Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Past Constituencies (H)

Hackney South | Haddington Burghs | Haddingtonshire | Haggerston | Hamilton North and Bellshill | Hammersmith and Fulham | Hampshire | Harwich | Hastings | Hawick Burghs | Helston | Henley | Hertford | Hertfordshire | Hitchin and Harpenden | Holborn | Horncastle | Huntingdonshire | Huyton | Hythe.


Hackney South

Member of Parliament for Hackney 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

December 6 1923 – October 9 1924

George Morgan Trefgarne

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1894; d. September 27 1960.

Liberal Party

1924 – 1929

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

May 30 1929 – October 7 1931

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

November 14 1935 – July 5 1945


Haddington Burghs

Member of Parliament for Haddington Burghs
Thomas Maitland

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1760; d. January 17 1824.

Non-Partisan

1790 – 1796

Thomas Maitland

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1760; d. January 17 1824.

Non-Partisan

1802 – 1805

Henry Erskine

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1746; d. October 8 1817.

Whig Party

1806

Henry William Lamb

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1779; d. November 24 1848.

Titles:

Succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Melbourne in the Peerage of the Ireland and Baron Melbourne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, July 22 1828.1

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “William Lamb,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 25 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-william-lamb/index.html.

Whig Party

1806 – 1807

Sir George Warrender of Lochend, 4th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1782; d. February 21 1849.

Tory Party

1807 – 1812

Major-General Sir Thomas Maitland

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1760; d. January 17 1824.

Non-Partisan

1812 – 1813

Dudley Long North

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1748; d. February 21 1829.

Whig Party

1818 – 1820

James Maitland Balfour

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1820; d. February 23 1856.

Conservative Party

1841 – 1847


Haddingtonshire

Member of Parliament for Haddingtonshire
Francis Richard Charteris, Lord Elcho

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1818; d. June 30 1914.

Whig Party (1847 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1883)

1847 – 1883


Haggerston

Member of Parliament for Haggerston
Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guiness

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1874; d. September 14 1967.

Conservative Party

1908 – 1910


Hamilton North and Bellshill

Member of Parliament for Hamilton North and Bellshill
John Reid

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1947.

Labour Party

1997 – 2005



Hammersmith and Fulham

List of Members of Parliament for Hammersmith and Fulham

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Gregory William “Greg” Hands

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1965.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Greg Hands.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1526/career.

Conservative Party

May 5 2005 – April 12 2010



Hampshire

Member of Parliament for Hampshire
Henry Bilson-Legge

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1708; d. August 23 1764.

Whig Party

1759 – 1761

Robert Henley, Lord Henley

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1747; d. July 5 1786.

Non-Partisan

1768 – 1772

John Willis Fleming

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1781; d. September 1844.

Tory Party

1820 – 1831

Sir William Heathcote, 5th Baronet

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

Tory Party

1826 – 1831


Harwich

Member of Parliament for Harwich
Samuel Pepys

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1633; d. May 26 1703.

Tory Party

1679

Samuel Pepys

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1633; d. May 26 1703.

Tory Party

1685 – 1689

Charles Townshend

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1725; d. September 4 1767.

Whig Party

1761 – 1767

Charles Jenkinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1729; d. December 17 1808.

Whig Party

1772 – 1774

George North

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1757; d. April 20 1802.

Tory Party

1778 – 1784

John Hiley Addington

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1759; d. June 11 1818.

Tory Party

1803 – 1818

William Huskisson

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1770; d. September 15 1830.

Tory Party

1807 – 1812

Nicholas Vansittart

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1766; d. February 8 1851.

Tory Party

1812 – 1823

Charles Bathurst

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1754; d. August 13 1831.

Tory Party

1818 – 1823

George Canning

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1770; d. August 8 1827.

Tory Party

1823 – 1826

John Charles Herries

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1778; d. April 24 1855.

Tory Party (1823 – 1834); Conservative Party (1834 – 1841)

1823 – 1841

Nicholas Conyngham Tindal

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 12 1776; d. July 6 1846.

Tory Party

1826 – 1827

Sir John Cam Hobhouse, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 27 1786; d. June 3 1869.

Whig Party

1848 – 1851

Robert Wigram Crawford

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1813; d. July 30 1889.

Whig Party

1851 – 1852

Iain MacDonald Sproat

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1938; d. September 29 2011.

Conservative Party

1992 – 1997


Hastings

Member of Parliament for Hastings
Charles Jenkinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1729; d. December 17 1808.

Whig Party

1774 – 1780

Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1739; d. April 17 1802.

Non-Partisan

1774 – 1784

Robert Dundas

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1771; d. June 10 1851.

Tory Party

1794 – 1796

Nicholas Vansittart

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1766; d. February 8 1851.

Tory Party

1796 – 1802

William Sturges-Bourne

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 7 1769; d. February 1 1845.

Tory Party

1798 – 1802

Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1717; d. October 15 1770.

Tory Party

1802 – 1806

Sir William Fowle Middleton, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1748; d. December 26 1829.

Tory Party

1806 – 1807

Sir John Nicholl

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1759; d. August 26 1838.

Tory Party

1806 – 1807

George Canning

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1770; d. August 8 1827.

Tory Party

1807 – 1812

Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 29 1749; d. March 24 1838.

Tory Party

1807 – 1818

James Colyear Dawkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1760; d. March 13 1843.

Tory Party

1812 – 1826

Lord Harry George Vane

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1803; d. August 21 1891.

Liberal Party

1859 – 1864

Sir Thomas Brassey

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1836; d. February 23 1918

Noble titles: Baron Brassey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1886 – 1918); Earl Brassey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1911 – 1918).

Liberal Party

1868 – 1886

Freeman Freeman-Thomas

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1866; d. August 12 1941

Titles of nobility: Baron Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1910 – 1941); Viscount Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1924 – 1941); Earl of Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1931 – 1941); Marquess of Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1936 – 1941)

Liberal Party

1900 – 1906


Hawick Burghs

Member of Parliament for Hawick Burghs
George Otto Trevelyan

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1838; d. August 17 1928.

Liberal Party

1868 – 1886


Helston

Member of Parliament for Helston
Sidney Godolphin

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 15 1645; d. September 15 1712.

Tory Party

1665 – 1679

Sidney Godolphin

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 15 1645; d. September 15 1712.

Tory Party

1679 – 1685

Francis Godolphin

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1678; d. January 17 1766.

Tory Party

1695 – 1698

Francis Godolphin, Viscount Rialton

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1678; d. January 17 1766.

Tory Party

1701 – 1708

Francis Godolphin Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1751; d. January 31 1799.

Tory Party

1774 – 1775

Sir Gilbert Elliot, 4th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1751; d. June 21 1814.

Whig Party

1790 – 1795

Charles Abbot

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

Tory Party

1795 – 1802

Archibald John Primrose, Viscount Primrose

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1783; d. March 4 1868.

Non-Partisan

1805 – 1806

Nicholas Vansittart

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1766; d. February 8 1851.

Tory Party

1806 – 1807

Thomas Brand

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 25 1774; d. March 21 1851.

Whig Party

1807

Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, 3rd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 1 1785; d. November 3 1849.

Whig Party

1830 – 1831


Henley

Member of Parliament for Henley
Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1933.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron Heseltine, of Thenford in the County of Northamptonshire, July 12 2001.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Heseltine.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/94/career.

[2] “No. 56278,” The London Gazette, July 18 2001, 8487, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/56278/page/8487.

Conservative Party

February 28 1974 – May 14 2001

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1964.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Boris Johnson.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1423/career.

Conservative Party

June 7 2001 – June 4 2008


Hertford

Member of Parliament for Hertford
Nicolson Calvert

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1764; d. April 13 1841.

Whig Party

1802 – 1826

James Brownlow William Cecil, Viscount Cranborne

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1791; d. April 12 1868.

Tory Party

1817 – 1823

William Cowper

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1811; d. October 16 1888.

Whig Party (1835 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1868)

1835 – 1868

Robert Dimsdale

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1 1828; d. May 2 1898.

Conservative Party

1866 – 1874

Arthur James Balfour

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1848; d. March 19 1930.

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, March 3 1922.2 Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Balfour and Viscount Traprain, May 5 1922.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Balfour,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-balfour/index.html.

[2] “No. 32638,” The London Gazette, March 14 1922, 2137, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32638/page/2137.

[3] “No. 32691,” The London Gazette, May 5 1922, 3512, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32691/page/3512.

Conservative Party

February 17 1874 – November 24 1885

Abel Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1829; d. May 30 1898.

Conservative Party

1885 – 1898


Hertfordshire

Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire
Peniston Lamb

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1770; d. January 24 1805.

Whig Party

1802 – 1805

Thomas Brand

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 25 1774; d. March 21 1851.

Whig Party

1807 – 1819

Henry William Lamb

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1779; d. November 24 1848.

Titles:

Succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Melbourne in the Peerage of the Ireland and Baron Melbourne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, July 22 1828.1

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “William Lamb,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 25 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-william-lamb/index.html.

Whig Party

1819 – 1826

Nicolson Calvert

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1764; d. April 13 1841.

Whig Party

1826 – 1835

Abel Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1829; d. May 30 1898.

Conservative Party

1854 – 1857

Abel Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1829; d. May 30 1898.

Conservative Party

1859 – 1865

Abel Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1829; d. May 30 1898.

Conservative Party

1866 – 1885


Hitchin and Harpenden

Member of Parliament for Hitchin and Harpenden
Peter Bruce Lilley

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1943.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron Lilley of Offa, in the County of Hertfordshire, June 18 2018.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Lilley.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/68/career.

[2] “No. 62331,” The London Gazette, June 22 2018, 11112, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62331/page/11112.

Conservative Party

May 1 1997 – May 3 2017


Holborn

Member of Parliament for Holborn
Francis Duncan

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1836; d. November 16 1888.

Conservative Party

1885 – 1888

Gainsford Bruce

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1834; d. February 24 1912.

Conservative Party

1888 – 1892


Horncastle

Member of Parliament for Horncastle
Edward Stanhope

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1840; d. December 21 1893.

Conservative Party

1885 – 1893


Huntingdonshire

Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire
Edward Montagu

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 27 1625; d. May 28 1672.

Non-Partisan

1645 – 1657

William Cavendish, Lord Hartington

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 26 1698; d. December 5 1755.

Whig Party

1727 – 1729

George Montagu, Lord Montagu

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 6 1737; d. September 2 1788.

Whig Party

1761 – 1762

Lord Frederick Montagu

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1774; d. October 4 1827.

Non-Partisan

1796 – 1806

William Henry Fellowes

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 15 1769; d. August 23 1837

Tory Party

1807 – 1830

Lord Frederick Montagu

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1774; d. October 4 1827.

Tory Party

1818 – 1820

Lord John Russell

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878.

Titles:

Known by the courtesy title Lord John Russell from birth until July 27 1861. Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Russell and Viscount Amberley, July 27 1861.1

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, May 21 1862.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Lord John Russell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-john-russell/index.html.

[2] “No. 22534,” The London Gazette, July 30 1861, 3193, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22534/page/3193.

Whig Party

April 14 1820 – June 7 1826

George Montagu, Viscount Mandeville

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1799; d. August 18 1855.

Tory Party (1826 – 1832); Conservative Party (1832 – 1837)

1826 – 1837

Charles Gordon, Lord Strathavon

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1792; d. September 18 1863.

Whig Party

1830 – 1831

John Major

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1943.

Honours:

Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Garter, April 23 2005.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for John Major.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/119/career.

[2] “No. 57622,” The London Gazette, April 25 2005, 5363, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/57622/page/5363.

Conservative Party

May 3 1979 – June 9 1983


Huyton

Member of Parliament for Huyton
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

February 23 1950 – May 13 1983


Hythe

Member of Parliament for Hythe
William Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Viscount Melgund

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1814; d. March 17 1891

Titles of nobility: Earl of Minto in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1859 – 1891)

Whig Party

1837 – 1841

Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 29 1818; d. February 6 1874.

Liberal Party

1859 – 1874