THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
		CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH "D"
		Last updated 24/02/2010
Date		Name	Born	Died	Age
		DUMBARTON
14 Dec 1918		John Taylor	23 Dec 1857	19 Sep 1936	78
15 Nov 1922		David Kirkwood,later [1951] 1st Baron Kirkwood	8 Jul 1872	16 Apr 1955	82
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950,
		BUT REVIVED 1983
9 Jun 1983		Ian Campbell	26 Apr 1926	9 Sep 2007	81
11 Jun 1987		John McFall	4 Oct 1944
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2005
		DUMFRIES
26 May 1708		William Johnstone,later [1711] 2nd baronet		8 Oct 1727
		William Paterson
		Double return. Johnstone declared elected
		30 Nov 1708
27 Oct 1710		John Hutton		Dec 1712
9 May 1713		Sir William Johnstone,2nd baronet		8 Oct 1727
16 Feb 1715		Alexander Fergusson	3 Nov 1685	8 Mar 1749	63
13 Apr 1722		William Douglas	c 1688	Jan 1748
9 Sep 1727		Archibald Douglas	c 1667	3 Jul 1741
18 May 1734		Charles Areskine   [he was also returned for	1680	5 Apr 1763	82
		Dumfriesshire,for which he chose to sit]
9 May 1735		William Kirkpatrick	c 1705	22 May 1778
		Sir John Douglas,3rd baronet	c 1708	13 Nov 1778
		On petition, Kirkpatrick was declared elected
		13 Feb 1736
19 Jun 1738		Sir Robert Laurie,4th baronet	after 1708	28 Apr 1779
28 May 1741		Lord John Johnstone	8 Jun 1721	13 Nov 1742	21
20 Jan 1743		Sir James Johnstone,3rd baronet	9 Feb 1697	10 Dec 1772	75
9 May 1754		Archibald Douglas	1707	8 Nov 1778	71
20 Apr 1761		Thomas Miller,later [1788] 1st baronet	3 Nov 1717	27 Sep 1789	71
28 May 1766		James Montgomery	Oct 1721	2 Apr 1803	81
11 Apr 1768		Sir William Douglas,4th baronet	c 1731	16 May 1783
2 Oct 1780		Sir Robert Herries	1730	25 Feb 1815	84
26 Apr 1784		Sir James Johnstone,4th baronet	23 Jan 1726	3 Sep 1794	68
12 Jul 1790		Patrick Miller		26 Feb 1845
20 Jun 1796		Alexander Hope	9 Dec 1769	19 May 1837	67
22 May 1800		William Johnstone Hope	16 Aug 1766	2 May 1831	64
30 Jul 1802		Charles Hope	29 Jun 1763	30 Oct 1851	88
24 Jan 1803		James George Stopford,styled Viscount
		Stopford,later [1810] 3rd Earl of Courtown [I]	15 Aug 1765	15 Jun 1835	69
24 Nov 1806		Henry Erskine	1 Nov 1746	8 Oct 1817	70
30 May 1807		Sir John Shaw Stewart Heron-Maxwell,4th
		baronet	29 Jun 1772	29 Jan 1830	67
30 Oct 1812		William Robert Keith Douglas	c 1783	5 Dec 1859
24 Dec 1832		Matthew Sharpe		12 Feb 1845
3 Jul 1841		William Ewart	1 May 1798	23 Jan 1869	70
18 Nov 1868		Robert Jardine,later [1885] 1st baronet	24 May 1825	17 Feb 1905	79
5 Feb 1874		Ernest Noel	18 Aug 1831	20 May 1931	99
8 Jul 1886		Robert Threshie Reid,later [1906] 1st Baron
		Loreburn and [1911] 1st Earl Loreburn	3 Apr 1846	30 Nov 1923	77
17 Jan 1906		John William Gulland	25 Jan 1864	26 Jan 1920	56
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918
		DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY
5 May 2005		Russell Leslie Brown	17 Sep 1951
		DUMFRIESSHIRE
24 Jun 1708		James Johnston,styled Lord Johnston later
		[1721] 2nd Marquess of Annandale	c 1687	Feb 1730
7 Apr 1709		William Grierson,later [1733] 2nd baronet	by 1688	1760
22 Feb 1711		James Murray	c 1690	Aug 1770
11 Sep 1713		Sir William Johnstone,2nd baronet		8 Oct 1727
6 Apr 1722		Charles Areskine	1680	5 Apr 1763	82
4 Jun 1741		Sir John Douglas,3rd baronet	c 1708	13 Nov 1778
20 Jul 1747		Lord Charles Douglas,styled Earl of
		Drumlanrig from Oct 1754	17 Jul 1726	24 Oct 1756	30
19 Dec 1755		James Veitch	25 Sep 1712	1 Jul 1793	80
16 Apr 1761		Archibald Douglas	1707	8 Nov 1778	71
27 Oct 1774		Sir Robert Laurie,5th baronet	c 1738	10 Sep 1804
8 Nov 1804		Sir William Johnstone Hope	16 Aug 1766	2 May 1831	64
9 Aug 1830		John James Hope Johnstone	29 Nov 1796	11 Jul 1876	79
4 Aug 1847		Archibald William Douglas,styled Viscount
		Drumlanrig,later [1856] 8th Marquess
		of Queensberry	18 Apr 1818	6 Aug 1858	40
12 Feb 1857		John James Hope Johnstone	29 Nov 1796	11 Jul 1876	79
17 Jul 1865		George Gustavus Walker	c Feb 1830	5 Aug 1897	67
23 Nov 1868		Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow,later [1873]
		1st baronet   [his election was declared	1 Nov 1822	3 Aug 1906	83
		void 15 Mar 1869]
31 Mar 1869		George Gustavus Walker	c Feb 1830	5 Aug 1897	67
10 Feb 1874		John James Hope Johnstone	5 Oct 1842	26 Dec 1912	70
5 Apr 1880		Sir Robert Jardine,1st baronet	24 May 1825	17 Feb 1905	79
Jul 1892		William Jardine Herries Maxwell	4 Mar 1852	31 Jul 1933	81
18 Jul 1895		Robinson Souttar	23 Oct 1848	4 Apr 1912	63
9 Oct 1900		William Jardine Herries Maxwell	4 Mar 1852	31 Jul 1933	81
19 Jan 1906		Percy Alport Molteno	12 Sep 1861	19 Sep 1937	76
14 Dec 1918		William Murray	1865	5 Mar 1923	57
15 Nov 1922		William Allan Chapple	14 Jul 1864	19 Oct 1936	72
29 Oct 1924		John Charteris	8 Jan 1877	4 Feb 1946	69
30 May 1929		Joseph Hunter	24 Dec 1875	24 Jul 1935	59
12 Sep 1935		Sir Henry Fildes	12 May 1870	12 Jul 1948	78
26 Jul 1945		Niall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson,later
		[1963] 1st Baron Drumalbyn	3 Aug 1908	11 Oct 1987	79
12 Dec 1963		David Colville Anderson	8 Sep 1916	31 Dec 1995	79
15 Oct 1964		Hector Seymour Peter Monro,later [1997]
		Baron Monro of Langholm [L]	4 Oct 1922	30 Aug 2006	83
1 May 1997		Russell Leslie Brown	17 Sep 1951
		NAME ALTERED TO "DUMFRIESSHIRE,
		CLYDESDALE & TWEEDDALE" 2005
		DUMFRIESSHIRE, CLYDESDALE & TWEEDDALE
5 May 2005		David Mundell	27 May 1962
		DUNBARTONSHIRE
18 Jun 1708		John Campbell	c 1660	9 Apr 1729
25 Apr 1722		Mungo Haldane  [he was unseated on petition	c 1682	1 Jun 1755
		in favour of John Campbell 23 Jan 1725]
23 Jan 1725		John Campbell	c 1660	9 Apr 1729
28 Sep 1727		John Campbell,later [1761] 4th Duke of Argyll	c 1693	9 Nov 1770
10 Dec 1761		Sir Archibald Edmonstone,1st baronet	10 Oct 1717	20 Jul 1807	89
14 Sep 1780		Lord Frederick Campbell   [he was unseated on	1729	8 Jun 1816	86
		petition in favour of George Keith Elphinstone
		14 Feb 1781]
14 Feb 1781		George Keith Elphinstone,later [1814] 1st
		Viscount Keith	7 Jan 1746	10 Mar 1823	77
21 Jul 1790		Sir Archibald Edmonstone,1st baronet	10 Oct 1717	20 Jul 1807	89
18 Jun 1796		William Cunninghame Bontine	c 1772	3 Nov 1845
15 May 1797		Alexander Telfer Smollett	c 1764	27 Aug 1799
7 Nov 1799		Sir James Colquhoun,3rd baronet	28 Sep 1774	3 Feb 1836	61
22 Feb 1806		Henry Glassford	1764	19 May 1819	54
28 Nov 1806		Charles Edmonstone,later [1807] 2nd baronet	10 Oct 1764	1 Apr 1821	56
28 May 1807		Henry Glassford	1764	19 May 1819	54
13 Jul 1810		Archibald Campbell-Colquhoun	c 1754	8 Dec 1820
19 Feb 1821		John Buchanan	8 Jan 1761	26 Jun 1839	78
30 Jun 1826		John Campbell	28 May 1798	3 Jul 1830	32
16 Aug 1830		Lord Montagu William Graham	2 Feb 1807	21 Jun 1878	71
27 Dec 1832		John Campbell Colquhoun	23 Jan 1803	17 Apr 1870	67
19 Jan 1835		Alexander Dennistoun	1790	15 Jul 1874	84
5 Aug 1837		Sir James Colquhoun,4th baronet	7 Feb 1804	18 Dec 1873	69
7 Jul 1841		Alexander Smollett	1801	25 Feb 1881	79
7 May 1859		Patrick Boyle Smollett	1805	11 Feb 1895	89
20 Jul 1865		Patrick Boyle Smollett	1805	11 Feb 1895	89
		James Stirling
		Double return,Smollett and Stirling receiving
		an equal number of votes. Stirling declined
		the seat and Smollett was declared elected
		13 Mar 1866
19 Nov 1868		Archibald Orr-Ewing,later [1886] 1st baronet	4 Jan 1818	27 Nov 1893	75
Jul 1892		John Sinclair,later [1909] 1st Baron Pentland	7 Jul 1860	11 Jan 1925	64
24 Jul 1895		Alexander Wylie	c 1838	13 Feb 1921
25 Jan 1906		James Dundas White	10 Jul 1866	30 Apr 1951	84
Dec 1910		Arthur Acland Allen	11 Aug 1868	20 May 1939	70
14 Dec 1918		Sir William Hannay Raeburn,later [1923]
		1st baronet	11 Aug 1850	12 Feb 1934	83
6 Dec 1923		William Henry Porteous Martin	15 Jun 1886	9 Jan 1939	52
29 Oct 1924		David Pinkerton Fleming	11 Feb 1877	20 Oct 1944	67
29 Jan 1926		John Gibb Thom  [kt 1937]	1 Aug 1891	19 Feb 1941	49
30 May 1929		Willie Brooke	18 Dec 1896	21 Jan 1939	42
27 Oct 1931		John Gibb Thom	1 Aug 1891	19 Feb 1941	49
17 Mar 1932		Archibald Douglas Cochrane  [kt 1936]	8 Jan 1885	16 Apr 1958	73
18 Mar 1936		Thomas Cassells	7 Aug 1902	16 Jun 1944	41
27 Feb 1941		Adam Storey McKinlay	1887	17 Mar 1950	62
		CONSTITUENCY SPLIT INTO EAST
		& WEST DIVISIONS 1950
		DUNBARTONSHIRE CENTRAL
28 Feb 1974		Hugh McCartney	3 Jan 1920	1 Mar 2006	86
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
		DUNBARTONSHIRE EAST
23 Feb 1950		David Kirkwood,later [1951] 1st Baron Kirkwood	8 Jul 1872	16 Apr 1955	82
25 Oct 1951		Cyril Raymond Bence	26 Nov 1902	7 Sep 1992	89
18 Jun 1970		Hugh McCartney	3 Jan 1920	1 Mar 2006	86
28 Feb 1974		James Stewart Barry Henderson	29 Apr 1936
10 Oct 1974		Margaret Anne Bain (later Ewing)	1 Sep 1945	21 Mar 2006	60
3 May 1979		Norman Hogg,later [1997] Baron Hogg of
		Cumbernauld [L]	12 Mar 1938	8 Oct 2008	70
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
		BUT REVIVED 2005
5 May 2005		Jo Swinson	5 Feb 1980
		DUNBARTONSHIRE WEST
23 Feb 1950		Adam Storey McKinlay	1887	17 Mar 1950	62
25 Apr 1950		Thomas Steele	15 Nov 1905	28 May 1979	73
18 Jun 1970		Ian Campbell	26 Apr 1926	9 Sep 2007	81
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
		BUT REVIVED 2005
5 May 2005		John McFall	4 Oct 1944
		DUNCAIRN (BELFAST)
14 Dec 1918		Sir Edward Henry Carson,later [1921]
		Baron Carson [L]	9 Feb 1854	22 Oct 1935	81
23 Jun 1921		Thomas Edward McConnell	7 Apr 1868	22 May 1938	70
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922
		DUNDALK (LOUTH)
1801		Both members for Dundalk in the former
		Irish House of Commons resigned
		at the Union and no new writ was issued until
		Feb 1801
28 Feb 1801		Isaac Corry	15 May 1752	15 May 1813	61
15 Jul 1802		Richard Archdall	c 1746	8 Feb 1824
22 Nov 1806		John Metge	after 1741	1824
20 Jan 1807		Josias du Pre Porcher  [at the general election	c 1761	4 May 1820
		in May 1807,he was also returned for
		Old Sarum,for which he chose to sit]
4 Aug 1807		Patrick Crauford Bruce	24 Jan 1748	30 Mar 1820	72
27 Jul 1808		Thomas Hughan	c 1760	29 Oct 1811
21 Feb 1812		Frederick William Trench	c 1777	6 Dec 1859
26 Oct 1812		John Metge	after 1741	1824
2 Jan 1813		Lyndon Evelyn	c 1759	30 Apr 1839
29 Jun 1818		Gerard Callaghan	c 1787	25 Feb 1833
24 Mar 1820		John Metge	after 1741	1824
29 Jun 1820		George Henry Fleetwood Hartopp	20 Aug 1785	31 Mar 1824	38
5 May 1824		Sir Robert Harry Inglis,2nd baronet	12 Jan 1786	5 May 1855	69
12 Jun 1826		Charles Barclay	26 Dec 1780	5 Dec 1855	74
14 Aug 1830		John Hobart Caradoc,later [1839] 2nd
		Baron Howden	16 Oct 1799	9 Oct 1873	73
13 May 1831		James Edward Gordon	11 Mar 1789	30 Apr 1864	75
19 Dec 1832		William O'Reilly
14 Jan 1835		William Sharman Crawford	3 Sep 1780	17 Oct 1861	80
2 Aug 1837		Thomas Nicholas Redington  [kt 1849]	2 Oct 1815	11 Oct 1862	47
31 Jul 1846		Daniel O'Connell	1816	14 Jun 1897	80
6 Aug 1847		Charles Carroll McTavish   [he was unseated		23 Jul 1870
		on petition in favour of William Torrens
		McCullagh Torrens 20 Mar 1848]
20 Mar 1848		William Torrens McCullagh Torrens	1813	26 Apr 1894	80
15 Jul 1852		George Bowyer,later [1860] 7th baronet	8 Oct 1811	7 Jun 1883	71
21 Nov 1868		Philip Callan	1837
7 Apr 1880		Charles Arthur Russell,later [1894] Baron
		Russell of Killowen [L]	10 Nov 1832	10 Aug 1900	67
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1885
		DUNDEE
22 Dec 1832		George Kinloch		28 Mar 1833
17 Apr 1833		Sir Henry Brooke Parnell,4th baronet,later
		[1841] 1st Baron Congleton	3 Jul 1776	8 Jun 1842	65
3 Jul 1841		George Duncan	13 Mar 1791	6 Jan 1878	86
30 Mar 1857		Sir John Ogilvy,9th baronet  (to 1874)	17 Mar 1803	29 Mar 1890	87
		REPRESENTATION INCREASED
		TO TWO MEMBERS 1868
19 Nov 1868		George Armitstead,later [1906] 1st Baron
		Armitstead	28 Feb 1824	7 Dec 1915	91
7 Aug 1873		James Yeaman  (to 1880)	1816	11 Apr 1886	69
2 Feb 1874		Edward Jenkins	2 Jul 1838	4 Jun 1910	71
5 Apr 1880		George Armitstead,later [1906] 1st Baron
		Armitstead	28 Feb 1824	7 Dec 1915	91
		Frank Henderson	1836	21 Jul 1889	53
25 Nov 1885		Charles Carmichael Lacaita	1853	17 Jul 1933	80
		Edmund Robertson,later [1908] 1st Baron
		Lochee  (to 1908)	28 Oct 1845	13 Sep 1911	65
16 Feb 1888		Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth	1842	3 Sep 1889	47
25 Sep 1889		Sir John Leng	10 Apr 1828	13 Dec 1906	78
16 Jan 1906		Alexander Wilkie  (to 1922)	30 Sep 1850	2 Sep 1928	77
8 May 1908		Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill	30 Nov 1874	24 Jan 1965	90
15 Nov 1922		Edmund Dene Morel	10 Jul 1873	12 Nov 1924	51
		Edwin Scrymgeour  (to 1931)	28 Jul 1866	1 Feb 1947	80
22 Dec 1924		Thomas Johnston	1882	5 Sep 1965	83
30 May 1929		Michael Marcus	9 Nov 1894	3 Nov 1960	65
27 Oct 1931		Florence Gertrude Horsburgh,later [1959]
		Baroness Horsburgh  [L]	13 Oct 1889	6 Dec 1969	80
		Dingle Mackintosh Foot	24 Aug 1905	18 Jun 1978	72
26 Jul 1945		Evelyn John St.Loe Strachey	21 Oct 1901	15 Jul 1963	61
		Thomas Fotheringham Cook	7 Jun 1908	31 May 1952	43
		CONSTITUENCY SPLIT INTO EAST
		& WEST DIVISIONS 1950
		DUNDEE EAST
23 Feb 1950		Thomas Fotheringham Cook	7 Jun 1908	31 May 1952	43
17 Jul 1952		George Morgan Thomson,later [1977] Baron
		Thomson of Monifieth [L]	16 Jan 1921	3 Oct 2008	87
1 Mar 1973		George Machin	30 Dec 1922	5 Dec 1989	66
28 Feb 1974		Robert Gordon Wilson	16 Apr 1938
11 Jun 1987		John McAllion	13 Feb 1948
7 Jun 2001		Iain Luke	8 Oct 1951
5 May 2005		Stewart Hosie	3 Jan 1963
		DUNDEE WEST
23 Feb 1950		Evelyn John St.Loe Strachey	21 Oct 1901	15 Jul 1963	61
21 Nov 1963		Peter Muir Doig	27 Oct 1911	31 Oct 1996	85
3 May 1979		Ernest Ross	27 Jul 1942
5 May 2005		James McGovern	17 Nov 1956
		DUNFERMLINE
14 Dec 1918		John Wallace	1 Jul 1868	12 Apr 1949	80
15 Nov 1922		William McLean Watson	27 Oct 1874	25 Apr 1962	87
27 Oct 1931		John Wallace	1 Jul 1868	12 Apr 1949	80
14 Nov 1935		William McLean Watson	27 Oct 1874	25 Apr 1962	87
23 Feb 1950		James Clunie	20 Mar 1889	25 Feb 1974	84
8 Oct 1959		Alan Eric Thompson	16 Sep 1924
15 Oct 1964		Adam Hunter	11 Nov 1908	9 Apr 1991	82
3 May 1979		Richard Giles Douglas	4 Jan 1932
		CONSTITUENCY SPLIT INTO EAST
		& WEST DIVISIONS 1983
		DUNFERMLINE EAST
9 Jun 1983		James Gordon Brown	20 Feb 1951
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2005
		DUNFERMLINE WEST
9 Jun 1983		Richard Giles Douglas	4 Jan 1932
9 Apr 1992		Rachel Anne Squire	13 Jul 1954	5 Jan 2006	51
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2005
		DUNFERMLINE & FIFE WEST
5 May 2005		Rachel Anne Squire	13 Jul 1954	5 Jan 2006	51
9 Feb 2006		William Rennie	27 Sep 1967
		DUNGANNON (TYRONE)
1801		John Knox
		Knox was returned in the ballot for Irish
		borough constituencies held in Dec 1800.
		However,he had been lost at sea the previous
		month while on his way to take up the post
		of Governor of Jamaica. This was not known
		at the time of the ballot. No writ to replace
		him was issued until 4 Nov 1800
21 Nov 1801		Sir Charles Hamilton,2nd baronet	25 May 1767	14 Sep 1849	82
12 Jul 1802		George Knox   [he was also returned for	14 Jan 1765	13 Jun 1827	62
		Dublin University,for which he chose to sit]
9 Jun 1803		Sir Charles Hamilton,2nd baronet	25 May 1767	14 Sep 1849	82
11 Nov 1806		George Knox   [he was also returned for	14 Jan 1765	13 Jun 1827	62
		Dublin University,for which he chose to sit]
31 Jan 1807		James Hamilton,styled Viscount Hamilton	7 Oct 1786	27 May 1814	27
23 May 1807		Lord Claude Hamilton	1 Nov 1787	Jun 1808	20
8 Mar 1809		Claude Scott	11 May 1742	27 Mar 1830	87
17 Oct 1812		George Peter Holford	1767	30 Apr 1839	71
25 Jun 1818		Thomas Knox,later [1840] 2nd Earl of Ranfurly	19 Apr 1786	21 Mar 1858	71
28 Dec 1830		John James Knox	3 Apr 1790	9 Jul 1856	66
2 Aug 1837		Thomas Knox,styled Viscount Northland,
		later [1840] 2nd Earl of Ranfurly	19 Apr 1786	21 Mar 1858	71
9 Jun 1838		Thomas Knox,styled Viscount Northland from
		1840,later [1858] 3rd Earl of Ranfurly	13 Nov 1816	20 May 1858	41
14 Feb 1851		William Stuart Knox	11 Mar 1826	16 Feb 1900	53
6 Feb 1874		Thomas Alexander Dickson   [his election	12 Oct 1833	17 Jun 1909	75
		was declared void 10 Jun 1880]
25 Jun 1880		James Dickson	1850
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1885
		DUNGARVAN  (WATERFORD)
1801		Edward Lee	1761	Sep 1837	76
17 Jul 1802		William Greene	17 Jan 1748	3 Jun 1829	81
14 Nov 1806		George Walpole	20 Jun 1758	May 1835	76
13 Mar 1820		Augustus William James Clifford,later [1838]
		1st baronet	26 May 1788	9 Feb 1877	88
18 Feb 1822		George Lamb	11 Jul 1784	2 Jan 1834	49
15 Feb 1834		Ebenezer Jacob   [his election was declared		after 1866
		void 28 Apr 1834. At the subsequent by
		election held on 16 May 1834,he was
		again returned]
12 Jan 1835		Michael O'Loghlen,later [1838] 1st baronet	6 Oct 1789	28 Sep 1842	52
16 Feb 1837		John Power	4 Feb 1816
5 Aug 1837		Cornelius O'Callaghan	1809	16 Aug 1849	40
5 Jul 1841		Richard Lalor Sheil	17 Aug 1791	25 May 1851	59
22 Mar 1851		Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby,
		later [1855] 2nd Baron de Mauley	12 Sep 1815	24 Aug 1896	80
15 Jul 1852		John Francis Maguire		1 Nov 1872
15 Jul 1865		Charles Robert Barry	1824	15 May 1897	72
21 Nov 1868		Henry Matthews,later [1895] 1st Viscount
		Llandaff	13 Jan 1826	3 Apr 1913	87
7 Feb 1874		John O'Keeffe	1827	10 Jun 1877	49
24 Jun 1877		Frank Hugh O'Cahan O'Donnell	9 Oct 1846	2 Nov 1916	70
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1885
		DUNWICH (SUFFOLK)
4 Apr 1660		Sir John Rous,1st baronet  (to 1671)	c 1608	27 Nov 1670
		Henry Bedingfield	9 Dec 1632	6 Feb 1687	54
25 Apr 1661		Richard Coke	8 Sep 1622	11 Nov 1669	47
21 Mar 1670		Sir John Pettus  (to Feb 1679)	c 1613	12 Jul 1685
4 Jan 1671		William Wood	2 Jun 1611	11 Nov 1678	67
12 Nov 1678		Thomas Allin  (to Sep 1679)	c 1651	Oct 1696
21 Feb 1679		Sir Philip Skippon  (to 1685)	28 Oct 1641	7 Aug 1691	49
12 Sep 1679		Sir Robert Kemp,2nd baronet	2 Feb 1628	26 Jun 1710	82
28 Mar 1685		Roger North	3 Sep 1653	1 Mar 1734	80
		Thomas Knyvett	Feb 1656	28 Sep 1693	37
16 Jan 1689		Sir Philip Skippon	28 Oct 1641	7 Aug 1691	49
		Sir Robert Rich,2nd baronet  (to 1700)	c 1648	1 Oct 1699
		Roger North	3 Sep 1653	1 Mar 1734	80
		Sir Thomas Allin,2nd baronet		Oct 1696
		Double return. Skippon and Rich declared
		elected 27 Feb 1689
6 Nov 1691		John Bence	27 Sep 1670	18 Oct 1718	48
		Henry Heveningham	5 Jan 1651	26 Nov 1700	49
		Double return. Bence declared elected
		8 Dec 1691
29 Nov 1695		Henry Heveningham  (to 1701)	5 Jan 1651	26 Nov 1700	49
29 Jan 1700		Sir Charles Blois,1st baronet  (to 1709)	14 Sep 1657	10 Apr 1738	80
10 Jan 1701		Robert Kemp,later [1710] 3rd baronet	25 Jan 1667	18 Dec 1734	67
12 May 1705		John Rous,later [1730] 3rd baronet	after 1676	3 Feb 1731
7 May 1708		Robert Kemp,later [1710] 3rd baronet	25 Jan 1667	18 Dec 1734	67
		[Both sitting members (Blois and Kemp) were
		unseated on petition in favour of Sir Richard
		Allin and Daniel Harvey 5 Feb 1709]
5 Feb 1709		Sir Richard Allin,1st baronet	c 1659	19 Oct 1725
		Daniel Harvey	c 1664	6 Sep 1732
12 Oct 1710		Sir George Downing,3rd baronet  (to 1715)	c 1685	10 Jun 1749
		Richard Richardson	c 1664	31 Dec 1714
3 Sep 1713		Sir Robert Kemp,3rd baronet	25 Jan 1667	18 Dec 1734	67
1 Feb 1715		Sir Robert Rich,4th baronet	3 Jul 1685	1 Feb 1768	82
		Charles Long	21 Sep 1679	8 May 1723	43
23 Mar 1722		Sir George Downing,3rd baronet  (to 1749)	c 1685	10 Jun 1749
		Edward Vernon   [he was also returned for	12 Nov 1684	30 Oct 1757	72
		Penryn,for which he chose to sit]
7 Dec 1722		Sir John Ward	c 1650	12 Mar 1726
4 Apr 1726		John Sambrooke	c 1692	19 May 1734
18 Aug 1727		Thomas Wyndham	c 1686	12 Dec 1752
26 Apr 1734		Sir Orlando Bridgeman,2nd baronet	27 Apr 1678	5 Dec 1746	68
21 Feb 1738		William Morden (Harbord from 1742),later
		[1746] 1st baronet	c 1696	17 Feb 1770
4 May 1741		Jacob Garrard Downing,later [1749] 4th
		baronet	c 1717	6 Feb 1764
2 Jul 1747		Miles Barne  (to 1754)	Oct 1718	27 Dec 1780	62
21 Jun 1749		Sir Jacob Garrard Downing,4th baronet	c 1717	6 Feb 1764
		(to 1761)
16 Apr 1754		Soame Jenyns	1 Jan 1704	18 Dec 1787	83
2 Dec 1758		Alexander Forrester	c 1711	2 Jul 1787
27 Mar 1761		Henry Fox,later [1763] 1st Baron Holland	28 Sep 1705	1 Jul 1774	68
		Eliab Harvey  (to 1768)	23 May 1716	23 Oct 1769	53
29 Apr 1763		Sir Jacob Garrard Downing	c 1717	6 Feb 1764
18 Feb 1764		Miles Barne   (to 1777)	Oct 1718	27 Dec 1780	62
16 Mar 1768		Sir Gerard William Vanneck,2nd baronet	c 1743	23 May 1791
		(to 1790)
10 Dec 1777		Barne Barne  (to 1791)	25 Aug 1754	19 Jun 1828	73
18 Jun 1790		Joshua Vanneck,later [1791] 3rd baronet and
		[1796] 1st Baron Huntingfield [I]  (to 1816)	31 Dec 1745	15 Aug 1816	70
1 Mar 1791		Miles Barne	22 May 1746	8 Sep 1825	79
25 May 1796		Snowdon Barne	26 Dec 1756	3 Jul 1825	68
6 Oct 1812		Michael Barne  (to 1830)	3 Jun 1759	12 Jun 1837	78
7 Oct 1816		Joshua Vanneck,2nd Baron Huntingfield  [I]	12 Aug 1778	10 Aug 1844	65
20 Feb 1819		William Alexander Mackinnon	2 Aug 1784	30 Apr 1870	85
6 Mar 1820		George Henry Cherry	30 Aug 1793	Jan 1848	54
9 Jun 1826		Andrew Arcedeckne  (to 1831)	8 Jan 1780	8 Feb 1849	69
4 Aug 1830		Frederick Barne  (to 1832)	8 Nov 1801	9 Mar 1886	84
4 May 1831		George Charles Pratt,styled Earl of Brecknock,
		later [1840] 2nd Marquess Camden	2 May 1799	8 Aug 1866	67
2 Feb 1832		William Lowther,styled Viscount Lowther,
		later [1844] 2nd Earl of Lonsdale	30 Jul 1787	4 Mar 1872	84
		CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1832
		DURHAM CITY
27 Mar 1678		Sir Ralph Cole,2nd baronet  (to Sep 1679)	3 Nov 1629	9 Aug 1704	74
		John Parkhurst	c 1643	9 May 1731
26 Feb 1679		William Tempest	31 Jan 1654	15 Mar 1700	46
10 Sep 1679		William Blakiston	c 1621	1 Jan 1685
		Sir Richard Lloyd  (to 1689)	c 1634	28 Jun 1686
10 Feb 1681		William Tempest	31 Jan 1654	15 Mar 1700	46
12 Mar 1685		Charles Montagu	c 1658	29 Jun 1721
10 Jan 1689		George Morland  (to 1695)	13 Feb 1643	6 Mar 1712	69
		Henry Liddell,later [1697] 3rd baronet	c 1644	1 Sep 1723
3 Mar 1690		William Tempest	31 Jan 1654	15 Mar 1700	46
30 Oct 1695		Charles Montagu  (to 1702)	c 1658	29 Jun 1721
		Sir Henry Liddell,3rd baronet	c 1644	1 Sep 1723
28 Jul 1698		Thomas Conyers	c 1666	4 Oct 1728
1 Dec 1701		Sir Henry Belasyse  (to 1708)	c 1648	16 Dec 1717
24 Jul 1702		Thomas Conyers  (to 1727)	c 1666	4 Oct 1728
10 May 1708		James Nicolson	28 Nov 1681	16 Aug 1727	45
12 Oct 1710		Sir Henry Belasyse	c 1648	16 Dec 1717
3 Mar 1712		Robert Shafto	2 Dec 1690	Dec 1729	39
3 Sep 1713		George Baker		1 Jun 1723
27 Mar 1722		Charles Talbot,later [1733] 1st Baron
		Talbot of Hensol  (to 1734)	22 Dec 1685	14 Feb 1737	51
18 Aug 1727		Robert Shafto	c 1690	Dec 1729
26 Jan 1730		John Shafto  (to 1742)	c 1693	3 Apr 1742
25 Jan 1734		Henry Lambton  (to 1761)	9 Nov 1697	26 Jun 1761	63
23 Apr 1742		John Tempest  (to 1768)	28 Apr 1710	12 May 1776	66
7 Dec 1761		Ralph Gowland   [he was unseated on petition	c 1722	c 1782
		in favour of John Lambton 11 May 1762]
11 May 1762		John Lambton  (to 1787)	26 Jul 1710	22 Mar 1794	83
21 Mar 1768		John Tempest  (to 1794)	c 1740	13 Aug 1794
9 Mar 1787		William Henry Lambton  (to 1798)	16 Nov 1764	30 Nov 1797	33
17 Oct 1794		Sir Henry Vane-Tempest,2nd baronet	25 Jan 1771	1 Aug 1813	42
		(to 1800)
8 Jan 1798		Ralph John Lambton  (to 1813)	c 1767	29 Jul 1844
17 Mar 1800		Michael Angelo Taylor	13 Jul 1757	16 Jul 1834	77
24 Jul 1802		Richard Wharton   [his election was declared	c 1764	21 Oct 1828
		void 20 Feb 1804]
5 Mar 1804		Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto	23 Mar 1776	17 Jan 1848	71
7 Nov 1806		Richard Wharton  (to 1820)	c 1764	21 Oct 1828
10 Dec 1813		George Allan	8 Jul 1767	21 Jul 1828	61
19 Jun 1818		Michael Angelo Taylor  (to May 1831)	13 Jul 1757	16 Jul 1834	77
8 Mar 1820		Sir Henry Hardinge,later [1846] 1st Viscount
		Hardinge	30 Mar 1785	24 Sep 1856	71
5 Aug 1830		Sir Roger Gresley,8th baronet	27 Dec 1799	12 Oct 1837	37
		[his election was declared void Mar 1831]
23 Mar 1831		William Richard Carter Chaytor
		(to 1835)	7 Feb 1805	9 Feb 1871	66
2 May 1831		Arthur Hill-Trevor,later [1837] 3rd Viscount
		Dungannon [I]	9 Nov 1798	11 Aug 1862	63
13 Dec 1832		William Charles Harland  (to 1841)	1803	10 Mar 1863	59
14 Jan 1835		Arthur Hill-Trevor,later [1837] 3rd Viscount	9 Nov 1798	11 Aug 1862	63
		Dungannon [I]
29 Jun 1841		Thomas Colpitts Granger  (to Dec 1852)		13 Aug 1852
		Robert Fitzroy	5 Jul 1805	29 Apr 1865	59
5 Apr 1843		Arthur Hill-Trevor,3rd Viscount Dungannon [I]	9 Nov 1798	11 Aug 1862	63
		[His election was declared void 14 Jul 1843]
26 Jul 1843		John Bright	16 Nov 1811	27 Mar 1889	77
31 Jul 1847		Henry John Spearman	1794	c Oct 1863	69
9 Jul 1852		Sir William Atherton  (to 1864)	1806	22 Jan 1864	57
3 Dec 1852		Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William
		Vane-Tempest   [his election was declared	2 Jul 1825	11 Jun 1864	38
		void 9 Jun 1853]
25 Jun 1853		John Robert Mowbray,later [1880] 1st
		baronet  (to 1868)	3 Jun 1815	22 Apr 1899	83
9 Feb 1864		John Henderson  (to May 1874)	1807	4 Apr 1884	76
18 Nov 1868		John Robert Davison	1826	15 Apr 1871	44
28 Apr 1871		John Lloyd Wharton	18 Apr 1837	11 Jul 1912	75
5 Feb 1874		Thomas Charles Thompson	1821	26 Sep 1892	71
		[The election of the two sitting members
		(Henderson and Thompson) was declared
		void 22 May 1874]
13 Jun 1874		Farrer Herschell,later [1886] 1st Baron
		Herschell  (to 1885)	2 Nov 1837	1 Mar 1899	61
		Sir Arthur Edward Monck (Middleton from
		1876),7th baronet	12 Jan 1838	1 Apr 1933	95
3 Apr 1880		Thomas Charles Thompson	1821	26 Sep 1892	71
		REPRESENTATION REDUCED
		TO ONE MEMBER 1885
25 Nov 1885		Thomas Milvain	4 May 1844	23 Sep 1916	72
Jul 1892		Matthew Fowler	1845	13 Jun 1898	52
30 Jun 1898		Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot	17 Dec 1846	12 Feb 1923	76
16 Jan 1906		John Waller Hills	1867	24 Dec 1938	71
15 Nov 1922		Joshua Ritson	1874	5 Feb 1955	80
27 Oct 1931		William McKeag	29 Jun 1897	4 Oct 1972	75
14 Nov 1935		Joshua Ritson	1874	5 Feb 1955	80
26 Jul 1945		Charles Frederick Grey	25 Mar 1903	7 Sep 1984	81
18 Jun 1970		William Mark Hughes	18 Dec 1932	19 Mar 1993	60
11 Jun 1987		Gerald Neil Steinberg	20 Apr 1945
5 May 2005		Roberta Carol Blackman-Woods	16 Aug 1957
		DURHAM COUNTY
21 Jun 1675		John Tempest  (to Aug 1679)	c 1623	26 Jul 1697
		Thomas Vane	9 Dec 1651	25 Jun 1675	23
25 Oct 1675		Christopher Vane,later [1698] 1st Baron Barnard	21 May 1653	28 Oct 1723	70
24 Feb 1679		Sir Robert Eden,1st baronet	c 1644	30 Mar 1721
25 Aug 1679		William Bowes	6 Jan 1657	16 Jan 1707	50
		Thomas Fetherstonhalgh		28 Jul 1682
16 Mar 1685		Robert Byerley	27 Mar 1660	3 May 1714	54
		William Lambton  (to 1698)	21 Jun 1640	1724	84
10 Mar 1690		Sir Robert Eden,1st baronet	c 1644	30 Mar 1721
11 Nov 1695		Sir William Bowes	6 Jan 1657	16 Jan 1707	50
3 Aug 1698		Lionel Vane  (to 1702)	25 Jul 1646	by May 1711	64
		Sir Robert Eden,1st baronet	c 1644	30 Mar 1721
15 Jan 1701		William Lambton	21 Jun 1640	1724	84
29 Jul 1702		Sir Robert Eden,1st baronet  (to 1713)	c 1644	30 Mar 1721
		Sir William Bowes	6 Jan 1657	16 Jan 1707	50
5 Mar 1707		John Tempest	17 Apr 1679	30 Jan 1738	58
12 May 1708		William Vane,later [1720] 1st Viscount Vane [I]	17 Feb 1682	20 May 1734	52
11 Oct 1710		William Lambton	21 Jun 1640	1724	84
9 Sep 1713		Sir John Eden,2nd baronet	11 Sep 1677	2 May 1728	50
		John Hedworth  (to 1747)	10 Jul 1683	31 May 1747	63
23 Aug 1727		George Bowes  (to 1760)	21 Aug 1701	17 Sep 1760	59
1 Jul 1747		Henry Vane,later [1754] 1st Earl of Darlington	c 1705	6 Mar 1758
19 May 1753		Henry Vane,styled Viscount Barnard, later
		[1758] 2nd Earl of Darlington	c 1726	8 Sep 1792
22 Mar 1758		Raby Vane  (to 1761)	2 Jan 1736	23 Oct 1769	33
9 Dec 1760		Robert Shafto  (to 1768)	c 1732	24 Nov 1797
1 Apr 1761		Frederick Vane  (to 1774)	26 Jun 1732	28 Apr 1801	68
23 Mar 1768		Sir Thomas Clavering,7th baronet  (to 1790)	19 Jun 1719	14 Oct 1794	75
12 Oct 1774		Sir John Eden,4th baronet	16 Sep 1740	23 Aug 1812	71
8 Jul 1790		Rowland Burdon	c 1757	17 Sep 1838
		Ralph Milbanke (Noel from 1815),later [1798]
		6th baronet  (to 1812)	28 Jul 1747	19 Mar 1825	77
10 Nov 1806		Sir Thomas Henry Liddell,later [1821] 1st
		Baron Ravensworth	8 Feb 1775	7 Mar 1855	80
25 May 1807		Sir Henry Vane-Tempest  (to 1813)	25 Jan 1771	1 Aug 1813	42
14 Oct 1812		Henry Vane,styled Viscount Barnard,later
		[1842] 2nd Duke of Cleveland  (to 1815)	6 Aug 1788	18 Jan 1864	75
20 Sep 1813		John George Lambton,later [1833] 1st
		Earl of Durham  (to 1828)	12 Apr 1792	28 Jul 1840	48
1 Aug 1815		William John Frederick Powlett (Vane from
		Mar 1864),later [Jan 1864] 3rd Duke of
		Cleveland  (to 1831)	3 Apr 1792	6 Sep 1864	72
13 Feb 1828		William Russell  (to 1832)	9 Nov 1798	30 Jan 1850	51
10 May 1831		Sir Hedworth Williamson,7th baronet	1 Nov 1797	24 Apr 1861	63
		SPLIT INTO NTH & STH DIVISIONS 1832
		DURHAM COUNTY MID
3 Dec 1885		William Crawford	1833	1 Jul 1890	57
17 Jul 1890		John Wilson	1837	24 Mar 1915	77
29 Apr 1915		Samuel Galbraith	4 Jul 1853	10 Apr 1936	82
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918
		DURHAM COUNTY NORTH
21 Dec 1832		Hedworth Lambton  (to 1847)	26 Mar 1797	16 Sep 1876	79
		Sir Hedworth Williamson,7th baronet	1 Nov 1797	24 Apr 1861	63
10 Aug 1837		Henry Thomas Liddell,later [1855] 2nd Baron
		Ravensworth and [1874] 1st Earl of
		Ravensworth	10 Mar 1797	19 Mar 1878	81
3 Aug 1847		Robert Duncombe Shafto  (to 1868)	1796	2 May 1888	91
		George Henry Robert Charles William
		Vane-Tempest-Stewart,styled Viscount
		Seaham, later [1854] 2nd Earl Vane and
		[1872] 5th Marquess of Londonderry	26 Apr 1821	6 Nov 1884	63
1 Apr 1854		Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William
		Vane-Tempest	2 Jul 1825	11 Jun 1864	38
28 Jun 1864		Sir Hedworth Williamson,8th baronet	25 Mar 1827	26 Aug 1900	73
		(to 1874)
26 Nov 1868		George Elliot,later [1874] 1st baronet	18 Mar 1814	23 Dec 1893	79
14 Feb 1874		Isaac Lowthian Bell,later [1885] 1st baronet	15 Feb 1816	20 Dec 1904	88
		Charles Mark Palmer,later [1886] 1st baronet	3 Nov 1822	3 Jun 1907	84
		[Election declared void 1 Jun 1874]
22 Jun 1874		Charles Mark Palmer,later [1886] 1st baronet	3 Nov 1822	3 Jun 1907	84
		(to 1885)
		Sir George Elliot,1st baronet	18 Mar 1814	23 Dec 1893	79
10 Apr 1880		John Joicey	3 Nov 1816	15 Aug 1881	64
7 Sep 1881		Sir George Elliot,1st baronet	18 Mar 1814	23 Dec 1893	79
		SPLIT INTO VARIOUS DIVISIONS 1885,
		SEE "BARNARD CASTLE","BISHOP AUCKLAND",
		"CHESTER-LE-STREET","HOUGHTON-LE-
		SPRING","JARROW","DURHAM COUNTY MID",
		"DURHAM COUNTY NORTH-WEST" AND
		"DURHAM COUNTY SOUTH-WEST"
		CONSTITUENCY REVIVED 1983
9 Jun 1983		Giles Heneage Radice,later [2001]
		Baron Radice [L]	4 Oct 1936
7 Jun 2001		Kevan Jones	25 Apr 1964
		DURHAM COUNTY NORTH-WEST
4 Dec 1885		Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones	1851	15 Jun 1929	77
30 Jun 1914		Aneurin Williams	11 Oct 1859	20 Jan 1924	64
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918,
		BUT REVIVED 1950
23 Feb 1950		James Dixon Murray	17 Sep 1887	24 Jan 1965	77
26 May 1955		John William Ainsley	30 Jun 1898	23 Jun 1976	77
15 Oct 1964		Ernest Armstrong	12 Jan 1915	8 Jul 1996	81
11 Jun 1987		Hilary Jane Armstrong	30 Nov 1945
		DURHAM COUNTY SOUTH
24 Dec 1832		Joseph Pease	22 Jun 1799	8 Feb 1872	72
		John Bowes  (to 1847)	19 Jun 1811	9 Oct 1885	74
		For further information on this MP,see the
		note at the foot of this page
12 Jul 1841		Lord Harry George Vane,later [1864] 4th
		Duke of Cleveland  (to 1859)	19 Apr 1803	21 Aug 1891	88
5 Aug 1847		James Farrer	8 May 1812	13 Jun 1879	67
6 Apr 1857		Henry Pease  (to 1865)	4 May 1807	30 May 1881	74
3 May 1859		James Farrer	8 May 1812	13 Jun 1879	67
24 Jul 1865		Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease,1st baronet	23 Jun 1828	26 Jun 1903	75
		(to 1885)
		Charles Freville Surtees	13 Nov 1823	22 Dec 1906	83
25 Nov 1868		Frederick Edward Blackett Beaumont	22 Oct 1833	20 Aug 1899	65
9 Apr 1880		Frederick William Lambton,later [1928] 4th
		Earl of Durham	19 Jun 1855	31 Jan 1929	73
		SPLIT INTO VARIOUS DIVISIONS 1885,
		SEE "BARNARD CASTLE","BISHOP AUCKLAND",
		"CHESTER-LE-STREET","HOUGHTON-LE-
		SPRING","JARROW","DURHAM COUNTY MID",
		"DURHAM COUNTY NORTH-WEST" AND
		"DURHAM COUNTY SOUTH-WEST"
		DURHAM COUNTY SOUTH-EAST
9 Dec 1885		Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan,1st
		baronet	6 Aug 1830	30 Dec 1897	67
		For further information of this MP and VC
		winner, see the note at the foot of the page
		containing his baronetcy entry
Jul 1892		Joseph Richardson	1830	25 Sep 1902	72
26 Jul 1895		Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan,1st
		baronet	6 Aug 1830	30 Dec 1897	67
		For further information of this MP and VC
		winner, see the note at the foot of the page
		containing his baronetcy entry
3 Feb 1898		Joseph Richardson	1830	25 Sep 1902	72
11 Oct 1900		Frederick William Lambton,later [1928] 4th
		Earl of Durham	19 Jun 1855	31 Jan 1929	73
26 Jan 1910		Evan Hayward	2 Apr 1876	30 Jan 1958	81
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918
		DYSART BURGHS
		comprising Burtisland,Dysart,
		Kinghorn and Kirkcaldy
26 May 1708		John Sinclair	5 Dec 1683	2 Nov 1750	66
16 Jan 1710		James Abercromby		14 Nov 1724
31 Oct 1710		James Oswald		1716
17 Feb 1715		William Kerr	by 1682	17 Jan 1741
14 Apr 1722		James St.Clair	1688	30 Nov 1762	74
		Thomas Leslie	c 1701	17 Mar 1772
		Double return between James St.Clair and
		Thomas Leslie. St.Clair declared elected
		27 Oct 1722
20 May 1734		Thomas Leslie	c 1701	17 Mar 1772
2 Jun 1741		James Oswald	1715	24 Mar 1769	53
23 Jul 1747		James St.Clair	1688	30 Nov 1762	74
11 May 1754		James Oswald	1715	24 Mar 1769	53
11 Apr 1768		James Townsend Oswald	23 Feb 1748	3 Jan 1814	65
1 Nov 1774		John Johnstone	28 Apr 1734	10 Dec 1795	61
3 Oct 1780		Sir John Henderson,5th baronet	8 Jan 1752	12 Dec 1817	65
26 Apr 1784		Sir Charles Preston,5th baronet	c 1735	23 Mar 1800
12 Jul 1790		Charles Hope	16 Oct 1768	1 Jul 1828	59
21 Jun 1796		Sir James St.Clair-Erskine,6th baronet,later
		[1805] 2nd Earl of Rosslyn	6 Feb 1762	18 Jan 1837	74
4 Mar 1805		Robert Dallas [kt 1813]	16 Oct 1756	25 Dec 1824	68
25 Nov 1806		Sir Ronald Crauford Ferguson	8 Feb 1773	10 Apr 1841	68
23 Aug 1830		James Alexander St.Clair-Erskine,styled Baron
		Loughborough,later [1837] 3rd Earl of Rosslyn	15 Feb 1802	16 Jun 1866	64
26 May 1831		Robert Ferguson	8 Sep 1769	3 Dec 1840	71
		NAME ALTERED TO "KIRKCALDY" 1832
		John Bowes, MP for Durham County South 1832-1847
		Bowes was the son of the 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, by his (at that time)
		mistress Mary Milner. On 2 July 1820, the Earl and Mary Milner were married at St.George's,
		Hanover Square. A notice of this wedding appeared in 'The Times' on 3 July 1820.
		The Earl died the following day. Whilst there was no question that the marriage had taken
		place, the question was whether the marriage had legitimated the 9-year-old son, John
		Bowes.
		On 14 March 1821, John Bowes petitioned the House of Lords, claiming the peerage titles.
		Two months later, the late Earl's brother, Thomas Bowes, counter-petitioned. After a
		lengthy preamble which outlines the history of the peerages, this second petition continues
		as follows:-
		'……..the said John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, Baron Bowes, died on the third
		day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, without issue male of his body lawfully
		begotten, whereupon your petitioner became entitled, as he humbly submits to your
		Majesty, to the said title and dignity of Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn. But your petitoner
		sheweth to your Majesty,
		'That certain persons acting on the behalf of John Bowes Millner (who is an infant at the
		age of eleven years, or thereabouts, and who was in the year one thousand eight hundred
		and ten [sic] born of the body of Mary Millner, single woman, and reputed to be the natural
		son of the said John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, Baron Bowes) have assumed
		for and given to him the said John Bowes Millner, the title and dignity of Earl of Strathmore;
		and they allege that such title hath descended to the said John Bowes Millner, because
		they say, that the said John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, Baron Bowes,
		contracted a marriage to the said Mary Millner, on the second day of July, one thousand
		eight hundred and twenty, and she hath in consequence thereby taken, and now uses,
		the title of Countess Dowager of Strathmore, and that by virtue of such marriage the said
		John Bowes Millner was legitimatized, and is, as heir of the body of the said John Bowes,
		Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, Baron Bowes, entitled to the said title and dignity of Earl
		of Strathmore and Kinghorn.
		'That the said John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, Baron Bowes, had been for a
		long time prior to the said second of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, greatly
		afflicted by , and was then labouring under the disorder of which he died, and he was at
		that time at the point of death, and he in fact died on the following day, and from his bodily
		infirmities he was incapable on the said second day of July, of legal matrimony, and he was
		induced, from misrepresentations, to be present at the ceremonial of marriage between him
		and the said Mary Millner, and he was incapable of standing without the support of those
		who were present, and when in a kneeling posture, he supported himself by resting upon a
		rail of the altar.
		'That if such marriage could be sustained, yet your petitioner submits, that the said John
		Bowes Millner cannot, by virtue thereof claim any right to the title and dignity of Earl of
		Strathmore and Kinghorn, and that your petitoner is now entitled thereto.'
		The petitions were referred to the House of Lords Committee for Privileges which, on 28
		June 1821, decided in favour of the late Earl's brother. The reason for this decision is that,
		under Scottish law (which governed the case since the peerages were Scottish titles),
		two conditions needed to be fulfilled to enable John Bowes to be legitimated by subsequent
		marriage of his parents - firstly, both parties had to be free to marry at the time of John's
		birth in 1811 and that the parties were domiciled in Scotland. While the first condition was
		met, the second was not, with the result that John has held to be not legitimated by this
		marriage, and could not therefore succeed to the titles. After a court battle, the English
		estates of his father were inherited by John, (reverting to his Scottish relations on his
		death) and the Scottish estates went to his uncle, the 11th Earl.
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