Global political history

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

Past Constituencies (B)

Barnsley | Belfast | Belfast Duncairn | Bere Alston | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Berwickshire | Bethnal Green North East | Birmingham West | Blaby | Bodmin | Bradford | Bradford Central | Brent South | Bristol West | Buckinghamshire | Bury St Edmunds | Buteshire.


Barnsley

Member of Parliament for Barnsley
William George Spencer Scott Compton, Earl Compton

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1851; d. June 15 1913.

Liberal Party

1889 – 1897


Belfast

Member of Parliament for Belfast
Sir Hugh McCalmont Cairns

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1819; d. April 2 1885.

Conservative Party

1852 – 1866


Belfast Duncairn

Member of Parliament for Belfast Duncairn
Sir Edward Henry Carson

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1854; d. October 22 1935.

Irish Unionist Alliance

1918 – 1921


Bere Alston

Member of Parliament for Bere Alston
Horatio Walpole

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1678; d. February 5 1757.

Whig Party

1715 – 1717

Lord Algernon Percy

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1750; d. October 21 1830.

Non-Partisan

1780

George Macartney, 1st Baron Macartney

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1737; d. May 31 1806.

Non-Partisan

1780 – 1781

Richard Colley Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington

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

Tory Party

1784 – 1787

Sir John Mitford

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1748; d. January 16 1830.

Tory Party

1788 – 1799

Algernon George Percy, Lord Lovaine

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1810; d. January 2 1899.

Tory Party

1831 – 1832


Berwick-upon-Tweed

Member of Parliament for Berwick
William Wildman Shute Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1717; d. February 1 1793.

Whig Party

1740 – 1754

Sir Gilbert Elliot, 4th Baronet

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

Whig Party

1786 – 1790

John Gladstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1764; d. December 7 1851.

Tory Party

1826 – 1827

Sir Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1820; d. March 4 1894

Titles of nobility: Baron Tweedmouth in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1881 – 1894)

Whig Party (1853 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1868)

1853 – 1868

Sir Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1820; d. March 4 1894

Titles of nobility: Baron Tweedmouth in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1881 – 1894)

Liberal Party

1874 – 1881


Berwickshire

Member of Parliament for Berwickshire
Edward Marjoribanks

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1849; d. September 15 1909.

Liberal Party

1880 – 1894


Bethnal Green North East

Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green North East
George Howell

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1833; d. September 17 1910.

Liberal-Labour

1885 – 1895


Birmingham West

Member of Parliament for Birmingham West
Joseph Chamberlain

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1836; d. July 2 1914

Liberal Party (1885 – 1886); Liberal Unionist Party (1886 – 1912); Conservative Party (1912 – 1914)

1885 – 1914

Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1863; d. March 16 1937.

Conservative Party

1914 – 1937


Blaby

Member of Parliament for Blaby
Nigel Lawson

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1932; d. April 3 2023.

Conservative Party

1974 – 1992

Andrew Robert George Robathan

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1935; d. October 9 2014.

Conservative Party

1992 – 2010


Bodmin

Member of Parliament for Bodmin
Sir William Irby, 2nd Baronet

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

Non-Partisan

1747 – 1761

Charles Bathurst

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

Tory Party

1812 – 1818

John Wilson Croker

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1780; d. August 10 1857.

Tory Party

1820 – 1826

John Cranch Walker Vivian

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1818; d. January 22 1879.

Whig Party

1857 – 1859

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

1906 – 1910


Bradford

Member of Parliament for Bradford
William Edward Forster

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1818; d. April 5 1886.

Liberal Party

1861 – 1885


Bradford Central

Member of Parliament for Bradford Central
William Edward Forster

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1818; d. April 5 1886.

Liberal Party

1885 – 1886

George John Shaw Lefevre

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1831; d. April 19 1928.

Liberal Party

1886 – 1895


Brent South

Member of Parliament for Brent South
Laurence Anstice “Laurie” Pavitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1914; d. December 14 1989.

Labour Party

1974 – 1987


Bristol West

Member of Parliament for Bristol West
Sir Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1837; d. April 30 1916.

Conservative Party

1885 – 1906

William Arthur Waldegrave

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1946.

Conservative Party

1979 – 1997


Buckinghamshire

Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire
John Hampden

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. June 1595; d. June 24 1643.

Non-Partisan

1640 – 1643

Sir Richard Temple, 4th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1675; d. September 14 1749.

Whig Party

1704 – 1708

Richard Grenville

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 26 1711; d. September 12 1779.

Non-Partisan

1741 – 1747

Ralph Verney, 2nd Earl Verney

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1671; d. September 1 1729.

Tory Party

1768 – 1784

George Grenville

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1715; d. April 13 1763.

Whig Party

1774 – 1779

Thomas Grenville

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1755; d. December 17 1846.

Whig Party

1779 – 1784

Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1739; d. March 14 1826.

Tory Party

1784 – 1790

William Wyndham Grenville

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1759; d. January 12 1834.

Tory Party

1784 – 1790

James Grenville

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1695; d. September 30 1770.

Non-Partisan

1790 – 1797

Ralph Verney, 2nd Earl Verney

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1671; d. September 1 1729.

Tory Party

1790 – 1791

William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1768; d. March 27 1854.

Tory Party

1791 – 1809

Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Earl Temple

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1776; d. January 17 1839.

Tory Party

1797 – 1813

Thomas Grenville

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1755; d. December 17 1846.

Whig Party

1813 – 1818

John Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1767; d. January 20 1842.

Tory Party (1831 – 1834); Conservative Party (1834 – 1835)

1831 – 1835

Caledon George Du Pré

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1803; d. October 7 1886.

Conservative Party

1839 – 1874

William Edward FitzMaurice

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1805; d. June 18 1889.

Conservative Party

1842 – 1847

Christopher Theron Tower

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1804; d. March 3 1884.

Conservative Party

1845 – 1847

Benjamin Disraeli

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1804; d. April 19 1881

Noble titles: Earl of Beaconsfield (1876 – 1881)

Conservative Party

1847 – 1876

Charles Compton Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 28 1793; d. November 12 1863

Titles of nobility: Baron Chesham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1858 – 1863).

Whig Party

1847 – 1857

William George Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1815; d. June 26 1882

Titles of nobility: Baron Chesham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1863 – 1882).

Whig Party (1857 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1863)

1857 – 1863

Robert Bateson Harvey

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 17 1825; d. March 1887.

Conservative Party

1863 – 1868

Nathaniel Grace Lambert

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1811; d. December 9 1882.

Liberal Party

1868 – 1880

Sir Robert Bateson Harvey, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 17 1825; d. March 1887.

Conservative Party

1874 – 1885

Thomas Francis Fremantle

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1830; d. April 13 1918.

Conservative Party

1876 – 1885


Bury St Edmunds

Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds
Felton Hervey

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1719; d. April 1 1779.

Non-Partisan

1747 – 1761

William Stanhope, Viscount Petersham

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1719; d. April 1 1779.

Non-Partisan

1747 – 1754

Augustus Henry FitzRoy, Earl of Euston

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1735; d. March 14 1811.

Whig Party

1756 – 1757

Augustus John Hervey

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1724; d. December 23 1779.

Non-Partisan

1757 – 1763

Major-General Charles FitzRoy

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

Whig Party

1761 – 1774

Augustus John Hervey

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1724; d. December 23 1779.

Non-Partisan

1768 – 1775

General Henry Seymour Conway

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1721; d. July 9 1795.

Whig Party

1775 – 1784

Lord Charles FitzRoy

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1764; d. December 20 1829.

Non-Partisan

1787 – 1796

Frederick William Hervey, Lord Hervey

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1769; d. February 15 1859.

Non-Partisan

1796 – 1803

General Lord Charles FitzRoy

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1764; d. December 20 1829.

Non-Partisan

1802 – 1818

John Henry Upton, Lord Templetown

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1771; d. September 21 1846.

Non-Partisan

1803 – 1812

Lord John Edward FitzRoy

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1785; d. December 28 1856.

Whig Party

1820 – 1826

Charles Augustus FitzRoy

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 10 1796; d. February 16 1858.

Whig Party

1831 – 1832

John Stuart

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1793; d. October 29 1876.

Conservative Party

1852


Buteshire

Member of Parliament for Buteshire
James Archibald Stuart

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 19 1747; d. March 1 1818.

Non-Partisan

1774 – 1780

James Archibald Stuart

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 19 1747; d. March 1 1818.

Non-Partisan

1784 – 1790

Frederick Stuart

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1751; d. May 17 1802.

Non-Partisan

1796 – 1802

James Archibald Stuart

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 19 1747; d. March 1 1818.

Non-Partisan

1806 – 1807

Charles Dalrymple

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 15 1839; d. June 20 1916.

Conservative Party

1868 – 1880

Charles Dalrymple

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 15 1839; d. June 20 1916.

Conservative Party

1880 – 1885