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Okehampton
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Okehampton
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
Robert Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1680; d. May 21 1727.
Non-Partisan
1722 – 1727
Thomas Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. July 17 1761.
Non-Partisan
1727 – 1754
Sir George Lyttelton, 5th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death:
Born January 17 1709. Died August 22 1773.
Whig Party
1735 – 1756
Robert Vyner
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1717; d. 1799.
Non-Partisan
1754 – 1761
William Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1708; d. May 11 1778.
Whig Party
1756 – 1757
Thomas Potter
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1718; d. 1759.
Non-Partisan
1757 – 1759
Thomas Pitt (the younger)
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1737; d. January 19 1793.
Non-Partisan
1768 – 1774
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Okehampton
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp
Date of birth/date of death:
Born May 30 1782. Died October 1 1845.
Titles:
Held the courtesy title Viscount Althorp, 1783 – 1834. Succeeded as the 3rd Earl Spencer and to the associated subsidiary titles (Viscount Spencer, Baron Spencer of Althorp) in the Peerage of Great Britain, November 10 1834.1
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Viscount Althorp,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 26 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/viscount-althorp-1/index.html.
Whig Party
April 27 1804 – November 1 1806
Joseph Foster Barham
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1759; d. September 28 1832.
Whig Party
1806 – 1807
Edward Adolphus St Maur, Lord Seymour
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1804; d. November 28 1885.
Whig Party
1830 – 1831
Old Sarum
Members of the Parliament of England for Old Sarum
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
Robert Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1680; d. May 21 1727.
Non-Partisan
1705 – 1707
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Old Sarum
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
Robert Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1680; d. May 21 1727.
Non-Partisan
1707 – 1710
Thomas Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1653; d. April 28 1726.
Non-Partisan
1710 – 1716
Robert Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1680; d. May 21 1727.
Non-Partisan
1713 – 1722
Thomas Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1653; d. April 28 1726.
Non-Partisan
1722 – 1726
John Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1698; d. 1754.
Non-Partisan
1724 – 1727
Thomas Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. July 17 1761.
Non-Partisan
1727 – 1728
Thomas Innes Pitt, 1st Earl of Londonderry
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1688; d. September 12 1729.
Non-Partisan
1727 – 1728
Robert Nedham
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1703; d. August 1762.
Non-Partisan
1734 – 1741
Thomas Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. July 17 1761.
Non-Partisan
1734 – 1735
William Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1708; d. May 11 1778.
Whig Party
1735 – 1747
James Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1715; d. September 14 1783.
Non-Partisan
1742 – 1747
Sir William Irby, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. March 6 1758.
Non-Partisan
1747
Thomas Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. July 17 1761.
Non-Partisan
1747
Edward Willes
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1723; d. January 14 1787.
Non-Partisan
1747
Thomas Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. July 17 1761.
Non-Partisan
1754 – 1755
Thomas Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. July 17 1761.
Non-Partisan
1761
Thomas Pitt (the younger)
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1737; d. January 19 1793.
Non-Partisan
1761 – 1768
Thomas Pitt (the younger)
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1737; d. January 19 1793.
Non-Partisan
1774 – 1784
Richard Colley Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1760; d. September 26 1842.
Tory Party
1796 – 1797
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1775; d. September 2 1850.
Tory Party
1797 – 1799
Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1731; d. September 25 1812.
Non-Partisan
1799 – 1800
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Old Sarum
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1731; d. September 25 1812.
Non-Partisan
1801
John Horne Tooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1736; d. March 18 1812.
Radicals
1801 – 1802
Nicholas Vansittart
Date of birth/date of death:
Born April 29 1766. Died February 8 1851.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Nicholas Vansittart,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed August 4 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-nicholas-vansittart/index.html.
Tory Party
July 12 1802 – November 24 1812
Stratford Canning
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1786; d. August 14 1880.
Tory Party
1828 – 1830
Oldham
Member of Parliament for Oldham
William Cobbett
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1763; d. June 18 1835.
Radicals
1832 – 1835
John Fielden
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1784; d. May 29 1849.
Radicals
1832 – 1847
John Tomlinson Hibbert
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1824; d. November 7 1908.
Liberal Party
1862 – 1874
John Tomlinson Hibbert
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1824; d. November 7 1908.
Liberal Party
1877 – 1886
Sir John Tomlinson Hibbert
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1824; d. November 7 1908.
Liberal Party
1892 – 1895
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death:
Born November 30 1874. Died 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/.
Conservative Party
Liberal Party
October 24 1900 – May 31 1904
May 31 1904 – January 12 1906
Alfred Duff Cooper
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1890; d. January 1 1954
Titles of nobility: Viscount Norwich in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1952 – 1954).
Conservative Party
1924 – 1929
Orford
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Orford
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
Henry Bilson-Legge
Date of birth/date of death:
Born May 29 1708. Died August 23 1764.
Whig Party
1741 – 1759
Charles FitzRoy
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1737; d. March 21 1797.
Whig Party
1759 – 1761
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1769; d. August 12 1822.
Tory Party
1796 – 1797
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Orford
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
Charles Arbuthnot
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1767; d. August 18 1850.
Tory Party
1812 – 1818
Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1769; d. August 12 1822.
Tory Party
1821 – 1822
Quintin Dick
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 7 1777; d. March 26 1858.
Tory Party
1826 – 1830
Ormskirk
Member of Parliament for Ormskirk
Sir Arthur Stanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1869; d. November 4 1947
Conservative Party
1898 – 1918
James Harold Wilson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1916; d. May 23 1995.
Honours:
Created Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 23 1976.2 Created Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, September 16 1983.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Harold Wilson.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1016/career.
[2] “No. 46885,” The London Gazette, April 27 1976, 6047, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46885/page/6047.
[3] “No. 49485,” The London Gazette, September 21 1983, 12361, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49485/page/12361.
Labour Party
July 5 1945 – February 23 1950
Oxford
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Oxford
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
William Harcourt
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1743; d. June 17 1830.
Non-Partisan
1768 – 1774
Lord Robert Spencer
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1747; d. June 23 1831.
Non-Partisan
1771 – 1790
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Oxford
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
Thomas Stonor
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1797; d. 1881.
Whig Party
1832 – 1833
Edward Cardwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1813; d. February 15 1886.
Peelite Conservative
1853 – 1857
Edward Cardwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1813; d. February 15 1886.
Peelite Conservative (1857 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1874)
1857 – 1874
Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt
Date of birth/date of death:
Born October 14 1827. Died 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
November 17 1868 – May 8 1880
Oxford University
Members of the Parliament of England for Oxford University
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
Heneage Finch
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1649; d. July 22 1719.
Tory Party
1679
Heneage Finch
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1649; d. July 22 1719.
Tory Party
1689 – 1698
Heneage Finch
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1649; d. July 22 1719.
Tory Party
1701 – 1703
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Oxford University
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
Charles Abbot
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1757; d. May 8 1829.
Tory Party
1802 – 1817
Robert Peel
Date of birth/date of death:
Born February 5 1788. Died July 2 1850.
Titles:
Succeeded to the Peel baronetcy of Drayton Manor and Bury, May 3 1830.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Robert Peel,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-robert-peel-1/index.html.
Tory Party
June 10 1817 – August 24 1829
Richard Heber
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1773; d. October 4 1833.
Tory Party
1821 – 1826
Thomas Grimston Estcourt
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1775; d. 1853.
Tory Party
1826 – 1847
Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1786; d. May 5 1855.
Tory Party (1829 – 1834); Conservative Party (1834 – 1854)
1829 – 1854
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death:
Born December 29 1809. Died May 19 1898.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “W.E. Gladstone,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-we-gladstone/index.html.
Peelite Conservative
Liberal Party
July 29 1847 – June 9 1859
June 9 1859 – July 7 1865
Sir William Heathcote, 5th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1801; d. August 17 1881.
Conservative Party
1854 – 1868
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1814; d. October 30 1906.
Conservative Party
1865 – 1878
Lord Hugh Richard Heathcote Gascoyne-Cecil
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1869; d. December 10 1956.
Conservative Party
1910 – 1937