Gloucestershire (UK Parliament constituency)


The constituency of Gloucestershire was a UK Parliamentary constituency. After it was abolished under the 1832 Electoral Reform Act, two new constituencies, West Gloucestershire and East Gloucestershire, were created.
Gloucestershire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, 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 Knights of the Shire.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the historic county of Gloucestershire, excluding the part of the city of Bristol in the geographical county. Bristol had the status of a county of itself after 1373. Although Gloucestershire contained a number of other parliamentary boroughs, each of which elected two MPs in its own right for part of the period when Gloucestershire was a constituency, these were not excluded from the county constituency. Owning property within such boroughs could confer a vote at the county election. This was not the case, though, for Bristol.

Members of Parliament

Roman numerals are used to differentiate MPs with the same name, who are not holders of a title with different succession numbers. It is not suggested that the people involved would have used Roman numerals in this way.

1290-1339

Constituency created

1340–1385

1386-1421

ElectionFirst MemberSecond Member
1386Sir Thomas FitzNicholWilliam Hervy
1388Sir John BerkeleyWilliam Hayberer
1388Sir John BerkeleySir Laurence Sebrooke
1390Sir John CheyneSir Laurence Sebrooke
1390Sir Gilbert DenysThomas Berkeley
1391Sir Maurice BerkeleyRobert Whittington
1393Sir John CheyneSir Thomas FitzNichol
1394Sir John CheyneSir Henry de la River
1395Sir Thomas FitzNicholSir Gilbert Denys
1397Sir Thomas ButlerSir John Berkeley
1397Hugh MortimerJohn Browning
1399Sir John CheyneSir Thomas FitzNichol
1401John BrowningSir Thomas FitzNichol
1402Sir Maurice RussellSir Thomas FitzNichol
1404Sir Maurice RussellRobert Whittington
1404Richard MawardenJames Clifford
1406Sir Thomas FitzNicholRobert Whittington
1407Sir Thomas FitzNicholThomas Mille
1410Sir John Draytonunknown
1411Thomas MilleRobert Whittington
1413unknownunknown
1413Sir Thomas FitzNicholSir John Pauncefoot
1414Robert WhittingtonJohn Greville
1414Sir Thomas FitzNicholJohn Browning
1415Sir Thomas FitzNicholRobert Poyntz
1416unknownunknown
1416unknownunknown
1417Robert PoyntzRobert Greyndore
1419John GrevilleWilliam Tracy
1420Robert GreyndoreGuy Whittington
1421John GrevilleGuy Whittington
1421 John BlaketSir John Pauncefoot

1422-1508

1509-1558


Parliament of 1510-23No names knownNo names known
Parliament of 1529Sir William KingstonSir John Brydges
Parliament of 1536Not knownNot known
Parliament of 1539Sir William KingstonAnthony Kingston
Parliament of 1542?Sir Anthony KingstonNot known
Parliament of 1545Sir Anthony KingstonNicholas Arnold
Parliament of 1547Sir Anthony KingstonSir Nicholas Poyntz
Parliament of 1553Sir Anthony KingstonSir Nicholas Arnold
Parliament of 1553Sir Edmund BrydgesSir Anthony Hungerford
Parliament of 1554Sir Giles PooleNicholas Wykes
Parliament of 1554Arthur PorterWilliam Rede
Parliament of 1555Sir Anthony KingstonSir Nicholas Arnold
Parliament of 1558Sir Henry JerninghamSir Walter Denys

1559-1639

1640-1832

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