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Last updated 05/06/2018 (26 Mar 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. | ||||||||
LONDONDERRY | ||||||||
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1801 | Henry Alexander | 1763 | 6 May 1818 | 54 | ||||
21 Jul 1802 | Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, 2nd baronet | 1 Jun 1763 | 8 Mar 1839 | 76 | ||||
17 Aug 1830 | Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson, 2nd baronet [following the general election in Aug 1830, his election was declared void. At the subsequent by-election held on 2 Apr 1831, he was again returned] | 26 Dec 1796 | 13 Mar 1860 | 63 | ||||
2 Apr 1860 | William McCormick | 1801 | 12 Jun 1878 | 76 | ||||
17 Jul 1865 | Lord Claud John Hamilton | 20 Feb 1843 | 26 Jan 1925 | 81 | ||||
18 Nov 1868 | Richard Dowse | 1824 | 14 Mar 1890 | 65 | ||||
22 Nov 1872 | Charles Edward Lewis, later [1887] 1st baronet [following the general election in Jul 1886, he was unseated on petition in favour of Justin Huntly McCarthy 25 Oct 1886] | 25 Dec 1825 | 10 Feb 1893 | 67 | ||||
25 Oct 1886 | Justin Huntly McCarthy | 22 Nov 1830 | 24 Apr 1912 | 81 | ||||
Jul 1892 | John Ross, later [1919] 1st baronet | 11 Dec 1854 | 17 Aug 1935 | 80 | ||||
18 Jul 1895 | Edmund Francis Vesey Knox | 23 Jan 1865 | 15 May 1921 | 56 | ||||
16 Feb 1899 | Arthur John Moore | 1849 | 5 Jan 1904 | 54 | ||||
4 Oct 1900 | James Albert Edward Hamilton, styled Marquess of Hamilton, later [1913] 3rd Duke of Abercorn | 30 Nov 1869 | 12 Sep 1953 | 83 | ||||
30 Jan 1913 | David Cleghorn Hogg | 1840 | 22 Aug 1914 | 74 | ||||
30 Nov 1914 | Sir James Brown Dougherty | 13 Nov 1844 | 3 Jan 1934 | 89 | ||||
14 Dec 1918 | John MacNeill | 15 May 1867 | 15 Oct 1945 | 78 | ||||
15 Nov 1922 | Sir Malcolm Martin Macnaghten | 12 Jan 1869 | 24 Jan 1955 | 86 | ||||
29 Jan 1929 | Ronald Deane Ross, later [1935] 2nd baronet | 13 Jul 1888 | 31 Jan 1968 | 79 | ||||
19 May 1951 | William Wellwood | 1893 | 28 Jun 1971 | 77 | ||||
26 May 1955 | Robin [Robert] Chichester‑Clark [kt 1974] | 10 Jan 1928 | 5 Aug 2016 | 88 | ||||
28 Feb 1974 | William Ross | 4 Feb 1936 | ||||||
NAME ALTERED TO "LONDONDERRY EAST" 1983 | ||||||||
LONDONDERRY EAST | ||||||||
9 Jun 1983 | William Ross | 4 Feb 1936 | ||||||
7 Jun 2001 | Gregory Lloyd Campbell | 15 Feb 1953 | ||||||
LONDONDERRY COUNTY | ||||||||
1801 | Charles William Stewart, later [1814] 1st Baron Stewart and [1822] 3rd Marquess of Londonderry [I] (to 1814) | 18 May 1778 | 6 Mar 1854 | 75 | ||||
The other member for this constituency remained vacant until the by-election held on 14 Jan 1801 | ||||||||
14 Jan 1801 | Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, 2nd baronet | 1 Jun 1763 | 8 Mar 1839 | 76 | ||||
21 Jul 1802 | Lord George Thomas Beresford | 12 Feb 1781 | 26 Oct 1839 | 58 | ||||
26 Oct 1812 | William Ponsonby [kt 1815] (to 1815) | 13 Oct 1772 | 18 Jun 1815 | 42 | ||||
19 Jul 1814 | Alexander Stewart (to 1818) | 26 Mar 1746 | Aug 1831 | 85 | ||||
7 Aug 1815 | George Robert Dawson (to 1830) | 24 Dec 1790 | 3 Apr 1856 | 65 | ||||
1 Jul 1818 | Alexander Robert Stewart | 12 Feb 1795 | 25 Mar 1850 | 55 | ||||
16 Aug 1830 | Sir Robert Bateson, 1st baronet | 13 Mar 1782 | 21 Apr 1863 | 81 | ||||
Theobald Jones (to Apr 1857) | 15 Apr 1790 | 7 Feb 1868 | 77 | |||||
26 May 1842 | Robert Bateson | 29 Mar 1816 | 23 Dec 1843 | 27 | ||||
13 Mar 1844 | Thomas Bateson, later [1863] 2nd baronet and [1885] 1st Baron Deramore | 4 Jun 1819 | 1 Dec 1890 | 71 | ||||
9 Mar 1857 | James Johnston Clark (to 1859) | 1809 | Jun 1891 | 82 | ||||
10 Apr 1857 | Samuel Macurdy Greer | 1809 | 3 Nov 1880 | 71 | ||||
16 May 1859 | Robert Peel Dawson | 1818 | 2 Sep 1877 | 59 | ||||
Sir Frederic William Heygate, 2nd baronet | 4 Sep 1822 | 14 Nov 1894 | 72 | |||||
16 Feb 1874 | Richard Smyth | 4 Dec 1878 | ||||||
Hugh Law (to 1881) | 1818 | 10 Sep 1883 | 65 | |||||
23 Dec 1878 | Sir Thomas McClure, 1st baronet (to 1885) | 4 Mar 1806 | 21 Jan 1893 | 86 | ||||
10 Dec 1881 | Andrew Marshall Porter, later [1902] 1st baronet | 27 Jun 1837 | 9 Jan 1919 | 81 | ||||
12 Jan 1884 | Samuel Walker, later [1906] 1st baronet | 19 Jun 1832 | 13 Aug 1911 | 79 | ||||
COUNTY SPLIT INTO "NORTH" AND "SOUTH" DIVISIONS 1885 | ||||||||
LONDONDERRY COUNTY NORTH | ||||||||
1 Dec 1885 | Henry Lyle Mulholland, later [1895] 2nd Baron Dunleath | 30 Jan 1854 | 22 Mar 1931 | 77 | ||||
23 Jul 1895 | John Atkinson, later [1905] Baron Atkinson [L] | 13 Dec 1844 | 13 Mar 1932 | 87 | ||||
23 Jan 1906 | Hugh Thom Barrie | 6 Aug 1860 | 18 Apr 1922 | 61 | ||||
14 Dec 1918 | Hugh Alfred Anderson | 26 Nov 1867 | 16 Jun 1933 | 65 | ||||
4 Mar 1919 | Hugh Thom Barrie | 6 Aug 1860 | 18 Apr 1922 | 61 | ||||
4 Jun 1922 | Sir Malcolm Martin Macnaghten | 12 Jan 1869 | 24 Jan 1955 | 86 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922 | ||||||||
LONDONDERRY COUNTY SOUTH | ||||||||
5 Dec 1885 | Timothy Michael Healy | 17 May 1855 | 26 Mar 1931 | 75 | ||||
10 Jul 1886 | Thomas Lea, later [1892] 1st baronet | 17 Jan 1841 | 9 Jan 1902 | 60 | ||||
6 Oct 1900 | John Gordon | 23 Nov 1849 | 26 Sep 1922 | 72 | ||||
22 May 1916 | Denis Stanislaus Henry, later [1923] 1st baronet | 7 Mar 1864 | 1 Oct 1925 | 61 | ||||
29 Aug 1921 | Robert Peel Dawson Spencer Chichester | 13 Aug 1873 | 10 Dec 1921 | 48 | ||||
18 Jan 1922 | Sir George William Hacket Pain | 5 Feb 1855 | 14 Feb 1924 | 69 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922 | ||||||||
LONGFORD COUNTY | ||||||||
1801 | Sir Thomas Fetherston, 2nd baronet (to 1819) | 1759 | 19 Jul 1819 | 60 | ||||
Sir William Gleadowe‑Newcomen, 1st baronet | c 1740 | 21 Aug 1807 | ||||||
15 Jul 1802 | Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen, later [1807] 2nd baronet and [1817] 2nd Viscount Newcomen | 18 Sep 1776 | 15 Jan 1825 | 48 | ||||
25 Nov 1806 | George John Forbes, styled Viscount Forbes (to 1832) | 3 May 1785 | 13 Nov 1836 | 51 | ||||
15 Oct 1819 | Sir George Ralph Fetherston, 3rd baronet | 4 Jun 1784 | 12 Jul 1853 | 69 | ||||
11 Aug 1830 | Anthony Lefroy | 21 Mar 1800 | 11 Jan 1890 | 89 | ||||
22 Dec 1832 | Luke White | Aug 1854 | ||||||
James Halpin Rorke | after 1843 | |||||||
Both members were unseated in favour of George John Forbes, Viscount Forbes and Anthony Lefroy 2 Apr 1833 | ||||||||
2 Apr 1833 | George John Forbes, styled Viscount Forbes | 3 May 1785 | 13 Nov 1836 | 51 | ||||
Anthony Lefroy (to 1837) | 1800 | 12 Jan 1890 | 89 | |||||
30 Dec 1836 | Luke White [he was unseated on petition in favour of Charles Fox 5 May 1837] | Aug 1854 | ||||||
5 May 1837 | Charles Fox | |||||||
18 Aug 1837 | Luke White [he was unseated on petition in favour of Anthony Lefroy 18 Apr 1842] | Aug 1854 | ||||||
Henry White, later [1863] 1st Baron Annaly (to 1847) | 1791 | 3 Sep 1873 | 82 | |||||
18 Apr 1842 | Anthony Lefroy | 1800 | 12 Jan 1890 | 89 | ||||
13 Aug 1847 | Samuel Wensley Blackall | 1 May 1809 | 2 Jan 1871 | 61 | ||||
Richard Maxwell Fox (to 1856) | 1816 | 26 Apr 1856 | 39 | |||||
21 Apr 1851 | Richard More O'Ferrall | 1797 | 27 Oct 1880 | 83 | ||||
19 Jul 1852 | Fulke Southwell Greville-Nugent, later [1869] 1st Baron Greville (to 1869) | 17 Feb 1821 | 25 Jan 1883 | 61 | ||||
13 May 1856 | Henry George Hughes | 1812 | 22 Jul 1872 | 60 | ||||
16 Apr 1857 | Henry White, later [1863] 1st Baron Annaly | 1791 | 3 Sep 1873 | 82 | ||||
4 Jul 1861 | Luke White, later [1873] 2nd Baron Annaly | 26 Sep 1829 | 17 Mar 1888 | 58 | ||||
7 Mar 1862 | Myles William O'Reilly (to 1879) | 1825 | 6 Feb 1880 | 54 | ||||
31 Dec 1869 | Reginald James Macartney Greville‑Nugent [his election was declared void 12 Apr 1870] | 27 Nov 1848 | 28 Feb 1878 | 29 | ||||
16 May 1870 | George Frederick Greville‑Nugent | 11 Sep 1842 | 11 May 1897 | 54 | ||||
12 Feb 1874 | George Errington, later [1885] 1st baronet (to 1885) | 1839 | 19 Mar 1920 | 80 | ||||
5 Apr 1879 | Justin McCarthy | 22 Nov 1830 | 24 Apr 1912 | 81 | ||||
COUNTY SPLIT INTO "NORTH" AND "SOUTH" DIVISIONS 1885, BUT RE-UNITED 1918 | ||||||||
14 Dec 1918 | Joseph McGuinness | 10 Apr 1875 | 31 May 1922 | 47 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922 | ||||||||
LONGFORD COUNTY NORTH | ||||||||
3 Dec 1885 | Justin Huntly McCarthy [following the general election in Jul 1886, he was returned on petition for Londonderry in Oct 1886, for which he chose to sit] | 22 Nov 1830 | 24 Apr 1912 | 81 | ||||
5 Feb 1887 | Timothy Michael Healy | 17 May 1855 | 26 Mar 1931 | 75 | ||||
Jul 1892 | Justin McCarthy | 22 Nov 1830 | 24 Apr 1912 | 81 | ||||
5 Oct 1900 | James Patrick Farrell | 13 May 1865 | 11 Dec 1921 | 56 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918 | ||||||||
LONGFORD COUNTY SOUTH | ||||||||
5 Dec 1885 | Laurence Connolly | 1833 | 4 Mar 1908 | 74 | ||||
30 Jun 1888 | James Gubbins Fitzgerald | c 1852 | 7 May 1926 | |||||
Jul 1892 | Dominick Edward Blake | 13 Oct 1833 | 2 Mar 1912 | 78 | ||||
5 Sep 1907 | John Phillips | c 1839 | 2 Apr 1917 | |||||
10 May 1917 | Joseph McGuinness | 10 Apr 1875 | 31 May 1922 | 47 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918 | ||||||||
LONSDALE (LANCASHIRE) | ||||||||
14 Dec 1918 | Claude William Henry Lowther | 1872 | 17 Jun 1929 | 56 | ||||
15 Nov 1922 | Myles Storr Nigel Kennedy | 12 Oct 1889 | 19 Jan 1964 | 74 | ||||
6 Dec 1923 | Henry Maden | 31 Mar 1892 | 17 Nov 1960 | 68 | ||||
29 Oct 1924 | David Robert Alexander Lindsay, styled Lord Balniel, later [1940] 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres | 20 Nov 1900 | 13 Dec 1975 | 75 | ||||
12 Apr 1940 | Sir William Jocelyn Ian Fraser, later [1958] Baron Fraser of Lonsdale [L] | 30 Aug 1897 | 19 Dec 1974 | 77 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950 | ||||||||
LOSTWITHIEL (CORNWALL) | ||||||||
6 Apr 1660 | Walter Moyle [kt 1664] | 9 Mar 1627 | 19 Sep 1701 | 74 | ||||
John Clayton | c 1620 | after 1694 | ||||||
Henry Ford | ||||||||
Double return. Moyle and Clayton declared elected 4 Jun 1660 | ||||||||
4 Apr 1661 | Sir Chichester Wrey, 3rd baronet | c 1628 | 14 May 1668 | |||||
John Bulteel (to 1670) | 7 Dec 1669 | |||||||
26 Jan 1668 | Charles Smythe (to 1679) | 10 Mar 1628 | Feb 1683 | 54 | ||||
3 Feb 1670 | Silius Titus | c 1623 | Dec 1704 | |||||
13 Feb 1679 | Sir John Carew, 3rd baronet | 6 Nov 1635 | 1 Aug 1692 | 56 | ||||
Walter Kendall | Oct 1626 | 5 Jul 1696 | 69 | |||||
5 May 1685 | Sir Robert Southwell | 31 Dec 1635 | 11 Sep 1702 | 66 | ||||
Sir Matthias Vincent | c 1645 | c May 1687 | ||||||
16 Jan 1689 | Francis Robartes | 6 Jan 1650 | 3 Feb 1718 | 68 | ||||
Walter Kendall (to 1695) | Oct 1626 | 5 Sep 1696 | 69 | |||||
13 Mar 1690 | Sir Bevill Granville | 3 Mar 1665 | 15 Sep 1706 | 41 | ||||
30 Oct 1695 | Bernard Granville | 4 Mar 1631 | 14 Jun 1701 | 70 | ||||
Samuel Travers (to Jan 1701) | c 1655 | 17 Sep 1725 | ||||||
2 Aug 1698 | George Booth | c 1655 | 11 Jun 1726 | |||||
15 Jan 1701 | Sir John Molesworth, 2nd baronet (to 1705) | 27 May 1635 | 18 Oct 1716 | 81 | ||||
John Buller | 15 Dec 1668 | 17 Mar 1701 | 32 | |||||
18 Apr 1701 | George Booth | c 1655 | 11 Jun 1726 | |||||
28 Jul 1702 | Russell Robartes (to 1708) | 16 Jul 1671 | 1 Feb 1719 | 47 | ||||
21 May 1705 | Robert Molesworth, later [1716] 1st Viscount Molesworth [I] [he was unseated on petition in favour of James Kendall 17 Jan 1706] | 7 Sep 1656 | 23 May 1725 | 68 | ||||
17 Jan 1706 | James Kendall (to Dec 1709) | 17 Jun 1647 | 10 Jul 1708 | 61 | ||||
17 May 1708 | Joseph Addison | 1 May 1672 | 17 Jun 1719 | 47 | ||||
Both members (Addison and Kendall) were unseated on petition in favour of Francis Robartes and Russell Robartes 20 Dec 1709, even though Kendall had been dead for nearly 18 months at the time | ||||||||
20 Dec 1709 | Francis Robartes (to Oct 1710) | 6 Jan 1650 | 3 Feb 1718 | 68 | ||||
Russell Robartes [he was also returned for Bodmin, for which he chose to sit] | 16 Jul 1671 | 1 Feb 1719 | 47 | |||||
10 Jan 1710 | Horatio Walpole, later [1756] 1st Baron Walpole | 8 Dec 1678 | 5 Feb 1757 | 78 | ||||
20 Oct 1710 | John Hill | 22 Jun 1735 | ||||||
Hugh Fortescue | 2 Jun 1665 | c Dec 1719 | 54 | |||||
9 Sep 1713 | Sir Thomas Clarges, 2nd baronet | 25 Jul 1688 | 19 Feb 1759 | 70 | ||||
Erasmus Lewis | 29 Apr 1671 | 10 Jan 1754 | 82 | |||||
28 Jan 1715 | Galfridus Walpole (to 1721) | 1683 | 7 Oct 1726 | 43 | ||||
Thomas Liddell | 14 May 1718 | |||||||
26 Nov 1718 | Edward Eliot | c 1684 | 18 Sep 1722 | |||||
25 Jun 1720 | John Newsham (to 1722) | 15 Apr 1673 | 21 Nov 1724 | 51 | ||||
1 May 1721 | William Cavendish, styled Marquess of Hartington later [1729] 3rd Duke of Devonshire [at the general election in Apr 1722, Hartington was also returned for Grampound, for which he chose to sit] | 1698 | 5 Dec 1755 | 57 | ||||
14 Apr 1722 | Philip Dormer Stanhope, styled Baron Stanhope, later [1726] 4th Earl of Chesterfield | 22 Sep 1694 | 24 Mar 1773 | 78 | ||||
25 Feb 1724 | Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd baronet (to 1728) [at the general election in Aug 1727, Bridgeman was also returned for Bletchingley, for which he chose to sit] | 27 Apr 1678 | 5 Dec 1746 | 68 | ||||
Henry Parsons | 24 Jul 1687 | 29 Dec 1739 | 52 | |||||
26 Jan 1727 | Sir William Stanhope | 20 Jul 1702 | 7 May 1772 | 69 | ||||
25 Aug 1727 | Darrell Trelawny | c 1695 | 14 Oct 1727 | |||||
29 Feb 1728 | Anthony Cracherode (to 1734) | c 1674 | 22 Apr 1752 | |||||
Sir Edward Knatchbull, 4th baronet | c 1674 | 3 Apr 1730 | ||||||
29 Apr 1730 | Edward Walpole [kt 1753] | 1706 | 12 Jan 1784 | 77 | ||||
29 Apr 1734 | Richard Edgcumbe, later [1742] 1st Baron Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe (to 1741) | 23 Apr 1680 | 22 Nov 1758 | 78 | ||||
Philip Lloyd | 18 Mar 1735 | |||||||
31 Mar 1735 | Matthew Ducie Moreton, later [May 1735] 2nd Baron Ducie | by 1700 | 25 Dec 1770 | |||||
19 Mar 1736 | Sir John Crosse, 2nd baronet (to 1747) | 1700 | 12 Mar 1762 | 61 | ||||
11 May 1741 | Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd baronet | 2 Jan 1695 | 27 Aug 1748 | 53 | ||||
3 Jul 1747 | Richard Edgcumbe, later [1758] 2nd Baron Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe | 2 Aug 1716 | 10 May 1761 | 44 | ||||
James Edward Colleton (to 1768) | c 1709 | 30 Aug 1790 | ||||||
22 Apr 1754 | Thomas Clarke [kt May 1754] | 1703 | 13 Nov 1764 | 61 | ||||
31 Mar 1761 | George Howard [kt 1774] | 20 Jun 1718 | 16 Jul 1796 | 78 | ||||
4 Apr 1766 | Francis Seymour-Conway (Seymour‑Ingram from Dec 1807), styled Viscount Beauchamp, later [1794] 2nd Marquess of Hertford | 12 Feb 1743 | 17 Jun 1822 | 79 | ||||
19 Mar 1768 | Henry Cavendish, later [1776] 2nd baronet | 29 Sep 1732 | 3 Aug 1804 | 71 | ||||
Charles Brett (to 1776) | c 1715 | 10 Feb 1799 | ||||||
11 Oct 1774 | Arthur Hill, styled Viscount Fairford, later [1793] 2nd Marquess of Downshire (to 1780) | 23 Feb 1753 | 7 Sep 1801 | 48 | ||||
28 Nov 1776 | Thomas Potter | 1740 | 14 Nov 1801 | 61 | ||||
9 Sep 1780 | John St. John [he was also returned for Newport IOW, for which he chose to sit] | c 1746 | 8 Oct 1793 | |||||
Thomas de Grey, later [1781] 2nd Baron Walsingham (to 1781) | 14 Jul 1748 | 16 Jan 1818 | 69 | |||||
1 Dec 1780 | George Johnstone (to 1784) | 1730 | 24 May 1787 | 56 | ||||
4 Jun 1781 | George Capel, styled Viscount Malden, later [1799] 5th Earl of Essex | 13 Nov 1758 | 23 Apr 1839 | 81 | ||||
8 Apr 1784 | John Sinclair, later [1786] 1st baronet | 10 May 1754 | 21 Dec 1835 | 81 | ||||
John Thomas Ellis | 28 Sep 1756 | 6 Oct 1836 | 80 | |||||
21 Jun 1790 | Richard Edgcumbe, styled Viscount Valletort, later [1795] 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [he was also returned for Fowey, for which he chose to sit] | 13 Sep 1764 | 26 Sep 1839 | 75 | ||||
Reginald Pole-Carew (to 1796) | 28 Jul 1753 | 3 Jan 1835 | 81 | |||||
28 Mar 1791 | George Smith | 30 Apr 1765 | 26 Dec 1836 | 71 | ||||
31 May 1796 | Hans Sloane (to 1806) | 14 Nov 1739 | 1827 | 87 | ||||
William Drummond | c 1770 | 29 Mar 1828 | ||||||
7 Jul 1802 | William Dickinson (to Jan 1807) [at the general election in Nov 1806, he was also returned for Somerset, for which he chose to sit] | 1 Nov 1771 | 19 Jan 1837 | 65 | ||||
4 Nov 1806 | Cornelius O'Callaghan, 1st Viscount Lismore [I] | 2 Oct 1775 | 30 May 1857 | 81 | ||||
24 Jan 1807 | Charles Cockerell, later [1809] 1st baronet | 18 Feb 1755 | 6 Jan 1837 | 81 | ||||
12 May 1807 | George Peter Holford Ebenezer Maitland (Fuller‑Maitland from Nov 1807) | 23 Apr 1780 | 1 Nov 1858 | 78 | ||||
9 Oct 1812 | Reginald Pole-Carew | 28 Jul 1753 | 3 Jan 1835 | 81 | ||||
John Ashley Warre (to 1818) | 5 Oct 1787 | 18 Nov 1860 | 73 | |||||
26 Mar 1816 | William Richard Edgcumbe, styled Viscount Valletort | 19 Nov 1794 | 29 Oct 1818 | 23 | ||||
19 Jun 1818 | Robert Wigram, later [1830] 2nd baronet | 25 Sep 1773 | 17 Dec 1843 | 70 | ||||
Alexander Cray Grant, later [1825] 8th baronet (to Dec 1826) [at the 1826 general election he was also returned for Aldborough, for which he chose to sit] | 30 Nov 1782 | 29 Nov 1854 | 71 | |||||
9 Jun 1826 | Ernest Augustus Edgcumbe, styled Viscount Valletort, later [1839] 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (to 1830) | 23 Mar 1797 | 3 Sep 1861 | 64 | ||||
18 Dec 1826 | Edward Cust, later [1876] 1st baronet (to 1832) | 17 Mar 1794 | 14 Jan 1878 | 83 | ||||
4 Aug 1830 | William Vesey-Fitzgerald, later [1832] 2nd Baron Fitzgerald and Vesey [I] | c 1782 | 11 May 1843 | |||||
20 Dec 1830 | Ernest Augustus Edgcumbe, styled Viscount Valletort, later [1839] 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | 23 Mar 1797 | 3 Sep 1861 | 64 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1832 | ||||||||
LOUGHBOROUGH (LEICESTERSHIRE) | ||||||||
7 Dec 1885 | Jabez Edward Johnson‑Ferguson, later [1906] 1st baronet | 27 Nov 1849 | 10 Dec 1929 | 80 | ||||
14 Jul 1886 | Edwin Joseph Lisle March Philipps de Lisle | 13 Jun 1852 | 5 May 1920 | 67 | ||||
Jul 1892 | Jabez Edward Johnson‑Ferguson, later [1906] 1st baronet | 27 Nov 1849 | 10 Dec 1929 | 80 | ||||
9 Oct 1900 | Maurice Levy [kt 1907], later [1913] 1st baronet | 1859 | 26 Aug 1933 | 74 | ||||
14 Dec 1918 | Oscar Montague Guest | 24 Aug 1888 | 8 May 1958 | 69 | ||||
15 Nov 1922 | Edward Louis Spears [kt 1942], later [1953] 1st baronet | 7 Aug 1886 | 27 Jan 1974 | 87 | ||||
29 Oct 1924 | Frank Gibbs Rye | 12 Aug 1874 | 18 Oct 1948 | 74 | ||||
30 May 1929 | George Ernest Winterton | 17 May 1873 | 15 May 1942 | 68 | ||||
27 Oct 1931 | Lawrence Kimball | 25 Oct 1900 | 30 Dec 1971 | 71 | ||||
26 Jul 1945 | Mont Follick | 1887 | 10 Dec 1958 | 71 | ||||
26 May 1955 | John Desmond Cronin | 1 Mar 1916 | 3 Jan 1986 | 69 | ||||
3 May 1979 | Stephen James Dorrell | 25 Mar 1952 | ||||||
1 May 1997 | Andrew John Reed | 17 Sep 1964 | ||||||
6 May 2010 | Nicola Ann Morgan | 1 Oct 1972 | ||||||
12 Dec 2019 | Jane Marion Hunt | 4 Jun 1966 | ||||||
LOUTH COUNTY | ||||||||
1801 | John Foster, later [1821] 1st Baron Oriel of Ferrard (to 1821) | 28 Sep 1740 | 23 Aug 1828 | 87 | ||||
William Charles Fortescue, later [1806] 2nd Viscount Clermont | 12 Oct 1764 | 24 Jun 1829 | 64 | |||||
18 Nov 1806 | Robert Jocelyn, styled Viscount Jocelyn, later [1820] 3rd Earl of Roden | 27 Oct 1788 | 28 Mar 1870 | 81 | ||||
19 May 1807 | John Jocelyn | 30 Jul 1768 | 21 Jan 1828 | 59 | ||||
10 Feb 1810 | Robert Jocelyn, styled Viscount Jocelyn, later [1820] 3rd Earl of Roden | 27 Oct 1788 | 28 Mar 1870 | 81 | ||||
10 Aug 1820 | John Jocelyn (to 1826) | 30 Jul 1768 | 21 Jan 1828 | 59 | ||||
27 Sep 1821 | Thomas Henry Skeffington, later [1824] 2nd Viscount Ferrard | Jan 1772 | 18 Jan 1843 | 71 | ||||
21 Feb 1824 | John Leslie Foster (to 1830) | c 1781 | 10 Jul 1842 | |||||
21 Jun 1826 | Alexander Dawson (to Sep 1831) | c 1771 | 28 Aug 1831 | |||||
13 Aug 1830 | John McClintock | 14 Aug 1769 | 12 Jul 1855 | 85 | ||||
18 May 1831 | Richard Lalor Shiel (to 1832) | 17 Aug 1791 | 25 May 1851 | 59 | ||||
28 Sep 1831 | Sir Patrick Bellew, 7th baronet, later [1848] 1st Baron Bellew [I] | 29 Jan 1798 | 10 Dec 1866 | 68 | ||||
21 Dec 1832 | Thomas FitzGerald | c Dec 1834 | ||||||
Richard Montesquieu Bellew (to 1852) | 12 Feb 1803 | 8 Jan 1880 | 76 | |||||
24 Dec 1834 | Sir Patrick Bellew, 7th baronet, later [1848] 1st Baron Bellew [I] | 29 Jan 1798 | 10 Dec 1866 | 68 | ||||
5 Aug 1837 | Henry Chester | |||||||
31 Jul 1840 | Thomas Fortescue | |||||||
15 Jul 1841 | Thomas Vesey Dawson | 3 Sep 1819 | 5 Nov 1854 | 35 | ||||
10 Aug 1847 | Chichester Samuel Fortescue, later [1874] 1st Baron Carlingford and [1887] 2nd Baron Clermont (to 1874) | 18 Jan 1823 | 30 Jan 1898 | 75 | ||||
22 Jul 1852 | Tristram Kennedy | 1805 | 20 Nov 1885 | 80 | ||||
10 Apr 1857 | John McClintock, later [1868] 1st Baron Rathdonnell | 26 Aug 1798 | 17 May 1879 | 80 | ||||
16 May 1859 | Richard Montesquieu Bellew | 12 Feb 1803 | 8 Jan 1880 | 76 | ||||
15 Apr 1865 | Tristram Kennedy | 1805 | 20 Nov 1885 | 80 | ||||
24 Nov 1868 | Matthew O'Reilly Dease | 1819 | 17 Aug 1887 | 68 | ||||
14 Feb 1874 | Alexander Martin Sullivan (to May 1880) | 1830 | 17 Oct 1884 | 54 | ||||
Philip Callan [he was also returned for Dundalk, for which he chose to sit] | 1837 | Jun 1902 | 64 | |||||
9 Apr 1874 | George Harley Kirk | 1831 | 13 Mar 1912 | 80 | ||||
15 Apr 1880 | Philip Callan (to 1885) | 1837 | Jun 1902 | 64 | ||||
31 May 1880 | Alan Henry Bellingham, later [1889] 4th baronet | 23 Aug 1846 | 9 Jun 1921 | 74 | ||||
COUNTY SPLIT INTO "NORTH" AND "SOUTH" DIVISIONS 1885, BUT RE-UNITED 1918 | ||||||||
14 Dec 1918 | John Joseph O'Kelly | 1873 | 26 Mar 1957 | 83 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922 | ||||||||
LOUTH COUNTY NORTH | ||||||||
3 Dec 1885 | Joseph Nolan | 1846 | 14 Sep 1928 | 82 | ||||
Jul 1892 | Timothy Michael Healy | 17 May 1855 | 26 Mar 1931 | 75 | ||||
Dec 1910 | Richard Hazleton [his election was declared void 23 Feb 1911] | 5 Dec 1880 | 26 Jan 1943 | 62 | ||||
15 Mar 1911 | Michael Augustine Roche | c 1856 | 7 Dec 1915 | |||||
24 Feb 1916 | Patrick Joseph Whitty | 13 May 1894 | 28 Jul 1967 | 73 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918 | ||||||||
LOUTH COUNTY SOUTH | ||||||||
28 Nov 1885 | Thomas Patrick Gill | 25 Oct 1858 | 19 Jan 1931 | 72 | ||||
Jul 1892 | Daniel Ambrose | 1843 | 17 Dec 1895 | 52 | ||||
19 Mar 1896 | Richard McGhee | 1851 | 7 Apr 1930 | 78 | ||||
6 Oct 1900 | Joseph Nolan | 1846 | 14 Sep 1928 | 82 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918 | ||||||||
LOUTH (LINCOLNSHIRE) | ||||||||
28 Nov 1885 | Francis Otter | 1831 | 29 May 1895 | 63 | ||||
5 Jul 1886 | Arthur Raymond Heath | 1854 | 8 Jun 1943 | 88 | ||||
Jul 1892 | Robert William Perks, later [1908] 1st baronet | 24 Apr 1849 | 30 Nov 1934 | 85 | ||||
20 Jan 1910 | Henry Langton Brackenbury | 26 Apr 1868 | 28 Apr 1920 | 52 | ||||
Dec 1910 | Timothy Davies | 22 Jan 1857 | 22 Aug 1951 | 94 | ||||
14 Dec 1918 | Henry Langton Brackenbury | 26 Apr 1868 | 28 Apr 1920 | 52 | ||||
3 Jun 1920 | Thomas Wintringham | 22 Aug 1867 | 8 Aug 1921 | 53 | ||||
22 Sep 1921 | Margaret Wintringham | 4 Aug 1879 | 10 Mar 1955 | 75 | ||||
29 Oct 1924 | Arthur Pelham Heneage [kt 1945] | 11 Jul 1881 | 22 Nov 1971 | 90 | ||||
26 Jul 1945 | Cyril Osborne [kt 1961] | 19 Jun 1898 | 31 Aug 1969 | 71 | ||||
4 Dec 1969 | Jeffrey Howard Archer, later [1992] Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare [L] | 15 Apr 1940 | ||||||
10 Oct 1974 | Michael Lewis Brotherton | 26 May 1931 | ||||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983 | ||||||||
LOUTH AND HORNCASTLE (LINCOLNSHIRE) | ||||||||
1 May 1997 | Sir Peter Hannay Bailey Tapsell | 1 Feb 1930 | 18 Aug 2018 | 88 | ||||
7 May 2015 | Victoria Mary Atkins | 22 Mar 1976 | ||||||
LOWESTOFT (SUFFOLK) | ||||||||
9 Dec 1885 | Sir Savile Brinton Crossley, 2nd baronet, later [1916] 1st Baron Somerleyton | 14 Jun 1857 | 25 Feb 1935 | 77 | ||||
Jul 1892 | Harry Seymour Foster [kt 1918] | 29 Apr 1855 | 20 Jun 1938 | 83 | ||||
12 Oct 1900 | Francis Alfred Lucas | 7 Jun 1850 | 11 Dec 1918 | 68 | ||||
23 Jan 1906 | Edward Beauchamp, later [1911] 1st baronet | 12 Apr 1849 | 1 Feb 1925 | 75 | ||||
21 Jan 1910 | Harry Seymour Foster [kt 1918] | 29 Apr 1855 | 20 Jun 1938 | 83 | ||||
Dec 1910 | Sir Edward Beauchamp, 1st baronet | 12 Apr 1849 | 1 Feb 1925 | 75 | ||||
15 Nov 1922 | Gervais Squire Chittick Rentoul [kt 1929] | 1 Aug 1884 | 7 Mar 1946 | 61 | ||||
15 Feb 1934 | Pierse Creagh Loftus | 29 Nov 1877 | 20 Jan 1956 | 78 | ||||
26 Jul 1945 | Edward Evans | 11 Jan 1883 | 30 Mar 1960 | 77 | ||||
8 Oct 1959 | James Michael Leathes Prior, later [1987] Baron Prior [L] | 11 Oct 1927 | 12 Dec 2016 | 89 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983 | ||||||||
LUDGERSHALL (WILTSHIRE) | ||||||||
13 Apr 1660 | William Prynne [he was also returned for Bath, for which he chose to sit] | c 1602 | 24 Oct 1669 | |||||
William Thomas (to Mar 1661) | c 1630 | c Sep 1686 | ||||||
Sir John Evelyn | ||||||||
Double return between Thomas and Evelyn. Thomas declared elected 23 May 1660 | ||||||||
21 Jul 1660 | Silius Titus | c 1623 | Dec 1704 | |||||
29 Mar 1661 | William Ashburnham (to 1679) | c 1604 | 9 Dec 1679 | |||||
Geoffrey Palmer | 28 Feb 1642 | 31 Oct 1661 | 19 | |||||
7 Dec 1661 | Sir Richard Browne, 1st baronet | 24 Sep 1669 | ||||||
28 Oct 1669 | Thomas Grey | c 1625 | 16 Feb 1672 | |||||
1 Feb 1673 | George Legge, later [1682] 1st Baron Dartmouth | c 1647 | 25 Oct 1691 | |||||
Election declared void 6 Feb 1673. At the subsequent by-election held on 12 Feb 1673, Legge was again elected | ||||||||
6 Feb 1679 | Thomas Neale (to 1689) | 3 Oct 1641 | 17 Dec 1699 | 58 | ||||
John Smith | c 1656 | 2 Oct 1723 | ||||||
9 Aug 1679 | John Garrard, later [1686] 3rd baronet | c 1638 | 13 Jan 1701 | |||||
9 Feb 1681 | Sir John Talbot | 7 Jun 1630 | 13 Mar 1714 | 83 | ||||
John Smith | c 1656 | 2 Oct 1723 | ||||||
Thomas Neale | 3 Oct 1641 | 17 Dec 1699 | 58 | |||||
John Garrard, later [1686] 3rd baronet | c 1638 | 13 Jan 1701 | ||||||
Double return which was not resolved prior to the dissolution of Parliament on 28 Mar 1681 | ||||||||
11 Mar 1685 | Henry Clerke | c 1640 | 30 Oct 1689 | |||||
19 Jan 1689 | John Smith | c 1656 | 2 Oct 1723 | |||||
John Deane (to 1695) | c 1632 | 4 Jan 1695 | ||||||
18 Feb 1690 | Thomas Neale (to 1699) [he was unseated on petition in favour of John Richmond Webb 11 Feb 1699] | 3 Oct 1641 | 17 Dec 1699 | 58 | ||||
16 Jan 1695 | John Richmond Webb | 26 Dec 1667 | 5 Sep 1724 | 56 | ||||
26 Jul 1698 | Walter Kent (to 1701) | 9 Jun 1662 | Feb 1746 | 83 | ||||
11 Feb 1699 | John Richmond Webb (to 1705) | 26 Dec 1667 | 5 Sep 1724 | 56 | ||||
6 Jan 1701 | Edmund Richmond Webb | c 1639 | 13 Dec 1705 | |||||
14 May 1705 | Walter Kent (to 1708) | 9 Jun 1662 | Feb 1746 | 83 | ||||
Thomas Powell [he was unseated on petition in favour of John Richmond Webb 17 Jan 1706] | 7 May 1648 | c Apr 1709 | 60 | |||||
17 Jan 1706 | John Richmond Webb (to 1714) [at the general election in Sep 1713, Webb was also returned for Newport IOW, for which he chose to sit] | 26 Dec 1667 | 5 Sep 1724 | 56 | ||||
10 May 1708 | Robert Bruce | 11 Feb 1668 | 19 May 1729 | 61 | ||||
10 Oct 1710 | Thomas Pearce | after 1664 | 16 Jan 1739 | |||||
1 Sep 1713 | Robert Ferne (to 1715) | c 1690 | 6 Oct 1723 | |||||
24 Mar 1714 | John Ward | 26 Jun 1682 | 30 Jul 1755 | 73 | ||||
24 Jan 1715 | John Richmond Webb (to 1724) | 26 Dec 1667 | 5 Sep 1724 | 56 | ||||
John Ivory-Talbot | c 1691 | Oct 1772 | ||||||
23 Mar 1722 | Borlase Richmond Webb (to 1734) | c 1696 | 3 Mar 1738 | |||||
12 Dec 1724 | Anthony Cornish | after 1688 | 29 Jun 1728 | |||||
17 Aug 1727 | Charles Boone | 8 Oct 1735 | ||||||
27 Apr 1734 | Peter Delme | 28 Feb 1710 | 10 Apr 1770 | 60 | ||||
Daniel Boone | Nov 1710 | 20 May 1770 | 59 | |||||
8 May 1741 | Charles Selwyn | 1689 | 9 Jun 1749 | 59 | ||||
Thomas Hayward | 2 Aug 1706 | 14 Mar 1781 | 74 | |||||
29 Jun 1747 | Thomas Farrington | after 1687 | 29 Jan 1758 | |||||
George Augustus Selwyn For further information on this MP, see the note at the foot of this page |
11 Aug 1719 | 25 Jan 1791 | 71 | |||||
18 Apr 1754 | Sir John Bland, 6th baronet | 13 Jan 1722 | 3 Sep 1755 | 33 | ||||
Thomas Hayward (to 1761) | 2 Aug 1706 | 14 Mar 1781 | 74 | |||||
21 Nov 1755 | Henry Digby, later [1757] 7th Baron Digby [I] and [1790] 1st Earl Digby | 21 Jul 1731 | 25 Sep 1793 | 62 | ||||
28 Mar 1761 | Thomas Whately | c 1728 | 26 May 1772 | |||||
John Paterson | c 1705 | 3 Dec 1789 | ||||||
21 Mar 1768 | John Stewart, styled Lord Garlies, later [1773] 7th Earl of Galloway | 15 Mar 1736 | 13 Nov 1806 | 70 | ||||
Sir Peniston Lamb, 2nd baronet, later [1781] 1st Viscount Melbourne [I] (to 1784) | 29 Jan 1745 | 22 Jul 1828 | 83 | |||||
22 Jan 1774 | Whitshed Keene | c 1731 | 27 Feb 1822 | |||||
11 Oct 1774 | Lord George Gordon For further information on this MP and his role in the "Gordon Riots", see the note at the foot of this page |
26 Dec 1751 | 1 Nov 1793 | 41 | ||||
12 Sep 1780 | George Augustus Selwyn (to 1791) For further information on this MP, see the note at the foot of this page |
11 Aug 1719 | 25 Jan 1791 | 71 | ||||
3 Apr 1784 | Nathaniel William Wraxall | 8 Apr 1751 | 7 Nov 1831 | 80 | ||||
22 Jun 1790 | William Assheton Harbord, later [1810] 2nd Baron Suffield (to 1796) | 21 Aug 1766 | 1 Aug 1821 | 54 | ||||
28 Apr 1791 | Samuel Smith | 19 Mar 1755 | 15 Jun 1793 | 38 | ||||
27 Jun 1793 | Nathaniel Newnham | c 1741 | 26 Dec 1809 | |||||
26 May 1796 | Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott, styled Earl of Dalkeith, later [1812] 4th Duke of Buccleuch and 6th Duke of Queensberry | 24 May 1772 | 20 Apr 1819 | 46 | ||||
Thomas Everett (to 1810) | 1740 | 8 Feb 1810 | 69 | |||||
7 May 1804 | Magens Dorrien-Magens (to Dec 1812) | c 1761 | 30 May 1849 | |||||
27 Feb 1810 | Joseph Hague Everett | c 1776 | 7 May 1853 | |||||
19 Apr 1811 | Charles Winn-Allanson, 2nd Baron Headley [I] | 25 Jun 1784 | 9 Apr 1840 | 55 | ||||
7 Oct 1812 | Joseph Hague Everett | c 1776 | 7 May 1853 | |||||
22 Dec 1812 | Sandford Graham, later [1825] 2nd baronet | 10 Mar 1788 | 18 Sep 1852 | 64 | ||||
Joseph Birch (to 1818) | 18 Jun 1755 | 22 Aug 1833 | 78 | |||||
26 Jun 1815 | Charles Nicholas Pallmer | 11 Jun 1772 | 30 Sep 1848 | 76 | ||||
28 Jun 1817 | Henry Lawes Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton [I] (to 1821) | 7 Aug 1743 | 25 Apr 1821 | 77 | ||||
17 Jun 1818 | Sandford Graham, later [1825] 2nd baronet (to 1826) | 10 Mar 1788 | 18 Sep 1852 | 64 | ||||
5 May 1821 | George Charles Pratt, styled Earl of Brecknock, later [1840] 2nd Marquess Camden | 2 May 1799 | 8 Aug 1866 | 67 | ||||
10 Jun 1826 | George James Welbore Agar‑Ellis, later [1831] 1st Baron Dover | 17 Jan 1797 | 10 Jul 1833 | 36 | ||||
Edward Thomas Foley (to 1832) | 21 Dec 1791 | 30 Mar 1846 | 54 | |||||
2 Aug 1830 | Sir Sandford Graham, 2nd baronet | 10 Mar 1788 | 18 Sep 1852 | 64 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1832 | ||||||||
LUDLOW (SHROPSHIRE) | ||||||||
13 Apr 1660 | Timothy Littleton | c 1608 | 2 Apr 1679 | |||||
Job Charlton, later [1686] 1st baronet (to 1679) | c 1614 | 26 May 1697 | ||||||
24 Feb 1670 | Somerset Fox (to Sep 1679) | 18 Jan 1618 | 11 Oct 1689 | 71 | ||||
12 Feb 1679 | Francis Charlton, later [1697] 2nd baronet (to 1685) | 27 Jun 1651 | 21 Apr 1729 | 77 | ||||
23 Sep 1679 | Thomas Walcot | 6 Aug 1629 | 6 Sep 1685 | 56 | ||||
16 Mar 1681 | Charles Baldwyn | c 1652 | 4 Jan 1707 | |||||
15 Apr 1685 | Sir Edward Herbert (to Nov 1685) | 10 Jun 1645 | 5 Nov 1698 | 53 | ||||
William Charlton | c 1652 | 18 Apr 1685 | ||||||
6 Jun 1685 | Sir Josiah Child, 1st baronet (to 1689) | c 1630 | 22 Jun 1699 | |||||
14 Nov 1685 | Sir Edward Lutwyche | 6 Sep 1634 | Jun 1709 | 74 | ||||
15 Jan 1689 | Francis Herbert | c 1667 | 27 Feb 1719 | |||||
Charles Baldwyn | c 1652 | 4 Jan 1707 | ||||||
11 Mar 1690 | Thomas Hanmer | c 1648 | Aug 1701 | |||||
William Gower | c 1662 | after 1714 | ||||||
Election declared void 22 Dec 1690 | ||||||||
14 Jan 1691 | Silius Titus | c 1623 | Dec 1704 | |||||
Francis Lloyd | c 1655 | 13 Mar 1704 | ||||||
1 Nov 1695 | Thomas Newport, later [1716] 1st Baron Torrington | c 1655 | 27 May 1719 | |||||
Charles Baldwyn | c 1652 | 4 Jan 1707 | ||||||
30 Jul 1698 | Francis Herbert (to Jan 1701) | c 1667 | 27 Feb 1719 | |||||
William Gower [he was unseated on petition in favour of Thomas Newport 1 Mar 1699] | c 1662 | after 1714 | ||||||
1 Mar 1699 | Thomas Newport, later [1716] 1st Baron Torrington | c 1655 | 27 May 1719 | |||||
8 Jan 1701 | Sir Thomas Powys (to 1713) | c 1649 | 4 Apr 1719 | |||||
William Gower | c 1662 | after 1714 | ||||||
1 Dec 1701 | Francis Herbert | c 1667 | 27 Feb 1719 | |||||
16 May 1705 | Acton Baldwyn (to 1715) | 27 Jun 1681 | 30 Jan 1727 | 45 | ||||
2 Sep 1713 | Humphrey Walcot (to 1722) | 23 Feb 1672 | 29 Oct 1743 | 71 | ||||
1 Feb 1715 | Francis Herbert | c 1667 | 27 Feb 1719 | |||||
26 Mar 1719 | Sir Robert Raymond, later [1731] 1st Baron Raymond | 20 Dec 1673 | 19 Mar 1733 | 59 | ||||
28 Mar 1722 | Abel Ketelby (to Sep 1727) | c 1676 | 5 Dec 1744 | |||||
Acton Baldwyn | 27 Jun 1681 | 30 Jan 1727 | 45 | |||||
11 Feb 1727 | Richard Herbert (to 1741) | 13 Dec 1704 | 17 May 1754 | 49 | ||||
1 Sep 1727 | Henry Arthur Herbert, later [1748] 1st Earl of Powis (to 1743) | c 1703 | 11 Sep 1772 | |||||
4 May 1741 | Sir William Corbet, 5th baronet (to 1748) | 1702 | 15 Sep 1748 | 46 | ||||
30 Dec 1743 | Richard Herbert (to Dec 1754) | 13 Dec 1704 | 17 May 1754 | 49 | ||||
7 Dec 1748 | Henry Bridgeman, later [1764] 5th baronet and [1794] 1st Baron Bradford (to 1768) | 7 Sep 1725 | 5 Jun 1800 | 74 | ||||
10 Dec 1754 | Edward Herbert (to 1770) | c 1700 | 26 Sep 1770 | |||||
18 Mar 1768 | William Fellowes (to 1774) | c 1726 | 4 Feb 1804 | |||||
3 Nov 1770 | Thomas Herbert | c 1727 | May 1779 | |||||
8 Oct 1774 | George Mason Villiers, styled Viscount Villiers, later [1782] 2nd Earl Grandison [I] | 13 Jul 1751 | 14 Jul 1800 | 49 | ||||
Edward Clive, 2nd Baron Clive of Plassey [I], later [1804] 1st Earl of Powis (to 1794) | 7 Mar 1754 | 16 May 1839 | 85 | |||||
15 Sep 1780 | Frederick Cornewall (Walker‑Cornewall from 1781) | 13 Apr 1752 | Mar 1783 | 30 | ||||
9 May 1783 | Somerset Davies | c 1754 | 15 Oct 1817 | |||||
2 Apr 1784 | Richard Payne Knight (to 1806) | c 1750 | 23 Apr 1824 | |||||
10 Oct 1794 | Robert Clive (to 1807) | 30 Aug 1769 | 28 Jul 1833 | 63 | ||||
1 Nov 1806 | Edward Herbert, styled Viscount Clive, later [1839] 2nd Earl of Powis (to 1839) | 22 Mar 1785 | 17 Jan 1848 | 62 | ||||
8 May 1807 | Henry Clive | c 1777 | 16 Mar 1848 | |||||
17 Jun 1818 | Robert Henry Clive | 15 Jan 1789 | 20 Jan 1854 | 65 | ||||
13 Dec 1832 | Edward Romilly | 1804 | 12 Oct 1870 | 66 | ||||
8 Jan 1835 | Edmund Lechmere Charlton | 1789 | by May 1851 | |||||
28 Jul 1837 | Henry Salwey (to 1841) | 1794 | 10 Mar 1874 | 79 | ||||
6 Jun 1839 | Thomas Alcock [his election was declared void 12 May 1840] | 1801 | 22 Aug 1866 | 65 | ||||
23 May 1840 | Beriah Botfield (to 1847) | 1807 | 7 Aug 1863 | 56 | ||||
3 Jul 1841 | James Ackers | 1811 | 27 Sep 1868 | 57 | ||||
31 Jul 1847 | Henry Bayley Clive | 1800 | 26 Feb 1870 | 69 | ||||
Henry Salwey | 1794 | 10 Mar 1874 | 79 | |||||
9 Jul 1852 | Robert Windsor Clive | 24 May 1824 | 4 Aug 1859 | 35 | ||||
Lord William John Frederick Powlett (Vane from Mar 1864), later [Jan 1864] 3rd Duke of Cleveland (to 1857) | 3 Apr 1792 | 6 Sep 1864 | 72 | |||||
7 Feb 1854 | Percy Egerton Herbert [kt 1869] (to 1860) | 15 Apr 1822 | 7 Oct 1876 | 54 | ||||
27 Mar 1857 | Beriah Botfield (to 1863) | 1807 | 7 Aug 1863 | 56 | ||||
4 Sep 1860 | George Herbert Windsor Windsor‑Clive (to 1885) | 12 Mar 1835 | 28 Apr 1918 | 83 | ||||
28 Aug 1863 | Sir William Augustus Fraser, 4th baronet | 10 Feb 1826 | 17 Aug 1898 | 72 | ||||
12 Jul 1865 | John Edmund Severne | 24 Apr 1826 | 21 Apr 1899 | 72 | ||||
REPRESENTATION REDUCED TO ONE MEMBER 1868 | ||||||||
3 Dec 1885 | Robert Jasper More | 1836 | 25 Nov 1903 | 67 | ||||
22 Dec 1903 | Rowland Hunt | 13 Mar 1858 | 30 Nov 1943 | 85 | ||||
14 Dec 1918 | Sir Beville Stanier, 1st baronet | 12 Jun 1867 | 15 Dec 1921 | 54 | ||||
4 Jan 1922 | Ivor Miles Windsor‑Clive, styled Viscount Windsor, later [1923] 2nd Earl of Plymouth | 4 Feb 1889 | 1 Oct 1943 | 54 | ||||
19 Apr 1923 | George Windsor-Clive | 6 Apr 1878 | 25 Jun 1968 | 90 | ||||
26 Jul 1945 | Uvedale Corbett | 12 Sep 1909 | 1 Sep 2005 | 95 | ||||
25 Oct 1951 | Christopher John Holland‑Martin | 16 Nov 1910 | 5 Apr 1960 | 49 | ||||
16 Nov 1960 | Jasper More [kt 1979] | Jul 1907 | 28 Oct 1987 | 80 | ||||
3 May 1979 | Eric Paul Cockeram | 4 Jul 1924 | 25 Dec 2021 | 97 | ||||
11 Jun 1987 | Christopher John Fred Gill | 28 Oct 1936 | ||||||
7 Jun 2001 | Matthew Roger Green | 12 Apr 1970 | ||||||
5 May 2005 | Philip Martin Dunne | 14 Aug 1958 | ||||||
LUTON (BEDFORDSHIRE) | ||||||||
2 Dec 1885 | Cyril Flower, later [1892] 1st Baron Battersea | 30 Aug 1843 | 27 Nov 1907 | 64 | ||||
29 Sep 1892 | Samuel Howard Whitbread | 8 Jan 1858 | 29 Jul 1944 | 86 | ||||
25 Jul 1895 | Thomas Gair Ashton, later [1911] 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde | 5 Feb 1855 | 1 May 1933 | 78 | ||||
20 Jul 1911 | Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, later [1939] 1st Baron Harmsworth | 28 Sep 1869 | 13 Aug 1948 | 78 | ||||
15 Nov 1922 | Sir John Prescott Hewett | 25 Aug 1854 | 27 Sep 1941 | 87 | ||||
6 Dec 1923 | Geoffrey William Algernon Howard | 12 Feb 1877 | 20 Jun 1935 | 58 | ||||
29 Oct 1924 | Terence James O'Connor [kt 1936] | 13 Sep 1891 | 8 May 1940 | 48 | ||||
30 May 1929 | Edward Leslie Burgin | 13 Jul 1887 | 16 Aug 1945 | 58 | ||||
26 Jul 1945 | William Noble Warbey | 16 Aug 1903 | 6 May 1980 | 76 | ||||
23 Feb 1950 | Charles Hill, later [1963] Baron Hill of Luton [L] | 15 Jan 1904 | 22 Aug 1989 | 85 | ||||
7 Nov 1963 | William Howie, later [1978] Baron Howie of Troon [L] | 2 Mar 1924 | 26 May 2018 | 94 | ||||
18 Jun 1970 | Charles Fitzmaurice Creighton Simeons | 22 Sep 1921 | 3 Aug 2014 | 92 | ||||
SPLIT INTO "EAST" AND "WEST" DIVISIONS FEB 1974 | ||||||||
LUTON EAST | ||||||||
28 Feb 1974 | Ivor Malcolm Clemitson | 8 Dec 1931 | 24 Dec 1997 | 66 | ||||
3 May 1979 | Graham Frank James Bright [kt 1994] | 2 Apr 1942 | 19 Jan 2024 | 81 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983 | ||||||||
LUTON NORTH | ||||||||
9 Jun 1983 | John Russell Carlisle | 28 Aug 1942 | ||||||
1 May 1997 | Kelvin Peter Hopkins | 22 Aug 1941 | ||||||
12 Dec 2019 | Sarah Mei Li Owen | 11 Jan 1983 | ||||||
LUTON SOUTH | ||||||||
9 Jun 1983 | Graham Frank James Bright [kt 1994] | 2 Apr 1942 | 19 Jan 2024 | 81 | ||||
1 May 1997 | Margaret Mary Moran | 24 Apr 1955 | ||||||
6 May 2010 | Gavin Shuker | 10 Oct 1981 | ||||||
12 Dec 2019 | Rachel Louise Hopkins | 30 Dec 1972 | ||||||
LUTON WEST | ||||||||
28 Feb 1974 | Brian Charles John Sedgemore | 17 Mar 1937 | 29 Apr 2015 | 78 | ||||
3 May 1979 | John Russell Carlisle | 28 Aug 1942 | ||||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983 | ||||||||
LYME REGIS (DORSET) | ||||||||
4 Apr 1660 | Walter Yonge, later [1663] 2nd baronet (to 1661) | c 1626 | 21 Nov 1670 | |||||
Thomas Moore [he was also returned for Heytesbury, for which he chose to sit] | 14 Apr 1618 | 6 Aug 1695 | 77 | |||||
18 Jun 1660 | Henry Hyde, later [1674] 2nd Earl of Clarendon | 2 Jun 1638 | 31 Oct 1709 | 71 | ||||
15 Apr 1661 | Sir John Shaw, 1st baronet | c 1615 | 1 Mar 1680 | |||||
Henry Henley (to 1685) | c 1612 | 10 Jun 1696 | ||||||
17 Feb 1679 | Sir George Strode | 26 Nov 1626 | 24 Oct 1701 | 74 | ||||
30 Sep 1679 | Thomas Moore | 14 Apr 1618 | 6 Aug 1695 | 77 | ||||
19 Mar 1685 | John Pole, later [1695] 3rd baronet (to 1690) | 17 Jun 1649 | 13 Mar 1708 | 58 | ||||
Sir Winston Churchill | 18 Apr 1620 | 26 Mar 1688 | 67 | |||||
11 Jan 1689 | John Burridge (to 1695) | c 1651 | 6 Sep 1733 | |||||
10 Mar 1690 | Henry Henley (to Jan 1701) | 6 Feb 1670 | 9 Aug 1733 | 63 | ||||
29 Oct 1695 | Robert Henley (to Nov 1701) | 1638 | by Mar 1711 | |||||
9 Jan 1701 | Joseph Paice (to 1702) | c 1658 | 15 Jul 1735 | |||||
27 Nov 1701 | John Burridge (to 1710) | c 1651 | 6 Sep 1733 | |||||
20 Jul 1702 | Henry Henley | 6 Feb 1670 | 9 Aug 1733 | 63 | ||||
15 May 1705 | Thomas Freke | 17 Jan 1660 | 1721 | 61 | ||||
10 Oct 1710 | Henry Henley | 6 Feb 1670 | 9 Aug 1733 | 63 | ||||
John Burridge (to 1728) [he was unseated on petition in favour of Henry Holt Henley 28 Feb 1728] | c 1681 | 2 Feb 1753 | ||||||
1 Feb 1715 | John Henley | 1677 | 25 Apr 1732 | 54 | ||||
24 Mar 1722 | Henry Holt Henley | 8 May 1748 | ||||||
21 Aug 1727 | Henry Drax (to 1734) | c 1693 | 24 May 1755 | |||||
28 Feb 1728 | Henry Holt Henley (to 1748) | 8 May 1748 | ||||||
30 Apr 1734 | John Scrope (to 1753) | c 1662 | 9 Apr 1752 | |||||
24 May 1748 | Robert Henley (to 1754) | c 1682 | 2 Sep 1758 | |||||
19 Jan 1753 | Thomas Fane, later [1762] 8th Earl of Westmorland (to 1762) | 8 Mar 1701 | 25 Nov 1771 | 70 | ||||
15 Apr 1754 | Francis Fane | c 1698 | 27 May 1757 | |||||
13 Jun 1757 | Henry Fane (to 1777) | 16 Oct 1703 | 31 May 1777 | 73 | ||||
1 Dec 1762 | John Fane, styled Baron Burghersh, later [1771] 9th Earl of Westmorland | 5 May 1728 | 26 Apr 1774 | 45 | ||||
27 Jan 1772 | Henry Fane (to 1780) | 4 May 1739 | 4 Jun 1802 | 63 | ||||
11 Jun 1777 | Francis Fane | 5 Dec 1752 | 10 Nov 1813 | 60 | ||||
9 Sep 1780 | Henry Fane | 4 May 1739 | 4 Jun 1802 | 63 | ||||
David Robert Michel | c 1735 | Mar 1805 | ||||||
Henry Harford | ||||||||
Lionel Darell, later [1795] , 1st baronet | 25 Sep 1742 | 30 Oct 1803 | 61 | |||||
Double return. Election declared void 4 Dec 1780 | ||||||||
12 Dec 1780 | Henry Fane (to 1802) | 4 May 1739 | 4 Jun 1802 | 63 | ||||
David Robert Michel | c 1735 | Mar 1805 | ||||||
1 Apr 1784 | Thomas Fane (to 1806) | 6 Jul 1760 | 15 Apr 1807 | 46 | ||||
5 Jul 1802 | Henry Fane [kt 1815] (to 1818) | 26 Nov 1778 | 24 Mar 1840 | 61 | ||||
18 Mar 1806 | John Fane, styled Baron Burghersh, later [1841] 11th Earl of Westmorland | 2 Feb 1784 | 16 Oct 1859 | 75 | ||||
29 Mar 1816 | John Thomas Fane (to 1832) | 28 Apr 1790 | 23 Mar 1833 | 42 | ||||
17 Jun 1818 | Vere Fane | 5 Jan 1785 | 18 Jan 1863 | 78 | ||||
9 Jun 1826 | Henry Sutton Fane | 13 Jan 1804 | 8 May 1857 | 53 | ||||
REPRESENTATION REDUCED TO ONE MEMBER 1832 | ||||||||
14 Dec 1832 | William Pinney [he was unseated on petition in favour of Thomas Hussey 31 May 1842] | 1806 | 30 May 1898 | 91 | ||||
31 May 1842 | Thomas Hussey | 1814 | ||||||
30 Jul 1847 | Thomas Neville Abdy, later [1850] 1st baronet | 21 Oct 1810 | 10 Jul 1877 | 66 | ||||
8 Jul 1852 | William Pinney | 1806 | 30 May 1898 | 91 | ||||
12 Jul 1865 | John Wright Treeby | 1809 | 5 Sep 1882 | 73 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1868 | ||||||||
LYMINGTON (HAMPSHIRE) | ||||||||
10 Apr 1660 | Henry Bromfield | c 1610 | 19 Feb 1683 | |||||
John Button | c 1624 | Dec 1679 | ||||||
10 Apr 1661 | Sir William Lewis, 1st baronet (to 1678) | 26 Mar 1598 | Nov 1677 | 79 | ||||
John Bulkeley | 11 Nov 1614 | Sep 1662 | 47 | |||||
9 Mar 1663 | Sir Nicholas Steward, 1st baronet (to Feb 1679) | 11 Feb 1618 | 15 Feb 1710 | 92 | ||||
11 Feb 1678 | Sir Richard Knight | 21 Nov 1639 | 12 Aug 1679 | 39 | ||||
7 Feb 1679 | John Button (to 1680) | c 1624 | Dec 1679 | |||||
Bartholomew Bulkeley | May 1679 | |||||||
22 May 1679 | John Burrard (to May 1698) | 9 Jan 1646 | 14 May 1698 | 52 | ||||
1 Nov 1680 | Henry Dawley | c 1646 | c 1703 | |||||
12 Mar 1685 | Richard Holt | c 1635 | 14 Apr 1710 | |||||
24 Feb 1690 | Thomas Dore (to Dec 1705) | c 1658 | c Oct 1705 | |||||
30 May 1698 | William Tulse | by 1680 | after 1727 | |||||
23 Jul 1698 | George Burrard | after 1653 | by Jan 1721 | |||||
9 Jan 1701 | Paul Burrard | c 1651 | 1706 | |||||
12 May 1705 | Paul Burrard (to 1713) | 29 May 1678 | 30 May 1735 | 57 | ||||
7 Dec 1705 | Charles Powlett, styled Marquess of Winchester, later [1722] 3rd Duke of Bolton | 3 Sep 1685 | 26 Aug 1754 | 58 | ||||
6 May 1708 | Richard Chaundler | c 1650 | 1729 | |||||
7 Oct 1710 | Lord William Powlett (to 1715) [at the general election in Jan 1715, Powlett was also returned for Winchester, for which he chose to sit] | 18 Aug 1666 | 25 Sep 1729 | 63 | ||||
28 Aug 1713 | Sir Joseph Jekyll (to 1722) | 3 Oct 1662 | 19 Aug 1738 | 75 | ||||
18 Apr 1715 | Richard Chaundler | c 1650 | 1729 | |||||
24 Mar 1722 | Lord Harry Powlett, later [1754] 4th Duke of Bolton [he was also returned for Hampshire, for which he chose to sit] | 24 Jul 1691 | 9 Oct 1759 | 68 | ||||
Paul Burrard (to 1727) | 29 May 1678 | 30 May 1735 | 57 | |||||
27 Oct 1722 | Sir Gilbert Heathcote, later [1733] 1st baronet | 2 Jan 1652 | 25 Jan 1733 | 81 | ||||
23 Aug 1727 | Lord Nassau Powlett (to 1734) | 23 Jun 1698 | 24 Aug 1741 | 43 | ||||
Anthony Morgan | 19 Apr 1729 | |||||||
13 May 1729 | William Powlett | c 1693 | 28 Feb 1757 | |||||
25 Apr 1734 | Sir John Cope, 6th baronet | 1 Dec 1673 | 8 Dec 1749 | 76 | ||||
Maurice Bocland | c 1695 | 15 Aug 1765 | ||||||
5 May 1741 | Lord Nassau Powlett | 23 Jun 1698 | 24 Aug 1741 | 43 | ||||
Sir Harry Burrard, 1st baronet (to 1778) | 1707 | 12 Apr 1791 | 83 | |||||
31 Dec 1741 | Charles Powlett, styled Marquess of Winchester from 1754, later [1759] 5th Duke of Bolton | c 1718 | 5 Jul 1765 | |||||
17 Jan 1755 | Lord Harry Powlett, later [1765] 6th Duke of Bolton | 6 Nov 1720 | 25 Dec 1794 | 74 | ||||
27 Mar 1761 | Adam Drummond [at the general election in Mar 1768, he was also returned for St. Ives, for which he chose to sit] | 31 Jan 1713 | 17 Jun 1786 | 73 | ||||
23 Feb 1769 | Hugo Meynell | Jun 1735 | 14 Dec 1808 | 73 | ||||
10 Oct 1774 | Edward Morant (to 1780) | 10 Dec 1730 | 27 Jul 1791 | 60 | ||||
4 Dec 1778 | Henry Goodricke | 6 Apr 1741 | 9 Jul 1784 | 43 | ||||
8 Sep 1780 | Thomas Dummer | c 1739 | 3 Jun 1781 | |||||
Harry Burrard (to 1788) | 1 Jun 1755 | 17 Oct 1813 | 58 | |||||
25 Jun 1781 | Edward Gibbon | 27 Apr 1737 | 16 Jan 1794 | 56 | ||||
3 Apr 1784 | Robert Colt (to 1790) | 22 Sep 1756 | 29 Dec 1797 | 41 | ||||
1 Jul 1788 | George Rose | 17 Jun 1744 | 13 Jan 1818 | 73 | ||||
18 Jun 1790 | Harry Burrard | 1 Jun 1755 | 17 Oct 1813 | 58 | ||||
Sir Harry Burrard (Burrard‑Neale from 1795), 2nd baronet (to 1802) | 16 Sep 1765 | 7 Feb 1840 | 74 | |||||
12 May 1791 | Nathaniel Brassey Halhed For further information on this MP and his championing of the false prophet Richard Brothers, see the note at the foot of this page |
25 May 1751 | 18 Feb 1830 | 78 | ||||
27 May 1796 | William Manning (to 1806) | 1 Dec 1763 | 17 Apr 1835 | 71 | ||||
9 Jul 1802 | Harry Burrard | 1 Jun 1755 | 17 Oct 1813 | 58 | ||||
16 Dec 1802 | John Kingston (to 1814) | 1736 | 1820 | 84 | ||||
3 Nov 1806 | Sir Harry Burrard‑Neale, 2nd baronet | 16 Sep 1765 | 7 Feb 1840 | 74 | ||||
7 May 1807 | George Duckett, later [1822] 2nd baronet | 17 Jul 1777 | 15 Jun 1856 | 78 | ||||
6 Oct 1812 | Sir Harry Burrard‑Neale, 2nd baronet (to 1823) | 16 Sep 1765 | 7 Feb 1840 | 74 | ||||
4 Aug 1814 | John Taylor | c 1761 | 7 Jan 1820 | |||||
17 Jun 1818 | William Manning | 1 Dec 1763 | 17 Apr 1835 | 71 | ||||
7 Mar 1820 | George Finch | 2 Sep 1794 | 29 Jun 1870 | 75 | ||||
5 Jun 1821 | William Manning (to 1826) | 1 Dec 1763 | 17 Apr 1835 | 71 | ||||
3 Apr 1823 | Walter Boyd (to 1830) | 18 Nov 1753 | 16 Sep 1837 | 83 | ||||
10 Jun 1826 | Guy Lenox Prendergast | 12 Jun 1773 | 21 Feb 1845 | 71 | ||||
9 Jul 1827 | Thomas Divett | 3 Mar 1769 | 16 Jul 1828 | 59 | ||||
31 Jul 1828 | George Burrard, later [1856] 4th baronet (to 1832) | 13 Oct 1805 | 7 Sep 1870 | 64 | ||||
31 Jul 1830 | William Tatton Egerton, later [1859] 1st Baron Egerton of Tatton | 30 Dec 1806 | 21 Feb 1883 | 76 | ||||
30 Apr 1831 | William Alexander Mackinnon | 2 Aug 1784 | 30 Apr 1870 | 85 | ||||
12 Dec 1832 | Sir Harry Burrard‑Neale, 2nd baronet | 16 Sep 1765 | 15 Feb 1840 | 74 | ||||
John Stewart (to 1847) | 14 Mar 1860 | |||||||
6 Jan 1835 | William Alexander Mackinnon (to 1852) | 2 Aug 1784 | 30 Apr 1870 | 85 | ||||
31 Jul 1847 | George Thomas Keppel, later [1851] 6th Earl of Albemarle | 13 Jun 1799 | 21 Feb 1891 | 91 | ||||
30 Apr 1850 | Edward John Hutchins (to 1857) | 1809 | 11 Feb 1876 | 66 | ||||
7 Jul 1852 | Sir John Rivett-Carnac, 2nd baronet (to 1860) | 10 Aug 1818 | 4 Aug 1883 | 64 | ||||
28 Mar 1857 | William Alexander Mackinnon (to 1868) | 4 Oct 1813 | 14 Sep 1903 | 89 | ||||
24 May 1860 | Lord George Charles Gordon‑Lennox (to 1874) | 22 Oct 1829 | 22 Feb 1877 | 47 | ||||
REPRESENTATION REDUCED TO ONE MEMBER 1868 | ||||||||
9 Feb 1874 | Edmund Hegan Kennard | 14 Oct 1834 | 9 Jul 1912 | 77 | ||||
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1885 | ||||||||
George Augustus Selwyn | ||
MP for Ludgershall 1747‑1754 and 1780‑1791 and Gloucester 1754‑1780 | ||
Selwyn had a passion for viewing corpses. His friend Horace Walpole wrote that a lady of Selwyn's acquaintance had once rebuked him as a barbarian for attending the beheading of a criminal, to which Selwyn replied, 'If that was such a crime, I'm sure I have made amends, for I went to see it [the head] sewed on again'. | ||
When Henry Fox, Lord Holland lay on his death-bed in 1774, he told his servant, 'The next time Mr Selwyn calls, show him up; if I am alive I shall be delighted to see him, and if I'm dead he'll be glad to see me'. | ||
Lord George Gordon | ||
MP for Ludgershall 1774‑1780 | ||
The following sketch of the "Gordon Riots" of 1780 appeared in the February 1958 issue of the Australian monthly magazine Parade. For a full length book on this subject, I recommend King Mob: The Story of Lord George Gordon and the Riots of 1780 by Christopher Hibbert [Longmans, London 1958]. | ||
Whatever his faults, the average Englishman can claim with justification today that he is tolerant in matters of religion. But it was not always so. In June 1780, feeling in London between Protestants and Catholics reached such a pitch of bitterness that it eventually flared into open rioting. The ranks of the anti-Catholic demonstrators were quickly swelled by every bully and thug and cutpurse in town, who saw a golden opportunity for looting, and for five days the mob took complete charge of the city - smashing, pillaging, burning, beating- up and murdering, almost at will. At the end, when the fury of the storm had spent itself, half London was ablaze or wrecked and at least 285 people were dead, with hundreds more injured and wounded. This outburst of mob violence is known to history as the Gordon Riots - after the man primarily responsible, the "lunatic apostle" Lord George Gordon, one of the most fanatical reformers and religious bigots of his own or any time, who, by the strange irony of fate, turned to the Hebrew faith in his later years, and died of a fever in prison. | ||
Ever since the days of Henry VIII Roman Catholics in England had suffered persecution in varying degrees - at some periods purely nominal, and at other, bitter and tragic. When George III carne to the throne in 1760 the position was that Catholics were denied many of the rights of normal citizenship. They could not buy land, and on inherited property were obliged to pay double the ordinary land tax. They could not practise as barristers, doctors and school teachers. Marriage in their church was void in law, and their children were regarded as illegitimate. A priest officiating at a marriage service was liable to 14 years' transportation, and and it was even illegal for a priest to celebrate Mass. | ||
The injustice of these restrictions was apparent to many liberal-thinking people, and a strong movement began to remove or lighten them. It culminated in the introduction of an Act in Parliament [the Papist's Act 1778 - 18 George III c.60] which repealed many of the most glaring injustices. At once the forces of reaction went to work and whispers began to circulate of vague Jesuit plots to further the English political ambitions of the Pope. At that period there was no large, powerful, well educated middle-class in England which could assess such stories at their true worth and then dismiss them. There were only the privileged rich and the under-privileged poor. The rich should have been sensible enough to laugh such absurdities out of court. But apparently many of them were not. The poor, perhaps, were hardly blameworthy, since they did no more than follow the example of their betters. Simple, illiterate, superstitious, taxed beyond all reason to pay for wars, they were seething with discontent, and it required little effort by such a dangerous, bull-headed agitator as Gordon to fan their inborn mistrust of Roman Catholicism into flame. | ||
As president of the Protestant Association, Gordon whipped up sectarian opposition to the bill before Parliament, and marched at the head of his followers to the House of Commons. It was never his intention that the march should be anything more than a gesture of protest, and he was surprised and dismayed when it degenerated into a riot that laid half the city of London waste. Ultimately the very vehemence of the outbreak did more to smash religious intolerance in England than any amount of enlightened thinking or Acts of Parliament. It shocked the more intelligent section of the community into a complete reappraisal of the whole question, and led to the repealing of discriminatory laws and the granting of complete freedom of worship. | ||
Lord George Gordon was born in London in 1751, the third and youngest son of the [3rd] Duke of Gordon. His godfather was George III. He was from the first a problem child of the privileged class, a socialist by nature and conviction, born not to dally pleasantly with art and letters, with dice and drink and damsels, as a gentleman did in those days, but the difficult and ungrateful role of unconstitutional reformer. Throughout his childhood he showed an inclination to tilt at windmills, but his political and social conscience seems to have really awakened during a visit to the West Indies, where he observed the pathetic plight of the enslaved negroes. On his return to England, and prompted by his friend Edmund Burke, he decided to enter the House of Commons. In the autumn of 1774, Lord George Gordon took his seat in seat in Parliament, at the age of 23. He looked on the world and found it wicked. | ||
He was not only against the Government, but against the Opposition as well, taking his stand in the centre and laying about him on all sides. Gordon opposed the American war, compared the King's Council to "plague, pestilence and starvation", and even made a series of attacks on the Crown. His violent speeches on the enormities of Popery excited scorn and ridicule inside the House, but found an admiring audience outside. | ||
It was in the summer of 1778 that the Government approached the leaders of the Roman Catholic party and offered to repeal some of the statutes against them as bait for their active and financial support of the American war. The Relief Act, which freed Catholics only of disabilities in regard to property and allowed them to worship in their own way, was carried without a division through both Houses. But, moderate as the proposals were, public reaction was furious and hostile. In Scotland it stirred fanatics to anger and there were serious riots in Edinburgh and Glasgow. | ||
The disorders died down, but not the frame of mind which inspired them. Finally, discontent found a head in the Protestant Association, rich in enthusiasm, numbers, and public approbation, and lacking only a leader. The presidency was offered to Gordon, then aged 28, and he accepted it with fervour. His first move was to organise a petition to Parliament, which was left open for signatures. He revived the old cry of "No Popery", and sacrificed in an instant his years'-long association with Burke when Burke issued the ultimatum that he choose between their friendship and the Protestant Association. | ||
On May 29, 1780, Gordon called a meeting of the Association at the Coachmakers' Hall, and proposed that they should go "in a firm, manly and resolute manner to the House, and present their petition for the repeal of the Relief Act. The resolution was adopted. In order that they might "know friends from enemies", Lord George asked "every true Protestant and friend of the petition" to wear a blue cockade in his hat. Accordingly, on Friday morning, June 2, three great bodies of men wearing blue cockades set off from St. George's-in-the-Fields (now, ironically, the site of a Roman Catholic cathedral), to march to the House. There were about 20,000 of them. Gordon led the procession on horseback, carrying a large, gold-headed ebony stick, his long, straight powdered hair hanging about his pale, formidably‑nosed face. He sat stiff and awkward in the saddle, and before marched two men carrying the monster petition, a roll containing the signatures of no less than 225,000 people. | ||
So far all was well. Their intention was merely to intimidate. But, on the way, the genuine petitioners were joined by young rough-and-toughs ready for a fight and a lark, the unemployed who thought there might be some advantage in it, and the criminal classes out for loot. At the House, members were seized and under compulsion promised to vote for the repeal. Fanatically zealous, drunk with power, Gordon presented the petition in the Commons. The House, after a hurried debate, decided to adjourn. | ||
Saturday was quiet and it was thought the incident was closed. On Sunday, however, fresh outrages occurred in the Catholic centre of Moorfields. The private chapels of the Sardinian and Bavarian Ministers, where Catholics worshipped in diplomatic immunity, were wrecked and plundered and a reward of £500 was offered for the apprehension of those responsible. The city authorities showed reluctance and incapacity to cope with the situation. The laws demanded that a military officer must have the approval of a magistrate before giving the order to fire, and that an hour should elapse after the reading of the Riot Act. The mob, emboldened and encouraged by the impunity with which they had carried out their former outrages, increased their daring and boasted they would uproot Popery from the land. | ||
Monday, June 4, was the King's birthday, and official rejoicing contrasted with panic. The rabble had grown still bolder. No Catholic was safe, but by now it was difficult to know one, for nearly everyone wore a blue cockade, and even the servants of the Secretary of State had blue ribbons in their hats. Parliament met under strong military guard but, in spite of this, many members were waylaid and escaped with great difficulty. The Lord Chief Justice (Lord Mansfield), who was suspected of Popish leanings on account of his friendship with the Catholic Duchess of Norfolk and for having acquitted a priest for saying Mass, had the windows of his carriage broken. Troops were concentrated at different points, but the defence was badly organised and whole sections of the city were left unprotected. By the afternoon a criminal, drunken, brutish rabble was at large in the city. The alarmed Protestant Association issued a handbill, signed by George Gordon, begging its followers to "refrain from unconstitutional proceedings". It was pathetically ineffectual. The cry going up was "Destroy, burn, loot!" The house of Justice Hyde, in Leicester Square, was completely gutted by fire. A howling mob descended on Lord Mansfield's beautiful home in Bloomsbury Square and, piling his exquisite furniture, his 2,000-volume library, rare manuscripts and picture collection into the street, set them alight. They looted the cellars and finally set the house on fire. Routed after a furious siege of Lord North's house, the mob moved on to join a party of thousands of insurgents marching to Newgate Prison, where they got pickaxes to work on the doors. They plundered the keeper's house and set it alight, and flung brands to ignite the woodwork of the prison. Soon the iron gate collapsed before the heat, and the cells emptied dazed and bewildered recruits to swell the ranks of those holding London in terror. | ||
June 7, "Black Wednesday" as it was called for long afterwards, brought the climax. The failure of the city authorities to maintain order had thoroughly cowed the people. All shops were shut and the streets given up to rioters. Cannons were brought in at Hyde Park, regular troops reinforced with militia, and guards stationed at the main public buildings. The insurgents, insolent. and cocksure, sent notices to the King's Bench and Fleet Prison to say what time they would come to burn them. In the evening they made good their threats, setting alight, as well, a dozen private houses. The rioters seized supplies of arms and attempted to attack the Bank of England, but were beaten back by a strong body of troops. | ||
The King at last summoned the Privy Council and gave his opinion that if a mob were committing a felony, the reading of the Riot Act was unnecessary. This was adopted and powers given to the soldiers, which proved the chief means of suppressing the riots. The rioters were driven into small areas and finally subdued, and by Thursday order was restored. No exact record was kept, but it is estimated that about 285 were killed or died of wounds. Of the 173 prisoners taken, 135 were brought to trial and 21 executed. Gordon was tried for high treason, but there was no evidence that he was actually implicated in the riots and he was acquitted. | ||
The victory went to Lord George's head. Henceforth he was always courting the limelight as the champion of every wronged cause in every domestic or international question. He went on working for the repeal of the Act, but met blank walls wherever he turned. Finally he became involved in two writs for criminal libel and, after his commitment for trial, he fled to the Continent. Towards the end of 1787 he returned to England and lived with an old Jewess and her son. Under their influence he adopted the Hebrew faith [and the name Yisrael bar Avraham Gordon] and underwent its initiatory rites. | ||
Eventually he was sentenced to five years in Newgate Prison. He lived there in style, kept a lavish table, received aristocratic guests, wrote letters to the newspapers on subjects of the day, and meticulously observed the rites of the Jewish code. He ate Kosher and "refused even to talk to any Jew who was cleanshaven or who did not wear a head covering". When his sentence ended in 1793, Gordon was unable to satisfy the court with sureties of £5,000 for his future good behaviour. Without doubt it was the court's - and perhaps his family's and the Government's intention - that he should be imprisoned for life. He rejected a plan by a crowd of sailors who wanted to liberate him by force and went on writing a spate of letters on every conceivable subject. He died on November 1 of the same year, according to some, reciting the Hebrew liturgy. | ||
Nathaniel Brassey Halhed | ||
MP for Lymington 1791‑1796 | ||
Halhed was an Oriental scholar who had served the East India Company where, under the patronage of Warren Hastings, he published a number of philological works and became a pioneer in the understanding of Indo-European languages. On his return to England, he was a firm supporter of Hastings during his impeachment, but it was his support for another man which ultimately led to his downfall. | ||
Halhed was returned at a by-election in Lymington in 1791. In early 1795, Halhed had become a disciple of Richard Brothers, self-appointed "Nephew of the Almighty" who apparently promised Halhed the government of India once Brothers' prophecies had come to pass. After Brothers had been arrested on suspicion of treason, and subsequently found to be a criminal lunatic, on 31 March 1795 Halhed made a speech in the House in which he moved that Brothers' prophecies, together with his [Halhed's] commentary on such prophecies, be laid on the table of the House, but his motion could not attract a seconder. He never recovered from the profound embarrassment caused by this speech, and left Parliament the following year His assertion contained in his speech that the ancient city of Sodom was really London probably did little to endear him to his fellow members. Brothers' alleged relationship as "Nephew of the Almighty" is a little difficult to understand - God has a brother or a sister? | ||
The following edited article on Richard Brothers [1757‑1824] appeared in the NSW Liverpool Herald on 24 December 1902:- | ||
The story of Richard Brothers, who announced himself "Prince of the Hebrews" and "Nephew of the Almighty" is of special interest just now, in view of Mr. Pigott's doings at Clapton [this refers to John Hugh Smyth-Pigott who in 1902 proclaimed that he was the Second Coming of the Messiah]. Richard Brothers had the honour [!] of being arraigned before the Privy Council after being arrested by two King's Messengers at Paddington Street on a warrant for 'treasonable practices'. It does not appear that Brothers ever went in fear and trembling of a London mob, nor was he ever granted police protection. But he made a great stir, and was accepted as a prophet by a considerable number of people, including a member of Parliament named Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, who wrote several pamphlets in Brothers' defence, and who espoused his cause in the House of Commons … Richard Brothers was a sailor; he fought in one engagement under Admiral Keppel off Ushant [in 1778], and in another between Admiral Rodney and the Comte de Grasse in the West Indies [in 1782]. | ||
We first find Brothers busying himself in a wordy wrangle with the Lords of the Admiralty concerning his pension, which he refused to draw because the form of attestation contained the word 'voluntarily' in what Brothers contended was not a voluntary but an obligatory oath. After this refusal Brothers' landlady appears on the scene with the statement that the ex-naval officer and stickler over phrases owed her £35. The wrangle continued until Brothers eventually became destitute, and found himself in Newgate for debt. By this time the word 'voluntarily' was struck out to suit his taste, but our prophet was 'a difficult man', so My Lords found, inasmuch as he then objected to the words 'our Sovereign Lord the King' as being 'blasphemous'. The Admiralty patience could go no further, and the pension seems to have never been paid to Brothers. At one time he was in a workhouse, and the authorities drew it for him. Later on, one Finlayson, a Scotch advocate and disciple of Brothers, preferred a claim of £20,000 against the Government after Brothers' death for this pension … | ||
In 1792 Brothers wrote to the King, the Ministers of State, and the Speaker of the House of Commons, to say that he was commanded by the Almighty to announce to the House of Commons, and the assembled members of Parliament, that the time was come for the fulfilment of Daniel [chapter] vii. He followed this message by another to the King and Queen and Cabinet containing numerous prophecies. Among them were several good shots, and it caused some alarm to find that the King of Sweden [Gustav III, who was fatally wounded at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm] and Louis XI [of France, who was sent to the guillotine], whose violent deaths he prophesied, did actually fulfil his words to the letter. People in high places began to think he knew too much, and his followers increased in number. His arrest by two King's messengers for 'treasonable practices' was a fine advertisement for a new sect. The Privy Council, advised by someone high in authority, placed him under restraint at an asylum at Islington. | ||
Meantime, his Parliamentary backer, Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, moved that Brothers' "Revealed Knowledge", a series of prophecies, be laid on the table of the House. Halhed was an Oriental traveller, and Brothers had promised to make him, in his new kingdom, "Governor of India or President of the Board of Control". By the way, the actual plans for the 'New Jerusalem' in this aforesaid kingdom were prepared by a draughtsman and magnificently engraved at a cost of £1,200 … | ||
After being confined in the asylum, Brothers remained there until his release in 1806, after which he moved into the home of the John Finlayson mentioned in the above article. He spent the remainder of his life happily designing the flags, uniforms and palaces of New Jerusalem until his death in January 1824, aged 66. | ||
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