ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHILTERN HUNDREDS
A member of the House of Commons, not in any respect disqualified, can only vacate his seat by his acceptance of the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, or some other nominal office in the gift of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The practice began about the year 1750; but the duties of the stewardship have long since ceased, and the office is but retained to serve this particular purpose. The Chiltern Hills are a range of chalk eminences, separating the counties of Bedford and Hertford, passing through the middle of Bucks from Tring in Hertfordshire to Henley in Oxfordshire. Formerly these hills were covered with thick becchwood, and sheltreed numerous robbers; to put these marauders down, and protect the inhabitants of the neighbourhood from their depredations, an officer was appointed under the Crown, called the Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, which were. Burnham, Desborough and Stoke. The clump of noble “Burnham beeches” remains to remind us of the old stewardship duties.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 7 October 1936, Page 2
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