| 1895 United Kingdom general election, 1895 The United Kingdom general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895. It was won by the Conservatives led by Lord Salisbury who formed an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party and had a large majority over the Liberals, led by Lord Rosebery... |
Major Edward Pryce-Jones | 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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| 1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**... |
John David Rees John David Rees Sir John David Rees, 1st Baronet, KCIE, CVO, MP was a colonial administrator in British India and subsequently a Member of Parliament at Westminster.-Biography:... |
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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| Dec 1910 | Colonel Edward Pryce-Jones | 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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