- Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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For other uses, see Monmouthshire (disambiguation).
Coordinates: 51°46′05″N 2°48′40″W / 51.768°N 2.811°W
Monmouthshire Former County constituency for the House of Commons 15361885 –Number of members Two Replaced by North Monmouthshire, South Monmouthshire, West Monmouthshire Monmouthshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Parliament of England from 1536 until 1707, of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1801, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs).
In 1885 the Monmouthshire constituency was divided to create North Monmouthshire, South Monmouthshire and West Monmouthshire.
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Boundaries
The Monmouthshire constituency covered the county of Monmouth, except that from 1832 there was a borough constituency, Monmouth Boroughs, within the county.
Members of Parliament
1542–1885
Year First member Second member 1542 No names known 1545 Walter Herbert Charles Herbert [1] 1547 Sir Thomas Morgan William Herbert [1] 1553 (Mar) 1553 (Oct) Sir Charles Herbert Thomas Somerset [1] 1554 (Apr) Thomas Herbert James Gunter [1] 1554 (Nov) Thomas Somerset David Lewis [1] 1555 William Herbert William Morgan [1] 1558 Francis Somerset William Morgan [1] 1559 (Jan) William Morgan I Thomas Herbert [2] 1562–1563 Mathew Herbert George Herbert [2] 1571 Charles Somerset William Morgan II [2] 1572 (May) Charles Somerset Henry Herbert[2] 1584 (Sep) Sir William Herbert Edward Morgan [2] 1586 (Sep) Sir William Herbert Edward Morgan [2] 1588 (Oct) Thomas Morgan II William John Proger [2] 1593 Sir William Herbert Edward Kemeys [2] 1597 (Sep) Henry Herbert John Arnold [2] 1601 (Oct) Thomas Somerset Henry Morgan [2] 1604 Thomas Somerset Sir John Herbert 1614 Walter Montagu William Jones 1621 Sir Edmund Morgan Charles Williams 1624 Robert Viscount Lisle Sir William Morgan 1625 Robert Viscount Lisle Sir William Morgan 1626 Nicholas Arnold William Herbert 1628 Nicholas Arnold Nicholas Kemeys 1629–1640 No Parliaments convened Apr 1640 William Morgan Walter Rumsey Nov 1640 Sir Charles Williams
repl. 1642 by Henry HerbertWilliam Herbert, disabled 1644 1645 John Herbert Henry Herbert 1648 John Herbert Henry Herbert 1653 Philip Jones Year First member Second member Third member 1654 Richard Cromwell, sat for Hampshire
repl. by Thomas MorganPhilip Jones sat for Glamorgan
repl. by Thomas HughesHenry Herbert 1656 Major General James Berry, sat for Worcestershire
repl. by Nathaniel WaterhouseJohn Nicholas Edward Herbert 1659 William Morgan John Nicholas Election results
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "History pf Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/monmouthshire. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History pf Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/monmouthshire. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
- Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
- W R Williams Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales
Categories:- History of Monmouthshire
- Historic parliamentary constituencies in South Wales
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
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