Haslemere (UK Parliament constituency)

Haslemere was a parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

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in Surrey

Surrey

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, which elected two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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(MPs) to the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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from 1584 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.

1584-1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1584	Christopher Rithe	Marlyon Rithe
1586	William Morgan	William Campion
1588/9	Hugh Hare	John Haselrigge
1593	Adrian Stoughton	Nicholas Saunders
1597	Francis Aungier	George Austen
1601	Francis Wolley	John Clarke
1604	Edward Fraunceys	William Jackson
1614	Sir Thomas Grimes	?Sir William Browne
1621	Sir Thomas Grimes	Sir William Browne
1624-1625	Francis Carew	Poynings More Sir Poynings More, 1st Baronet Sir Poynings More, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1640.More was the son of Sir Robert More and his wife Frances Lennard, daughter of Sampson Lennard of Knole, Kent, and Hurstmonceux, Sussex.In 1624, More was elected Member...
1625	Francis Carew	Poynings More Sir Poynings More, 1st Baronet Sir Poynings More, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1640.More was the son of Sir Robert More and his wife Frances Lennard, daughter of Sampson Lennard of Knole, Kent, and Hurstmonceux, Sussex.In 1624, More was elected Member...
1626	Francis Carew	Poynings More Sir Poynings More, 1st Baronet Sir Poynings More, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1640.More was the son of Sir Robert More and his wife Frances Lennard, daughter of Sampson Lennard of Knole, Kent, and Hurstmonceux, Sussex.In 1624, More was elected Member...
1628	George Grimes	Sir Thomas Canon Thomas Canon Sir Thomas Canon was a Welsh antiquarian and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1629.Canon was the son of John Canon of Kilgetty. He matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford on 5 February 1585, at the age of 17. He was sometime of Clifford's Inn and became a student of Lincoln's...
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

1640-1832

Year		First member	First party	Second member	Second party
April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....		Poynings More Sir Poynings More, 1st Baronet Sir Poynings More, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1640.More was the son of Sir Robert More and his wife Frances Lennard, daughter of Sampson Lennard of Knole, Kent, and Hurstmonceux, Sussex.In 1624, More was elected Member...	Parliamentarian	Sir John Jacques Sir John Jacques, 1st Baronet Sir John Jacques, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640.Jacques was the son of John Jacques and his wife Elizabeth Cowper daughter of John Cowper, alderman and sheriff of London...
November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...			Parliamentarian	John Goodwin	Parliamentarian
1649		Carew Raleigh		John Goodwin	Parliamentarian
1653	Haslemere was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector... and the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House.... and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons... Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...		John Westbrooke John Westbrooke John Westbrooke was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.Westbrooke was the eldest surviving son of Caleb Westbrooke of Witley and his wife Phoebe Taylor, daughter of Francis Taylor of Godalming, Surrey. He was baptised on 1 September 1616. He succeeded to the...		Henry Fitzjames Henry Fitzjames Henry Fitzjames was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 .Fitzjames was the son of Leweston Fitzjames of Leweston, Dorset. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford on 4 March 1642, aged 15...
May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....		Carew Raleigh		John Goodwin
April 1660		John Westbrooke John Westbrooke John Westbrooke was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.Westbrooke was the eldest surviving son of Caleb Westbrooke of Witley and his wife Phoebe Taylor, daughter of Francis Taylor of Godalming, Surrey. He was baptised on 1 September 1616. He succeeded to the...		Richard West
March 1661		James Gresham		Chaloner Chute Chaloner Chute Chaloner Chute was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1659. He was Speaker briefly in 1659....
May 1661		George Evelyn George Evelyn George Evelyn was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1689....		Thomas Morrice
1675				Sir William More
1679		James Gresham		Sir William More
1680		Denzil Onslow Denzil Onslow (of Pyrford) Denzil Onslow was a British Whig politician. Through advantageous marriages, he obtained a country estate and became prominent in Surrey politics of the Hanoverian era, although his nephew Arthur Onslow, as Speaker, judged that Denzil knew "no more of the business [of the House of Commons] than...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Francis Dorrington
1681		Sir William More		Sir George Woodroffe
1685		Sir George Vernon		Sir George Woodroffe
1689		White Tichborne		Denzil Onslow Denzil Onslow (of Pyrford) Denzil Onslow was a British Whig politician. Through advantageous marriages, he obtained a country estate and became prominent in Surrey politics of the Hanoverian era, although his nephew Arthur Onslow, as Speaker, judged that Denzil knew "no more of the business [of the House of Commons] than...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1690		George Rodney Brydges
1695		George Rodney Brydges		George Woodroffe
1698		Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe Theophilus Oglethorpe Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe was an English soldier and MP.The son of Sutton Oglethorpe, he came of an old Yorkshire family from Bramham and he had loyally supported King Charles I against the Cromwellian forces, and in consequence suffered severely at the hands of the Puritans with his home and...		George Vernon
January 1701				George Woodroffe
November 1701		George Vernon		George Woodroffe
1702				Lewis Oglethorpe Lewis Oglethorpe Lewis Oglethorpe was an English Member of Parliament and soldier.Oglethorpe entered parliament in 1702 as member for Haslemere, for which his father Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe had previously been MP and which was later represented by his brothers Theophilus, junior and James.He was wounded at the...
1704				Thomas Heath
1705		George Woodroffe		John Fulham
1708		Thomas Onslow Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow commissioned the building of Clandon Park in the 1730s.He became 2nd Baron Onslow on the death of his father, Richard Onslow, in 1717...		Theophilus Oglethorpe Theophilus Oglethorpe (born 1684) Theophilus Oglethorpe, junior was an English Member of Parliament.Oglethorpe entered Parliament in 1708 as member for Haslemere, for which his father Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe and older brother Lewis had previously been MPs, and which was later represented by his younger brother James...
1708		Nicholas Carew
1710		Sir John Clerke
1713		Thomas Onslow Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow commissioned the building of Clandon Park in the 1730s.He became 2nd Baron Onslow on the death of his father, Richard Onslow, in 1717...		George Vernon
1714		Nicholas Carew		George Vernon
1715		Nicholas Carew		Sir Montague Blundell
1722		James Edward Oglethorpe	Tory	Peter Burrell Peter Burrell (1692-1756) Peter Burrell was a British politician.He was the son of Peter Burrell and his wife Isabella Merrik, second daughter of John Merrik, and older brother of Sir Merrick Burrell, 1st Baronet Burrell was sub-governor of the South Sea Company...
1754		James More Molyneux		Philip Carteret Webb Philip Carteret Webb Philip Carteret Webb was an English barrister, involved with the 18th-century antiquarian movement.He became a member of the London Society of Antiquaries in 1747, and as its lawyer, was responsible for securing the incorporation of the Society in 1751...
1759		Thomas More Molyneux
1768				William Burrell
1774				Sir Merrick Burrell Sir Merrick Burrell, 1st Baronet Sir Merrik Burrell, 1st Baronet was a British politician.He was the second son of Peter Burrell and his wife Isabella Merrik, daughter of John Merrik. Burrell entered the British House of Commons for Great Marlow in 1747, sat for it until 1754 and was subsequently returned for Grampound, which he...
1776		Peter Burrell Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydyr Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydyr PC featured in English politics at the end of the 18th century but he was best known for his involvement in cricket, particularly his part in the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club in 1787...
September 1780		Sir James Lowther James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale Sir James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale was the son of Robert Lowther and Catherine Pennington.He married Mary Crichton-Stuart, daughter of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu, 1st Baroness Mount Stuart on 7 September 1761.On 9 June 1792 he fought a duel with a Captain Cuthbert...		Edward Norton
December 1780		Walter Spencer Stanhope		Edward Norton
1784		Thomas Postlethwaite		John Baynes-Garforth
1786		John Lowther		John Baynes-Garforth
June 1790		William Gerard Hamilton William Gerard Hamilton William Gerard Hamilton , English statesman and Irish politician, popularly known as "Single Speech Hamilton," was born in London, the son of a Scottish bencher of Lincoln's Inn....		James Lowther
December 1790				Richard Penn Richard Penn (governor) Richard Penn, Jr. served as the Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1771 to 1773, and was later a member of the British Parliament....
1791				James Clarke Satterthwaite
1796		James Lowther
November 1796		George Wood
1802		George Wood		Richard Penn Richard Penn (governor) Richard Penn, Jr. served as the Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1771 to 1773, and was later a member of the British Parliament....
1806		Viscount Garlies George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway Admiral George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway KT , styled Lord Garlies between 1773 and 1806, was a British naval commander and politician.-Background:...	Tory	Charles Long Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough GCB PC PC FRS FSA was an English politician and connoisseur of the arts.-Early life:...	Tory
1807		Robert Plumer Ward Robert Plumer Ward Robert Ward or from 1828 Robert Plumer Ward , novelist and politician, born in London, educated at Oxford, and called to the Bar 1790, held various political offices, and wrote some books on the law of nations; also three novels, Tremaine, or the Man of Refinement, full of prolix discussions; De...	Tory
1823		George Lowther Thompson George Lowther Thompson George Lowther Thompson was Member of Parliament for Haslemere and Yarmouth 1830-1831.His family was associated with Sheriff Hutton Park.- External links :...	Tory
1826			Tory	Sir John Beckett Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet, FRS was a British lawyer and Tory politician.Beckett was the son of Sir John Beckett, 1st Baronet , and his wife Mary, daughter of Christopher Wilson...	Tory
1830		William Holmes William Holmes (1779-1851) William Holmes was a British Tory politician of the early nineteenth century, and an MP for 28 years....	Tory		Tory
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....	Constituency abolished

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