Hythe constituency
Created:	1366
Abolished:	1950
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	1298–1832: two 1832–1950: one

Hythe was a constituency centred on the town of Hythe in Kent. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons until 1832, when its representation was reduced to one member. The constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, and replaced with the new Folkestone and Hythe constituency.

Members of Parliament

1366-1640

• 1563-1567: Edward Pelham
• 1571: William Cromer
• 1584: Thomas Bodley ¹
• 1604-1611: Christopher Talderby
• 1604-1611: Sir Norton Knatchbull
• 1614: Lionel Cranfield
• 1621-1622: Sir Peter Heyman
• 1621-1622: Dr Richard Zouche
• 1624: Dr Richard Zouche
• 1626: Basil Dixwell
• 1629: Sir Edward Dering

1640-1832

1832-1950

Notes

1. ^ Bodley was also elected for Portsmouth, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Hythe
2. ^ At the election of 1710, Fane and Shannon were returned as elected but, on petition, they were declared not to have been duly elected and Berners and Boteler were seated in their place
3. ^ Succeeded as baronet, January 1748
4. ^ Farnaby adopted the surname Radcliffe in 1783
5. ^ Styled Viscount Marsham from June 1801 (when his father was created Earl of Romney)

References

• Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
• D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
• Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [2]
• The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
• F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
• F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (Glasgow: Political Reference Publications, 1969)
• J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page