Codebook for Study 219 - Members of the House of Commons: Great Britain, 1841-1847 this document has been created by the History Data Service and is based on information supplied by the depositor IDNUMBER MP IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AGE1841 AGE IN 1841 Value Label 0 NO DATA 1 24 OR UNDER 2 25-29 3 30-34 4 35-39 5 40-44 6 45-49 7 50-54 8 55-59 9 60-64 10 65-69 11 OVER 69 MARSTAT MARITAL STATUS Value Label 1 MARRIED 2 SINGLE 3 MARRIED 1841-1847 4 NO DATA DNBBIOG BIOGRAPHY IN DNB Value Label 1 YES 2 NO ATHENEUM CLUB - ATHENAEUM Value Label 1 YES 2 NO BOODLES CLUB - BOODLE'S Value Label 1 YES 2 NO BROOKES CLUB - BROOKES Value Label 1 YES 2 NO CARLTON CLUB - CARLTON Value Label 1 YES 2 NO CONSERVT CLUB - CONSERVATIVE CLUB Value Label 1 YES 2 NO FREETRDE CLUB - FREE TRADE Value Label 1 YES 2 NO OFFCLUB CLUB - OFFICER'S CLUBS Value Label 1 YES 2 NO REFORM CLUB - REFORM Value Label 1 YES 2 NO TRAVELLR CLUB - TRAVELLERS Value Label 1 YES 2 NO UNIVCLUB CLUB - UNIVERSITY CLUBS Value Label 1 YES 2 NO WHITE CLUB - WHITES Value Label 1 YES 2 NO OTHRCLUB CLUB - OTHER CLUB Value Label 1 YES 2 NO EDUCPUB PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION Value Label 1 YES 2 NO EDUCUNIV UNIVERSITY EDUCATION Value Label 1 YES 2 NO EDUCSUMM EDUCATION-SUMMARY Value Label 1 BOTH PUBLIC AND UNIVERSITY 2 PUBLIC SCHOOL ONLY 3 UNIVERSITY ONLY 4 NEITHER PUBLIC OR UNIVERSITY ETON ETON Value Label 1 YES 2 NO HARROW HARROW Value Label 1 YES 2 NO RUGBY RUGBY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO WINCHSTR WINCHESTER Value Label 1 YES 2 NO WESTMNST WESTMINSTER Value Label 1 YES 2 NO CHARTER CHARTERHOUSE Value Label 1 YES 2 NO SHRWESBY SHREWSBURY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO STPAULS ST. PAUL'S Value Label 1 YES 2 NO MNTTAYLR MERCHANT TAYLOR'S Value Label 1 YES 2 NO OTHEREDC OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLEDUCATION Value Label 1 YES 2 NO OXFORD UNIVERSITY EDUCATION - OXFORD Value Label 1 YES 2 NO CMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION - CAMBRIDGE Value Label 1 YES 2 NO EDINBURG UNIVERSITY EDUCATION - EDINBURGH Value Label 1 YES 2 NO DUBLIN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION - DUBLIN Value Label 1 YES 2 NO OTRUNIV UNIVERSITY EDUCATION - OTHER UNIVERSITY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO UNIVDATA DATA ON UNIVERSITY EDUCATION CONSTYPE NATURE OF CONSTITUENCY-1841-1847 Value Label 1 COUNTY 2 BOROUGH 3 UNIVERSITY CONSTCHG CHANGED CONSTITUENCY - 1841-1847 Value Label 1 YES 2 NO CONSTLOC LOCATION OF CONSTITUENCY Value Label 1 ENGLAND AND WALES SOUTH OF BRISTOL-WASH LINE 2 ENGLAND AND WALES NORTH OF BRISTOL-WASH LINE 3 SCOTLAND 4 ULSTER COUNTIES 5 SOUTHERN IRELAND COUNTIES NOSEATS NUMBER OF SEATS IN CONSTITUENCY Value Label 1 ONE 2 TWO 3 THREE 4 FOUR VTRSCON NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN CONSTITUE Value Label 1 UNDER 300 2 300-499 3 500-799 4 1000-1999 5 2000-4999 6 5000-9999 7 10000-14999 8 15000+ 9 NO DATA CONSUMM1 TYPE, LOCATIION AND SIZE OF CONSTITUENCY - SUMMARY Value Label 0 SOUTHERN IRELAND - BOROUGH 1 ENG/WALES - COUNTY AND UNIVERSITY 2 ENG/WALES - BOROUGHS UNDER 500 REGISTERED ELECTORS 3 ENG/WALES - BOROUGH 500-999 REGISTERED ELECTORS 4 ENG/WALES - BOROUGH 1000+ REGISTERED ELECTORS 5 SCOTLAND - COUNTY 6 SCOTLAND - BOROUGH 7 ULSTER - COUNTY 8 ULSTER - BOROUGH 9 SOUTHERN IRELAND - COUNTY CONSUMM2 TYPE, LOCATIONN AND SIZE OF CONSTITUENCY, BRIEF SUMMARY Value Label 1 ENG/WALES/SCOT/ALL ULSTER COUNTY AND UNIVERSITY 2 ENG/WALES SMALL BOROUGH 3 ENG/WALES LARGE BOROUGH RESENGSB RESIDENCE - ENGLAND & WALES, SOUTH OF BRISTOL-WASH LINE Value Label 1 YES 2 NO RESENGNB RESIDENCE - ENGLAND & WALES, NORTH OF BRISTOL-WASH LINE Value Label 1 YES 2 NO RESSCOT RESIDENCE - SCOTLAND Value Label 1 YES 2 NO RESIREUL RESIDENCE - IRELAND, ULSTER COUNTIES Value Label 1 YES 2 NO RESIREOT RESIDENCE - IRELAND, OTHER COUNTIES Value Label 1 YES 2 NO RESMORE RESIDENCE - HAD RESIDENCE IN MORE THAN ONE CATEGORY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO RESDATA RESIDENCE - DATA ON RESIDENCE Value Label 1 YES 2 NO RESCONST RELATION OF RESIDENCE TO CONSTITUENCY Value Label 0 NO DATA 1 COUNTY MEMBER - RESIDED IN CONSTITUENCY 2 COUNTY MEMBER - NO RESIDENCE IN CONSTITUENCY 3 COUNTY MEMBER - NO RESIDENCE DATA 4 BOROUGH MEMBER - RESIDED IN CONSTITUENCY 5 BOROUGH MEMBER - RESIDED IN CONSTITUENCY'S COUNTY 6 BOROUGH MEMBER - RESIDED OUTSIDE CONSTITUENCY COUNTY 7 BOROUGH MEMBER - NO RESIDENCE DATA PARFIRST DATE WHEN FIRST SAT IN PARLIAMENT Value Label 1 BEFORE 1820 2 1820-1826 3 1826-1830 4 1830-1831 5 1831-1832 6 1833-1834 7 1835-1837 8 1837-1841 9 1841-1847 AGEPARL AGE WHEN FIRST ENTERED PARLIAMENT Value Label 0 NO DATA 1 24 OR UNDER 2 25-29 3 30-34 4 35-39 5 40-44 6 45-49 7 50-54 8 55-59 9 60-64 10 65-69 11 OVER 69 PARLPRE SAT IN IMMEDIATELY PREVIOUS PARLIAMENT Value Label 1 YES 2 NO PARLPOST SAT IN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING PARLIAMENT Value Label 1 YES 2 NO ELEC1841 ELECTED AT 1841 GENERAL ELECTION Value Label 1 YES 2 NO PARL1847 WHETHER IN PARLIAMENT AT DISOLUTION - 1847 Value Label 1 YES 2 NO ELECCONT WHETHER ELECTION CONTESTED Value Label 1 GENERAL ELECTION, CONTEST 2 GENERAL ELECTION, NO CONTEST 3 BY-ELECTION, CONTEST 4 BY-ELECTION, NO CONTEST 5 RETURNED ON PETITION GOVTOFF HAD HELD GOVERNMENT OFFICE BY 23 JULY 1847 Value Label 1 YES 2 NO DPYLIEUT DEPUTY-LIEUTENANT OR VICE-LIEUTENANT Value Label 1 YES 2 NO MAGISTRT MAGISTRATE Value Label 1 YES 2 NO SHERIFF HIGH SHERIFF OR SHERIFF Value Label 1 YES 2 NO MUNICOFF HOLDER OF ELECTIVE MUNICIPAL OFFICE Value Label 1 YES 2 NO PASEAT1 FATHER MP FOR SAME CONSTITUENCY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO PASEAT2 FATHER MP FOR DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO ANCSEAT1 DIRECT ANCESTOR, NOT FATHER, MP FOR SAME CONSTITUENCY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO ANCSEAT2 DIRECT ANCESTOR, NOT FATHER, MP FOR DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO RELSEAT1 OTHER RELATIVE MP FOR SAME CONSTITUENCY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO RELSEAT2 OTHER RELATIVE MP FOR DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO RELSMP ANY RELATIVE INCLUDING FATHER MP FOR CONSTITUENCY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO DONPACRN VOTE ON DON PACIFICO RESOLUTION Value Label 0 NO VOTE 1 FOR (FOR PALMERSTON) 2 AGAINST SOCCLSUM SOCIAL CLASS SUMMARY Value Label 1 PEERAGE 2 GENTRY 3 BARONETAGE 4 OTHERWISE RELATED 5 RELATED BY MARRIAGE 6 UNRELATED TO LANDED CLASS SOCCLASS SOCIAL CLASS Value Label 1 IRISH PEER 2 HEIR TO PEERAGE 3 YOUNGER SON OF PEER 4 DESCENDENT OF PEER 5 BARONET 6 HEIR TO BARONETCY 7 YOUNG SON OF BARONET 8 DESCEND FROM BARONET 9 LANDED GENTRY, OWNER OF ESTATE 10 LANDED GENTRY, HEIR TO ESTAT 11 LANDED GENTRY, YOUNGER SON 12 DESCENDED FROM LANDED GENTRY 13 RELATED TO PEER/BARON/GENTRY BY MOTHER/WIFE/DAUGHTER 14 NON-PEERAGE, BARONETAGE OR GENTRY RELATN RELATED TO PEERAGE, BARONETAGE OR GENTRY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO SOCINDEX COMPOSITE SOCIAL INDEX Value Label 1 LAND, PUBLIC SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY 2 LAND, ONE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR NEITHER 3 ALL UNRELATED TO LANDED CLASS, AND ALL BUSINESSMEN FAMTITLE DATE OF EARLIEST FAMILY TITLE Value Label 0 NO TITLE 1 BEFORE 1689 2 1689-1760 3 1760-1799 4 1800-1820 5 1820-1837 6 1837 AND AFTER TITLE COURTESY TITLE Value Label 0 NOT SON OF PEER 1 COURTESY LORD 2 SON OF PEER, NOT LORD LDLIEUT LORD-LIEUTENANT Value Label 1 YES 2 NO MILITOFF OFFICER IN LOCAL MILITIA OR YEOMANRY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO CRTPOSIT HOLDS OR HAS HELD COURT POSITION Value Label 1 YES 2 NO SCOTCLAN CHIEF OF A SCOTTISH CLAN Value Label 1 YES 2 NO IRISHHD HEAD OF AN IRISH HOUSE Value Label 1 YES 2 NO PATRON PATRON OF ONE OR MORE LIVINGS Value Label 1 YES 2 NO NAMECHNG CHANGED NAME Value Label 1 YES 2 NO FATHNCNG FATHER CHANGED NAME Value Label 1 YES 2 NO OLDFAMLY CLAIMS TO BE OF OLD FAMILY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO CNTRYRES HAS COUNTRY RESIDENCE Value Label 1 YES 2 NO WEALTH AMOUNT OF WEALTH (IN POUNDS) AT DEATH Value Label 0 NO DATA 1 <2000 2 2000-9999 3 10000-24999 4 25000-49999 5 50000-99999 6 100000-199999 7 200000-499999 8 500000-999999 9 >1000000 MPPROF MP-PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATION Value Label 1 YES 2 NO FATHPROF FATHER A PROFESSIONAL MAN Value Label 1 YES 2 NO ANCPROF OTHER DIRECT ANCESTOR A PROFESSIONAL MAN Value Label 1 YES 2 NO RELPROF OTHER RELATIVE A PROFESSIONAL MAN Value Label 1 YES 2 NO PROFRELS ANY RELATIVE INCLUDING FATHER A PROFFESIONAL MAN Value Label 1 YES 2 NO ARMY1 MP's PROFESSION - ARMY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO NAVY1 MP's PROFESSION - NAVY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO LAW1 MP's PROFESSION - LAW Value Label 1 YES 2 NO MEDCINE1 MP's PROFESSION - MEDICINE Value Label 1 YES 2 NO NEWSEDT1 MP's PROFESSION - NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOROR EDITOR Value Label 1 YES 2 NO ACDEMIC1 MP's PROFESSION - ACADEMIC Value Label 1 YES 2 NO OTHPROF1 MP's PROFESSION - OTHER PROFESSION Value Label 1 YES 2 NO CIVSERV1 MP's PROFESSION - E.INDIA CO. CIVIL SERVANT Value Label 1 YES 2 NO ARMY2 FATHER'S PROFESSION - ARMY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO NAVY2 FATHER'S PROFESSION - NAVY Value Label 1 YES 2 NO LAW2 FATHER'S PROFESSION - LAW Value Label 1 YES 2 NO MEDCINE2 FATHER'S PROFESSION - MEDICINE Value Label 1 YES 2 NO NEWSEDT2 FATHER'S PROFESSION - NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR OR EDITOR Value Label 1 YES 2 NO ACDEMIC2 FATHER'S PROFESSION - ACADEMIC Value Label 1 YES 2 NO CHURCH FATHER'S PROFESSION - CHURCH Value Label 1 YES 2 NO MEMBPARL FATHER'S PROFESSION - MP Value Label 1 YES 2 NO MAGISTRA FATHER'S PROFESSION - MAGISTRATE Value Label 1 YES 2 NO CIVSERV2 FATHER'S PROFESSION - E.INDIA CO.