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Below are the names of the Members of Parliament (MPs) for Norfolk, taken from directories.
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February 2010
1836: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
| East Norfolk West Norfolk Norwich King's Lynn Great Yarmouth Thetford | - Edm. Wodehouse, Esq.; and Lord Walpole. - Sir Wm. J.H.B. Folkes, Bart.; and Sir Jacob Astley. - Lord Viscount Stormont; and Hon. Robert Campbell Scarlett. - Lord George Bentinck; and Rt. Hon. Sir S. Canning. - Thos. Baring, Esq.; and Wm. Mackworth Praed, Esq. - Earl of Euston; and Hon. Francis Baring. |
1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
| East Norfolk West Norfolk Norwich King's Lynn Great Yarmouth Thetford | - Edmund Wodehouse, Esq.; and H.N. Burroughes, Esq. - William Bagge, Esq.; and W.L.W. Chute, Esq. - Marquis of Douro; and Benjamin Smith, Esq. - Lord George Bentinck; and Viscount Jocelyn. - C.E. Rumbold, Esq.; and Wm. Wilshere, Esq. - Sir James Flower, Bart.; and Hon. Wm. Bingham Baring. |
1852: Mason's Norwich Directory
| East Norfolk West Norfolk Norwich King's Lynn Great Yarmouth Thetford | - E. Wodehouse, Esq.; and H.N. Burroughs, Esq. - William Bagge, Esq.; and Hon. E.K.W. Coke. - Marquis of Douro; and S.M. Peto, Esq. - Viscount Jocelyn; and Hon. E.H. Stanley. - Joseph Sandars, Esq.; and Charles Edmund Rumbold, Esq. - Hon. Francis Baring; and Earl Euston. |
1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
| East Norfolk West Norfolk Norwich King's Lynn Great Yarmouth Thetford | - Edmund Wodehouse, Esq.; and H.N. Burroughes, Esq. - William Bagge, Esq.; and G.W.P. Bentinck, Esq. - Saml. Morton Peto, Esq.; and Edward Warner, Esq. - Viscount Jocelyn; and Lord Stanley. - Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, Bart.; and Chas. Edmund Rumbold, Esq. - Hon. Fras. Baring; and Earl of Euston. |
1856: Craven's Commercial Directory of Norfolk
| East Norfolk West Norfolk Norwich King's Lynn Great Yarmouth Thetford | - H.N. Burroughes, Esq.; and Sir Henry Stracey, Bart. - William Bagge, Esq.; and G.P. Bentinck, Esq. - Edward Warner, Esq.; and Sir S. Bignold, Knt. - Honble. E.H. Stanley; and John Henry Gurney, Esq. - Sir E.K. Lacon; and Chas. Edm. Rumbold, Esq. - Honble. Francis Baring; and Earl of Euston. |
Note: Under King's Lynn in the directory, the MPs for the Borough of King's Lynn are given as:
Lord Stanley, and W. Gurnye, Esq. [sic]
1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
| East Norfolk West Norfolk Norwich King's Lynn Great Yarmouth Thetford | - Lieut.-Col. the Hon. W.C.W. Coke; and Edw. Howes, Esq. - Brampton Gurdon, Esq.; and G.W.P. Bentinck, Esq. - Edw. Warner, Esq.; and Sir Wm. Russell, Bart., C.B. - J.H. Gurney, Esq.; and the Right Hon. Lord Stanley. - Sir E.H.K. Lacon, Bart.; and Sir H.J. Stracey, Bart. - Hon. A.H. Baring; and Lord Frederick Fitz-Roy. |
1865: Kelly's Post Office Directory of Norfolk and Suffolk
| East Norfolk West Norfolk Norwich King's Lynn Great Yarmouth Thetford | - Edward Howes, Esq.; and Clare Sewell Read, Esq. - Hon. Thomas De Grey; and William Bagge, Esq. - Edward Warner, Esq.; and Col. Sir Wm. Russell, Bart., C.B. - Lord Stanley (of Bickerstaffe), D.C.L.; and Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart. - Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, Bart.; and James Goodson, Esq. - Hon. Alexander Hugh Baring; and Robert John Harvey Harvey, Esq. |
1877: Colman's Directory of Norwich
| Norwich | - Jeremiah James Colman. |
1879: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
| North Norfolk South Norfolk West Norfolk Norwich Lynn | - Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, Bart., D.L., J.P. - Edward Birkbeck, Esq., D.L., J.P. - Sir Robert Jacob Buxton, Bart., D.L., J.P. - Clare Sewell Read, Esq., J.P. - Sir William Bagge, Bart., D.L., J.P. - George William Pierrepont Bentinck, Esq., D.L., J.P. - Jeremiah James Colman, Esq. - One seat vacant. - Hon. Robert Bourke. - Lord Claud John Hamilton. |
1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
| West Norfolk South Norfolk North Norfolk Norwich Lynn | - G.P. Bentinck, Esq.; and W.A. Tyssen-Amherst, Esq. - Sir R.J. Buxton, Bart.; and R.T. Gurdon, Esq. - Sir E.H.K. Lacon, Bart.; and E. Birkbeck, Esq. - J.J. Colman, Esq.; and J.H. Tillett, Esq. - The Right Hon. R. Bourke; and Sir H.W.B. Ffolkes, Bart. |
1888: Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
| Eastern Division Mid Division Northern Division North Western Division Southern Division South Western Division Norwich Yarmouth Lynn | - Sir Edward Birkbeck, Bart., D.L., J.P. - Robert Thornhaugh Gurdon, Esq., M.A., D.L., J.P. - Robert Hardy Cozens-Hardy, Esq., Q.C. - Lord Henry Cavendish Bentinck. - Francis Taylor, Esq. - William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, Esq., D.L., J.P. - Jeremiah James Colman, Esq., D.L., J.P. - Samuel Hoare, Esq., M.A., J.P. - Sir Henry Whatley Tyler, Knt. - Alexander Weston Jarvis, Esq., J.P. |
1890: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
| North-West Norfolk South-West Norfolk North Norfolk East Norfolk Mid-Norfolk South Norfolk Norwich Yarmouth King's Lynn | - Lord Henry Bentinck. - William Amhurst Tyssen Amherst, Esq. - Herbert H. Cozens-Hardy, Esq., Q.C. - Sir Edward Birkbeck, Bart. - Robert Thornhagh Gurdon, Esq. - Francis Taylor, Esq. - Jeremiah James Colman, Esq. - Samuel Hoare, Esq. - Sir Henry Tyler, Bart. - A. Weston Jarvis, Esq. |
1894: Cook's Directory of Great Yarmouth
| Yarmouth | - J.M. Moorsom, Esq., Q.C. |
1896: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
| Norwich Yarmouth Lynn Eastern Division Mid Division Northern Division North Western Division Southern Division South Western Division | - Sir Harry Bullard, D.L. - Samuel Hoare, Esq., M.A., J.P. - Sir John Charles Ready Colomb, K.C.M.G., F.S.S., D.L., J.P. - Thomas Gibson Bowles, Esq. - Robert John Price, Esq. - Frederick William Wilson, Esq. - Herbert Hardy Cozens-Hardy, Esq., Q.C. - Joseph Arch, Esq. - Francis Taylor, Esq., J.P. - Thomas Leigh Hare, Esq., D.L., J.P. |
1900: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
| Norwich Yarmouth Lynn Eastern Division Mid Division Northern Division North Western Division Southern Division South Western Division | - Sir Harry Bullard, D.L. - Sir Samuel Hoare, Bart., M.A., J.P. - Sir John Charles Ready Colomb, K.C.M.G., F.S.S., D.L., J.P. - Thomas Gibson Bowles, Esq. - Robert John Price, Esq., M.R.C.S.Eng. - Frederick William Wilson, Esq. - Sir William Brampton Gurdon, K.C.M.G., C.B., J.P. - Joseph Arch, Esq. - Arthur Wellesley Soames, Esq. - Thomas Leigh Hare, Esq., D.L., J.P. |
1911: Jarrold's Directory of Norwich
| Norwich Yarmouth Lynn East (North Walsham) Division Mid (Dereham) Division North (Aylsham) Division North-West (Freebridge) Division South (Diss) Division South-West (Thetford) Division | - Sir Frederick Low. - G.H. Roberts. - A.J. Fell, Esq. - Holcombe Ingleby, Esq. - Sir R.J. Price. - Wm Lewis Boyle, Esq. - Noel Edward Buxton, Esq. - Sir George White. - A.W. Soames, Esq. - Richard Winfrey, Esq. |
1912: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
| Norwich Yarmouth Lynn Eastern Division Mid Division Northern Division North Western Division Southern Division South Western Division | - Sir Frederick Low, K.C. - George Henry Roberts, Esq. - Arthur Fell, Esq., M.A., F.S.S. - Holcombe Ingleby, Esq. - Sir Robert John Price, M.R.C.S.Eng., J.P. - William Lewis Boyle, Esq. - Noel Edward Buxton, Esq., M.A. - Edward G. Hemmerde, Esq., K.C. - Arthur Wellesley Soames, Esq. - Richard Winfrey, Esq., J.P. |
1924: Kelly's Directory of Norwich
| Norwich Eastern Division King's Lynn Division Northern Division Southern Division South-Western Division | - Miss Dorothea Jewson. - Walter Robert Smith. - Hugh M. Seely. - Lt.-Col. George G. Woodwark. - Noel E. Buxton, M.A. - George Edwards, O.B.E., J.P. - Alan McLean. |
1929: Kelly's Directory of Norwich
| Norwich Eastern Division King's Lynn Division Northern Division Southern Division South-Western Division | - Capt. James Griffyth Fairfax. - Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Hilton Young, G.B.E., D.S.O., D.S.C. - Sir Reginald James Neville Neville, Bart., J.P. - Lord Fermoy. - Rt. Hon. Noel Edward Buxton, M.A. - James Archibald Christie, Esq., J.P. - Alan McLean |
1933: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
| Norwich Yarmouth Eastern Division King's Lynn Division Northern Division Southern Division South Western Division | - Geoffrey H. Shakespeare, Esq. - George Albert Hartland, Esq. - Arthur Harbord, Esq., J.P. - Viscount Elmley (L. Nat.) - Lord Fermoy (C.) - Thomas Russell Albert Mason Cook, Esq. (C.) - James Archibald Christie, Esq., J.P. (C.) - Major Sir Alan McLean, M.B.E., M.A. (C.) |