Global political history

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

Past Constituencies (D)

Darwen | Denton and Reddish | Derby | Devizes | Devon | Downpatrick | Dublin University | Dulwich | Dunbartonshire | Dundee.


Darwen

Member of Parliament for Darwen
James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1861; d. April 4 1947.

Conservative Party

1885 – 1892


Denton and Reddish

Member of Parliament for Denton and Reddish
Andrew John Gwynne

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1974.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Andrew Gwynne.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1506/career.

Labour Party

May 5 2005 – July 4 2024


Derby

Member of Parliament for Derby
William Stanhope

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1683; d. December 8 1756.

Whig Party

1715 – 1722

William Stanhope

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1683; d. December 8 1756.

Whig Party

1727 – 1730

Lord George Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 31 1754; d. May 9 1834.

Whig Party

1780 – 1797

John George Brabazon Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon

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

Whig Party

1835 – 1847

Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1827; d. October 1 1904.

Honours:

Created a Knight Bachelor, June 29 1873.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “William Vernon-Harcourt,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-william-vernon-harcourt/index.html.

[2] Britannica Editors. “Sir William Harcourt.” Encyclopedia Britannica, October 10, 2025. https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Harcourt.

Liberal Party

May 26 1880 – July 13 1895


Devizes

Member of Parliament for Devizes
Henry Jones

Date of birth/date of death: b. ??, d. 1792.

Non-Partisan

1780 – 1784

Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1736; d. November 28 1794.

Tory Party

1780 – 1788

Henry Addington

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1757; d. February 15 1844.

Tory Party

1784 – 1805

Joshua Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1732; d. March 20 1819.

Tory Party

1788 – 1818

Thomas Grimston Estcourt

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1775; d. 1853.

Tory Party

1805 – 1826

Captain John Neilson Gladstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1807; d. February 7 1863.

Conservative Party

1852 – 1857

Captain John Neilson Gladstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1807; d. February 7 1863.

Conservative Party

1859 – 1863

Sir Percy Angier Hurd

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 18 1864; d. June 5 1950.

Conservative Party

1924 – 1945

Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian

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

April 9 1992 – April 12 2010


Devon

Member of Parliament for Devon
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1787; d. July 22 1871.

Tory Party

1812 – 1818

Hugh Fortescue, Viscount Ebrington

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

Whig Party

1818 – 1820

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1787; d. July 22 1871.

Tory Party

1820 – 1831

Hugh Fortescue, Viscount Ebrington

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

Whig Party

1830 – 1832

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

June 1 1831 – December 8 1832


Downpatrick

Member of Parliament for Downpatrick
John Wilson Croker

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

Tory Party

1807 – 1812


Dublin University

Member of Parliament for Dublin University
John Wilson Croker

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

Tory Party

1827 – 1830

David Robert Plunket

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 3 1838; d. August 22 1919.

Conservative Party

1870 – 1895

Edward Gibson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1837; d. May 22 1913.

Conservative Party

1875 – 1885

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

July 4 1892 – December 14 1918


Dulwich

Member of Parliament for Dulwich
Andrew Bonar Law

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1858; d. October 30 1923.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Bonar Law,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-bonar-law/index.html.

Conservative Party

May 16 1906 – December 20 1910


Dunbartonshire

List of Members of Parliament for Dunbartonshire

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

George Keith Elphinstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1746; d. March 10 1823

Noble titles: Baron Keith in the Peerage of Ireland (1797 – 1823); Baron Keith in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1801 – 1823); Viscount Keith in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1814 – 1823)

Unaligned

1781 – 1790

John Sinclair

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1860; d. January 11 1925.

Liberal Party

1892 – 1895


Dundee

Member of Parliament for Dundee
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965.

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 24 1953.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Winston Churchill,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-winston-churchill/index.html.

[2] “No. 39838,” The London Gazette, April 28 1953, 2357, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39838/page/2357/.

Liberal Party

May 9 1908 – October 26 1922