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Lanark
Member of Parliament for Lanark
Alexander Frederick “Alec” Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1903; d. October 9 1995.
Honours:
Given the courtesy title Lord Dunglass, April 30 1918.1 Succeeded to the Peerage of Scotland as the 14th Earl of Home, July 11 1951.1 Created a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, October 16 1962.2 Created Baron Home of the Hirsel, December 19 1974.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Alec Douglas-Home,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 20 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-alec-douglas-home/index.html.
[2] “No. 42815,” The London Gazette, October 23 1962, 8275, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42815/page/8275.
[3] “No. 46441,” The London Gazette, December 24 1974, 13203, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46441/page/.
Conservative Party
1931 – 1945
Alexander Frederick “Alec” Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1903; d. October 9 1995.
Honours:
Given the courtesy title Lord Dunglass, April 30 1918.1 Succeeded to the Peerage of Scotland as the 14th Earl of Home, July 11 1951.1 Created a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, October 16 1962.2 Created Baron Home of the Hirsel, December 19 1974.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Alec Douglas-Home,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 20 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-alec-douglas-home/index.html.
[2] “No. 42815,” The London Gazette, October 23 1962, 8275, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42815/page/8275.
[3] “No. 46441,” The London Gazette, December 24 1974, 13203, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46441/page/.
Conservative Party
1950 – 1951
Lancaster
Member of Parliament for Lancaster
Lord Richard Cavendish
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1752; d. September 7 1781.
Non-Partisan
1773 – 1780
Richard Penn, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1735; d. May 27 1811.
Non-Partisan
1796 – 1802
John Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1764; d. December 7 1851.
Tory Party
1818 – 1820
Launceston
Member of Parliament for Launceston
Henry Vane
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. March 6 1758.
Whig Party
1726 – 1727
Sir William Irby, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. March 6 1758.
Non-Partisan
1735 – 1747
Charles George Perceval
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1756; d. July 5 1840.
Tory Party
1780 – 1790
Commodore Sir John Jervis
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1735; d. March 13 1823.
Whig Party
1783 – 1784
George Rose
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1744; d. January 13 1818.
Tory Party
1784 – 1788
General Sir Henry Clinton
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1730; d. December 23 1795.
Tory Party
1790 – 1795
Hugh Percy, Earl Percy
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 20 1785; d. February 11 1847.
Tory Party
1806 – 1807
Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Hardinge
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 30 1785; d. September 24 1856.
Tory Party (1832 – 1834); Conservative Party (1834 – 1844)
1832 – 1844
Sir Hardinge Stanley Gifford
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1823; d. December 11 1921.
Conservative Party
1877 – 1885
Sir Richard Everard Webster
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1842; d. December 15 1915.
Conservative Party
1885
Leeds
Member of Parliament for Leeds
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1800; d. December 28 1859.
Whig Party
1832 – 1834
Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1810; d. October 22 1855.
Radicals
1837 – 1841
Matthew Talbot Baines
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 17 1799; d. January 22 1860.
Whig Party
1852 – 1859
Sir Edward Baines
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1800; d. March 2 1890.
Liberal Party
1859 – 1874
Herbert John Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1854; d. March 6 1930.
Liberal Party
1880 – 1885
William Lawies Jackson
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1840; d. April 4 1917.
Conservative Party
1880 – 1885
Leeds Central
Member of Parliament for Leeds Central
Gerald William Balfour
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1853; d. January 14 1945.
Conservative Party
1885 – 1906
Leeds North
Member of Parliament for Leeds North
William Lawies Jackson
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1840; d. April 4 1917.
Conservative Party
1885 – 1902
Leeds West
Member of Parliament for Leeds West
Herbert John Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1854; d. March 6 1930.
Liberal Party
1885 – 1910
Rachel Jane Reeves
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1979.
Labour Party
2010 – 2024
Leicester
Member of Parliament for Leicester
James Ramsay MacDonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1866; d. November 9 1937.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Ramsay MacDonald,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-ramsay-macdonald/index.html.
Labour Party
February 8 1906 – November 25 1918
Leith
Member of Parliament for Leith
William Wedgwood Benn
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1877; d. November 17 1960.
Liberal Party
1918 – 1927
Leominster
Member of Parliament for Leominster
Edward Willes
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1723; d. January 14 1787.
Non-Partisan
1767 – 1768
Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1744; d. February 24 1816.
Tory Party
1802 – 1812
Henry Bonham
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 31 1765; d. April 9 1830.
Tory Party
1806 – 1812
Henry William Lamb
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1779; d. November 24 1848.
Whig Party
1806
Frederick Peel
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1823; d. June 6 1906.
Conservative Party
1849 – 1852
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1814; d. October 30 1906.
Conservative Party
1856 – 1865
William David “Bill” Wiggin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1966.
Conservative Party
2001 – 2010
Lewisham South
Member of Parliament for Lewisham South
Herbert Stanley Morrison
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1888; d. March 6 1965.
Honours:
Created Baron Morrison of Lambeth, November 2 1959.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Herbert Morrison,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026,https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-herbert-morrison/index.html.
[2] “No. 41860,” The London Gazette, November 3 1959, 6942, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41860/page/6942.
Labour Party
February 23 1950 – September 18 1959
Limehouse
Member of Parliament for Limehouse
Clement Richard Attlee
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1883; d. October 8 1967.
Honours:
Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Attlee and Viscount Prestwood, December 16 1955.2 Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 7 1956.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Clement Attlee,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-clement-attlee/index.html.
[2] “No. 40656,” The London Gazette, December 16 1955, 7079, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40656/page/7079.
[3] “No. 40751,” The London Gazette, April 10 1956, 2095, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40751/page/2095/.
Labour Party
November 15 1922 – February 23 1950
Liskeard
Member of Parliament for Liskeard
Edward Craggs-Eliot
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1727; d. February 17 1804.
Whig Party
1768 – 1774
Edward James Eliot
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 24 1758; d. September 20 1797.
Non-Partisan
1784 – 1797
William Huskisson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1770; d. September 15 1830.
Tory Party
1804 – 1807
James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1786; d. May 27 1814.
Tory Party
1807 – 1812
Charles Philip Yorke
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1764; d. March 13 1834.
Tory Party
1812 – 1818
Ralph Bernal Osborne
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1808; January 4 1882.
Liberal Party
1859 – 1865
Liverpool
Member of Parliament for Liverpool
Lieutenant-General Banastre Tarleton
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1754; d. January 15 1833.
Tory Party
1790 – 1806
Lieutenant-General Isaac Gascoyne
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1763; d. August 26 1841.
Tory Party
1796 – 1831
Lieutenant-General Banastre Tarleton
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1754; d. January 15 1833.
Tory Party
1807 – 1812
George Canning
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1770; d. August 8 1827.
Tory Party
1812 – 1823
William Huskisson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1770; d. September 15 1830.
Tory Party
1823 – 1830
William Ewart
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1798; d. January 23 1869.
Whig Party
1830 – 1837
Dudley Ryder, Viscount Sandon
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1798; d. November 19 1882.
Tory Party (1831 – 1834); Conservative Party (1834 – 1847)
1831 – 1847
Edward Cardwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1813; d. February 15 1886.
Peelite Conservative
1847 – 1852
Charles Turner
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 13 1803; d. October 15 1875.
Conservative Party
1852 – 1853
Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, Viscount Sandon
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1831; d. March 26 1900.
Conservative Party
1868 – 1882
Lord John William Maule Ramsay
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1847; d. November 25 1887.
Liberal Party
1880
Liverpool East Toxteth
Member of Parliament for Liverpool East Toxteth
Baron Henry de Worms
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1840; d. January 9 1903.
Conservative Party
1885 – 1895
London University
Member of Parliament for London University
Robert Lowe
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1811; d. July 27 1892.
Liberal Party
1868 – 1880
Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 30 1834; d. May 28 1913.
Liberal Party (1880 – 1886); Liberal Unionist Party (1886 – 1900)
1880 – 1900
Lostwithiel
Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel
Horatio Walpole
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1678; d. February 5 1757.
Whig Party
1710
William Cavendish, Lord Hartington
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 26 1698; d. December 5 1755.
Whig Party
1721 – 1724
Philip Dormer Stanhope, Lord Stanhope
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1694; d. March 24 1773.
Whig Party
1722 – 1724
Edward Walpole
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1706; d. January 12 1784.
Whig Party
1730 – 1734
Sir Alexander Cray Grant, 8th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1782; d. November 29 1854.
Tory Party
1818 – 1826
Sir Edward Cust
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1794; d. January 14 1878.
Tory Party
1826 – 1832
William Vesey-FitzGerald
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1783; d. May 11 1843.
Tory Party
1830
Ludgershall
Member of Parliament for Ludgershall
Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1745; d. July 22 1828.
Non-Partisan
1768 – 1784
Lord George Gordon
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 26 1751; d. November 1 1793.
Non-Partisan
1774 – 1780
Charles Winn-Allanson, 2nd Baron Headley
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1784; d. April 9 1840.
Tory Party
1811 – 1812