Paisley | Peebles and Selkirk | Peebles and Southern Midlothian | Penrith and the Border | Penryn and Falmouth | Plymouth | Plymouth, Devonport | Pontefract | Portarlington | Portsmouth.
Paisley
Member of Parliament for Paisley
Herbert Henry Asquith
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1852; d. February 15 1928.
Honours:
Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Oxford and Asquith and Viscount Asquith, February 9 1925.2 Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, June 1 1925.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Herbert Asquith,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-herbert-asquith/index.html.
[2] “No. 33019,” The London Gazette, February 10 1925, 1004, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33019/page/1004.
[3] “No. 33055,” The London Gazette, June 9 1925, 3869, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33055/page/3869.
Liberal Party
February 12 1920 – October 9 1924
Peebles and Selkirk
Member of Parliament for Peebles and Selkirk
Sir Donald Maclean
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1864; d. June 15 1932.
Honours:
Created a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, June 4 1917.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Donald Maclean,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-donald-maclean-1/index.html.
[2] “No. 30250,” The London Gazette, Supplement, February 10 1925, 8795, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30250/supplement/8795.
Liberal Party
December 19 1910 – December 14 1918
Peebles and Southern Midlothian
Member of Parliament for Peebles and Southern Midlothian
Sir Donald Maclean
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1864; d. June 15 1932.
Honours:
Created a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, June 4 1917.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Donald Maclean,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-donald-maclean-1/index.html.
[2] “No. 30250,” The London Gazette, Supplement, February 10 1925, 8795, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30250/supplement/8795.
Liberal Party
December 14 1918 – October 26 1922
Penrith and the Border
Member of Parliament for Penrith and the Border
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
William Stephen Ian Whitelaw
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1918; d. July 1 1999.
Titles:
Raised to the peerage as Viscount Whitelaw, of Penrith in the County of Cumbria, June 16 1983.2
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, November 30 1990.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for The Viscount Whitelaw.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1722/career.
[2] “No. 49394,” The London Gazette, June 21 1983, 8199, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49394/page/8199.
[3] “No. 52351,” The London Gazette, November 30 1990, 18550, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52351/page/18550.
Conservative Party
May 26 1955 – June 11 1983
David John Maclean
Date of birth/date of death:
Born May 16 1953.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Blencathra, of Penrith in the County of Cumbria, February 28 2011.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Blencathra.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/497/career.
[2] “No. 59717,” The London Gazette, March 3 2011, 3923, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59717/page/3923.
Conservative Party
July 29 1983 – April 12 2010
Roderick James Nugent “Rory” Stewart
Date of birth/date of death:
Born January 3 1973.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Rory Stewart.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4137/career.
Conservative Party (2010 – 2019); Independent (2019)
May 6 2010 – November 6 2019
Penryn and Falmouth
Member of Parliament for Penryn and Falmouth
Robert Monsey Rolfe
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1790; d. July 26 1868.
Whig Party
1832 – 1840
John Cranch Walker Vivian
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1818; d. January 22 1879.
Whig Party
1841 – 1847
Thomas George Baring
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1826; d. November 15 1904.
Whig Party (1857 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1865)
1857 – 1866
Plymouth
Member of Parliament for Plymouth
William Wildman Shute Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1717; d. February 1 1793.
Whig Party
1754 – 1778
George Legge, Viscount Lewisham
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1717; d. October 15 1770.
Tory Party
1778 – 1780
Sir Edward George Clarke
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1841; d. April 26 1931.
Conservative Party
1880 – 1900
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)
Conservative Party (1900 – 1904); Liberal Party (1904 – 1906)
1900 – 1906
Waldorf Astor
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1879; d. September 30 1952
Titles of nobility: Viscount Astor in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1919 – 1952).
Conservative Party
1910 – 1918
Plymouth, Devonport
Member of Parliament for Plymouth, Devonport
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1799; d. September 9 1882.
Whig Party
1832 – 1847
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
July 5 1945 – May 6 1955
David Anthony Llewellyn Owen
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1938.
Labour Party (1974 – 1981); Social Democratic Party (1981 – 1988); “Continuing” Social Democratic Party (1988 – 1990); Independent (1990 – 1992)
1974 – 1992
Pontefract
Member of Parliament for Pontefract
Sir Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1593; d. May 12 1641.
Non-Partisan
1624
John Smyth
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1748; d. February 12 1811.
Whig Party
1783 – 1807
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1827; d. January 29 1896.
Liberal Party
1860 – 1885
Portarlington
Member of Parliament for Portarlington
William Elliot
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1766; d. October 26 1818.
Non-Partisan
1801 – 1802
Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 27 1785; d. May 24 1871.
Non-Partisan
1806 – 1807
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
1807 – 1812
Portsmouth
Member of Parliament for Portsmouth
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Edward Vernon
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 12 1684; d. October 30 1757.
Tory Party
1741
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Hawke
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1705; d. October 17 1781.
Non-Partisan
1747 – 1776
Thomas Erskine
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10 1750; d. November 17 1823.
Whig Party
1790 – 1806
Vice-Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1759; d. September 11 1801.
Non-Partisan
1796 – 1801
David Montagu Erskine
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1776; d. March 19 1855.
Non-Partisan
1806
Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1781; d. August 10 1859.
Whig Party
1838 – 1852
Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 10 1819; d. November 29 1894
Other offices held: Governor General of the Province of Canada (1861 – 1867); Governor General of Canada (1867 – 1868)
Note: As a member of the Irish peerage, Viscount Monck was eligible to sit in the House of Commons.
Whig Party
1852 – 1857
Sir Henry Drummond Charles Wolff
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1830; d. October 11 1908.
Conservative Party
1880 – 1885