Career
At the 1802 general election, Hurst was elected to the House of Commons for two constituencies: Shaftesbury and Steyning. The result of the election in Shaftesbury was disputed, but once the dispute had been settled in his favour he chose to represent Shaftesbury, and did not sit for Steyning in the remainder of the Parliament. At the 1806 general electionhe was returned again for Steyning, and held that seat until the 1812 general election, when he was elected as Member of Parliament for Horsham, a seat which he held until 1829, when he resigned his seat by taking the Chiltern Hundreds.
