Global political history

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

Past Constituencies (B)

Bandon | Barnard Castle | Barnsley | Beaumaris | Bedwellty | Belfast | Belfast Duncairn | Belper | Bere Alston | Berwick and East Lothian | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Berwickshire | Bethnal Green North East | Bewdley | Bexley | Birmingham Sparkbrook | Birmingham West | Blaby | Bletchingley | Bodmin | Bow and Bromley | Bradford | Bradford Central | Brent South | Brigg and Goole | Bristol West | Bromley | Buckingham | Buckinghamshire | Bury St Edmunds | Buteshire.


Bandon

Member of Parliament for Bandon
George Tierney

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1761; d. January 25 1830.

Whig Party

1807 – 1812

William Sturges-Bourne

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

Tory Party

1815 – 1818

Captain Augustus William James Clifford

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1788; d. February 8 1877.

Whig Party

1818 – 1820

James Bernard, Viscount Bernard

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1785; d. October 31 1856.

Tory Party

1820 – 1826

John William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1781; d. May 16 1847.

Whig Party

1826

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

1826 – July 29 1830

James Bernard, 2nd Earl of Bandon

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1785; d. October 31 1856.

Tory Party

1830 – 1831

Captain Sir Augustus William James Clifford

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1788; d. February 8 1877.

Whig Party

1831 – 1832


Barnard Castle

Member of Parliament for Barnard Castle
Arthur Henderson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1863; d. October 20 1935.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Henderson,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-henderson/index.html.

Labour Party

August 30 1903 – November 25 1918


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


Beaumaris

Member of Parliament for Beaumaris
Hugh Fortescue

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1753; d. June 16 1841.

Non-Partisan

1784 – 1785

Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death:

Born September 23 1801. Died August 28 1875.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed June 5 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-richard-williams-bulkeley.

Whig Party

1831 – 1835


Bedwellty

Member of Parliament for Bedwellty
Neil Gordon Kinnock

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1942.

Honours:

Created Baron Kinnock, January 31 2005.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Kinnock.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/693/career.

[2] “No. 57549,” The London Gazette, February 2 2005, 1249, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/57549/page/1249.

Labour Party

June 18 1970 – June 9 1983


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.

Honours:

Created a Knight Bachelor, May 11 1900.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Edward Carson,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-edward-carson/index.html.

[2] “No. 27192,” The London Gazette, Supplement, May 15 1900, 3070, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27192/page/3070.

Irish Unionist Alliance

December 14 1918 – May 31 1921


Belper

Member of Parliament for Belper
George Alfred Brown

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1914; d. June 2 1985.

Honours:

Created Baron George-Brown, November 6 1970.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “George Brown,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-george-brown-1/index.html.

[2] “No. 45229,” The London Gazette, November 10 1970, 12333, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45229/page/12333.

Labour Party

July 5 1945 – May 29 1970


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 and East Lothian

Member of Parliament for Berwick and East Lothian
Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, Earl of Ancram

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1945; d. October 1 2024.

Titles:

Known by the courtesy title Earl of Ancram from birth until October 11 2004. Succeeded his father as the 13th Marquess of Lothian in the Peerage of Scotland as well as to all subsidiary titles (Earl of Lothian, Earl of Ancram, Viscount of Briene, Lord Newbattle, Lord Jedburgh, Lord Kerr of Newbattle, Lord Kerr of Nisbet, Langnewtoun, and Dolphinstoun, Lord Kerr of Newbattle, Oxnam, Jedburgh, Dolphinstoun and Nisbet, and Baron Ker, of Kersheugh in the County of Roxburgh), October 11 2004. Received a life peerage as Baron Kerr of Monteviot, of Monteviot in Roxburghshire, November 22 2010.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for The Marquess of Lothian.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/259/career.

[2] “No. 59614,” The London Gazette, November 25 2010, 22705, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59614/page/22705.

Conservative Party

February 28 1974 – September 20 1974


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


Bewdley

Member of Parliament for Bewdley
Stanley Baldwin

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1867; d. December 14 1947.

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, May 28 1937.2 Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Baldwin of Bewdley and Viscount Corvedale, June 8 1937.3

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Stanley Baldwin,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-stanley-baldwin/index.html.

[2] “No. 34403,” The London Gazette, June 1 1937, 3508, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34403/page/3508.

[3] “No. 34405,” The London Gazette, June 8 1937, 3663, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34405/page/3663.

Conservative Party

February 29 1908 – June 8 1937


Bexley

Member of Parliament for Bexley
Edward Richard George “Ted” Heath

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1916; d. July 17 2005.

Honours:

Appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, April 23 1992.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Edward Heath.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/195/career.

[2] “No. 52903,” The London Gazette, April 24 1992, 7175, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52903/page/7175.

Conservative Party

February 23 1950 – February 28 1974


Birmingham

Member of Parliament for Birmingham
John Bright

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 16 1811; d. March 27 1889.

Radicals (1857 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1885)

1857 – 1885

Joseph Chamberlain

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

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Joseph Chamberlain,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-joseph-chamberlain/index.html.

Liberal Party

June 27 1876 – November 24 1885


Birmingham Sparkbrook

Member of Parliament for Birmingham Sparkbrook
Roy Sydney George Hattersley

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1932.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron Hattersley, of Sparkbrook in the County of West Midlands, November 24 1997.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Hattersley.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/858/career.

[2] “No. 54961,” The London Gazette, November 27 1997, 13331, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54961/page/13331.

Labour Party

October 15 1964 – April 8 1997


Birmingham West

Member of Parliament for Birmingham West
Joseph Chamberlain

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

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Joseph Chamberlain,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-joseph-chamberlain/index.html.

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

December 18 1885 – July 2 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


Blaenau Gwent

Member of Parliament for Blaenau Gwent
Michael Mackintosh Foot

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1913; d. March 3 2010.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Michael Foot.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/831/career.

Labour Party

June 9 1983 – March 16 1992

Llewellyn Thomas “Lew” Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1944; d. May 26 2021.

Labour Party

1992 – 2005


Bletchingley

Member of Parliament for Bletchingley
Sir Philip Francis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1740; d. December 23 1818.

Whig Party

1790 – 1796

Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1779; d. May 3 1854.

Non-Partisan

1805 – 1806

Sir Charles Talbot, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1751; d. November 3 1812.

Tory Party

1812

Lord Francis Leveson-Gower

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1800; d. February 18 1857.

Tory Party

1822 – 1826

William Russell

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 9 1798; d. January 30 1850.

Whig Party

1826 – 1827

Charles Tennyson-d’Eyncourt

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1784; d. July 21 1861.

Whig Party

1826 – 1831

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

1827 – 1828

William Ewart

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1798; d. January 23 1869.

Whig Party

1828 – 1830

John George Brabazon Ponsonby

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1809; d. January 28 1880.

Whig Party

1831

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1784; d. October 18 1865.

Titles:

Succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Palmerston in the Peerage of the Ireland, April 17 1802. (citation needed)

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 12 1856.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Viscount Palmerston,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/viscount-palmerston/index.html.

[2] “No. 21901,” The London Gazette, July 15 1856, 2451, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21901/page/2451.

Whig Party

1831 – 1832

Thomas Hyde Villiers

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1801; d. December 3 1832.

Whig Party

1831 – 1832


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


Bow and Bromley

Member of Parliament for Bow and Bromley
George Lansbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1859; d. May 7 1940.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “George Lansbury,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-george-lansbury/index.html.

Labour Party

December 3 1910 – November 26 1912

George Lansbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1859; d. May 7 1940.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “George Lansbury,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-george-lansbury/index.html.

Labour Party

November 15 1922 – May 7 1940


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


Brigg and Goole

Member of Parliament for Brigg and Goole

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Andrew Theakstone Percy

Date of birth/date of death:

Born September 18 1977.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Andrew Percy.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3939/career.

Conservative Party

May 6 2010 – May 30 2024


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


Bromley

Member of Parliament for Bromley
Henry William Forster

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1866; d. January 15 1936.

Conservative Party

1918 – 1919

Maurice Harold Macmillan

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1894; d. December 29 1986

Titles of nobility: Earl of Stockton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986); Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986)

Conservative Party

1945 – 1964


Buckingham

Member of Parliament for Buckingham
Sir Richard Temple, 4th Baronet

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

Whig Party

1697 – 1702

Sir Richard Temple, 4th Baronet

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

Whig Party

1705

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Temple, 4th Baronet

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

Whig Party

1708 – 1713

Sir Richard Grenville

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1678; d. February 17 1727.

Non-Partisan

1722 – 1727

George Chamberlayne

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1703; d. May 14 1757.

Non-Partisan

1728 – 1747

Richard Grenville

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

Non-Partisan

1734 – 1741

George Grenville

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1712; d. November 13 1770.

Whig Party

1741 – 1770

Richard Grenville

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

Non-Partisan

1747 – 1752

Temple West

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1713; d. August 9 1757.

Non-Partisan

1753 – 1754

James Grenville

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

Non-Partisan

1754 – 1768

Henry Grenville

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1717; d. April 22 1784.

Non-Partisan

1768 – 1774

James Grenville

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

Non-Partisan

1770 – 1790

Richard Aldworth Griffin-Neville

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1750; d. February 28 1825.

Non-Partisan

1780 – 1782

William Wyndham Grenville

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

Titles:

Raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Grenville, of Wotton under Bernewood in the County of Buckingham, November 27 1790.1

References:

[1] “No. 13259,” The London Gazette, November 23 1790, 710, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13259/page/710.

Tory Party

1782 – 1784

Post-Captain Charles Edmund Nugent

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1759; d. January 7 1844.

Tory Party

1784 – 1790

Thomas Grenville

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

Whig Party

1796 – 1810

Hugh Percy, Earl Percy

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 20 1785; d. February 11 1847.

Tory Party

1806

Hugh Fortescue, Viscount Ebrington

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1783; d. September 14 1861.

Whig Party

1812 – 1817

Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Marquess of Chandos

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 10 1823; d. March 26 1889.

Conservative Party

1846 – 1857


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.

Titles:

Raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Grenville, of Wotton under Bernewood in the County of Buckingham, November 27 1790.1

References:

[1] “No. 13259,” The London Gazette, November 23 1790, 710, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13259/page/710.

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.

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1878. (citation needed) Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden, August 16 1876.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Benjamin Disraeli,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-benjamin-disraeli/index.html.

[2] “No. 24355,” The London Gazette, August 18 1876, 4594, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24355/page/4594.

Conservative Party

August 26 1847 – August 16 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