Cumberland was not separately represented in the Barebones Parliament. The following were nominated for The Four Northern Counties collectively: Major-General Charles Howard, Robert Fenwick, Henry Dawson, Henry Ogle
The county franchise, from 1430, was held by the adult male owners of freehold land valued at 40 shillings or more. Each elector had as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings, which took place in the town of Cockermouth. The expense and difficulty of voting at only one location in the county, together with the lack of a secret ballot contributed to the corruption and intimidation of electors, which was widespread in the unreformed British political system.
The expense, to candidates, of contested elections encouraged the leading families of the county to agree on the candidates to be returned unopposed whenever possible. Contested county elections were therefore unusual.
Election results
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Election results taken from the History of Parliament Trust series.
D. Brunton & D. H. Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by F. W. S. Craig – Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
House of Commons records at British History Online [1]
January 10, 2023
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Cumberland is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency 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 It was represented by two Knights of the Shire It was divided between the constituencies of Cumberland East and Cumberland West in 1832 CumberlandFormer County constituencyfor the House of Commons1290 1832SeatstwoReplaced byCumberland East and Cumberland West Contents 1 Members of Parliament 1 1 MPs 1290 1640 1 2 MPs 1640 1832 2 Elections 3 Election results 3 1 Elections in the 18th century 4 See also 5 ReferencesMembers of Parliament EditThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 Constituency created 1290MPs 1290 1640 Edit Parliament First member Second member1301 Sir John Wigton1305 Sir John Wigton1306 Sir John de Lucy1312 Andrew Harclay1313 Sir John Wigton1316 John de Skelton1324 Hugh de Lowther1325 Robert Parning1327 Robert Parning1328 Robert Parning1331 Robert Parning1332 Robert Parning1337 Thomas de Skelton1342 Hugh de Lowther Peter de Tylliol1344 Hugh de Lowther John de Orreton1345 Hugh de Lowther Henry de Malton1368 James Pickering1377 Richard de Sandys Sir Richard Moubray1377 John FitzHugh de Lowther1378 Peter Tilliol1380 Jan Sir William Curwen1380 Nov Peter Tilliol1383 John de Burgham John de Kirby1385 Sir Richard de Beaulieu Sir Peter Tilliol1386 Amand Monceaux John Thirlwall 1 1388 Feb Sir John de Derwentwater Sir John Ireby 1 1388 Sep Amand Monceaux Sir Robert Muncaster 1 1390 Jan Amand Monceaux William de Threlkeld 1 1390 Nov William Stapleton Thomas Sands 1 1391 Sir Peter Tilliol Robert Lowther 1 1393 Geoffrey Tilliol William Lowther 1 1394 Sir Clement Skelton Robert Lowther 1 1395 William Stapleton Thomas Sands 1 1397 Jan Sir John Ireby Sir Clement Skelton 1 1397 Sep Sir Peter Tilliol William Osmundlaw 1 1399 Sir William Leigh Roland Vaux 1 1401 Robert Lowther William Stapleton 1 1402 Sir Peter Tilliol John Skelton 1 1404 Jan Sir Robert Lowther William Lowther I 1 1404 Oct John More I William Bewley 1 1406 Sir Robert Lowther Sir John Skelton 1 1407 William Stapleton William More 1 1410 Sir Peter Tilliol Christopher Moresby 1 14111413 Feb 1413 May Sir Peter Tilliol William Bewley 1 1414 Apr Sir Robert Lowther Sir William Leigh 1 1414 Nov Sir Christopher Curwen John Eaglesfield 1 14151416 Mar Sir John Lancaster William Stapleton 1 1416 Oct 1417 Sir Peter Tilliol Sir Robert Lowther 1 1419 Sir Peter Tilliol Richard Restwold I 1 1420 Sir Peter Tilliol Thomas More 1 1421 May Sir John Lamplugh Richard Restwold II 1 1421 Dec Sir Peter Tilliol Sir Nicholas Radcliffe 1 1422 Sir Peter Tilliol Sir John Skelton1423 Sir Christopher Curwen1425 Sir Christopher Curwen Sir Peter Tilliol1426 Sir Peter Tilliol1427 Sir Christopher Curwen Sir Nicholas Ratcliffe of Derwentwater1431 Sir Christopher Curwen1432 Sir Christopher Curwen1445 Sir Thomas Parr1446 Sir John Penington1467 Sir John Huddleston1491 Sir Christopher Dacre1510 1515 No Names Known 2 1523 Sir Christopher Dacre 2 1529 Sir Christopher Dacre John Lee I 2 153615391542 Sir Thomas Wharton Hon Sir Thomas Wharton 2 1545 Hon Sir Thomas Wharton Cuthbert Hutton 2 1547 Hon Sir Thomas Wharton Richard Musgrave 2 1553 Mar Sir Richard Musgrave Henry Curwen 2 1553 Oct Hon Sir Thomas Wharton Thomas Dacre 2 1554 Apr John Lee II Robert Penruddock 2 1554 Nov John Lee II Robert Penruddock 2 1555 Thomas Threlkeld Henry Curwen 2 1558 Leonard Dacre John Dalston 2 1558 1559 Leonard Dacre William Musgrave 3 1563 Jan Leonard Dacre Henry Curwen 3 1571 Sir Henry Percy sat for Northumberland and repl by Sir Simon Musgrave 3 1572 Sir Simon Musgrave Edward Scrope died and repl Nov 1580 by Sir Thomas Boynton 3 1584 Thomas Scrope Robert Bowes I 3 1586 Robert Bowes I Henry Leigh 3 1588 9 Sir Thomas Scrope Robert Bowes I 3 1593 Nicholas Curwen Wilfred Lawson 3 1597 Joseph Pennington MP Christopher Pickering 3 1601 Oct William Huddleston Gerard Lowther II 3 1604 1611 Sir Wilfred Lawson Edward Musgrave1614 Sir Wilfred Lawson Sir Thomas Penruddock1621 2 Sir George Dalston Sir Henry Curwen1624 Sir George Dalston Ferdinando Huddleston1625 Sir George Dalston Patricius Curwen1626 Sir George Dalston Patricius Curwen1628 Sir George Dalston Sir Patricius Curwen Bt1629 1640 No Parliament summonedMPs 1640 1832 Edit Year First member First party Second member Second partyApril 1640 Sir Patricius Curwen Bt Sir George DalstonNovember 1640 Sir George Dalston RoyalistMarch 1643 Curwen and Dalston disabled to sit both seats vacant1646 William Airmine 4 Richard TolsonDecember 1648 Tolson excluded in Pride s Purge seat vacant1653 Cumberland was not separately represented in the Barebones Parliament The following were nominated for The Four Northern Counties collectively Major General Charles Howard Robert Fenwick Henry Dawson Henry Ogle1654 Colonel William Briscoe Major General Charles Howard1656January 1659 Sir Wilfrid LawsonMay 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump Airmine having died in the interimApril 1660 Sir Wilfrid Lawson Charles Howard1661 Sir Patricius Curwen Bt Sir George Fletcher Bt1665 Sir John Lowther BtFebruary 1679 Richard LamplughAugust 1679 Viscount Morpeth1681 Sir George Fletcher Bt1685 The Viscount Preston1689 Sir George Fletcher BtJanuary 1701 Richard Musgrave Gilfrid LawsonDecember 1701 Sir Edward Hasell George Fletcher Whig1702 Richard Musgrave Gilfrid Lawson1705 George Fletcher Whig1708 James Lowther Gilfrid Lawson1722 Sir Christopher Musgrave Bt1727 James Lowther1734 Sir Joseph Pennington Bt1745 Sir John Pennington Bt1755 Sir William Lowther Bt1756 Sir William Fleming1757 Sir James Lowther Bt1761 Sir Wilfrid Lawson Bt1762 Sir James Lowther Bt ToryMarch 1768 Henry Curwen WhigDecember 1768 Sir Henry Fletcher Bt 5 Whig1774 Sir James Lowther Bt Tory1784 Sir William Lowther Bt Tory1790 Humphrey Senhouse Tory1796 John Lowther 6 Tory1806 Viscount Morpeth Tory1820 John Christian Curwen Whig1829 Sir James Graham Bt Whig1831 William Blamire WhigConstituency abolished 1832 Notes a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab History of Parliament Retrieved 1 September 2011 a b c d e f g h i j k l History of Parliament Retrieved 1 September 2011 a b c d e f g h i j History of Parliament Retrieved 1 September 2011 Sir William Airmine Bt from 1651 At the general election of 1768 Lowther defeated Fletcher by two votes but on petition the result was overturned and Fletcher declared elected Created a baronet as Sir John Lowther 1824Elections EditThe county franchise from 1430 was held by the adult male owners of freehold land valued at 40 shillings or more Each elector had as many votes as there were seats to be filled Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration in public at the hustings which took place in the town of Cockermouth The expense and difficulty of voting at only one location in the county together with the lack of a secret ballot contributed to the corruption and intimidation of electors which was widespread in the unreformed British political system The expense to candidates of contested elections encouraged the leading families of the county to agree on the candidates to be returned unopposed whenever possible Contested county elections were therefore unusual Election results EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it September 2008 Election results taken from the History of Parliament Trust series Elections in the 18th century Edit General election 1715 Cumberland 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan James Lowther Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan Gilfrid Lawson Unopposed N A N AGeneral election 1722 Cumberland 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Christopher Musgrave Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan Gilfrid Lawson Unopposed N A N AGeneral election 1727 Cumberland 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan James Lowther Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan Gilfrid Lawson Unopposed N A N ANote James Lowther succeeded his brother as baronet in 1731General election 1734 Cumberland 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan James Lowther Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan Joseph Pennington Unopposed N A N AGeneral election 1741 Cumberland 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan James Lowther Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan Joseph Pennington Unopposed N A N ADeath of PenningtonBy Election 8 January 1745 Cumberland Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan John Pennington Unopposed N A N AGeneral election 1747 Cumberland 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan James Lowther Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan John Pennington Unopposed N A N AincompleteGeneral election 1768 Cumberland 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig Henry Curwen 2 139 26 8 N ATory James Lowther 1 977 24 8 N AWhig Henry Fletcher 1 975 24 7 N ATory Humphrey Senhouse 1 891 23 7 N AOn petition Fletcher returned in place of Lowther 16 December 1768General election 1774 Cumberland 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Tory James Lowther 976 45 2 N AWhig Henry Fletcher 876 40 6 N ATory Joseph Pennington 305 14 1 N AincompleteGeneral election 1820 Cumberland 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Tory John Lowther 166 41 5 N AWhig John Christian Curwen 138 34 5 N ATory George Howard 96 24 0 N ASee also Edit Cumbria portalList of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies Unreformed House of CommonsReferences EditD Brunton amp D H Pennington Members of the Long Parliament London George Allen amp Unwin 1954 Henry Stooks Smith The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 2nd edition edited by F W S Craig Chichester Parliamentary Reference Publications 1973 House of Commons records at British History Online 1 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with C part 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cumberland UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1081289719, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
