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Northumberland (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1832

Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1832

Field	Value
name	Northumberland
type	County
parliament	uk
year	1290
abolished	1832
elects_howmany	two
next	North Northumberland, South Northumberland and Tynemouth and North Shields

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Northumberland, was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from 1290 to 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament.

The constituency was split into two two-member divisions, for Parliamentary purposes, by the Reform Act 1832. The county was then represented by the North Numberland and South Northumberland constituencies.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1290–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1300	Sir Luke Tailboys
1311	Guischard de Charron
1311	Roger Mauduit
1314	Roger Mauduit
1331	Roger Mauduit
1334	Roger Mauduit
1371	William Heron
1372	Thomas Surteys	John de Mitford
1373	Sir Bertram (II) Montbourcher
1377	Sir Bertram (II) Montbourcher
1378	Sir John Fenwick
1379	Sir John Heron
1380	Walter de Swinhoe	Sir Ralph Euer
1381	Adam de Athol (Sir Aymer de Strathbogie of Felton)	Sir Ralph Euer
1382	Sir Robert Clifford
1386	Sir Bertram Montbourcher	Sir Robert Clavering
1388 (Feb)	Sir Thomas Umfraville	John de Mitford
1388 (Sep)	John de Mitford
1390 (Jan)	Sir Thomas Umfraville	John de Mitford
1390 (Nov)	Sir John Felton	John de Mitford
1391	Sir Gerard Heron	John de Mitford
1393	Sir Gerard Heron	John de Mitford
1394	Sir Gerard Heron	John de Mitford
1395	Sir William Swinburne	Sampson Hardyng
1397 (Jan)	Sir Thomas Gray	John de Mitford
1397 (Sep)	Sir Gerard Heron	Sir Robert Lisle
1399	Sir Thomas Gray	Sampson Hardyng
1401	Sir Gerard Heron	John de Mitford
1402	Sir Gerard Heron	John de Mitford
1404 (Jan)	Sir John Widdrington	Sampson Hardyng
1404 (Oct)	Sir William Carnaby	Sir Robert Lisle
1406	Sir John Clavering	Sir Robert Lisle
1407	Sir Edmund Hastings	Robert Harbottle
1410
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	John Bertram	William Mitford
1414 (Apr)	Sir John Middleton	Sir Robert Lisle
1414 (Nov)	Sir John Widdrington	Sampson Hardyng
1415
1416 (Mar)	Sir Robert Ogle	William Mitford
1416 (Oct)
1417	Sir John Middleton	Sir Robert Lisle
1417	John Strother
1419	Sir Robert Ogle	William Mitford
1420	Sir Robert Ogle	Nicholas Turpin
1421 (May)	John Manners	Sampson Hardyng
1421 (Dec)	Sir Robert Ogle	William Mitford
1425	Sir Robert Ogle	url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/ogle-sir-robert-1370-1436	title=OGLE, Sir Robert (c.1370-1436), of Ogle, Northumb.	publisher=History of Parliament Trust	access-date= 22 July 2019}}
1434	Thomas Lilborn	John Cartyngton
1435	Sir Robert Ogle
1451	Sir John Ogle	William Bertram
1491	Sir William Tyler
1510–1523	No Names Known
1529	Cuthbert Radcliffe	Robert Collingwood
1536
1539
1542
1545
1547	Sir Thomas Hilton	John Bednall
1553 (Mar)
1553 (Oct)	Sir Thomas Grey	Cuthbert Horsley
1554 (Apr)	John Swinburne	Robert Horsley
1554 (Nov)	Sir Thomas Grey	Cuthbert Horsley
1555	Sir Thomas Wharton	George Heron
1558	Sir Thomas Wharton	Sir Robert Ellerker
1558–1589	Sir Thomas Grey I	url= http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/northumberland	title= History of Parliament	access-date = 1 September 2011}}
1562–1565	John Vaughan	Robert Lawdon (died 1665)
1571	Sir Henry Percy	Sir William Hilton
1572 (Apr)	Sir Francis Russell	Thomas Layton
1584	Sir Francis Russell	Edward Talbot
1586	Sir Thomas Grey II	Edward Talbot
1588 (Oct)	William Carey	Robert Widdrington
1593	Sir William Reade alias Kynnerd	Robert Widdrington
1597	Sir Robert Carey	William Selby
1601 (Oct)	Sir Robert Carey	William Selby
1604–1611	Sir Ralph Grey	Sir Henry Widdrington
1614	Sir Henry Widdrington	Sir George Selby, *declared inelig.
and repl. by* Sir William Selby
1621–1622	Sir William Grey	Sir Henry Widdrington
1624	Sir John Fenwick	Sir Francis Brandling
1625	Sir John Fenwick	Sir Francis Brandling
1626	Sir John Fenwick	Sir John Delaval
1628	Sir John Fenwick	Sir William Carnaby
1629–1640	No Parliaments convened

MPs 1640–1832

Year	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
April 1640		Sir John Fenwick		Cavalier}}"
November 1640	Cavalier}}"		Henry Percy	Royalist
1642	Roundhead}}"		Sir John Fenwick	Parliamentarian
August 1642	Widdrington disabled from sitting – seat vacant
1645		William Fenwick
December 1648	Both Fenwicks excluded in Pride's Purge – seats vacant
1653	Not separately represented in Barebone's Parliament
Northumberland's representation was increased to three members in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1654	William Fenwick, Robert Fenwick, Henry Ogle
1656	William Fenwick, Robert Fenwick, Sir Thomas Widdrington
Representation reverted to two members in the Third Protectorate Parliament
January 1659		Sir William Fenwick
May 1659	Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660		Sir William Fenwick
1661		Viscount Mansfield
1677		Sir John Fenwick
1685		William Ogle
1689		William Forster
1698		Sir Edward Blackett
January 1701		Ferdinando Forster
December 1701		Sir Francis Blake
1702		Bertram Stote
1705		Thomas Forster
1708	Tories (British political party)}}"		Thomas Forster, junior	Tory
1716		Francis Blake Delaval
1722		Sir William Middleton, Bt
1723		William Wrightson
1724		Ralph Jenison
1741		John Fenwick
1748		Lord Ossulston
1749		Lancelot Allgood
1754		Sir Henry Grey
1757		George Shafto Delaval
1768		Sir Edward Blackett
1774		Lord Algernon Percy
1786		Hon. Charles Grey
1795	Tories (British political party)}}"		Thomas Richard Beaumont	Tory
1807		Earl Percy
1812		Sir Charles Monck
1818	Tories (British political party)}}"		Thomas Wentworth Beaumont	Tory
1820		Charles John Brandling
February 1826	Tories (British political party)}}"		Matthew Bell	Tory
July 1826	Tories (British political party)}}"		Hon. Henry Liddell	Tory
1830	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Thomas Wentworth Beaumont	Whig
1831	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Henry Grey	Whig
1832	Constituency abolished – see North Northumberland and South Northumberland

Elections

The county franchise, from 1430, was held by the adult male owners of freehold land valued at 40 shillings or more. Each elector had as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings, which took place in the town of Alnwick. The expense and difficulty of voting at only one location in the county, together with the lack of a secret ballot contributed to the corruption and intimidation of electors, which was widespread in the unreformed British political system.

The expense, to candidates, of contested elections encouraged the leading families of the county to agree on the candidates to be returned unopposed whenever possible. Contested county elections were therefore unusual. The Tory Percys, led by the Duke of Northumberland, shared the county representation with the Whig Grey Family.

Sources

Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) https://books.google.com/books?id=Gh2wKY2rkDUC&q=Return+of+Members+of+Parliament
D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) https://web.archive.org/web/20150904125310/http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=p-000-00---0modhis06--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00001-001-1-1isoZz-8859Zz-1-0&a=d&cl=CL1

References

(1807). "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69]". London, His Majesty's statute and law printers.
"History of Parliament".
"OGLE, Sir Robert (c.1370-1436), of Ogle, Northumb.". History of Parliament Trust.
Cavill. "The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504".
"History of Parliament".
"History of Parliament".
Expelled, December 1641, "for being concerned in a plot to bring up the King's army in the North, to over-awe the Parliament"
Fenwick was temporarily disabled from sitting in January 1644, but re-admitted in June 1646
Charles Howard, Robert Fenwick, Henry Dawson and Henry Ogle were collectively nominated for the Four Northern Counties (Northumberland, Durham, Westmorland and Cumberland
Created a baronet, June 1660
Expelled from the House of Commons for involvement in the [[Jacobite rising of 1715]]
On petition, Wrightson was adjudged not to have been duly elected
On petition, Ossulston waived his return in favour of his opponent, Allgood
Styled Viscount Howick from 1806
(1827). "The Poll Book of the Contested Election for the County of Northumberland, from June 20th to July 6th, 1826". W. Davison.

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