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 | Hampshire | Harwich | Hastings | Hawick Burghs | Helston | Henley | Hertford | Hertfordshire | 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.

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


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.

Conservative Party

February 28 1974 – May 14 2001

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson

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

Conservative Party

2001 – 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

Titles of nobility: Earl of Balfour in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1922 – 1930)

Conservative Party

1874 – 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.

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


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 of nobility: Earl Russell in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1861 – 1878)

Whig Party

1820 – 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