THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH "H"
Last updated 11/06/2018 (25 Feb 2024)
Date Name Born Died Age
Dates in italics in the first column denote that the election held on that date was a by-election or, in some instances, the date of a successful petition against a previous election result. Dates shown in normal type were general elections.
Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the MP was baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate that the MP was buried on that date.
HACKNEY
18 Nov 1868 Charles Reed [kt 1874] 19 Jun 1819 25 Mar 1881 61
John Holms 1830 31 Mar 1891 60
[Following the general election in Feb 1874, this election was declared void 16 Apr 1874]
25 Apr 1874 John Holms (to 1885) 1830 31 Mar 1891 60
Henry Fawcett
For further information on this MP, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of the constituency of Brighton
26 Aug 1833 6 Nov 1884 51
19 Nov 1884 James Stuart Jan 1843 12 Oct 1913 70
SPLIT INTO 3 DIVISIONS 1885, SEE "HACKNEY CENTRAL", "HACKNEY NORTH" AND "HACKNEY SOUTH"
HACKNEY CENTRAL
25 Nov 1885 Sir William Guyer Hunter 29 Dec 1827 14 Mar 1902 74
Jul 1892 Sir Andrew Richard Scoble 25 Sep 1831 17 Jan 1916 84
4 Oct 1900 Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen 1867 2 May 1925 57
17 Jan 1906 Sir Albert Spicer, 1st baronet 16 Mar 1847 20 Dec 1934 87
14 Dec 1918 William James Uglow Woolcock 1878 13 Nov 1947 69
15 Nov 1922 Sir Arthur Levy Lever, 1st baronet 17 Nov 1860 23 Aug 1924 63
6 Dec 1923 Leonard Benjamin Franklin 15 Nov 1862 11 Dec 1944 82
29 Oct 1924 Robert Vaughan Gower [kt 1935] 10 Nov 1880 6 Mar 1953 72
30 May 1929 Frederick Charles Watkins 24 Feb 1883 31 Jan 1954 70
27 Oct 1931 John Cutts Lockwood Dec 1890 18 Jan 1983 92
14 Nov 1935 Frederick Charles Watkins 24 Feb 1883 31 Jan 1954 70
26 Jul 1945 Henry Hynd 4 Jul 1900 1 Feb 1985 84
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950, BUT REVIVED 1955
26 May 1955 Herbert William Butler 30 Jan 1897 16 Nov 1971 74
18 Jun 1970 Stanley Clinton Davis, later [1990] Baron Clinton-Davis [L] 6 Dec 1928 11 Jun 2023 94
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
HACKNEY NORTH
25 Nov 1885 Sir Lewis Pelly 14 Nov 1825 22 Apr 1892 66
11 May 1892 William Robert Bousfield 12 Jan 1854 16 Jul 1943 89
17 Jan 1906 Thomas Hart-Davies 1849 3 Jan 1920 70
19 Jan 1910 Walter Raymond Greene, later [1920] 2nd baronet 4 Aug 1869 24 Aug 1947 78
6 Dec 1923 John Hobbis Harris [kt 1933] 29 Jul 1874 30 Apr 1940 65
29 Oct 1924 Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, later [1942] 1st baronet 6 Feb 1897 29 Nov 1956 59
26 Jul 1945 Henry Edwin Goodrich 6 Apr 1887 13 Apr 1961 74
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950
HACKNEY NORTH AND STOKE NEWINGTON
23 Feb 1950 David Weitzman
For further information on this MP, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of the constituency of Stoke Newington
18 Jun 1898 6 May 1987 88
3 May 1979 Ernest Alfred Cecil Roberts 20 Apr 1912 28 Aug 1994 82
11 Jun 1987 Diane Julie Abbott 27 Sep 1953
HACKNEY SOUTH
25 Nov 1885 Sir Charles Russell, later [1894] Baron Russell of Killowen [L] 10 Nov 1832 10 Aug 1900 67
7 May 1894 John Fletcher Moulton [kt 1906], later [1912] Baron Moulton [L] 18 Nov 1844 9 Mar 1921 76
16 Jul 1895 Thomas Herbert Robertson 26 Apr 1849 11 Jul 1916 67
17 Jan 1906 Horatio William Bottomley
For further information on this MP, see the note at the foot of this page
23 Mar 1860 26 May 1933 73
24 May 1912 Hector Morison 1850 4 Jun 1939 88
14 Dec 1918 Horatio William Bottomley [expelled 1 Aug 1922] 23 Mar 1860 26 May 1933 73
18 Aug 1922 Clifford Charles Alan Lawrence Erskine‑Bolst 1878 11 Jan 1946 67
6 Dec 1923 Herbert Stanley Morrison, later [1959] Baron Morrison of Lambeth [L] 3 Jan 1888 6 Mar 1965 77
29 Oct 1924 George Morgan Garro‑Jones, later [1947] 1st Baron Trefgarne 14 Sep 1894 27 Sep 1960 66
30 May 1929 Herbert Stanley Morrison, later [1959] Baron Morrison of Lambeth [L] 3 Jan 1888 6 Mar 1965 77
27 Oct 1931 Frances Marjorie Graves 17 Sep 1884 17 Nov 1961 77
14 Nov 1935 Herbert Stanley Morrison, later [1959] Baron Morrison of Lambeth [L] 3 Jan 1888 6 Mar 1965 77
26 Jul 1945 Herbert William Butler 30 Jan 1897 16 Nov 1971 74
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1955
HACKNEY SOUTH AND SHOREDITCH
28 Feb 1974 Ronald William Brown 7 Sep 1921 27 Jul 2002 80
9 Jun 1983 Brian Charles John Sedgemore 17 Mar 1937 29 Apr 2015 78
5 May 2005 Margaret Olivia ("Meg") Hillier [Dame 2021] 14 Feb 1969
HADDINGTON BURGHS (HADDINGTONSHIRE)
Haddington Burghs (also called Haddington District of Burghs) comprised Haddington, Dunbar (Haddingtonshire), Jedburgh (Roxburghshire), Lauder (Berwickshire) and North Berwick (Haddingtonshire)
26 May 1708 Sir David Dalrymple, 1st baronet c 1665 3 Dec 1721
5 Jan 1722 Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd baronet 24 Jul 1692 24 Feb 1751 58
18 May 1734 James Fall 25 Dec 1743
28 May 1741 James Fall 25 Dec 1743
Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd baronet 12 Mar 1712 24 Nov 1790 78
Double return. Dalrymple declared elected 27 Jan 1742
22 Jul 1747 Andrew Fletcher 1722 24 May 1779 56
20 Apr 1761 Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd baronet 12 Mar 1712 24 Nov 1790 78
11 Apr 1768 Patrick Warrender, later [1772] 3rd baronet 7 Mar 1731 14 Jun 1799 68
John Maitland 1732 22 Oct 1779 47
Double return. Warrender declared elected 14 Nov 1768
31 Oct 1774 John Maitland 1732 22 Oct 1779 47
23 Feb 1780 Francis Charteris 31 Jan 1749 20 Jan 1808 58
22 Jun 1787 William Fullarton 12 Jan 1754 13 Feb 1808 54
12 Jul 1790 Thomas Maitland 10 Mar 1760 17 Jan 1824 63
20 Jun 1796 Robert Baird c 1745 10 Jun 1828
10 Mar 1802 Thomas Maitland 10 Mar 1760 17 Jan 1824 63
14 Feb 1805 John Dalrymple, later [1834] 5th baronet 2 Dec 1780 26 May 1835 54
17 Apr 1806 Henry Erskine 1 Nov 1746 8 Oct 1817 70
24 Nov 1806 William Lamb, later [1828] 2nd Viscount Melbourne 15 Mar 1779 24 Nov 1848 69
30 May 1807 Sir George Warrender, 4th baronet 5 Dec 1782 21 Feb 1849 66
30 Oct 1812 Thomas Maitland 10 Mar 1760 17 Jan 1824 63
16 Jul 1813 Anthony Maitland, later [1860] 10th Earl of Lauderdale [S] 10 Jun 1785 22 Mar 1863 77
11 Jul 1818 Dudley Long-North 14 Mar 1748 21 Feb 1829 80
1 Apr 1820 Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, 4th baronet 3 Jan 1774 23 Feb 1834 60
3 Jul 1826 Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, 2nd baronet 3 Feb 1784 3 Mar 1866 82
23 May 1831 Robert Steuart [his name was erased from the return and that of Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple substituted 10 Aug 1831] 9 Jul 1806 15 Jul 1843 37
10 Aug 1831 Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, 2nd baronet 3 Feb 1784 3 Mar 1866 82
18 Dec 1832 Robert Steuart 9 Jul 1806 15 Jul 1843 37
3 Jul 1841 James Maitland Balfour 5 Jan 1820 23 Feb 1856 36
29 Jul 1847 Sir Henry Robert Ferguson Davie, 1st baronet 1797 30 Nov 1885 88
3 Aug 1878 Lord William Montagu Hay, later [1878] 10th Marquess of Tweeddale 27 Jan 1826 25 Nov 1911 85
26 Feb 1879 Sir David Wedderburn, 3rd baronet 20 Dec 1835 18 Sep 1882 46
22 Aug 1882 Alexander Craig Sellar 1835 16 Jan 1890 54
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1885
HADDINGTONSHIRE
24 May 1708 John Cockburn c 1679 13 Nov 1758
26 May 1741 Lord Charles Hay c 1700 1 May 1760
11 Jul 1747 Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd baronet 12 Mar 1712 24 Nov 1790 78
16 Apr 1761 Andrew Fletcher 1722 24 May 1779 56
31 Mar 1768 Sir George Suttie, 3rd baronet 12 Oct 1715 25 Nov 1783 68
29 May 1777 William Nisbet 1747 17 Jul 1822 75
28 Sep 1780 Hew Dalrymple (Hamilton-Dalrymple from 1796), later [1790] 3rd baronet 26 Oct 1746 13 Feb 1800 53
24 Jul 1786 John Hamilton 22 Dec 1751 25 Dec 1804 53
26 Nov 1795 Hew Dalrymple (Hamilton‑Dalrymple from 1796 and Dalrymple‑Hamilton from 1800), later [1800] 4th baronet 3 Jan 1774 23 Feb 1834 60
12 May 1800 Charles Hope 16 Oct 1768 1 Jul 1828 59
21 Mar 1816 Sir James Suttie (Grant-Suttie from 1818), 4th baronet 10 May 1759 20 May 1836 77
20 Jun 1826 Lord John Hay 1 Apr 1793 26 Aug 1851 58
9 May 1831 James Balfour c 1775 19 Apr 1845
20 Jan 1835 Robert Ferguson Aug 1769 3 Dec 1840 71
1 Aug 1837 James Andrew Ramsay, styled Lord Ramsay, later [1838] 10th Earl of Dalhousie and [1849] 1st Marquess of Dalhousie 22 Apr 1812 19 Dec 1860 48
14 Apr 1838 Sir Thomas Buchan-Hepburn, 3rd baronet 30 Sep 1804 17 Dec 1893 89
7 Aug 1847 Francis Wemyss Charteris Douglas, styled Lord Elcho, later [1883] 10th Earl of Wemyss [S] and 6th Earl of March [S] 4 Aug 1818 30 Jun 1914 95
5 Feb 1883 Hugo Richard Douglas, styled Lord Elcho, later [1914] 11th Earl of Wemyss [S] and 7th Earl of March [S] 25 Aug 1857 12 Jul 1937 79
1 Dec 1885 Richard Burdon Haldane, later [1911] 1st Viscount Haldane 30 Jul 1856 19 Aug 1928 72
19 Apr 1911 John Deans Hope 8 May 1860 13 Dec 1949 89
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918
HAGGERSTON
25 Nov 1885 William Randal Cremer [kt 1907] 18 Mar 1838 22 Jul 1908 70
16 Jul 1895 John Lowles 1850 c Nov 1903 53
4 Oct 1900 William Randal Cremer [kt 1907] 18 Mar 1838 22 Jul 1908 70
31 Jul 1908 Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, styled Viscount Elveden, later [1927] 2nd Earl of Iveagh 29 Mar 1874 14 Sep 1967 93
17 Jan 1910 Henry George Chancellor 3 Jun 1863 14 Mar 1945 81
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918
HALESOWEN AND ROWLEY REGIS
1 May 1997 Sylvia Lloyd Heal 20 Jul 1942
6 May 2010 James George Morris 4 Feb 1967
HALESOWEN AND STOURBRIDGE
28 Feb 1974 John Heydon Romaine Stokes [kt 1988] 23 Jul 1917 27 Jun 2003 85
9 Apr 1992 Philip Warren Hawksley 10 Mar 1943 9 Mar 2018 74
NAME ALTERED TO "HALESOWEN AND ROWLEY REGIS" 1997
HALIFAX (YORKSHIRE)
14 Dec 1832 Rawdon Briggs 15 Apr 1835
Charles Wood [kt 1856], later [1866] 1st Viscount Halifax (to 1865) 20 Dec 1800 8 Aug 1885 84
8 Jan 1835 James Archibald Stuart‑Wortley 3 Jul 1805 22 Aug 1881 76
27 Jul 1837 Edward Protheroe (Davis Protheroe from 1845) c 1798 18 Aug 1852
30 Jul 1847 Henry Edwards, later [1866] 1st baronet 20 Jul 1812 23 Apr 1886 73
8 Jul 1852 Francis Crossley, later [1863] 1st baronet 26 Oct 1817 5 Jan 1872 54
29 Apr 1859 James Stansfeld [kt 1895] (to 1895) 5 Oct 1820 17 Feb 1898 77
11 Jul 1865 Edward Akroyd 1810 19 Nov 1887 77
3 Feb 1874 John Crossley 16 May 1812 16 Apr 1879 66
21 Feb 1877 John Dyson Hutchinson 1822 25 Aug 1882 60
19 Aug 1882 Thomas Shaw 1823 15 Jan 1893 69
9 Feb 1893 William Rawson Shaw (to 1897) 1 May 1860 14 Apr 1932 71
15 Jul 1895 Alfred Arnold [kt 1903] (to 1900) 18 Nov 1835 31 Oct 1908 72
3 Mar 1897 Alfred Billson
For information on the death of this MP, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of members for the constituency of Staffordshire North West
18 Apr 1839 9 Jul 1907 68
4 Oct 1900 Sir Savile Brinton Crossley, 2nd baronet, later [1916] 1st Baron Somerleyton 14 Jun 1857 25 Feb 1935 77
John Henry Whitley (to 1928) 8 Feb 1866 3 Feb 1935 68
13 Jan 1906 James Parker 1863 11 Feb 1948 84
REPRESENTATION REDUCED TO ONE MEMBER 1918
13 Jul 1928 Arthur William Longbottom 25 May 1883 12 Sep 1943 60
27 Oct 1931 Gilbert Gledhill 22 May 1889 2 Sep 1946 57
26 Jul 1945 Dryden Brook [kt 1965] 25 Aug 1884 30 Jan 1971 86
26 May 1955 Maurice Victor Macmillan, later [from 1984] styled Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden 27 Jan 1921 10 Mar 1984 63
15 Oct 1964 Shirley Catherine Wynne Summerskill 9 Sep 1931
9 Jun 1983 Roy Galley 8 Dec 1947
11 Jun 1987 Alice Mahon 28 Sep 1937 25 Dec 2022 85
5 May 2005 Linda Riordan 31 May 1953
7 May 2015 Holly Jamie Lynch 8 Oct 1986
HALLAM (SHEFFIELD)
25 Nov 1885 Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley, later [1917] 1st Baron Stuart of Wortley 15 Sep 1851 24 Apr 1926 74
23 Dec 1916 Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher 21 Mar 1865 18 Apr 1940 75
14 Dec 1918 Douglas Vickers 1861 23 Nov 1937 76
15 Nov 1922 Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes 23 Jul 1877 30 Sep 1954 77
16 Jul 1928 Louis William Smith [kt 1938] 21 Mar 1879 15 Mar 1939 59
10 May 1939 Roland Jennings [kt 1954]
For further information on this MP, see the note at the foot of this page
1894 5 Dec 1968 74
8 Oct 1959 John Holbrook Osborn [kt 1983] 14 Dec 1922 2 Dec 2015 92
11 Jun 1987 (Cyril) Irvine Patnick [kt 1994] 29 Oct 1929 30 Dec 2012 83
1 May 1997 Richard Beecroft Allan, later [2010] Baron Allan of Hallam [L] 11 Feb 1966
5 May 2005 Nicholas William Peter Clegg [kt 2018] 7 Jan 1967
8 Jun 2017 Jared Cain O'Mara 15 Nov 1981
12 Dec 2019 Olivia Frances Blake 10 Mar 1990
HALLAMSHIRE (YORKSHIRE)
2 Dec 1885 Frederick Thorpe Mappin, later [1886] 1st baronet 16 May 1821 19 Mar 1910 88
24 Jan 1906 John Wadsworth 4 Feb 1850 10 Jul 1921 71
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918
HALL GREEN (BIRMINGHAM)
23 Feb 1950 Aubrey Jones 20 Nov 1911 10 Apr 2003 91
6 May 1965 Reginald Edwin Eyre [kt 1984] 28 May 1924 27 Jan 2019 94
11 Jun 1987 Andrew Raikes Hargreaves 15 May 1955
1 May 1997 Stephen James McCabe 4 Aug 1955
6 May 2010 Roger Duncan Godsiff 28 Jun 1946
12 Dec 2019 Tahir Ali 15 Oct 1971
HALTEMPRICE (YORKSHIRE)
23 Feb 1950 Richard Kidston Law, later [1954] 1st Baron Coleraine 27 Feb 1901 15 Nov 1980 79
11 Feb 1954 Patrick Henry Bligh Wall [kt 1981] 19 Oct 1915 15 May 1998 82
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
HALTEMPRICE AND HOWDEN
1 May 1997 David Michael Davis [He resigned the seat on 12 Jun 2008, but was re-elected at the subsequent by-election held on 10 Jul 2008] 23 Dec 1948
HALTON (CHESHIRE)
9 Jun 1983 Gordon James Oakes 22 Jun 1931 14 Aug 2005 74
1 May 1997 John Derek Twigg 9 Jul 1959
HAMILTON (LANARKSHIRE)
14 Dec 1918 Duncan Macgregor Graham Mar 1867 19 Oct 1942 75
29 Jan 1943 Thomas Fraser 18 Feb 1911 21 Nov 1988 77
2 Nov 1967 Winifred Margaret Ewing 10 Jul 1929 21 Jun 2023 93
18 Jun 1970 Alexander Wilson 5 Jun 1917 23 Mar 1978 60
31 May 1978 George Islay Macneill Robertson, later [1999] Baron Robertson of Port Ellen [L] 12 Apr 1946
SPLIT INTO "HAMILTON NORTH AND BELSHILL" AND "HAMILTON SOUTH" 1 MAY 1997
HAMILTON NORTH AND BELLSHILL
1 May 1997 John Reid, later [2010] Baron Reid of Cardowen [L] 8 May 1947
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2005
HAMILTON SOUTH
1 May 1997 George Islay Macneill Robertson, later [1999] Baron Robertson of Port Ellen [L] 12 Apr 1946
23 Sep 1999 William Tynan 18 Aug 1940
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2005
HAMMERSMITH
25 Nov 1885 Walter Tuckfield Goldsworthy 1837 13 Oct 1911 74
4 Oct 1900 Sir William James Bull, later [1922] 1st baronet
For further information of this MP, see the note at the foot of this page
29 Sep 1863 23 Jan 1931 67
SPLIT INTO "NORTH" AND "SOUTH" DIVISIONS 1918, BUT REUNITED 1983
9 Jun 1983 Clive Stafford Soley, later [2005] Baron Soley [L] 7 May 1939
NAME ALTERED TO "HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM" 1997 BUT REVERTED TO "HAMMERSMITH" 2010
6 May 2010 Andrew Francis Slaughter 29 Sep 1960
HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM
1 May 1997 Iain Coleman 18 Jan 1958
5 May 2005 Gregory William Hands 14 Nov 1965
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2010
HAMMERSMITH NORTH
14 Dec 1918 Henry Foreman [kt 1921] 1852 11 Apr 1924 71
6 Dec 1923 James Patrick Gardner 5 Mar 1883 25 Jul 1937 54
29 Oct 1924 Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett 11 Feb 1881 4 May 1931 50
28 May 1926 James Patrick Gardner 5 Mar 1883 25 Jul 1937 54
27 Oct 1931 Mary Ada Pickford 1884 6 Mar 1934 49
24 Apr 1934 Fielding Reginald West Nov 1892 6 Oct 1935 42
14 Nov 1935 Denis Nowell Pritt 22 Sep 1887 23 May 1972 84
23 Feb 1950 Frank Tomney 24 May 1908 19 Sep 1984 76
3 May 1979 Clive Stafford Soley, later [2005] Baron Soley [L] 7 May 1939
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
HAMMERSMITH SOUTH
14 Dec 1918 William James Bull, later [1922] 1st baronet
For further information of this MP, see the note at the foot of this page
29 Sep 1863 23 Jan 1931 67
30 May 1929 Daniel Chater 1870 25 May 1959 88
27 Oct 1931 James Douglas Cooke [kt 1945] 19 Jun 1879 13 Jul 1949 70
26 Jul 1945 William Thomas Adams 10 Sep 1884 9 Jan 1949 64
24 Feb 1949 (William) Thomas Williams [kt 1976] 22 Sep 1915 28 Feb 1986 70
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1955
HAMPSHIRE
7 Apr 1660 Richard Norton 19 Nov 1615 May 1691 75
John Bulkeley 11 Nov 1614 Sep 1662 57
18 Mar 1661 Charles Powlett, styled Baron St. John, later [1675] 6th Marquess of Winchester and [1689] 1st Duke of Bolton c 1625 27 Feb 1699
Sir John Norton, 3rd baronet (to Feb 1679) 7 Dec 1619 9 Jan 1687 67
26 Apr 1675 Sir Francis Rolle c 1630 6 Apr 1686
24 Feb 1679 Edward Noel, later [1682] 1st Earl of Gainsborough 27 Jan 1641 8 Apr 1689 48
Richard Norton 19 Nov 1615 May 1691 75
11 Aug 1679 William Russell, styled Baron Russell [he was also returned for Bedfordshire, for which he chose to sit] 29 Sep 1639 21 Jul 1683 43
Sir Francis Rolle (to 1685) c 1630 6 Apr 1686
29 Nov 1680 Thomas Jervoise 16 Mar 1616 13 May 1693 77
21 Feb 1681 Charles Powlett, styled Earl of Wiltshire, later [1699] 2nd Duke of Bolton (to 1698) 1661 21 Jan 1722 60
16 Mar 1685 Wriothesley Baptist Noel, styled Viscount Campden, later [1689] 2nd Earl of Gainsborough c 1661 21 Sep 1690
16 Jan 1689 Lord William Powlett [he was also returned for Winchester, for which he chose to sit] c 1667 21 Sep 1690
19 Feb 1689 Thomas Jervoise 16 Mar 1616 13 May 1693 77
10 Mar 1690 Richard Norton 19 Nov 1615 May 1691 75
16 Nov 1691 Sir Robert Henley c 1624 25 Dec 1692
9 Jan 1693 Richard Norton (to 1701) c 1666 10 Dec 1732
20 Jul 1698 Thomas Jervoise (to 1702) 6 Sep 1667 10 May 1743 75
14 Jan 1701 Richard Chaundler c 1650 by Sep 1729
30 Jul 1702 Richard Norton c 1666 10 Dec 1732
George Pitt 18 Jun 1663 28 Feb 1735 71
16 May 1705 Thomas Jervoise 6 Sep 1667 10 May 1743 75
Richard Chaundler c 1650 1729
12 May 1708 Charles Powlett, styled Marquess of Winchester, later [1722] 3rd Duke of Bolton (to 1710) 3 Sep 1685 26 Aug 1754 68
William Henry Bentinck, styled Viscount Woodstock, later [1709] 2nd Earl of Portland and [1716] 1st Duke of Portland 17 Mar 1682 4 Jul 1726 44
21 Dec 1709 Thomas Jervoise 6 Sep 1667 10 May 1743 75
25 Oct 1710 George Pitt 18 Jun 1663 28 Feb 1735 71
Sir Simeon Stuart, 2nd baronet 17 Nov 1685 11 Aug 1761 75
26 Aug 1713 Thomas Lewis c 1679 22 Nov 1736
Sir Anthony Sturt c 1656 10 Dec 1741
9 Feb 1715 George Pitt (to 1722) 18 Jun 1663 28 Feb 1735 71
John Wallop, later [1720] 1st Viscount Lymington and [1743] 1st Earl of Portsmouth 15 Apr 1690 22 Nov 1762 72
22 Jun 1720 Lord Nassau Powlett (to 1727) 23 Jun 1698 24 Aug 1741 43
28 Mar 1722 Lord Harry Powlett, later [1754] 4th Duke of Bolton (to 1754) 24 Jul 1691 9 Oct 1759 68
6 Sep 1727 Sir John Cope, 6th baronet 1 Dec 1673 8 Dec 1749 76
8 May 1734 Edward Lisle 17 May 1692 15 Jun 1753 61
6 May 1741 Paulet St. John, later [1772] 1st baronet 7 Apr 1704 8 Jun 1780 76
8 Jul 1747 Francis Whithed c 1719 30 Mar 1751
8 May 1751 Alexander Thistlethwayte (to 1761) c 1717 15 Oct 1771
25 Dec 1755 Charles Powlett, styled Marquess of Winchester, later [1759] 5th Duke of Bolton c 1718 5 Jul 1765
3 Dec 1759 Henry Bilson-Legge (to 1765) 29 May 1708 23 Aug 1764 56
8 Apr 1761 Simeon Stuart (to 1779) c 1721 19 Nov 1779
6 Feb 1765 Sir Richard Mill, 6th baronet c 1717 17 Mar 1770
30 Mar 1768 Robert Henley, styled Baron Henley, later [1772] 2nd Earl of Northington 3 Jan 1747 5 Jul 1786 39
5 Feb 1772 Sir Henry Paulet St. John, later [1780] 2nd baronet (to 1780) Jul 1737 7 Aug 1784 47
13 Dec 1779 Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise (to 1790) c 1733 5 Jul 1808
20 Sep 1780 Robert Thistlethwayte 24 May 1755 22 Oct 1802 47
22 Jun 1790 Sir William Heathcote, 3rd baronet 21 Jun 1746 26 Jun 1819 73
William John Chute 24 May 1757 13 Dec 1824 67
17 Nov 1806 Thomas Thistlethwayte 14 Sep 1779 14 Sep 1850 71
William Herbert 12 Jan 1778 28 May 1847 69
11 May 1807 Sir Henry Paulet St. John Mildmay, 3rd baronet
For further information on this MP, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of the St. John‑Mildmay baronets
30 Sep 1764 11 Nov 1808 44
William John Chute (to 1820) 24 May 1757 13 Dec 1824 67
19 Dec 1808 Thomas Freeman-Heathcote, later [1819] 4th baronet 3 Sep 1769 21 Feb 1825 55
14 Mar 1820 John Willis Fleming (to 1831) 28 Nov 1781 18 Jul 1844 62
George Purefoy-Jervoise 10 Apr 1770 1 Dec 1847 77
16 Jun 1826 Sir William Heathcote, 5th baronet 17 May 1801 17 Aug 1881 80
6 May 1831 Sir James Macdonald, 2nd baronet 14 Feb 1784 29 Jun 1832 48
Charles Shaw Lefevre, later [1857] 1st Viscount Eversley (to 1832) 22 Feb 1794 28 Dec 1888 94
22 Jun 1832 Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd baronet 12 Jun 1772 3 Apr 1848 75
COUNTY SPLIT INTO "NORTH" AND "SOUTH" DIVISIONS 1832
HAMPSHIRE EAST
9 Jun 1983 Michael John Mates 9 Jun 1934
6 May 2010 Damian Patrick George Hinds 27 Nov 1969
HAMPSHIRE NORTH
14 Dec 1832 Charles Shaw Lefevre, later [1857] 1st Viscount Eversley (to 1857) 22 Feb 1794 28 Dec 1888 94
James Winter Scott 26 May 1799 4 Jan 1873 73
31 Aug 1837 Sir William Heathcote, 5th baronet 17 May 1801 18 Aug 1881 80
6 Apr 1849 Melville Portal 31 Jul 1819 24 Jan 1904 84
6 Apr 1857 William Withey Bramston Beach 25 Dec 1826 3 Aug 1901 74
George Sclater-Booth, later [1887] 1st Baron Basing 19 May 1826 22 Oct 1894 68
SPLIT INTO VARIOUS DIVISIONS 1885, SEE "ANDOVER", "BASINGSTOKE", "FAREHAM", "NEW FOREST" AND "PETERSFIELD"
HAMPSHIRE NORTH EAST
1 May 1997 James Norwich Arbuthnot, later [2015] Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom [L] 4 Aug 1952
7 May 2015 Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena 3 Sep 1986
HAMPSHIRE NORTH WEST
9 Jun 1983 David Bower Mitchell [kt 1988] 18 Jun 1928 30 Aug 2014 86
1 May 1997 Sir George Samuel Knatchbull Young, 6th baronet, later [2015] Baron Young of Cookham [L] 16 Jul 1941
7 May 2015 Christopher Laurie ("Kit") Malthouse 27 Oct 1966
HAMPSHIRE SOUTH
15 Dec 1832 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston [I] 20 Oct 1784 18 Oct 1865 80
Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd baronet 26 May 1781 10 Aug 1859 78
13 Jan 1835 John Willis Fleming 28 Nov 1781 18 Jul 1844 62
Henry Combe Compton (to 1857) 1789 27 Nov 1866
23 Aug 1842 Lord Charles Wellesley 16 Jan 1808 9 Oct 1858 50
14 Jul 1852 Lord William Henry Hugh Cholmondeley, later [1857] 3rd Marquess of Cholmondeley 31 Mar 1800 16 Dec 1884 84
4 Apr 1857 Sir Jervoise Clarke Clarke-Jervoise, 2nd baronet (to 1868) 1804 1 Apr 1889 84
Ralph Heneage Dutton 5 Aug 1821 8 Oct 1892 71
18 Jul 1865 Henry Hamlyn Fane 5 Sep 1817 27 Dec 1868 51
26 Nov 1868 William Francis Cowper-Temple, later [1880] 1st Baron Mount Temple 13 Dec 1811 16 Oct 1888 76
Lord Henry John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, later [1885] 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (to 1884) 5 Nov 1832 4 Nov 1905 72
2 Apr 1880 Francis Compton (to 1885) 1824 24 Oct 1915 91
20 Jun 1884 Sir Frederick Wellington John Fitzwygram, 4th baronet 29 Aug 1823 9 Dec 1904 81
SPLIT INTO VARIOUS DIVISIONS 1885, SEE "ANDOVER", "BASINGSTOKE", "FAREHAM", "NEW FOREST" AND "PETERSFIELD"
HAMPSTEAD
26 Nov 1885 Sir Henry Thurstan Holland, 2nd baronet, later [1888] 1st Baron Knutsford and [1895] 1st Viscount Knutsford 3 Aug 1825 29 Jan 1914 88
28 Feb 1888 Edward Brodie Hoare 30 Oct 1841 12 Aug 1911 69
24 Jan 1902 Thomas Milvain [kt 1913] 4 May 1844 23 Sep 1916 72
27 Oct 1905 John Samuel Fletcher, later [1919] 1st baronet 3 Nov 1841 20 May 1924 82
14 Dec 1918 George Balfour 1872 26 Sep 1941 69
27 Nov 1941 Charles Challen 15 Feb 1894 20 Jun 1960 66
23 Feb 1950 Henry Brooke, later [1966] Baron Brooke of Cumnor [L] 9 Apr 1903 29 Mar 1984 80
31 Mar 1966 Benjamin Charles George Whitaker 15 Sep 1934 8 Jun 2014 79
18 Jun 1970 Geoffrey Finsberg [kt 1984], later [1992] Baron Finsberg [L] 13 Jun 1926 7 Oct 1996 70
ALTERED TO "HAMPSTEAD AND HIGHGATE" 1983
HAMPSTEAD AND HIGHGATE
9 Jun 1983 Geoffrey Finsberg [kt 1984], later [1992] Baron Finsberg [L] 13 Jun 1926 7 Oct 1996 70
9 Apr 1992 Glenda May Jackson 9 May 1936 15 Jun 2023 87
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2010
HAMPSTEAD AND KILBURN
6 May 2010 Glenda May Jackson 9 May 1936 15 Jun 2023 87
7 May 2015 Tulip Rizwana Siddiq 16 Sep 1982
HANDSWORTH (STAFFORDSHIRE)
8 Dec 1885 Henry Samuel Wiggin, later [1892] 1st baronet 14 Feb 1824 12 Nov 1905 81
Jul 1892 Sir Henry Meysey Meysey-Thompson, 2nd baronet, later [1905] 1st Baron Knaresborough 30 Aug 1845 3 Mar 1929 83
22 Jan 1906 Ernest Claude Meysey-Thompson 18 Feb 1859 28 Feb 1944 85
15 Nov 1922 Oliver Stillingfleet Locker-Lampson 1880 8 Oct 1954 74
26 Jul 1945 Harold Roberts 23 Aug 1884 28 Sep 1950 66
16 Nov 1950 Sir Edward Charles Gurney Boyle, 3rd baronet, later [1970] Baron Boyle of Handsworth [L] 31 Aug 1923 29 Sep 1981 58
18 Jun 1970 Sydney Brookes Chapman [kt 1995] 17 Oct 1935 9 Oct 2014 78
28 Feb 1974 John Michael Hubert Lee 13 Aug 1927 14 Apr 2020 92
3 May 1979 Sheila Rosemary Rivers Wright 22 Mar 1925 5 Jul 2013 88
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
HANLEY (STOKE-UPON-TRENT)
24 Nov 1885 William Woodall 15 Mar 1832 8 Apr 1901 69
4 Oct 1900 Arthur Howard Heath 29 May 1856 26 Apr 1930 73
16 Jan 1906 Enoch Edwards 10 Apr 1852 28 Jun 1912 60
13 Jul 1912 Robert Leonard Outhwaite 1868 6 Nov 1930 62
14 Dec 1918 James Andrew Seddon 7 May 1868 31 May 1939 71
15 Nov 1922 Myles Harper Parker 1864 14 Jan 1929 64
29 Oct 1924 Samuel Clowes 1864 25 Mar 1928 63
23 Apr 1928 Arthur Hollins 19 Sep 1876 22 Apr 1962 85
27 Oct 1931 Harold Keates Hales 22 Apr 1868 7 Nov 1942 74
14 Nov 1935 Arthur Hollins 19 Sep 1876 22 Apr 1962 85
26 Jul 1945 Barnett Stross [kt 1964] 25 Dec 1899 13 May 1967 67
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950
HARBOROUGH (LEICESTERSHIRE)
4 Dec 1885 Thomas Tertius Paget 27 Dec 1807 16 Oct 1892 84
10 Jul 1886 Thomas Keay Tapling 30 Oct 1855 11 Apr 1891 35
8 May 1891 John William Logan 1845 25 May 1925 79
17 Jun 1904 Philip James Stanhope, later [1906] 1st Baron Weardale
For further information on this MP, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of his peerage
8 Dec 1847 1 Mar 1923 75
25 Jan 1906 Rudolph Chambers Lehmann 3 Jan 1856 22 Jan 1929 73
Dec 1910 John William Logan 1845 25 May 1925 79
23 Mar 1916 Percy Alfred Harris, later [1932] 1st baronet 6 Mar 1876 28 Jun 1952 76
14 Dec 1918 Sir Keith Alexander Fraser, 5th baronet 24 Dec 1867 21 Sep 1935 67
6 Dec 1923 John Wycliffe Black 21 Jul 1862 18 Jun 1951 88
29 Oct 1924 Lewis Phillips Winby 17 Jan 1874 27 Jan 1956 82
30 May 1929 Arthur Stuart, 7th Earl Castle Stewart [I] 6 Aug 1889 5 Nov 1961 72
28 Nov 1933 Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree 26 Sep 1897 14 Jul 1976 78
26 Jul 1945 Humphrey Cooper Attewell 14 Jul 1894 15 Oct 1972 78
23 Feb 1950 John Markham Baldock 19 Nov 1915 3 Oct 2003 87
8 Oct 1959 John Arnold Farr [kt 1984] 25 Sep 1922 25 Oct 1997 75
9 Apr 1992 Edward Henry Garnier [kt 2012], later [2018] Baron Garnier [L] 26 Oct 1952
8 Jun 2017 Neil O'Brien 6 Nov 1978
HARBOUR (DUBLIN)
1 Dec 1885 Timothy Charles Harrington 1851 12 Mar 1910 58
14 Jun 1910 William Abraham 1840 2 Aug 1915 75
1 Oct 1915 Alfred Byrne 14 Mar 1882 13 Mar 1956 73
14 Dec 1918 Philip Shanahan
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922
HARLOW (ESSEX)
28 Feb 1974 (Arthur) Stanley Newens 4 Feb 1930 2 Mar 2021 91
9 Jun 1983 Jeremy Joseph James Hayes 20 Apr 1953
1 May 1997 William Ernest Rammell 10 Oct 1959
6 May 2010 Robert Henry Halfon 22 Mar 1969
HARROGATE (NORTH YORKSHIRE)
23 Feb 1950 Christopher York 27 Jul 1909 13 Mar 1999 89
11 Mar 1954 James Edward Ramsden 1 Nov 1923
28 Feb 1974 Robert George Banks 18 Jan 1937
NAME ALTERED TO "HARROGATE AND KNARESBOROUGH" 1997
HARROGATE AND KNARESBOROUGH
1 May 1997 George Philip Willis, later [2010] Baron Willis of Knaresborough [L] 30 Nov 1941
6 May 2010 Andrew Hanson Jones 28 Nov 1963
HARROW (MIDDLESEX)
4 Dec 1885 William Ambrose 1832 18 Jan 1908 75
5 Apr 1899 Irwin Edward Bainbridge Cox 9 Jul 1838 27 Aug 1922 84
22 Jan 1906 James Gibb 3 May 1844 23 Jun 1910 66
24 Jan 1910 Harry Mallaby Mallaby-Deeley, later [1922] 1st baronet 27 Oct 1863 4 Feb 1937 73
14 Dec 1918 Oswald Ernald Mosley, later [1928] 6th baronet 16 Nov 1896 3 Dec 1980 84
29 Oct 1924 Isidore Salmon [kt 1933] 10 Feb 1876 16 Sep 1941 65
2 Dec 1941 Norman Adolph Henry Bower 18 May 1907 7 Dec 1990 83
CONSTITUENCY SPLIT INTO "EAST" AND "WEST" DIVISIONS 1945
HARROW CENTRAL
23 Feb 1950 Frank Patrick Bishop [kt 1964] 7 Mar 1900 5 Oct 1972 72
15 Oct 1964 (John) Anthony Grant [kt 1983] 29 May 1925 9 Oct 2016 91
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
HARROW EAST
26 Jul 1945 Frederick William Skinnard 8 Mar 1902 5 Aug 1984 82
23 Feb 1950 Ian Douglas Harvey 25 Jan 1914 10 Jan 1987 72
19 Mar 1959 Anthony Tosswill Courtney 16 May 1908 24 Jan 1989 80
31 Mar 1966 Roy Delville Roebuck 25 Sep 1929 17 Dec 2023 94
18 Jun 1970 Hugh John Maxwell Dykes, later [2004] Baron Dykes [L] 17 May 1939
1 May 1997 Anthony James McNulty 3 Nov 1958
6 May 2010 Robert John Blackman 26 Apr 1956
HARROW WEST
26 Jul 1945 Norman Adolph Henry Bower 18 May 1907 7 Dec 1990 83
21 Apr 1951 Sir Albert Newby Braithwaite 2 Sep 1893 20 Oct 1959 66
17 Mar 1960 Arthur John Page [kt 1984] 16 Sep 1919 31 Oct 2008 89
11 Jun 1987 Robert Gurth Hughes 14 Jul 1951
1 May 1997 Gareth Richard Thomas 15 Jul 1967
HARTLEPOOL
19 Nov 1868 Ralph Ward-Jackson 7 Jun 1806 6 Aug 1880 74
6 Feb 1874 Thomas Richardson 6 Jun 1821 29 Dec 1890 69
29 Jul 1875 Isaac Lowthian Bell, later [1885] 1st baronet 15 Feb 1816 20 Dec 1904 88
Apr 1880 Thomas Richardson 6 Jun 1821 29 Dec 1890 69
21 Jan 1891 Sir Christopher Furness, later [1910] 1st Baron Furness 23 Apr 1852 10 Nov 1912 60
15 Jul 1895 Thomas Richardson [kt 1897] 28 Dec 1846 22 May 1906 59
1 Oct 1900 Sir Christopher Furness, later [1910] 1st Baron Furness [he was unseated on petition 3 May 1910] 23 Apr 1852 10 Nov 1912 60
20 Jun 1910 Stephen Wilson Furness, later [1913] 1st baronet 26 May 1872 6 Sep 1914 42
22 Sep 1914 Sir Walter Runciman, 1st baronet, later [1933] 1st Baron Runciman 6 Jul 1847 13 Aug 1937 90
14 Dec 1918 William George Howard Gritten 1870 5 Apr 1943 72
15 Nov 1922 William Allen Jowitt [kt 1929], later [1945] 1st Baron Jowitt, [1947] 1st Viscount Jowitt and [1951] 1st Earl Jowitt 15 Apr 1885 16 Aug 1957 72
29 Oct 1924 Sir Wilfrid Hart Sugden 1889 27 Apr 1960 70
30 May 1929 William George Howard Gritten 1870 5 Apr 1943 72
1 Jun 1943 Thomas George Greenwell 18 Dec 1894 15 Nov 1967 72
26 Jul 1945 David Thomas Jones 17 Oct 1899 4 Apr 1963 63
8 Oct 1959 John Simon Kerans 30 Jun 1915 12 Sep 1985 70
15 Oct 1964 Edward Leadbitter 18 Jun 1919 23 Dec 1996 77
9 Apr 1992 Peter Benjamin Mandelson, later [2008] Baron Mandelson [L] 21 Oct 1953
30 Sep 2004 Iain David Wright 9 May 1972
8 Jun 2017 Michael Robert Hill 12 May 1963
6 May 2021 Jillian Wendy Mortimer 20 Mar 1965
HARWICH (ESSEX)
2 Apr 1660 Sir Capel Luckyn, 2nd baronet 8 May 1622 23 Jan 1680 57
Sir Henry Wright, 1st baronet (to 1664) c 1637 5 Feb 1664
3 Apr 1661 Thomas King (to 1679) mid 1688
4 Apr 1664 Sir Capel Luckyn, 2nd baronet 8 May 1622 23 Jan 1680 57
Sir William Turner
Double return. Luckyn seated c Dec 1664
5 Feb 1679 Sir Anthony Deane 3 Dec 1633 11 Jun 1721 87
Samuel Pepys 23 Feb 1633 26 May 1703 70
23 Aug 1679 Sir Philip Parker, 1st baronet c 1625 Mar 1690
Sir Thomas Middleton 21 Apr 1654 11 Jun 1702 48
16 Apr 1685 Sir Anthony Deane 3 Dec 1633 11 Jun 1721 87
Samuel Pepys 23 Feb 1633 26 May 1703 70
16 Jan 1689 Sir Thomas Middleton (to 1698) 21 Apr 1654 11 Jun 1702 48
John Eldred 2 Oct 1629 2 Sep 1717 87
27 Feb 1690 Charles Cheyne, 1st Viscount Newhaven [S] 23 Oct 1625 30 Jun 1698 72
21 Oct 1695 Sir Thomas Davall (to 1708) 18 May 1644 7 Nov 1712 68
23 Jul 1698 Samuel Atkinson [expelled 14 Feb 1699] c 1645 13 Dec 1718
25 Feb 1699 Sir Thomas Middleton 21 Apr 1654 11 Jun 1702 48
6 Jan 1701 Dennis Lyddell c 1657 19 Nov 1717
16 Jul 1702 John Ellis 1646 8 Jul 1738 92
3 May 1708 Sir John Leake [he was also returned for Rochester, for which to chose to sit] 4 Jul 1656 21 Aug 1720 64
Thomas Frankland, later [1726] 3rd baronet (to 1713) c 1685 17 Apr 1747
6 Dec 1708 Sir Thomas Davall 18 May 1644 Nov 1712 68
Kenrick Edisbury 3 Jun 1670 1736 66
Double return. Election declared void 13 Jan 1709
24 Jan 1709 Kenrick Edisbury 3 Jun 1670 1736 66
31 Aug 1713 Sir Thomas Davall 25 Oct 1682 Apr 1714 31
Carew Harvey Mildmay (to 1715) 6 Mar 1691 16 Jan 1784 92
Thomas Heath 10 Jul 1684 7 Sep 1741 57
Double return between Mildmay and Heath. Mildmay declared elected 6 Apr 1714
17 May 1714 Thomas Heath [he was unseated on petition in favour of Benedict Calvert 29 Jun 1714] 10 Jul 1684 7 Sep 1741 57
29 Jun 1714 Benedict Leonard Calvert, later [1715] 4th Baron Baltimore 21 Mar 1679 16 Apr 1715 36
24 Jan 1715 Sir Philip Parker (Parker-a-Morley-Long from 1729), 3rd baronet (to 1734) 23 Mar 1682 20 Jan 1741 58
Thomas Heath 10 Jul 1684 7 Sep 1741 57
22 Mar 1722 Humphry Parsons c 1676 21 Mar 1741
16 Aug 1727 John Perceval, 1st Viscount Perceval [I], later [1733] 1st Earl of Egmont [I] 12 Jul 1683 1 May 1748 64
27 Apr 1734 Carteret Leathes Jul 1698 1780 81
Charles Stanhope 1673 16 Mar 1760 86
6 May 1741 John Phillipson (to 1756) 28 Apr 1698 27 Nov 1756 58
Hill Mussenden c 1699 23 Nov 1772
2 Jul 1747 Edward Coke, styled Viscount Coke 2 Feb 1719 31 Aug 1753 34
21 Nov 1753 Wenman Coke (to 1761) 7 Jan 1717 10 Apr 1776 59
13 Dec 1756 William Ponsonby, styled Viscount Duncannon, later [1758] 2nd Earl of Bessborough [I] by Nov 1704 11 Mar 1793
29 Dec 1758 Thomas Sewell c 1710 6 Mar 1784
30 Mar 1761 Charles Townshend 27 Aug 1725 4 Sep 1767 42
John Roberts (to 1772) c 1711 13 Jul 1772
30 Nov 1767 Thomas Bradshaw 25 Jan 1733 6 Nov 1774 41
19 Mar 1768 Edward Harvey (to 1778) 1 Aug 1718 27 Mar 1778 59
7 Aug 1772 Charles Jenkinson, later [1786] 1st Baron Hawkesbury and [1796] 1st Earl of Liverpool 26 Apr 1727 17 Dec 1808 81
10 Oct 1774 John Robinson (to 1803) 15 Jul 1727 23 Dec 1802 75
24 Apr 1778 George Augustus North, later [1792] 3rd Earl of Guilford 11 Sep 1757 20 Apr 1802 44
2 Apr 1784 Thomas Orde, later [1797] 1st Baron Bolton 30 Aug 1746 30 Jul 1807 60
27 May 1796 Richard Hopkins c 1728 19 Mar 1799
10 Apr 1799 Henry Augustus Dillon-Lee, later [1813] 13th Viscount Dillon 28 Oct 1777 24 Jul 1832 54
6 Jul 1802 Thomas Myers (to Apr 1803) [he was unseated on petition in favour of James Adams 7 Apr 1803] 26 Jul 1764 1 Oct 1835 71
4 Jan 1803 John Hiley Addington (to 1818) 1759 11 Jun 1818 58
7 Apr 1803 James Adams 5 Jun 1752 14 Sep 1816 64
31 Oct 1806 William Henry Fremantle [as a result of a petition, he was also subsequently returned for Saltash, for which he chose to sit] 28 Dec 1766 19 Oct 1850 83
9 Mar 1807 James Adams 5 Jun 1752 14 Sep 1816 64
7 May 1807 William Huskisson
For information on the death of this MP, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of the members for Liverpool
11 Mar 1770 15 Sep 1830 60
6 Oct 1812 Nicholas Vansittart, later [1823] 1st Baron Bexley (to 1823) 29 Apr 1766 8 Feb 1851 84
17 Jun 1818 Charles Bragge-Bathurst 28 Feb 1754 13 Aug 1831 77
10 Feb 1823 George Canning 11 Apr 1770 8 Aug 1827 57
John Charles Herries (to 1841) Nov 1778 24 Apr 1855 76
12 Jun 1826 Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal 12 Dec 1776 6 Jul 1846 69
16 May 1827 Sir William Rae, 3rd baronet 14 Apr 1769 19 Oct 1842 73
2 Aug 1830 George Robert Dawson 24 Dec 1790 3 Apr 1856 65
11 Dec 1832 Christopher Thomas Tower 1 Nov 1775 19 Feb 1867 91
6 Jan 1835 Francis Robert Bonham 6 Sep 1785 26 Apr 1863 77
25 Jul 1837 Alexander Ellice c 1793 8 Oct 1853
30 Jun 1841 John Attwood (to 1848) [following the general election in Jul 1847, his election was declared void 14 Mar 1848] 1865
William Beresford 17 Apr 1797 6 Oct 1883 86
30 Jul 1847 John Bagshaw (to Jul 1852) 1784 20 Dec 1861 77
1 Apr 1848 Sir John Cam Hobhouse, later [1851] 1st Baron Broughton 27 Jun 1786 3 Jun 1869 82
5 Mar 1851 Henry Thoby Prinsep [his election was declared void 19 May 1851] 1793 11 Feb 1878 84
28 May 1851 Robert Wigram Crawford [his election was declared void 15 Jul 1851. The issue of a new writ was suspended until 1 Apr 1852] 1813 30 Jul 1889 76
10 Apr 1852 Sir Fitzroy Kelly [he was also returned for Suffolk East, for which he chose to sit] 1 Oct 1796 18 Sep 1880 83
8 May 1852 Isaac Butt 6 Sep 1813 5 May 1879 65
7 Jul 1852 George Montagu Warren Peacocke (Sandford from 1866) [his election was declared void 6 May 1853] c 1821 17 Jun 1879
David Waddington (to Mar 1857) 1810 12 Oct 1863 53
21 Jun 1853 John Bagshaw (to Mar 1859) 1784 20 Dec 1861 77
28 Mar 1857 George Drought Warburton 1816 23 Oct 1857 41
9 Dec 1857 Robert John Bagshaw (to May 1859) 1803 11 Aug 1873 70
18 Mar 1859 Henry Jervis-White-Jervis (to 1880) 1825 22 Sep 1881 56
2 May 1859 William Frederick Campbell, later [1860] 2nd Baron Stratheden and [1861] 2nd Baron Campbell of St. Andrews 15 Oct 1824 21 Jan 1893 68
24 Apr 1860 Richard Thomas Rowley 1812 11 Nov 1887 75
12 Jul 1865 John Kelk, later [1874] 1st baronet 1816 12 Sep 1886 70
REPRESENTATION REDUCED TO ONE MEMBER 1868
3 Apr 1880 Sir Henry Whatley Tyler 7 Mar 1827 30 Jan 1908 80
28 Nov 1885 James Round 6 Apr 1842 25 Dec 1916 74
22 Jan 1906 Arthur Levy Lever, later [1911] 1st baronet 17 Nov 1860 23 Aug 1924 63
20 Jan 1910 Harry Kottingham Newton, later [1921] 2nd baronet 2 Apr 1875 22 Jun 1951 76
15 Nov 1922 Albert Ernest Hillary 20 Jan 1868 10 Feb 1954 86
29 Oct 1924 Sir Frederick Gill Rice 6 Aug 1866 30 Jun 1935 68
30 May 1929 Percy John Pybus, later [1934] 1st baronet 25 Jan 1880 23 Oct 1935 55
14 Nov 1935 Joseph Stanley Holmes [kt 1945], later [1954] 1st Baron Dovercourt 31 Oct 1878 22 Apr 1961 82
11 Feb 1954 Julian Errington Ridsdale [kt 1981] 8 Jun 1915 21 Jul 2004 89
9 Apr 1992 Iain MacDonald Sproat 8 Nov 1938 29 Sep 2011 72
1 May 1997 Ivan John Henderson 7 Jun 1958
5 May 2005 John Douglas Wilson Carswell 3 May 1971
NAME ALTERED TO "HARWICH AND NORTH ESSEX" 2010
HARWICH AND ESSEX NORTH (ESSEX)
6 May 2010 Bernard Christison Jenkin [kt 2018] 9 Apr 1959
 

Horatio William Bottomley
MP for Hackney South 1906‑1912 and 1918‑1922
The following biography of Horatio Bottomley appeared in the March 1971 issue of the Australian monthly magazine Parade:-
A visitor to England's Wormwood Scrubs Prison one day in 1922 recognised a podgy little man sitting in a yard and busily stitching up mailbags. "Ah, there, Bottomley," the visitor remarked brightly. "Sewing?" The prisoner was Horatio Bottomley, former Member of Parliament, arch swindler and rogue and golden-tongued financial racketeer who fleeced 10 million crooked pounds in 40 years of flamboyant rascality. He did not bother to look up and merely grunted: "No, not sewing - reaping."
Probably no other share swindler and crook in history achieved such eminence as Horatio Bottomley. As an orator he could sway an audience and many people believed he could well have been Prime Minister of England had he set his mind to it. He rose from orphan waif to millionaire sportsman, newspaper editor and publisher, Member of the House of Commons and amateur lawyer who could confound the best legal brains in England. Underneath, Bottomley remained an oily fraud who could not resist the lure of easy money - from crooked companies, fraudulent lotteries and even blackmail. He spent his loot on champagne for breakfast, a stable of horses, a huge country estate and a harem of mistresses on whom he lavished apartments and jewellery and backed in disastrous stage shows. When the law eventually caught up with him he ended as a convict in Wormwood Scrubs stitching those mail-bags for a few cents a day.
Horatio Bottomley was born in London on March 23, 1860, son of a tailor. Before he was five his father had died of tuberculosis and his mother was in an insane asylum. Packed off to an orphanage in Birmingham he ran away to London at 14 and got a job in a Cheapside clothing factory. A few months later he talked a drunken solicitor into taking him on as office boy. Shrewd and sharp as a ferret he got a good grounding in financial rackets and frauds operating on just the right side of the law before his crooked employer was eventually arrested and imprisoned.
Then 20, Bottomley married and persuaded a former client of the solicitor to put up £1,000 to buy a small publishing business. Within a few years he had transformed it into the Hansard Union Company capitalised at £1,000,000 and was selling the gullible investing public shares to that amount. Out of the cash that flowed in Bottomley paid a dividend of 12 per cent, with the result that he had no trouble unloading another million dollars worth of shares. He then calmly "borrowed" some of the cash and dashed off to Austria where he bought 13 different printing works for £200,000. Back in London he sold them back to this own company for £600,000 and pocketed the difference.
For years Bottomley milked the Hansard Union Company with similar dodges, but in 1893 shareholders' complaints brought an official investigation and Bottomley went on trial for mis-appropriation. More than £1 million had just disappeared, but Bottomley had tangled the company's affairs so effectively and conducted his own defence so brilliantly that after a six-week trial the jury acquitted him. He then turned to Western Australian gold mines and by the turn of the century had sold British investors £10 million worth of shares in scores of companies owning worthless claims in the Western Australian bush.
Much of the money found itself into Bottomley's own pocket. Stocky, ever-smiling and with a magnetic personality he was seen at racecourses, restaurants, fashionable parties and influential political gatherings. During the week he lived in a luxury Pall Mall apartment. On Fridays he retired to his 30-room mansion, The Dicker, near Eastbourne where Mrs. Bottomley was kept conveniently out of the way.
Only one of the gold mines Bottomley floated proved of any value. He was flabbergasted when he received the news that one of his smaller companies - with a capital of a mere £325,000 - had located some real gold. However, he soon recovered his wits and before the news got out persuaded the shareholders to exchange their certificates for those of another of his companies. "This is a much more promising speculation I am reserving for my oldest clients", he wrote to them. A few months later the shares of the first concern skyrocketed and the dummies who now held them for Bottomley sold out for £1 million. With that windfall he became a patron of the turf by purchasing £125,000 of bloodstock. He also acquired the London Sun newspaper and in a single deal snapped up six London theatres.
In 1902 Bottomley had visions of being elected to Parliament by the London slum electorate of South Hackney. His campaign was going well until a rival newspaper printed a vitriolic attack on him. It called him "a bare-faced swindler" concocting schemes to rob and cheat and declared his proper place was "at the Old Bailey - not Westminster". Bottomley ignored the blast, but it cost him the seat, for he missed election by only a few hundred votes. However, he tried again in 1906 and romped home.
By that time the gold boom had collapsed and having spent his profits on his publishing and theatrical ventures he was running a London bucket shop called the Joint Stock Institute. In three years Bottomley sold about £2½ million worth of shares in the Joint Stock Institute, although it was only capitalised at a quarter of that amount. The excess consisted of bogus and forged shares. Millions bearing the same serial numbers were sold over and over again. It was blatant fraud. Even in his gold mining ventures shareholders did have legitimate shares in a proper company and there was a slight chance gold might be found in its mine. But with the Joint Stock Institute Bottomley was working a gigantic confidence trick, and amazingly he got away with it - but only just.
Complaints from shareholders who did not get dividends eventually brought an official investigation. As a result, early in 1909 Bottomley was again in the dock charged with fraud. He defended himself through the 29-day trial as scores of people came forward and testified they had been defrauded, yet somehow he managed to convince the jury that although the investors' money was gone it was all a gigantic mistake and certainly Horatio Bottomley was not responsible. What had seemed an open-and-shut case gradually slipped away from the prosecution as it let Bottomley divert attention from his obvious guilt in duplicating shares. Finally, he made a five-hour speech in which he pointed out that, despite the alleged duplication, no two people had been brought forward to show they had received shares with the same numbers. "I say", Bottomley's voice rose to a dramatic climax, "radical and democrat as I call myself, I still revere the traditions, the prestige and the power of the law. I do not hesitate today, hunted, hounded and harassed on all sides, to come to you, a jury of my peers, to give me sanctuary from official persecution".
Once again Horatio Bottomley was acquitted in triumph. When he emerged from the court a free man, spectators sang For He's A Jolly Good Fellow. A few days later Bottomley addressed an enthusiastic meeting in his electorate of South Hackney. Supporters carried banners with the captions, Vindicated and Victory, but he had not learned a lesson and was soon up to his old tricks to replenish his finances. Shortly after the trial he wrote to an associate: "What have you done with our nugget - the one we used to show shareholders in the old Western Australian days? I have just got hold of a promising client. All he wants is a sight of the stuff".
By such means Bottomley kept afloat financially until 1911 when the executors of one of his victims won a verdict for the return of £50,000 lent to him. He did not have the money and bankruptcy followed. That meant he had to resign his House of Commons seat. Aside from that, bankruptcy had little effect on Bottomley's way of life. He somehow managed to hang on to The Dicker and also his weekly paper, John Bull. With John Bull he began blackmailing other city sharks as crooked as himself, including a financial wizard named Alfred Carpenter who appropriated £5 million from a private bank [the Charing Cross Bank] he started. Well aware of what Carpenter was up to, Bottomley called on him, produced a wad of shares in one of his old defunct companies and demanded a loan of £5,000. Carpenter pointed out that the shares were worthless. "So is your bank", retorted Bottomley, who then made it clear that unless he got the loan - and further sums from time to time - he would expose Carpenter's frauds in John Bull. Carpenter duly paid and the blackmail racket continued until his death three years later - by which time Bottomley had gouged £20,000 from him.
During World War I Bottomley decided that if Carpenter could do it so could he. He started his own bank, paid 8 per cent interest and kept it going until he went to gaol in 1922 when deposits of £220,000 were found to have vanished. The war itself was a golden opportunity for Bottomley as he took to the recruiting platform and toured the country making speeches. The Government paid him fees of up to £200 for each speech urging the young men of England to remember their "glorious heritage" and enlist to make the nation safe.
During the war he thought up a new racket in running a sweepstakes from Switzerland on big English horse races such as the Derby and Grand National. Bottomley paid a prize of £15,000, but still showed a profit of £250,000 from each different sweepstakes or glorified lottery. When war conditions temporarily halted racing he made his sweeps guessing competitions. The money still rolled in and Bottomley was able to pay off some of his old liabilities. As a result in December 1918 he was granted his discharge from bankruptcy. Then, despite his record, the man's remarkable personality persuaded the electors of South Hackney to put him back into the House of Commons.
Once more a respected MP, Bottomley plunged into his last swindle, another intricate lottery ramp from which he collected about £1 million in three years. All might have gone well had he not grown greedy. Despite the huge profits he could not keep his fingers out of the till and misappropriated some government bonds set aside as prizes. In 1922 a disgruntled employee tipped off the police. The subsequent investigation disclosed the defalcations and Bottomley drew seven years' imprisonment. That was the end of Horatio Bottomley. He once more lost his seat in Parliament and was in his late 60s when released from gaol.
Sir William James Bull, 1st baronet
MP for Hammersmith 1900‑1918 and Hammersmith South 1918‑1929
The following report is taken from the Los Angeles Times of 8 January 1910:-
Pugilism has become a regular feature of the British political contest. Occasional fist fights have occurred in various parts of the country, from the opening of the struggle [i.e. the January 1910 General Election], but until the last few days they have been confined to the less notable meetings. Now, however, they are in vogue in much higher quarters. Male electioneers and their hecklers have ceased to combine against the Suffragettes and [have] begun to maul each other.
Yesterday the pugilistic infection … seized in virulent form that well-known knight, Sir William Bull. Sir William was trying to make a speech to a crowd of workingmen at Hammersmith. One of his hearers repeatedly interrupted him and finally called him a liar. The titled gentleman sprung over the door of his motor car into the midst of the crowd, crying:
"I'll punch your head!"
"Come on," replied the interrupter.
Sir William came on and the crowd chivalrously made room. Tariff reform, the budget, socialism and the German peril quickly gave way to something more concrete. Sir William did what he said he would and punched the fellow's head, but the other chap was busy too.
He caved in Sir William's silk hat, peeled the skin from Sir William's left temple and tore off one sleeve of Sir William's frock coat. The crowd roared with delight until at last the police stopped the fight. Sir William resumed his place in the car, saying that he had thoroughly enjoyed himself.
Sir Roland Jennings
MP for Sedgefield 1931‑1935 and Hallam division of Sheffield 1939‑1959
Clause 24 of the Succession to the Crown Act of 1707 specified "that no person who shall have in his own name, or in the name of any person or persons in trust for him, or for his benefit, any new office or place of profit whatsoever under the crown, which at any time since the five and twentieth day of October in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and five have been created or erected … shall be capable of being elected, or sitting and voting in the House of Commons in any Parliament which shall be hereafter summoned and holden".
Clause 25 of the same Act specified that "nevertheless that such person shall be capable of being again elected as if his place had not become void as aforesaid". The effect of Clause 25 was that any member of the House of Commons who accepted government office or a place of profit under the Crown was obliged to step down from the House and contest a by-election; if they won the by-election, the individual in question could then continue to serve both as an MP and as a minister or holder of a place of profit in compliance with the law.
As a result, between 1707 and 1926, there was a regular succession of by-elections triggered by the requirement for newly appointed ministers (or MPs appointed to an office of profit under the Crown) to submit themselves for re-election. In the overwhelming majority, such by-elections were uncontested, but, on the other hand, there have been a reasonable number of by-elections which were fought out and the incumbent member was defeated. For example, when Winston Churchill was appointed President of the Board of Trade in 1908, he was defeated in the resulting by-election for his seat of Manchester NW.
The legislation governing the need for such by-elections was gradually watered down during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Reform Act of 1867 removed the necessity of re-election when a member moved from one office to another; the Re-election of Ministers Act of 1919 made re-election unnecessary within nine months of a general election, and the Re-election of Ministers Act Amendment Act of 1926 finally abolished the requirement for a by-election altogether.
It nevertheless remained the case that any member who accepted any other Crown office was obliged to comply with the law and vacate their office, a state of affairs which persisted beyond 1926. The problem was, however, that there was no real definition of what constituted an 'office or place of profit under the Crown.' This lack of definition caused a number of problems during the 1950s, with at least three cases being heard by a House of Commons Select Committee during 1954 and 1955.
Following the 1955 general election, the election of Sir Roland Jennings was found to be invalid because he held an office of profit under the Crown. For over 30 years, Jennings had audited the accounts of his local club. In order to do so, he had to be appointed as a Public Auditor, an office the appointments to which were made by the Treasury. Jennings' charge for the annual audit was a token one guinea per annum, which was paid by the club rather than by the Treasury. However, it was still held that his role as a public auditor was an office of profit under the Crown. Other instances of MPs who were found to be inadvertently in breach of the rules are outlined at the foot of this note.
In July 1955, legislation was rushed through Parliament which validated Sir Roland's election. Finally, in 1957, the House of Commons Disqualification Act, which was in turn replaced by a similar Act in 1975, was passed. This latter act specifically states: "Except as provided by this Act, a person shall not be disqualified for membership of the House of Commons by reason of his holding an office or place of profit under the Crown or any other office or place; and a person shall not be disqualified for appointment to or for holding any office or place by reason of his being a member of that House". Attached to the Act is a listing, which runs to over 50 pages, of those offices which continue to disqualify a person from sitting in the House of Commons.
Other similar instances include:-
Arthur Jenkins, MP for Pontypool 1935-1946: - Jenkins was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Clement Attlee when he was appointed to the unpaid post of chairman of a local appeal board for a Royal Ordnance Factory. Notwithstanding that the post was unpaid, he was held to be in breach of the law and a special act indemnifying him was passed.
Niall Macpherson, MP for Dumfriesshire 1945-1963: - Macpherson had accepted an appointment as Chairman of the London agency of the Dried Fruits Control Board, a body constituted under Australian legislation. A special Act was passed in May 1954 to indemnify him.
John George, MP for Pollok division of Glasgow 1955-1964: - in 1947, George had been appointed by the Minister of Works as Chairman of Scottish Slate Industries Ltd., to which company the Minister of Works had authorized a loan on the condition that he should nominate two directors. George received no payment apart from reimbursement of expenses but was held to occupy a place of profit. He was indemnified by the same Act which indemnified Sir Roland Jennings.
Even as late as 1974, the House had to pass a motion which ignored the technical disqualification of Dr. Michael Winstanley (MP for Cheadle 1966-1970 and Hazel Grove Feb-Oct 1974), who was a sessional medical officer at a Royal Ordnance Factory.