THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
		CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH "H"
		Last updated 24/02/2010
Date		Name	Born	Died	Age
		HERTFORD (HERTFORDSHIRE)
4 Apr 1660		James Cowper	c Dec 1622	c Aug 1683	60
		Arthur Sparke	5 Jun 1628	mid 1677	49
25 Mar 1661		Sir Edward Turnor	c 1617	4 Mar 1676
		Thomas Fanshawe  (to 1675)	17 Jun 1632	19 May 1674	41
3 Feb 1673		Sir Thomas Byde  (to 1690)	3 Mar 1628	23 Jan 1704	75
		Election declared void 6 Feb 1673. At the
		subsequent by-election held on 11 Feb 1673,
		Byde was again elected
28 Apr 1675		Edmund Feilde	11 Sep 1620	3 Jun 1676	55
28 Feb 1677		Sir John Gore	17 Apr 1621	14 Sep 1697	76
5 Feb 1679		Sir Charles Caesar	22 Feb 1653	13 Aug 1694	41
1 Sep 1679		Sir William Cowper,2nd baronet	14 Dec 1639	26 Nov 1706	66
23 Mar 1685		Sir Francis Boteler	c 1612	9 Oct 1690
9 Jan 1689		Sir William Cowper,2nd baronet  (to 1701)	14 Dec 1639	26 Nov 1706	66
20 Feb 1690		Sir William Leman,2nd baronet	19 Dec 1637	18 Jul 1701	63
30 Oct 1695		William Cowper,later [1718] 1st Earl Cowper	24 Jun 1665	10 Oct 1723	58
3 Jan 1701		Charles Caesar  (to 1708)	21 Nov 1673	2 Apr 1741	67
		Thomas Filmer	c 1660	22 Jan 1701
21 Feb 1701		Richard Goulston  [following the general	15 Apr 1669	18 Mar 1731	61
		election in May 1705,Goulston was unseated
		on petition in favour of Thomas Clarke
		6 Dec 1705]
6 Dec 1705		Sir Thomas Clarke  (to 1710)	c 1672	26 Oct 1754
4 May 1708		William Monson,later [1718] 4th baronet	c 1653	7 Mar 1727
4 Oct 1710		Charles Caesar	21 Nov 1673	2 Apr 1741	67
		Richard Goulston	15 Apr 1669	18 Mar 1731	61
		[Both members were unseated on petition in
		favour of Sir Thomas Clarke and John Boteler
		24 May 1715]
24 May 1715		Sir Thomas Clarke	c 1672	26 Oct 1754
		John Boteler	1684	17 Jul 1774	90
20 Mar 1722		Edward Harrison  (to 1727)	3 Dec 1674	28 Nov 1732	57
		Charles Caesar   [he was unseated on petition	21 Nov 1673	2 Apr 1741	67
		in favour of Sir Thomas Clarke 22 Jan 1723]
22 Jan 1723		Sir Thomas Clarke  (to 1741)	c 1672	26 Oct 1754
23 Jan 1727		George Harrison	10 Feb 1680	2 Dec 1759	79
24 Apr 1734		Nathaniel Brassey  (to 1761)	c 1697	29 Sep 1765
4 May 1741		George Harrison	10 Feb 1680	2 Dec 1759	79
13 Dec 1759		George Nassau Clavering Cowper,styled
		Viscount Fordwich,later [1764] 3rd
		Earl Cowper	26 Aug 1738	22 Dec 1789	51
26 Mar 1761		John Calvert  (to 1780)	6 May 1726	22 Feb 1804	77
		Timothy Caswall	c 1733	24 Aug 1802
17 Mar 1768		William Cowper	1721	27 Aug 1769	48
15 Jan 1770		Paul Feilde	6 Oct 1711	2 Feb 1783	71
7 Sep 1780		Thomas Dimsdale  (to 1790)	29 May 1712	30 Dec 1800	88
		William Baker	3 Oct 1743	20 Jan 1824	80
30 Mar 1784		John Calvert  (to 1802)	6 May 1726	22 Feb 1804	77
16 Jun 1790		Nathaniel Dimsdale	11 Apr 1748	3 Jul 1811	63
6 Jul 1802		Edward Spencer Cowper	16 Jul 1779	1 Feb 1823	43
		Nicolson Calvert  (to 1826)	15 May 1764	13 Apr 1841	76
6 Feb 1817		James Brownlow William Cecil,styled Viscount
		Cranborne,later [1823] 2nd Marquess
		of Salisbury	17 Apr 1791	12 Apr 1868	76
27 Jun 1823		Thomas Byron  (to 1830)	4 Nov 1772	18 Apr 1845	72
15 Jun 1826		Thomas Slingsby Duncombe  (to 1832)	1796	13 Nov 1861	65
9 Aug 1830		Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot,styled Viscount
		Ingestrie,later [1856] 18th Earl of Shrewsbury	8 Nov 1803	4 Jun 1868	64
7 May 1831		John Currie	28 May 1797	19 May 1873	75
12 Dec 1832		Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot,styled Viscount
		Ingestrie,later [1856] 18th Earl of Shrewsbury	8 Nov 1803	4 Jun 1868	64
		Philip Henry Stanhope,styled Viscount Mahon,
		later [1855] 5th Earl Stanhope  (to 1852)	31 Jan 1805	24 Dec 1875	70
		[Election declared void 3 Apr 1833. Writ
		suspended until Jan 1835]
7 Jan 1835		William Francis Cowper-Temple,later [1880]
		1st Baron Mount Temple  (to 1868)	13 Dec 1811	16 Oct 1888	76
7 Jul 1852		Thomas Chambers	1814	24 Dec 1891	77
27 Mar 1857		Sir Walter Minto Townshend-Farquhar,
		2nd baronet	26 Oct 1809	18 Jun 1866	56
30 Jun 1866		Robert Dimsdale	1 Jul 1828	2 May 1898	69
		REPRESENTATION REDUCED
		TO ONE MEMBER 1868
30 Jan 1874		Arthur James Balfour,later [1922] 1st
		Earl of Balfour	25 Jul 1848	19 Mar 1930	81
28 Nov 1885		Abel Smith	30 Dec 1829	31 May 1898	68
22 Jun 1898		Evelyn Cecil,later [1934] 1st Baron Rockley	30 May 1865	1 Apr 1941	75
1 Oct 1900		Abel Henry Smith	6 Dec 1862	10 Nov 1930	67
19 Jan 1910		Sir John Fowle Lancelot Rolleston	26 Mar 1848	9 Apr 1919	71
10 Mar 1916		Noel Pemberton Billing	1880	11 Nov 1948	68
		For further information on this MP, see the
		note at the foot of this page.
16 Jun 1921		Murray Fraser Sueter [kt 1934]	6 Sep 1872	3 Feb 1960	87
26 Jul 1945		Derek Colclough Walker-Smith,later [1983]
		Baron Broxbourne [L]	13 Apr 1910	22 Jan 1992	81
May 1955		Robert Alexander Lindsay,styled Lord Balniel,
		later [1974] Baron Balniel [L] and [Dec 1975]
		29th Earl of Crawford & 12th Earl of Balcarres	5 Mar 1927
		NAME ALTERED TO "HERTFORD
		& STEVENAGE" FEB 1974
		HERTFORD & STEVENAGE
28 Feb 1974		Shirley Vivien Teresa Brittain Williams,
		later [1993] Baroness Williams of Crosby [L]	27 Jul 1930
3 May 1979		Petrie Bowen Wells	4 Aug 1935
		ALTERED TO "HERTFORD &
		STORTFORD" 1983
		HERTFORD & STORTFORD
9 Jun 1983		Petrie Bowen Wells	4 Aug 1935
7 Jun 2001		Mark Prisk	12 Jun 1962
		HERTFORDSHIRE
12 Apr 1660		Henry Caesar	2 Oct 1630	6 Jan 1668	37
		Rowland Lytton	c 1615	1 Nov 1674
11 Apr 1661		Sir Richard Franklin  (to Feb 1679)	20 Jul 1630	16 Sep 1685	55
		Sir Thomas Fanshawe,later [5 Sep 1661] 1st
		Viscount Fanshawe [I]	c 1596	30 Mar 1665
3 Apr 1666		Sir Henry Caesar	2 Oct 1630	6 Jan 1668	37
4 Apr 1668		James Cecil,styled Viscount Cranborne,later
		[Dec 1668] 3rd Earl of Salisbury	1648	Jun 1683	34
11 Nov 1669		William Hale  (to Aug 1679)	c 1632	25 May 1688
19 Feb 1679		Silius Titus	c 1623	Dec 1704
28 Aug 1679		Sir Jonathan Keate,1st baronet	14 Feb 1633	17 Sep 1700	67
		Sir Charles Caesar  (to 1685)	22 Feb 1653	13 Aug 1694	41
17 Feb 1681		William Hale	c 1632	25 May 1688
27 Mar 1685		Ralph Freman	29 May 1627	17 Nov 1714	87
		Thomas Halsey	12 Mar 1655	15 May 1715	60
14 Jan 1689		Sir Thomas Pope Blount,1st baronet  (to 1697)	12 Sep 1649	30 Jun 1697	47
		Sir Charles Caesar	22 Feb 1653	13 Aug 1694	41
6 Mar 1690		Sir Thomas Pope Blount,1st baronet  (to 1697)	12 Sep 1649	30 Jun 1697	47
		Ralph Freman	29 May 1627	17 Nov 1714	87
		Sir Charles Caesar	22 Feb 1653	13 Aug 1694	41
		Double return between Freman and Caesar.
		Freman declared elected 30 Apr 1690
7 Nov 1695		Thomas Halsey  (to 1705)	12 Mar 1655	15 May 1715	60
30 Dec 1697		Ralph Freman  (to 1727)	10 Jun 1666	8 Jun 1742	75
10 May 1705		Sir John Spencer,4th baronet	c 1650	16 Nov 1712
6 May 1708		Thomas Halsey	12 Mar 1655	15 May 1715	60
3 Feb 1715		Sir Thomas Saunders Sebright,4th baronet	11 May 1692	12 Apr 1736	43
		(to 1736)
7 Sep 1727		Charles Caesar	21 Nov 1673	2 Apr 1741	67
2 May 1734		William Plumer  (to 1741)	c 1686	12 Dec 1767
22 Apr 1736		Charles Caesar	21 Nov 1673	2 Apr 1741	67
21 May 1741		Jacob Houblon	31 Jul 1710	15 Feb 1770	59
		Charles Gore  (to 1761)	c 1711	15 Feb 1768
6 Jul 1747		Paggen Hale	c 1715	3 Apr 1755
1 May 1755		William Plumer	c 1686	12 Dec 1767
6 Apr 1761		Thomas Plumer Byde	c 1720	26 May 1789
		Jacob Houblon	31 Jul 1710	15 Feb 1770	59
28 Mar 1768		William Plumer  (to 1807)	24 May 1736	17 Jan 1822	85
		Thomas Halsey	c 1731	9 Oct 1788
22 Apr 1784		James Bucknall Grimston,3rd Viscount
		Grimston [I]	9 May 1747	30 Dec 1808	61
23 Jun 1790		William Baker	3 Oct 1743	20 Jan 1824	80
10 Jul 1802		Peniston Lamb	3 May 1770	24 Jan 1805	34
11 Feb 1805		William Baker	3 Oct 1743	20 Jan 1824	80
11 May 1807		Thomas Brand,later [1819] 20th Lord Dacre	15 Mar 1774	21 Mar 1851	77
		Sir John Saunders Sebright,7th baronet	23 May 1767	15 Apr 1846	78
		(to 1835)
29 Nov 1819		William Lamb,later [1828] 2nd Viscount
		Melbourne	15 Mar 1779	24 Nov 1848	69
16 Jun 1826		Nicolson Calvert  (to 1835)	15 May 1764	13 Apr 1841	76
		REPRESENTATION INCREASED
		TO THREE MEMBERS 1832
17 Dec 1832		James Walter Grimston,styled Viscount Grimston,
		later [1845] 2nd Earl of Verulam  (to 1846)	22 Feb 1809	27 Jul 1895	86
14 Jan 1835		Abel Smith  (to 1847)	17 Jul 1788	23 Feb 1859	70
		Rowland Alston	7 Jun 1782	Nov 1865	83
5 Jul 1841		Granville Dudley Ryder  (to 1847)	26 Nov 1799	24 Nov 1879	79
8 Jan 1846		Thomas Plumer Halsey  (to 1854)	26 Jan 1815	24 Apr 1854	39
		For further information on the death of this
		MP,see the note at the foot of this page
3 Aug 1847		Sir Henry Meux,2nd baronet  (to 1859)	28 Dec 1817	1 Jan 1883	65
		Thomas Trevor,later [1853] 22nd Lord Dacre	5 Dec 1808	26 Feb 1890	81
15 Jul 1852		Sir Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-
		Lytton,1st baronet,later [1866] 1st Baron
		Lytton  )to 1866)	25 May 1806	18 Jan 1873	66
24 May 1854		Abel Smith	30 Dec 1829	31 May 1898	68
31 Mar 1857		Christopher William Puller  (to 1864)	1807	c Feb 1864	56
2 May 1859		Abel Smith  (to 1865)	30 Dec 1829	31 May 1898	68
14 Mar 1864		Henry Edward Surtees  (to 1868)	9 May 1819	31 Jul 1895	76
24 Jul 1865		Henry Frederick Cowper  (to 1885)	18 Apr 1836	10 Nov 1887	51
23 Jul 1866		Abel Smith  (to 1885)	30 Dec 1829	31 May 1898	68
21 Nov 1868		Henry Robert Brand,later [1892] 2nd Viscount
		Hampden	2 May 1841	22 Nov 1906	65
11 Feb 1874		Thomas Frederick Halsey,later [1920] 1st
		baronet	9 Dec 1839	12 Feb 1927	87
		SPLIT INTO VARIOUS DIVISIONS 1885
		SEE "HERTFORD","HITCHIN"
		"ST.ALBANS" AND "WATFORD"
		HERTFORDSHIRE EAST
26 May 1955		Sir Derek Colclough Walker-Smith,later [1960]
		1st baronet and [1983] Baron Broxbourne [L]	13 Apr 1910	22 Jan 1992	81
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
		HERTFORDSHIRE NORTH
9 Jun 1983		Bernard Harold Ian Halley Stewart [kt 1991],
		later [1992] Baron Stewartby [L]	10 Aug 1935
9 Apr 1992		Oliver Heald	15 Dec 1954
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1997
		HERTFORDSHIRE NORTH EAST
1 May 1997		Oliver Heald	15 Dec 1954
		HERTFORDSHIRE SOUTH
28 Feb 1974		Cecil Edward Parkinson,later [1992] Baron
		Parkinson [L]	1 Sep 1931
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
		HERTFORDSHIRE SOUTHWEST
23 Feb 1950		Gilbert James Morley Longden  [kt 1972]	16 Apr 1902	16 Oct 1997	95
28 Feb 1974		Geoffrey Hugh Dodsworth	7 Jun 1928
13 Dec 1979		Richard Lewis Page	22 Feb 1941
5 May 2005		David Michael Gauke	8 Oct 1971
		HERTFORDSHIRE WEST
9 Jun 1983		Robert Brannock Jones	26 Sep 1950	16 Apr 2007	56
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1997
		HERTSMERE (HERTFORDSHIRE)
9 Jun 1983		Cecil Edward Parkinson,later [1992] Baron
		Parkinson [L]	1 Sep 1931
9 Apr 1992		William James Clappison	14 Sep 1956
		HESTON & ISLEWORTH
26 Jul 1945		William Richard Williams	7 Mar 1895	11 Sep 1963	68
23 Feb 1950		Richard Reader Harris	4 Jun 1913	7 Jul 2009	96
18 Jun 1970		Bernard John Hayhoe,later [1992] Baron
		Hayhoe [L]	8 Aug 1925
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
		HEXHAM (NORTHUMBERLAND)
3 Dec 1885		Miles MacInnes	21 Feb 1830	28 Sep 1909	79
Jul 1892		Nathaniel George Clayton	1833	5 Sep 1895	62
		[His election was declared void 29 Nov 1892]
18 Feb 1893		Miles MacInnes	21 Feb 1830	28 Sep 1909	79
26 Jul 1895		Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont,later
		[1907] 2nd Baron Allendale and [1911] 1st
		Viscount Allendale	2 Dec 1860	12 Dec 1923	63
24 Mar 1907		Richard Durning Holt,later [1935] 1st baronet	13 Nov 1868	22 Mar 1941	72
14 Dec 1918		Douglas Clifton-Brown,later [1951] 1st Viscount
		Ruffside	16 Aug 1879	5 May 1958	78
6 Dec 1923		Victor Harold Finney	13 Jul 1897	10 Apr 1970	72
29 Oct 1924		Douglas Clifton-Brown,later [1951] 1st Viscount
		Ruffside	16 Aug 1879	5 May 1958	78
25 Oct 1951		Sir Rupert Malise Speir	10 Sep 1910	16 Sep 1998	88
31 Mar 1966		Aubrey Geoffrey Frederick Rippon,later [1987]
		Baron Rippon of Hexham [L]	28 May 1924	28 Jan 1997	72
11 Jun 1987		Alan Thomas Amos	10 Nov 1952
9 Apr 1992		Peter Landreth Atkinson	19 Jan 1943
		HEYTESBURY (WILTSHIRE)
30 Mar 1660		Thomas Moore	14 Apr 1618	6 Aug 1695	77
		John Jolliffe	29 Aug 1613	2 Jan 1680	66
4 Apr 1661		Sir Joseph Ashe,1st baronet	1618	15 Apr 1686	67
		John Jolliffe	29 Aug 1613	2 Jan 1680	66
		Sir Charles Berkeley,later [1665] 2nd Viscount
		Fitzhardinge [I]	14 Dec 1599	12 Jun 1668	68
		Henry Coker
		Double return. Election declared void
		17 May 1661
24 May 1661		Sir Charles Berkeley,later [1665] 2nd Viscount
		Fitzhardinge [I]	14 Dec 1599	12 Jun 1668	68
		John Jolliffe  (to 1679)	29 Aug 1613	2 Jan 1680	66
8 Oct 1668		William Ashe  (to Dec 1701)	17 Nov 1647	22 Oct 1713	65
6 Feb 1679		Edward Ashe	4 May 1654	7 Dec 1731	77
14 Jan 1689		William Sacheverell	c 1638	9 Oct 1691
8 Mar 1690		William Trenchard	c 1643	22 Aug 1713
1 Nov 1695		Edward Ashe  (to 1747)	c 1673	22 May 1748
26 Nov 1701		Sir Edward Ernle,3rd baronet	c 1673	31 Jan 1729
17 Jul 1702		William Monson,later [1718] 4th baronet	c 1653	7 Mar 1727
7 May 1708		William Ashe	c 1675	by Jan 1732
31 Aug 1713		Pierce A'Court	c 1677	7 Mar 1725
24 Jan 1715		William Ashe	c 1675	by Jan 1732
22 Mar 1722		Pierce A'Court	c 1677	7 Mar 1725
13 Apr 1725		Lord Charles Cavendish	after 1700	28 Apr 1783
16 Aug 1727		Horatio Townshend	c 1683	4 Oct 1751
29 Apr 1734		Pierce A'Court-Ashe  (to 1768)	c 1707	6 Sep 1768
26 Jun 1747		William Ashe	c 1714	11 Aug 1750
25 Jan 1751		William A'Court-Ashe  (to 1781)	c 1708	2 Aug 1781
16 Mar 1768		Charles Fitzroy-Scudamore	c 1713	22 Aug 1782
8 Oct 1774		William Gordon	1736	25 May 1816	79
9 Sep 1780		William Eden,later [1789] Baron Auckland [I]
		and [1793] 1st Baron Auckland  [he was	3 Apr 1744	28 May 1814	70
		also returned for Woodstock,for which he
		chose to sit]
4 Dec 1780		Francis Burton  (to 1784)	c 1744	28 Nov 1832
3 Sep 1781		William Pierce Ashe A'Court,later [1795] 1st
		baronet  (to 1790)	c 1747	22 Jul 1817
31 Mar 1784		William Eden,later [1789] Baron Auckland [I]
		and [1793] 1st Baron Auckland  (to May 1793)	3 Apr 1744	28 May 1814	70
22 Dec 1790		Michael Angelo Taylor  [he was also returned	13 Jul 1757	16 Jul 1834	77
		for Poole,for which he chose to sit]
8 Mar 1791		Richard Barry,7th Earl of Barrymore [I]	14 Aug 1769	6 Mar 1793	23
		For further information on this MP, see the
		note at the foot of the page containing
		details of the Barrymore earldom.
22 Mar 1793		Charles Rose Ellis,later [1826] 1st Baron Seaford	19 Dec 1771	1 Jul 1845	73
		(to 1796)
28 May 1793		Henry Welbore Agar (Agar-Ellis from 4 Feb
		1804),2nd Viscount Clifden [I]  (to Feb 1802)	22 Jan 1761	13 Jul 1836	75
30 May 1796		Sir John Fleming Leicester,5th baronet,later
		[1826] 1st Baron de Tabley	4 Apr 1762	18 Jun 1827	65
22 Feb 1802		William Wickham	11 Nov 1761	22 Oct 1840	79
5 Jul 1802		John Hamilton Fitzmaurice,styled Viscount
		Kirkwall  (to 1806)	9 Oct 1778	23 Nov 1820	42
		Charles Abbot,later Baron Colchester	14 Oct 1757	7 May 1829	71
		[he was also returned for Woodstock,for
		which he chose to sit]
14 Dec 1802		Charles Moore	23 Dec 1771	14 Dec 1826	54
4 Nov 1806		Charles Abbot,later [1817] 1st Baron Colchester	14 Oct 1757	7 May 1829	71
		[he was also returned for Oxford University,
		for which he chose to sit]
		Sir William Pierce Ashe A'Court,1st baronet	1747	27 Jul 1817	70
27 Jan 1807		Charles Moore  (to 1812)	23 Dec 1771	14 Dec 1826	54
		Michael Symes	c 1762	22 Jan 1809
8 May 1807		James Edward Harris,styled Viscount
		FitzHarris,later [1820] 2nd Earl of Malmesbury	19 Aug 1778	10 Sep 1841	63
7 Oct 1812		Samuel Hood,later [1814] 2nd Baron
		Bridport [I]	7 Dec 1788	6 Jan 1868	79
		Charles Duncombe	5 Dec 1764	16 Jul 1841	76
19 Jun 1818		George James Welbore Agar-Ellis,
		later [1831] 1st Baron Dover	17 Jan 1797	10 Jul 1833	36
		William Henry John Scott	25 Feb 1795	6 Jul 1832	37
8 Mar 1820		Edward Henry A'Court  (to 1832)	10 Dec 1783	22 Sep 1855	71
		Charles Ashe A'Court	17 Jun 1785	19 Apr 1861	75
3 Aug 1820		Henry Handley	17 May 1797	7 Jul 1846	49
9 Jun 1826		Henry Stafford Northcote	18 Mar 1792	6 Feb 1878	85
2 Aug 1830		Sir George Thomas Staunton,2nd baronet	26 May 1781	10 Aug 1859	78
		CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1832
		HEYWOOD (LANCASHIRE)
30 Nov 1885		Isaac Hoyle	1828	2 Sep 1911	83
Jul 1892		Thomas Snape	1835	9 Aug 1912	77
22 Jul 1895		George Kemp,later [1913] 1st Baron Rochdale	9 Jun 1866	24 Mar 1945	78
23 Jan 1906		Sir Edward Hopkinson Holden,1st baronet	11 May 1848	23 Jul 1919	71
24 Jan 1910		Harold Thomas Cawley	12 Jun 1878	23 Sep 1915	37
10 Nov 1915		Albert Holden Illingworth,later [1921] 1st
		Baron Illingworth	25 May 1865	23 Jan 1942	76
		NAME ALTERED TO "HEYWOOD
		& RADCLIFFE" 1918
		HEYWOOD & MIDDLETON (MANCHESTER)
9 Jun 1983		James Callaghan	28 Jan 1927
1 Feb 1997		James Dobbin	26 May 1941
		HEYWOOD & RADCLIFFE (LANCASHIRE)
14 Dec 1918		Albert Holden Illingworth,later [1921] 1st
		Baron Illingworth	25 May 1865	23 Jan 1942	76
8 Jun 1921		Walter Halls	16 Jun 1871	20 Oct 1953	82
15 Nov 1922		Abraham England	3 Jan 1867	4 Jan 1949	82
27 Oct 1931		Joseph Cooksey Jackson	12 Jan 1879	26 Apr 1938	59
14 Nov 1935		Richard Whitaker Porritt	4 Sep 1910	26 May 1940	29
28 Aug 1940		James Henry Wootton-Davies	1884	21 Dec 1964	80
26 Jul 1945		John Edmondson Whittaker	1897	9 Dec 1945	48
21 Feb 1946		Arthur William James Anthony Greenwood,later
		[1970] Baron Greenwood of Rossendale [L]	14 Sep 1911	12 Apr 1982	70
		NAME ALTERED TO "HEYWOOD
		& ROYTON" 1950
		HEYWOOD & ROYTON
23 Feb 1950		Sir Harold Sutcliffe	11 Dec 1897	20 Jan 1958	60
26 May 1955		John Anthony Leavey	3 Mar 1915	9 Jul 1999	84
15 Oct 1964		Joel Barnett,later [1983] Baron Barnett [L]	14 Oct 1923
		ALTERED TO "HEYWOOD &
		MIDDLETON" 1983
		HIGHAM FERRERS (NORTHAMPTONSHIRE)
Apr 1660		Sir Thomas Dacres	19 Oct 1587	26 Dec 1668	81
		Edward Harby
		Double return. Dacres declared elected
		16 May 1660
28 Mar 1661		Sir Lewis Palmer,2nd baronet	21 Sep 1630	10 Apr 1713	82
17 Feb 1679		Sir Rice Rudd,2nd baronet	c 1643	Jul 1701
31 Mar 1685		Sir Lewis Palmer,2nd baronet	21 Sep 1630	10 Apr 1713	82
10 Jan 1689		Sir Rice Rudd,2nd baronet  [he was also	c 1643	Jul 1701
		returned for Carmarthenshire,for which he
		chose to sit]
8 Feb 1689		Lewis Watson,later [1689] 3rd Baron Rockingham
		and [1714] 1st Earl of Rockingham	29 Dec 1655	19 Mar 1724	68
15 Jul 1689		Thomas Andrew	c 1645	19 Oct 1722
22 Jul 1698		Thomas Ekins	c 1650	25 Mar 1702
13 Apr 1702		Thomas Pemberton	30 Mar 1667	8 May 1703	36
22 Nov 1703		Thomas Watson Wentworth  [he was also	17 Jun 1665	6 Oct 1723	58
		returned for Malton,for which he chose
		to sit]
12 Mar 1714		Charles Leigh	28 Mar 1686	28 Jul 1749	63
24 Mar 1722		Thomas Watson Wentworth	17 Jun 1665	6 Oct 1723	58
20 Jan 1724		John Finch	c 1692	12 Feb 1763
4 May 1741		Henry Finch   [he was also returned for	c 1694	26 Apr 1761
		Malton,for which he chose to sit]
28 Dec 1741		Henry Seymour Conway	12 Aug 1719	9 Jul 1795	75
26 Jun 1747		John Hill	c 1690	3 Jul 1753
21 Nov 1753		John Yorke	27 Aug 1728	4 Sep 1801	73
18 Mar 1768		Frederick Montagu	Jul 1733	30 Jul 1800	67
16 Jun 1790		Frederick Ponsonby,styled Viscount Duncannon,
		later [1793] 3rd Earl of Bessborough   [he was	24 Jan 1758	3 Feb 1844	86
		also returned for Knaresborough,for which he
		chose to sit]
31 Dec 1790		John Lee	c 1733	5 Aug 1793
13 Sep 1793		James Adair	c 1743	21 Jul 1798
4 Sep 1798		Stephen Thurston Adey	after 1753	28 Oct 1801
13 Nov 1801		Francis Ferrand Foljambe	17 Jan 1750	13 Nov 1814	64
8 May 1807		William Windham	3 May 1750	4 Jun 1810	60
15 Jun 1810		John William Ponsonby,styled Viscount
		Duncannon,later [1844] 4th Earl of Bessborough	31 Aug 1781	16 May 1847	65
9 Oct 1812		William Plumer	24 May 1736	17 Jan 1822	85
11 Feb 1822		Constantine Henry Phipps,styled Viscount
		Normanby,later [1838] 1st Marquess of Normanby	15 May 1797	28 Jul 1863	66
20 Jun 1826		Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby	6 Jul 1783	11 Jan 1837	53
3 Aug 1830		Henry Grey,styled Viscount Howick,later
		[1845] 3rd Earl Grey	28 Dec 1802	9 Oct 1894	91
30 Apr 1831		Charles William Fitzwilliam,styled Viscount
		Milton,later [1833] 5th Earl Fitzwilliam  [he was	4 May 1786	4 Oct 1857	71
		also returned for Northamptonshire,for which
		he chose to sit]
14 Jul 1831		Charles Christopher Pepys,later [1850] 1st
		Earl of Cottenham	29 Apr 1781	29 Apr 1851	70
6 Oct 1831		John George Brabazon Ponsonby,later [1847]
		5th Earl of Bessborough	14 Oct 1809	28 Jan 1880	70
		CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1832
		HIGH PEAK (DERBYSHIRE)
4 Dec 1885		William Sidebottom	1841	3 Jan 1933	91
8 Oct 1900		Oswald Partington,later [1925] 2nd Baron
		Doverdale	4 May 1872	23 Mar 1935	62
Dec 1910		Sir Samuel Hill Hill-Wood,1st baronet	12 Mar 1872	4 Jan 1949	76
30 May 1929		Sir Alfred Joseph Law	31 May 1860	18 Jul 1939	79
7 Oct 1939		Arthur Hugh Elsdale Molson,later [1961]
		Baron Molson [L]	29 Jun 1903	13 Oct 1991	88
16 Mar 1961		Alan David Walder	13 Nov 1928	26 Oct 1978	49
31 Mar 1966		Peter Michael Jackson	14 Oct 1928
18 Jun 1970		Spencer Le Marchant	15 Jan 1931	7 Sep 1986	55
9 Jun 1983		Christopher James Hawkins	26 Nov 1937
9 Apr 1992		Charles Hendry	6 May 1959
1 May 1997		Tom Levitt	10 Apr 1954
		HILLHEAD (GLASGOW)
14 Dec 1918		Sir Robert Stevenson Horne,later [1937]
		Viscount Horne of Slammanan	28 Feb 1871	3 Sep 1940	69
10 Jun 1937		James Scott Cumberland Reid,later [1948]
		Baron Reid [L]	30 Jul 1890	29 Mar 1975	84
25 Nov 1948		Thomas Galloway Dunlop Galbraith  [kt 1982]	10 Mar 1917	2 Jan 1982	64
25 Mar 1982		Roy Harris Jenkins,later [1987] Baron
		Jenkins of Hillhead [L]	11 Nov 1920	5 Jan 2003	82
11 Jun 1987		George Galloway	16 Aug 1954
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1997
		HILLSBOROUGH (SHEFFIELD)
14 Dec 1918		Arthur Neal	23 Sep 1862	29 Jan 1933	70
15 Nov 1922		Albert Victor Alexander,later [1963] 1st Earl
		Alexander of Hillsborough	1 May 1885	11 Jan 1965	79
27 Oct 1931		Joseph Gurney Braithwaite,later [1954] 1st
		baronet	24 May 1895	25 Jun 1958	63
14 Nov 1935		Albert Victor Alexander,later [1963] 1st Earl
		Alexander of Hillsborough	1 May 1885	11 Jan 1965	79
23 Feb 1950		George Darling,later [1974] Baron Darling
		of Hillsborough [L]	20 Jul 1905	18 Oct 1985	80
28 Feb 1974		Martin Henry Flannery	2 Mar 1918	16 Oct 2006	88
9 Apr 1992		Helen Margaret Jackson	19 May 1939
5 May 2005		Angela Smith	16 Aug 1961
		HINDON (WILTSHIRE)
4 Apr 1660		Sir George Grobham Howe,1st baronet	c 1627	26 Sep 1676
		(to 1677)
		Edmund Ludlow
		Sir Thomas Thynne	c 1610	late 1669
		Double return between Ludlow and Thynne.
		Thynne declared elected 18 May 1660
5 Apr 1661		Sir Charles Harbord  [he was also returned	2 Jul 1596	25 May 1679	82
		for Launceston,for which he chose to sit]
11 Apr 1661		Edward Seymour,later [1688] 4th baronet	1633	17 Feb 1708	74
		(to 1679)
23 Feb 1677		Robert Hyde	10 Oct 1650	20 Apr 1722	71
12 Feb 1679		Richard Howe  (to 1681)	c 1652	3 Jul 1730
		Thomas Lambert	c 1638	1692
23 Aug 1679		Sir Richard Grobham Howe,2nd baronet	28 Aug 1621	3 May 1703	81
		(to 1685)
18 Feb 1681		John Thynne	c 1640	16 Mar 1699
16 Mar 1685		Robert Hyde  (to 1698)	10 Oct 1650	27 Apr 1722	71
		Thomas Lambert	c 1638	1692
12 Jan 1689		John Milner	c 1657	26 Jun 1712
22 Feb 1690		Thomas Chafin	15 Jul 1650	17 Jan 1691	40
20 Apr 1691		John Berkeley,4th Viscount Fitzhardinge [I]	18 Apr 1650	19 Dec 1712	62
26 Oct 1695		Sir Charles Morley	c 1653	23 Aug 1697
22 Dec 1697		Henry Lee	c 1657	6 Sep 1734
25 Jul 1698		Sir James Howe,2nd baronet  (to Nov 1701)	c 1669	19 Jan 1736
		Reynolds Calthorpe  [he was unseated on	12 Aug 1655	12 Apr 1720	64
		petition in favour of George Morley
		13 May 1701]
13 May 1701		George Morley  (to Nov 1702)	14 Jul 1664	c May 1711	46
		[following the general election in Jul 1702,
		Morley's election was declared void
		27 Nov 1702]
24 Nov 1701		Reynolds Calthorpe	12 Aug 1655	12 Apr 1720	64
18 Jul 1702		Sir James Howe,2nd baronet   (to 1705)	c 1669	19 Jan 1736
7 Nov 1704		Thomas Jervoise	6 Sep 1667	10 May 1743	75
11 May 1705		George Morley	14 Jul 1664	c May 1711	46
		Reynolds Calthorpe	12 Aug 1655	12 Apr 1720	64
7 May 1708		Sir James Howe,2nd baronet  [he was	c 1669	19 Jan 1736
		unseated on petition in favour of Reynolds
		Calthorpe 12 Feb 1709]
		Edmund Lambert  (to 1713)	26 Jul 1666	29 Jan 1734	67
12 Feb 1709		Reynolds Calthorpe	12 Aug 1655	12 Apr 1720	64
7 Oct 1710		Edmund Lambert  (to 1713)	26 Jul 1666	29 Jan 1734	67
		Reynolds Calthorpe	12 Aug 1655	12 Apr 1720	64
		George Morley	14 Jul 1664	c May 1711	46
		Double return between Calthorpe and Morley.
		Morley declared elected 2 Dec 1710
15 May 1711		Henry Lee Warner	23 Jul 1688	13 Dec 1760	72
29 Aug 1713		Reynolds Calthorpe	6 Nov 1689	10 Apr 1714	24
		Richard Lockwood	c 1676	30 Aug 1756
25 Jan 1715		George Wade  (to 1722)	1673	14 Mar 1748	74
		Reynolds Calthorpe	12 Aug 1655	12 Apr 1720	64
6 May 1720		John Pitt	c 1698	9 Feb 1754
24 Mar 1722		Henry Ludlow Coker	1683	c 1734
		Robert Gray		after 1727
16 Aug 1727		George Heathcote	7 Dec 1700	7 Jun 1768	67
		Townsend Andrews	20 Nov 1702	6 May 1737	34
27 Apr 1734		Stephen Fox,later [1756] 1st Earl of
		Ilchester  [he was also returned for Shaftesbury,	12 Sep 1704	29 Sep 1776	72
		for which he chose to sit]
		George Fox,later [1762] 1st Baron Bingley
		(to 1741)	c 1696	22 Feb 1773
28 Feb 1735		Henry Fox,later [1763] 1st Baron Holland	28 Sep 1705	1 Jul 1774	68
4 May 1741		Henry Calthorpe	c 1717	14 Apr 1788
		William Steele		c Jul 1748
27 Jun 1747		Valens Comyn	by 1700	27 Apr 1751
		Bisse Richards  (to 1756)	c 1715	29 Dec 1755
4 May 1751		Francis Blake Delaval	16 Mar 1727	7 Aug 1771	44
15 Apr 1754		James Dawkins  (to 1758)	1722	Dec 1757	35
19 Jan 1756		William Mabbott  (to 1761)	c 1692	14 Nov 1764
21 Jan 1758		James Calthorpe	25 Mar 1699	11 Mar 1784	84
27 Mar 1761		William Blackstone	10 Jul 1723	14 Feb 1780	56
		Edward Morant	10 Dec 1730	27 Jul 1791	60
16 Mar 1768		John St.Leger Douglas	c 1732	23 May 1783
		William Hussey	1 Jan 1725	26 Jan 1813	88
10 Oct 1774		Richard Smith  (to 1777)	15 May 1734	3 Jul 1803	69
		Thomas Brand-Hollis	c 1719	2 Sep 1804
		Election declared void 14 Feb 1775
16 May 1776		Henry Dawkins  (to 1780)	24 May 1728	19 Jun 1814	86
		Richard Smith    [his election was declared	15 May 1734	3 Jul 1803	69
		void 29 Jan 1777]
5 Feb 1777		Archibald Macdonald [kt 1788],later [1813]
		1st baronet	13 Jul 1747	18 May 1826	78
9 Sep 1780		Lloyd Kenyon,later [1788] 1st Baron Kenyon	5 Oct 1732	4 Apr 1802	69
		Nathaniel William Wraxall	8 Apr 1751	7 Nov 1831	80
2 Apr 1784		William Egerton	9 May 1749	21 Apr 1806	56
		Edward Bearcroft	30 Apr 1737	20 Nov 1796	59
19 Jun 1790		William Beckford	29 Sep 1760	2 May 1844	83
		James Adams  (to 1796)	5 Jun 1752	14 Sep 1816	64
5 Jan 1795		Thomas Wildman	1740	21 Dec 1795	55
12 Feb 1796		James Wildman  (to 1802)	20 Mar 1747	23 Mar 1816	69
28 May 1796		Matthew Gregory Lewis	9 Jul 1775	14 May 1818	42
		For further information on this MP, see
		the note at the foot of this page
6 Jul 1802		Thomas Wallace,later [1828] 1st Baron Wallace	c 1768	23 Feb 1844
		John Pedley	c 1762	22 Jul 1838
3 Nov 1806		William Beckford  (to 1820)	29 Sep 1760	2 May 1844	83
		Benjamin Hobhouse	29 Mar 1757	14 Aug 1831	74
17 Jun 1818		Frederick Gough-Calthorpe,later [1851] 4th
		Baron Calthorpe  (to 1826)	14 Jun 1790	2 May 1868	77
7 Mar 1820		John Plummer
9 Jun 1826		George Matthew Fortescue  (to 1831)	21 May 1791	24 Jan 1877	85
		Arthur Gough-Calthorpe	14 Nov 1796	5 Mar 1836	39
31 Jul 1830		John Weyland  (to 1832)	4 Dec 1774	8 May 1854	79
29 Apr 1831		Edward John Stanley,later [1848] 1st Baron
		Eddisbury and [1850] 2nd Baron Stanley
		of Alderley	13 Nov 1802	16 Jun 1869	66
		CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1832
		HITCHIN (HERTFORDSHIRE)
3 Dec 1885		Robert Dimsdale	1 Jul 1828	2 May 1898	69
Jul 1892		George Bickersteth Hudson	16 Mar 1845	29 Feb 1912	66
25 Jan 1906		Julius Bertram	8 Nov 1866	5 Nov 1944	77
21 Jan 1910		Alfred Peter Hillier	1858	24 Oct 1911	53
23 Nov 1911		Lord Robert Cecil,later [1923] 1st Viscount
		Cecil of Chelwood	14 Sep 1864	24 Nov 1958	94
6 Dec 1923		Guy Molesworth Kindersley	28 Feb 1877	30 Nov 1956	79
27 Oct 1931		Edward Anthony James Lytton,styled Viscount
		Knebworth	13 May 1903	1 May 1933	29
8 Jun 1933		Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson	18 Jul 1884	31 May 1940	55
10 Mar 1941		John Seymour Berry,later [1954] 2nd Viscount
		Camrose	12 Jul 1909	15 Feb 1995	85
26 Jul 1945		Philip Asterley Jones	21 Jun 1914	23 Oct 1978	64
23 Feb 1950		Nigel Thomas Loveridge Fisher	14 Jul 1913	9  Oct 1996	83
26 May 1955		William Francis Martin Maddan	4 Oct 1920	22 Aug 1973	52
15 Oct 1964		Shirley Vivien Teresa Brittain Williams,
		later [1993] Baroness Williams of Crosby [L]	27 Jul 1930
28 Feb 1974		Bernard Harold Ian Halley Stewart,later
		[1992] Baron Stewartby [L]	10 Aug 1935
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
		HITCHIN AND HARPENDEN (HERTFORDSHIRE)
1 May 1997		Peter Bruce Lilley	23 Aug 1943
		HODGE HILL (BIRMINGHAM)
9 Jun 1983		Terence Anthony Gordon Davis	5 Jan 1938
15 Jul 2004		Liam Dominic Byrne	2 Oct 1970
		HOLBORN
26 Nov 1885		Francis Duncan	1836	16 Nov 1888	52
29 Nov 1888		Gainsford Bruce  [kt 1892]	1834	24 Feb 1912	77
12 Aug 1892		Sir Charles Hall	3 Aug 1843	9 Mar 1900	56
23 Mar 1900		Sir James Farquharson Remnant,later [1928]
		1st Baron Remnant	13 Feb 1863	30 Jan 1933	69
28 Jun 1928		Stuart James Bevan	31 Mar 1872	25 Oct 1935	63
14 Nov 1935		Sir Robert Inigo Tasker	1868	28 Feb 1959	90
26 Jul 1945		John William Maxwell Aitken	15 Feb 1910	30 Apr 1985	75
		NAME ALTERED TO "HOLBORN
		& ST.PANCRAS SOUTH" 1950
		HOLBORN & ST.PANCRAS (LONDON)
9 Jun 1983		Frank Gordon Dobson	15 Mar 1940
		HOLBORN & ST.PANCRAS SOUTH
23 Feb 1950		Santo Wayburn Jeger	20 May 1898	24 Sep 1953	55
19 Nov 1953		Lena May Jeger,later [1979] Baroness Jeger [L]	19 Nov 1915	26 Feb 2007	91
8 Oct 1959		Geoffrey Johnson-Smith	16 Apr 1924
15 Oct 1964		Lena May Jeger,later [1979] Baroness Jeger [L]	19 Nov 1915	26 Feb 2007	91
3 May 1979		Frank Gordon Dobson	15 Mar 1940
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
		HOLDERNESS (YORKSHIRE)
4 Dec 1885		George Richard Bethell	Mar 1849	3 Dec 1919	70
10 Oct 1900		Arthur Stanley Wilson	30 Jul 1868	12 Apr 1938	69
15 Nov 1922		William Audley Bowdler	7 Sep 1884	20 Feb 1969	84
6 Dec 1923		Samuel Servington Savery  [kt 1937]	Mar 1861	27 Dec 1938	77
15 Feb 1939		Joseph Gurney Braithwaite,later [1954] 1st
		baronet	24 May 1895	25 Jun 1958	63
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950
		HOLLAND (LINCOLNSHIRE)
		SEE "SPALDING"
		HOLLAND WITH BOSTON (LINCOLNSHIRE)
14 Dec 1918		William Stapleton Royce	13 Dec 1858	23 Jun 1924	65
31 Jul 1924		Arthur Wellesley Dean	27 Aug 1857	7 Feb 1929	71
21 Mar 1929		James Blindell  [kt 1936]	1884	10 May 1937	52
24 Jun 1937		Sir Herbert Walter Butcher,1st baronet	12 Jun 1901	11 May 1966	64
31 Mar 1966		Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body [kt 1986]	18 May 1927
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1997
		HOLMFIRTH (YORKSHIRE)
5 Dec 1885		Henry Joseph Wilson	14 Apr 1833	29 Jun 1914	81
20 Jun 1912		Sydney Arnold,later [1924] 1st Baron Arnold	13 Jan 1878	3 Aug 1945	67
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918
		HONITON (DEVON)
9 Apr 1660		Sir John Yonge	2 Oct 1603	26 Aug 1663	59
		Samuel Serle	16 Jul 1620	2 Feb 1683	62
6 Apr 1661		Sir Courtenay Pole,2nd baronet	17 Feb 1619	13 Apr 1695	76
		Peter Prideaux,later [1682] 3rd baronet	13 Jul 1626	22 Nov 1705	79
17 Feb 1679		Sir Walter Yonge,3rd baronet	8 Sep 1653	18 Jul 1731	77
		Sir Thomas Putt,1st baronet  (to 1689)	19 Jul 1644	25 Jun 1686	41
16 Apr 1685		Edmund Walrond  (to 1690)	18 Jul 1655	24 Feb 1708	52
		Sir Thomas Putt,1st baronet	19 Jul 1644	25 Jun 1686	41
		[Putt's election was declared void 15 Jun 1685
		although he was again returned at the
		subsequent by-election held on 3 Oct 1685]
11 Jan 1689		Richard Courtenay	c 1655	Jan 1696
3 Mar 1690		Sir William Drake,4th baronet  (to 1715)	12 Jul 1658	28 Feb 1716	57
		Sir Walter Yonge,3rd baronet	8 Sep 1653	18 Jul 1731	77
23 Oct 1710		Sir William Drake,4th baronet  (to 1715)	12 Jul 1658	28 Feb 1716	57
		[at the general election of 1713,he was also
		returned for Dartmouth,and appears to have
		been allowed to sit for both seats]
		Sir Walter Yonge,3rd baronet	8 Sep 1653	18 Jul 1731	77
		James Sheppard	c 1681	10 Apr 1730
		Double return between Yonge and Sheppard.
		Sheppard declared elected 17 Feb 1711
4 Feb 1715		Sir William Courtenay  [he was also returned	11 Mar 1676	6 Oct 1735	59
		for Devon,for which he chose to sit]
		Sir William Yonge,4th baronet  (to 1754)	c 1693	10 Aug 1755
17 Mar 1716		Sir William Pole,4th baronet	17 Aug 1678	31 Dec 1741	63
21 Aug 1727		James Sheppard	c 1681	10 Apr 1730
15 Mar 1731		Sir William Pole,4th baronet   [following the	17 Aug 1678	31 Dec 1741	63
		death of James Sheppard, Pole appears to
		have been seated on petition, without any
		by-election appearing to have occurred]
26 Apr 1734		William Courtenay,later [1762] 1st Viscount	11 Feb 1710	16 May 1762	52
		Courtenay
5 May 1741		Henry Reginald Courtenay	8 Jun 1714	30 Apr 1763	48
2 Jul 1747		John Heath,later Duke	c 1717	3 Nov 1775
16 Apr 1754		Henry Reginald Courtenay  (to 1763)	8 Jun 1714	30 Apr 1763	48
		Sir George Yonge,5th baronet	Mar 1733	25 Sep 1812	79
27 Mar 1761		John Duke  (to 1768)	c 1717	3 Nov 1775
22 Nov 1763		Sir George Yonge,5th baronet  (to 1796)	Mar 1733	25 Sep 1812	79
17 Mar 1768		Brass Crosby	8 May 1725	14 Feb 1793	67
7 Oct 1774		Laurence Cox		26 Aug 1792
8 Sep 1780		Alexander Macleod   [his election was	c 1715	7 Jan 1790
		declared void]
5 Apr 1781		Jacob Wilkinson	c 1716	12 May 1791
2 Apr 1784		Sir George Collier	11 May 1738	6 Apr 1795	56
25 Jun 1790		George Templer	c 1755	20 Jul 1819
30 May 1796		George Chambers	1766	after 1826
		George Shum  (to 1805)	c Nov 1751	28 Feb 1805	53
23 Jul 1802		Sir John Honywood,4th baronet  (to Apr 1806)	c 1757	29 Mar 1806
13 Mar 1805		Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw  (to 1812)	17 Feb 1768	11 Nov 1832	64
11 Apr 1806		Richard Bateman-Robson	1753	10 Mar 1827	73
31 Oct 1806		Thomas Cochrane,styled Lord Cochrane,later
		[1831] 10th Earl of Dundonald	14 Dec 1775	31 Oct 1860	84
6 May 1807		Sir Charles Hamilton,2nd baronet	25 May 1767	14 Sep 1849	82
7 Oct 1812		Richard William Howard Howard-Vyse	25 Jul 1784	8 Jun 1853	68
		George Abercrombie Robinson,later [1823]
		1st baronet	29 Mar 1758	13 Feb 1832	73
23 Jun 1818		Peregrine Francis Cust	13 Aug 1791	15 Sep 1873	82
		Samuel Crawley	16 Dec 1790	21 Dec 1852	62
16 Jun 1826		Josiah John Guest,later [1838] 1st
		baronet  (to 1831)	2 Feb 1785	26 Nov 1852	67
		Henry Baines Lott	c Oct 1781	20 Jun 1833	51
30 Jul 1830		Sir George Warrender,4th baronet  (to 1832)	5 Dec 1782	21 Feb 1849	66
5 May 1831		Henry Baines Lott	1781	1833	52
13 Dec 1832		George Augustus Frederick Child-Villiers,
		styled Viscount Villiers,later [1859] 6th Earl
		of Jersey	4 Apr 1808	24 Oct 1859	51
		James Ruddell-Todd
8 Jan 1835		Hugh Duncan Baillie  (to 1847)	1777	21 Jun 1866	88
		Arthur Chichester
25 Aug 1837		James Stewart	17 Aug 1805	26 Sep 1860	55
29 Jun 1841		Forster Alleyne McGeachy	1809	20 Mar 1887	77
28 Jul 1847		Joseph Locke  (to 1860)	9 Aug 1805	18 Sep 1860	55
		Sir James Weir Hogg,1st baronet	7 Sep 1790	27 May 1876	85
31 Mar 1857		Archibald Henry Plantagenet Stuart-
		Wortley	26 Jul 1832	30 Apr 1890	57
29 Apr 1859		Alexander Dundas Wishart Ross Baillie-
		Cochrane,later [1880] 1st Baron Lamington
		(to 1868)	24 Nov 1816	15 Feb 1890	73
22 Oct 1860		George Moffatt		20 Feb 1878
12 Jul 1865		Frederick David Goldsmid	31 Jan 1812	18 Mar 1866	54
4 Apr 1866		Julian Goldsmid	8 Oct 1838	7 Jan 1896	57
		CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1868,
		BUT REVIVED 1885
1 Dec 1885		Sir John Henry Kennaway,3rd baronet	6 Jun 1837	6 Sep 1919	82
28 Jan 1910		Sir Arthur Clive Morrison-Bell,1st baronet	19 Apr 1871	16 Apr 1956	84
27 Oct 1931		Sir Cedric Drewe	26 May 1896	21 Jan 1971	74
26 May 1955		Robert Mathew	9 May 1911	8 Dec 1966	55
16 Mar 1967		Peter Frank Hannibal Emery  [kt 1982]	27 Feb 1926	9 Dec 2004	78
		NAME ALTERED TO "TIVERTON
		AND HONITON" 1997
		Noel Pemberton Billing, MP for Hertford 1916-1921
		Billing, as much as any other man, left his mark on British aviation. Unfortunately for him,
		he was probably born 50 years ahead of his time.
		He ran away from school at the age of 13, when he stowed away on a freighter bound for
		South Africa. When the ship was well out to sea, he gave himself up and the captain
		signed him on as a cabin boy. Four years later he left the sea and became a trooper in the
		Natal Mounted Police. He fought in the Boer War, before returning to England to marry.
		Married life did not tie him down, and in 1906 he roamed around America. There the
		achievements of the Wright Brothers fired his imagination and he decided to make aviation
		his career.
		To this end, he opened an aerodrome at Fambridge in Essex, but aviation at the time was
		considered to be a fad and his venture failed. Undaunted he turned to the design and
		manufacture of aircraft. One of his planes had the first tricycle undercarriage. In 1908, he
		formed a scheme to create the world's first air force, but the War Office dismissed him as
		a lunatic. When World War I broke out, he joined the Royal Naval Air Service and organised
		the first air raid of WWI, a raid on the Zeppelin sheds at Friedrichshafen. He later returned
		to England to form Britain's first anti-aircraft unit, consisting of 12 Rolls Royce cars,
		armoured and equipped with guns and searchlights. Its mission was to protect Windsor
		Castle.
		In 1916 he resigned his commission and entered the House of Commons as member for
		Hertford.  Once in the House, all of his pent-up frustration bubbled up. He thundered for
		a more vigorous war effort with greater concentration on air power. He charged Britain's
		war leaders with inefficiency, mismanagement and bungling on a grand scale and won so
		many supporters that he was able to demand the Air Inquiry of 1916, out of which grew
		the Air Board (later the Air Ministry). Around this time, he founded a newspaper named
		'The Imperialist'.
		Billing had long professed disgust at what he claimed was the degenerate element in the
		British upper crust. On 26 January 1918, 'The Imperialist' carried a leading article which
		shocked the country. It was headed 'As I See It - The First 47,000.'
		The subject of the article was a book - known as the 'Black Book' - which supposedly
		listed 47,000 British citizens who were allegedly being blackmailed by the Germans because
		of their sexual indiscretions. According to Billing, the book had been compiled from reports
		of German agents who had infested Britain for the past 20 years. The book, said Billing,
		contained the names of Privy Counsellors, dancing girls, youths of the chorus, Cabinet
		Ministers and their wives, while poets, diplomats, bankers, editors, newspaper proprietors
		and members of His Majesty's Household follow each other with no order of precedence. He
		then described in lurid detail the methods used by German agents to trap and demoralise
		their victims. He claimed it was part of a fiendish Hun plot to undermine the moral fibre of
		the British race and thus exterminate it. Incredible as the charges seemed, thousands
		believed the story.
		In February 1918, Billing changed the name of 'The Imperialist' to 'The Vigilante.' That same
		month, J T Grein's Independent Theatre Society announced a series of performances of
		Oscar Wilde's play "Salome.'  This play, which was often performed on the Continent, had
		been banned from public performance in Britain. Grein got around this ban by limiting
		performances to members of his society, membership of which was open to anyone paying
		a five guinea fee. A classical dancer, Maud Allan, was billed to perform the Dance of the
		Seven Veils.
		Such an action infuriated Billing, then on the crest of a moral wave. On 16 February 1918, in
		the first issue of his re-named paper, there was a paragraph headed 'The Cult of the Clitoris,'
		which included that 'to be a member of Maud Allan's private performance in Oscar Wilde's
		'Salome' one has to apply to a Miss Valetta, 9 Duke Street, Adelphi. If Scotland Yard were to
		seize the list of these members, I have no doubt they would secure the names of several
		thousands of the first 47,000.'
		Maud Allan took this to be a suggestion that she was a lesbian and, together with Grein,
		issued a writ for criminal libel against Billing, who was arrested pending a hearing at the Old
		Bailey.
		The trial opened on 29 May 1918. [Sir] Travers Humphreys headed the prosecution while
		Billing conducted his own defence. Billing opened with an attack upon the judge, Mr Justice
		Darling (later Baron Darling). He claimed that he had criticised Darling in the House of
		Commons on several occasions and that, as a result, the judge would be prejudiced against
		him, an assertion which the judge rejected. Billing then launched an attack on Wilde and his
		play, insisting that the London presentation of the play would attract many of the '47,000.'
		His first witness was a slim, attractive brunette named Eleanor Villiers-Stuart, who claimed
		to have seen the 'Black Book.' Pressed by Billing, she reeled off a list of names alleged to be
		in it. Then Billing asked, 'Is Mr Justice Darling's name in it?' Her answer was drowned in a
		storm of booing, shouting, cheering and clapping. Asked to repeat her answer, she said
		'Yes' loudly.
		Travers Humphreys protested violently, but Justice Darling declined to take any action,
		saying that he cared nothing for any charges Billing might make against him. As the trial
		continued, Billing successfully switched the attention of the Court from the main issue of
		libel, converting the trial into an attack on Wilde's play. Another of his witnesses was Lord
		Alfred Douglas, former lover of Oscar Wilde, who was by now bent on revenge against Wilde.
		Despite the judge's repeated warnings that the play had nothing to do with the case, the
		jury returned after an absence of 90 minutes with a verdict of 'not guilty,' at which cheering
		broke out in the courtroom.
		After the trial, Billing's health failed and he resigned his Commons seat in 1921. He continued
		to be interested in aviation and it was his company which eventually produced the Spitfire
		fighter plane which did so much to aid the British in WWII.
		Thomas Plumer Halsey, MP for Hertfordshire 1846-1854
		Halsey, together with his wife and infant son, was drowned following the wreck of the
		steamer 'Ercolano' (the modern Italian name for 'Herculaneam') in the Gulf of Genoa on 24
		April 1854.
		The following harrowing account, written by a French passenger, appeared in the 'Daily
		News' of 3 May 1854:-
		'We left Genoa on the 24th, at 20 minuted to 3 o'clock.  The weather was moderate, and
		the sea became calmer as we quitted the Gulf.
		'At ten minutes before midnight we were struck by the steamer Sicilia on the larboard side,
		between the paddlepox and the stern. The blow came with such force that the Herculaneum
		was nearly cut in two, the water entered in torrents, the fires of the engines were instantly
		extinguished, and the vessel enveloped in steam. All this was the work of a few seconds.
		'At that awful moment I was smoking a cigar below. I rushed on the deck, and saw the
		vessel rapidly going down by the stern. To describe the scene that then followed is
		impossible; women and children screaming - fathers seeking their children - husbands
		making desperate efforts to save their wives. Oh! I shall never forget the awful heart-
		breaking scenes I witnessed.
		'The water gained and gained upon us, and at last we all went down! Fortunately, I am a
		good swimmer, and after keeping myself above water for about ten minutes, I got hold of a
		plank, part of the paddlebox, and ultimately was taken on board the Sicilia, but not before
		I had been upwards of an hour in the most perilous of positions.
		'Sir Robert Peel [son of the late Prime Minister]  was saved owing to his bravery and sang
		froid. The instant the accident happened he rushed to the forecastle, stripped himself,
		threw himself into the sea, and swam until taken up by a boat from the Sicilia.
		'Whilst swimming I saw some females rise to the surface of the water, and then sink. One
		of them, before going down, cried out, "Charles, Charles, my dearest Charles, save me!"
		This was twice or thrice repeated - and the unhappy being was launched into eternity.
		'An English gentleman of the name of Knight made the most supreme efforts to save his
		family, but without success; and his wife, three young children, and their servant, perished
		in his very sight. Mr. Knight, I am told, was himself badly wounded, but succeeded in
		escaping a watery grave.
		'I cannot give you the names of the passengers, but I am assured amongst those who
		perished was a Mr. Hayer, his wife and servant, Mr. Thomas Halsey, his wife, his son, and
		two servants, the Princess Napolitan Cattaneo, and three of her suite.
		'Amongst those saved were Mr. Samson, Mr. Rankin, Mr. George Wilkinson, Mr. Edward
		Dawnley, Mr. Edward Knight, and Sir Robert Peel. The only female who escaped was a
		servant girl named Marie Ambrusano.
		'I declare most solemnly, and in the presence of that God whom I implored when I thought
		my earthly career terminated, that the horrible misfortune which has plunged so many
		families into mourning, is owing to the criminal negligence of the two captains, neither of
		them being on deck at the moment of the accident; all the officers were below, and the
		Herculaneum was left to the care of the steersman only.
		'I further declare that if the usual precautions had been taken - a simple look-out - the
		accident would not have happened; both vessels having their signal lanterns alight, the
		sea was not running high, and the night was clear and starlight.'
		Halsey's  other son, who could not accompany them because he was at school, later sat
		for Hertfordshire between 1874 and 1885, and Watford between 1885 and 1906. He was
		created a baronet in 1920.
		Matthew Gregory Lewis, MP for Hindon 1796-1802
		The publishing, in 1764, of Horace Walpole's novel "The Castle of Otranto" ushered in a new
		genre of literature, known as "Gothic Horror." In his brilliant book "Boys Will be Boys," [I
		cannot recommend this book highly enough] E.S.Turner describes popular fiction
		of the early nineteenth century as "steeped in darkness and diablerie. Spectres gliding in a
		green phosphoresence, hags picking over the bones of charnel houses, deathsheads in
		closets, heirs to great estates chained in dungeons, forests stuffed with robbers and
		werewolves, graves creaking open in the moonlight to let the vampires out - these were
		the stock-in-trade of the Gothic novelist……..in rising spate came romances set in clammy
		castles in the German forests or in convents ruled by degenerate nuns who wielded the
		knout upon their novices. The atmosphere of all of them was oppressive. Neither indoors
		nor outdoors was there a stirring of fresh air. In the turrets of castles censers smoked
		before unholy altars; no one opened a window, unless to jump from it. Out of doors the air
		was foul with the reek of gibbets."
		Perhaps the most lurid of all Gothic tales is "Ambrosio; or the Monk" written by Matthew
		Gregory Lewis and published in March 1796, when its author was still only 20 years old. The
		book is generally referred to as "The Monk" and Lewis was for the rest of his life known as
		"Monk" Lewis.
		Briefly, the plot of the book is that the main protagonist is a monk named Ambrosio, whose
		past and parentage are mysteries. He occupies the position of abbot in a Capuchin
		monastery in medieval Madrid. He is approached by a young novice named Rosario, who
		reveals that he is really a woman named Matilda. She explains that due to her love for him
		she has disguised herself as a novice to be closer to him. The two soon begin a sexual
		relationship, although Ambrosio is filled with self-loathing for his actions. Later, while
		visiting a nearby convent, Ambrosio discovers that one of the nuns, Agnes, plans to elope
		with her lover. Ambrosio informs on her, and the prioress of the convent punishes Agnes
		by imprisoning her in a dungeon beneath the convent. Ambrosio now falls in love with
		Antonia, daughter of Donna Elvira. With the help of Matilda, who is conversant with black
		magic, Ambrosio summons a demon to help him in his plan to debauch Antonia. Ambrosio
		kills Donna Elvira and abducts Antonia. Back at the convent, Lorenzo, Agnes' brother,
		accuses the prioress of murdering his sister. Hearing this accusation, an angry mob storms
		the convent, slaughtering the prioress and many innocent nuns. During this attack,
		Lorenzo searches for his sister and finds her, close to death, clutching the decomposing
		body of her dead child. Lorenzo hears a girl screaming nearby and finds the body of
		Antonia, who has been ravished and stabbed - he also sees Ambrosio fleeing the scene.
		Lorenzo informs on Ambrosio to the Inquisition, and Ambrosio is sentenced to be burned
		at the stake, but Ambrosio sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for his freedom. The
		Devil saves him from the flames, but then reveals to Ambrosio his true identity and those
		of Donna Elvira and Antonia. Yes, you've guessed it - in killing Donna Elvira and raping
		Antonia he has killed his mother and committed incest with his sister. Finally, Ambrosio
		is cast into Hell.
		Lewis was the son of a government official who owned large sugar plantations in Jamaica.
		Reared in luxury, he was sent to Weimar to study European politics and the German
		language, in anticipation of a career in the diplomatic service. Here he was surrounded
		by the cream of German literature, including Goethe, Schiller and Wieland. On his return
		to England, Lewis' head was filled with romantic legends of haunted castles, robber barons,
		dungeons and maidens in distress. He ransacked the family library for books on witchcraft
		and demons. In May 1794, he was sent to The Hague as a junior attache at the British
		Embassy, and, while there, aged only 19, he wrote 'The Monk.'
		When the book was published in March 1796, it caused a furore. Although this was a
		period of barbarous sports and swaggering bucks, the story was still a heady brew.
		There was a public outcry against the violence and sexual content of the book, and in
		particular its perceived blasphemy. Naturally, everyone wanted to read it and the book
		ran through many editions - it has been described as the first 'bestseller' in English
		literature.
		In May 1796, Lewis was returned to Parliament as MP for Hindon. This seat was largely
		under the control of a previous member, William Beckford, who had resigned it after
		gossip accused him of seducing William Courtenay, later the 9th Earl of Devon. This is
		somewhat ironic, as there seems little doubt that Lewis, too, was homosexual.
		Debate over the book raged. The Critical Review warned parents they 'might well turn
		pale' if they saw the book in the hands of their children. It was, they said, 'poison for
		youth and provocation to debauchery.' Another literary journal stated that 'obscenity
		corrupts the entire narrative…..the book reeks with maddening orgies and panders
		to lust and licensed blasphemy.' When Lewis took his seat in the House of Commons,
		one outraged member asked how 'the portrayer of lewd and systematic seduction'
		dared show his face within the House.
		About a year after the book's publication, Lewis was forced to revise it by eliminating
		some passages. By then, Lewis had many powerful friends and supporters, including
		Mrs. Jordan, actress and mistress of the Duke of Clarence. For her, Lewis wrote
		'The Castle Spectre,' a drama replete with ghosts, murders and a missing heiress.
		Another of his plays, 'The Captive, or the Private Mad-House,' was written, according
		to Lewis, to expose the atrocious conditions in private lunatic asylums of the time.
		When it opened in March 1803, the audience was reported as becoming 'hysterical
		with horror.' According to a contemporary account, a number of people were
		'carried screaming from the theatre.'
		Some time around 1804, Lewis became infatuated with a youth named Kelly. He
		adopted him and found him a government post, but Kelly repaid Lewis by forging his
		signature on a bank draft, with the result that Kelly was thrown into prison.
		In 1811, Lewis produced his last work, 'Timour the Tartar,' a play filled with glittering
		pageantry, cavalry charges, gold helmets, jewelled turbans and harem scenes in
		which scores of scantily-clad girls appeared. The play was a huge success, leading
		to a number of parodies such as 'Timour, Cream of the Tartars.'
		After his father died in 1812 leaving a huge fortune to his already wealthy son, Lewis
		travelled throughout Europe, visiting Byron and Shelley, and being feted by the
		English colonies throughout Europe. In 1816, he paid his first visit to the Jamaican
		sugar plantations that formed the basis of the family wealth. Here he was horrified
		at the wretched condition of the slaves on his plantations and instituted a number
		of humane reforms, such as the abolition of flogging. Early in 1818, he again visited
		Jamaica. When he boarded ship to sail home to England, however, yellow fever had
		broken out aboard the ship. On 14 May 1818, Lewis died from its effects and was
		buried at sea. In a final twist which would no doubt have appealed to Lewis' sense
		of the macabre, it is reported that the chains wrapped around his coffin to ensure that
		it sank slipped off, with the result that the coffin rose to the surface and was last seen
		drifting back towards Jamaica.
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