Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Glamorganshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1536–1885
Number of members	two
Replaced by	East Glamorganshire, South Glamorganshire, Mid Glamorganshire, Gower and Rhondda

Glamorganshire was a parliamentary constituency in Wales, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the British House of Commons. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 divided it into five new constituencies: East Glamorganshire, South Glamorganshire, Mid Glamorganshire, Gower and Rhondda.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of Glamorganshire.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1541-1832

Year	Member
1541	Sir George Herbert
1545	not known
1547	John Thomas Bassett
1553 (Mar)	George Mathew
1553 (Oct)	Anthony Mansell
1554 (Apr)	Edward Mansell
1554 (Nov)	Sir Edward Carne
1555	not known
1558	William Herbert I
1559	William Herbert I
1562/3	William Bassett
1571	William Bassett
1572	William Herbert II, died and replaced 1577 by William Mathew
1584	Robert Sidney
1586	Thomas Carne
1588	Thomas Carne
1593	Sir Robert Sidney
1597	Sir Thomas Mansell
1601	Sir John Herbert
1604	Philip Herbert, ennobled and replaced 1505 by Sir Thomas Mansell
1614	Sir Thomas Mansell
1621	William Price
1624	Sir Robert Mansell
1625	Sir Robert Mansell
1626	Sir John Stradling
1628	Sir Robert Mansell
1640 (Apr)	Sir Edward Stradling
1640 (Nov)	Philip, Lord Herbert (inherited peerage 1649)
1653	Not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	Philip Jones Edmund Thomas
1656	Philip Jones Edmund Thomas
1659	Evan Seys
1660	Sir Edward Mansel
1661	William Herbert, later Earl of Pembroke
1670	Sir Edward Mansel
1679	Bussy Mansel
1681	Sir Edward Mansel
1689	Bussy Mansel
1699	Thomas Mansel, later Baron Mansel
1712	Robert Jones
1716	Sir Charles Kemeys
1734	William Talbot, later Earl Talbot
1737	Bussy Mansel, later Baron Mansel
1745	Thomas Mathews
1747	Charles Edwin
1756	Thomas William Mathews
1761	Sir Edmund Thomas
1767	Richard Turbervill
1768	George Venables-Vernon, later Baron Vernon
1780	Charles Edwin
1789–1814	Thomas Wyndham
1814	Benjamin Hall
1817	Sir Christopher Cole
1818	John Edwards
1820	Sir Christopher Cole
1830	Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

MPs 1832-1885

Election	First member		1st Party	2nd member		2nd Party
1832	representation increased to two members under the Reform Act 1832
1832		Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot	Liberal		Lewis Weston Dillwyn
1837					Edwin Wyndham-Quin, Viscount Adare
1851					George Tyler
1857					Sir Henry Hussey Vivian
1885	constituency abolished: see East Glamorganshire, South Glamorganshire, Mid Glamorganshire, Gower and Rhondda

Election results

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

References

• A map of Glamorganshire in 1885, showing its new divisions.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
• Boundary Commission review Original Map from 1832 showing Glamorganshire constituency