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159:. (Although Kent contained eight boroughs, each of which elected two MPs in its own right for part of the period when Kent was a constituency, these were not excluded from the county constituency, and the ownership of property within the borough could confer a vote at the county election. This was even the case for the city of
309:
With the villages outvoting the towns by two to one, no particular local interest predominated. By custom, the choice was generally one member from East Kent and one from West Kent. The county's MPs were generally drawn from the leading local families of gentry, but rarely from the nobility, and the
325:
Elections were held at a single polling place, and voters from the rest of the county had to travel to the county town to exercise their franchise. It was normal for voters to expect the candidates for whom they voted to meet their expenses in travelling to the poll, making the cost of fighting an
347:
4. That we cannot recognise in Mr
Honywood's uniform opposition to every measure recently proposed in Parliament, for the purpose of restraining the career of sedition, blasphemy and crime, the influence of that elevated spirit, which should direct the actions of an independent representative for
341:
2. That it is the opinion of this
Meeting that this county was in the last Parliament very inefficiently represented by one of its members, inasmuch as his residence was elsewhere, and the Freeholders were thereby deprived of that easy access and free communication which are essential between the
333:
Those elections which were contested seem rarely to have been decided on party lines, and too great an adherence to party loyalty by the MPs was sometimes resented. The voters also expected the solicitous attention of their members. Jupp reprints the resolutions passed by a County meeting of Kent
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in 1832, Kent had a population of approximately 480,000, though only between 8,000 and 9,000 of these were qualified to vote at the start of the 19th century, and fewer than 4,000 actually voted at the last contested election, in 1818. It has been estimated that in this period around a third of
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202:
In medieval times, the custom in Kent, as elsewhere, was for the MPs for the county and those for its boroughs to be elected on the same day at the county court, by the suitors to the court, which meant the tiny handful of the local nobility who were
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3. That it is the opinion of this meeting that the conduct of a County member in
Parliament should be at all times marked by independence, equally free from subserviency to any Administration and unshackled by any Party indiscriminately hostile
326:
election substantial. Contested elections were therefore rare in most counties, but Kent was something of an exception: voters went to the polls at 14 of the 29 general elections between 1700 and 1832, a total exceeded only by
265:'s Protectorate, however, there was a general redistribution of seats and Kent elected 11 members, though most of the county's boroughs lost one or both of their MPs. The traditional arrangements were restored from 1659.
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property within the county valued at £2 or more per year for the purposes of land tax; it was not necessary for the freeholder to occupy his land, nor even in later years to be resident in the county at all.
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were the biggest, but at the election of 1802 the pollbooks show that only
Canterbury (with 384 voters) contributed more than 250 to the poll.
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67:
40:
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1. That it is essential to the honour and credit of this County, that it should be represented by two gentlemen constantly resident therein.
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1030:
49:
2614:
2484:
1750:
1622:
327:
170:
The constituency boundaries may have theoretically encompassed a much larger area and population than would at first appear. After the
2778:
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1938:
3004:
2570:
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2270:
2168:
2103:
2094:
1627:
1494:
1463:
1443:
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127:
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190:- seems not to have been received entirely respectfully even in the 18th century, and it is certainly not recorded that Kent's
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186:. However, this somewhat flimsy argument - relying on an obsolete legal fiction dating back to the land ownership laws of the
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996:
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1983:
1943:
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217:, Four Coroners and Eight others present, chose the Knights for the County, and the same person elect two Citizens for
167:: unlike those in almost all other counties of cities, Canterbury's freeholders were entitled to vote for Kent's MPs.)
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voters jealously guarded their independence: although important peers wielded significant influence at times - the
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in the County of Kent, and therefore the
Knights of the Shire for the County of Kent represented all Americans"
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1968:
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171:
99:
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2015:
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Cobbett's
Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803
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2876:"GUILDFORD, (D.1448/9), of Halden in Rolvenden, Kent. | History of Parliament Online"
2862:"GUILDFORD, (D.1448/9), of Halden in Rolvenden, Kent. | History of Parliament Online"
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2008:
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Kent's voters were urban, spread among a couple of dozen medium-sized and small towns:
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These sentiments were clearly not held universally, however, since the apostrophised
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Leigh
Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
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3238:(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1940), quoted in Michael Gilbert (ed.),
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of the Crown. Thus we find it recorded that in the second year of the reign of
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Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1832
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Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1290
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sixty years later - it always fell far short of control over the outcome.
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was ever bothered by
American colonists demanding their right to vote.
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180:"all the grants of land in America were to be held of the Manor of
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156:
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method, under which each voter had two votes. In the nominated
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2980:. In Clark, Linda; Rawcliffe, Carole; Roskell, J. S. (eds.).
3247:
The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1754-1790
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in the mid 17th century, Kent had two MPs elected by the
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system from the year 1290. Members were returned to the
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369:, being divided into two two-member county divisions,
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extended the right to vote to every man who possessed
3271:
Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales
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A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament
3224:(Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988)
63:
55:
47:
27:
3222:Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons)
318:at the turn of the 18th century for example, the
3278:English Politics in the Early Eighteenth Century
3304:Parliamentary constituencies in Kent (historic)
3193:(London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
3037:The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504
365:The constituency was abolished in 1832 by the
3209:(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972)
1792:Colepeper disabled from sitting - seat vacant
8:
3008:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
134:in 1801 until the county was divided by the
3231:(Newton Abbott: David & Charles, 1973)
24:
3273:(New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
3202:(London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
1693:
432:
357:was re-elected at that year's election.
253:, five members represented Kent. In the
3280:(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1956)
3264:The Parliaments and Councils of England
3242:(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989)
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3005:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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2549:Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, 6th Bt
213:"In the County Court of Kent, held at
3229:British and Irish Elections 1784-1831
7:
342:constituent and the representative.
3240:The Oxford Book of Legal Anecdotes
348:this great and enlightened County.
330:among the other English counties.
176:no taxation without representation
151:The constituency consisted of the
14:
3137:Succeeded to baronetcy, June 1684
3284:Dictionary of National Biography
3254:The Elizabethan House of Commons
3245:Lewis Namier & John Brooke,
3198:D Brunton & D H Pennington,
3151:
1874:Lieutenant Colonel Henry Oxenden
1682:No Parliament summoned 1629-1640
393:
241:Except during the period of the
128:Parliament of the United Kingdom
3215:(London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
2986:The History of Parliament Trust
1510:Sir Henry Brooke alias Cobham I
1490:Sir Henry Brooke alias Cobham I
3207:Parliamentary Reform 1640-1832
3200:Members of the Long Parliament
3002:Curry, Anne. "Kyriell, John".
2982:The House of Commons 1386–1421
1930:Second Protectorate Parliament
1:
3256:(London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
2779:Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Bt
2710:Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Bt
2656:Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Bt
2398:Sir Edward Knatchbull, 4th Bt
2343:Sir Edward Knatchbull, 4th Bt
1869:First Protectorate Parliament
1832:Kent had five members in the
231:Forty Shilling Freeholder Act
3022:UK public library membership
2834:Constituency abolished: see
1618:Happy Parliament (1624–1625)
1505:Henry Brooke alias Cobham II
163:, which had the status of a
3266:(London: John Murray, 1839)
2376:September 1715 by-election
1928:Kent had 11 members in the
1867:Kent had 11 members in the
298:and the growing resorts of
124:Parliament of Great Britain
3330:
2382:Colonel the Hon. John Fane
88:parliamentary constituency
15:
2832:
2801:
2796:
2794:
2782:
2777:
2775:
2763:
2758:
2756:
2713:
2708:
2706:
2675:
2670:
2668:
2659:
2654:
2652:
2643:
2638:
2636:
2618:
2613:
2611:
2569:
2564:
2562:
2538:
2533:
2531:
2455:
2450:
2448:
2429:
2424:
2422:
2371:
2366:
2364:
2316:
2311:
2309:
2279:January 1710 by-election
2265:
2260:
2258:
2186:
2181:
2179:
2135:
2130:
2128:
2107:
2102:
2100:
2047:
2042:
2040:
2021:
1926:
1865:
1830:
1814:
1790:
1783:
1778:
1776:
1754:
1749:
1747:
1680:
1635:Useless Parliament (1625)
1156:
955:
900:
875:
835:
825:
800:
775:
725:
675:
635:
610:
590:
32:
2585:John Frederick Sackville
2301:Sir Cholmeley Dering, Bt
2234:Sir Cholmeley Dering, Bt
1666:Parliament of 1628-1629
1651:Parliament of 1625-1626
1602:Parliament of 1621-1622
1586:Addled Parliament (1614)
1570:Parliament of 1604-1611
1546:and replaced Jan 1598 by
1271:and replaced Jan 1543 by
1211:and replaced Oct 1534 by
3118:"History of Parliament"
3080:"History of Parliament"
2976:Woodger, L. S. (1993).
2760:William Philip Honywood
2271:Sir Stephen Lennard, Bt
1891:Sir Henry Vane (senior)
1404:Sir Anthony St. Leger I
90:covering the county of
3014:10.1093/ref:odnb/50135
2485:Sir Christopher Powell
752:Sir Reynold Braybrooke
351:
3220:Maija Jansson (ed.),
2741:Sir William Geary, Bt
2672:Sir William Geary, Bt
2624:Thomas Knight, junior
1596:Sir Thomas Walsingham
1409:Sir Richard Sackville
1145:Sir Richard Guildford
647:Sir William Burcester
381:Members of Parliament
336:
334:freeholders in 1820:
116:Parliament of England
104:Members of Parliament
18:Kent (disambiguation)
3269:J Holladay Philbin,
3249:(London: HMSO, 1964)
3165:adding missing items
2615:Hon. Charles Marsham
1973:Colonel Ralph Weldon
1965:Colonel Richard Beal
1952:Colonel John Dixwell
1912:Colonel Ralph Weldon
1900:Colonel Richard Beal
1883:Colonel John Dixwell
1834:Barebones Parliament
1379:Sir Robert Southwell
1334:Sir Robert Southwell
862:Sir Arnold Savage II
427:Constituency created
407:adding missing items
251:Barebones Parliament
178:was mistaken, since
126:in 1708, and to the
100:knights of the shire
16:For other uses, see
3260:Charles Henry Parry
2599:Sir Charles Farnaby
2535:Hon. Robert Fairfax
2327:Sir William Hardres
2169:Sir Stephen Lennard
2104:Sir John Knatchbull
2095:Sir William Twysden
2081:(Sir) Edward Dering
1645:Sir Albertus Morton
1304:Sir Thomas Wyatt II
312:Earl of Westmorland
273:At the time of the
269:Political character
172:American Revolution
120:Union with Scotland
98:. It returned two "
35:county constituency
3163:; you can help by
2435:Sir Robert Furnese
2426:Sir Roger Meredith
2407:Sir Thomas Twisden
2132:Sir Thomas Roberts
1751:Sir John Colepeper
1540:Sir William Brooke
1274:Sir John Guildford
1087:Sir Thomas Kyriell
1072:Sir Thomas Kyriell
852:Sir Thomas Clinton
762:Sir Thomas Clinton
697:Sir William Pecche
672:Sir Nicholas Haute
657:Sir William Pecche
405:; you can help by
316:Earl of Winchelsea
259:Second Parliaments
132:union with Ireland
3181:
3180:
3020:(Subscription or
2846:
2845:
2798:Thomas Law Hodges
2593:1769 by-election
2566:Sir Brook Bridges
2560:1763 by-election
2543:1760 by-election
2523:Hon. Lewis Watson
2504:Sir Roger Twisden
2479:1735 by-election
2471:The Viscount Vane
2452:Sir Edward Dering
2446:1733 by-election
2321:1711 by-election
2262:Sir Thomas Palmer
2246:Viscount Villiers
2220:Sir Francis Leigh
2160:Sir James Oxenden
2058:Sir Thomas Peyton
2035:Sir Edward Dering
2016:Augustine Skinner
1977:Daniel Shatterden
1916:Daniel Shatterden
1904:Augustine Skinner
1816:Boys excluded in
1780:Augustine Skinner
1763:Sir Edward Dering
1735:Sir Roger Twysden
1726:Norton Knatchbull
1687:
1686:
1591:Sir Peter Manwood
1535:Sir Robert Sidney
1389:Sir Thomas Cheyne
1359:Sir Thomas Cheyne
1344:Sir Thomas Cheyne
1329:Sir Thomas Cheyne
1314:Sir Thomas Cheyne
1299:Sir Thomas Cheyne
1284:Sir Thomas Cheyne
1259:Sir Thomas Cheyne
1244:Sir Thomas Cheyne
777:Richard Clitheroe
727:Sir Arnold Savage
627:Sir Thomas Cobham
612:Sir Arnold Savage
602:William Bettenham
572:William Bettenham
562:William Guildford
505:William Guildford
423:
422:
192:returning officer
81:
80:
3321:
3276:Robert Walcott,
3189:Robert Beatson,
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3144:Election results
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3017:
2999:
2990:
2989:
2973:
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2879:
2872:
2866:
2865:
2858:
2772:1819 by-election
2722:William Honywood
2183:Sir Thomas Hales
1991:Sir Thomas Style
1944:Sir Thomas Style
1939:Richard Meredith
1855:Andrew Broughton
1694:
1675:Sir Dudley Diggs
1660:Sir Edward Scott
1655:Sir Edward Hales
1628:Sir Edwin Sandys
1564:Sir Henry Nevill
1495:Sir Thomas Scott
1464:Sir Thomas Scott
1459:Sir Henry Sidney
1449:Sir Henry Sidney
1444:Sir Thomas Scott
1434:Sir Henry Cheyne
1429:Sir Henry Sidney
1419:Sir Thomas Kempe
1319:Sir Henry Sidney
1249:Gregory Cromwell
1205:Edward Guildford
1019:Edward Guildford
997:Edward Guildford
987:Reginald Lowther
982:Geoffrey Lowther
942:William Rickhill
932:Edward Guildford
742:Thomas Brockhill
717:Thomas Brockhill
677:Thomas Brockhill
577:Geoffrey Chaucer
433:
418:
415:
397:
396:
390:
367:Great Reform Act
275:Great Reform Act
205:tenants in chief
165:county in itself
108:House of Commons
43:
41:House of Commons
25:
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3323:
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3319:
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3234:F D MacKinnon,
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3177:
3171:
3168:
3152:
3146:
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3136:
3132:
3122:
3120:
3116:
3115:
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3084:
3082:
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3034:
3033:
3029:
3019:
3001:
3000:
2993:
2975:
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2883:
2874:
2873:
2869:
2860:
2859:
2855:
2851:
2691:Filmer Honywood
2640:Filmer Honywood
2368:William Delaune
2206:William Campion
2192:Thomas Meredith
2044:Sir John Tufton
2023:One seat vacant
1963:
1960:Lambert Godfrey
1942:
1898:
1895:Lambert Godfrey
1877:
1847:William Kenrick
1692:
1623:Nicholas Tufton
1611:Sir George Fane
1545:
1544:killed in duel
1520:Sir Edward Hoby
1414:
1413:sat for Sussex,
1270:
1231:Thomas Cromwell
1220:Henry Guildford
1214:Sir John Dudley
1210:
1169:Edward Poynings
1067:Gervase Clifton
867:Robert Clifford
817:William Nutbeam
782:Robert Clifford
732:Robert Clifford
712:John Freningham
587:Sir Thomas Fogg
557:Sir Thomas Fogg
545:Sir Thomas Fogg
535:Sir Thomas Fogg
520:Sir Thomas Fogg
515:John Freningham
500:Sir Thomas Fogg
488:Sir Thomas Fogg
478:John Freningham
463:Sir Thomas Fogg
419:
413:
410:
394:
388:
383:
363:
346:
343:
340:
271:
263:Oliver Cromwell
229:From 1430, the
200:
153:historic county
149:
144:
136:Reform Act 1832
38:
37:
21:
12:
11:
5:
3327:
3325:
3317:
3316:
3311:
3306:
3296:
3295:
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3291:
3286:
3281:
3274:
3267:
3257:
3250:
3243:
3232:
3225:
3218:
3210:
3203:
3196:
3185:
3182:
3179:
3178:
3158:
3156:
3145:
3142:
3140:
3139:
3130:
3092:
3042:
3027:
2991:
2881:
2867:
2852:
2850:
2847:
2844:
2843:
2831:
2825:
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2819:
2814:
2812:
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2800:
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2793:
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2776:
2774:
2768:
2767:
2762:
2757:
2755:
2749:
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2743:
2738:
2736:
2730:
2729:
2724:
2719:
2717:
2712:
2707:
2705:
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2674:
2669:
2667:
2661:
2660:
2658:
2653:
2651:
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2644:
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2637:
2635:
2629:
2628:
2626:
2621:
2619:
2617:
2612:
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