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Minehead (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox UK constituency

|name = Minehead

|type = Borough

|parliament = uk

|year = 1563

|abolished = 1832

|elects_howmany = Two

|previous =

|next =

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Minehead was a parliamentary borough in Somerset,{{Cite book|last=Traill|first=Thomas Stewart|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTsgAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA36|title=The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature|date=1858|publisher=A. and C. Black|language=en}} forming part of the town of Minehead, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1563 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.

Members of Parliament

= MPs 1563–1629 =

  • Constituency probably established 1563Most sources date Minehead's enfranchisement from 1563, which seems clearly implied by the House of Commons Journals, but Browne Willis gives two names (Thomas Fitzwilliams and John Fowler) as the town's representatives in the 1559 Parliament. Sir John Neale notes that the names differ from those given for 1563 "which normally is a sign of reliability"

class="wikitable"
ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
Parliament of 1563-1567

|Thomas Luttrell

|Thomas Fitzwilliams

Parliament of 1571

|John Colles

|Thomas Mallett

Parliament of 1572-1581

|Dominick Chester

|rowspan= "3"|Richard Cabell

1578

|Andrew Hemmerford

1582

|George Luttrell

Parliament of 1584-1585

|George Luttrell

|Edward Rogers

Parliament of 1586-1587

|rowspan="2"|John Luttrell

|Robert Crosse

Parliament of 1588-1589

|Benedict Barnham

Parliament of 1593

|Richard Hanbury

|James Quirke

Parliament of 1597-1598

|Amias Bampfield
(sat for Devon, replaced)

|Conrad Prowse

Parliament of 1601

|Dr Francis James

|Lewis Lashbrooke

Parliament of 1604-1611

|Sir Ambrose Turville

|Sir Maurice Berkeley

Addled Parliament (1614)

|colspan="2"|No return made

Parliament of 1621-1622

|Francis Pearce

|Sir Robert LloydThis is the name given by Cobbett, whereas Browne Willis lists "Tho. Wentworth, Kt". There were two Thomas Wentworths in the House, but both sat for other constituencies, as Browne Willis correctly also records - "Tho. Wentworth, Kt. and Bart." for Yorkshire and "Tho. Wentworth Esq" for Oxford City. While it is possible that either of these might also have been elected for Minehead and chosen to sit for their other constituency, allowing Lloyd to be elected in their place, Browne Willis usually records this, and neither could correctly be described as "Tho. Wentworth, Kt" at that time, although of course an error is perfectly possible.

Happy Parliament (1624-1625)

|Dr Arthur Duck

|Sir Arthur Lake

Useless Parliament (1625)

|Thomas Luttrell

|Charles Pyne

Parliament of 1625-1626

|John Gill

|Thomas Horner

Parliament of 1628-1629

|Thomas Horner

|Edward Wyndham

colspan="4"|No Parliament summoned 1629-1640

= MPs 1640–1832 =

class="wikitable"
YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
April 1640

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"|Francis Wyndham

rowspan="2"|

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|Alexander PophamPopham was also elected for Bath, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Minehead

1640

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|Dr Arthur Duck

November 1640

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Roundhead}}" |

|Alexander Luttrell IDied June 1642

Parliamentarian

|rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Roundhead}}" |

|rowspan=3| Sir Francis Popham

rowspan=3| Parliamentarian
1642

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Cavalier}}" |

|Thomas Hanham

Royalist
January 1644

|rowspan="2" colspan="3"|Hanham disabled from sitting — seat vacant

August 1644

|colspan="3"|Popham died — seat vacant

1645

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Walter Strickland

rowspan="2"|

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|Edward Popham

December 1648

|colspan="3"|Popham not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge

1653

|colspan="6"|Minehead was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate

January 1659

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|Richard Hutchinson

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|Colonel Alexander Popham

May 1659

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|Walter Strickland

|colspan="3"|One seat vacant
1660

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Francis Luttrell I

|rowspan="2"|

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Charles Pym

|

1661

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Sir Hugh Wyndham

|rowspan="2"|

1666 by-election

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="3"| Sir John Malet

|rowspan="3"|

1673 by-election

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Thomas Wyndham

|

February 1679

|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="4"| Francis Luttrell II

|rowspan="4"|

September 1679

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Thomas Palmer

|

1685

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Nathaniel Palmer

|

September 1690 by-election

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| John Sanford

|rowspan="2"|

October 1690 by-election

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Alexander Luttrell II

|rowspan="2"|

1698

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Sir Jacob Banks

|rowspan="2"|

1708

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Sir John Trevelyan

|rowspan="2"|

1715The election of 1715 was declared void on petition, and Wyndham and Trevelyan declared not duly elected. A by-election was held 1717

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir William Wyndham

|

April 1717 by-electionThe by-election of 1717 was declared void on petition (in a dispute over the franchise), and Edwin and Gage declared not duly elected. Trevelyan and Milner were declared elected in their place

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Samuel Edwin

|

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Thomas Gage

|

May 1717 (on petition)

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="3"| Sir John Trevelyan

|rowspan="3"|

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| James Milner

|

1721 by-election

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir Richard LaneLane was declared not to have been duly elected

|

January 1722 (on petition)

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Robert Mansel

|rowspan="2"|

March 1722

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Thomas Hales

|rowspan="2"|

1723 by-election

|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="4"| Francis Whitworth

|rowspan="4"|

1727

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Alexander Luttrell III

|

1737 by-election

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir William Codrington

|

1739 by-election

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Thomas Carew

|rowspan="2"|

1742 by-election

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| John Periam

|

1747

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Percy Wyndham-O'Brien

|

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Charles Whitworth

|rowspan="2"|

1754

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Daniel Boone

|

1761

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Henry Shiffner

|

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| The Earl of Thomond

|

1768

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Henry Fownes Luttrell I

|rowspan="2"|

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir Charles Whitworth

|

October 1774

|rowspan="10" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="10"| John Fownes Luttrell

|rowspan="10"| Tory

December 1774 by-election

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Thomas Pownall

|

1780

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Francis Fownes Luttrell

|

1783 by-election

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Henry BeaufoyBeaufoy was re-elected in 1784, but had also been elected for Great Yarmouth, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Minehead

|

June 1784 by-election

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Captain the Hon. Charles Phipps

|

1786 by-election

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Robert Wood

|

1790

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Viscount Parker

| Tory

1795 by-election

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Thomas Fownes Luttrell

| Tory

1796

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| John Langston

| Tory

1802

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| John Patteson

| Tory

1806

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| The Lord Rancliffe

|rowspan="2"| Whig

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Sir John Lethbridge, 1st Baronet

| Tory

January 1807 by-election

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="3"| John Fownes Luttrell

|rowspan="3"| Tory

May 1807

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| John Denison

| Tory

1812

|rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="6"| John Fownes Luttrell, junior

|rowspan="6"| Tory

1816 by-election

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Henry Fownes Luttrell II

| Tory

1822 by-election

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| John Douglas

| Tory

1826

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| James Blair

| Tory

1830

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| William Edward Tomline

| Tory

1831

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Viscount Villiers

| Tory

1832

|colspan="6"| Constituency abolished

Notes

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References

  • 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]
  • J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
  • J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
  • Henry Stooks Smith, "The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847" (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig — Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
  • {{Cite Notitia Parliamentaria|converted=1|part=2|page=1}}
  • {{cite web|last=Jenkins|first=Terry|title=Minehead|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/minehead|work=The History of Parliament|publisher=The History of Parliament Trust|access-date=24 September 2012}}

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