Thetford (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Thetford
Type = Borough
Year = 1529
Abolition = 1868

Thetford was a constituency of the British House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the first past the post system of election until it was disenfranchised in 1868. Below are those MPs who held the seat from just prior to the Restoration onwards.

Members of Parliament (Before 1660)

*1606-1611: William Twysden
*1614: Sir William Twysden
*1624-1625: Drue Drury
*1625: Sir Robert Cotton
*1640-1653: Sir Thomas Wodehouse
*1640-1648: Framlingham Gawdy
*1659: Robert Steward
*1659: William Stene

Members of Parliament (1660-1868)

FitzRoy family

Due to the town's close proximity to Euston Hall (the main residence of the FitzRoy family), the seat for Thetford has been held by various members of the family:

*1733-54 & 1774-82: Charles FitzRoy-Scudamore
*1739-41: Lord Augustus FitzRoy
*1774-80: Hon. Charles FitzRoy
*1782-84: George FitzRoy, Earl of Euston
*1806-12: Lord William FitzRoy
*1812-18: Lord John FitzRoy
*1818-30: Lord Charles FitzRoy
*1830-34: Lord James FitzRoy
*1847-63: William FitzRoy, Earl of Euston
*1863-65: Lord Frederick FitzRoy

References

*rayment
*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) [http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=p-000-00---0modhis06--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00001-001-1-1isoZz-8859Zz-1-0&a=d&cl=CL1]