Essex was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1290 until 1832. It elected two MPs, traditionally referred to as Knights of the Shire, to the House of Commons. It was divided into two single member constituencies ( Essex North and

Essex South ''For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Essex South (provincial electoral district).'' Essex South was a federal and provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to ...

) in the Great Reform Act.

Area covered (current units)

East of England The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. This region was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics purposes from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire ...

** Essex * London ** Barking and Dagenham ** Havering ** Newham ** Redbridge ** Waltham Forest

Members of Parliament

1290-1640

1640-1832

* Apr 1640:

Sir Thomas Barrington ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

, Sir Harbottle Grimston * Nov 1640: Lord Rich; Sir William Masham * 1641: Rich elevated to the House of Lords - replaced by Sir Martin Lumley * 1648: Lumley excluded under Pride's Purge * 1653:

Joachim Matthews Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, transli ...

; Henry Barrington; John Brewster; Christopher Earl;

Dudley Templer Dudley is a large market town and administrative centre in the county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England, southeast of Wolverhampton and northwest of Birmingham. Historically an Enclave and exclave, exclave of Worcestershire, t ...

* 1654: Sir William Masham Bt;

Sir Richard Everard, 1st Baronet of Much Waltham Sir Richard Everard, 1st Baronet (died 1680) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656. Everard was the son of Hugh Everard of Great Waltham, Essex, and his wife Mary Brand daughter of Thomas Brand or Bond of Gr ...

; Sir Thomas Honywood; Sir Thomas Bowes; Henry Mildmay (of Graces); Thomas Coke (of Pebmarsh);

Carew Mildmay Carew Hervey Mildmay (2 February 1596 – 1676) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War. Mildmay was the second son of William Mildmay, of Moulsha ...

;

Dionysius Wakering Dionysius Wakering (born 1617) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1654 to 1656. Wakering was born at Kelvedon, Essex, the son of John Wakering, of Lincoln's Inn and of Kelvedon and his wife Mary Palmer daug ...

; Edward Turnor;

Richard Cutts Richard Cutts (June 28, 1771 – April 7, 1845) was an American merchant and politician. A Democratic-Republican, he was most notable for his service as Second Comptroller of the United States Treasury from 1817 to 1829 and a United States repr ...

;

Oliver Raymond Oliver Raymond (c.1605 – 1679) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656. Raymond was born at Belchamp Walter, Essex, the son of John Raymond, who bought Belchamp Hall in 1611. He was admitted at Trinity Colle ...

;

Herbert Pelham Rt Rev Herbert Sidney Pelham (25 June 1881 – 11 March 1944) was the third Bishop of Barrow-in-Furness from 1926 until his death in 1944. Pelham was the third son of classical scholar Henry Francis Pelham and Laura Priscilla Buxton, daughter ...

* 1656-1658: Sir Harbottle Grimston;

; Sir Thomas Honywood; Sir Thomas Bowes; Henry Mildmay (of Graces);

Robert Barrington Robert Barrington (died 1642) was the member of parliament for Newtown (UK Parliament constituency), Newton on the Isle of Wight, England, 1628–1629. Life Barrington was the second son of Joan Barrington, Joan and Francis Barrington and lived ...

;

; Edward Turnor;

Dudley Temple Dudley is a large market town and administrative centre in the county of West Midlands, England, southeast of Wolverhampton and northwest of Birmingham. Historically an exclave of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centre of the M ...

;

; Hezekiah Haynes; John Archer

References

* {{s-end Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (historic) Parliamentary constituencies in Essex (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1290 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1832