Haslemere (UK Parliament constituency)
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.
| Haslemere | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1584–1832 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Replaced by | West Surrey |
Members of Parliament
1584-1640
| 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
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
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
- 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)
- 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)
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