Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1832

Cheshire

Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1545–1832

Cheshire is a former United Kingdom parliamentary constituency for the county of Cheshire. 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 1832.

As a county palatine it was unrepresented in Parliament until the Chester and Cheshire (Constituencies) Act 1542 (34 & 35 Hen. 8. c. 13). Cheshire was represented by two knights of the shire from 1545, with only County Durham out of the English counties being left unrepresented after that.

It was divided between the constituencies of North Cheshire and South Cheshire in 1832.

## Members of Parliament

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### 1545–1659

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* Constituency created (1545)

Year | First member | Second member

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1545  | Sir Lawrence Smith | Sir Hugh Calverley
1547  | Sir William Brereton | Sir Hugh Cholmley
Mar 1553  | Sir Thomas Holcroft | Sir Thomas Venables
Oct 1553  | Edward Fitton (the elder)
Apr 1554  | Sir Henry Delves | Richard Wilbraham
Nov 1554  | Sir Richard Cotton
1555  | Sir Lawrence Smith | Richard Wilbraham
1558  | Richard Hough | James Done
1559  | Sir William Brereton | Sir Ralph Leycester
1563  | Sir Thomas Venables | William Massye
1571  | Thomas Calveley | Thomas Stanley
1572  | George Calveley | William Booth
1584  | Thomas Egerton | Hugh Cholmondeley
1586  | John Savage[1]
1589  | Sir George Beeston
1593  | Thomas Holcroft | John Done
1597  | Sir William Brereton | Thomas Egerton
1601  | Sir Peter Legh | Thomas Holcroft
1604  | Sir Thomas Holcroft | Sir Roger Aston
1614  | Sir William Brereton | Sir Roger Wilbraham
1621  | Sir Richard Grosvenor
1624  | William Booth | William Brereton
1625  | Sir Robert Cholmondeley, Bt | Sir Anthony St John
1626  | Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet | Peter Daniell
1628  | Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet
April 1640  | Sir Thomas Aston, 1st Baronet
November 1640  | Peter Venables
1646  | George Booth
1653  | Robert Duckenfield | Henry Birkenhead

* Four members returned to First Protectorate Parliament (1654)

Year | First member | Second member | Third member | Fourth member

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1654  | John Bradshaw | Sir George Booth, Bt | Henry Brooke | John Crew
1656  | Richard Legh | Thomas Marbury | Peter Brooke

### 1659–1832

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* Two members returned to Third Protectorate Parliament (1659)

Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party

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|  | 1659  | John Bradshaw |  | Richard Legh |
|  | 1660  | Sir George Booth, Bt |  | Sir Thomas Mainwaring, Bt |
|  | 1661  | The Lord Brereton |  | Peter Venables |
| 1664  | Sir Fulk Lucy |
| 1670  | Thomas Cholmondeley |
| 1678  | Hon. Henry Booth | Whig
| February 1679  | Sir Philip Egerton |
| September 1679  | Sir Robert Cotton, Bt | Whig
|  | 1685  | Sir Philip Egerton |  | Thomas Cholmondeley |
|  | 1689  | Sir Robert Cotton, Bt | Whig | Sir John Mainwaring, Bt | Whig
|  | 1702  | Sir George Warburton, Bt | Tory | Sir Roger Mostyn, Bt | Tory
|  | 1705  | Langham Booth | Whig | John Offley Crewe | Whig
|  | 1710  | Sir George Warburton, Bt | Tory | Charles Cholmondeley |
| 1715  | Langham Booth | Whig
|  | 1722  | Charles Cholmondeley |  | John Offley Crewe | Whig
| 1727  | Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bt |
| 1734  | John Crewe |
| 1753  | Charles Crewe |
| 1754  | Samuel Egerton |
| 1756  | Thomas Cholmondeley |
| 1768  | John Crewe | Whig
| 1780  | Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bt |
| 1796  | Thomas Cholmondeley |
| 1802  | William Egerton |
| 1806  | Davies Davenport |
| 1812  | Wilbraham Egerton | Tory
| 1830  | Viscount Belgrave | Conservative
| 1831  | George Wilbraham | Whig

* Constituency abolished (1832)

## See also

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* List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
* Unreformed House of Commons
* History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cheshire

## References

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* Cheshire Gentry
* Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)

1. ^ Mimardière, A. M. (1981). "SAVAGE, John (1554-1615), of Clifton, Cheshire.". In Hasler, P. W. (ed.). The House of Commons 1558–1603. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 24 July 2023.