Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Cheshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentiary constituency for the county of Cheshire. 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 1832.
| Cheshire | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1545–1832 |
As a county palatine it was unrepresented in the Parliament until the Chester and Cheshire (Constituencies) Act 1542 (34 & 35 Hen VIII. c. 13). Cheshire was represented by two Knights of the Shire from 1545, with only County Durham out of the English counties being left unrepresented after that.
It was divided between the constituencies of North Cheshire and South Cheshire in 1832.
Members of Parliament
1545–1659
- Constituency created (1545)
| Year | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1545 | Sir Lawrence Smith | Sir Hugh Calverley |
| 1547 | Sir William Brereton | Sir Hugh Cholmley |
| Mar 1553 | Sir Thomas Holcroft | Sir Thomas Venables |
| Oct 1553 | Edward Fitton (the elder) | |
| Apr 1554 | Sir Henry Delves | Richard Wilbraham |
| Nov 1554 | Sir Richard Cotton | |
| 1555 | Sir Lawrence Smith | Richard Wilbraham |
| 1558 | Richard Hough | James Done |
| 1559 | Sir William Brereton | Sir Ralph Leycester |
| 1563 | Sir Thomas Venables | William Massye |
| 1571 | Thomas Calveley | Thomas Stanley |
| 1572 | George Calveley | William Booth |
| 1584 | Thomas Egerton | Hugh Cholmondeley |
| 1586 | John Savage | |
| 1589 | Sir George Beeston | |
| 1593 | Thomas Holcroft | John Done |
| 1597 | Sir William Brereton | Thomas Egerton |
| 1601 | Sir Peter Legh | Thomas Holcroft |
| 1604 | Sir Thomas Holcroft | Sir Roger Aston |
| 1614 | Sir William Brereton | Sir Roger Wilbraham |
| 1621 | Sir Richard Grosvenor | |
| 1624 | William Booth | William Brereton |
| 1625 | Sir Robert Cholmondeley, Bt | Sir Anthony St John |
| 1626 | Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet | Peter Daniell |
| 1628 | Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet | |
| April 1640 | Sir Thomas Aston, 1st Baronet | |
| November 1640 | Peter Venables | |
| 1646 | George Booth | |
| 1653 | Robert Duckenfield | Henry Birkenhead |
- Four members returned to First Protectorate Parliament (1654)
| Year | First member | Second member | Third member | Fourth member |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1654 | John Bradshaw | Sir George Booth, Bt | Henry Brooke | John Crew |
| 1656 | Richard Legh | Thomas Marbury | Peter Brooke |
1659–1832
- Two members returned to Third Protectorate Parliament (1659)
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1659 | John Bradshaw | Richard Legh | ||||
| 1660 | Sir George Booth, Bt | Sir Thomas Mainwaring, Bt | ||||
| 1661 | The Lord Brereton | Peter Venables | ||||
| 1664 | Sir Fulk Lucy | |||||
| 1670 | Thomas Cholmondeley | |||||
| 1678 | Hon. Henry Booth | Whig | ||||
| February 1679 | Sir Philip Egerton | |||||
| September 1679 | Sir Robert Cotton, Bt | Whig | ||||
| 1685 | Sir Philip Egerton | Thomas Cholmondeley | ||||
| 1689 | Sir Robert Cotton, Bt | Whig | Sir John Mainwaring, Bt | Whig | ||
| 1702 | Sir George Warburton, Bt | Tory | Sir Roger Mostyn, Bt | Tory | ||
| 1705 | Langham Booth | Whig | John Offley-Crewe | Whig | ||
| 1710 | Sir George Warburton, Bt | Tory | Charles Cholmondeley | |||
| 1715 | Langham Booth | Whig | ||||
| 1722 | Charles Cholmondeley | John Offley-Crewe | Whig | |||
| 1727 | Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bt | |||||
| 1734 | John Crewe | |||||
| 1753 | Charles Crewe | |||||
| 1754 | Samuel Egerton | |||||
| 1756 | Thomas Cholmondeley | |||||
| 1768 | John Crewe | Whig | ||||
| 1780 | Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bt | |||||
| 1796 | Thomas Cholmondeley | |||||
| 1802 | William Egerton | |||||
| 1806 | Davies Davenport | |||||
| 1812 | Wilbraham Egerton | Tory | ||||
| 1830 | Viscount Belgrave | Conservative | ||||
| 1831 | George Wilbraham | Whig | ||||
- Constituency abolished (1832)
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See also
- List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
- Unreformed House of Commons
References
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