THE HOUSE OF COMMONS | ||||||||
CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH "B" | ||||||||
Last updated 04/10/2017 (17 Jan 2025) | ||||||||
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. | ||||||||
BRISTOL (GLOUCESTERSHIRE) | ||||||||
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Apr 1660 | John Stephens | 26 Sep 1603 | 4 Aug 1679 | 75 | ||||
Sir John Knight | 24 Nov 1613 | Dec 1683 | 70 | |||||
1 Apr 1661 | Sir John Knight (to Mar 1681) | 24 Nov 1613 | Dec 1683 | 70 | ||||
Thomas Butler, styled Earl of Ossory [I], later [1662] Earl of Ossory [I] and [1666] Baron Butler of Moore Park [E] | 8 Jul 1634 | 30 Jul 1680 | 46 | |||||
Sir Humphrey Hooke | 6 Aug 1629 | 16 Oct 1677 | 48 | |||||
Double return between Ossory and Hooke. Ossory was allowed to sit 16 May 1661, but he was later unseated on petition 30 Oct 1666 | ||||||||
30 Oct 1666 | Sir Humphrey Hooke | 6 Aug 1629 | 16 Oct 1677 | 48 | ||||
11 Feb 1678 | Sir Robert Cann, 1st baronet [election declared void and replaced by Thomas Earle in Jan 1681] | c 1621 | Nov 1685 | |||||
Jan 1681 | Thomas Earle (to 1685) | c 1629 | 24 Jun 1696 | |||||
7 Mar 1681 | Sir Richard Hart | c 1637 | 16 Jan 1702 | |||||
30 Mar 1685 | Sir John Churchill | c 1620 | 11 Oct 1685 | |||||
Sir Richard Crumpe (to 1689) | c 1628 | 14 Jan 1700 | ||||||
Dec 1685 | Sir Richard Hart (to 1695) | c 1637 | 16 Jan 1702 | |||||
15 Jan 1689 | Sir John Knight | 3 Feb 1718 | ||||||
28 Oct 1695 | Sir Thomas Day | c 1628 | 17 Dec 1709 | |||||
Robert Yate (to 1710) | 25 Apr 1643 | 27 Oct 1737 | 94 | |||||
22 Jan 1701 | Sir William Daines | 1647 | 5 Sep 1724 | 77 | ||||
25 Oct 1710 | Edward Colston | 2 Nov 1636 | 11 Oct 1721 | 84 | ||||
Joseph Earle (to 1727) | c 1658 | 13 Mar 1730 | ||||||
7 Sep 1713 | Thomas Edwards | c 1673 | by May 1743 | |||||
9 Feb 1715 | Sir William Daines | 1647 | 5 Sep 1724 | 77 | ||||
28 Mar 1722 | Sir Abraham Elton, 1st baronet | 3 Jul 1654 | 9 Feb 1728 | 73 | ||||
8 Sep 1727 | John Scrope | c 1662 | 9 Apr 1752 | |||||
Abraham Elton, later [1728] 2nd baronet (to 1742) | 30 Jun 1679 | 20 Oct 1742 | 63 | |||||
24 May 1734 | Thomas Coster | 20 Dec 1684 | 30 Sep 1739 | 54 | ||||
12 Dec 1739 | Edward Southwell (to 1754) | 16 Jun 1705 | 16 Mar 1755 | 49 | ||||
24 Nov 1742 | Robert Hoblyn | 5 May 1710 | 17 Nov 1756 | 46 | ||||
1 May 1754 | Robert Nugent, later [1767] 1st Viscount Clare [I] and [1776] 1st Earl Nugent [I] (to 1774) | 1709 | 14 Oct 1788 | 79 | ||||
Richard Beckford | 1712 | 24 Jan 1756 | 43 | |||||
18 Mar 1756 | Jarrit Smith, later [1763] 1st baronet | c 1691 | 24 Jan 1783 | 91 | ||||
16 Mar 1768 | Matthew Brickdale | 30 Apr 1735 | 8 Sep 1831 | 96 | ||||
3 Nov 1774 | Henry Cruger | 22 Nov 1739 | 24 Apr 1827 | 87 | ||||
Edmund Burke | 12 Jan 1729 | 9 Jul 1797 | 68 | |||||
20 Sep 1780 | Matthew Brickdale (to 1790) | 30 Apr 1735 | 8 Sep 1831 | 96 | ||||
Sir Henry Lippincott, 1st baronet | 14 Sep 1737 | 30 Dec 1780 | 43 | |||||
26 Feb 1781 | George Daubeny | 21 Sep 1742 | 25 May 1806 | 63 | ||||
10 May 1784 | Henry Cruger | 22 Nov 1739 | 24 Apr 1827 | 87 | ||||
19 Jun 1790 | Henry Charles Somerset, styled Marquess of Worcester, later [1803] 6th Duke of Beaufort | 22 Dec 1766 | 23 Nov 1835 | 68 | ||||
John Baker-Holroyd, Baron Sheffield [I], later [1816] 1st Earl of Sheffield [I] (to 1802) | 21 Dec 1735 | 30 May 1821 | 85 | |||||
28 May 1796 | Charles Bragge (Charles Bragge-Bathurst from Oct 1804) (to Jul 1812) | 28 Feb 1754 | 13 Aug 1851 | 77 | ||||
6 Jul 1802 | Evan Baillie (to Oct 1812) | c 1741 | 28 Jun 1835 | |||||
15 Jul 1812 | Richard Hart Davis (to 1831) | 8 Jun 1766 | 21 Feb 1842 | 75 | ||||
16 Oct 1812 | Edward Protheroe | 19 Jan 1774 | 24 Aug 1856 | 82 | ||||
9 Mar 1820 | Henry Bright | 18 Jan 1784 | 26 Mar 1869 | 85 | ||||
5 Aug 1830 | James Evan Baillie (to 1835) | c 1781 | 14 Jun 1863 | |||||
30 Apr 1831 | Edward Protheroe (Davis‑Protheroe from 1845) | 1798 | 18 Aug 1852 | 54 | ||||
14 Dec 1832 | Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan, 8th baronet (to 1837) | 6 Jun 1800 | 15 Aug 1879 | 79 | ||||
9 Jan 1835 | Philip John Miles | 1 Mar 1774 | 24 Mar 1845 | 71 | ||||
22 Jul 1837 | Philip William Skinner Miles | 1 Oct 1881 | ||||||
Francis Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley (to 1870) | 7 Dec 1794 | 10 Mar 1870 | 75 | |||||
10 Jul 1852 | William Henry Gore‑Langton | 1802 | 16 May 1875 | 72 | ||||
15 Jul 1865 | Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st baronet | 4 Aug 1809 | 13 Nov 1889 | 80 | ||||
30 Apr 1868 | John William Miles [his election was declared void 25 Jun 1868. Writ suspended until Nov 1868] | |||||||
16 Nov 1868 | Samuel Morley (to 1885) | 15 Oct 1809 | 5 Sep 1886 | 76 | ||||
29 Mar 1870 | Elisha Smith Robinson [his election was declared void 9 Jun 1870] | |||||||
27 Jun 1870 | Kirkham Daniel Hodgson | 1814 | 11 Sep 1879 | 65 | ||||
16 Dec 1878 | Lewis Fry | 16 Apr 1832 | 10 Sep 1921 | 89 | ||||
SPLIT INTO 4 DIVISIONS 1885, SEE "BRISTOL EAST", "BRISTOL NORTH", "BRISTOL SOUTH" AND "BRISTOL WEST" | ||||||||
BRISTOL CENTRAL | ||||||||
14 Dec 1918 | Thomas Walker Herbert Inskip [kt 1922], later [1939] 1st Viscount Caldecote | 5 Mar 1876 | 11 Oct 1947 | 71 | ||||
30 May 1929 | Joseph Herbert Alpass | 2 Feb 1873 | 31 May 1969 | 96 | ||||
27 Oct 1931 | Allen Algernon Bathurst, styled Baron Apsley | 3 Aug 1895 | 17 Dec 1942 | 47 | ||||
18 Feb 1943 | Violet Emily Mildred Bathurst, Lady Apsley | 1895 | 19 Jan 1966 | 70 | ||||
26 Jul 1945 | Stanley Stephen Awbery | 19 Jul 1888 | 7 May 1969 | 80 | ||||
15 Oct 1964 | Arthur Montague Frank Palmer | 4 Aug 1912 | 14 Aug 1994 | 82 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED FEB 1974, BUT REVIVED 2024 | ||||||||
4 Jul 2024 | Carla Suzanne Denyer | 24 Sep 1985 | ||||||
BRISTOL EAST | ||||||||
25 Nov 1885 | Handel Cossham | 31 Mar 1824 | 23 Apr 1890 | 66 | ||||
9 May 1890 | Sir Joseph Dodge Weston | 1822 | 5 Mar 1895 | 72 | ||||
21 Mar 1895 | Sir William Henry Wills, 1st baronet, later [1906] 1st Baron Winterstoke | 1 Sep 1830 | 29 Jan 1911 | 80 | ||||
4 Oct 1900 | Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse, later [1916] 4th baronet | 30 Jun 1862 | 26 Jun 1941 | 78 | ||||
14 Dec 1918 | George Bryant Britton | 1863 | 11 Jul 1929 | 66 | ||||
15 Nov 1922 | Harold Spencer Morris [kt 1927] | 21 Dec 1876 | 11 Nov 1967 | 90 | ||||
6 Dec 1923 | Walter John Baker | 1876 | 2 Dec 1930 | 54 | ||||
16 Jan 1931 | Sir (Richard) Stafford Cripps | 24 Apr 1889 | 21 Apr 1952 | 62 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950, BUT REVIVED 1983 | ||||||||
9 Jun 1983 | Jonathan Sayeed | 20 Mar 1948 | ||||||
9 Apr 1992 | Jean Ann Corston, later [2005] Baroness Corston [L] | 5 May 1942 | ||||||
5 May 2005 | Kerry Gillian McCarthy | 26 Mar 1965 | ||||||
BRISTOL NORTH | ||||||||
25 Nov 1885 | Lewis Fry | 16 Apr 1832 | 10 Sep 1921 | 89 | ||||
Jul 1892 | Charles Townsend | 1832 | 4 Nov 1908 | 76 | ||||
15 Jul 1895 | Lewis Fry | 16 Apr 1832 | 10 Sep 1921 | 89 | ||||
4 Oct 1900 | Sir Frederick Wills, 1st baronet | 22 Nov 1838 | 18 Feb 1909 | 70 | ||||
15 Jan 1906 | Augustine Birrell | 19 Jan 1850 | 20 Nov 1933 | 83 | ||||
14 Dec 1918 | Edwin Stanley Gange | 1871 | 29 Feb 1944 | 72 | ||||
15 Nov 1922 | Christian Henry Charles Guest | 15 Feb 1874 | 9 Oct 1957 | 83 | ||||
6 Dec 1923 | Walter Henry Ayles | 24 Mar 1879 | 6 Jul 1953 | 74 | ||||
29 Oct 1924 | Frederick Edward Guest | 14 Jun 1875 | 28 Apr 1937 | 61 | ||||
30 May 1929 | Walter Henry Ayles | 24 Mar 1879 | 6 Jul 1953 | 74 | ||||
27 Oct 1931 | Robert Hamilton Bernays | 6 May 1902 | 23 Jan 1945 | 42 | ||||
26 Jul 1945 | William Coldrick | 19 Feb 1894 | 15 Sep 1975 | 81 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950 | ||||||||
BRISTOL NORTH EAST | ||||||||
23 Feb 1950 | William Coldrick | 19 Feb 1894 | 15 Sep 1975 | 81 | ||||
8 Oct 1959 | Alan Cripps Nind Hopkins | 27 Oct 1926 | 12 Nov 2012 | 86 | ||||
31 Mar 1966 | Raymond Francis Harvey Dobson | 26 Apr 1925 | 22 Sep 1980 | 55 | ||||
18 Jun 1970 | Robert James Adley | 2 Mar 1935 | 13 May 1993 | 58 | ||||
28 Feb 1974 | Arthur Montague Frank Palmer | 4 Aug 1912 | 14 Aug 1994 | 82 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983, BUT REVIVED 2024 | ||||||||
4 Jul 2024 | Damien James Egan | 8 Jul 1983 | ||||||
BRISTOL NORTH WEST | ||||||||
23 Feb 1950 | Sir Joseph Gurney Braithwaite, 1st baronet | 24 May 1895 | 25 Jun 1958 | 63 | ||||
26 May 1955 | Thomas Christopher Boyd | 14 Aug 1916 | 15 Mar 2004 | 87 | ||||
8 Oct 1959 | Martin John McLaren | 11 Jan 1914 | 27 Jul 1979 | 65 | ||||
31 Mar 1966 | John Ellis | 22 Oct 1930 | 27 May 2019 | 88 | ||||
18 Jun 1970 | Martin John McLaren | 11 Jan 1914 | 27 Jul 1979 | 65 | ||||
10 Oct 1974 | Ronald Richard Thomas | 16 Mar 1929 | 19 Dec 2020 | 91 | ||||
3 May 1979 | Michael Keith Beale Colvin | 27 Sep 1932 | 24 Feb 2000 | 67 | ||||
9 Jun 1983 | Michael Charles Stern | 3 Aug 1942 | ||||||
1 May 1997 | John Douglas Naysmith | 1 Apr 1941 | 2 Jul 2023 | 82 | ||||
6 May 2010 | Charlotte Ann Leslie | 11 Aug 1978 | ||||||
8 Jun 2017 | Darren Jones | 13 Nov 1986 | ||||||
BRISTOL SOUTH | ||||||||
25 Nov 1885 | Joseph Dodge Weston [kt 1886] | 1822 | 5 Mar 1895 | 72 | ||||
2 Jul 1886 | Edward Stock Hill [kt 1892] | 1834 | 18 Dec 1902 | 68 | ||||
4 Oct 1900 | Walter Hume Long, later [1921] 1st Viscount Long | 13 Jul 1854 | 26 Sep 1924 | 70 | ||||
15 Jan 1906 | William Howell Davies [kt 1908] | 13 Dec 1851 | 26 Oct 1932 | 80 | ||||
15 Nov 1922 | Sir William Beddoe Rees | 1877 | 12 May 1931 | 53 | ||||
30 May 1929 | Alexander George Walkden, later [1945] 1st Baron Walkden | 11 May 1873 | 25 Apr 1951 | 77 | ||||
27 Oct 1931 | Noel Ker Lindsay | 25 Dec 1904 | c 1966 | |||||
14 Nov 1935 | Alexander George Walkden, later [1945] 1st Baron Walkden | 11 May 1873 | 25 Apr 1951 | 77 | ||||
26 Jul 1945 | William Albert Wilkins | 17 Jan 1899 | 6 May 1987 | 88 | ||||
18 Jun 1970 | Michael Francis Lovell Cocks, later [1987] Baron Cocks of Hartcliffe [L] | 19 Aug 1929 | 26 Mar 2001 | 71 | ||||
11 Jun 1987 | Dawn Primarolo [Dame 2014], later [2015] Baroness Primarolo [L] | 2 May 1954 | ||||||
7 May 2015 | Karin Marguerite Smyth | 8 Sep 1964 | ||||||
BRISTOL SOUTH EAST | ||||||||
23 Feb 1950 | Sir (Richard) Stafford Cripps | 24 Apr 1889 | 21 Apr 1952 | 62 | ||||
30 Nov 1950 | Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, later [1960‑1963] 2nd Viscount Stansgate | 3 Apr 1925 | 14 Mar 2014 | 88 | ||||
4 May 1961 | Malcolm Archibald James St. Clair | 16 Feb 1927 | 1 Feb 2004 | 76 | ||||
20 Aug 1963 | Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate | 3 Apr 1925 | 14 Mar 2014 | 88 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983 | ||||||||
BRISTOL WEST | ||||||||
25 Nov 1885 | Sir Michael Edward Hicks-Beach, 9th baronet, later [1906] 1st Baron St. Aldwyn and [1915] 1st Earl St. Aldwyn | 23 Oct 1837 | 30 Apr 1916 | 78 | ||||
15 Jan 1906 | George Abraham Gibbs, later [1928] 1st Baron Wraxall | 6 Jul 1873 | 28 Oct 1931 | 58 | ||||
2 Feb 1928 | Cyril Tom Culverwell | 22 Oct 1895 | 29 Oct 1963 | 68 | ||||
26 Jul 1945 | Oliver Frederick George Stanley | 4 May 1896 | 10 Dec 1950 | 54 | ||||
15 Feb 1951 | Sir Walter Monckton, later [1957] 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley | 17 Jan 1891 | 9 Jan 1965 | 73 | ||||
7 Mar 1957 | Robert Gordon Cooke [kt 1979] | 29 May 1930 | 6 Jan 1987 | 56 | ||||
3 May 1979 | William Arthur Waldegrave, later [1999] Baron Waldegrave of North Hill [L] | 15 Aug 1946 | ||||||
1 May 1997 | Valerie Davey | 16 Apr 1940 | ||||||
5 May 2005 | Stephen Roy Williams | 11 Oct 1966 | ||||||
7 May 2015 | Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Debbonaire, later [2025] Baroness Debbonaire [L] | 3 Aug 1966 | ||||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2024 | ||||||||
BRIXTON | ||||||||
26 Nov 1885 | Ernest Baggallay | 11 Jul 1850 | 9 Sep 1931 | 81 | ||||
19 Jul 1887 | George Godolphin Osborne, styled Marquess of Carmarthen, later [1895] 10th Duke of Leeds | 18 Sep 1862 | 10 May 1927 | 64 | ||||
30 Jan 1896 | Evelyn Hubbard | 18 Mar 1852 | 24 Aug 1934 | 82 | ||||
20 Mar 1900 | Sir Robert Gray Cornish Mowbray, 2nd baronet | 21 May 1850 | 23 Jul 1916 | 66 | ||||
15 Jan 1906 | Joel Herbert Seaverns | 13 Nov 1860 | 11 Nov 1923 | 62 | ||||
15 Jan 1910 | Davison Alexander Dalziel, later [1919] 1st baronet and [1927] 1st Baron Dalziel of Wooler | 17 Oct 1852 | 18 Apr 1928 | 75 | ||||
6 Dec 1923 | Frederick Joseph Lavarack | 1874 | 11 Apr 1928 | 53 | ||||
29 Oct 1924 | Sir Davison Alexander Dalziel, 1st baronet, later [1927] 1st Baron Dalziel of Wooler | 17 Oct 1852 | 18 Apr 1928 | 75 | ||||
27 Jun 1927 | Nigel Claudian Dalziel Colman, later [1952] 1st baronet | 1886 | 7 Mar 1966 | 79 | ||||
26 Jul 1945 | Marcus Lipton | 29 Oct 1900 | 22 Feb 1978 | 77 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED FEB 1974 | ||||||||
BROADGREEN (LIVERPOOL) | ||||||||
9 Jun 1983 | Terence Fields | 8 Mar 1937 | 28 Jun 2008 | 71 | ||||
9 Apr 1992 | Jane Elizabeth Kennedy | 4 May 1958 | ||||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1997 | ||||||||
BROADLAND (NORFOLK) | ||||||||
6 May 2010 | Keith Robert Simpson | 29 Mar 1949 | ||||||
12 Dec 2019 | Jerome Patrick Burke Mayhew | 11 Apr 1970 | ||||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2024 | ||||||||
BROADLAND AND FAKENHAM (NORFOLK) | ||||||||
4 Jul 2024 | Jerome Patrick Burke Mayhew | 11 Apr 1970 | ||||||
BROMLEY | ||||||||
14 Dec 1918 | Henry William Forster, later [1919] 1st Baron Forster | 31 Jan 1866 | 15 Jan 1936 | 69 | ||||
17 Dec 1919 | Cuthbert James | 29 Feb 1872 | 21 Jul 1930 | 58 | ||||
2 Sep 1930 | Edward Taswell Campbell, later [1939] 1st baronetFor further information on this MP, see the note at the foot of this page | 9 Apr 1879 | 17 Jul 1945 | 66 | ||||
14 Nov 1945 | Maurice Harold Macmillan, later [1984] 1st Earl of Stockton | 10 Feb 1894 | 29 Dec 1986 | 92 | ||||
15 Oct 1964 | John Leonard Hunt [kt 1989] | 27 Oct 1929 | 19 Sep 2017 | 87 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED FEB 1974 | ||||||||
BROMLEY AND BIGGIN HILL | ||||||||
4 Jul 2024 | Peter Timothy Fortune | Aug 1978 | ||||||
BROMLEY AND CHISLEHURST | ||||||||
1 May 1997 | Eric Forth | 9 Sep 1944 | 17 May 2006 | 61 | ||||
29 Jun 2006 | Robert James MacGillivray Neill | 24 Jun 1952 | ||||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2024 | ||||||||
BROMSGROVE (WORCESTERSHIRE) | ||||||||
23 Feb 1950 | John Michael Clifford Higgs [kt 1969] | 30 May 1912 | 20 Oct 1995 | 83 | ||||
26 May 1955 | James Cyril George Dance | 5 May 1907 | 16 Mar 1971 | 63 | ||||
27 May 1971 | Terence Anthony Gordon Davis | 5 Jan 1938 | ||||||
NAME ALTERED TO "BROMSGROVE AND REDDITCH" FEB 1974, BUT REVERTED 1983 | ||||||||
9 Jun 1983 | Hilary Duppa Miller [kt 1988] | 6 Mar 1929 | 21 Mar 2015 | 86 | ||||
9 Apr 1992 | Kenneth Roy Thomason | 14 Dec 1944 | ||||||
1 May 1997 | Julie Kirkbride | 5 Jun 1960 | ||||||
6 May 2010 | Sajid Javid | 5 Dec 1969 | ||||||
4 Jul 2024 | Bradley Anthony Thomas | |||||||
BROMSGROVE AND REDDITCH | ||||||||
28 Feb 1974 | Hilary Duppa Miller [kt 1988] | 6 Mar 1929 | 21 Mar 2015 | 86 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983 | ||||||||
BROXBOURNE (HERTFORDSHIRE) | ||||||||
9 Jun 1983 | Marion Audrey Roe [Dame 2004] | 15 Jul 1936 | ||||||
5 May 2005 | Charles Ashley Rupert Walker [kt 2019] | 11 Sep 1967 | ||||||
4 Jul 2024 | Lewis Christopher Cocking | 1992 | ||||||
BROXTOWE (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE) | ||||||||
14 Dec 1918 | George Alfred Spencer | 13 Dec 1872 | 21 Nov 1957 | 84 | ||||
30 May 1929 | Frederick Seymour Cocks | 25 Oct 1882 | 29 May 1953 | 70 | ||||
17 Sep 1953 | William Noble Warbey | 16 Aug 1903 | 6 May 1980 | 76 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1955, BUT REVIVED 1983 | ||||||||
9 Jun 1983 | James Theodore Lester [kt 1996] | 23 May 1932 | 30 Oct 2021 | 89 | ||||
1 May 1997 | Nicholas Douglas Palmer | 5 Feb 1950 | ||||||
6 May 2010 | Anna Mary Soubry | 7 Dec 1956 | ||||||
12 Dec 2019 | Darren George Henry | 4 Aug 1968 | ||||||
4 Jul 2024 | Juliet Olive Campbell | |||||||
BUCKINGHAM (BUCKINGHAMSHIRE) | ||||||||
Apr 1660 | Sir Richard Temple, 3rd baronet (to Mar 1679) | 28 Mar 1634 | 8 May 1697 | 63 | ||||
John Dormer | 6 Jan 1612 | 22 May 1679 | 67 | |||||
1 Apr 1661 | William Smith | 3 Jul 1617 | 17 Feb 1697 | 80 | ||||
10 Feb 1679 | Edward Osborne, styled Viscount Latimer (to 1681) | 3 Apr 1654 | 16 Feb 1689 | 34 | ||||
Sir Peter Tyrrell | c 1627 | 11 Mar 1711 | ||||||
Sir Richard Temple, 3rd baronet | 28 Mar 1634 | 8 May 1697 | 63 | |||||
Double return between Tyrrell and Temple. Tyrrell declared elected 21 Mar 1679 | ||||||||
7 Aug 1679 | Sir Richard Temple, 3rd baronet (to 1697) | 28 Mar 1634 | 8 May 1697 | 63 | ||||
8 Feb 1681 | Sir Ralph Verney, 1st baronet | 9 Nov 1613 | 24 Sep 1696 | 82 | ||||
19 Feb 1690 | Alexander Denton (to 1698) | 8 Dec 1654 | 17 Oct 1698 | 43 | ||||
17 Dec 1697 | Sir Richard Temple, 4th baronet, later [1714] 1st Baron Cobham and [1718] 1st Viscount Cobham (to 1702) | 24 Oct 1675 | 13 Sep 1749 | 73 | ||||
22 Dec 1698 | Edmund Denton, later [1699] 1st baronet (to 1708) | 25 Oct 1676 | 4 May 1714 | 37 | ||||
17 Jul 1702 | Roger Price | 10 Aug 1653 | 27 May 1705 | 51 | ||||
8 May 1705 | Sir Richard Temple, 4th baronet, 1st Baron Cobham and [1718] 1st Viscount Cobham [He was also returned for Buckinghamshire, for which he chose to sit] | 24 Oct 1675 | 13 Sep 1749 | 73 | ||||
3 Dec 1705 | Browne Willis | 14 Sep 1682 | 5 Feb 1760 | 77 | ||||
6 May 1708 | Sir Richard Temple, 4th baronet, later [1714] 1st Baron Cobham and [1718] 1st Viscount Cobham (to 1713) | 24 Oct 1675 | 13 Sep 1749 | 73 | ||||
Alexander Denton | 14 Aug 1679 | 22 Mar 1740 | 60 | |||||
3 Oct 1710 | Thomas Chapman (to 1715) | 20 Apr 1663 | after 1744 | |||||
25 Aug 1713 | John Radcliffe | 23 Jan 1653 | 1 Nov 1714 | 61 | ||||
24 Jan 1715 | Alexander Denton (to Oct 1722) | 14 Aug 1679 | 22 Mar 1740 | 60 | ||||
Abraham Stanyan | c 1670 | 11 Sep 1732 | ||||||
30 Nov 1717 | Edmund Halsey | 19 Aug 1729 | ||||||
23 Mar 1722 | Richard Grenville (to Mar 1727) | 23 Mar 1678 | 17 Feb 1727 | 48 | ||||
22 Oct 1722 | William Heathcote, later [1733] 1st baronet (to Aug 1727) | 15 Mar 1693 | 10 May 1751 | 58 | ||||
1 Mar 1727 | John Fane, later [1736] 7th Earl of Westmorland (to 1734) | 24 Mar 1686 | 26 Aug 1762 | 76 | ||||
18 Aug 1727 | Thomas Lewis [he was also returned for Salisbury, for which he chose to sit] | c 1679 | 22 Nov 1736 | |||||
20 Feb 1728 | George Chamberlayne (Denton after 1740) (to 1747) | c 1703 | 14 May 1757 | |||||
23 Apr 1734 | Richard Grenville, later [1752] 2nd Earl Temple | 26 Sep 1711 | 12 Sep 1779 | 67 | ||||
4 May 1741 | George Grenville (to 1770) | 14 Oct 1712 | 13 Nov 1770 | 58 | ||||
26 Jun 1747 | Richard Grenville, later [1752] 2nd Earl Temple | 26 Sep 1711 | 12 Sep 1779 | 67 | ||||
17 Jan 1753 | Temple West | 1713 | 9 Aug 1757 | 44 | ||||
15 Apr 1754 | James Grenville | 12 Feb 1715 | 14 Sep 1783 | 68 | ||||
7 Dec 1756 | William Pitt, later [1766] 1st Earl of Chatham [at a by-election held 4 days later, on 11 Dec 1756, he was also returned for Okehampton, for which he chose to sit] | 15 Nov 1708 | 11 May 1778 | 69 | ||||
14 Jan 1757 | James Grenville | 12 Feb 1715 | 14 Sep 1783 | 68 | ||||
17 Mar 1768 | Henry Grenville (to 1774) | 15 Sep 1717 | 22 Apr 1784 | 66 | ||||
26 Nov 1770 | James Grenville, later [1797] 1st Baron Glastonbury (to Dec 1790) | 6 Jul 1742 | 26 Apr 1825 | 82 | ||||
7 Oct 1774 | Richard Grenville | 6 Jul 1742 | 22 Apr 1823 | 80 | ||||
8 Sep 1780 | Richard Aldworth-Neville (Griffin from 1797), later [1797] 2nd Baron Braybrooke | 29 Jun 1750 | 28 Feb 1825 | 74 | ||||
19 Feb 1782 | William Wyndham Grenville, later [1790] 1st Baron Grenville | 25 Oct 1759 | 12 Jan 1834 | 74 | ||||
2 Apr 1784 | Charles Edmund Nugent | 19 Jul 1758 | 7 Jan 1844 | 85 | ||||
18 Jun 1790 | George Nugent, later [1806] 1st baronet (to 1802) | 10 Jun 1757 | 11 Mar 1849 | 91 | ||||
29 Dec 1790 | Sir Alexander Hood, later [1794] 1st Baron Bridport [I] and [1800] 1st Viscount Bridport | 2 Dec 1726 | 3 May 1814 | 87 | ||||
25 May 1796 | Thomas Grenville (to 1810) | 31 Dec 1755 | 17 Dec 1846 | 90 | ||||
7 Jul 1802 | William Allen Proby, styled Viscount Proby | 19 Jun 1779 | 6 Aug 1804 | 25 | ||||
23 Jan 1805 | John Proby, styled Viscount Proby, later [1828] 2nd Earl of of Carysfort [I] | 1780 | 11 Jun 1855 | 74 | ||||
1 Aug 1806 | Hugh Percy, styled Earl Percy, later [1817] 3rd Duke of Northumberland | 20 Apr 1785 | 11 Feb 1847 | 61 | ||||
5 Nov 1806 | Sir William Young, 2nd baronet | 30 Nov 1749 | 10 Jan 1815 | 65 | ||||
23 Mar 1807 | Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st baronet | 2 Sep 1753 | 27 Feb 1822 | 68 | ||||
13 May 1807 | Richard Neville, later [1825] 3rd Baron Braybrooke (to 1812) | 26 Sep 1783 | 13 Mar 1858 | 74 | ||||
30 Jan 1810 | Lord George Grenville, later [1812] 2nd Baron Nugent [I] | 31 Dec 1788 | 26 Nov 1850 | 61 | ||||
7 Oct 1812 | Hugh Fortescue, styled Viscount Ebrington, later [1841] 2nd Earl Fortescue | 13 Feb 1783 | 14 Sep 1861 | 78 | ||||
William Henry Fremantle (to 1827) | 28 Dec 1766 | 19 Oct 1850 | 83 | |||||
23 Jun 1817 | James Hamilton Stanhope For information on the death of this MP, see the note at the foot of this page |
7 Sep 1788 | 5 Mar 1825 | 36 | ||||
19 Jun 1818 | Sir George Nugent, 1st baronet (to 1832) | 10 Jun 1757 | 11 Mar 1849 | 91 | ||||
23 May 1827 | Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, 1st baronet, later [1874] 1st Baron Cottesloe (to 1846) | 11 Mar 1798 | 3 Dec 1890 | 92 | ||||
10 Dec 1832 | Sir Harry Verney, 2nd baronet | 8 Dec 1801 | 12 Feb 1894 | 91 | ||||
28 Jun 1841 | Sir John Chetwode, 4th baronet | 11 May 1764 | 17 Dec 1845 | 81 | ||||
20 Jan 1846 | John Hall (to 1859) | 5 May 1872 | ||||||
11 Feb 1846 | Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, styled Marquess of Chandos, later [1861] 3rd Duke of Buckingham & Chandos | 10 Sep 1823 | 26 Mar 1889 | 65 | ||||
28 Mar 1857 | Sir Harry Verney, 2nd baronet (to 1874) | 8 Dec 1801 | 12 Feb 1894 | 91 | ||||
30 Apr 1859 | John Gellibrand Hubbard, later [1887] 1st Baron Addington | 21 Mar 1805 | 28 Aug 1889 | 84 | ||||
REPRESENTATION REDUCED TO ONE MEMBER 1868 | ||||||||
5 Feb 1874 | Egerton Hubbard, later [1889] 2nd Baron Addington | 29 Dec 1842 | 14 Jun 1915 | 72 | ||||
1 Apr 1880 | Sir Harry Verney, 2nd baronet | 8 Dec 1801 | 12 Feb 1894 | 91 | ||||
5 Dec 1885 | Edmund Hope Verney, later [1894] 3rd baronet | 6 Apr 1838 | 8 May 1910 | 72 | ||||
14 Jul 1886 | Egerton Hubbard, later [1889] 2nd Baron Addington | 29 Dec 1842 | 14 Jun 1915 | 72 | ||||
11 Oct 1889 | Edmund Hope Verney, later [1894] 3rd baronet [expelled 12 May 1891] For further information on the cause of his expulsion, see the note at the foot of this page |
6 Apr 1838 | 8 May 1910 | 72 | ||||
28 May 1891 | Herbert Samuel Leon, later [1911] 1st baronet | 11 Feb 1850 | 23 Jul 1926 | 76 | ||||
19 Jul 1895 | William Walter Carlile, later [1928] 1st baronet | 15 Jun 1862 | 3 Jan 1950 | 87 | ||||
19 Jan 1906 | Frederick William Verney | 26 Feb 1846 | 26 Apr 1913 | 67 | ||||
Dec 1910 | Sir Harry Calvert Williams Verney, 4th baronet For further information on this MP, see the note at the foot of this page |
7 Jun 1881 | 23 Dec 1974 | 93 | ||||
14 Dec 1918 | George Edward Wentworth Bowyer, later [1933] 1st baronet and [1937] 1st Baron Denham | 16 Jan 1886 | 30 Nov 1948 | 62 | ||||
11 Jun 1937 | John Percival Whiteley | 7 Jan 1898 | 4 Jul 1943 | 45 | ||||
4 Aug 1943 | Geoffrey Lionel Berry, later [1968] 2nd Viscount Kemsley | 29 Jun 1909 | 28 Feb 1999 | 89 | ||||
26 Jul 1945 | Aidan Merivale Crawley | 10 Apr 1908 | 3 Nov 1993 | 85 | ||||
25 Oct 1951 | Sydney Frank Markham [kt 1953] | 19 Oct 1897 | 13 Oct 1975 | 77 | ||||
15 Oct 1964 | Ian Robert Maxwell | 10 Jun 1923 | 5 Nov 1991 | 68 | ||||
18 Jun 1970 | William Richard Benyon (born Shelley) [kt 1994] | 17 Jan 1930 | 2 May 2014 | 84 | ||||
9 Jun 1983 | George Gordon Harvey Walden | 15 Sep 1939 | ||||||
1 May 1997 | John Simon Bercow | 19 Jan 1963 | ||||||
12 Dec 2019 | Gregory David Smith | 3 Mar 1979 | ||||||
CONSTITUENCY RENAMED "BUCKINGHAM AND BLETCHLEY" 2024 | ||||||||
BUCKINGHAM AND BLETCHLEY (BUCKINGHAMSHIRE) | ||||||||
4 Jul 2024 | Callum Bradley Anderson | |||||||
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE | ||||||||
11 Apr 1660 | Thomas Tyrrell | c 1594 | 16 Mar 1672 | |||||
Sir William Bowyer, 1st baronet (to 1679) | 29 Jun 1612 | 2 Oct 1679 | 67 | |||||
22 Aug 1660 | William Tyringham | 12 Oct 1618 | 6 Aug 1685 | 66 | ||||
5 Feb 1679 | Thomas Wharton, later [1696] 5th Baron Wharton, [1715] 1st Marquess of Catherlough and [1715] 1st Marquess of Wharton and 1st Marquess of Malmesbury (to Feb 1696) | 23 Oct 1648 | 12 Apr 1715 | 66 | ||||
John Hampden | 21 Mar 1653 | 10 Dec 1696 | 43 | |||||
2 Feb 1681 | Richard Hampden | 13 Oct 1631 | 12 Dec 1695 | 64 | ||||
10 Apr 1685 | John Egerton, styled Viscount Brackley, later [1686] 3rd Earl of Bridgwater | 9 Nov 1646 | 19 Mar 1701 | 54 | ||||
10 Jan 1689 | Sir Thomas Lee, 1st baronet | 26 May 1635 | 19 Feb 1691 | 55 | ||||
19 Feb 1690 | Richard Hampden | 13 Oct 1631 | 15 Dec 1695 | 64 | ||||
30 Oct 1695 | Sir Richard Atkins, 2nd baronet (to Dec 1696) | 27 Aug 1654 | 28 Nov 1696 | 42 | ||||
24 Feb 1696 | William Cheyne, later [1698] 2nd Viscount Newhaven [S] (to 1701) | 14 Jul 1657 | 26 May 1728 | 70 | ||||
31 Dec 1696 | Henry Neale | 24 Sep 1651 | 6 May 1730 | 78 | ||||
27 Aug 1698 | Goodwin Wharton (to 1704) | 8 Mar 1653 | 25 Oct 1704 | 51 | ||||
10 Dec 1701 | Robert Dormer | 30 May 1650 | 18 Sep 1726 | 76 | ||||
22 Jul 1702 | William Cheyne, 2nd Viscount Newhaven [S] (to 1705) | 14 Jul 1657 | 26 May 1728 | 70 | ||||
8 Nov 1704 | Sir Richard Temple, 4th baronet, later [1714] 1st Baron Cobham and [1718] 1st Viscount Cobham (to 1708) | 24 Oct 1675 | 14 Sep 1749 | 73 | ||||
24 May 1705 | Robert Dormer | 30 May 1650 | 18 Sep 1726 | 76 | ||||
27 Feb 1706 | William Egerton | 5 Nov 1684 | 15 Jul 1732 | 47 | ||||
19 May 1708 | Sir Edmund Denton, 1st baronet (to 1713) | 25 Oct 1676 | 4 May 1714 | 37 | ||||
Richard Hampden | after 1674 | 27 Jul 1728 | ||||||
4 Oct 1710 | John Verney, 1st Viscount Fermanagh [I] (to 1715) | 5 Nov 1640 | 23 Jun 1717 | 76 | ||||
2 Sep 1713 | John Fleetwood (to 1722) | 9 Mar 1686 | 17 Aug 1745 | 59 | ||||
2 Feb 1715 | Richard Hampden | after 1674 | 27 Jul 1728 | |||||
4 Apr 1722 | Montague Garrard Drake | 14 Oct 1692 | 26 Apr 1728 | 35 | ||||
Sir Thomas Lee, 3rd baronet | 31 Mar 1687 | 17 Dec 1749 | 62 | |||||
16 Aug 1727 | Sir William Stanhope (to 1741) | 20 Jul 1702 | 7 May 1772 | 69 | ||||
Richard Hampden | after 1674 | 27 Jul 1728 | ||||||
29 Jan 1729 | Sir Thomas Lee, 3rd baronet | 31 Mar 1687 | 17 Dec 1749 | 62 | ||||
6 May 1741 | Richard Grenville, later [1752] 2nd Earl Temple | 26 Sep 1711 | 12 Sep 1779 | 67 | ||||
Richard Lowndes (to 1774) | c 1707 | 6 Oct 1775 | ||||||
6 Jul 1747 | Sir William Stanhope | 20 Jul 1702 | 7 May 1772 | 69 | ||||
28 Mar 1768 | Ralph Verney, 2nd Earl Verney [I] (to 1784) | 1 Feb 1714 | 31 Mar 1791 | 77 | ||||
19 Oct 1774 | George Grenville, later [1779] 3rd Earl Temple and [1784] 1st Marquess of Buckingham | 17 Jun 1753 | 11 Feb 1813 | 59 | ||||
25 Oct 1779 | Thomas Grenville | 31 Dec 1755 | 17 Dec 1846 | 90 | ||||
21 Apr 1784 | William Wyndham Grenville, later [1790] 1st Baron Grenville (to Dec 1790) | 25 Oct 1759 | 12 Jan 1834 | 74 | ||||
John Aubrey, later [1786] 6th baronet | 4 Jun 1739 | 14 Mar 1826 | 86 | |||||
22 Jun 1790 | Ralph Verney, 2nd Earl Verney [I] (to 1791) | 1 Feb 1714 | 31 Mar 1791 | 77 | ||||
27 Dec 1790 | James Grenville, later [1797] 1st Baron Glastonbury (to 1797) | 6 Jul 1742 | 26 Apr 1825 | 82 | ||||
18 Apr 1791 | William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, styled Marquess of Titchfield, later [1809] 4th Duke of Portland (to 1810) | 24 Jun 1768 | 27 Mar 1854 | 85 | ||||
30 Jun 1797 | Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, styled Earl Temple, later [1822] 1st Duke of Buckingham & Chandos (to 1813) | 20 Mar 1776 | 17 Jan 1839 | 62 | ||||
3 Jan 1810 | William Selby Lowndes (to 1820) | c 1767 | 18 May 1840 | |||||
6 Mar 1813 | Thomas Grenville | 31 Dec 1755 | 17 Dec 1846 | 90 | ||||
22 Jun 1818 | Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, styled Earl Temple 1813-1822 and Marquess of Chandos 1822-1839, later [1839] 2nd Duke of Buckingham & Chandos (to 1839) | 11 Feb 1797 | 29 Jul 1861 | 64 | ||||
13 Mar 1820 | Robert John Smith, later [1838] 2nd Baron Carrington | 16 Jan 1796 | 17 Mar 1868 | 72 | ||||
9 May 1831 | John Smith (to 1835) | 6 Sep 1767 | 20 Jan 1842 | 74 | ||||
REPRESENTATION INCREASED TO THREE MEMBERS 1832 | ||||||||
17 Dec 1832 | George Henry Dashwood, later [1849] 5th baronet | 24 Jan 1792 | 4 Mar 1862 | 70 | ||||
10 Jan 1835 | Sir William Lawrence Young, 4th baronet (to 1842) | 29 Sep 1806 | 27 Jun 1842 | 35 | ||||
James Backwell Praed | 30 May 1779 | 13 Jan 1837 | 57 | |||||
13 Feb 1837 | George Simon Harcourt (to 1841) | 24 Oct 1871 | ||||||
18 Feb 1839 | Caledon George Du Pre (to 1874) | 28 Mar 1803 | 7 Oct 1886 | 83 | ||||
5 Jul 1841 | Charles Robert Scott Murray (to 1845) | 28 Dec 1818 | 27 Aug 1882 | 63 | ||||
15 Jul 1842 | William Edward Fitzmaurice (to 1847) | 21 Mar 1805 | 18 Jun 1889 | 84 | ||||
21 Feb 1845 | Christopher Tower | 2 May 1804 | 3 Mar 1884 | 79 | ||||
4 Aug 1847 | Charles Compton Cavendish, later [1858] 1st Baron Chesham | 28 Aug 1793 | 10 Nov 1863 | 70 | ||||
Benjamin Disraeli, later [1876] 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (to 1876) | 21 Dec 1804 | 19 Apr 1881 | 76 | |||||
23 Dec 1857 | William George Cavendish, later [1863] 2nd Baron Chesham | 29 Oct 1815 | 26 Jun 1882 | 66 | ||||
29 Dec 1863 | Robert Bateson Harvey, later [1868] 1st baronet | 17 Nov 1825 | 23 Mar 1887 | 61 | ||||
19 Nov 1868 | Nathaniel Grace Lambert (to 1880) | 1811 | 9 Dec 1882 | 71 | ||||
14 Feb 1874 | Sir Robert Bateson Harvey, 1st baronet (to 1885) | 17 Nov 1825 | 23 Mar 1887 | 61 | ||||
22 Sep 1876 | Thomas Francis Fremantle, later [1890] 2nd Baron Cottesloe (to 1885) | 30 Jan 1830 | 13 Apr 1918 | 88 | ||||
10 Apr 1880 | Rupert Clement George Carington, later [1928] 4th Baron Carrington | 18 Dec 1852 | 11 Nov 1929 | 76 | ||||
SPLIT INTO 3 DIVISIONS 1885, SEE "AYLESBURY", "BUCKINGHAM" AND "WYCOMBE" | ||||||||
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MID | ||||||||
4 Jul 2024 | Gregory David Smith | 3 Mar 1979 | ||||||
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE SOUTH | ||||||||
23 Feb 1950 | Ronald McMillan Bell [kt 1980] | 14 Apr 1914 | 27 Feb 1982 | 67 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED FEB 1974 | ||||||||
BUCKLOW | ||||||||
26 Jul 1945 | William Stanley Shepherd | 12 Mar 1910 | 11 Oct 2002 | 92 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950 | ||||||||
BUCKROSE (YORKSHIRE) | ||||||||
5 Dec 1885 | Christopher Sykes | 10 Jan 1831 | 15 Dec 1898 | 67 | ||||
14 Jul 1886 | William Alexander McArthur [he was unseated on petition in favour of Christopher Sykes 11 Dec 1886] | 1857 | 7 Jun 1923 | 65 | ||||
11 Dec 1886 | Christopher Sykes | 10 Jan 1831 | 15 Dec 1898 | 67 | ||||
Jul 1892 | Angus Holden, later [1897] 2nd baronet and [1908] 1st Baron Holden | 16 Mar 1833 | 25 Mar 1912 | 79 | ||||
12 Oct 1900 | Luke White [kt 1908] | 1 Mar 1845 | 17 Aug 1920 | 75 | ||||
14 Dec 1918 | Algernon Henry Moreing | 30 Sep 1889 | 22 Oct 1974 | 85 | ||||
15 Nov 1922 | Sir Guy Reginald Archer Gaunt | 25 May 1870 | 18 May 1953 | 82 | ||||
5 May 1926 | Albert Newby Braithwaite [kt 1945] | 2 Sep 1893 | 20 Oct 1959 | 66 | ||||
26 Jul 1945 | George Wadsworth | 10 Dec 1902 | 1979 | 76 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950 | ||||||||
BURNLEY | ||||||||
17 Nov 1868 | Richard Shaw | 1825 | 19 Jan 1876 | 50 | ||||
11 Feb 1876 | Peter Rylands | 18 Jan 1820 | 8 Feb 1887 | 67 | ||||
19 Feb 1887 | John Slagg | 1841 | 7 May 1889 | 47 | ||||
27 Feb 1889 | Jabez Spencer Balfour For further information on this MP, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of the constituency of Tamworth |
4 Sep 1843 | 23 Feb 1916 | 72 | ||||
6 Feb 1893 | 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 | ||||
4 Oct 1900 | William Mitchell | 27 Jun 1838 | 5 Mar 1914 | 75 | ||||
13 Jan 1906 | Frederick Maddison | 17 Aug 1856 | 12 Mar 1937 | 80 | ||||
15 Jan 1910 | Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot | 19 Dec 1872 | 25 Sep 1916 | 43 | ||||
Dec 1910 | Philip Edward Morrell | 4 Jun 1870 | 5 Feb 1943 | 72 | ||||
14 Dec 1918 | David Daniel Irving | 31 Oct 1854 | 25 Jan 1924 | 69 | ||||
28 Feb 1924 | Arthur Henderson | 13 Sep 1863 | 20 Oct 1935 | 72 | ||||
27 Oct 1931 | Gordon Campbell VC For further information on this MP and VC winner, see the note at the foot of this page |
6 Jan 1886 | 3 Oct 1953 | 67 | ||||
14 Nov 1935 | Wilfrid Andrew Burke | 23 Nov 1889 | 18 Jul 1968 | 78 | ||||
8 Oct 1959 | Daniel Jones | 26 Sep 1908 | 19 Feb 1985 | 76 | ||||
9 Jun 1983 | Peter Leslie Pike | 26 Jun 1937 | 27 Dec 2021 | 84 | ||||
5 May 2005 | Kitty Ussher | 18 Mar 1971 | ||||||
6 May 2010 | Gordon Birtwistle | 6 Sep 1943 | ||||||
7 May 2015 | Julie Elizabeth Cooper | 20 Jun 1960 | ||||||
12 Dec 2019 | Antony Higginbottom | 16 Dec 1989 | ||||||
4 Jul 2024 | Oliver David Ryan | Apr 1995 | ||||||
BURSLEM (STOKE-UPON-TRENT) | ||||||||
14 Dec 1918 | Samuel Finney | 1857 | 14 Apr 1935 | 77 | ||||
15 Nov 1922 | Andrew MacLaren | 28 May 1882 | 11 Apr 1975 | 92 | ||||
6 Dec 1923 | William Edward Robinson | 1863 | 10 May 1927 | 63 | ||||
29 Oct 1924 | Andrew MacLaren | 28 May 1882 | 11 Apr 1975 | 92 | ||||
27 Oct 1931 | William Allen | 1870 | 11 Sep 1945 | 75 | ||||
14 Nov 1935 | Andrew MacLaren | 28 May 1882 | 11 Apr 1975 | 92 | ||||
26 Jul 1945 | Albert Edward Davies | 30 May 1900 | 19 Jan 1953 | 52 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950 | ||||||||
BURTON (STAFFORDSHIRE) | ||||||||
28 Nov 1885 | Sir Michael Arthur Bass, 1st baronet, later [1906] 1st Baron Burton | 12 Nov 1837 | 1 Feb 1909 | 71 | ||||
20 Aug 1886 | Sydney Evershed | 1825 | 8 Nov 1903 | 78 | ||||
8 Oct 1900 | Robert Frederick Ratcliff | 1867 | 19 Jan 1943 | 75 | ||||
14 Dec 1918 | John Gretton, later [1944] 1st Baron Gretton For further information on this MP, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of members for Derbyshire South |
1 Sep 1867 | 2 Jun 1947 | 79 | ||||
2 Jul 1943 | John Frederic Gretton, later [1947] 2nd Baron Gretton | 15 Aug 1902 | 26 Mar 1982 | 79 | ||||
26 Jul 1945 | Arthur William Lyne | 21 Jul 1884 | 30 Dec 1971 | 87 | ||||
23 Feb 1950 | (William) Arthur Colegate [kt 1955] | early 1884 | 10 Sep 1956 | 72 | ||||
26 May 1955 | John Charles Jennings | 10 Feb 1903 | 17 Jun 1990 | 87 | ||||
28 Feb 1974 | Ivan John Lawrence [kt 1992] | 24 Dec 1936 | ||||||
1 May 1997 | Janet Elizabeth Ann Dean | 28 Jan 1949 | ||||||
6 May 2010 | Andrew James Griffiths | 19 Oct 1970 | ||||||
12 Dec 2019 | Kate Elizabeth Griffiths (Kniveton from 2020) | 1971 | ||||||
CONSTITUENCY RENAMED "BURTON AND UTTOXETER" 2024 | ||||||||
BURTON AND UTTOXETER (STAFFORDSHIRE) | ||||||||
4 Jul 2024 | Jacob Collier | 20 May 1997 | ||||||
BURY (LANCASHIRE) | ||||||||
12 Dec 1832 | Richard Walker | 1784 | 1 Feb 1855 | 70 | ||||
10 Jul 1852 | Frederick Peel [kt 1869] | 26 Oct 1823 | 6 Jun 1906 | 82 | ||||
30 Mar 1857 | Robert Needham Philips | 1815 | 28 Feb 1890 | 74 | ||||
30 Apr 1859 | Frederick Peel [kt 1869] | 26 Oct 1823 | 6 Jun 1906 | 82 | ||||
12 Jul 1865 | Robert Needham Philips | 1815 | 28 Feb 1890 | 74 | ||||
25 Nov 1885 | Sir Henry James, later [1895] 1st Baron James of Hereford | 30 Oct 1828 | 18 Aug 1911 | 82 | ||||
15 Jul 1895 | James Kenyon | 1846 | 25 Feb 1924 | 77 | ||||
10 May 1902 | George Toulmin [kt 1911] | 17 Mar 1857 | 21 Jan 1923 | 65 | ||||
14 Dec 1918 | Charles Ainsworth For further information on this MP, see the note relating to Frank Gray under "Oxford" |
25 Feb 1874 | 10 Apr 1956 | 82 | ||||
14 Nov 1935 | Alan Ernest Leofric Chorlton | 24 Feb 1874 | 6 Oct 1946 | 72 | ||||
26 Jul 1945 | Walter Fletcher [kt 1953] | 8 Apr 1892 | 6 Apr 1956 | 63 | ||||
NAME ALTERED TO "BURY AND RADCLIFFE" 1950 | ||||||||
BURY NORTH | ||||||||
9 Jun 1983 | Alistair James Hendrie Burt | 25 May 1955 | ||||||
1 May 1997 | David Michael Chaytor | 3 Aug 1949 | ||||||
6 May 2010 | David John Nuttall | 25 Mar 1962 | ||||||
8 Jun 2017 | James Richard Frith | 23 Apr 1977 | ||||||
12 Dec 2019 | James Barry Daly | 19 Mar 1980 | ||||||
4 Jul 2024 | James Richard Frith | 23 Apr 1977 | ||||||
BURY SOUTH | ||||||||
9 Jun 1983 | David Anthony Gerald Sumberg | 2 Jun 1941 | ||||||
1 May 1997 | Ivan Lewis | 4 Mar 1967 | ||||||
12 Dec 2019 | Christian Wakeford | |||||||
BURY AND RADCLIFFE (LANCASHIRE) | ||||||||
23 Feb 1950 | Walter Fletcher [kt 1953] | 8 Apr 1892 | 6 Apr 1956 | 63 | ||||
26 May 1955 | John Claude Bidgood | 12 May 1914 | 17 Aug 2001 | 87 | ||||
15 Oct 1964 | Alick Charles David Ensor | 27 Nov 1906 | 5 Feb 1987 | 80 | ||||
18 Jun 1970 | Michael Fidler | 10 Feb 1916 | 5 Sep 1989 | 73 | ||||
10 Oct 1974 | Frank Richard White | Nov 1939 | ||||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983 | ||||||||
BURY ST. EDMUNDS (SUFFOLK) | ||||||||
9 Apr 1660 | Thomas Chaplin | 21 Oct 1591 | c Nov 1672 | 81 | ||||
John Clarke | Nov 1681 | |||||||
Sir Henry Crofts | c 1590 | 31 Mar 1667 | ||||||
Sir John Duncombe (to 1679) | 20 Jul 1622 | 4 Mar 1687 | 64 | |||||
Double return. Crofts and Duncombe declared elected 14 May 1660 | ||||||||
1 Apr 1661 | Sir Edmund Poley | 16 Dec 1619 | 22 Oct 1671 | 51 | ||||
10 Feb 1673 | William Duncombe | c 1647 | 13 Apr 1704 | |||||
24 Feb 1679 | Sir Thomas Hervey (to 1690) | 25 May 1625 | 27 May 1694 | 69 | ||||
Thomas Jermyn, later [1684] 2nd Earl of St. Albans | 10 Nov 1633 | 1 Apr 1703 | 69 | |||||
9 Apr 1685 | William Crofts | c 1639 | 29 Jan 1695 | |||||
12 Jan 1689 | Sir Robert Davers, 2nd baronet (to 1701) | c 1653 | 1 Oct 1722 | |||||
6 Mar 1690 | Henry Goldwell | c 1653 | Mar 1694 | |||||
31 Mar 1694 | John Hervey, later [1703] 1st Baron Hervey of Ickworth and [1714] 1st Earl of Bristol (to 1703) | 27 Aug 1665 | 20 Jan 1751 | 85 | ||||
29 Nov 1701 | Sir Thomas Felton, 4th baronet (to 1709) | 12 Oct 1649 | 3 Mar 1709 | 59 | ||||
22 Nov 1703 | Sir Robert Davers, 2nd baronet [at the general election in May 1705, Davers was also returned for Suffolk, for which he chose to sit] | c 1653 | 1 Oct 1722 | |||||
1 Dec 1705 | Aubrey Porter (to 1717) | c 1660 | 14 Apr 1717 | |||||
26 Mar 1709 | Joseph Weld | 29 Dec 1651 | 18 Jan 1712 | 60 | ||||
20 Feb 1712 | Samuel Batteley | c 1652 | 15 Jul 1714 | |||||
2 Sep 1713 | Carr Hervey, styled Baron Hervey from 1714 (to 1722) | 17 Sep 1691 | 14 Nov 1723 | 32 | ||||
16 May 1717 | James Reynolds (to 1725) | 6 Jan 1686 | 9 Feb 1739 | 53 | ||||
21 Mar 1722 | Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th baronet (to 1727) | c 1686 | 20 Feb 1743 | |||||
2 Apr 1725 | John Hervey, styled Baron Hervey (to 1733) | 15 Oct 1696 | 5 Aug 1743 | 46 | ||||
18 Aug 1727 | Thomas Norton (to 1747) | c 1684 | 28 Apr 1748 | |||||
27 Jun 1733 | Thomas Hervey | 20 Jan 1699 | 18 Jan 1775 | 75 | ||||
3 Jul 1747 | William Stanhope, styled Viscount Petersham, later [1756] 2nd Earl of Harrington (to 1756) | 18 Dec 1719 | 1 Apr 1779 | 59 | ||||
Felton Hervey (to 1761) | 12 Feb 1712 | 16 Aug 1773 | 61 | |||||
17 Apr 1754 | William Stanhope, styled Viscount Petersham, later [1756] 2nd Earl of Harrington | 18 Dec 1719 | 1 Apr 1779 | 59 | ||||
Augustus John Hervey, later [1775] 3rd Earl of Bristol | 19 May 1724 | 22 Dec 1779 | 55 | |||||
Felton Hervey | 12 Feb 1712 | 16 Aug 1773 | 61 | |||||
The two Herveys recorded an equal number of votes, following which the election for the second seat was declared void. At the subsequent by‑election held on 9 Dec 1754, Felton Hervey was returned | ||||||||
21 Dec 1756 | Augustus Henry Fitzroy, styled Earl of Euston, later [1757] 3rd Duke of Grafton | 28 Sep 1735 | 14 Mar 1811 | 75 | ||||
26 May 1757 | Augustus John Hervey, later [1775] 3rd Earl of Bristol (to 1763) | 19 May 1724 | 22 Dec 1779 | 55 | ||||
27 Mar 1761 | Charles Fitzroy, later [1780] 1st Baron Southampton (to 1774) | 25 Jun 1737 | 21 Mar 1797 | 59 | ||||
24 Feb 1763 | William Hervey | 13 May 1732 | 15 Jan 1815 | 82 | ||||
18 Mar 1768 | Augustus John Hervey, later [1775] 3rd Earl of Bristol (to 1775) | 19 May 1724 | 22 Dec 1779 | 55 | ||||
8 Oct 1774 | Sir Charles Davers, 6th baronet (to 1802) | 4 Jun 1737 | 4 Jun 1806 | 69 | ||||
27 Mar 1775 | Henry Seymour Conway | 12 Aug 1719 | 9 Jul 1795 | 75 | ||||
2 Apr 1784 | George Ferdinand Fitzroy, later [1797] 2nd Baron Southampton | 7 Aug 1761 | 24 Jun 1810 | 48 | ||||
5 Feb 1787 | Lord Charles Fitzroy | 14 Jul 1764 | 20 Dec 1829 | 65 | ||||
27 May 1796 | Frederick William Hervey, styled Baron Hervey, later [1803] 5th Earl of Bristol and [1826] 1st Marquess of Bristol (to 1803) | 2 Jun 1769 | 15 Feb 1859 | 89 | ||||
9 Jul 1802 | Lord Charles Fitzroy (to 1818) | 14 Jul 1764 | 20 Dec 1829 | 65 | ||||
15 Aug 1803 | John Henry Upton, 2nd Baron Templetown [I], later [1806] 1st Viscount Templetown [I] | 8 Nov 1771 | 21 Sep 1846 | 74 | ||||
6 Oct 1812 | Frederick Thomas Hervey Foster | 2 Oct 1777 | after 1831 | |||||
19 Jun 1818 | Henry Fitzroy, styled Earl of Euston, later [1844] 5th Duke of Grafton | 10 Feb 1790 | 26 Mar 1863 | 73 | ||||
Arthur Percy Upton (to 1826) | 12 Jun 1777 | 22 Jan 1855 | 77 | |||||
10 Mar 1820 | Lord John Edward Fitzroy | 24 Sep 1785 | 28 Dec 1856 | 71 | ||||
12 Jun 1826 | Frederick William Hervey, styled Earl Jermyn from 1826, later [1859] 2nd Marquess of Bristol (to 1859) | 15 Jul 1800 | 30 Oct 1864 | 64 | ||||
Henry Fitzroy, styled Earl of Euston, later [1844] 5th Duke of Grafton | 10 Feb 1790 | 26 Mar 1863 | 73 | |||||
2 May 1831 | Lord Charles Augustus Fitzroy | 10 Jun 1796 | 16 Feb 1858 | 61 | ||||
15 Dec 1832 | Lord Charles Fitzroy | 28 Feb 1791 | 13 Jun 1865 | 74 | ||||
31 Aug 1847 | Edward Herbert Bunbury, later [1886] 9th baronet | 8 Jul 1811 | 5 Mar 1895 | 83 | ||||
9 Jul 1852 | John Stuart [kt 1853] | 1793 | 29 Oct 1876 | 83 | ||||
4 Dec 1852 | James Henry Porteous Oakes | 1821 | ||||||
28 Mar 1857 | Joseph Alfred Hardcastle (to 1874) | 1815 | 1899 | 84 | ||||
7 Mar 1859 | Lord Alfred Hervey | 25 Jun 1816 | 15 Apr 1875 | 58 | ||||
13 Jul 1865 | Edward Greene (to 1885) | 17 Aug 1815 | 5 Apr 1891 | 75 | ||||
5 Feb 1874 | Lord Francis Hervey | 16 Oct 1846 | 10 Jan 1931 | 84 | ||||
2 Apr 1880 | Joseph Alfred Hardcastle | 1815 | 1899 | 84 | ||||
24 Nov 1885 | Lord Francis Hervey | 16 Oct 1846 | 10 Jan 1931 | 84 | ||||
REPRESENTATION REDUCED TO ONE MEMBER 1885 | ||||||||
23 Aug 1892 | Henry Arthur Cadogan, styled Viscount Chelsea | 13 Jun 1868 | 2 Jul 1908 | 40 | ||||
29 Sep 1900 | Sir Edward Walter Greene, 1st baronet | 14 Mar 1842 | 27 Feb 1920 | 77 | ||||
15 Jan 1906 | Frederick William Fane Hervey, later [1907] 4th Marquess of Bristol | 8 Nov 1863 | 24 Oct 1951 | 87 | ||||
23 Aug 1907 | Walter Edward Guinness, later [1932] 1st Baron Moyne For further information on the death of this MP, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of his peerage |
29 Mar 1880 | 6 Nov 1944 | 64 | ||||
27 Oct 1931 | Frank Frederick Alexander Heilgers | 25 Jun 1892 | 16 Jan 1944 | 51 | ||||
29 Feb 1944 | Edgar Mayne Keatinge [kt 1960] | 3 Feb 1905 | 7 Aug 1998 | 93 | ||||
26 Jul 1945 | Geoffrey Benedict Clifton-Brown | 25 Jul 1899 | 17 Nov 1983 | 84 | ||||
23 Feb 1950 | William Traven Aitken [kt 1963] | 10 Jun 1905 | 19 Jan 1964 | 58 | ||||
14 May 1964 | Eldon Wylie Griffiths [kt 1985] | 25 May 1925 | 3 Jun 2014 | 89 | ||||
9 Apr 1992 | Richard John Grenville Spring, later [2010] Baron Risby [L] | 24 Sep 1946 | ||||||
1 May 1997 | David Laurie Ruffley | 18 Apr 1962 | ||||||
7 May 2015 | Johanna Peta Churchill | 18 Mar 1964 | ||||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2024 | ||||||||
BURY ST. EDMUNDS AND STOWMARKET | ||||||||
4 Jul 2024 | Peter Richard Prinsley | 8 Apr 1958 | ||||||
BUTE AND NORTHERN AYRSHIRE (AYR & BUTE) | ||||||||
14 Dec 1918 | Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston | 23 Sep 1864 | 18 Mar 1940 | 75 | ||||
14 Nov 1935 | Sir Charles Glen MacAndrew, later [1959] 1st Baron MacAndrew | 13 Jan 1888 | 11 Jan 1979 | 90 | ||||
8 Oct 1959 | Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean, 1st baronet | 11 Mar 1911 | 15 Jun 1996 | 85 | ||||
28 Feb 1974 | John Alexander Corrie | 29 Jul 1935 | ||||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983 | ||||||||
BUTESHIRE | ||||||||
22 Dec 1832 | Charles Stuart | |||||||
4 Sep 1833 | Sir William Rae, 3rd baronet | 14 Apr 1769 | 19 Oct 1842 | 73 | ||||
1 Dec 1842 | James Archibald Stuart-Wortley | 3 Jul 1805 | 22 Aug 1881 | 76 | ||||
9 May 1859 | David Mure | 11 Oct 1810 | 11 Apr 1891 | 80 | ||||
6 Feb 1865 | George Frederick Boyle, later [1869] 6th Earl of Glasgow | 9 Oct 1825 | 23 Apr 1890 | 64 | ||||
20 Jul 1865 | James Lamont, later [1910] 1st baronet | 26 Apr 1828 | 29 Jul 1913 | 85 | ||||
25 Nov 1868 | Charles Dalrymple, later [1887] 1st baronet | 15 Oct 1839 | 20 Jun 1916 | 76 | ||||
8 Apr 1880 | Thomas Russell [his election was declared void 22 Jun 1880] | |||||||
6 Jul 1880 | Charles Dalrymple, later [1887] 1st baronet | 15 Oct 1839 | 20 Jun 1916 | 76 | ||||
28 Nov 1885 | James Patrick Bannerman Robertson, later [1899] Baron Robertson of Forteviot [L] | 10 Aug 1845 | 1 Feb 1909 | 63 | ||||
9 Oct 1891 | Andrew Graham Murray, later [1905] 1st Baron Dunedin and [1926] 1st Viscount Dunedin | 21 Nov 1849 | 21 Aug 1942 | 92 | ||||
4 Mar 1905 | Norman Lamont, later [1913] 2nd baronet | 7 Dec 1869 | 3 Sep 1949 | 79 | ||||
27 Jan 1910 | Harry Hope [kt 1920], later [1932] 1st baronet | 24 Sep 1865 | 29 Dec 1959 | 94 | ||||
INCORPORATED IN "BUTE AND NORTHERN AYRSHIRE" 1918 | ||||||||
BUTESHIRE AND CAITHNESS | ||||||||
Buteshire and Caithness returned members to alternate Parliaments between 1708 and 1832. The county represented by each member is shown in blue following their names | ||||||||
31 May 1708 | Dougal Stewart [Buteshire] [he was also returned for Perthshire at the general election in 1708 and appears to have been permitted to sit for both seats until his appointment as a Lord of Session on 7 Jun 1709. No writ for a fresh election appears to have been issued until Feb 1710] | after 1658 | 16 Jun 1712 | |||||
28 Feb 1710 | John Montgomerie [Buteshire] | 11 Mar 1725 | ||||||
2 Nov 1710 | Sir James Dunbar, 1st baronet [Caithness] | after 1676 | c Oct 1724 | |||||
21 Sep 1713 | John Campbell, later [1761] 4th Duke of Argyll [Buteshire] | c 1693 | 9 Nov 1770 | |||||
17 Feb 1715 | Sir Robert Gordon, 4th baronet [Caithness] | 1696 | 8 Jan 1772 | 75 | ||||
12 Apr 1722 | Patrick Campbell [Buteshire] | c 1684 | 18 Feb 1751 | |||||
31 Aug 1727 | Patrick Dunbar, later [1742] 3rd baronet [Caithness] | c 1676 | 5 Apr 1763 | |||||
17 May 1734 | Patrick Campbell [Buteshire] | c 1684 | 18 Feb 1751 | |||||
4 Jun 1741 | Alexander Brodie [Caithness] | 17 Aug 1697 | 9 Mar 1754 | 56 | ||||
28 Jul 1747 | James Stuart-Mackenzie [Buteshire] | c 1719 | 8 Apr 1800 | |||||
4 May 1754 | John Scott [Caithness] | 1725 | 7 Dec 1775 | 50 | ||||
1 May 1761 | James Stuart [Buteshire] | c 1702 | 7 Feb 1762 | |||||
3 Jun 1762 | Henry Wauchope [Buteshire] | c 1720 | 22 Sep 1768 | |||||
11 Apr 1768 | Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Viscount Fortrose [I], later [1771] 1st Earl of Seaforth [I] [Caithness] | 15 Jan 1744 | 27 Aug 1781 | 37 | ||||
3 Nov 1774 | James Archibald Stuart (Stuart Wortley from 1795 and Stuart Wortley Mackenzie from 1800) [Buteshire] | 19 Sep 1747 | 1 Mar 1818 | 70 | ||||
30 Sep 1780 | John Sinclair, later [1786] 1st baronet [Caithness] | 10 May 1754 | 21 Dec 1835 | 81 | ||||
22 Apr 1784 | James Archibald Stuart (Stuart Wortley from 1795 and Stuart Wortley Mackenzie from 1800) [Buteshire] | 19 Sep 1747 | 1 Mar 1818 | 70 | ||||
1 Jul 1790 | Sir John Sinclair, 1st baronet [Caithness] | 10 May 1754 | 21 Dec 1835 | 81 | ||||
27 Jun 1796 | Frederick Stuart [Buteshire] | 24 Sep 1751 | 17 May 1802 | 50 | ||||
22 Jul 1802 | Sir John Sinclair, 1st baronet [Caithness] | 10 May 1754 | 21 Dec 1835 | 81 | ||||
13 Nov 1806 | James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie [Buteshire] | 19 Sep 1747 | 1 Mar 1818 | 70 | ||||
26 May 1807 | Sir John Sinclair, 1st baronet [Caithness] | 10 May 1754 | 21 Dec 1835 | 81 | ||||
26 Aug 1811 | George Sinclair, later [1835] 2nd baronet [Caithness] | 23 Aug 1790 | 23 Oct 1868 | 78 | ||||
7 Nov 1812 | Sir John Marjoribanks, 1st baronet [Buteshire] | 13 Jan 1763 | 5 Feb 1833 | 70 | ||||
13 Jul 1818 | George Sinclair, later [1835] 2nd baronet [Caithness] | 23 Aug 1790 | 23 Oct 1868 | 78 | ||||
1 Apr 1820 | Lord Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart [Buteshire] | 25 Aug 1794 | 7 Sep 1859 | 65 | ||||
5 Jul 1826 | James Sinclair [Caithness] | 24 Oct 1797 | 18 Jan 1856 | 58 | ||||
21 Aug 1830 | Sir William Rae, 3rd baronet [Buteshire] | 14 Apr 1769 | 19 Oct 1842 | 73 | ||||
16 May 1831 | George Sinclair, later [1835] 2nd baronet [Caithness] | 23 Aug 1790 | 23 Oct 1868 | 78 | ||||
SPLIT INTO INDIVIDUAL SEATS 1832, SEE "BUTESHIRE" AND "CAITHNESS" | ||||||||
James Hamilton Stanhope | ||
MP for Buckingham 1817‑1818, Fowey 1818‑1819 and Dartmouth 1822‑1825 | ||
Stanhope committed suicide in March 1825. The following report of the subsequent inquest into his death appeared in Jackson's Oxford Journal on 12 March 1825:- | ||
On Saturday night some of the most respectable families in the neighbourhood of Hampstead and Highgate were thrown into great agitation by the intelligence that Colonel Stanhope, brother of Earl Stanhope, had been found hanging from a beam in one of the out-houses at Caen Wood, the seat of the Earl of Mansfield. A Coroner's Jury was summoned with remarkable haste, to meet at ten o'clock on Monday morning, at the Fox-under-the-Hill public house, Highgate. The Jury, upon being sworn, proceeded to view the premises where the body of the Colonel had been found suspended. It is an out-house in Caen Wood, at a considerable distance from the family mansion, where cattle are sheltered. The beam from which the body was cut down was almost 7 feet from the ground, and there lay across it a pair of braces, by which he had suspended himself. The Jury, after inspecting this spot, were conducted to the nearest lodge, where they viewed the body, which was laid out on a bed. The deceased was dressed in a common walking dress - his top coat was pulled down over the shoulders, his cravat was off, and there was a livid mark on the throat. A silk handkerchief, which he had tied to his braces, and fastened round his throat, was exhibited. There was no other mark of violence on the body. | ||
The first witness called was Wm. Wright, groom to the Earl of Mansfield. He stated that towards ten o'clock on Saturday night, in consequence of the very great alarm which prevailed in the mansion, he went with several others of the servants to search about the wood; he, as well as the rest, were apprehensive that something might have happened to the Colonel. After having searched several places, they went into the shed which the Jury had inspected. Witness was the first that entered the shed, and he started back on finding the Colonel suspended from a beam. Witness's fellow-servants cut down the body immediately; the extremities were quite cold. They immediately took the body to the nearest lodge, but life was extinct. | ||
J. Wheeler stated that he had been valet to the deceased upwards of 17 years, and had attended upon his master, as usual, on Saturday morning. The family usually dined at 7 o'clock, and a little before that time the bell rung to dress for dinner. Witness went to attend his master, but was greatly surprised at not finding him, as was usual. The deceased had received a wound at the storming of St. Sebastian [31 August 1813], in the Peninsular War. A shot had passed through the thin part of the shoulder-blade; that wound had never been cured and occasionally gave him great pain. About two years ago his wife, the eldest daughter of Lord Mansfield, died, and his grief at the loss of her was very great. Of late witness had observed that the deceased was very abstracted, was in the habit of sitting a long time, as if in a state of stupor, and then he would suddenly start up, as if from sleep or upon an alarm. Within a few days he had complained very much that he could get no sleep, in consequence of the pain he endured. The deceased was in general very sedate in his manner. | ||
James Alexander, an under gardener in the service of Lord Mansfield, deposed that he was at work in the grounds, when at about 20 minutes past four he observed the deceased going | ||
The Coroner summed up the evidence; and the Jury returned a verdict to the effect, that the deceased had destroyed himself whilst labouring under a fit of temporary insanity. | ||
Edmund Hope Verney, later 3rd baronet | ||
MP for Buckingham 1885‑1886 and 1889‑1891 | ||
In October 1890, a warrant was issued for the arrest of a "Mr. Wilson" on charges that "he counselled and procured, and conspired to procure, a female for immoral purposes," contrary to the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885. The alternative title to this Act was "An Act to make further provision for the Protection of Women and Girls, the suppression of brothels, and other purposes." One of these "other purposes" was included in Section 11 of the Act, which read "Any male person, who in public or private, commits, or is a party to the ommission of, or procures, or attempts to procure the commission by any male person of any act of gross indecency shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted shall be liable at the discretion of the Court for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour." This section was known as the Labouchere Amendment, after the MP who proposed its addition to the Act, but, given its possible consequences to the homosexual population of the time, the clause soon became known as "the blackmailer's charter." It was under this law that Oscar Wilde was convicted and imprisoned, and another member of the House of Commons was expelled in 1892 - see the note under Belfast East relating to Edward de Cobain. | ||
For some months, the police had little luck in executing the warrant on Wilson, since he was unable to be found. In April 1891, however, the police were able to discover that Wilson's real name was Captain Edmund Hope Verney, MP for Buckingham, and a fresh warrant was obtained. | ||
The original warrant for Wilson's arrest was the result of the prosecution of a Frenchwoman named Eugenie Rouillier, who was charged with attempting to procure a 19 year old English girl named Nellie Maude Baskett for immoral purposes. According to the evidence given at her trial, Rouillier offered Miss Baskett a job as a travelling companion and took her off to Paris, where she was introduced to a number of gentlemen, including Wilson, "who conducted himself in such a manner that she realised what his intentions were." Miss askett fled Paris the next day. After her return to London, Nellie was with her mother in Westminster when she saw Wilson; "she clutched her mother's arm and said 'Mother, there is the beast Wilson.'" | ||
After a number of witnesses had identified Verney as being the same person as Wilson, Verney changed his plea to guilty on most of the charges, including that of having solicited and incited Rouillier to procure Nellie Baskett for unlawful purposes. He was accordingly sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment on 6 May 1891. On 12 May 1891, Verney was expelled from the House of Commons. | ||
Sir Harry Calvert Williams Verney, 4th baronet | ||
MP for Buckingham Dec 1910‑1918 | ||
Unfortunately, with the 4th Verney baronet, the apple does not appear to have fallen far from the tree. The following report is from the Manchester Guardian of 14 September 1937:- | ||
Sir Harry Calvert Williams Verney, of Plas Rhoscolyn, Anglesey, was charged at the Valley (Anglesey) Petty Sessions to-day with offences against boys. The defendant was formerly M.P. for North Bucks. From 1911 to 1914 he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary for Ireland, and from 1914 to 1915 Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture. He owns a considerable estate in Anglesey. | ||
Mr. T.R. Evans, of Holyhead, prosecuted. Mr. R. Gordon Roberts, of Llangefni, for the defence, said it was a pathetic and distressing case. All the facts were admitted. Sir Harry, he said, served in Mesopotamia, France, and Palestine during the war and was awarded the D.S.O. In Mesopotamia he became the victim of strong obsessions and influences and felt that his self-control was being undermined. He underwent treatment in 1919 and again later. After treatment in 1935 he felt better and went about by himself for the first time since the war and took part in public life. Without warning the impulses came back. | ||
After an absence of forty-five minutes the Bench announced that Sir Harry would be bound over for two years in the sum of £100, conditional on his immediately going to a home for twelve calendar months, and be kept under strict and efficient supervision for a further period of twelve months afterwards. He was also ordered to pay the costs of the prosecution. | ||
In a footnote, it is pointed out that the defendant is not to be confused with Sir Harry Lloyd Verney [1872-1950], formerly private secretary to Queen Mary. | ||
Regrettably, Sir Harry either could not or would not overcome his "impulses" as is demonstrated by a report in the Manchester Guardian of 9 November 1954:- | ||
Sir Harry Calvert Williams Verney (73), of Rhianva, Glyn Garth, Anglesey, pleaded guilty at Menai Bridge yesterday to three charges of indecent assault and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on each, to run concurrently. His solicitor, Mr E. Lloyd Jones, gave notice of appeal. | ||
Sir Harry, who was formerly M.P. for North Buckinghamshire and was Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture (1914-15), is an Anglesey county councillor. He was alleged on each charge to have interfered with fifteen-year-old Merchant Navy trainees while giving them lifts in his car. The magistrates heard evidence from one of the boys and then decided to accept a plea of guilty. | ||
For the defence, Dr Henry Yellowlees, a London mental specialist, said that Sir Harry was a mild homosexual, whose mental illness could be alleviated but not eradicated. He had come to court after a period of voluntary treatment and a resumption of that was the best course. | ||
Bail was granted subject to the defendant's own recognisance of £100 and that of a son, Dr Felix Verney, for £200. The Appeals Committee of the Anglesey Quarter Sessions is likely to hear the case early in December. | ||
The Manchester Guardian reported on 10 November that "Sir Harry Verney surrendered to his bail at Menai Bridge to-day and was taken into custody, having decided not to pursue his intention of appealing against his sentence." | ||
Sir Edward Taswell Campbell, 1st baronet | ||
MP for Camberwell North West 1924‑1929 and Bromley 1930‑1945 | ||
Campbell was one of four men during the twentieth century who were posthumously elected to Parliament. The other three were Thomas Higgins (Galway North 1906), Archibald Noel Skelton (Scottish Universities 1935) and Leslie Pym (Monmouth 1945). For further information on each of these cases, see the notes at the foot of the page which contain the relevant constituencies. | ||
Polling in his seat took place on 5 July 1945. On 17 July 1945, Campbell died in hospital. In a remarkable coincidence, he died the same day as Leslie Pym, who was posthumously returned for Monmouth. The declaration of the poll occurred on 26 July, when he was posthumously declared elected. At the subsequent by-election, he was replaced by the future Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, who had been defeated in Stockton on Tees in the 1945 general election. | ||
Gordon Campbell VC | ||
MP for Burnley 1931‑1935 | ||
Campbell was a Commander in the Royal Navy when he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in the North Atlantic. The award was gazetted on 21 April 1917, the citation merely reading "in recognition of his conspicuous gallantry, consummate coolness, and skill in command of one of H.M. ships in action." | ||
Campbell commanded a number of Q ships during the Great War. Q ships were heavily armed merchant vessels whose weapons were concealed. Their purpose was to lure enemy submarines into making surface attacks, thus giving the Q ship the opportunity of sinking them. Campbell sank two submarines, and was, in turn, sunk by one. | ||
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