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Revision as of 21:54, 14 September 2013
Age
Youngest
Of those whose age can be verified, the youngest MP since the Reform Act of 1832[1] was James Dickson who was elected as a Liberal at a by-election for the Borough of Dungannon on 25 June 1880. He was born on 19 April 1859 and so was aged 21 years 67 days. The youngest female MP was Bernadette Devlin, elected on 17 April 1969 from Mid Ulster aged 21 years 359 days.
Christopher Monck, Earl of Torrington was born on 14 August 1653, and was returned as Knight of the Shire for Devon on 8 January 1666/7, at the age of 13 years and 148 days.
It is known that Henry Long (1420–90) was returned to the seat of Old Sarum at the age of 15, although his precise date of birth is unknown.[2]
The youngest current MP is Pamela Nash who was 25 years and 11 months old when she was elected to Parliament in the June 2010 general election.
Oldest
The oldest MP of all time may be Sir Francis Knollys (c.1550–1648) who is believed to have been around 90 when he died as member for Reading; he may have been 97 or 98. The oldest MP whose exact dates are known was Samuel Young (1822–1918) who was MP for East Cavan until his death at the age of 96 years 63 days.[2]
The oldest ever woman MP was Irene Ward, member for Tynemouth, who was a few days short of 79 when she retired at the February 1974 general election.
Following the death of Sir Morgan Morgan-Giles on 4 May 2013, the oldest former MP still living is John Freeman, born 19 February 1915.
List of oldest sitting MPs since 1945
| Name | Born | Became oldest MP | Left House | Age on leaving | Died | Political Party | Highest Office Held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Murdoch Macdonald | 6 May 1866 | 1945 | 1950 | 83 2 | 24 April 1957 | Liberal Party | |
| David Logan | 22 November 1871 | 1950 | Feb 1964 | 92 1 | 25 February 1964 | Labour Party | |
| Sir Winston Churchill KG OM CH TD PC FRS F | 30 November 1874 | Feb 1964 | Sep 1964 | 89 2 | 24 January 1965 | Conservative | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Emanuel Shinwell, Baron Shinwell | 18 October 1884 | Sep 1964 | 1970 | 85 2 | 8 May 1986 | Labour Party | Minister of Defence |
| S. O. Davies | probably 9 November 1879 | 1970 | 1972 | 92 1[3] | 25 February 1972 | Labour Party | |
| John Rankin | 1 February 1890 | 1972 | 1973 | 83 1 | 8 October 1973 | Labour Party | |
| Irene Ward, Baroness Ward of North Tyneside CH, DBE | 23 February 1895 | 1973 | Feb 1974 | 79 2 | 26 April 1980 | Conservative | Mother of the House |
| David Weitzman | 18 June 1898 | Feb 1974 | 1979 | 80 2 | 6 May 1987 | Labour Party | |
| Robert Edwards | 16 January 1905 | 1979 | 1987 | 82 2 | 4 June 1990 | Labour Party | |
| Michael Foot | 23 July 1913 | 1987 | 1992 | 78 2 | 3 March 2010 | Labour Party | Leader of the Opposition |
| Sir Edward Heath KG MBE F | 9 July 1916 | 1992 | 2001 | 84 2 | 17 July 2005 | Conservative | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Piara Khabra | 20 November 1921 | 2001 | 2007 | 85 1 | 21 June 2007 | Labour Party | |
| Ian Paisley, Baron Bannside | 6 April 1926 | 2007 | 2010 | 84 2 | living | Democratic Unionist Party | 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland |
| Sir Peter Tapsell F | 1 February 1930 | 2010 | N/A | N/A | living | Conservative | Father of the House |
Notes:
- F Also Father of the House (not necessarily contemporaneous with seniority)
- 1 Died in office
- 2 Retired
Longest-lived ex-MP
The longest-lived former-MP was Theodore Cooke Taylor, member for Radcliffe cum Farnworth between 1900 and 1918, who lived to be 102.[2] Other ex-MPs who have reached their centenary are Bert Hazell, Manny Shinwell, Hartley Shawcross, Sir George Ernest Schuster, Sir Harry Brittain, John Oldfield (who outlived his parliamentary service by 68 years), Nathaniel Micklem and Edgar Granville.
Frank James, who was elected MP for Walsall at the 1892 general election, but unseated on petition, achieved a slightly greater age than Theodore Cooke Taylor.[4]
The longest-lived woman MP was Norah Runge who died aged 93 in 1978.
Period of service
Longest
Francis Knollys (also the oldest ever MP) was first elected as MP for Oxford in 1575 at the age of around 25 and was MP for Reading at the time of his death in 1648, a period of 73 years.[2] The longest span of service of an MP during the 20th century was Winston Churchill who was first elected on 1 October 1900 and left the House of Commons on 25 September 1964, a period of 63 years 360 days. His service was not continuous, as he was not an MP for a spell in 1908 and between 1922 and 1924.
Charles Pelham Villiers was the longest continuously-serving MP. He was elected in 1835 and remained an MP continuously for over 62 years until his death on 16 January 1898, aged 96 years 13 days.
The longest continuous service and longest total service records for a female MP were held by Gwyneth Dunwoody, at over 34 years and 38 years respectively. The longest span of service for a woman was 42 years and 4 months for Irene Ward, first elected in 1931 and an MP until 1974 although she did not hold a seat between 1945 and 1950.
Shortest
There are cases of MPs being elected posthumously; Edward Legge (1710–47) was elected unopposed as MP for Portsmouth on 15 December 1747, four days before news arrived that he had died 87 days previously in the West Indies. In 1780 John Kirkman was elected as MP for the City of London despite passing away before polls closed.[2]
In more recent times, members have died after polling, but before the declaration of the results. In 1906, Thomas Higgins was declared elected for the seat of North Galway, even though he had died earlier that morning, after polling day. More recently, in 1945 Sir Edward Taswell Campbell at Bromley and Leslie Pym at Monmouth died after polling, but nine days before the declaration of the results. Both were declared elected posthumously, and both had been MPs for a number of years. Noel Skelton is another example in 1935.
The shortest non-posthumous service was that of Alfred Dobbs, who was declared elected MP for Smethwick on 26 July 1945 and was killed the following day in a motorcycle accident on the way to take his seat.
Shortest total service since 1900
For a comprehensive list of MPs since 1900 with less than 365 days total service See
Members who never took their seats
- Francie Molloy, 2013-
- Paul Maskey, 2011–
- Conor Murphy, 2005–
- Michelle Gildernew, 2001–
- Pat Doherty, 2001–
- Martin McGuinness, 1997–2013
- Gerry Adams, 1983–92, 1997–2011
- Owen Carron, 1981–83
- Bobby Sands, 1981
- Philip Clarke, 1955
- Tom Mitchell, 1955
- Alfred Dobbs, 1945
- Joseph Bell, 1922
- Harry Wrightson, 1918–19
- 69 Sinn Féin Members elected at the 1918 General Election (including 6 first elected in by-elections 1917–18)
- James Annand, 1906
- Thomas Higgins, 1906
- Henry Compton, 1905-6
- Joseph Andrews, 1905-6
MPs who never won an election
On rare occasions the election winner may be disqualified, either by an election court or by the House of Commons, and the seat awarded to the runner-up.
- Malcolm St. Clair: Bristol South-East, 1961–63
- Charles Beattie: Mid-Ulster, 1955–56
MPs elected to two or more constituencies simultaneously
- Richard Hazleton: from 9 December 1910 until 23 February 1911, when he was unseated on a petition, he was MP for North Galway and North Louth.
MPs who have sat for three or more different constituencies
In modern times, it is unusual for an MP to represent more than one or two constituencies during their career, although before the 20th century it was quite common. MPs whose seats were altered purely by boundary changes are not listed.
- George Galloway: Glasgow Hillhead/Kelvin 4; Bethnal Green and Bow 4; Bradford West
- Michael Ancram: Berwick and East Lothian 1; Edinburgh South 1; Devizes
- Kenneth Baker: Acton 1; St. Marylebone 2; Mole Valley
- William Clark: Nottingham South 1; East Surrey 4; Croydon South
- Roy Jenkins: Southwark Central 2; Birmingham Stechford 3; Glasgow Hillhead
- Shirley Williams: Hitchin 2; Hertford and Stevenage 1; Crosby 1
- Fergus Montgomery: Newcastle East 1; Brierley Hill 2; Altrincham and Sale
- Geoffrey de Freitas: Nottingham Central 4; Lincoln 3; Kettering
- Arthur Palmer: Wimbledon 1; Cleveland 1; Bristol Central
- Frank Markham: Chatham 5; Nottingham South 1; Buckingham
- Geoffrey Lloyd: Birmingham Ladywood 1; Birmingham King's Norton 2; Sutton Coldfield
- Ray Gunter: South-East Essex 2; Doncaster 1; Southwark
- Frank Soskice: Birkenhead East 2; Sheffield Neepsend 2; Newport
- Charles Simmons: Birmingham Erdington1; Birmingham West 2; Brierley Hill
- Charles MacAndrew: Kilmarnock 1; Glasgow Partick 4; Bute and North Ayrshire
- Richard Kidston Law: Hull South West 1; Kensington South 2; Haltemprice
- Hyacinth Morgan: Camberwell North West 5; Rochdale 4; Warrington
- Roger Conant: Chesterfield 1; Bewdley 2; Rutland and Stamford
- Ralph Assheton: Rushcliffe 1; City of London 2; Blackburn West
- John Wilmot: Fulham East 1; Kennington 4; Deptford
- Austin Hudson: Islington East 1; Hackney North 1; Lewisham North
- Joseph Braithwaite: Hillsborough 1; Holderness 2; Bristol North West
- Walter Elliot: Lanark1; Kelvingrove1; Combined Scottish Universities 2; Kelvingrove
- Walter Ayles: Bristol North1; Southall 4; Hayes and Harlington
- William Jowitt: Hartlepool 1; Preston 4; Ashton-under-Lyne
- Leonard Lyle: Stratford 1; Epping 5; Bournemouth
- Arthur Henderson: Barnard Castle 4; Widnes 1; Newcastle East 1; Burnley 1; Clay Cross
- Ramsay MacDonald: Leicester 2; Aberavon 4; Seaham 1; Combined Scottish Universities
- Harcourt Johnstone| Willesden West 1; South Shields 1; Middlesbrough West
- Wilfred Paling: Doncaster 1; Wentworth 2; Dearne Valley
- Edward Hemmerde: East Denbighshire 4; North West Norfolk 2; Crewe 5
- Winston Churchill: Oldham4; Manchester North West1; Dundee1; Epping/Woodford5
- Arthur Griffith-Boscawen: Tunbridge 1; Dudley 1; Taunton 1
- John Fletcher Moulton: Clapham 1 South Hackney 1, Launceston 5
- Arthur Balfour: Hertford 4; Manchester East 1; City of London 1
- Lord John Manners: Newark 1; Colchester 4; North Leicestershire 4; Melton 6
- Benjamin Disraeli: Maidstone 4;Shrewsbury 4; Buckinghamshire 6
- William Ewart Gladstone: Newark 1; Oxford University 1; South Lancashire 2; Greenwich 4; Midlothian 5
- James Patrick Mahon: Clare 8; Ennis 1; County Carlow 10
- Earl Gower (later 2nd Duke of Sutherland): St Mawes 4; Newcastle-Under-Lyme 4; Staffordshire 5
- James, Lord Brudenell: Marlborough; Fowey 2; North Northamptonshire 6
- Sir Robert Peel: Cashel 4; Chippenham 4; Oxford University 4; Westbury 4; Tamworth
- Thomas Graves: Okehampton 4; Windsor 4; Milborne Port 5
- Sir Joseph Yorke: Reigate 7; Saint Germans 3; Sandwich 4
- John Calcraft (the younger): Wareham 4; Rochester 4; Dorset
- Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes: New Romney 3; Evesham 9; Barnstaple9, Westbury3
- Sir George Hay: Stockbridge 1; Calne 4; Sandwich 1
- Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester: Monmouth; Gloucester 4; Monmouthshire 5; Gloucestershire 4
Notes:
- 1 defeated
- 2 seat abolished
- 3 resigned
- 4 sought another constituency
- 5 retired
- 6 inherited/raised to peerage
- 7 resigned but returned to constituency at later date
- 8 unseated on petition; elected at a later date, then retired
- 9 unseated for bribery
- 10 died
MPs who have made more than one comeback
In modern times, it is unusual for an MP who has been defeated (or retired e.g. due to their seat being abolished) to achieve more than one comeback to the House of Commons after a period of absence. Lord Charles Beresford and Arthur Henderson were exceptional in achieving it on no fewer than four occasions, the former after voluntarily resigning or retiring at phases of his naval career, the latter uniquely after serial defeats in previous seats.
- William McCrea: 2000 b, 2005
- Michael Ancram: 1979, 1992
- Fergus Montgomery: 1967 b, October 1974
- Tony Benn: 1963 b, 1984 b
- Arthur Palmer: 1952 b, 1964
- Alec Douglas-Home: 1950, 1963 b
- Frank Soskice: 1950 b, 1956 b
- Frank Markham: 1935, 1951
- Cahir Healy: 1931 b, 1950
- Harold Macmillan: 1931, 1945 b
- Ian Fraser: 1931, 1940 b
- Harcourt Johnstone: 1931, 1940 b
- Cuthbert Headlam: 1931, 1940 b
- Walter Ayles: 1929, 1945
- Somerville Hastings: 1929, 1945
- George Isaacs: 1929, 1939 b
- William Jowitt: 1929, 1939 b
- James Chuter Ede: 1929, 1935
- Herbert Morrison: 1929, 1935
- Robert Richards: 1929, 1935
- Arthur Henderson, Jr.: 1929, 1935
- Tom Smith: 1929, 1933 b
- Manny Shinwell: 1928 b, 1935
- Austin Hudson: 1924, 1950
- Walter Elliot: 1924, 1946 b
- Vivian Henderson: 1924, 1931
- Frank Sanderson: 1924, 1931
- Charles Lyle: 1923, 1940 b
- Henry Guest: 1922, 1937 b
- Ramsay MacDonald: 1922, 1936 b
- Hastings Lees-Smith: 1922, 1924, 1935
- Arthur Henderson, Sr.: 1919 b, 1923 b, 1924 b, 1933 b
- Edward Hemmerde: 1912 b, 1922
- Edward Anthony Strauss: December 1910, 1927 b, 1931
- Arthur Griffith-Boscawen: December 1910, 1921 b
- Frederick Guest: December 1910, 1923, 1931
- Winston Churchill: 1908 b, 1924
- Andrew Bonar Law: 1906 b, 1911 b
- Alfred Billson: 1897 b, 1906
- John Fletcher Moulton: 1894 b, 1898 b
- James Agg-Gardner: 1885, 1900, 1911 b
- Lord Charles Beresford: 1885, 1898, 1902 b, 1910
- Samuel Danks Waddy: 1882, 1886
- Sir Julian Goldsmid: 1870, 1885
- James Patrick Mahon: 1847, 1879 b, 1887 b
- William Ewart Gladstone: 1847, 1865 b
- Sir James Fergusson: 1859, 1885
- Robert Aglionby Slaney: 1837, 1847, 1857
- Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes: 1807, 1812, 1820
Notes:
- b indicates a by-election
Longest delay before making a comeback
- William Allen, 31 years
- James Patrick Mahon, 26 years (first)
- Robert Carden, 21 years
- Paul Tyler, 17 years
- James Patrick Mahon, 16 years (second)
MPs who resigned without completing at least one full parliament (or five years service)
- Louise Mensch, 2012
- Jim Nicholson, 1985 (resigned to re-contest but was defeated)
- Frank Cousins, 1966
- Malcolm St. Clair, 1963 (honoured a pledge to stand down)
- Sidney Schofield, 1953
- John Belcher, 1949
- Tom Williamson, 1948
- Noel Mason-Macfarlane, 1946
- John Boyd Orr, 1946
- Clarice Shaw, 1946 (terminally ill)
Former Commonwealth Prime Ministers
Several former Prime Ministers have settled in Britain after their service and served in one of the Houses.
- Australia:
- George Reid Prime Minister (1904-05); MP for St George, Hanover Square 1916-18
- Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne Prime Minister (1923-29); In House of Lords 1947-67
- Canada:
- Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, Prime Minister (1930-35) In House of Lords 1941-47
Women
The first woman elected to the House of Commons was Constance Markievicz who was elected on 14 December 1918 to the constituency of Dublin St Patrick's, but she refused to take her seat as she was a member of Sinn Féin.
The first woman to take her seat as an MP was Conservative Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, elected 28 November 1919.[5]
The only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was Margaret Thatcher who served as PM from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. Thatcher is the only woman to have held either post and is currently the only female ever to be the Leader of the three major political parties in the UK. She was also the first woman to hold one of the Great Offices of State.
Ethnic Minorities
First general election victors by religious affiliation
When the UK Parliament was established in 1801, non-Anglicans were prevented from taking their seats as MPs under the Test Act 1672. However, Methodists took communion at Anglican churches until 1795, and some continued to do so, and many Presbyterians were prepared to accept Anglican communion, thus ensuring that members of these creeds were represented in the Parliament.[6] Some Unitarians were also elected.
The first Roman Catholic general election victors in the UK Parliament were at the 1830 general election. They included Daniel O'Connell and James Patrick Mahon in Clare.
The first Quaker general election victor was Joseph Pease, at the 1832 general election.
Lionel de Rothschild was the first Jewish general election victor, at the 1847 general election. He was not permitted to take his seat until 1858.
The first declared atheist to win a general election was Charles Bradlaugh at the 1880 general election. He was not permitted to take the oath until January 1886, although he sat briefly in 1880-81 when permitted to affirm allegiance; a legal action later held that affirmation had no effect.
Dadabhai Naoroji was the first Parsi general election victor at the 1892 general election.
Piara Khabra became the first Sikh general election victor, at the 1992 general election.
Terry Rooney became the first Mormon general election victor at the 1992 general election, after being initially elected for his seat at a by-election in 1990.
The first Muslim general election victor was Mohammed Sarwar at the 1997 general election.
Physical attributes
The heaviest MP of all time is believed to be Sir Cyril Smith, MP for Rochdale between 1972 and 1992, who weighed 189.6 kg (nearly 30 stone) at his peak in 1976.
The tallest MP of all time is believed to be Daniel Kawczynski at 6 feet 8½ inches (204 cm).[7] Before Kawczynski's election in 2005, the record was held by Louis Gluckstein, MP for Nottingham East between 1931 and 1945, who measured 2.02m (6' 7.5").
Physically disabled MPs
Sir Frescheville Holles, MP for Grimsby in 1667, who lost an arm in a sea battle in 1666.
William Windham, MP for Sudbury 1720-27 and Aldeburgh 1727-30, who lost a limb at the Battle of Blenheim.
Brook Watson, MP for the City of London 1784-93, who lost his right leg after a shark attack while swimming at Havana in 1749.
Francis Mackenzie, MP for Ross-shire 1784-90 and 1794–96, who became deaf and almost dumb from scarlet fever at about age of 12.
Fitzroy Somerset, MP for Truro 1818-20 and 1826–29, who lost his right arm at the Battle of Waterloo.
Henry Fawcett, MP for Brighton 1865–1874 and Hackney 1874–1884, who was blind since he was 25.
Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh, MP for County Wexford 1866-68 and County Carlow 1868-80, who was born with rudimentary limbs without hands and feet.
Arthur Elliot, MP for Roxburghshire 1880-92 and City of Durham 1898-1906, who had a leg amputated at age of four after a fall.
Sir William Tindal Robertson, MP for Brighton 1886-89, who became blind from glaucoma in 1873.
William Archibald Macdonald, MP for Queen's County Ossory 1886-92, who was totally blind from age of 13.
Sir William Hornby, MP for Blackburn 1886-1910, who became deaf in 1908.
Philip Snowden, MP for Blackburn 1906-18 and Colne Valley 1922-31, who was paralysed by illness from waist down in 1891 and walked with aid of sticks.
Edward Wood, MP for Ripon 1910-25, who was born with a withered left arm and without a left hand.
Duncan Frederick Campbell, MP for North Ayrshire 1911-16, who lost an arm at the First Battle of Ypres in 1914.
Aubrey Herbert, MP for South Somerset 1911-18 and Yeovil 1918-23, who was near blind from youth.
Jack Cohen, MP for Liverpool Fairfield 1918–31, who lost both legs at the Third Battle of Ypres.
Ian Fraser, MP for St. Pancras North 1924–29, 1931–7 and for Lonsdale 1940–58, who was blinded at the Battle of the Somme.
Robert Bourne, MP for Oxford 1924-38, who lost sight of one eye in schooldays game of rounders and sustained a crippled hand at Suvla Bay during World War I.
Joseph Leckie, MP for Walsall 1931-38, who became increasingly deaf in office.
Cecil Manning, MP for Camberwell North 1944-50, who lost his right arm serving in World War I.
Richard Wood, MP for Bridlington 1950-79, who lost both legs in battle in the Middle East in World War II.
William Rupert Rees-Davies, MP for Isle of Thanet 1953-74 and Thanet West 1974-83, who lost his right arm in action in World War II.
William Yates, MP for The Wrekin 1955-1966, who lost a leg at the knee in the First Battle of El Alamein.
Jack Ashley, MP for Stoke-on-Trent South 1966–1992, who became profoundly deaf in 1967 after a routine operation.
Terry Dicks, MP for Hayes and Harlington 1983–1997, who has cerebral palsy.
Gordon Brown MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath since 1983, Prime Minister 2007-2010. Blind in left eye since a rugby accident in 1967.
Emma Nicholson, MP for Devon West and Torridge 1987-97, who was deaf since age 16.
David Blunkett, MP for Sheffield Brightside 1987-2010, who has been blind since birth.
Anne Begg, MP for Aberdeen South since 1997, who has used a wheelchair for many years due to a degenerative disease.
Paul Maynard, MP for Blackpool North and Cleveleys since 2010, who has cerebral palsy.
Members of Parliament who died on wartime active service
Pre-World Wars
First World War
Second World War
| Rank in Military | Name | Born | Killed | Where/How | Political Party | MP's Seat | Honours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigadier | John Whiteley | 1898 | 1943 | Killed in a plane crash in Gibraltar while escorting General Sikorski | Conservative Party | Buckingham | OBE |
| Colonel | Lionel Beaumont Thomas | 1893 | 1942 | Lost at sea during gale after torpedoeing of MV Henry Stanley off the Azores while on mission travel | Conservative | Birmingham King's Norton (1929–35) | MC |
| Colonel | Victor Cazalet | 1896 | 1943 | Killed in a plane crash in Gibraltar while escorting General Sikorski | Conservative Party | Chippenham | MC |
| Colonel | Edward Orlando Kellett | 1902/03[8] | 1943 | Killed in action fighting in North Africa | Conservative Party | Birmingham Aston | DSO |
| Colonel | John Macnamara | 1905 | 1944 | Killed in action fighting in Italy | Conservative Party | Chelmsford | |
| Colonel | James Baldwin-Webb | 1894 | 1940 | Drowned when the SS City of Benares was torpedoed | Conservative Party | The Wrekin | TD |
| Lieutenant-Colonel | Frank Heilgers | 1892 | 1944 | Killed in the Ilford rail crash | Conservative | Bury St Edmunds (1931–death) | |
| Lieutenant-Colonel | The Hon. Somerset Maxwell | 1905 | 1942 | Died of wounds received at the Battle of El Alamein | Conservative Party | King's Lynn | Eldest son and Heir of Arthur Kenlis Maxwell, 11th Baron Farnham so styled The Honourable |
| Commander | Rupert Brabner | 1911 | 1945 | Killed in a plane crash near the Azores, while leading a delegation to Canada | Conservative Party | Hythe | DSO, DSC, was Under-Secretary of State for Air when he died |
| Lieutenant-Colonel | James Despencer-Robertson | 1886 | 1942 | Died suddenly, apparently from overwork as military secretary at Southern Command Headquarters | Conservative Party | Salisbury | OBE |
| Lieutenant-Colonel | Anthony Muirhead | 1890 | 1939 | Committed suicide owing to his fear that a leg-injury might prevent his service in the war | Conservative Party | Wells | MC & Bar TD, was also Parliamentary Under-Secretary for India and Burma when he died |
| Major | Lord Apsley | 1895 | 1942 | Killed in action in a plane crash in the Middle-East | Conservative Party | Bristol Central | DSO, MC, TD, DL, also Eldest son and Heir of Seymour Bathurst, 7th Earl Bathurst so stled Lord Apsley |
| Major | Ronald Cartland | 1907 | 1940 | Killed in action during the retreat to Dunkirk | Conservative Party | Birmingham King's Norton (1935-death) | |
| Captain | Richard Porritt | 1910 | 1940 | Killed in action fighting in Belgium | Conservative Party | Heywood and Radcliffe | |
| Captain | Stuart Russell | 1909 | 1943 | Died of fever on active service in Egypt | Conservative Party | Darwen | |
| Captain | Hubert Duggan | 1904 | 1943 | Died of tuberculosis contracted on active service | Conservative Party | Acton | |
| Captain | George Charles Grey | 1918 | 1944 | Killed in action fighting in Normandy | Liberal Party | Berwick-upon-Tweed | |
| Captain | John Dermot Campbell | 1898 | 1945 | Killed in a plane crash in Italy during a fact-finding mission | Ulster Unionist | Antrim | High Sheriff of Antrim in 1942 |
| Lieutenant | Dudley Joel | 1904 | 1941 | Killed in action while serving with the Royal Navy | Conservative Party | Dudley | |
| Flight Lieutenant | John Rathbone | 1910 | 1940 | Killed in action on bombing operations over Germany | Conservative Party | Bodmin | |
| Lieutenant | Peter Eckersley | 1904 | 1940 | Killed in action in a plane crash while serving with the Fleet Air Arm | Conservative Party | Manchester Exchange | |
| Lieutenant | Robert Bernays | 1902 | 1945 | Killed in a plane crash in Italy during a fact-finding mission | Liberal Party | Bristol North | |
| Pilot Officer | Sir Arnold Wilson | 1884 | 1940 | Killed in action over northern France while a gunner in Bomber Command | Conservative Party | Member of Parliament for Hitchin | KCIE CSI CMG DSO |
| Private | Patrick Munro | 1883 | 1942 | Died while taking part in an exercise for the Home Guard at Westminster | Conservative Party | Llandaff and Barry |
Members of Parliament who have been accidentally killed
| Title/Rank | Name known by while in Commons | Born | Killed | Political Party | MP's Seat | Offices Held | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr | Francis Yaxley | 1565 (lost in shipwreck in North Sea) | Stamford (1555–58), Saltash (1558) | ||||
| Sir | Miles Hobart | 1595 | 1632 (carriage accident) | Marlow 1628-29 | |||
| Sir | Thomas Lucy | 1583/86 | 1640 (fall from horse) | Warwickshire (1614-28 and 1640), Warwick (November 1640-death) | |||
| Rt Hon | Lord Fairfax of Cameron (Ferdinando Fairfax to 1640) | 1584 | 1648 (accident unspecified causing gangrene in leg) | Roundhead | Boroughbridge (1614–29, 1640), Yorkshire (1640-death) | Scottish peer so able to sit in English parliament. Governor of Hull (1643–44), Governor of York (1644) | |
| Sir | Robert Brooke | 1637 | 1669 (drowned bathing in River Rhone in Avignon, France) | Aldeburgh (1660-death) | |||
| Mr | Edmund Waring | c1620 | 1682 (drowned in pond after drinking)[9] | Roundhead | Bridgnorth (1656, 1658) | High Sheriff of Shropshire (1657-59), Governor of Shrewsbury (1659-60) | |
| Most Honourable The Marquess of Worcester | Charles Somerset, styled Charles, Lord Herbert of Raglan to 1682, Charles, Marquess of Worcester from 1682 | 1660 | 1698 (coach accident) | Monmouth (1679–80). Gloucester (1681-85), Monmouthshire (1685–87 and 1689–95), Gloucestershire (1685–89) | Eldest son of Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester, hence titled Lord Herbert of Raglan, until 1682 when his father was created Duke of Beaufort, when the Marquessate of Worcester devolved as courtesy title to the eldest son. | ||
| Sir William Strickland, 3rd Baronet | 1665 | 1724 (fall from hunting horse) | Whig | Malton (1689-98, 1701-08, 1722-death), Yorkshire (1708-10), Old Sarum (1716-22) | |||
| Most Honourable | Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock | 1739 | 1767 (fall from hunting horse) | Whig | Bedfordshire (1761-to death) | Eldest son of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford so titled Marquess of Tavistock. | |
| Lord | William Manners | 1697 | 1772 (fall from horse) | Tory | Leicestershire (1719-34), Newark left Commons 1754 | ||
| Right Honourable The Duke of Atholl | Mr John Murray | 1729 | 1774 (drowned while ill in River Tay). | Tory | Perthshire left Commons 1764 | KT PC | |
| Sir Herbert Mackworth, 1st Baronet | 1737 | 1791 (blood poisoning from pricked finger) | Cardiff (left Commons 1790) | ||||
| Lord | Richard Barry, 7th Earl of Barrymore | 1769 | 1793 (accidentally shot himself while escorting French prisoners of war) | Heytesbury (1791–death) | |||
| The Hon | Thomas Francis Wenman | 1745 | 1796 (drowned in River Cherwell) | Westbury left Commons 1780 | |||
| Right Honourable The Marquess of Thomond | Rt Hon The Earl of Inchiquin | 1726 | 1808 (fall from horse) | Richmond, Yorkshire (1784-96), Liskeard (1796-1800) | Irish peer so could sit in English House of Commons. KP PC (Ire) | ||
| Mr | William Eden | 1782 | 1810 (found drowned in River Thames, London) | Woodstock (1806-death) | |||
| Right Honourable The Duke of Richmond and Gordon | Mr Charles Lennox | 1764 | 1819 (died of rabies from fox bite) | Conservative | Sussex left Commons 1806 | PC KG Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1807–13), Lord Lieutenant of Sussex (1816-death), Governor General of British North America (1818-death) | |
| Mr | William Huskisson | 1770 | 1830 (killed by train) | Conservative | Liverpool (1823–death) | President of the Board of Trade (1823–1827) Secretary of State for War (1827–1828) | |
| Admiral | Sir Joseph Yorke | 1768 | 1831 (drowned in yacht capsize) | Reigate (1790-1806 and 1818-death), Saint Germans (1806–10), Sandwich (1812-18) | KCB | ||
| Sir | Robert Mackintosh | 1765 | 1832 (effects of choking on chicken bone) | Whig | Nairn (1813-18), Knaresborough (1818-death) | ||
| Right Honourable The Baron Suffield | The Honourable Edward Harbord | 1781 | 1835 (fall from horse) | Radical | Great Yarmouth (1806-12), Shaftesbury (1820-21) | ||
| Sir | Thomas Tyrwhitt-Jones | 1793 | 1839 (accidentally shot on hunt)[10] | Tory | Bridgnorth (1818-20) | ||
| Right Honourable The Baron Sydenham | Mr Charles Thomson | 1799 | 1841 (fall from horse) | Whig | Dover (1826-32), Manchester (1832-39) | PC GCB; President of the Board of Trade (1834, 1835-39), Governor-General of Canada (1839-death) | |
| Right HonourableThe Earl of Powis | Edward, Viscount Clive | 1785 | 1848 (accidentally shot on hunt) | Conservative | Ludlow left Commons 1839 | KG, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire (1830-death) | |
| Right Honourable Sir | Sir Robert Peel, Baronet | 1788 | 1850 (fall from horse) | Conservative | Cashel (1809–12), Chippenham (1812-17), Oxford University (1817–29), Westbury (1829-30), Tamworth (1830-death) | Prime Minister (1834–35 and 1841–46), Leader of the Conservative Party (1834-46),
Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–35), Home Secretary (1822–27 and 1828–30), Chief Secretary for Ireland (1812-17) | |
| Right Honourable The Marquess of Queensberry | Viscount Drumlanrig | 1818 | 1858 (explosion of shotgun) | Conservative | Dumfriesshire left Commons 1857 | PC, Lord Lieutenant of Dumfriesshire (1850-death) | |
| Mr | Herbert Ingram | 1811 | 1860 (drowned in sinking of the Lady Elgin after collision in Lake Michigan). | Liberal | Boston (1856-death) | ||
| Mr | Robert Aglionby Slaney | 1791 | 1862 (effects of fall at London International Exhibition) | Liberal, ex Whig | Shrewsbury (1826–35, 1837–41, 1847–51, 1857-death) | ||
| Sir | Cresswell Cresswell | 1794 | 1863 (fall from horse) | Conservative | Liverpool (1837-42) | PC KC | |
| Lieutenant-General The Earl of Cardigan | James, Lord Brudenell | 1797 | 1868 (fall from horse) | Conservative | Marlborough (1818–29), Fowey (1830-32), North Northamptonshire left Commons 1837 | KCB | |
| Rt Hon The Lord Farnham | Hon Henry Maxwell | 1799 | 1868 (petroleum fire in Abergele rail disaster) | Conservative | County Cavan left Commons 1838 | KP | |
| Mr | John Cunliffe Pickersgill-Cunliffe | 1819 | 1873 (struck by train) | Conservative | Bewdley (March-April 1869) | ||
| Mr | John Laird | 1805 | 1874 (fall from horse) | Conservative | Birkenhead (1861-death) | ||
| Mr | Richard Wingfield-Baker | 1802 | 1880 (hunting accident) | Liberal | South Essex (1857–59, 1868–74) | ||
| Sir | William Payne-Gallwey | 1807 | 1881 (fall on turnip while shooting) | Conservative | Thirsk left Commons 1880 | ||
| Mr | Gilbert Leigh | 1851 | 1884 (hunting accident) | Liberal | Warwickshire South (1880-death) | ||
| Mr | William Beckett-Denison | 1826 | 1890 (fell under train) | Conservative | East Retford (1876–80), Bassetlaw (1885-death) | ||
| Rt Hon The Viscount Combermere | The Hon Wellington Stapleton-Cotton | 1818 | 1891 (run over by horsedrawn cab) | Conservative | Carrickfergus left Commons 1847 | ||
| Mr | John Severne | 1826 | 1899 (knocked down by van horse) | Conservative | Ludlow (1865–68) and South Shropshire left Commons 1885 | ||
| Rt Hon | Mr William Wither Beach | 1826 | 1904 (run over by cab) | Conservative | North Hampshire (1857–85), Andover (1885-death) | PC | |
| Rt Hon | Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet | 1832 | 1907 (killed in earthquake in Jamaica) | Conservative | Ayrshire (1854–57, 1859–68), Manchester North East left Commons 1906 | PC GCSI Under-Secretary of State for India (1866–67), Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (1867-68), Governor of South Australia (1868–73), Governor of New Zealand (1873-74), Governor of Bombay (1880–85), Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1886-91), Postmaster-General (1891–92) | |
| Mr | James Tomkinson | 1840 | 1910 (fall from horse during House of Commons Steeplechase) | Liberal | Crewe (1900-death) | PC | |
| Mr | Edward Brodie Hoare | 1841 | 1911 (car crash) | Conservative | Hampstead left Commons 1902 | ||
| Sir | Henry Seton-Karr | 1853 | 1914 (drowned in sinking of Empress of Ireland, Canada) | Conservative | St Helens left Commons 1906 | CMG | |
| Major | Francis Bennett-Goldney | 1865 | 1918 (car accident in France) | Independent Unionist | Canterbury (1910-death) | Athlone Pursuivant of the Order of St Patrick | |
| Sir | Alfred Bird | 1849 | 1922 (run over by motor car) | Conservative | Wolverhampton West (1910-death) | ||
| Right Honourable Commodore | Douglas King | 1877 | 1930 (drowned in yacht capsize off Cornwall. | Conservative | North Norfolk (1918–22), Paddington South (1922-death) | CB OBE DSO VD PC Financial Secretary to the War Office (1924–28), Secretary for Mines (1928-29) | |
| Viscount | Antony Bulwer-Lytton, Viscount Knebworth | 1903 | 1933 (plane crash) | Conservative | Hitchin (1931–death) | ||
| Sir | Sir Frank Meyer | 1886 | 1935 (hunting accident) | Conservative | Great Yarmouth (1924–29) | ||
| Mr | Anthony Crossley | 1903 | 1939 (plane crash) | Conservative | Stretford (1935–death) | ||
| Right Honourable The Lord Tweedsmuir | Mr John Buchan | 1875 | 1940 (head injury in fall during stroke) | Unionist Party (Scotland) | Combined Scottish Universities left Commons 1935 | PC GCMG GCVO CH Governor-General of Canada (1935-death) | |
| Mr | Luke Thompson | 1867 | 1941 (killed by winch) | Conservative | Sunderland (1931–1935) | ||
| Sir | Harold Hales | 1868 | 1942 (drowned in River Thames) | Conservative | Hanley (1931–35) | ||
| Mr | John Jagger | 1872 | 1942 (motorcycle accident) | Labour | Manchester Clayton (1935–death) | ||
| Lieut-Col | Frank Heilgers | 1892 | 1944 (train crash) | Conservative | Bury St Edmunds (1931–death) | ||
| Mr | Alfred Dobbs | 1882 | 1945 (car accident) | Labour | Smethwick (1945-death) | Chairman of Labour Party (1943–1943) | |
| Lord | Lord Charles Manners | 1868 | 1945 (hit by train) | Conservative | Melton left Commons 1906 | ||
| Mr | Francis Beattie | 1885 | 1945 (Car accident) | Unionist Party (Scotland) | Glasgow Cathcart (1942–death) | ||
| Mr | James Walker | 1883 | 1945 (road accident) | Labour | Motherwell(1935–death) | ||
| Sir | William Allen | 1866 | 1947 (Hit by lorry) | Ulster Unionist Party | Armagh (1922–death) | ||
| Mr | Evan Durbin | 1906 | 1948 (drowned) | Labour | Edmonton (1945–death) | Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Works, 1947–1948 | |
| Rt Hon | Joseph Westwood | 1884 | 1948 (car accident) | Labour | Stirling and Falkirk (1935–death) | Secretary of State for Scotland 1945–1947 | |
| Reverend | James Godfrey MacManaway | 1898 | 1951 (fall) | Ulster Unionist | Belfast West (February–October 1950) | MBE | |
| Mr | Vyvyan Adams | 1900 | 1951 (drowned swimming on Cornwall coast) | Conservative | Leeds West left Commons 1945 | ||
| Lieutenant-General | Sir Noel Mason-MacFarlane | 1889 | 1953 (effects of fall) | Labour | Paddington North (1945–46) | KCB DSO MC & 2 Bars | |
| Sir | Walter Smiles | 1883 | 1953 (lost in sinking of MV Princess Victoria off Larne Lough in the Great Storm) | Conservative 1931-45, Ulster Unionist from 1945 | Blackburn (1931–45), County Down (1945-50), North Down (1950-death) | CIE DSO | |
| Mr | John Peto | 1900 | 1954 (accidentally shot himself) | Conservative | Birmingham King's Norton (1941–45) | ||
| Sir | Mr Leslie Orme Wilson | 1876 | 1955 (hit by truck) | Conservative | Reading (1913–22), Portsmouth South left Commons 1923 | GCSI GCMG GCIE PC Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Shipping (1919–21), Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (1921–22, 1922–23), Governor of Bombay (1923-28), Governor of Queensland (1932–46) | |
| Mr | Sidney Dye | 1900 | 1958 (car crash) | Labour | South West Norfolk (1945-51 and 1955-death) | ||
| Mr | Richard Fort | 1907 | 1959 (car accident) | Conservative | Clitheroe (1950-death) | ||
| Mr | John Henry (Jack) Jones | 1894 | 1962 (road accident) | Labour | Bolton (1945–50), Rotherham (1950-death) | ||
| Rt Hon The Lord Grant | Mr William Grant | 1909 | 1972 (road accident) | Conservative | Glasgow Woodside left Commons 1962 | PC Solicitor General for Scotland (1955–60), Lord Advocate (1960-62) | |
| Mr | Thomas Henry Swain | 1911 | 1979 (road accident) | Labour | Chesterfield (1959-death) | ||
| Mr | Keith Wickenden | 1932 | July 1983 (killed in air crash) | Conservative | Dorking (1979-June 1983) | ||
| Rt Hon Viscount Boyd of Merton | Alan Lennox-Boyd | 1903 | 1983 (knocked down by car) | Conservative | Mid-Bedfordshire left Commons 1959 | PC CH, Minister of Transport 1952-54, Colonial Secretary 1954-59 | |
| Rt Hon The Lord Maelor | Thomas William Jones | 1898 | 1984 (house fire) | Labour | Meirionnydd left Commons 1966 | ||
| Rt Hon Baron Harlech | The Hon David Ormsby-Gore | 1918 | 1985 (car crash) | Conservative | Oswestry left Commons 1961 | PC KCMG, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1956–57), Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (1957-61), British Ambassador to the United States (1961–65) | |
| Mr | David Penhaligon | 1944 | 1986 (car accident) | Liberal | Truro (1974-death) | President of Liberal Party, 1985-1986 | |
| Mr | Robert Maxwell | 1923 | 1991 (drowned falling off yacht off Canary Islands) | Labour | Buckingham (1964–70) | MC | |
| Mr | Stephen Milligan | 1948 | 1994 (autoerotic asphyxiation) | Conservative | Eastleigh (1992-death) | ||
| Mr | Bob Cryer | 1934 | 1994 (car accident) | Labour | Bradford South (1987-death) | ||
| Mr | Michael Colvin | 1932 | 2000 (house fire) | Conservative | Romsey (1997-death) | ||
| Rt Hon Mr | Donald Dewar | 1937 | 2000 (following fall) | Labour | Aberdeen South (1966-70), Glasgow Garscadden (1978-97), Glasgow Anniesland (1997-death) | Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland (1983-92), Shadow Secretary of State for Social Security (1992-95), Opposition Chief Whip (1995-97), Secretary of State for Scotland (1997-99), inaugural First Minister of Scotland (1999-death) | |
| Rt Hon The Lord Merlyn-Rees | Mr Merlyn Rees | 1920 | 2006 (effects of falls) | Labour | Leeds South (1963–83), Morley & Leeds South left Commons 1992 | PC, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1974–76), Home Secretary (1976-79), Shadow Home Secretary (1979–80), Shadow Secretary of State for Energy (1980-82) |
Members of Parliament who have been killed in a duel
| Title/Rank | Name known by while in Commons | Born | Killed | Political Party | MP's Seat | Offices Held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir | Sir William Drury | 1550 | 1590 | Suffolk (1584) | Governor of Bergen-op-Zoom (1588) | |
| Sir | Sir Matthew Browne | 1553 | 1603 | Gatton (1601–death) | ||
| Sir | Sir John Townsend | 1564 | 1603 | Orford (1601–death) | ||
| Sir | Sir Henry Hobart | c.1657 | 1698 | Whig | Norfolk (1695–death) | Vice-admiral of Norfolk (1691–after 1696) |
| Sir | Sir Henry Belasyse | c.1639 | 1667 | Royalist | Grimsby (1666-death) | |
| Sir | Sir John Hanmer | 1701 | Flint (1685–1690) | |||
| Mr | George Wharton | 1583 | 1609 | Westmorland(1601–1604) | ||
| Mr | Peter Legh | 1642 | Newton(1640–death) | |||
| Mr | Charles Price | 1645 | Royalist | Radnor (1621–1629) Radnorshire (1640–1642) | ||
| Mr | Sharington Talbot | 1656 | 1685 | Chippenham (1685-death) | ||
| Mr | Walter Norbonne | 1655 | 1684 | Calne (1679, 1681–1684) |
Members of Parliament who have been murdered
Members of Parliament who have committed suicide
Members of Parliament who have disappeared
| Title/Rank | Name known by while in Commons | Born | Disappeared | Political Party | MP's Seat | Offices Held | Honours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr | Walter Powell | 1842 | 1881 | Conservative Party | Malmesbury (1868–death) | ||
| Mr | Victor Grayson | 1881 | 1920 | Independent Labour | Colne Valley (1907–1910) | ||
| Mr | John Stonehouse | 1925 | 1974 (34 days) | Labour Party | Walsall North (1974–1976) | Postmaster-General (1968–1969) |
Members of Parliament who were executed, died in prison or escaped justice
| Title/Rank | Name | Born | Executed/Died | Crime accused of | MP's Seat | Offices Held, Honours/Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint The Right Honourable Sir | Sir Thomas More | 1478 | 1535 (Beheaded) | High treason | Middlesex | Speaker of the House of Commons (1523), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1525–1529), Lord Chancellor (1529–1532) and Master of Requests (1517) & PC | |
| Right Honourable The Lord Seymour of Sudeley | Sir Thomas Seymour | c1509 | 1547 (Executed at the Tower) | High Treason | Wiltshire (left Commons 1547) | KG, Master General of the Ordnance (1544-47), Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (1545), Lord High Admiral of England (1547-49) | |
| Sir | John Perrot | 1528 | 1592 (died in the Tower) | Treason | Carmarthenshire (1547), Sandwich (1553, 1555), Wareham (1559), Pembrokeshire (1563), Haverfordwest (1588-death) | PC, Lord Deputy of Ireland (1584–88) | |
| Sir | Gelly Meyrick | c1556 | 1601 (hanged at Tyburn) | Participation in Earl of Essex's rising | Carmarthen borough (1588-93), Pembrokeshire (1597-death) | ||
| Sir | Walter Leveson | 1550 | 1602 (died in Fleet Prison) | debtor (arising from piracy lawsuits) | Shropshire (1584, 1586–87, 1588–89), Newcastle-under-Lyme (1597–98) | ||
| Right Honourable Lord Clifton | Gervase Clifton | c1579 | 1618 (committed suicide in Fleet Prison) | Threatening Attorney-General Sir Francis Bacon over survey of his estates. | Huntingdonshire left Commons 1604 | ||
| Mr | Augustine Skinner | c1594 | 1672 (died in Fleet Prison) | debtor | Kent (1642–59) | ||
| The Right Honourable Lord Russell | William Russell, Lord Russell | 1639 | 1683 (Beheaded) | High treason and the Rye House Plot | Bedfordshire | PC, forerunner of the Whig Party | |
| The Right Honourable Earl of Strafford | Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford | 1593 | 1641 (Beheaded) | High treason | Yorkshire | Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire (1628 until death), Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire (1630 until death) and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1640 until death), KG, PC | |
| The Right Honourable Earl of Ailesbury | Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury | 1656 | 1741 (Died in Brussels while in exile) | Accused of having conspired to plan the restoration of King James II | Wiltshire | Lord of the Bedchamber, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (1685–1689), Huntingdonshire (1685–1689) and Page of Honour, at the coronation of King James II | |
| The Right Honourable Viscount Monson | William Monson, 1st Viscount Monson | 1672 (Stripped of all honours and titles and sentenced to life imprisonment) | Regicide of Charles I though did not actually sign | Reigate | |||
| The Right Honourable | James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby | 1607 | 1651 (Beheaded in Bolton) | High Treason for being a Royalist | Liverpool (1625) | KG KB | |
| Lord Grey of Groby | Thomas, Lord Grey of Groby | 1623 | 1657 (Died before justice could be brought) | Regicide of Charles I | Leicester | ||
| Sir | Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland | 1532 | 1585 (died in the Tower-possible suicide) | High Treason | Morpeth (1554–55), Northumberland (left Commons 1572) | ||
| Sir | Sir Peter Wentworth | 1524 | 1597 (Died in the Tower) | For claiming Parliamentary privileges | Northampton (1586–1597) | ||
| Sir | Sir John Eliot | 1592 | 1632 (Died in the Tower) | For claiming parliamentary privileges against the King's order and King's Bench Court | St Germans 1614, Newport (Isle of Wight) 1628-29 | Vice-Admiral of Devon (1618) | |
| Sir | Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet | 1645 | 1697 (Beheaded) | High treason and for being a Jacobite | Northumberland | ||
| Sir | Sir James Harrington, 3rd Baronet | 1607 | 1680 (Exiled and stripped of Baronetcy for life) | Regicide of Charles I though did not sign | Middlesex | ||
| Sir | Sir Henry Slingsby, 1st Baronet | 1602 | 1658 (Beheaded) | For being a Royalist | Knaresborough | ||
| Sir | Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet the Elder | 1645 (Beheaded) | For betraying the Parliamentarians to the Royalists | Beverley | |||
| Sir | Sir John Hotham the Younger | 1610 | 1645 (Beheaded) | For betraying the Parliamentarians to the Royalists | Scarborough | ||
| Sir | Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet | 1609 | 1664 (Beheaded) | For being a Royalist, also brother of Regicide John Carew | Cornwall | ||
| Sir | Sir Michael Livesay, 1st Baronet | 1614 | Unknown - last reported 1665 (Fled to Netherlands before Justice could be brought) | Regicide of Charles I | Queenborough | High Sheriff of Kent (1643, 1655 & 1656) | |
| Sir | Sir William Constable, 1st Baronet | 1590 | 1655 (however his body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey and reburied in a communal burial pit after the Restoration) | Regicide of Charles I | Scarborough | ||
| Sir | Sir Walter Raleigh | c.1554 | 1618 (Beheaded) | High treason (participation in Main Plot against King James I) | Dorset; Cornwall | Warden of the Stannaries (1585), Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (1585), Vice-admiral of Devon and Cornwall, (1585) | |
| Sir | Sir Thomas Mauleverer, 1st Baronet | 1599 | 1655 (Died before justice could be brought, though his son fought for the Royalists and was allowed to keep the Baronetcy) | Regicide of Charles I | Boroughbridge | JP | |
| Sir | Sir Gregory Norton, 1st Baronet | 1603 | 1652 (Died before justice could be brought) | Regicide of Charles I | Midhurst | ||
| Sir | Sir Gilbert Pickering, 1st Baronet | 1611 | 1668 (Banned from holding offices for life) | Regicide of Charles I though did not sign | Northamptonshire | Lord Chamberlain to Oliver Cromwell (1657) | |
| Sir | Sir Thomas Browne | 1402 | 1460 (Hanged) | High treason | Dover (1439–1444), Kent (1445–1446), Wallingford 1449–1450 | Chancellor of the Exchequer (1440–1450), High Sheriff for Kent in 1443-4 and JP for Surrey from 20 July 1454 till death | |
| Sir | Sir Thomas Tresham | 1471 (Beheaded) | High treason | Northamptonshire | Speaker of the House of Commons (1459) & PC | ||
| Sir | Sir Richard Empson | 1510 (Beheaded) | High treason | Northamptonshire | Speaker of the House of Commons (1510) & PC | ||
| Sir | Sir Edmund Dudley | 1462 | 1510 (Beheaded) | High treason | Sussex | Speaker of the House of Commons (1503) & PC | |
| Sir | Sir John Gates | by 1504 | 1553 (Beheaded) | High treason | Essex (1547–1553) | Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| Sir | Sir Christopher Blount | c1556 | 1601 (Beheaded) | High treason | Staffordshire (1593–death) | ||
| Sir | Charles Danvers | 1568 | 1601 (Beheaded) | High treason | Cirencester (1586–1593) | ||
| Sir | Sir Thomas Armstrong | 1633 | 1684 (Beheaded) | High treason and the Rye House Plot | Stafford | ||
| Sir | Sir John Bourchier | 1595 | 1660 (Too ill to be tried and died soon after the Restoration in 1660) | Regicide of Charles I | Ripon | JP | |
| Sir | Sir John Danvers | 1588 | 1655 (Died before justice could be brought) | Regicide of Charles I | Malmesbury | ||
| Sir | Sir Peregrine Pelham | 1650 (Died before justice could be brought) | Regicide of Charles I | Hull | Mayor of Hull 1649 | ||
| Sir | Sir John Hutchinson | 1615 | 1664 (Imprisoned in Sandown Castle, Kent where he died on 11 September 1664) | Regicide of Charles I | Nottingham | ||
| Sir | Sir Henry Marten | 1602 | 1680 (Life imprisonment) | Regicide of Charles I | Berkshire | ||
| Sir | Sir Richard Ingoldsby | 1617 | 1685 (Pardoned) | Regicide of Charles I | Aylesbury | ||
| Sir | Sir John Lisle | 1610 | 1664 (Escaped but then murdered) | Regicide of Charles I though did not sign | Southampton | ||
| Sir | Alexander Denton | 1645 (died in Tower of London) | Royalist in Civil war | Buckingham | |||
| Sir | Sir Henry Mildmay | 1593 | 1664 (Stripped of knighthood and died whilst being transported to Tangier) | Regicide of Charles I though did not sign | Maldon | Master of the Kings Jewel House (1620) | |
| Major-General Sir | Sir John Barkstead | 1662 (hanged, drawn and quartered) | Regicide of Charles I | Middlesex | Governor of Reading and Steward of Cromwell's Household | ||
| Major-General Sir | Sir George Fleetwood | 1623 | 1672 (Life imprisonment) | Regicide of Charles I | Buckingham | ||
| General | Henry Ireton | 1611 | 1651 (posthumous execution of hanged, drawn and quartered) | Regicide of Charles I | Appleby | Lord Deputy of Ireland (1650 until death) | |
| Lieutenant-General | Edmund Ludlow | 1617 | 1692 (Surrendered then escaped) | Regicide of Charles I | Wiltshire | Lord Deputy of Ireland (1659–1660) | |
| Major-General | Thomas Harrison | 1606 | 1660 (hanged, drawn and quartered) | Regicide of Charles I | Wendover | ||
| Colonel | James Temple | 1606 | 1680 (Life imprisonment) | Regicide of Charles I | Bramber | ||
| Colonel | Robert Lilburne | 1613 | 1665 (Life imprisonment) | Regicide of Charles I | East Riding of Yorkshire | Governor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne | |
| Colonel | John Downes | 1609 | 1666 (Life imprisonment) | Regicide of Charles I | Arundel | ||
| Colonel | Anthony Stapley | 1590 | 1655 (Died before justice could be brought) | Regicide of Charles I | Sussex | Governor of Chichester and Vice-Admiral of Sussex | |
| Colonel | Thomas Wogan | 1620 | Last reported 1666 (Escaped to the Netherlands) | Regicide of Charles I | Cardigan | Governor of Aberystwyth Castle | |
| Colonel | Thomas Waite | 1668 (Life Imprisonment) | Regicide of Charles I | Rutland | Governor of Burley-on-the-Hill High Sheriff of Rutland | ||
| Colonel | John Okey | 1606 | 1662 (hanged, drawn and quartered) | Regicide of Charles I | Bedfordshire | ||
| Mr | John Story | c.1504 | 1571(hanged, drawn and quartered) | High Treason | Downton | Commissioner for heresy 1557-8 | |
| Mr | Gregory Clement | 1594 | 1660 (hanged, drawn and quartered) | Regicide of Charles I | Fowey | ||
| Mr | Thomas Scot | 1660 (hanged, drawn and quartered) | Regicide of Charles I | Wycombe | |||
| Mr | John Carew | 1622 | 1660 (hanged, drawn and quartered) | Regicide of Charles I, also brother of Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet | Tregony | ||
| Mr | Miles Corbet | 1595 | 1662 (hanged, drawn and quartered) | Regicide of Charles I | Great Yarmouth | Clerk of the Court of Wards | |
| Mr | William Say | 1604 | 1666 (Escaped to Switzerland) | Regicide of Charles I | Camelford | ||
| Mr | William Cawley | 1602 | 1667 (Escaped to Switzerland) | Regicide of Charles I | Midhurst | ||
| Mr | John Dixwell | 1607 | 1689 (Escaped to America) | Regicide of Charles I | Dover | ||
| Mr | Valentine Walton | 1594 | 1661 (Escaped to Germany) | Regicide of Charles I | Huntingdon | ||
| Mr | Daniel Blagrave | 1603 | 1668 (Escaped to Germany) | Regicide of Charles I | Reading | Recorder of Reading from 1645 to 1656 and again from 1658 | |
| Mr | Simon Mayne | 1612 | 1661 (Died in the Tower of London) | Regicide of Charles I | Aylesbury | ||
| Mr | John Blakiston | 1603 | 1649 (Died before justice could be brought) | Regicide of Charles I | Newcastle upon Tyne | Mayor of Newcastle | |
| Mr | Humphrey Edwards | 1582 | 1658 (Died before justice could be brought) | Regicide of Charles I | Shropshire | Chief Usher of the Exchequer (1650) and Commissioner of South Wales (1651) | |
| Mr | William Purefoy | 1580 | 1659 (Died before justice could be brought – Estate confiscated) | Regicide of Charles I | Warwick | ||
| Mr | John Alured | 1607 | 1651 (Died before justice could be brought) | Regicide of Charles I | Hedon | ||
| Lord | John Hewson | 1620 | 1668 (Escaped to Amsterdam) | Regicide of Charles I | Guildford | ||
| Mr | John Rastell | c.1475 | 1536 (Died in goal) | Anti-church statements | Launceston | ||
| Mr | Gilbert Millington | 1598 | 1666 (Life imprisonment) | Regicide of Charles I | Nottingham | ||
| Mr | Augustine Garland | 1603 | Unknown | Regicide of Charles I | Queenborough | ||
| Mr | James Chaloner | 1602 | 1660 (Imprisoned) | Regicide of Charles I though did not sign | Yorkshire | ||
| Mr | William Heveningham | 1604 | 1678 (Imprisoned) | Regicide of Charles I though did not sign | Stockbridge | ||
| Mr | Francis Lascelles | 1612 | 1667 (Forbidden to hold office again) | Regicide of Charles I though did not sign | Northallerton | ||
| Mr | Thomas Lister (Regicide) | 1597 | 1668 (Forbidden from holding office again) | Regicide of Charles I though did not sign | Lincolnshire | ||
| Mr | Nicholas Love | 1608 | 1682 (Escaped to Switzerland) | Regicide of Charles I though did not sign | Winchester | ||
| Mr | Isaac Penington | 1584 | 1661 (Life imprisonment) | Regicide of Charles I though did not sign | City of London | ||
| Mr | Robert Wallop | 1601 | 1667 (Life imprisonment) | Regicide of Charles I though did not sign | Andover | ||
| Major-General | Sir Henry Vaughan the Elder | c1587 | 1659 (died in the Tower) | Since capture in Civil War as Royalist | Carmarthen borough (1621-29), Carmarthenshire (1640-44) | ||
| Major-General | John Lambert | 1619 | 1684 (died in prison on Drake's Island | High treason as Roundhead leader | Roundhead | West Yorkshure (1654, 1656), Pontefract (1659) | |
| Mr | Edmund Dummer | 1651 | 1713 (died in Fleet Prison) | debtor | Arundel (left Commons 1708) | Surveyor of the Navy (1692–99) | |
| Mr | Matthew Jenison | 1654 | 1734 (died in Fleet Prison) | debtor | Newark (1701-1705)] | ||
| Right Honourable | George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot | 1718 | 1777 (died in detention near Fort St George, India) | Misconduct in office, corruption | Wallingford (1765-68), Bridgnorth (1768-death) | Irish peer so could sit in Westminster; Governor of Madras (1775-death) | |
| Lord | George Gordon | 1751 | 1793 (died in Newgate Prison) | defamation | Ludgershall (1774-80) | ||
| Mr | John Mytton | 1796 | 1834 (died in King's Bench Prison) | debtor | Shrewsbury (1819–20) | ||
| Mr | William John Bankes | 1786 | 1855 (died in exile Venice) | avoiding prosecution for sodomy[11] in 1841. | Truro (1810), Cambridge University (1822-26), Marlborough (1829-32), Dorset (1832-35) | FRS | |
| Mr | Liam Mellows | 1895 | 1922 (Executed by firing squad) | Reprisal during Irish Civil War[12] | Galway East | ||
| Mr | Bobby Sands | 1954 | 1981 (Died after hunger strike in Maze Prison) | Unlawful possession of arms, membership of PIRA | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
See also
- Parliamentary records of the United Kingdom
- UK general election records
- UK by-election records
- Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
References
- ^ Before 1832 minors could be elected; precise information on those MPs is often unclear.
- ^ a b c d e McWhirter, Norris (1996). Guinness Book of Records. Guinness Publishing. pp. 185–6. ISBN 0-85112-646-4.
- ^ Davies officially claimed to be 85, but appears to have been older.
- ^ The Times, 24 Mar 1924; pg. 15.
- ^ "Women in the House of Commons" (PDF). UK Parliament.
- ^ Chris Pond, Parliament and Religious Disabilities
- ^ "Conservative MP 'is tallest ever'", BBC News, 21 June 2005. Accessed 3 April 2007.
- ^ Based on stated death age of 40 as per CWGC casualty record.
- ^ Template:Cite articleAccording to Weyman, Waring had been carousing celebrating anniversary of Charles I's execution.
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- ^ Then a criminal offence.
- ^ http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0002/D.0002.192212080006.html