Haverfordwest was a parliamentary constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

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. It returned one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) to the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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, elected by the first past the post system.

History

The constituency was enfranchished in 1545, as the second borough constituency in the historic county of Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....

. In the previous election of 1542, the first at which Wales is known to have sent members to the Parliament of England

Parliament of England

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, this borough was one of the ancient boroughs contributing to the wages and being in some sense represented by the member for Pembroke

Pembroke (UK Parliament constituency)

Pembroke was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Pembroke in West 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:For the creation and early history of the seat, see...

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From 1832 to 1885, it was a district of boroughs constituency, consisting of the three boroughs of Haverfordwest

Haverfordwest

Haverfordwest is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales and serves as the County's principal commercial and administrative centre. Haverfordwest is the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire, with a population of 13,367 in 2001; though its community boundaries make it the second most populous...

, Fishguard

Fishguard

Fishguard is a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, with a population of 3,300 . The community of Fishguard and Goodwick had a population of 5043 at the 2001 census....

 and Narberth

Narberth, Pembrokeshire

Narberth is a town in Pembrokeshire, Wales. . It was founded around a Welsh court, but later became a Norman stronghold on the Landsker Line. It became the headquarters of the hundred of Narberth. It was once a marcher borough...

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The constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1885

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, and merged into the newly-created constituency of Pembroke and Haverfordwest

Pembroke and Haverfordwest (UK Parliament constituency)

Pembroke and Haverfordwest was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Pembroke and Haverfordwest in West 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 :The constituency...

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1543–1660

Parliament	Member
1547	Richard Howell
1553 (Mar)	Richard Howell
1553 (Oct)	Richard Taylor
1554 (Apr)	Richard Howell
1554 (Nov)	Richard Howell
1555	John Bolton
1558	Thomas ab Owen
1559	Hugh Harris
1562/3	Rice Morgan
1571	John Garnons (Alban Stepneth cheated of seat by Sheriff)
1572	Alban Stepneth
1584	Alban Stepneth
1586	Alban Stepneth
1588	Sir James Perrot James Perrot Sir James Perrot was a Welsh writer and Member of Parliament .He was the illegitimate son of Sir John Perrot, who was himself rumoured to be an illegitiamte son of Henry VIII. He matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford in 1586. He became a member of Middle Temple in 1590...
1593	Sir Nicholas Clifford
1597	Sir James Perrot James Perrot Sir James Perrot was a Welsh writer and Member of Parliament .He was the illegitimate son of Sir John Perrot, who was himself rumoured to be an illegitiamte son of Henry VIII. He matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford in 1586. He became a member of Middle Temple in 1590...
1601	John Canon
1604-1611	John Canon
1614	Sir James Perrot James Perrot Sir James Perrot was a Welsh writer and Member of Parliament .He was the illegitimate son of Sir John Perrot, who was himself rumoured to be an illegitiamte son of Henry VIII. He matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford in 1586. He became a member of Middle Temple in 1590...
1621-22	Sir James Perrot James Perrot Sir James Perrot was a Welsh writer and Member of Parliament .He was the illegitimate son of Sir John Perrot, who was himself rumoured to be an illegitiamte son of Henry VIII. He matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford in 1586. He became a member of Middle Temple in 1590...
1624	Lewis Powell Lewis Powell (MP) Lewis Powell was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1625.Powell was the son of Morgan Powell of Pembroke. He matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford on 23 October 1590 at the age of 14. He became a student of the Middle Temple in 1595. In 1621, he was elected Member...
1625	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...
1626	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...
1628	Sir James Perrot James Perrot Sir James Perrot was a Welsh writer and Member of Parliament .He was the illegitimate son of Sir John Perrot, who was himself rumoured to be an illegitiamte son of Henry VIII. He matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford in 1586. He became a member of Middle Temple in 1590...
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr)	Hugh Owen Sir Hugh Owen, 1st Baronet Sir Hugh Owen, 1st Baronet was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1626 and 1660. He sided originally with the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War, but the strength of his allegiance was in doubt.Owen was the son of John Owen and his wife Dorothy...
1640 (Nov)	Sir John Stepney, 3rd Baronet Sir John Stepney, 3rd Baronet Sir John Stepney, 3rd Baronet was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1643. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War.... , disabled 1643
1645	Sir Robert Needham Robert Needham Sir Robert Needham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1645 to 1648.Needham was the son of Thomas Needham of Pool Park and his wife Eleanor Bagenal, daughter of Sir Henry Bagenal and widow of Sir Robert Salisbury. He was knighted on 4 June 1630.In September 1645,... , secluded 1648
1653	Not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	Not represented in 1st Protectorate Parliament
1656	John Upton
1659	John Upton
1660	William Philipps William Philipps William Philipps was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Philipps was a member of the Philipps family of Picton, being described as a local Royalist and cousin of James Philipps. He may have been William Phillipps of Heathook, Pembrokeshire who was, a zealous royalist...

1660–1885

Parliament	Member
1660 (Apr)	William Philipps William Philipps William Philipps was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Philipps was a member of the Philipps family of Picton, being described as a local Royalist and cousin of James Philipps. He may have been William Phillipps of Heathook, Pembrokeshire who was, a zealous royalist... , election declared void, June 1660
1660 (Aug)	William Phillips William Phillips William Phillips may refer to:*William Phillips , artilleryman and general officer in the British Army who served as a major-general in the American Revolutionary War...  re-elected
1661	Isaac Lloyd, election declared void, May 1663
1663 (c.Jun)	Sir William Morton William Morton (judge) Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Morton KS was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and from 1663 to 1665. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War.... , made judge and was replaced 1666 by Sir Frederick Hyde, who also died and was replaced 1667 by Sir Herbert Perrott Herbert Perrott (MP) Sir Herbert Perrott was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1679.Perrott was the son of Robert Perrott of Moreton. He was of Haroldston and Wellington, Herefordshire....
1679	William Wogan
1679	Thomas Owen
1681	Thomas Howard
1685	William Wogan
1689	William Wogan
1690	Sir William Wogan
1695	Sir William Wogan
1698	Sir William Wogan
1701 (Jan)	William Wheeler
1701 (Dec)	William Wheeler
1702	John Laugharne
1705	John Laugharne
1708	John Laugharne
1710	John Laugharne
1713	John Laugharne
1715	John Laugharne, died and was replaced 1715 by John Barlow, who also died and was replaced 1718 by Sir John Phillips, 4th Baronet
1722-1725	Francis Edwardes Francis Edwardes Francis Edwardes was a British Member of Parliament.Edwardes was the member of a family that owned extensive lands in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire. He was elected to the House of Commons for Haverfordwest in 1722, a seat he held until 1725... , died and replaced 1726 by Erasmus Philipps
1727	Erasmus Philipps
1734	Erasmus Philipps
1741	Erasmus Philipps, died and replaced 1743 by George Barlow George Barlow George Barlow was an English poet, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym James Hinton.Barlow was the son of George Barnes Barlow, Master of the Crown Office, and was educated at Harrow School and Exeter College, Oxford. He moved to London in 1871, and continued to live there after his marriage a...
1747-1784	William Edwardes William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington , was a long-standing British Member of Parliament.Kensington was the son of Francis Edwardes, Member of Parliament for Haverfordwest, and Lady Elizabeth Rich, only daughter and heiress of Robert Rich, 5th Earl of Warwick. The Edwardes family owned extensive...  (Baron Kensington Baron Kensington Baron Kensington is a title that has been created three times, in the Peerages of England, Ireland and the United Kingdom.-English title :...  from 1776)
1784-1786	The Lord Milford Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford (first creation) Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford , known as Sir Richard Philipps, Bt, from 1764 to 1776, was a Welsh landowner and Tory politician.-Background and education:...
1786-1801	The Lord Kensington William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington , was a long-standing British Member of Parliament.Kensington was the son of Francis Edwardes, Member of Parliament for Haverfordwest, and Lady Elizabeth Rich, only daughter and heiress of Robert Rich, 5th Earl of Warwick. The Edwardes family owned extensive...
1801-1802	Seat vacant
1802-1818	The Lord Kensington William Edwardes, 2nd Baron Kensington William Edwardes, 2nd Baron Kensington , was a British peer and Member of Parliament.Kensington was the son of William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington, who represented Haverfordwest in the House of Commons for over 50 years...
1818-1826	William Henry Scourfield
1826-1835	Richard Philipps Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford (second creation) Richard Bulkeley Philipps Philipps, 1st Baron Milford , known as Richard Grant until 1823 and as Sir Richard Philipps, Bt, from 1828 to 1847, was a British politician and landowner.-Background:...
1835-1837	William Henry Scourfield
1837-1847	Sir Richard Philipps, Bt Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford (second creation) Richard Bulkeley Philipps Philipps, 1st Baron Milford , known as Richard Grant until 1823 and as Sir Richard Philipps, Bt, from 1828 to 1847, was a British politician and landowner.-Background:...
1847-1852	John Evans
1852-1868	John Henry Scourfield
1868-1885	Hon. William Edwardes William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington PC , also 1st Baron Kensington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, styled The Honourable William Edwardes between 1852 and 1872, was a British landowner and Liberal politician... , 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...   (Baron Kensington Baron Kensington Baron Kensington is a title that has been created three times, in the Peerages of England, Ireland and the United Kingdom.-English title :... from 1872)