Members of Parliament (Lords) – Journal of Liberal History

Runciman, Sir Walter

(1847 - 1937)

1st Baron Runciman

Liberal MP for The Hartlepools 1914-18

Wade, Donald

(1904 - 1988)

Baron Wade of Huddersfield

Liberal MP for Huddersfield West 1950-64

President of the Liberal Party 1967-68

Liberal Chief Whip 1956-62, Deputy Leader 1962-64

Robinson, George

(1827 - 1909)

1st Marquess of Ripon

Whig/Liberal MP for Kingston upon Hull 1852-53, Huddersfield 1853-57, West Riding of Yorkshire 1857-59

Secretary of State for War 1863-66, Secretary of State for India 1866, Lord President of the Council 1868-73, First Lord of the Admiralty 1886, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1892-95, Lord Privy Seal 1905-08

Viceroy of India 1880-84

Bonham Carter, Mark

(1922 - 1994)

Baron Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury

Liberal MP for Torrington 1958-59

Haldane, Richard Burdon

(1856 - 1928)

1st Viscount Haldane

Liberal MP for Haddingtonshire 1885-1911

Labour Leader in the House of Lords 1924-28

Secretary of State for War 1905-12, Lord Chancellor 1912-15, 1924

Jones, Nigel

(1948 - 2022)

Baron Jones of Cheltenham

Liberal Democrat MP for Cheltenham 1992-2005

Chidgey, David

(1942 - 2022)

Baron Chidgey of Hamble-le-Rice

Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh 1994-2005

Fearn, Ronnie

(1931 - 2022)

Baron Fearn of Southport

Liberal/Liberal Democrat MP for Southport 1987-92, 1997-2001

Benn, William Wedgwood

(1877 - 1960)

1st Viscount Stansgate

Liberal MP for St. George's 1906-18, Leith 1918-27; Labour MP for Aberdeen North 1928-31, Manchester Gorton 1937-42

Secretary of State for India 1929-31, Secretary of State for Air 1945-46

Spencer, John Poyntz

(1835 - 1910)

5th Earl Spencer

Whig MP for South Northamptonshire 1857

Liberal Leader in the House of Lords 1902-05

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1868-74, 1882-85, Lord President of the Council 1880-83, 1886, First Lord of the Admiralty 1892-95

Harmsworth, Cecil

(1869 - 1948)

1st Baron Harmsworth

Liberal MP for Droitwich 1906-Jan 1910, Luton 1911-22

Under Secretary of State at the Home Office 1915, Under Secretary of State at the Foreign Office 1919-22

Seear, Nancy

(1913 - 1997)

Baroness Seear of Paddington

Liberal leader in the House of Lords 1984-1988

Hennessy, Peter

(1947 - )

Baron Hennessy of Nympsfield

Kerr, Philip

(1882 - 1940)

11th Marquess of Lothian

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1931

Ambassador to the United States 1939-40

Mackie, George

(1919 - 2015)

Baron Mackie of Benshie

Liberal MP for Caithness and Sutherland 1964-66

Chairman of the Scottish Liberal Party 1965-70, President of the Scottish Liberal Party 1983-88

Disraeli, Benjamin

(1804 - 1881)

1st Earl of Beaconsfield

Tory MP for Maidstone 1837-41, Shrewsbury 1841-47, Buckinghamshire 1847-76

Leader of the Conservative Party 1868-80

Chancellor of the Exchequer 1852, 1858-59, 1866-68, Prime Minister 1868, 1874-80

Lowe, Robert

(1811 - 1892)

1st Viscount Sherbrooke

Whig MP for Kidderminster 1852-59, Liberal MP for Calne 1859-68, London University 1868-80

Chancellor of the Exchequer 1868-73, Home Secretary 1873-74

Walmsley, Joan

Northover, Lindsay

(1954 - )

Baroness Northover of Cissbury

Baroness-in-Waiting (Government Whip in the House of Lords) 2010-14, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development 2014-15