Hythe (UK Parliament constituency) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Hythe was a 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:...

centred on the town of Hythe

Hythe, Kent

Hythe , is a small coastal market town on the edge of Romney Marsh, in the District of Shepway on the south coast of Kent. The word Hythe or Hithe is an Old English word meaning Haven or Landing Place....

in Kent

Kent

Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

. It returned two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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to the 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...

until 1832, when its representation was reduced to one member. The constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1950

The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...

, and replaced with the new Folkestone and Hythe constituency.

1366-1640

Parliament	First Member	Second Member
1386	Henry Browning	John Bernard I
1388 (Feb)	John Dyne I	William Hughelot
1388 (Sep)	Walter Fisher	John Cundy
1390 (Jan)	John Dyne I	Henry Browning
1390 (Nov)
1391	Henry Browning	William Cundy
1393	John French I	Alan Honywode
1394
1395	John Dyne I	John Storme
1397 (Jan)	John Dyne I	John Honywode
1397 (Sept)
1399	Thomas Canterbury	Alexander Appleford
1401
1402	Thomas Casebourne	Alexander Appleford
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	Thomas Casebourne	Henry Philpot
1407	Martin French	Henry Philpot
1410	Alexander Appleford	Stephen Rye
1411	William Canoun
1413 (Feb)	Henry Philpot	Stephen Rye
1413 (May)	Thomas Casebourne	Stephen Rye
1414 (Apr)	William Canoun	Stephen Rye
1414 (Nov)	Robert Bannok	William Yoklete
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417	Henry Philpot	Stephen Rye
1419	Henry Philpot	John Skinner
1420	Alexander Appleford	John Overhaven
1421 (May)	Thomas Bromlegh	John Leigh
1421 (Dec)	John Overhaven	Richard Rykedon
1510	John Honywood	John Berde
1512	Clement Holwey	John Berde
1515	not known
1523	not known
1529	John Hull I	Stephen Harry
1536	?John Hull I	?Stephen Harry
1539	not known
1542	not known
1545	not known
1547	William Brooke alias Cobham	William Baddell
1553 (Mar)	William Dalmyngton	John Knight II
1553 (Oct)	Thomas Jekyn	William Oxenden
1554 (Apr)	William Carden	John Estday
1554 (Nov)	John Estday	Thomas Keys
1555	John Knight II	John Fowler
1558	John Knight II	Richard Daper
1559	William Baddell	Ralph Haselhurst
1562/3	Edward Popham	John Bridgman
1571	William Cromer	John Stephenson
1572	Thomas Honywood, died and replaced Nov 1584 by George Morton	John Bridgman
1584	Christopher Honywood	Thomas Bodley Thomas Bodley Sir Thomas Bodley was an English diplomat and scholar, founder of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.-Biography:... , sat for Portsmouth replaced by ?George Morton
1586	John Smythe	William Dalmyngton
1588/9	John Collins	John Smythe
1593	Henry Fane II	John Collins
1597	Christopher Honywood	Christopher Toldervey
1601	William Knight	Christopher Toldervey
1604-1611	Sir John Smith	Christopher Toldervey
1614	Sir Richard Smith	Lionel Cranfield Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex was a successful merchant in London, England.-Life:He was the second son of Thomas Cranfield, a mercer at London, and his wife Martha Randill, the daughter and heiress of Vincent Randill of Sutton-at-Hone, Kent. He was apprenticed in to Richard Sheppard, a...
1621-1622	Sir Peter Heyman Peter Heyman Sir Peter Heyman was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1640.-Life:Heyman was born on 13 May 1580, the son of Henry Heyman of Sellinge, Kent and his wife Rebecca Horne, daughter the Right Rev. Robert Horne, Bishop of Winchester. He was admitted to...	Dr Richard Zouche
1624	Sir Peter Heyman Peter Heyman Sir Peter Heyman was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1640.-Life:Heyman was born on 13 May 1580, the son of Henry Heyman of Sellinge, Kent and his wife Rebecca Horne, daughter the Right Rev. Robert Horne, Bishop of Winchester. He was admitted to...	Dr Richard Zouche
1625	Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet	Edward Clark
1626	Basil Dixwell
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

1640-1832

Year		First member	First party	Second member	Second party
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...		John Harvey	Parliamentarian	(Sir) Henry Heyman Sir Henry Heyman, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Heyman, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1653. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War....	Parliamentarian
1645		Thomas Westrow			Parliamentarian
1653	Hythe 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...		Sir Robert Hales Sir Robert Hales, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Hales, 1st Baronet was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.Hales was the son of Thomas Hales of Beaksbourne, Kent, and his wife Mary Peyton, daughter of Sir Thomas Peyton of Knowlton, Kent...		William Kenrick
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....	Not represented in the restored Rump 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....
1660		The Viscount Strangford Philip Smythe, 2nd Viscount Strangford Philip Smythe, 2nd Viscount Strangford was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Smythe was the son of Thomas Smythe, 1st Viscount Strangford of Westenhanger and Sturry, Kent and his wife Lady Barbara Sidney, the daughter of Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester...		Phineas Andrews Phineas Andrews Phineas Andrews was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1661.Andrews was a London merchant and in 1645 purchased the manor of Little Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire from Frances Weld, widow of Sir John Weld...
May 1661		John Hervey
November 1661				Sir Henry Wood
1673				Sir Leoline Jenkins Leoline Jenkins Sir Leoline Jenkins was a Welsh academic, jurist and politician. He was a clerical lawyer serving in the Admiralty courts, and diplomat involved in the negotiation of international treaties .-Biography:...
February 1679		Sir Edward Dering Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.He was the eldest surviving son and heir of Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet of Pluckley, Kent by his second marriage to Anne, sister of John Ashburnham. He was admitted as a fellow-commoner to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge...		Julius Deedes
August 1679				Edward Hales
April 1685		Heneage Finch Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Winchilsea Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Winchilsea FSA was an English peer, styled Hon. Heneage Finch until 1712. He was the son of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea and Mary Seymour....		Julius Deedes
June 1685				William Shaw
1689		Edward Hales		Julius Deedes
1690		Sir Philip Boteler		William Brockman
1695				Jacob des Bouverie
1701				John Boteler
1708		John Fane John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland was an English nobleman, styled The Honourable John Fane from 1691 to 1736....		John Boteler
1710				The Viscount Shannon Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon Field Marshal Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon PC was a British military officer and statesman.-Military career:...
1711		John Boteler		William Berners
1712		John Boteler		The Viscount Shannon Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon Field Marshal Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon PC was a British military officer and statesman.-Military career:...
1713		Jacob des Bouverie
1715		Jacob des Bouverie		Sir Samuel Lennard
1722		Captain Hercules Baker		Sir Samuel Lennard
1728		Captain Hercules Baker		William Glanville
1744		(Sir) Thomas Hales Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet , of Beakesbourne in Kent, was an English courtier and Member of Parliament.Hales was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet, of Brymore, and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford...
1761		Lord George Sackville George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville PC , known as the Hon. George Sackville to 1720, as Lord George Sackville from 1720 to 1770, and as Lord George Germain from 1770 to 1782, was a British soldier and politician who was Secretary of State for America in Lord North's cabinet during the American...
1766				William Amherst
1768		John Sawbridge John Sawbridge John Sawbridge was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1780.Sawbridge was the eldest son of John Sawbridge of Olantigh and his wife Elizabeth Wanley, daughter of George Wanley....		William Evelyn
1774		Sir Charles Farnaby
1798		Hon. Charles Marsham Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney , styled Viscount Marsham between 1801 and 1811, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
1802		Matthew White Matthew White (MP) Matthew White was a British Member of Parliament for Hythe, 1802–1806 and 1812–1818.-References:*...		Thomas Godfrey
1806		Viscount Marsham Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney , styled Viscount Marsham between 1801 and 1811, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
1807		William Deedes
1810		William Deedes		Sir John Perring
1812		Matthew White Matthew White (MP) Matthew White was a British Member of Parliament for Hythe, 1802–1806 and 1812–1818.-References:*...
1818		John Bladen Taylor
1819		Samuel Jones-Loyd Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone was a British banker and politician.-Background and education:Loyd was the only son of Reverend Lewis Loyd and Sarah, daughter of John Jones, a Manchester banker...	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...
1820				Stewart Marjoribanks
1826		Sir Robert Townsend-Farquhar
1830		John Loch
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....	Representation reduced to one member

1832-1950

Year		Member	Party
1832		Stewart Marjoribanks	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...
1837		Viscount Melgund William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto William Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto , was a British Whig politician. He was the eldest son of the second earl.From 1814 until his accession in 1859, he was styled Viscount Melgund....	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...
1841		Stewart Marjoribanks	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...
1847		Edward Drake Brockman	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...
1857		Sir John Ramsden Sir John Ramsden, 5th Baronet Sir John Ramsden, 5th Baronet was a British Liberal Party politician.The fifth Baronet was elected as a Member of Parliament for Hythe in 1857 and served as Under-Secretary of State for War from 1857 to 1858. He resigned through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 9 February 1859...	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...
1859		Baron Mayer de Rothschild	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...
1874		Sir Edward William Watkin	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...
1885			Independent Liberal Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
1886			Liberal Unionist
1895		General Sir James Bevan Edwards James Bevan Edwards Lieutenant General Sir James Bevan Edwards KCB KCMG was a senior British Army officer and politician.-Military career:Edwards was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1852...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1899		Sir Edward Sassoon, Bt	Liberal Unionist
1912		Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1939		Rupert Arnold Brabner Rupert Brabner Commander Rupert Arnold Brabner DSO, DSC, was a British Member of Parliament who served with the Royal Navy as a pilot in World War II and became an ace with 5.5 confirmed kills.-Politics:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1945		Harry Mackeson Sir Harry Mackeson, 1st Baronet Sir Harry Ripley Mackeson, 1st Baronet , was a British soldier and Conservative politician.Mackeson was the son of Henry Mackeson and Ella Cecil Ripley. He served in the Royal Scots Greys regiment of the British Army and achieved the rank of Brigadier...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...	Constituency abolished. See Folkestone and Hythe

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