Global political history

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

Past Constituencies (C)

Calne | Cambridge University | Cambridgeshire | Cardiff | Cashel | Chatham | Chelsea | City of Chester | City of London | Cleveland and Whitby | Clitheroe | Cork City | County Louth | Coventry | Croydon.


Calne

Member of Parliament for Calne
Thomas Fitzmaurice

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1742; d. October 28 1793.

Non-Partisan

1762 – 1774

John Dunning

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 18 1731; d. August 18 1783.

Whig Party

1768 – 1782

Isaac Barré

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 15 1726; d. July 20 1802.

Whig Party

1774 – 1790

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Lord Henry Petty

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1780; d. January 31 1863.

Whig Party

1802 – 1806

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1800; d. December 28 1859.

Whig Party

1830 – 1832

Charles Richard Fox

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1796; d. April 13 1873.

Whig Party

1831 – 1832

Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Shelburne

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1816; d. July 5 1866

Noble titles: Earl of Shelburne in the Peerage of Ireland (1836 – 1866); Baron Wycombe in the Peerage of Great Britain (1856 – 1866); Marquess of Lansdowne in the Peerage of Great Britain (1863 – 1866)

Whig Party

1837 – 1856

Robert Lowe

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1811; d. July 27 1892.

Liberal Party

1859 – 1868


Cambridge University

Member of Parliament for Cambridge University
Isaac Newton

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1643; d. March 31 1727.

Non-Partisan

1689 – 1690

Isaac Newton

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1643; d. March 31 1727.

Non-Partisan

1701 – 1702

Edward Finch-Hatton

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1697; d. May 16 1771.

Whig Party

1727 – 1768

Charles Yorke

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1722; d. January 20 1770.

Non-Partisan

1768 – 1770

Charles Manners, Marquess of Granby

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1754; d. October 24 1787.

Non-Partisan

1774 – 1779

James Mansfield

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1734; d. November 23 1821.

Non-Partisan

1779 – 1784

Lord John Townshend

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 19 1757; d. February 23 1833.

Whig Party

1780 – 1784

George Henry FitzRoy, Earl of Euston

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1760; d. September 28 1844.

Whig Party

1784 – 1811

William Pitt the Younger

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1759; d. January 23 1806.

Titles of nobility: Earl Grey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1807 – 1845)

Tory Party

1784 – 1806

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Lord Henry Petty

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1780; d. January 31 1863.

Whig Party

1806 – 1807

Sir Vicary Gibbs

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1751; d. February 8 1820.

Tory Party

1807 – 1812

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

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

Note: Lord Palmerston was a member of the Irish peerage, and therefore was eligible to sit in the House of Commons.

Whig Party

1811 – 1831

John Henry Smyth

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1780; d. October 20 1822.

Whig Party

1812 – 1822

William John Bankes

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1786; d. April 15 1855.

Tory Party

1822 – 1826

William Yates Peel

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1789; d. June 1 1858.

Tory Party

1831 – 1832

Sir John Copley

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1772; d. October 12 1863.

Tory Party

1826 – 1827

Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal

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

Tory Party

1827 – 1829

William Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 27 1808; d. December 21 1891

Titles of nobility: Earl of Burlington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1834 – 1891); Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England (1858 – 1891)

Whig Party

1829 – 1831

Henry Goulburn

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1784; d. January 12 1856.

Tory Party (1831 – 1834); Conservative Party (1834 – 1846); Peelite Conservative (1846 – 1856)

1831 – 1856

Spencer Horatio Walpole

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1806; d. May 22 1898.

Conservative Party

1856 – 1882

Sir Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 25 1820; d. October 20 1887.

Conservative Party

1868 – 1887

Sir John Eldon Gorst

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1835; d. April 4 1916.

Conservative Party

1892 – 1906


Cambridgeshire

Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire
Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1720; d. May 16 1790.

Whig Party

1747 – 1764

Lieutenant-General John Manners, Marquess of Granby

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1721; d. October 18 1770.

Non-Partisan

1754 – 1770

Sir Sampson Gideon, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 10 1744; d. December 25 1824.

Tory Party

1770 – 1780

Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 31 1757; d. November 18 1834.

Tory Party

1780 – 1790

Charles Philip Yorke

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1764; d. March 13 1834.

Tory Party

1790 – 1810

Sir Henry Bouverie William Brand

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1814; d. March 14 1892

Noble titles: Viscount Hampden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1884 – 1892); Baron Dacre in the Peerage of England (1890 – 1892).

Liberal Party

1868 – 1884


Cardiff

Member of Parliament for Cardiff
Wyndham Lewis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1780; d. March 14 1838.

Tory Party

1820 – 1826

Ivor Churchill Guest

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1873; d. June 14 1939

Noble titles: Baron Ashby St Ledgers (1910 – 1939); Baron Wimborne (1914 – 1939); Viscount Wimborne (1918 – 1939)

Liberal Party

1906 – 1910


Cashel

Member of Parliament for Cashel
William Wickham

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1761; d. October 22 1840.

Whig Party

1802 – 1806

Archibald John Primrose, Viscount Primrose

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

Whig Party

1806 – 1807

Quintin Dick

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 7 1777; d. March 26 1858.

Tory Party

1807 – 1809

Robert Peel

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1788; d. July 2 1850

Also known as: Sir Robert Peel (1815 – 1830); Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (1830 – 1850)

Tory Party

1809 – 1812


Chatham

Member of Parliament for Chatham
George Stevens Byng

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1806; d. October 29 1886

Titles of nobility: Baron Strafford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1853 – 1874); Earl of Strafford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1860 – 1886).

Whig Party

1834 – 1835

George Stevens Byng, Viscount Enfield

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1806; d. October 29 1886

Titles of nobility: Baron Strafford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1853 – 1874); Earl of Strafford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1860 – 1886).

Whig Party

1837 – 1852

Sir John Eldon Gorst

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1835; d. April 4 1916.

Conservative Party

1875 – 1892


Chelsea

Member of Parliament for Chelsea
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1843; d. January 26 1911.

Liberal Party

1868 – 1886


City of Chester

Member of Parliament for City of Chester
General Thomas Grosvenor

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1764; d. January 20 1851.

Whig Party

1795 – 1826

Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1825; d. December 22 1899

Titles of nobility: Marquess of Westminster in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1869 – 1899); Duke of Westminster (1874 – 1899)

Whig Party (1847 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1869)

1847 – 1869

William Henry Gladstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1840; d. July 4 1891.

Liberal Party

1865 – 1868

Norman de l’Aigle Grosvenor

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1845; d. November 21 1898

Liberal Party

1869 – 1874


City of London

Member of Parliament for City of London
Sir William Beckford

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1709; d. June 21 1770.

Whig Party

1754 – 1770

Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 2 1768; d. September 25 1843.

Whig Party

1817 – 1843

George Grote

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 17 1794; d. June 18 1871.

Radicals

1832 – 1841

George Lyall

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1779; d. September 1 1853.

Tory Party (1833 – 1834); Conservative Party (1834 – 1835)

1833 – 1835

James Pattison

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1786; d. July 14 1849.

Whig Party

1835 – 1841

George Lyall

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1779; d. September 1 1853.

Conservative Party

1841 – 1847

John Masterman

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1781; d. January 23 1862.

Conservative Party

1841 – 1857

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 (1841 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1861)

1841 – 1861

James Pattison

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1786; d. July 14 1849.

Whig Party

1843 – 1849

Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1808; d. June 3 1879

Note: The title of baron was a noble title from the Austrian Empire (Freiherr) that he was permitted to use by Queen Victoria. Source: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/19628/page/1413.

Whig Party (1847 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1868)

1847 – 1868

Sir James Duke, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1792; d. May 28 1873.

Whig Party (1849 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1865)

1849 – 1865

Robert Wigram Crawford

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

Whig Party (1857 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1874)

1857 – 1874

Western Wood

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1804; d. May 17 1863.

Liberal Party

1861 – 1863

George Joachim Goschen

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1831; d. February 7 1907.

Liberal Party

1863 – 1880

Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1808; d. June 3 1879

Note: The title of baron was a noble title from the Austrian Empire (Freiherr) that he was permitted to use by Queen Victoria. Source: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/19628/page/1413.

Liberal Party

1869 – 1874

Alban George Henry Gibbs

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1846; d. May 9 1936.

Conservative Party

1892 – 1906

Sir Edward George Clarke

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1841; d. April 26 1931.

Conservative Party

1906

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

1906 – 1922

Sir Frederick George Banbury, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1850; d. August 13 1936.

Conservative Party

1906 – 1924

Edward Charles Grenfell

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1870; d. November 26 1941.

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

Conservative Party

1922 – 1935


Cleveland and Whitby

Member of Parliament for Cleveland and Whitby
Leon Brittan

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1939; d. January 21 2015.

Conservative Party

1974 – 1983


Clitheroe

Member of Parliament for Clitheroe
Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet

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

Tory Party

1790 – 1796

Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1769; d. August 12 1822.

Tory Party

1812

Edward Bootle-Wilbraham

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1771; d. April 3 1853

Titles of nobility: Baron Skelmersdale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1828 – 1853)

Note: He changed his last name from Wilbraham-Bootle to Bootle-Wilbraham in 1814.

Tory Party

1812 – 1818

Edward Cardwell

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1813; d. February 15 1886.

Conservative Party

1842 – 1847


Cork City

Member of Parliament for Cork City
General James Charles Chatterton

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 10 1794; d. January 5 1874.

Conservative Party

1835

General James Charles Chatterton

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 10 1794; d. January 5 1874.

Conservative Party

1849 – 1852

Charles Stewart Parnell

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 27 1846; d. October 6 1891.

Home Rule League (1880 – 1882); Irish Parliamentary Party (1882 – 1891)

1880 – 1891

William O’Brien

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1852; d. February 25 1928.

Irish National Federation

1892 – 1895

William O’Brien

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1852; d. February 25 1928.

Irish Parliamentary Party

1900 – 1904

William O’Brien

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1852; d. February 25 1928.

Irish Parliamentary Party

1904 – 1909

William O’Brien

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1852; d. February 25 1928.

All-for-Ireland League

1910 – 1918


County Louth

Member of Parliament for County Louth
Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1788; d. March 20 1870.

Tory Party

1806 – 1807

Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1788; d. March 20 1870.

Tory Party

1810 – 1820

Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1823; d. January 30 1898.

Whig Party (1847 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1874)

1847 – 1874


Coventry

Member of Parliament for Coventry
George FitzRoy, Earl of Euston

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1715; d. 1747.

Non-Partisan

1737 – 1747

John Baker Holroyd

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1735; d. May 30 1821.

Tory Party

1780

John Baker Holroyd, 1st Baron Sheffield

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1735; d. May 30 1821.

Tory Party

1781 – 1784

Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 10 1744; d. December 25 1824.

Tory Party

1784 – 1796

William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1801; d. May 23 1872.

Whig Party

1831 – 1835


Croydon

Member of Parliament for Croydon
Charles Thomson Ritchie

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1838; d. January 9 1906.

Conservative Party

1895 – 1905

Ian Zachary Malcolm

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1868; d. December 28 1944.

Conservative Party

1910 – 1918