THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH "Y"
Last updated 13/06/2017 (16 Jul 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.
YARDLEY (BIRMINGHAM)
14 Dec 1918 Alfred Roger Jephcott 14 Feb 1853 14 Mar 1932 79
30 May 1929 Archibald George Gossling 1878 19 May 1950 71
27 Oct 1931 Edward William Salt [kt 1945] 18 May 1881 8 Sep 1970 89
26 Jul 1945 Wesley Perrins 21 Sep 1905 12 Jan 1990 84
23 Feb 1950 Henry Charles Usborne 16 Jan 1909 16 Mar 1996 87
8 Oct 1959 Leonard Harry Cleaver 27 Oct 1909 7 Jul 1993 83
15 Oct 1964 Ioan Lyonel Evans 10 Jul 1927 10 Feb 1984 56
18 Jun 1970 Derek Michael Coombs 12 Aug 1931 30 Dec 2014 83
28 Feb 1974 Sydney Tierney 16 Sep 1923 6 Mar 2010 86
3 May 1979 Andrew David Gilroy Bevan 10 Apr 1928 12 Oct 1996 68
9 Apr 1992 Estelle Morris, later [2005] Baroness Morris of Yardley [L] 17 Jun 1952
5 May 2005 John Alexander Melvin Hemming 16 Mar 1960
7 May 2015 Jessica Rose Phillips 9 Oct 1981
YARMOUTH (ISLE OF WIGHT)
3 Jun 1660 Sir John Leigh c 1598 c 1666
Richard Lucy (to 1678) c 1619 21 Dec 1677
11 Apr 1661 Edward Smythe (to Feb 1679) c 1605 20 Feb 1682
28 Dec 1678 Thomas Lucy (to Aug 1679) c 1655 1 Nov 1684
12 Feb 1679 Sir Richard Mason (to 1681) c 1619 12 Mar 1685
15 Aug 1679 Thomas Wyndham c 1628 May 1713
15 Feb 1681 Lemuel Kingdon c 1654 19 Feb 1686
Sir Thomas Littleton, 2nd baronet c 1621 14 Apr 1681
30 Mar 1685 Thomas Wyndham c 1628 May 1713
William Hewer 17 Nov 1642 3 Dec 1715 73
14 Jan 1689 Sir Robert Holmes c 1622 18 Nov 1692
Fitton Gerard, later [1701] 3rd Earl of Macclesfield 15 Oct 1663 26 Dec 1702 39
4 Mar 1690 Sir John Trevor [expelled 16 Mar 1695] c 1637 20 May 1717
Charles Duncombe [kt 1699] (to Nov 1695) 16 Nov 1648 9 Apr 1711 62
2 Apr 1695 Henry Holmes (to 1717) 23 Jun 1738
1 Nov 1695 Anthony Morgan 19 Apr 1729
5 Oct 1710 Sir Gilbert Dolben, 1st baronet c 1659 22 Oct 1722
29 Jan 1715 Sir Robert Raymond, later [1731] 1st Baron Raymond 20 Dec 1673 18 Mar 1733 59
[Both sitting members (Holmes and Raymond) were unseated on petition in favour of Anthony Morgan and Sir Theodore Janssen 12 Apr 1717]
12 Apr 1717 Anthony Morgan (to 1727) 19 Apr 1729
Sir Theodore Janssen, 1st baronet [expelled 30 Jan 1721] c 1654 22 Sep 1748
10 Feb 1721 William Plumer c 1686 12 Dec 1767
24 Mar 1722 Thomas Stanwix c 1670 14 Mar 1725
10 Apr 1725 Maurice Morgan (to 1733) 27 Sep 1692 24 Apr 1733 40
19 Aug 1727 Paul Burrard (to 1736) 29 May 1678 30 May 1735 57
17 May 1733 Maurice Bocland c 1695 15 Aug 1765
26 Apr 1734 Lord Harry Powlett, later [1754] 4th Duke of Bolton (to 1737) [he was also returned for Hampshire, for which he chose to sit] 24 Jul 1691 9 Oct 1759 68
23 Jan 1736 Thomas Gibson (to 1744) 16 Mar 1667 21 Sep 1744 77
8 Mar 1737 Anthony Chute 6 Mar 1691 20 May 1754 63
9 May 1741 Maurice Bocland (to 1747) c 1695 15 Aug 1765
14 Dec 1744 Robert Carteret, styled Viscount Carteret, later [1763] 3rd Earl Granville 21 Sep 1721 13 Feb 1776 54
1 Jul 1747 Thomas Holmes, later [1760] Baron Holmes [I] (to 1765) 2 Nov 1699 21 Jul 1764 64
Henry Holmes 28 Feb 1703 11 Aug 1762 59
28 Dec 1762 Jeremiah Dyson (to 1768) c 1722 16 Sep 1776
18 Jan 1765 John Eames c 1716 13 May 1795
22 Mar 1768 William Strode 23 Jul 1738 21 Jul 1809 70
Jervoise Clarke c 1733 5 Jul 1808
Both members were unseated on petition in favour of Thomas Dummer and George Lane Parker 19 Jan 1769
19 Jan 1769 Thomas Dummer c 1739 3 Jun 1781
George Lane Parker 6 Sep 1724 6 Sep 1791 67
8 Oct 1774 Jervoise Clarke (Clarke Jervoise from c 1771 (to 1779) c 1733 5 Jul 1808
Edward Meux Worsley 1747 Aug 1782 35
6 Feb 1775 James Worsley (to 1780) 10 Apr 1725 10 Apr 1787 62
15 Dec 1779 Robert Kingsmill, later [1800] 1st baronet c 1730 23 Nov 1805
8 Sep 1780 Edward Morant (to 1787) 10 Dec 1730 27 Jul 1791 60
Edward Rushworth 17 Oct 1755 15 Oct 1817 61
14 Apr 1781 Sir Thomas Rumbold, 1st baronet 15 Jan 1736 11 Nov 1791 55
3 Apr 1784 Philip Francis [kt 1806] (to 1790) 22 Oct 1740 23 Dec 1818 78
11 Apr 1787 Thomas Clarke-Jervoise (to 1791) c 1765 late 1809
17 Jun 1790 Edward Rushworth 17 Oct 1755 15 Oct 1817 61
4 Jan 1791 Sir John Fleming Leicester, 5th baronet, later [1826] 1st Baron de Tabley 4 Apr 1762 18 Jun 1827 65
Jervoise Clarke Jervoise (to Jan 1808) c 1733 5 Jan 1808
28 May 1796 Edward Rushworth 17 Oct 1755 15 Oct 1817 61
21 Mar 1797 William Peachy c 1763 21 Nov 1838
8 Jul 1802 James Patrick Murray 21 Jan 1782 5 Dec 1834 52
25 Feb 1803 Charles Macdonnell 21 Aug 1761 7 Sep 1803 42
1 Oct 1803 Henry Swann 15 Nov 1763 24 Apr 1824 60
27 Feb 1804 John Delgarno c 1751 12 Apr 1818
21 Mar 1804 Home Riggs Popham [kt 1815] 12 Oct 1762 11 Sep 1820 57
29 Jan 1806 David Scott, later [1819] 2nd baronet 25 Jul 1782 18 Jun 1851 68
5 Nov 1806 Thomas William Plummer 20 Nov 1817
11 May 1807 William Powlett Orde-Powlett, later [Jul 1807] 2nd Baron Bolton 31 Oct 1782 13 Jul 1850 67
14 Aug 1807 Sir John Orde, 1st baronet (to 1812) 22 Dec 1751 19 Feb 1824 72
30 Jan 1808 Benjamin Cooke Griffinhoofe 5 Aug 1772 9 Feb 1841 68
26 Apr 1808 John Delgarno c 1751 12 Apr 1818
13 Jun 1808 George Annesley, styled Viscount Valentia, later [1816] 2nd Earl of Mountnorris [I] 4 Dec 1770 23 Jul 1844 73
7 Dec 1810 Thomas Myers 26 Jul 1764 1 Oct 1835 71
8 Oct 1812 Richard Wellesley (to 1817) 22 Apr 1787 1 Mar 1831 43
Sir Henry Conyngham Montgomery, 1st baronet 15 Mar 1765 21 Jan 1830 64
4 Mar 1816 John Leslie Foster (to 1818) c 1781 10 Jul 1842
18 Feb 1817 Alexander Maconochie 2 Mar 1777 30 Nov 1861 84
18 Mar 1818 John Singleton Copley, later [1827] 1st Baron Lyndhurst 21 May 1772 12 Oct 1863 91
18 Jun 1818 John Taylor c 1761 7 Jan 1820
William Mount 21 Nov 1787 10 Apr 1869 81
16 Mar 1819 Sir Peter Pole, 2nd baronet (to 1826) 20 Oct 1770 30 Aug 1850 79
John Wilson Croker 20 Dec 1780 10 Aug 1857 76
13 Mar 1820 Theodore Henry Broadhead 3 Dec 1767 12 Dec 1820 53
17 Jan 1821 Theodore Henry Lavington Broadhead (Brinckman from Jul 1842), later [1831] 1st baronet 17 Jan 1798 9 Feb 1880 82
9 Jun 1826 Thomas Hamilton, styled Lord Binning, later [1828] 9th Earl of Haddington 21 Jun 1780 1 Dec 1858 78
Joseph Phillimore (to 1830) 14 Sep 1775 24 Jan 1855 79
21 Aug 1827 Thomas Wallace 13 Apr 1765 9 Jan 1847 81
31 Jul 1830 William Yates Peel 3 Aug 1789 1 Jun 1858 68
George Lowther Thompson 6 Dec 1786 25 Dec 1841 55
3 May 1831 Sir Henry Pollard Willoughby, 3rd baronet 17 Nov 1796 23 Mar 1865 68
Charles Compton Cavendish, later [1858] 1st Baron Chesham 28 Aug 1793 10 Nov 1863 70
CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1832
YEOVIL (SOMERSET)
14 Dec 1918 Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux Herbert 3 Apr 1880 26 Sep 1923 43
30 Oct 1923 George Frederick Davies [kt 1936] 19 Apr 1875 21 Jun 1950 75
26 Jul 1945 William Henry Kingsmill 1 Dec 1905 3 Jun 1971 65
25 Oct 1951 John Wynne William Peyton, later [1983] Baron Peyton of Yeovil [L] 13 Feb 1919 22 Nov 2006 87
9 Jun 1983 Jeremy John Durham ["Paddy"] Ashdown [kt 2000], later [2001] Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon [L] 27 Feb 1941 22 Dec 2018 77
7 Jun 2001 David Anthony Laws 30 Nov 1965
7 May 2015 Marcus John Hudson Fysh 8 Nov 1970
4 Jul 2024 Adam James Dance
YNYS MON (ANGLESEY)
9 Jun 1983 Keith Lander Best 10 Jun 1949
11 Jun 1987 Ieuan Wyn Jones 22 May 1949
7 Jun 2001 Albert Owen 10 Aug 1959
12 Dec 2019 Virginia Ann Crosbie 8 Dec 1966
4 Jul 2024 Llinos Medi Huws
YORK (YORKSHIRE)
16 Apr 1660 Sir Thomas Widdrington c 1600 31 May 1664
Sir Metcalfe Robinson, 1st baronet (to 1679) 10 Mar 1629 6 Feb 1689 59
13 May 1661 John Scott c 1621 8 Jul 1664
16 Jan 1665 Sir Thomas Osborne, 2nd baronet, later [1673] 1st Viscount Latimer of Danby and [1694] 1st Duke of Leeds 20 Feb 1632 26 Jul 1712 80
10 Nov 1673 Sir Henry Thompson (to 1685) c 1625 1683
24 Feb 1679 Sir John Hewley 5 Aug 1619 24 Aug 1697 78
16 Mar 1685 Sir John Reresby, 2nd baronet 14 Apr 1634 12 May 1689 55
Sir Metcalfe Robinson, 1st baronet 10 Mar 1629 6 Feb 1689 59
9 Jan 1689 Peregrine Osborne, styled Viscount Osborne, later [1712] 2nd Duke of Leeds 29 Sep 1659 25 Jun 1729 69
Edward Thompson c 1639 6 Aug 1701
10 Mar 1690 Robert Waller 2 Jun 1698
Henry Thompson 7 Jun 1659 6 Jul 1700 41
Edward Thompson c 1639 6 Aug 1701
Double return between Henry Thompson and Edward Thompson. Henry Thompson declared elected 17 May 1690
25 Oct 1695 Tobias Jenkins (to Jan 1701) 16 Jun 1660 1730 70
Edward Thompson c 1639 6 Aug 1701
20 Jul 1698 Sir William Robinson, 1st baronet (to 1722) 19 Nov 1655 22 Dec 1736 81
29 Jan 1701 Edward Thompson c 1639 6 Aug 1701
3 Dec 1701 Tobias Jenkins 16 Jun 1660 1730 70
16 May 1705 Robert Benson, later [1713] 1st Baron Bingley 25 Mar 1676 9 Apr 1731 55
7 Sep 1713 Robert Fairfax 23 Feb 1666 17 Oct 1725 59
9 Feb 1715 Tobias Jenkins 16 Jun 1660 1730 70
28 Mar 1722 Sir William Milner, 1st baronet c 1696 23 Nov 1745
Edward Thompson (to 1742) 26 Feb 1696 5 Jul 1742 46
8 May 1734 Sir John Lister Kaye, 4th baronet 4 Sep 1697 5 Apr 1752 54
13 May 1741 Godfrey Wentworth (to 1747) 17 Oct 1704 18 Jan 1789 84
21 Jul 1742 George Fox, later [1762] 1st Baron Bingley (to 1761) c 1696 22 Feb 1773
27 Jun 1747 William Thornton c 1712 10 Jul 1769
15 Apr 1754 Sir John Armytage, 2nd baronet 13 Jul 1732 10 Sep 1758 26
1 Dec 1758 William Thornton c 1712 10 Jul 1769
27 Mar 1761 Sir George Armytage, 3rd baronet 25 Dec 1734 21 Jan 1783 48
Robert Lane 5 Aug 1732 May 1768 35
21 Mar 1768 Lord John Cavendish (to 1784) 22 Oct 1732 18 Nov 1796 64
Sir Charles Turner, 1st baronet c 1727 26 Oct 1783
17 Nov 1783 Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway [I] (to 1790) 4 Jul 1752 23 Jul 1810 58
6 Apr 1784 Richard Slater Milnes (to 1802) 12 Dec 1759 2 Jun 1804 44
18 Jun 1790 Sir William Mordaunt Milner, 3rd baronet (to 1811) 6 Oct 1754 9 Sep 1811 56
5 Jul 1802 Lawrence Dundas, later [1820] 2nd Baron Dundas and [1838] 1st Earl of Zetland 10 Apr 1766 19 Feb 1839 72
14 May 1807 Sir Mark Masterman-Sykes, 3rd baronet (to Mar 1820) 20 Aug 1771 16 Feb 1823 51
14 Oct 1811 Lawrence Dundas, later [1820] 2nd Baron Dundas and [1838] 1st Earl of Zetland (to Jun 1820) 10 Apr 1766 19 Feb 1839 72
13 Mar 1820 Marmaduke Wyvill (to 1830) 14 Feb 1791 9 Dec 1872 81
28 Jun 1820 Robert Chaloner 23 Sep 1776 7 Oct 1842 66
9 Jun 1826 James Wilson c 1777 7 Sep 1830
3 Aug 1830 Samuel Adlam Bayntun (to 1833) 15 Mar 1804 28 Sep 1833 29
Thomas Dundas, later [1839] 2nd Earl of Zetland 5 Feb 1795 6 May 1873 78
10 Dec 1832 Edward Robert Petre (to 1835) 26 Sep 1794 8 Jun 1848 53
11 Nov 1833 Thomas Dundas, later [1839] 2nd Earl of Zetland 5 Feb 1795 6 May 1873 78
8 Jan 1835 John Henry Lowther, later [1844] 2nd baronet (to 1847) 23 Mar 1793 23 Jun 1868 75
John Charles Dundas 21 Aug 1808 14 Feb 1866 57
30 Jun 1841 Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorke (to 1848) c 1797 15 May 1848
28 Aug 1847 John George Smyth (to 1865) 1815 9 Jun 1869 53
24 May 1848 Sir William Mordaunt Edward Milner, 5th baronet 20 Jun 1820 12 Feb 1867 46
30 Mar 1857 Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead 1807 25 Jul 1877 70
13 Jul 1865 James Lowther (to 1880) 1 Sep 1840 12 Sep 1904 63
George Leeman 1809 25 Feb 1882 72
18 Nov 1868 Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead 1807 25 Jul 1877 70
14 Feb 1871 George Leeman 1809 25 Feb 1882 72
3 Apr 1880 Ralph Creyke (to 1885) 5 Sep 1849 17 Apr 1908 58
Joseph Johnson Leeman 1842 2 Nov 1883 41
23 Nov 1883 Sir Frederick George Milner, 7th baronet 7 Nov 1849 8 Jun 1931 81
25 Nov 1885 Alfred Edward Pease, later [1903] 2nd baronet 29 Jun 1857 27 Apr 1939 81
Frank Lockwood [kt 1894] (to 1898) 15 Jul 1846 18 Dec 1897 51
Jul 1892 John George Butcher, later [1918] 1st baronet and [1924] 1st Baron Danesfort (to 1906) 15 Nov 1851 30 Jun 1935 83
13 Jan 1898 Lord Charles William de la Poer Beresford, later [1916] 1st Baron Beresford 10 Feb 1846 6 Sep 1919 73
6 Feb 1900 George Denison Faber, later [1918] 1st Baron Wittenham (to 1910) 14 Dec 1852 1 Feb 1931 78
13 Jan 1906 Hamar Greenwood, later [1915] 1st baronet, [1929] 1st Baron Greenwood and [1937] 1st Viscount Greenwood 7 Feb 1870 10 Sep 1948 78
17 Jan 1910 Arnold Stephenson Rowntree 1872 21 May 1951 78
John George Butcher, later [1918] 1st baronet and [1924] 1st Baron Danesfort (to 1923) 15 Nov 1851 30 Jun 1935 83
REPRESENTATION REDUCED TO ONE MEMBER 1918
6 Dec 1923 John Arthur Ransome Marriott [kt 1924] 17 Aug 1859 6 Jun 1945 85
30 May 1929 Frederick George Burgess 1871 31 Mar 1951 79
27 Oct 1931 Lawrence Roger Lumley, later ]1945] 11th Earl of Scarbrough 27 Jul 1896 29 Jun 1969 72
6 May 1937 Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, styled Baron Irwin from 1944, later [1960] 2nd Earl of Halifax 3 Oct 1912 19 Mar 1980 67
26 Jul 1945 John Corlett 1884 18 Jan 1968 83
23 Feb 1950 Harry Braustyn Hylton Hylton‑Foster [kt 1954] 10 Apr 1905 2 Sep 1965 60
8 Oct 1959 Charles Brooke Longbottom 22 Jul 1930 5 Feb 2013 82
31 Mar 1966 Alexander Ward Lyon 15 Oct 1931 30 Sep 1993 61
9 Jun 1983 Conal Robert Gregory 11 Mar 1947
9 Apr 1992 Hugh Nigel Edward Bayley [kt 2015] 9 Jan 1952
NAME ALTERED TO "YORK CENTRAL" 2010
YORK CENTRAL (YORKSHIRE)
6 May 2010 Hugh Nigel Edward Bayley [kt 2015] 9 Jan 1952
7 May 2015 Rachael Helen Maskell 5 Jul 1972
YORK OUTER (YORKSHIRE)
6 May 2010 Julian Charles Sturdy 3 Jun 1971
4 Jul 2024 Luke Charters
YORKSHIRE
26 Mar 1660 Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron [S] 17 Jan 1612 12 Nov 1671 59
John Dawnay, later [1681] 1st Viscount Downe [I] 25 Jan 1625 1 Oct 1695 70
25 Mar 1661 Conyers Darcy, later [1689] 2nd Earl of Holdernesse (to 1679) 3 Mar 1622 13 Dec 1692 70
Sir John Goodricke, 1st baronet 20 Apr 1617 c Oct 1670 53
21 Nov 1670 Sir Thomas Slingsby, 2nd baronet 15 Jun 1636 1 Mar 1688 51
3 Mar 1679 Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan [I], later [1689] 1st Baron Clifford of Lanesborough (to 1689) 17 Nov 1639 12 Oct 1694 54
Henry Fairfax, 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron [S] 10 Dec 1631 9 Apr 1688 56
23 Mar 1685 Sir John Kaye, 2nd baronet (to 1698) c 1641 8 Aug 1706
14 Jan 1689 Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron [S] (to 1702) 16 Apr 1657 6 Jan 1710 52
27 Jul 1698 Henry Dawnay, 2nd Viscount Downe [I] 7 Jun 1664 21 May 1741 76
8 Jan 1701 Sir John Kaye, 2nd baronet c 1641 8 Aug 1706
10 Dec 1701 Arthur Ingram, 3rd Viscount Irvine [S] 25 Jan 1666 21 Jun 1702 36
22 Jul 1702 William Cavendish, styled Marquess of Hartington, later [1707] 2nd Duke of Devonshire (to Dec 1707) 1672 4 Jun 1729 56
Sir John Kaye, 2nd baronet c 1641 8 Aug 1706
1 Jan 1707 Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron [S] 16 Apr 1657 6 Jan 1710 52
3 Dec 1707 Henry Dawnay, 2nd Viscount Downe [I] (to Aug 1727) 7 Jun 1664 21 May 1741 76
Conyers Darcy [kt 1725] c 1685 1 Dec 1758
19 May 1708 Sir William Strickland, 3rd baronet Mar 1665 12 May 1724 59
18 Oct 1710 Sir Arthur Kaye, 3rd baronet c 1670 10 Jul 1726
1 Feb 1727 Cholmley Turner (to 1741) 20 Jul 1685 9 May 1757 71
30 Aug 1727 Sir Thomas Watson-Wentworth, later [1728] 1st Baron Wath, [1733] 1st Earl of Malton and [1746] 1st Marquess of Rockingham 13 Nov 1693 14 Dec 1750 57
19 Jun 1728 Sir George Savile, 7th baronet 18 Feb 1678 16 Sep 1743 65
15 May 1734 Sir Miles Stapylton, 4th baronet (to 1750) c 1708 14 May 1752
6 May 1741 Charles Howard, styled Viscount Morpeth 22 May 1719 9 Aug 1741 22
21 Jan 1742 Cholmley Turner 20 Jul 1685 9 May 1757 71
8 Jul 1747 Sir Conyers Darcy (to 1759) c 1685 1 Dec 1758
25 Apr 1750 Henry Pleydell Dawnay, 3rd Viscount Downe [I] (to 1761) 8 Apr 1727 9 Dec 1760 33
3 Jan 1759 Sir George Savile, 8th baronet (to Jan 1784) 18 Jul 1726 10 Jan 1784 57
9 Apr 1761 Edwin Lascelles, later [1790] 1st Baron Harewood 5 Feb 1713 25 Jan 1795 81
27 Sep 1780 Henry Duncombe (to 1796) 1728 10 Apr 1818 89
1 Jan 1784 Francis Ferrand Foljambe 17 Jan 1750 13 Nov 1814 64
7 Apr 1784 William Wilberforce (to 1812) 24 Aug 1759 29 Jul 1833 73
7 Jun 1796 Henry Lascelles, later [1820] 2nd Earl of Harewood 25 Dec 1767 24 Nov 1841 73
13 Nov 1806 Walter Ramsden Fawkes 2 Mar 1769 24 Oct 1825 66
20 May 1807 Charles William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, styled Viscount Milton, later [1833] 5th Earl Fitzwilliam (to 1830) 4 May 1786 4 Oct 1857 71
16 Oct 1812 Henry Lascelles, later [1820] 2nd Earl of Harewood 25 Dec 1767 24 Nov 1841 73
25 Jun 1818 James Archibald Stuart‑Wortley, later [1826] 1st Baron Wharncliffe 6 Oct 1776 19 Dec 1845 69
REPRESENTATION INCREASED TO FOUR MEMBERS 1826
21 Jun 1826 William Duncombe, later [1841] 2nd Baron Feversham (to 1831) 14 Jan 1798 11 Feb 1867 69
Richard Fountayne-Wilson 9 Jun 1783 24 Jul 1847 64
John Marshall 27 Jul 1865 6 Jun 1845 79
5 Aug 1830 George William Frederick Howard, styled Viscount Morpeth, later [1848] 7th Earl of Carlisle (to 1832) 18 Apr 1802 5 Dec 1864 62
Henry Peter Brougham, later [Nov 1830] 1st Baron Brougham & Vaux 19 Sep 1778 7 May 1868 89
Richard Bethell (to 1831) 10 May 1772 25 Dec 1864 92
7 Dec 1830 Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd baronet (to 1832) 28 Aug 1799 24 Feb 1869 69
6 May 1831 George Strickland, later [1834] 7th baronet 26 Nov 1782 23 Dec 1874 92
John Charles Ramsden 30 Apr 1788 29 Dec 1836 48
COUNTY SPLIT INTO "EAST", "NORTH" AND "WEST" RIDINGS 1832
YORKSHIRE EAST
1 May 1997 John Ernest Townend 12 Jun 1934
7 Jun 2001 Gregory Knight [kt 2013] 4 Apr 1949
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2024
YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING
18 Dec 1832 Richard Bethell (to 1841) 1772 25 Dec 1864 92
Paul Beilby Thompson, later [1839] 1st Baron Wenlock 1 Jul 1784 9 May 1852 67
10 Aug 1837 Henry Broadley (to 1851) 1793 8 Aug 1851 58
7 Jul 1841 Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham [I] (to 1868) 9 Aug 1794 12 Dec 1870 76
7 Oct 1851 Arthur Duncombe 24 Mar 1806 6 Feb 1889 82
24 Nov 1868 Christopher Sykes 10 Jan 1831 15 Dec 1898 67
William Henry Harrison‑Broadley 1820 c Feb 1896 75
SPLIT INTO VARIOUS DIVISIONS 1885, SEE "BUCKROSE", "HOLDERNESS" AND "HOWDENSHIRE"
YORKSHIRE NORTH RIDING
17 Dec 1832 William Duncombe, later [1841] 2nd Baron Feversham 14 Jan 1798 11 Feb 1867 69
Edward Stillingfleet Cayley (to 1862) 13 Aug 1802 25 Feb 1862 59
21 Sep 1841 Octavius Duncombe 8 Apr 1817 3 Dec 1879 62
5 May 1859 William Ernest Duncombe, later [1868] 1st Earl of Feversham (to 1867) 28 Jan 1829 13 Jan 1915 85
17 Mar 1862 William John Sawrey Morritt c 1813 13 Apr 1874
17 Jul 1865 Frederick Acclom Milbank, later [1882] 1st  baronet (to 1885) 21 Apr 1820 28 Apr 1898 78
4 Mar 1867 Octavius Duncombe 8 Apr 1817 3 Dec 1879 62
18 Feb 1874 William Reginald Duncombe, styled Viscount Helmsley 1 Aug 1852 24 Dec 1881 29
24 Jan 1882 Guy Cuthbert Dawnayhovell
For further information on this MP, see the note at the foot of this page		 26 Jul 1848 28 Feb 1889 40
SPLIT INTO VARIOUS DIVISIONS 1885, SEE "CLEVELAND", "RICHMOND", "THIRSK AND MALTON" AND "WHITBY"
YORKSHIRE WEST RIDING
20 Dec 1832 George William Frederick Howard, styled Viscount Morpeth, later [1848] 7th Earl of Carlisle 18 Apr 1802 5 Dec 1864 62
George Strickland, later [1834] 7th baronet 26 Nov 1782 23 Dec 1874 92
12 Jul 1841 John Stuart-Wortley (Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie from 1845), later [1845] 2nd Baron Wharncliffe 20 Apr 1801 22 Oct 1855 54
Edmund Beckett Denison, later [1872] 4th baronet (to 1847) 29 Jan 1787 24 May 1874 87
4 Feb 1846 George William Frederick Howard, styled Viscount Morpeth, later [1848] 7th Earl of Carlisle (to 1848) 18 Apr 1802 5 Dec 1864 62
7 Aug 1847 Richard Cobden (to 1857) 3 Jun 1804 2 Apr 1865 60
11 Dec 1848 Edmund Beckett Denison, later [1872] 4th baronet (to May 1859) 29 Jan 1787 24 May 1874 87
30 Mar 1857 George Frederick Samuel Robinson, styled Viscount Goderich, later [1859] 2nd Earl of Ripon and [1871] 1st Marquess of Ripon 24 Oct 1827 9 Jul 1909 81
21 Feb 1859 Sir John William Ramsden, 5th baronet (to 1865) 14 Sep 1831 15 Apr 1914 82
7 May 1859 Francis Crossley, later [1863] 1st baronet 26 Oct 1817 5 Jan 1872 54
SPLIT INTO "EAST", "NORTH" AND "SOUTH" DIVISIONS 1865
YORKSHIRE WEST RIDING EAST
25 Nov 1868 Christopher Beckett Denison 9 May 1825 30 Oct 1884 59
Joshua Fielden 8 Mar 1827 9 Mar 1887 60
6 Apr 1880 Sir Andrew Fairbairn 5 Mar 1828 30 May 1901 73
Sir John William Ramsden, 5th baronet 14 Sep 1831 15 Apr 1914 82
SPLIT INTO VARIOUS DIVISIONS 1885, SEE "BARKSTON ASH", "OSGOLDCROSS", "OTLEY", "PUDSEY", "RIPON" AND "SPEN VALLEY"
YORKSHIRE WEST RIDING NORTH
15 Jul 1865 Sir Francis Crossley, 1st baronet 26 Oct 1817 5 Jan 1872 54
Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish (to 1882)
For further information on the death of this MP, see the note at the foot of this page		 30 Nov 1836 6 May 1882 45
3 Feb 1872 Francis Sharp Powell, later [1892] 1st baronet 29 Jun 1827 24 Dec 1911 84
18 Feb 1874 Sir Mathew Wilson, 1st baronet (to 1885) 29 Aug 1802 18 Jan 1891 88
18 May 1882 Isaac Holden, later [1893] 1st baronet 7 May 1807 13 Aug 1897 90
SPLIT INTO VARIOUS DIVISIONS 1885, SEE "ELLAND", "KEIGHLEY", "SHIPLEY", "SKIPTON" AND "SOWERBY"
YORKSHIRE WEST RIDING SOUTH
18 Jul 1865 William Fitzwilliam, styled Viscount Milton
For further information on this MP, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of the Fitzwilliam peerages		 27 Jul 1839 17 Jan 1877 37
Henry Frederick Beaumont (to 1874) 10 Mar 1833 13 Oct 1913 80
8 Jul 1872 Walter Thomas William Spencer‑Stanhope [kt 1904] (to 1880) 21 Dec 1827 17 Nov 1911 83
18 Feb 1874 Lewis Randle Starkey 13 Mar 1836 16 Sep 1910 74
12 Apr 1880 William Henry Wentworth‑Fitzwilliam 26 Dec 1840 10 Jul 1920 79
William Henry Leatham 6 Jul 1815 14 Nov 1889 74
SPLIT INTO VARIOUS DIVISIONS 1885, SEE "BARNSLEY", "COLNE VALLEY", "DONCASTER", "HALLAMSHIRE", "HOLMFIRTH", "MORLEY", "NORMANTON" AND "ROTHERHAM"
YOUGHAL (CORK)
1801 Sir John Keane, 1st baronet 21 May 1757 19 Apr 1829 71
10 Nov 1806 James Bernard, styled Viscount Bernard, later [1830] 2nd Earl of Bandon [I] 14 Jun 1785 31 Oct 1856 71
18 May 1807 Henry Boyle, styled Viscount Boyle, later [20 May 1807] 3rd Earl of Shannon [I] 8 Aug 1771 22 Apr 1842 70
28 Jul 1807 Sir John Keane, 1st baronet 21 May 1757 19 Apr 1829 71
27 Jun 1818 James Bernard, styled Viscount Bernard, later [1830] 2nd Earl of Bandon [I] 14 Jun 1785 31 Oct 1856 71
15 Mar 1820 John Hyde c 1774 13 Feb 1832
14 Jun 1826 George Ponsonby c 1773 5 Jun 1863
15 Dec 1832 John O'Connell 24 Dec 1810 24 May 1858 47
8 Aug 1837 Frederick John Howard 1 Mar 1814 28 Feb 1897 82
3 Jul 1841 Charles Compton Cavendish, later [1858] 1st Baron Chesham 28 Aug 1793 10 Nov 1863 70
7 Aug 1847 Thomas Chisholm Anstey 1816 12 Aug 1873 57
15 Jul 1852 Isaac Butt 6 Sep 1813 5 May 1879 65
18 Jul 1865 Joseph Neale McKenna [kt 1867] 1819 15 Aug 1906 87
23 Nov 1868 Christopher Weguelin [his election was declared void 20 Apr 1869] 1838 6 Sep 1881 43
11 May 1869 Montague John Guest 29 Mar 1839 9 Nov 1909 70
9 Feb 1874 Sir Joseph Neale McKenna 1819 15 Aug 1906 87
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1885
 

Guy Cuthbert Dawnay
MP for Yorkshire North Riding 1882‑1885
Dawnay was the 4th son of the 7th Viscount Downe. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford before his love of adventure led him to many parts of the world, either as a hunter or as a volunteer soldier. His hunting expeditions took him to India, Persia, Abyssinia, Sudan and Zululand. Due to his knowledge of Zululand, he was appointed as intelligence officer on the Army staff during the Zulu War of 1879. He also served as a volunteer in Egypt and at Suakin, a port in north-eastern Sudan, on the Red Sea.
He was elected MP for the North Riding of Yorkshire at a by‑election in January 1882 and sat for this constituency until the general election of 1885, in which election he unsuccessfully contested the seat of Cleveland.
His love of hunting eventually led to his death. The following obituary is taken from The Times of 27 March 1889:-
Our Zanzibar Correspondent [surely only The Times could have had a 'Zanzibar Correspondent'] telegraphed last night: "Authentic news reached Zanzibar yesterday evening that the Hon. Guy Dawnay had been killed by a wounded buffalo at Ngiri, in Masailand [i.e. present-day Tanzania], on the 28th of February. The details given prove that he was unaccompanied at the time of the accident, of which the only witnesses were two Masai. These men climbed up a tree at some distance and ultimately escaped. Mr. Dawnay seems to have approached the fallen buffalo, believing him to be dead, but the animal rose and killed him, it is believed, instantaneously, smashing his rifle into two parts. Mr. Buckley, his companion, returned forthwith with the caravan to the coast. The news has been received with immense sorrow in Zanzibar, where Mr. Dawnay had during his stay made himself much beloved."
Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish
MP for Yorkshire West Riding North 1865-1882
Cavendish was the second son of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire. He entered the House of Commons in 1865 and filled a number of posts, including that of private secretary to the Prime Minister, William Gladstone, and Financial Secretary to the Treasury. In April 1882, William Edward Forster, Chief Secretary for Ireland, resigned his position and Cavendish was appointed to succeed him.
Travelling to Dublin, he took the oath as Chief Secretary on 6 May 1882, but later that day, together with the Permanent Under Secretary for Ireland, Thomas Burke, he was murdered while walking through Phoenix Park.
The murders were front-page news in every contemporary newspaper. The following extract, which is typical of all newspapers, is from the Bristol Mercury of 8 May 1882:-
A frightful crime was committed in Dublin on Saturday evening. Lord Frederick Cavendish, who was sworn in as Chief Secretary at one o'clock, and Mr. T.H. Burke, Under Secretary, were murdered in Phoenix-park, Dublin, at ten minutes past seven o'clock. Lord Frederick left his office about six, and was taking a walk in the park, about half a mile from the city gate and a quarter from the Chief Secretary's lodge, when a car drove up containing four men, two of whom attacked Lord Frederick and Mr. Burke, stabbing them several times in the throat and breast. Both seem to have struggled hard. The bodies were discovered about ten paces apart by two young gentlemen on tricycles, and the police were quickly on the spot. Two medical men also arrived promptly, but life in each case was extinct. The upper part of Mr. Burke's body was mutilated in a frightful manner by blows with a sharp instrument. The body of Lord Frederick Cavendish displayed similar wounds, and the left arm was broken and torn as if it had been raised to protect the breast. The ground near each body was drenched in blood. It is said that the men after committing the murder jumped into the car and drove off.
Responsibility for the murders was claimed by a hitherto unheard of group calling themselves the Irish National Invincibles. The police investigation was headed by Superintendent John Mallon, who soon formed suspicions against a number of Fenian activists. These suspects were arrested, and by playing the suspects off against each other, Mallon eventually, in early 1883, was able to charge 17 men with conspiracy to murder. In order to save his own neck, the leader of the group, James Carey, turned Queen's evidence and betrayed the full details of the plot and his fellow conspirators, five of whom were subsequently hanged.
As a traitor to the Irish cause, Carey's life was obviously in great danger. In an attempt to protect him, he and his family were secretly placed, under the name of Power, on a ship bound for Cape Town. On board the ship, Carey befriended a man named Patrick O'Donnell, who at the time had no idea of Power's real identity. However, he accidentally discovered who Power really was, and accompanied him on the further voyage from Cape Town to Natal. During this voyage, on 29 July 1883, O'Donnell killed Carey with a revolver. O'Donnell was later transported back to England for trial for murder on the high seas. Found guilty, he was executed on 17 December 1883.
 

 
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