Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Glamorganshire was a parliamentary constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

in Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the British House of Commons

British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...

divided it into five new constituencies: East Glamorganshire

East Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Glamorganshire was a parliamentary constituency in Glamorganshire, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:...

, South Glamorganshire

South Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Glamorganshire was a parliamentary constituency in Glamorganshire, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:...

, Mid Glamorganshire

Mid Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Glamorganshire was a county constituency in Glamorganshire, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:...

, Gower

Gower (UK Parliament constituency)

Gower is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament , using the first-past-the-post voting system....

and Rhondda

Rhondda (UK Parliament constituency)

Rhondda is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

MPs 1541-1832

Year	Member
1541	Sir George Herbert
1545	not known
1547	John Bassett II
1553 (Mar)	George Mathew
1553 (Oct)	Anthony Mansell
1554 (Apr)	Edward Mansell
1554 (Nov)	Sir Edward Carne Sir Edward Carne Sir Edward Carne was a Welsh Renaissance scholar, diplomat and English Member of Parliament.-Life history:Carne was born around 1500 to Howell Carne of Cowbridge in Glamorgan, and his wife Cicily, the daughter of William Kemys. Carne was descended from Thomas Le Carne, who was the second son of...
1555	not known
1558	William Herbert I
1559	William Herbert I
1562/3	William Bassett I
1571	William Bassett I
1572	William Herbert II, died and replaced 1577 by William Mathew
1584	Robert Sidney
1586	Thomas Carne
1588	Thomas Carne
1593	Sir Robert Sidney
1597	Sir Thomas Mansell Sir Thomas Mansell, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Mansell, 1st Baronet was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1614....
1601	Sir John Herbert John Herbert (Secretary of State) Sir John Herbert was a Welsh lawyer, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1611. He was Secretary of State under Elizabeth I and James I.-Life:...
1604	Philip Herbert Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery KG was an English courtier and politician active during the reigns of James I and Charles I... , ennobled and replaced 1505 by Sir Thomas Mansell Sir Thomas Mansell, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Mansell, 1st Baronet was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1614....
1614	Sir Thomas Mansell Sir Thomas Mansell, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Mansell, 1st Baronet was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1614....
1621	William Price William Price (of Briton Ferry) William Price was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1626.Price was the eldest son of Lleisan Price of Briton Ferry, who had been MP for Cardiff, and his wife Maud Evans daughter of D Evans of Gnoll. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Old Sarum...
1624	Sir Robert Mansell Robert Mansell Sir Robert Mansel was an admiral of the English Royal Navy and a Member of Parliament , mostly for Welsh constituencies. His name was sometimes given as Sir Robert Mansfield and Sir Robert Maunsell....
1625	Sir Robert Mansell Robert Mansell Sir Robert Mansel was an admiral of the English Royal Navy and a Member of Parliament , mostly for Welsh constituencies. His name was sometimes given as Sir Robert Mansfield and Sir Robert Maunsell....
1626	Sir John Stradling Sir John Stradling, 1st Baronet Sir John Stradling, 1st Baronet , was a British politician.He was born the son of Francis Stradling of St. George, Bristol and adopted by a relative, Sir Edward Stradling. He inherited the family estate at St Donat's on the death of Sir Edward in 1609.Educated at Oxford , he was Sheriff of...
1628	Sir Robert Mansell Robert Mansell Sir Robert Mansel was an admiral of the English Royal Navy and a Member of Parliament , mostly for Welsh constituencies. His name was sometimes given as Sir Robert Mansfield and Sir Robert Maunsell....
1640 (Apr)	Sir Edward Stradling Sir Edward Stradling, 2nd Baronet Sir Edward Stradling, 2nd Baronet was an English politician at the time of the Civil War.Stradling was the son of Sir John Stradling, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Gage. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford...
1640 (Nov)	Philip, Lord Herbert Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke, 2nd Earl of Montgomery , succeeded to the titles in 1649 on the death of his father, also called Philip Herbert.... (inherited peerage 1649)
1653	Not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	Philip Jones Edmund Thomas Edmund Thomas (Parliamentarian) Edmund Thomas was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656 and sat in Cromwell's Upper House. He supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War and the Interregnum....
1656	Philip Jones Edmund Thomas Edmund Thomas (Parliamentarian) Edmund Thomas was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656 and sat in Cromwell's Upper House. He supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War and the Interregnum....
1659	Evan Seys Evan Seys Evan Seys was an eminent lawyer of his day and rose to national office under Oliver Cromwell as Attorney General, and subsequently served as a Member of Parliament from 1659 to 1681. From c.1649 until his death he was also consistently important in the politics of his native Glamorgan, and of...
1660	Sir Edward Mansel Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1660 and 1689....
1661	William Herbert William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke, 3rd Earl of Montgomery was an English nobleman and politician who succeeded to the titles on 11 December 1669 on the death of his father.... , later Earl of Pembroke Earl of Pembroke Earl of Pembroke is a title created ten times, all in the Peerage of England. It was first created in the 12th century by King Stephen of England. The title is associated with Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in West Wales, which is the site of Earldom's original seat Pembroke Castle...
1670	Sir Edward Mansel Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1660 and 1689....
1679	Bussy Mansel
1681	Sir Edward Mansel Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1660 and 1689....
1689	Bussy Mansel
1699	Thomas Mansel Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel of Margam PC , sometimes referred to as Thomas Mansell, was a Welsh peer and Member of Parliament for Cardiff and Glamorgan.-Personal history:... , later Baron Mansel Baron Mansel Baron Mansel, of Margam in the County of Glamorgan, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created on 1 January 1712 for Sir Thomas Mansel, 5th Baronet, previously Member of Parliament for Cardiff and Glamorganshire. His ancestor had been created a Baronet, of Margam in the County of...
1712	Robert Jones
1716	Sir Charles Kemys
1734	William Talbot William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot PC , known as the Lord Talbot from 1737 to 1761, was a British politician.... , later Earl Talbot Earl Talbot Earl Talbot is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. This branch of the Talbot family descends from the Hon. Sir Gilbert Talbot , third son of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury. His great-great-great-grandson the Right Reverend William Talbot was Bishop of Oxford,...
1737	Bussy Mansel Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel was a Welsh peer.He succeeded his brother Christopher Mansel as Baron Mansel of Margam in 1744.... , later Baron Mansel Baron Mansel Baron Mansel, of Margam in the County of Glamorgan, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created on 1 January 1712 for Sir Thomas Mansel, 5th Baronet, previously Member of Parliament for Cardiff and Glamorganshire. His ancestor had been created a Baronet, of Margam in the County of...
1745	Thomas Mathews Thomas Mathews Thomas Mathews was a British officer of the Royal Navy, who rose to the rank of admiral.Mathews joined the navy in 1690 and saw service on a number of ships, including during the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession. He interspersed periods spent commanding ships with time at home...
1747	Charles Edwin
1756	Thomas William Mathews
1761	Sir Edmund Thomas
1767	Richard Turbervill
1768	George Venables-Vernon George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon was the Second Lord Vernon, Baron of Kinderton. He acceded to the title in 1780 after the death of his father George Venables-Vernon, first Baron of Kinderton.... , later Baron Vernon Baron Vernon Lord Vernon, Baron of Kinderton in the County of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1762 for the former Member of Parliament George Venables-Vernon. He had previously represented Lichfield and Derby in the House of Commons...
1780	Charles Edwin
1789–1814	Thomas Wyndham
1814	Benjamin Hall Benjamin Hall (ironmaster) Benjamin Hall, FRS was an industrialist and a prominent figure in South Wales.- Background, Education & Connections :...
1817	Sir Christopher Cole Christopher Cole (Royal Navy officer) Captain Sir Christopher Cole KCB was a prominent officer of the British Royal Navy who served in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars...
1818	John Edwards John Edwards-Vaughan John Edwards-Vaughan, also known as John Edwards was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1818 and 1832....
1820	Sir Christopher Cole Christopher Cole (Royal Navy officer) Captain Sir Christopher Cole KCB was a prominent officer of the British Royal Navy who served in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars...
1830	Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot FRS was a landowner, industrialist and Liberal politician. He developed his estate at Margam near Swansea as an extensive ironworks, served by railways and a port, which was re-named Port Talbot.-Early life:Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot was born at Penrice, Swansea,...

MPs 1832-1885

Election	\|2nd member	2nd Party
1832 Reform Act 1832 The Representation of the People Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales...	representation increased to two members under the Reform Act 1832 Reform Act 1832 The Representation of the People Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales...
1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....		Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot FRS was a landowner, industrialist and Liberal politician. He developed his estate at Margam near Swansea as an extensive ironworks, served by railways and a port, which was re-named Port Talbot.-Early life:Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot was born at Penrice, Swansea,...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Lewis Weston Dillwyn Lewis Weston Dillwyn Lewis Weston Dillwyn, FRS was a British porcelain manufacturer, naturalist and Member of Parliament.He was born in Walthamstow, Essex, the eldest son of William Dillwyn and Sarah Dillwyn...
1837 United Kingdom general election, 1837 The 1837 United Kingdom general election saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade....				Edwin Wyndham-Quin, Viscount Adare Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl Edwin Richard Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl KP, FRS was a British Peer. He was styled Viscount Adare from 1824 to 1850....
1851				Sir George Tyler
1857 United Kingdom general election, 1857 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987 British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...				Sir Henry Hussey Vivian
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	constituency abolished: see East Glamorganshire East Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency) East Glamorganshire was a parliamentary constituency in Glamorganshire, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:... , South Glamorganshire South Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency) South Glamorganshire was a parliamentary constituency in Glamorganshire, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:... , Mid Glamorganshire Mid Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency) Mid Glamorganshire was a county constituency in Glamorganshire, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:... , Gower Gower (UK Parliament constituency) Gower is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament , using the first-past-the-post voting system.... and Rhondda Rhondda (UK Parliament constituency) Rhondda is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

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