Summary
Northumberland, was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from 1290 to 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament.
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1290–1832 | |
| Seats | two |
| Replaced by | North Northumberland, South Northumberland and Tynemouth and North Shields |
The constituency was split into two two-member divisions, for Parliamentary purposes, by the Reform Act 1832. The county was then represented by the North Numberland and South Northumberland constituencies.[1]
Members of Parliament
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MPs 1290–1640
edit| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1300 | Sir Luke Tailboys | |
| 1311 | Guischard de Charron | |
| 1311 | Roger Mauduit | |
| 1314 | Roger Mauduit | |
| 1331 | Roger Mauduit | |
| 1334 | Roger Mauduit | |
| 1371 | William Heron | |
| 1372 | Thomas Surteys | John de Mitford |
| 1373 | Sir Bertram (II) Montbourcher | |
| 1377 | Sir Bertram (II) Montbourcher | |
| 1378 | Sir John Fenwick | |
| 1379 | Sir John Heron | |
| 1380 | Walter de Swinhoe | Sir Ralph Euer |
| 1381 | Adam de Athol (Sir Aymer de Strathbogie of Felton) | Sir Ralph Euer |
| 1382 | Sir Robert Clifford | |
| 1386 | Sir Bertram Montbourcher | Sir Robert Clavering[2] |
| 1388 (Feb) | Sir Thomas Umfraville | John de Mitford[2] |
| 1388 (Sep) | John de Mitford[2] | |
| 1390 (Jan) | Sir Thomas Umfraville | John de Mitford[2] |
| 1390 (Nov) | Sir John Felton | John de Mitford[2] |
| 1391 | Sir Gerard Heron | John de Mitford[2] |
| 1393 | Sir Gerard Heron | John de Mitford[2] |
| 1394 | Sir Gerard Heron | John de Mitford[2] |
| 1395 | Sir William Swinburne | Sampson Hardyng[2] |
| 1397 (Jan) | Sir Thomas Gray | John de Mitford[2] |
| 1397 (Sep) | Sir Gerard Heron | Sir Robert Lisle[2] |
| 1399 | Sir Thomas Gray | Sampson Hardyng[2] |
| 1401 | Sir Gerard Heron | John de Mitford[2] |
| 1402 | Sir Gerard Heron | John de Mitford[2] |
| 1404 (Jan) | Sir John Widdrington | Sampson Hardyng[2] |
| 1404 (Oct) | Sir William Carnaby | Sir Robert Lisle[2] |
| 1406 | Sir John Clavering | Sir Robert Lisle[2] |
| 1407 | Sir Edmund Hastings | Robert Harbottle[2] |
| 1410 | ||
| 1411 | ||
| 1413 (Feb) | ||
| 1413 (May) | John Bertram | William Mitford[2] |
| 1414 (Apr) | Sir John Middleton | Sir Robert Lisle[2] |
| 1414 (Nov) | Sir John Widdrington | Sampson Hardyng[2] |
| 1415 | ||
| 1416 (Mar) | Sir Robert Ogle | William Mitford[2] |
| 1416 (Oct) | ||
| 1417 | Sir John Middleton | Sir Robert Lisle[2] |
| 1417 | John Strother | |
| 1419 | Sir Robert Ogle | William Mitford[2] |
| 1420 | Sir Robert Ogle | Nicholas Turpin[2] |
| 1421 (May) | John Manners | Sampson Hardyng[2] |
| 1421 (Dec) | Sir Robert Ogle | William Mitford[2] |
| 1425 | Sir Robert Ogle | [3] |
| 1434 | Thomas Lilborn | John Cartyngton |
| 1435 | Sir Robert Ogle | [3] |
| 1451 | Sir John Ogle | William Bertram |
| 1491 | Sir William Tyler[4] | |
| 1510–1523 | No Names Known[5] | |
| 1529 | Cuthbert Radcliffe | Robert Collingwood[5] |
| 1536 | ||
| 1539 | ||
| 1542 | ||
| 1545 | ||
| 1547 | Sir Thomas Hilton | John Bednall[5] |
| 1553 (Mar) | ||
| 1553 (Oct) | Sir Thomas Grey | Cuthbert Horsley[5] |
| 1554 (Apr) | John Swinburne | Robert Horsley[5] |
| 1554 (Nov) | Sir Thomas Grey | Cuthbert Horsley[5] |
| 1555 | Sir Thomas Wharton | George Heron[5] |
| 1558 | Sir Thomas Wharton | Sir Robert Ellerker[5] |
| 1558–1589 | Sir Thomas Grey I | Cuthbert Horsley[6] |
| 1562–1565 | John Vaughan | Robert Lawdon (died 1665)[6] |
| 1571 | Sir Henry Percy | Sir William Hilton[6] |
| 1572 (Apr) | Sir Francis Russell | Thomas Layton[6] |
| 1584 | Sir Francis Russell | Edward Talbot[6] |
| 1586 | Sir Thomas Grey II | Edward Talbot[6] |
| 1588 (Oct) | William Carey | Robert Widdrington[6] |
| 1593 | Sir William Reade alias Kynnerd | Robert Widdrington[6] |
| 1597 | Sir Robert Carey | William Selby[6] |
| 1601 (Oct) | Sir Robert Carey | William Selby[6] |
| 1604–1611 | Sir Ralph Grey | Sir Henry Widdrington |
| 1614 | Sir Henry Widdrington | Sir George Selby, declared inelig. and repl. by Sir William Selby |
| 1621–1622 | Sir William Grey | Sir Henry Widdrington |
| 1624 | Sir John Fenwick | Sir Francis Brandling |
| 1625 | Sir John Fenwick | Sir Francis Brandling |
| 1626 | Sir John Fenwick | Sir John Delaval |
| 1628 | Sir John Fenwick | Sir William Carnaby |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments convened | |
MPs 1640–1832
editElections
editThe county franchise, from 1430, was held by the adult male owners of freehold land valued at 40 shillings or more. Each elector had as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings, which took place in the town of Alnwick. The expense and difficulty of voting at only one location in the county, together with the lack of a secret ballot contributed to the corruption and intimidation of electors, which was widespread in the unreformed British political system.
The expense, to candidates, of contested elections encouraged the leading families of the county to agree on the candidates to be returned unopposed whenever possible. Contested county elections were therefore unusual. The Tory Percys, led by the Duke of Northumberland, shared the county representation with the Whig Grey Family.
See also
editSources
edit- ^ Great Britain; Rickards, George K. (George Kettilby) (1807). The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69]. unknown library. London, His Majesty's statute and law printers. p. 335.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "History of Parliament". Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ a b "OGLE, Sir Robert (c.1370-1436), of Ogle, Northumb". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ Cavill. The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "History of Parliament". Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ Expelled, December 1641, "for being concerned in a plot to bring up the King's army in the North, to over-awe the Parliament"
- ^ Fenwick was temporarily disabled from sitting in January 1644, but re-admitted in June 1646
- ^ Charles Howard, Robert Fenwick, Henry Dawson and Henry Ogle were collectively nominated for the Four Northern Counties (Northumberland, Durham, Westmorland and Cumberland
- ^ Created a baronet, June 1660
- ^ Expelled from the House of Commons for involvement in the Jacobite rising of 1715
- ^ On petition, Wrightson was adjudged not to have been duly elected
- ^ On petition, Ossulston waived his return in favour of his opponent, Allgood
- ^ Styled Viscount Howick from 1806
- ^ The Poll Book of the Contested Election for the County of Northumberland, from June 20th to July 6th, 1826. Alnwick: W. Davison. 1827. (results at p.381)
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
- 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) [2]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)