Radnor | Reading | Richmond (Yorks) | Richmond and Barnes | Ripon | Rochester | Rochester and Chatham | Rossendale | Rye.
Radnor
Member of Parliament for Radnor
Robert Harley
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1661; d. May 21 1724.
Whig Party
1690 – 1711
Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1833; d. March 24 1908.
Titles:
Held the courtesy titles Lord Cavendish of Keighley, 1834 – 1858, and Marquess of Hartington, 1858 – December 21 1891 (citation needed). Succeeded as the 8th Duke of Devonshire and associated titles (Earl of Devonshire, Earl of Burlington, Baron Cavendish of Hardwick, Baron Cavendish of Keighley), December 21 1891.1
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1892 (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Marquess of Hartington,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/marquess-of-hartington/index.html.
Liberal Party
February 25 1869 – March 31 1880
Reading
Member of Parliament for Reading
Richard Aldworth Griffin-Neville
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1750; d. February 28 1825.
Non-Partisan
1782 – 1797
Charles Shaw Lefevre
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1759; d. April 27 1823.
Whig Party
1802 – 1820
George John Shaw Lefevre
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1831; d. April 19 1928.
Liberal Party
1863 – 1885
Richmond (Yorks)
Member of Parliament for Richmond (Yorks)
Sir Conyers Darcy
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1685; d. December 1 1758.
Whig Party
1722 – 1727
Sir Conyers Darcy
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1685; d. December 1 1758.
Whig Party
1728 – 1747
Alexander Wedderburn
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1733; d. January 2 1805.
Non-Partisan
1768 – 1769
James Graham, Marquess of Graham
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1755; d. December 30 1836.
Non-Partisan
1780 – 1784
Dudley Long North
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1748; d. February 21 1829.
Whig Party
1812 – 1818
Leon Brittan
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1939; d. January 21 2015.
Conservative Party
1983 – 1988
William Jefferson Hague
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1961.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Hague of Richmond, of Richmond in the County of North Yorkshire, October 9 2015.2
Honours:
Created a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, December 30 2025.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Hague of Richmond.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/379/career.
[2] “No. 27625,” The Edinburgh Gazette, Supplement, October 14 2015, 1726, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/27625/page/1726.
[3] “No. 64940,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2025, N4, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64940/supplement/N4.
Conservative Party
February 23 1989 – March 30 2015
Rishi Sunak
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1980.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Rishi Sunak.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4483/career.
Conservative Party
May 7 2015 – May 30 2024
Richmond and Barnes
Member of Parliament for Richmond and Barnes
Jeremy James Hanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 17 1945; d. May 22 2026.
Honours:
Created a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, August 2 1997.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Jeremy Hanley.” Accessed June 2, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/734/career.
[2] “No. 54850,” The London Gazette, Supplement, August 1 1997, 8912, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54850/supplement/8912.
Conservative Party
June 9 1983 – April 8 1997
Ripon
Member of Parliament for Ripon
John Aislabie
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1670; d. June 18 1742.
Whig Party
1695 – 1702
John Aislabie
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1670; d. June 18 1742.
Whig Party
1705 – 1721
Henry Vane
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. March 6 1758.
Whig Party
1741 – 1747
Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 1761; d. April 13 1824.
Tory Party
1798 – 1807
Charles Winn-Allanson, 2nd Baron Headley
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1784; d. April 9 1840.
Tory Party
1806 – 1807
George Gipps
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1783; d. April 26 1869.
Tory Party
1807 – 1826
Frederick John Robinson
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1782; d. January 28 1859.
Tory Party
1807 – 1827
Lancelot Shadwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1779; d. August 10 1850.
Tory Party
1826 – 1827
Louis Hayes Petit
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 9 1774; d. November 13 1849.
Tory Party (1827 – 1831); Whig Party (1831 – 1832)
1827 – 1832
Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1786; d. May 5 1855.
Tory Party
1828 – 1829
Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1792; d. October 25 1861.
Peelite Conservative
1847 – 1852
Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1800; d. August 8 1885.
Liberal Party
1865 – 1866
Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Knight Storks
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1811; d. September 6 1874.
Liberal Party
1871 – 1874
George Joachim Goschen
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1831; d. February 7 1907.
Liberal Party
1880 – 1885
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1881; d. December 23 1959
Titles of nobility: Baron Irwin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925 – 1959); Viscount Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1934 – 1959); Earl of Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1944 – 1959).
Conservative Party
1910 – 1925
Rochester
Member of Parliament for Rochester
Captain Sir Charles Middleton
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1726; d. June 17 1813.
Whig Party
1784 – 1790
John Calcraft the Younger
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1765; d. September 11 1831.
Whig Party
1806 – 1818
Ralph Bernal
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1783; d. August 26 1854.
Whig Party
1820 – 1841
George Augustus Frederick Child Villiers, Viscount Villiers
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 4 1808; d. October 24 1859.
Tory Party
1830 – 1831
Ralph Bernal
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1783; d. August 26 1854.
Whig Party
1847 – 1852
James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1861; d. April 4 1947.
Conservative Party
1893 – 1903
Rochester and Chatham
Member of Parliament for Rochester and Chatham
Julian Michael Gordon Critchley
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1930; d. September 9 2000.
Conservative Party
1959 – 1964
Rossendale
Member of Parliament for Rossendale
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1833; d. March 24 1908.
Titles:
Held the courtesy titles Lord Cavendish of Keighley, 1834 – 1858, and Marquess of Hartington, 1858 – December 21 1891 (citation needed). Succeeded as the 8th Duke of Devonshire and associated titles (Earl of Devonshire, Earl of Burlington, Baron Cavendish of Hardwick, Baron Cavendish of Keighley), December 21 1891.1
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1892 (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Marquess of Hartington,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/marquess-of-hartington/index.html.
Liberal Party (1886 – 1887); Liberal Unionist Party (1887 – 1891)
December 18 1885 – December 21 1891
Lewis Vernon Harcourt
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1863; d. February 24 1922.
Liberal Party
1904 – 1917
David Austin Trippier
Date of birth/date of death:
Born May 15 1946.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir David Trippier.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/955/career.
Conservative Party
May 3 1979 – May 13 1983
Rye
Member of Parliament for Rye
Thomas Pelham
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 28 1728; d. January 8 1805.
Whig Party
1749 – 1754
William Dickinson
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 13 1745; d. May 26 1806.
Non-Partisan
1777 – 1790
Charles Wolfran Cornwall
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 15 1735; d. January 2 1789.
Non-Partisan
1784 – 1789
Charles Long
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1760; d. January 17 1838.
Tory Party
1789 – 1796
Robert Banks Jenkinson, Lord Hawkesbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1770; d. December 4 1828.
Tory Party
1790 – 1803
Robert Dundas
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1771; d. June 10 1851.
Tory Party
1796 – 1800
John Blaquiere, 1st Baron de Blaquiere
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1732; d. August 27 1812.
Tory Party
1801 – 1802
Thomas Davis Lamb
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1775; d. 1818.
Tory Party
1802 – 1806
Sir Charles Talbot, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1751; d. November 3 1812.
Tory Party
1802 – 1806
Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1769; d. September 14 1852.
Titles:
Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Viscount Wellington and Baron Douro, August 16 1809.2 Created Earl of Wellington, February 22 1812.3 Created Marquess of Wellington, August 18 1812.4 Created Duke of Wellington and Marquess Douro, May 3 1814.5
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, September 1 18046 (converted to a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, January 2 18157). Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, March 4 1813.8
Military ranks:
Promoted to colonel, May 14 1796.9 Promoted to brigadier-general, July 25 1801.10 Promoted to major-general, May 11 1802.11 Promoted to lieutenant-general, May 7 1808.12 Promoted to brevet general (Spain and Portugal only), August 6 1811.13 Promoted to field marshal, June 21 1813.14
Elections:
Elected to the constituency of Rye, April 12 1806.15
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Arthur Wellesley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-arthur-wellesley/index.html.
[2] “No. 16291,” The London Gazette, August 22 1809, 1342, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16291/page/1342.
[3] “No. 16576,” The London Gazette, February 18 1812, 335, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16576/page/335.
[4] “No. 16636,” The London Gazette, August 18 1812, 1677, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16636/page/1677.
[5] “No. 16894,” The London Gazette, May 3 1814, 936, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16894/page/936.
[6] “No. 15732,” The London Gazette, August 28 1804, 1069, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15732/page/1069.
[7] “No. 16972,” The London Gazette, January 4 1815, 18, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16972/page/18.
[8] “No. 16708,” The London Gazette, March 2 1813, 458, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16708/page/458.
[9] “No. 13892,” The London Gazette, May 14 1796, 460, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13892/page/460.
[10] “No. 15389,” The London Gazette, July 21 1801, 894, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15389/page/894.
[11] “No. 15478,” The London Gazette, May 8 1802, 467, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15478/page/467.
[12] “No. 16142,” The London Gazette, May 3 1808, 622, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16142/page/622.
[13] “No. 16510,” The London Gazette, August 3 1811, 1526, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16510/page/1526.
[14] “No. 16746,” The London Gazette, July 3 1813, 1270, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16746/page/1270.
[15] “No. 15908,” The London Gazette, April 12 1806, 449, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15908/page/449.
Tory Party
April 12 1806 – 1806
Michael Angelo Taylor
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1757; d. July 16 1834.
Whig Party
1806 – 1807
Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1767; d. November 24 1837.
Tory Party
1807
Henry Bonham
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 31 1765; d. April 9 1830.
Tory Party
1826 – 1830