Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Hythe
Type =
Year = 1366
Abolition = 1950
members = 1298–1832: two
1832–1950: one

Hythe was a constituency centred on the town of Hythe in Kent. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons until 1832, when its representation was reduced to one member. The constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, and replaced with the new Folkestone and Hythe constituency.

Members of Parliament

1366-1640

* 1563-1567: Edward Pelham
* 1571: William Cromer
* 1584: Thomas Bodley [Bodley was also elected for Portsmouth, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Hythe]
* 1604-1611: Christopher Talderby
* 1604-1611: Sir Norton Knatchbull
* 1614: Lionel Cranfield
* 1621-1622: Sir Peter Heyman
* 1621-1622: Dr Richard Zouche
* 1624: Dr Richard Zouche
* 1626: Basil Dixwell
* 1629: Sir Edward Dering

1640-1832

1832-1950

Notes

References

*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]
*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]
*"The Constitutional Year Book for 1913" (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
*F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885" (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
*F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949" (Glasgow: Political Reference Publications, 1969)
*J E Neale, "The Elizabethan House of Commons" (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
*Rayment