Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
The county constituency of Herefordshire, in the West Midlands of England bordering on Wales, was abolished when the county was divided for parliamentary purposes in 1885. It 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 1885.
The undivided county was represented from 1290 by two Knights of the Shire until 1832 and three thereafter. After the county was split two new county constituencies were created, the North division or Leominster and the South division or Ross.
Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the historic county of Herefordshire. Although Herefordshire contained a number of parliamentary boroughs, each of which elected one or two MPs in its own right for parts of the period when Herefordshire was a constituency, these areas were not excluded from the county constituency. Owning freehold property of the required value, within such boroughs, could confer a vote at the county election. From 1832 only non-resident owners of forty shilling freeholds, situated in borough seats, could qualify for a county vote on the basis of that property.Members of Parliament
1290–1604
Constituency created| Parliament | First member | Second member |
| 1290 | Sir Roger le Rous | - |
| 1315 | Sir Hugh de Croft | - |
| 1318 | Sir Roger Chandos | - |
| 1330 | John le Rous | - |
| 1336–1337 | John le Rous | - |
| 1340 | John le Rous | - |
| 1340 | Sir Roger Chandos | - |
| 1343 | John le Rous | - |
| 1343 | Sir Roger Chandos | - |
| 1355 | Sir Thomas Chandos | - |
| 1355 | Sir Richard de la Bere | - |
| 1360 | Sir Thomas Chandos | - |
| 1370 | Sir Thomas Chandos | - |
| 1376 | Peter de la Mare | - |
| 1377 | Peter de la Mare | Sir Robert Whitney |
| 1377 | Peter de la Mare | - |
| 1378 | Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham | Sir John Eylesford |
| 1379 | Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham | Sir Robert Whitney |
| 1380 | Peter de la Mare | Sir Robert Whitney |
| 1381 | Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham | Ralph Lengayne |
| 1381 | Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham | Peter de la Mare |
| 1382 | Sir John Eylesford | Peter de la Mare |
| 1382 | Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham | Peter de la Mare |
| 1383 | Sir William Devereux of Frome | Sir Andrew Herle |
| 1383 | Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham | Sir Andrew Herle |
| 1384 | Kynard de la Bere | Richard Mawarden |
| 1386 | Kynard de la Bere | Sir Thomas de la Barre |
| 1388 | Leonard Hakluyt | Richard Nash |
| 1388 | Malcolm de la Mare | William Seymour |
| 1390 | Kynard de la Bere | Thomas Oldcastle |
| 1390 | Roger Wigmore | Richard Nash |
| 1391 | Sir Robert Whitney | Roger Wigmore |
| 1393 | Sir John Chandos | Thomas Oldcastle |
| 1394 | Leonard Hakluyt | Thomas Clanvowe |
| 1395 | Sir John Chandos | Thomas Walwyn I |
| 1397 | Thomas Clanvowe | Thomas Walwyn II |
| 1397 | Thomas Clanvowe | John Skydemore |
| 1399 | Kynard de la Bere | Thomas Walwyn II |
| 1401 | Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham and Weobley | Sir John Greyndoe |
| 1402 | Sir Thomas de la Barre | Philip Holgot |
| 1404 | Sir John Oldcastle | Thomas Walwyn II |
| 1404 | Sir John Greyndore | Thomas Walwyn II |
| 1406 | John ap Harry | Thomas Holgot |
| 1407 | John ap Harry | Thomas Holgot |
| 1410 | John ap Harry | Thomas Holgot |
| 1411 | - | |
| 1413 | - | |
| 1413 | Thomas de la Hay | Thomas Holgot |
| 1414 | Sir John Skydemore | John Russell |
| 1414 | Sir John Skydemore | Thomas Holgot |
| 1415 | - | |
| 1416 | Sir Thomas de la Barre | Sir Robert Whitney II |
| 1416 | - | |
| 1417 | John Russell | Thomas Holgot |
| 1419 | John Russell | John Merbury |
| 1420 | John Russell | John Brugge |
| 1421 | John Russell | John Merbury |
| 1421 | John Russell | John Merbury |
| 1422 | John Russell | Sir Robert Whitney II |
| 1423 | John Russell | Thomas de la Hay |
| 1425 | John Merbury | - |
| 1426 | John Russell | Sir John Skydemore |
| 1427 | John Merbury | - |
| 1428 | Walter Devereux | - |
| 1429 | John Russell | Sir John Skydemore |
| 1431 | John Russell | Giles Brydges |
| 1432 | John Russell | |
| 1433 | John Russell | Sir John Skydemore |
| 1434 | Walter Devereux | |
| 1436 | Sir Walter Devereux | Sir Kynard de la Bere |
| 1437 | John Abrahall | |
| 1439 | John Abrahall | |
| 1440 | Sir Walter Devereux | John Abrahall |
| 1442 | John Abrahall | |
| 1450 | Sir Walter Devereux | |
| 1455 | Giles Brydges | |
| 1459 | Walter Devereux | |
| 1471 | Sir Richard Croft | |
| 1472 | Thomas Brydges | |
| 1476 | Sir James Baskerville | |
| 1504 | __? Mynors | Sir Gruffydd ap Rhys |
| 1510–1515 | No Names Known | No Names Known |
| 1523 | Sir Richard Cornwall | ? |
| 1529 | Sir Richard Cornwall, died and replaced c.1533 by James Baskerville | John Rudhale, died and replaced c.1532 by John Scudamore |
| 1536 | - | |
| 1539 | George Cornwall | John Lingen |
| 1542 | ?John Vaughan | James Croft |
| 1545 | - | |
| 1547 | James Baskerville | John Gwillim |
| 1553 | - | |
| 1553 | Humphrey Coningsby | Stephen Parry |
| 1554 | John Lingen | John Baskerville |
| 1554 | Richard Sebourne | Thomas Havard |
| 1555 | John Baskerville | Stephen Parry |
| 1558 | Gregory Price | John Pateshall |
| 1559 | Sir Robert Whitney | Humphrey Coningsby |
| 1562–1563 | Sir James Croft | James Warnecombe |
| 1571 | Sir James Croft | John Scudamore |
| 1572 | Sir James Croft | John Scudamore |
| 1584 | Sir James Croft | John Scudamore |
| 1586 | Sir James Croft | John Scudamore |
| 1588 | Sir James Croft | John Scudamore |
| 1593 | Sir Thomas Coningsby | Herbert Croft |
| 1597 | Sir Thomas Coningsby | Sir John Scudamore |
| 1601 | Sir Thomas Coningsby | Sir Herbert Croft |
1604–1832
As there were sometimes significant gaps between Parliaments, the dates of first assembly and dissolution are given for those up to 1640. Where the name of the member has not yet been ascertained or is not recorded in a surviving document, the entry unknown is entered in the table.| Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | First member | Second member |
| 1604 | 19 March 1604 | 9 February 1611 | Sir James Scudamore | Sir Herbert Croft |
| 1614 | 5 April 1614 | 7 June 1614 | Sir James Scudamore | Sir Herbert Croft |
| 1621 | 16 January 1621 | 8 February 1622 | Sir John Scudamore, Bt | Fitzwilliam Coningsby |
| 1624 | 12 February 1624 | 27 March 1625 | Sir John Scudamore, Bt | Sir Robert Harley |
| 1625 | 17 May 1625 | 12 August 1625 | John Rudhale | Sir Giles Brydges, Bt |
| 1626 | 6 February 1626 | 15 June 1626 | Sir Robert Harley | Sir Walter Pye |
| 1628 | 17 March 1628 | 10 March 1629 | Sir Giles Brydges, Bt | Sir Walter Pye |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments convened | - |
1832–1885
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Bailey's death caused a by-election.Booker-Blakemore's death caused a by-election.