Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)
- Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)
UK former constituency infobox
Name = Petersfield
Type = Borough
Year = 1547
Abolition = 1983
members = 1547–1832: two;1832–1983: one
Petersfield was an English Parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Petersfield in Hampshire. It existed for several hundred years until its abolition for the 1983 general election.
Until 1832, it returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Thereater, its representation was reduced to one member until its abolition in 1983.
Members of Parliament
MPs for Petersfield borough (1547-1885)
1547-1660
* 1586-1587: Edward Radclyffe
* 1588-1589: Benjamin Tichborne
* 1621-1622: Richard Norton
* 1640-1648: Sir William Lewis
* 1659: Josias Child
* 1659: Sir Henry Norton
1660-1832
Notes
Election results
References
*Rayment
*Robert Beatson, "A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament" (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [http://books.google.com/books?vid=024wW9LmFc5kXY0FI2&id=Gh2wKY2rkDUC&printsec=toc&dq=Return+of+Members+of+Parliament&as_brr=1&sig=SK5GVtGLfWQ9ovZDbyZObAyIO5I#PPP9,M1]
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