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Hertford (UK Parliament Constituency)
Hertford was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire, which elected Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1298 until 1974. History The Parliamentary Borough of Hertford was represented by two MPs in the House of Commons of England from 1298 to 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 onwards. Under the Boundary Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 46), its representation was reduced to one MP. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (which followed on from the Representation of the People Act 1884) abolished the parliamentary borough and it gave its name to one of four divisions of the abolished three-member Parliamentary County of Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency), Hertfordshire, and was formally named as the Eastern or Hertford Division of Hertfordshire. As well as the Bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hertford And Stevenage (UK Parliament Constituency)
Hertford and Stevenage was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 general election. History The constituency was formed for the February 1974 general election as a result of the recommendations of the Second Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies following the rapid rise in the population of the New towns in the United Kingdom, new town of Stevenage, which had previously been part of the Hitchin (UK Parliament constituency), Hitchin constituency. The former Labour Party (UK), Labour MP for Hitchin, Shirley Williams, stood successfully for the seat in both 1974 elections. She held it when she was a Secretary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1955 United Kingdom General Election
The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 26 May 1955. It was a snap election: Anthony Eden called the election after succeeding Winston Churchill, Churchill in April 1955 to secure a mandate. The Eden ministry, government won a 60-seat majority, achieving the highest post-war party vote share. It was the first election under Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II. Results The election was fought on new boundaries, with five seats added to the 625 fought in 1951. At the same time, the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party had returned to power for the first time since World War II and increased its popularity by accepting the mixed economy and Welfare state in the United Kingdom, welfare state created by the previous Labour Party (UK), Labour Party government. It also was lauded for its economic policy after ending Rationing in the United Kingdom, rationing, improving foreign trade, and even outperforming Labour in the construction of Public housing in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Carey, 2nd Earl Of Dover
John Carey, 2nd Earl of Dover (1608 – 26 May 1677), styled Viscount Rochford from 1628 to 1666, was an English peer. He was the eldest son of Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover, and Judith, daughter of Sir Thomas Pelham, 1st Baronet. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. Life In 1640, through a writ of acceleration, he was summoned to the House of Lords The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. One of the oldest ext ... as Baron Hunsdon. He succeeded his father as Earl of Dover in 1666. That title became extinct on his death in 1677; he was succeeded as Baron Hunsdon by his distant cousin, Robert. Marriages and issue On 9 May 1628, John Carey married Dorothy St. John, daughter of Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke, and Elizabeth Paulet. Dorothy was buried 18 June 1628. There we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet
Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet (18 April 1587 – 20 August 1628) (also Moryson) of Cashiobury in Watford, Hertfordshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1628. Origins Morrison was the only son and heir of Sir Charles Morrison (d. 1599), MP, of Cashiobury, by his wife Dorothea Clark, daughter of Nicholas Clark. Career He succeeded to the estate of Cashiobury on the death of his father on 31 March 1599. He was made Knight of the Bath (KB) in 1603 at the English coronation of King James I and was created a baronet on 29 June 1611. - this source states he was made K.B. upon the ascent of Charles I of England to the throne. In 1621 Morrison was elected Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire and was re-elected in 1624. He was elected MP for St Albans in 1625 and 1626. In 1628 he was elected MP for Hertford and sat until his death. Prior to his first appearance in Parliament in May 1621, Morrison was reportedly as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard Of Escrick
Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick (died 24 April 1675) was an English nobleman and Parliamentarian. Howard was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk. He was knighted KB in 1616, when Charles became Prince of Wales. In 1624 he was elected Member of Parliament for Calne and for Wallingford and chose to sit for Calne. On the death of his father in 1626, he inherited an estate in Tollesbury, Essex. He was elected MP for Hertford in 1628 but created Baron Howard of Escrick on 12 April 1628. Howard was one of the twelve peers who signed a petition in August 1640, opposing Charles I's expedition into Scotland. In May 1641 he was one of 10 peers selected to serve on a committee to investigate the first Army Plot. He was very active in the early parts of the English Civil War. He was one of the ten Lords selected to attend the Westminster Assembly of Divines along with 20 Commoners as lay assessor, and was often employed in negotiations with Scottish off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sir Capell Bedell, 1st Baronet
Sir Capell Bedell, 1st Baronet (1602 – 14 December 1643) was an English politician. Bedell was the son of Sir Thomas Bedell, of Hamerton, Huntingdonshire, by Winifred Capell, daughter of Sir Arthur Capell, of Hadham, Hertfordshire. He matriculated into Queens' College, Cambridge as a 16-year-old in 1618.''Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900'' He was created a baronet, of Hamerton in the County of Huntingdon, on 3 June 1622. Bedell later represented Hertford in Parliament in 1626 and Huntingdonshire Huntingdonshire (; abbreviated Hunts) is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England, which was historically a county in its own right. It borders Peterborough to the north, Fenland to the north-east, East Cambridgeshire to the e ... from 1628 to 1629 and again in 1640. Between 1632 and 1633, he served as High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. Bedell married Alice Fanshawe, daughter of Sir Henry Fanshawe. He died in December 1643. As he had no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
William Harington
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe
Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe Order of the Bath, KB (1596 – 30 March 1665) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1661. He supported the Cavaliers, Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Following the Restoration he was raised to the peerage. Background Fanshawe was the son of Henry Fanshawe (1569–1616), Sir Henry Fanshawe, of Ware, Hertfordshire, Ware Park, Hertfordshire and his wife Elizabeth Smythe, daughter of Thomas Smythe (customer), Thomas Smythe, of Ostenhanger Kent. His father was Remembrancer of the exchequer, Remembrancer of the Exchequer. Public life Fanshawe succeeded as remembrancer of the exchequer on the death of his father in 1616, the post being held in trust for him until he was able to take up his duties in 1619. In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for Hertford (UK Parliament constituency), Hertford. He was re-elected for Hertford in 1624 and 1625, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
William Ashton (MP)
William Ashton (1575–1646) was the English Member of Parliament for Hertford in 1621–1625 and Appleby in 1626 and 1628. He had considerable court connections, including Robert Cecil, the Treasurer, and his son William Cecil. In retirement he purchased the grant of a large part of the Royal forest of Feckenham as it was disafforestedP. Large, 'From Swanimote to disafforestation: Feckenham Forest in the early 17th century' in R. Hoyle (ed.), ''The estates of the English Crown, 1558-1640'' (Cambridge University Press, 1992), p409-13. and an estate in Hertfordshire.ASHTON, William I (1575-1646), of Swan Close, St. Martin's Lane, Westminster and Tingrith, Beds. Published in ''The History of Parliament: the Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Welwyn Hatfield (UK Parliament Constituency)
Welwyn Hatfield is a constituency in Hertfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Andrew Lewin, a member of the Labour Party. Constituency profile The area has a higher than average proportion of managers, professionals and retired people than much of Greater London. The seat has a strong local economy, with extensive retail and industrial/commercial premises, particularly in Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield. Two of the four largest Hertfordshire economic towns, Stevenage and St Albans are also close by. Accordingly, workless claimants who were registered jobseekers were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.4% of the population based on a statistical compilation by ''The Guardian''. History The seat was created for the February 1974 general election following the second periodic review of Westminster constituencies, as Welwyn and Hatfield. It was formed from parts of the abolished constituency of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
February 1974 United Kingdom General Election
The February 1974 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 28 February 1974. The Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, led by former Prime Minister Harold Wilson, gained 14 seats (301 total) but was seventeen short of an overall majority. The Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Edward Heath, lost 28 seats (though it polled a higher share of the vote than Labour). That resulted in a hung parliament, the first since 1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929. Heath sought a coalition with the Liberal Party (UK), Liberals, but the two parties failed to come to an agreement and so Wilson became prime minister for a second time, his first with a minority government. Wilson called another early election in September, October 1974 United Kingdom general election, which was held in October and resulted in a Labour majority. The February election was also the first general election to be held with the United Kingdom as a member state of the European C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hitchin (UK Parliament Constituency)
Hitchin is a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election, since when it has been held by Alistair Strathern of the Labour Party. Boundaries and boundary changes 1885–1918 * The Sessional Divisions of Aldbury (except the parishes of Great Hadham and Little Hadham), Buntingford, Hitchin, Odsey, Stevenage, and Welwyn; and * The parish of Braughing. ''The constituency was established by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (which followed on from the Third Reform Act) as one of four Divisions of the abolished three-member Parliamentary County of Hertfordshire, and was formally named as the Northern or Hitchin Division of Hertfordshire. It inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
