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Past Constituencies (O)

Okehampton | Old Sarum | Oldham | Orford | Ormskirk | Oxford | Oxford University.


Okehampton

Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Okehampton

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Robert Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1680; d. May 21 1727.

Non-Partisan

1722 – 1727

Thomas Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. July 17 1761.

Non-Partisan

1727 – 1754

Sir George Lyttelton, 5th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death:

Born January 17 1709. Died August 22 1773.

Whig Party

1735 – 1756

Robert Vyner

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1717; d. 1799.

Non-Partisan

1754 – 1761

William Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1708; d. May 11 1778.

Whig Party

1756 – 1757

Thomas Potter

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1718; d. 1759.

Non-Partisan

1757 – 1759

Thomas Pitt (the younger)

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1737; d. January 19 1793.

Non-Partisan

1768 – 1774

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Okehampton

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp

Date of birth/date of death:

Born May 30 1782. Died October 1 1845.

Titles:

Held the courtesy title Viscount Althorp, 1783 – 1834. Succeeded as the 3rd Earl Spencer and to the associated subsidiary titles (Viscount Spencer, Baron Spencer of Althorp) in the Peerage of Great Britain, November 10 1834.1

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Viscount Althorp,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 26 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/viscount-althorp-1/index.html.

Whig Party

April 27 1804 – November 1 1806

Joseph Foster Barham

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1759; d. September 28 1832.

Whig Party

1806 – 1807

Edward Adolphus St Maur, Lord Seymour

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1804; d. November 28 1885.

Whig Party

1830 – 1831


Old Sarum

Members of the Parliament of England for Old Sarum

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Robert Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1680; d. May 21 1727.

Non-Partisan

1705 – 1707

Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Old Sarum

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Robert Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1680; d. May 21 1727.

Non-Partisan

1707 – 1710

Thomas Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1653; d. April 28 1726.

Non-Partisan

1710 – 1716

Robert Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1680; d. May 21 1727.

Non-Partisan

1713 – 1722

Thomas Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1653; d. April 28 1726.

Non-Partisan

1722 – 1726

John Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1698; d. 1754.

Non-Partisan

1724 – 1727

Thomas Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. July 17 1761.

Non-Partisan

1727 – 1728

Thomas Innes Pitt, 1st Earl of Londonderry

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1688; d. September 12 1729.

Non-Partisan

1727 – 1728

Robert Nedham

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1703; d. August 1762.

Non-Partisan

1734 – 1741

Thomas Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. July 17 1761.

Non-Partisan

1734 – 1735

William Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1708; d. May 11 1778.

Whig Party

1735 – 1747

James Grenville

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1715; d. September 14 1783.

Non-Partisan

1742 – 1747

Sir William Irby, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. March 6 1758.

Non-Partisan

1747

Thomas Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. July 17 1761.

Non-Partisan

1747

Edward Willes

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1723; d. January 14 1787.

Non-Partisan

1747

Thomas Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. July 17 1761.

Non-Partisan

1754 – 1755

Thomas Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. July 17 1761.

Non-Partisan

1761

Thomas Pitt (the younger)

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1737; d. January 19 1793.

Non-Partisan

1761 – 1768

Thomas Pitt (the younger)

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1737; d. January 19 1793.

Non-Partisan

1774 – 1784

Richard Colley Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1760; d. September 26 1842.

Tory Party

1796 – 1797

Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1775; d. September 2 1850.

Tory Party

1797 – 1799

Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1731; d. September 25 1812.

Non-Partisan

1799 – 1800

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Old Sarum

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1731; d. September 25 1812.

Non-Partisan

1801

John Horne Tooke

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1736; d. March 18 1812.

Radicals

1801 – 1802

Nicholas Vansittart

Date of birth/date of death:

Born April 29 1766. Died February 8 1851.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Nicholas Vansittart,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed August 4 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-nicholas-vansittart/index.html.

Tory Party

July 12 1802 – November 24 1812

Stratford Canning

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1786; d. August 14 1880.

Tory Party

1828 – 1830


Oldham

Member of Parliament for Oldham
William Cobbett

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1763; d. June 18 1835.

Radicals

1832 – 1835

John Fielden

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1784; d. May 29 1849.

Radicals

1832 – 1847

John Tomlinson Hibbert

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1824; d. November 7 1908.

Liberal Party

1862 – 1874

John Tomlinson Hibbert

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1824; d. November 7 1908.

Liberal Party

1877 – 1886

Sir John Tomlinson Hibbert

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1824; d. November 7 1908.

Liberal Party

1892 – 1895

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Date of birth/date of death:

Born November 30 1874. Died January 24 1965.

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 24 1953.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Winston Churchill,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-winston-churchill/index.html.

[2] “No. 39838,” The London Gazette, April 28 1953, 2357, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39838/page/2357/.

Conservative Party

Liberal Party

October 24 1900 – May 31 1904

May 31 1904 – January 12 1906

Alfred Duff Cooper

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1890; d. January 1 1954

Titles of nobility: Viscount Norwich in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1952 – 1954).

Conservative Party

1924 – 1929


Orford

Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Orford

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Henry Bilson-Legge

Date of birth/date of death:

Born May 29 1708. Died August 23 1764.

Whig Party

1741 – 1759

Charles FitzRoy

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1737; d. March 21 1797.

Whig Party

1759 – 1761

Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1769; d. August 12 1822.

Tory Party

1796 – 1797

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Orford

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Charles Arbuthnot

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1767; d. August 18 1850.

Tory Party

1812 – 1818

Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1769; d. August 12 1822.

Tory Party

1821 – 1822

Quintin Dick

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 7 1777; d. March 26 1858.

Tory Party

1826 – 1830


Ormskirk

Member of Parliament for Ormskirk
Sir Arthur Stanley

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1869; d. November 4 1947

Conservative Party

1898 – 1918

James Harold Wilson

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1916; d. May 23 1995.

Honours:

Created Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 23 1976.2 Created Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, September 16 1983.3

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Harold Wilson.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1016/career.

[2] “No. 46885,” The London Gazette, April 27 1976, 6047, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46885/page/6047.

[3] “No. 49485,” The London Gazette, September 21 1983, 12361, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49485/page/12361.

Labour Party

July 5 1945 – February 23 1950


Oxford

Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Oxford

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

William Harcourt

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1743; d. June 17 1830.

Non-Partisan

1768 – 1774

Lord Robert Spencer

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1747; d. June 23 1831.

Non-Partisan

1771 – 1790

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Oxford

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Thomas Stonor

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1797; d. 1881.

Whig Party

1832 – 1833

Edward Cardwell

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1813; d. February 15 1886.

Peelite Conservative

1853 – 1857

Edward Cardwell

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1813; d. February 15 1886.

Peelite Conservative (1857 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1874)

1857 – 1874

Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt

Date of birth/date of death:

Born October 14 1827. Died October 1 1904.

Honours:

Created a Knight Bachelor, June 29 1873.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “William Vernon-Harcourt,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-william-vernon-harcourt/index.html.

[2] Britannica Editors. “Sir William Harcourt.” Encyclopedia Britannica, October 10, 2025. https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Harcourt.

Liberal Party

November 17 1868 – May 8 1880


Oxford University

Members of the Parliament of England for Oxford University

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Heneage Finch

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1649; d. July 22 1719.

Tory Party

1679

Heneage Finch

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1649; d. July 22 1719.

Tory Party

1689 – 1698

Heneage Finch

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1649; d. July 22 1719.

Tory Party

1701 – 1703

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Oxford University

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Charles Abbot

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1757; d. May 8 1829.

Tory Party

1802 – 1817

Robert Peel

Date of birth/date of death:

Born February 5 1788. Died July 2 1850.

Titles:

Succeeded to the Peel baronetcy of Drayton Manor and Bury, May 3 1830.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Robert Peel,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-robert-peel-1/index.html.

Tory Party

June 10 1817 – August 24 1829

Richard Heber

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1773; d. October 4 1833.

Tory Party

1821 – 1826

Thomas Grimston Estcourt

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1775; d. 1853.

Tory Party

1826 – 1847

Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1786; d. May 5 1855.

Tory Party (1829 – 1834); Conservative Party (1834 – 1854)

1829 – 1854

William Ewart Gladstone

Date of birth/date of death:

Born December 29 1809. Died May 19 1898.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “W.E. Gladstone,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-we-gladstone/index.html.

Peelite Conservative

Liberal Party

July 29 1847 – June 9 1859

June 9 1859 – July 7 1865

Sir William Heathcote, 5th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1801; d. August 17 1881.

Conservative Party

1854 – 1868

Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1814; d. October 30 1906.

Conservative Party

1865 – 1878

Lord Hugh Richard Heathcote Gascoyne-Cecil

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1869; d. December 10 1956.

Conservative Party

1910 – 1937