THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH "R"
 
              Last updated 24/02/2010
Date   Name Born Died  Age
  RADCLIFFE-CUM-FARNWORTH (LANCS)
 3 Dec 1885 Robert Leake        1824  1 May 1901 76
17 Jul 1895 John James Mellor 12 Aug 1830 12 Jan 1916 85
 8 Oct 1900 Theodore Cooke Taylor 3 Aug 1850 19 Oct 1952 102
   CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918 
  RADNOR (RADNORSHIRE)
c Apr 1660 Robert Harley  6 Apr 1626  6 Nov 1673 47
29 Apr 1661 Sir Edward Harley 21 Oct 1624  8 Dec 1700 76
14 Oct 1679 Griffith Jones (sen)     c 1630    Feb 1680
15 Nov 1680 Griffith Jones (jnr)
Marmaduke Gwynne
Double return
14 Mar 1681 Sir John Morgan,2nd baronet     c 1650 10 Jan 1693
30 Mar 1685 Owen Wynne     c 1638 c Nov 1688
14 Jan 1689 Richard Williams     c 1654  4 Sep 1692
17 Mar 1690 Sir Rowland Gwynne  [he was unseated on  c 1659 24 Jan 1726
petition in favour of Robert Harley 12 Nov 1690]
 
12 Nov 1690 Robert Harley,later [1711] 1st Earl of Oxford 5 Dec 1661 21 May 1724 62
16 Jul 1711 Edward Harley,styled Baron Harley later [1724]
2nd Earl of Oxford 2 Jun 1689 16 Jun 1741 52
 2 Feb 1715 Thomas Lewis 18 Oct 1690  5 Apr 1777 86
3 Apr 1761 Edward Lewis   after 1790
Thomas Lewis 18 Oct 1690  5 Apr 1777 86
Double return. Thomas Lewis withdrew from
the contest, with the result that Edward
Lewis was declared elected 28 Nov 1761
26 Mar 1768 John Lewis   [he was unseated on petition 14 Oct 1738  6 Nov 1797 59
in favour of Edward Lewis 7 Mar 1769]
 7 Mar 1769 Edward Lewis  after 1790
15 Oct 1774 John Lewis   [he was unseated on petition 14 Oct 1738  6 Nov 1797 59
in favour of Edward Lewis 20 Feb 1775]
20 Feb 1775 Edward Lewis [at the general election held  after 1790
on 20 Sep 1780, there was a double return
between Edward Lewis and John Lewis.
Edward Lewis was declared elected 1 Feb
1781]
24 Jun 1790 David Murray 10 May 1748  7 May 1794 45
21 May 1794 George Capel Coningsby,styled Viscount Malden,
later [1799] 5th Earl of Essex 13 Nov 1757 23 Apr 1839 81
18 Mar 1799 Richard Price        1773 10 Apr 1861 87
31 Jul 1847 Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis,1st baronet 14 May 1780 22 Jan 1855 74
 8 Feb 1855 Sir George Cornewall Lewis,2nd baronet 21 Apr 1806 13 Apr 1863 56
25 Apr 1863 Richard Green-Price 18 Oct 1803 11 Aug 1887 83
25 Feb 1869 Spencer Compton Cavendish,styled Marquess of
Hartington,later [1891] 8th Duke of Devonshire 23 Jul 1833 24 Mar 1908 74
[at the general election in Apr 1880, he was
also returned for Lancashire North East, for
which he chose to sit]
14 May 1880 Samuel Charles Evan Williams 20 May 1842  2 Mar 1926 83
30 Oct 1884 Charles Coltman Coltman Rogers 12 May 1854 19 May 1929 75
 CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1885 
  RADNORSHIRE
27 Mar 1660 George Gwynne     c 1623        1673
c Apr 1661 Sir Richard Lloyd 23 Feb 1606  5 May 1676 70
 6 Mar 1677 Richard Williams     c 1654  4 Sep 1692
 4 Mar 1679 Rowland Gwynne [kt 1680]     c 1658 24 Jan 1726
24 Mar 1685 Richard Williams     c 1654  4 Sep 1692
17 Jan 1689 Sir Rowland Gwynne     c 1658 24 Jan 1726
25 Feb 1690 Richard Williams c 1654  4 Sep 1692
29 Nov 1692 John Jeffreys c 1659 2 Oct 1715
2 Aug 1698 Thomas Harley c 1667 Jan 1738
22 Feb 1715 Richard Fowler        1681        1731 50
10 Apr 1722 Sir Humphrey Howorth     c 1684  4 Feb 1755
11 Mar 1755 Howell Gwynne 16 Apr 1718        1780 62
11 Apr 1761 James Brydges,styled Marquess of Carnarvon,
later [1771] 3rd Duke of Chandos 16 Dec 1731 10 Oct 1789 57
 7 Apr 1768 Chase Price     c 1731 28 Jun 1777
29 Jul 1777 Thomas Johnes     c 1721    May 1780
26 Jun 1780 Thomas Johnes 20 Aug 1748 23 Apr 1816 67
 7 Jun 1796 Walter Wilkins 14 Nov 1741 17 Mar 1828 86
9 Apr 1828 Thomas Frankland Lewis,later [1846] 1st
baronet 14 May 1780 22 Jan 1855 74
19 Jan 1835 Walter Wilkins 13 Oct 1809    May 1840 30
10 Jun 1840 Sir John Benn Walsh,2nd baronet,later
[1868] 1st Baron Ormathwaite  9 Dec 1798  3 Feb 1881 82
29 Apr 1868 Arthur Walsh,later [1881] 2nd Baron 
Ormathwaite 14 Apr 1827 27 Mar 1920 92
8 Apr 1880 Sir Richard Green-Price,1st baronet 18 Oct 1803 11 Aug 1887 83
 5 Dec 1885 Arthur Henry John Walsh,later [1920] 3rd
Baron Ormathwaite 10 Apr 1859 13 Mar 1937 77
   Jul 1892 Francis Edwards,later [1907] 1st baronet 28 Apr 1852 10 May 1927 75
24 Jul 1895 Sir Powlett Charles John Milbank,2nd
baronet  1 May 1852 30 Jan 1918 65
10 Oct 1900 Sir Francis Edwards,1st baronet 28 Apr 1852 10 May 1927 75
19 Jan 1910 Charles Leyshon Dillwyn Venables-
Llewelyn,later [1927] 2nd baronet 29 Jun 1870 24 Jun 1951 80
   Dec 1910 Sir Francis Edwards,1st baronet 28 Apr 1852 10 May 1927 75
   CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918 
  RAMSEY (HUNTINGDONSHIRE)
 3 Dec 1885 William Henry Fellowes,later [1887] 2nd 
Baron de Ramsey 16 May 1848  8 May 1925 76
30 Aug 1887 Ailwyn Edward Fellowes,later [1921] 1st 
Baron Ailwyn 10 Nov 1855 23 Sep 1924 68
17 Jan 1906 Alexander Claude Forster Boulton        1862 12 Mar 1949 86
28 Jan 1910 Oliver Stillingfleet Locker-Lampson        1880  8 Oct 1954 74
   CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918 
  RATHMINES (DUBLIN COUNTY)
14 Dec 1918 Sir Maurice Edward Dockrell 21 Dec 1850  5 Aug 1929 78
 CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922 
  RAVENSBOURNE
28 Feb 1974 Sir John Leonard Hunt 27 Oct 1929
 CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1997
RAYLEIGH (ESSEX)
1 May 1997 Michael Clark 8 Aug 1935
7 Jun 2001 Mark Francois 14 Aug 1965
  READING (BERKSHIRE)
10 Apr 1660 Sir Thomas Rich,1st baronet     c 1601 15 Oct 1667
John Blagrave 12 Aug 1630  9 Mar 1704 73
 9 Apr 1661 Sir Thomas Dolman 13 Jan 1622 18 Jul 1697 75
Richard Aldworth     c 1614  5 Oct 1680
 6 Feb 1679 John Blagrave 12 Aug 1630  9 Mar 1704 73
Nathan Knight  4 Jan 1643 c Jun 1694 51
13 Mar 1685 Thomas Coates  c Jun 1686
John Breedon     c 1622 16 Aug 1685
Election declared void 23 Jun 1685
27 Jun 1685 Thomas Coates  (to 1689) c Jun 1686
John Breedon     c 1622 16 Aug 1685
17 Nov 1685 William Aldworth     c 1655 26 Aug 1700
 9 Jan 1689 Sir Henry Fane     c 1650  Jan 1706
Sir William Rich,2nd baronet     c 1654 Jul 1711
25 Jul 1698 Sir Owen Buckingham  (to Nov 1701) c 1649 20 Mar 1713
John Dalby c 1651 by Oct 1720
4 Jan 1701 Francis Knollys 8 Feb 1673 Jul 1701 28
22 Nov 1701 Anthony Blagrave 21 Sep 1680 19 Dec 1744 64
Tanfield Vachell  (to 1705) 14 Apr 1668 19 Oct 1705 37
21 Jul 1702 Sir Owen Buckingham  (to 1708) c 1649 20 Mar 1713
26 Nov 1705 Sir William Rich,2nd baronet     c 1654 Jul 1711
4 May 1708 Owen Buckingham  (to 1713) 16 Dec 1674  5 Mar 1720 45
Anthony Blagrave 21 Sep 1680 19 Dec 1744 64
4 Oct 1710 John Dalby c 1651 by Oct 1720
26 Aug 1713 Robert Clarges     c 1693 c Feb 1726
Felix Calvert 9 May 1664 29 Dec 1736 72
[Both members were again returned at the
general election on 1 Feb 1715,but their
elections were subsequently declared void on
30 May 1716]
 6 Jun 1716 Charles Cadogan,later [1726] 2nd Baron Cadogan
(to 1722)        1685 24 Sep 1776 91
Owen Buckingham 16 Dec 1674  5 Mar 1720 45
15 Mar 1720 Richard Thompson     c 1735
24 Mar 1722 Anthony Blagrave 21 Sep 1680 19 Dec 1744 64
Clement Kent     c 1682 25 Dec 1746
16 Aug 1727 Richard Potenger  (to 1739)     c 1690 26 Nov 1739
Richard Thompson     c 1735
23 Apr 1734 Henry Grey  (to 1740) 17 Aug 1683  9 Sep 1740 57
 6 Dec 1739 John Blagrave  (to 1747) 11 Feb 1713  9 Dec 1787 74
26 Nov 1740 William Strode  [he was unseated on petition     c 1712 29 Apr 1755
in favour of John Dodd 17 Feb 1741]
17 Feb 1741 John Dodd 24 Sep 1717  9 Feb 1782 64
 4 May 1741 William Strode     c 1712 29 Apr 1755
29 Jun 1747 John Conyers 13 Dec 1717  8 Sep 1775 57
Richard Neville Aldworth (Neville from 1762)  3 Sep 1717 17 Jul 1793 75
18 Apr 1754 William Strode     c 1712 29 Apr 1755
Charles Fane,2nd Viscount Fane [I]  (to 1761)  after 1708 24 Jan 1766
19 Nov 1755 John Dodd  (to 1782) 24 Sep 1717  9 Feb 1782 64
25 Mar 1761 Sir Francis Knollys,1st baronet     c 1722 29 Jun 1772
16 Mar 1768 Henry Vansittart  3 Jun 1732 c Jan 1770 37
 7 Oct 1774 Francis Annesley  (to 1806)  2 May 1734 17 Apr 1812 77
21 Feb 1782 Richard Aldworth-Neville (Griffin from 1797),
later [1797] 2nd Baron Braybrooke 29 Jun 1750 28 Feb 1825 74
 5 Jun 1797 John Simeon 18 Mar 1756  4 Feb 1824 67
 5 Jul 1802 Charles Shaw Lefevre  (to 1820) 20 Sep 1759 27 Apr 1823 63
29 Oct 1806 John Simeon 18 Mar 1756  4 Feb 1824 67
19 Jun 1818 Charles Fyshe Palmer  (to 1826)     c 1771 24 Jan 1843
16 Mar 1820 John Berkeley Monck  (to 1830) c Sep 1769 13 Dec 1834 65
20 Jun 1826 George Spence   [his name was erased from 1787 12 Dec 1850 63
the return and that of Charles Fyshe
Palmer substituted 26 Mar 1827]
26 Mar 1827 Charles Fyshe Palmer   (to 1835)     c 1770 24 Jan 1843
12 Aug 1830 Charles Russell  (to 1837) 22 Jul 1786 15 May 1856 69
 8 Jan 1835 Thomas Noon Talfourd  (to 1841) 26 May 1795 13 Mar 1854 58
25 Jul 1837 Charles Fyshe Palmer     c 1770 24 Jan 1843
30 Jun 1841 Charles Russell 22 Jul 1786 15 May 1856 69
Henry Charles Cadogan,styled Viscount Chelsea,
later [1864] 4th Earl Cadogan 15 Feb 1812  8 Jun 1873 61
31 Jul 1847 Francis Piggott  (to Nov 1860)        1809 21 Jan 1863 53
Thomas Noon Talfourd 26 May 1795 13 Mar 1854 58
 8 Aug 1849 John Frederick Stanford 1815  2 Dec 1880 65
 8 Jul 1852 Sir Henry Singer Keating        1804  1 Oct 1888 84
11 Jan 1860 Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid,2nd baronet  1 May 1808  2 May 1878 70
(to 1878)
21 Nov 1860 Gillery Piggott        1813 28 Apr 1875 61
17 Oct 1863 George John Shaw-Lefevre,later [1906] 1st
Baron Eversley  (to 1885) 12 Jun 1831 19 Apr 1928 96
19 May 1878 George Palmer 18 Jan 1818 19 Aug 1897 79
25 Nov 1885 Charles Townshend Murdoch        1837  8 Jul 1898 61
   Jul 1892 George William Palmer 23 May 1851  8 Oct 1913 62
15 Jul 1895 Charles Townshend Murdoch        1837  8 Jul 1898 61
25 Jul 1898 George William Palmer 23 May 1851  8 Oct 1913 62
 6 Aug 1904 Rufus Daniel Isaacs,later [1926] 1st Marquess
of Reading 10 Oct 1860 30 Dec 1935 75
 8 Nov 1913 Leslie Orme Wilson  1 Aug 1876 29 Sep 1955 79
15 Nov 1922 Edward Cecil George Cadogan 15 Nov 1880 13 Sep 1962 81
 6 Dec 1923 Somerville Hastings 4 Mar 1878  7 Jul 1967 89
29 Oct 1924 Herbert Geraint Williams,later [1953] 1st
baronet  2 Dec 1884 25 Jul 1954 69
30 May 1929 Somerville Hastings 4 Mar 1878  7 Jul 1967 89
27 Oct 1931 Alfred Bakewell Howitt 11 Feb 1879  8 Dec 1954 75
26 Jul 1945 Ian Mikardo  9 Jul 1908 6 May 1993 84
  SPLIT INTO NTH & STH DIVISIONS 1950,
BUT RE-UNITED 1955
26 May 1955 Ian Mikardo  9 Jul 1908 6 May 1993 84
 8 Oct 1959 Peter Frank Hannibal Emery 27 Feb 1926 9 Dec 2004 78
31 Mar 1966 John Michael Hubert Lee 13 Aug 1927
18 Jun 1970 Gerard Folliott Vaughan 11 Jun 1923 29 Jul 2003 80
  AGAIN SPLIT INTO NORTH & 
SOUTH DIVISIONS FEB 1974
READING EAST
 9 Jun 1983 Sir Gerard Folliott Vaughan 11 Jun 1923 29 Jul 2003 80
1 May 1997 Jane Patricia Griffiths 17 Apr 1954
5 May 2005 Robert Wilson 4 Jan 1965
  READING NORTH
23 Feb 1950 Ronald William Gordon Mackay  3 Sep 1902 15 Jan 1960 57
25 Oct 1951 Frederic Mackarness Bennett  [kt 1964]  2 Dec 1918 14 Sep 2002 83
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1955,
BUT REVIVED 1974
28 Feb 1974 Robert Anthony Bevis Durant 9 Jan 1928
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
  READING SOUTH
23 Feb 1950 Ian Mikardo  9 Jul 1908 6 May 1993 84
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1955,
BUT REVIVED 1974
28 Feb 1974 Gerard Folliott Vaughan 11 Jun 1923 29 Jul 2003 80
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
  READING WEST
 9 Jun 1983 Sir Robert Anthony Bevis Durant 9 Jan 1928
1 May 1997 Martin John Salter 19 Apr 1954
  REDCAR (CLEVELAND)
28 Feb 1974 James Tinn 23 Aug 1922 18 Nov 1999 77
11 Jun 1987 Marjorie Mowlam 18 Sep 1949 19 Aug 2005 55
7 Jun 2001 Vera Baird 13 Feb 1951
REDDITCH
1 May 1997 Jacqueline Jill Smith 3 Nov 1962
REGENT'S PARK AND KENSINGTON NORTH
1 May 1997 Karen Patricia Buck 30 Aug 1958
  REIGATE (SURREY)
 9 Apr 1660 John Hele  3 Mar 1626 25 Jan 1661 34
Edward Thurland  (to 1673) 22 Feb 1607 14 Jan 1683 75
22 Mar 1661 Roger James  (to 1681)     c 1620 25 Jul 1700
31 Jan 1673 Sir John Werden,1st baronet 25 Mar 1640 29 Oct 1716 76
Election declared void 6 Feb 1673. At the
subsequent by-election held on 11 Feb 1673,
Werden was again elected
10 Feb 1679 Deane Goodwin 14 Jan 1658 13 May 1692 34
10 Oct 1679 Ralph Freeman  [he was unseated on petition     c 1655    Aug 1686
in favour of Deane Goodwin 9 Dec 1680]
9 Dec 1680 Deane Goodwin  (to 1685) 14 Jan 1658 13 May 1692 34
 9 Feb 1681 Ralph Freeman     c 1655    Aug 1686
27 Mar 1685 Sir John Werden,1st baronet 25 Mar 1640 29 Oct 1716 76
Sir John Parsons  [following the general  28 Aug 1639 25 Jan 1717 77
election in Jan 1689,he was unseated on
petition in favour of Thomas Vincent on
1 Mar 1689]
11 Jan 1689 Roger James  (to 1690)     c 1620 25 Jul 1700
 1 Mar 1689 Thomas Vincent     c 1660 31 Aug 1700
27 Feb 1690 Sir John Parsons  28 Aug 1639 25 Jan 1717 77
John Parsons 18 Nov 1667 by May 1706
22 Jul 1698 Stephen Hervey  (to 1707) 20 Oct 1655 24 May 1707 51
Edward Thurland c 1669 Dec 1731
3 Jan 1701 Sir John Parsons  (to 1717) 28 Aug 1639 25 Jan 1717 77
29 Nov 1707 James Cocks      c 1685 26 May 1750
6 Oct 1710 John Ward 26 Jun 1682 30 Jul 1755 73
26 Aug 1713 James Cocks  (to 1747)     c 1685 26 May 1750
15 Mar 1717 William Jordan     c 1665  7 Apr 1720
21 Apr 1720 Thomas Jordan     c 1689 20 Jul 1750
28 Mar 1722 Sir Joseph Jekyll     c 1662 19 Aug 1738
16 Feb 1739 John Hervey 25 Jun 1696 30 Jul 1764 68
 2 May 1741 Philip Yorke,later [1764] 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
(to Dec 1747)   [at the general election in  9 Dec 1720 16 May 1790 69
Jun 1747,Yorke was also returned for 
Cambridgeshire,for which he chose to sit]
26 Jun 1747 Charles Cocks,later [1772] 1st baronet and
[1784] 1st Baron Somers  (to 1784) 29 Jun 1725 30 Jan 1806 80
 7 Dec 1747 Charles Yorke 30 Dec 1722 20 Jan 1770 47
16 Mar 1768 John Yorke 27 Aug 1728  4 Sep 1801 73
31 Mar 1784 William Bellingham,later [1796] 1st baronet     c 1755 27 Oct 1826
(to 1789)
Edward Leeds 30 Nov 1728 22 Mar 1803 74
 4 Jun 1787 Reginald Pole-Carew  (to 1790) 28 Jul 1753  3 Jan 1835 81
18 Aug 1789 Samuel Hood,Baron Hood,later [1796] 1st
Viscount Hood 12 Dec 1724 27 Jan 1816 91
19 Jun 1790 John Sommers Cocks,later [1821] 1st Earl Somers  6 May 1760  5 Jan 1841 80
Joseph Sydney Yorke  (to Nov 1806)  6 Jun 1768  5 May 1831 62
For further information on the death of this
MP, see the note at the foot of this page
17 Feb 1806 Philip James Cocks   2 Dec 1774  1 Apr 1857 82
 1 Nov 1806 Edward Charles Cocks  (to 1812) 27 Jul 1786  8 Oct 1812 26
Philip Yorke,styled Viscount Royston  7 May 1784  7 Apr 1808 23
28 May 1808 James Cocks  (to 1818) 14 Aug 1773 16 Jan 1854 80
 6 Oct 1812 John Somers Cocks,later [1841] 2nd Earl Somers 19 Mar 1788  5 Oct 1852 64
16 Jun 1818 Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke  (to Jul 1831)  6 Jun 1768  5 May 1831 62
For further information on the death of this
MP, see the note at the foot of this page
James Somers Cocks  9 Jan 1790  5 Jul 1856 66
28 Feb 1823 James Cocks 14 Aug 1773 16 Jan 1854 80
30 Apr 1831 Joseph Yorke  (to 1832) 11 Jan 1807 4 Feb 1889 82
13 Jul 1831 Charles Philip Yorke,later [1834] 4th Earl of
Hardwicke 2 Apr 1799 17 Sep 1873 74
REPRESENTATION REDUCED
TO ONE MEMBER 1832
10 Dec 1832 John Somers-Cocks,styled Viscount Eastnor,
later [1841] 2nd Earl Somers 19 Mar 1788  5 Oct 1852 64
 3 Feb 1841 Charles Somers-Cocks,styled Viscount Eastnor,
later [1852] 3rd Earl Somers 14 Jul 1819 26 Sep 1883 64
28 Jul 1847 Thomas Somers-Cocks        1815 30 Aug 1899 84
28 Mar 1857 William Hackblock        1805  2 Jan 1858 52
 6 Feb 1858 Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson,later [1891]
1st baronet 11 Apr 1810  5 Mar 1895 84
23 Oct 1858 William John Monson,later [1862] 7th Baron
Monson and [1886] 1st Viscount Oxenbridge 18 Feb 1829 16 Apr 1898 69
 6 Feb 1863 Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower 25 Feb 1838 30 May 1895 57
[following the general election in Jul 1865,
his election was declared void 16 Apr 1866.
No writ was issued to replace him and the 
seat was disenfranchised under the Reform
Act 1867]
CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1867,
BUT REVIVED 1885
 2 Dec 1885 Sir James John Trevor Lawrence,2nd
baronet 30 Dec 1831 22 Dec 1913 81
   Jul 1892 Henry Cubitt,later [1917] 2nd Baron Ashcombe 14 Mar 1867 27 Oct 1947 80
20 Jan 1906 Harry Cunningham Brodie 18 Jan 1875 27 Feb 1956 81
24 Jan 1910 Richard Hamilton Rawson 21 Feb 1863 18 Oct 1918 55
14 Dec 1918 Sir George Kynaston Cockerill 13 Aug 1867 19 Apr 1957 89
27 Oct 1931 Gordon Cosmo Touche,later [1962] 1st
baronet  8 Jul 1895 19 May 1972 76
23 Feb 1950 John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan,later [1960] 1st
baronet and [1970] Baron Reigate [L]  2 Feb 1905 26 Jan 1995 89
18 Jun 1970 Sir Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe,later [1992]
Baron Howe of Aberavon [L] 20 Dec 1926
28 Feb 1974 Sir George Arthur Gardiner  3 Mar 1935 16 Nov 2002 67
1 May 1997 Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt 15 Jul 1960
  RENFREWSHIRE
15 Jun 1708 Sir John Shaw,3rd baronet c 1679 5 Apr 1752
23 Oct 1710 Sir Robert Pollock,1st baronet     c 1665 22 Aug 1735
25 Apr 1722 Thomas Cochrane 23 Jul 1691 27 Jun 1778 86
21 Sep 1727 Sir John Shaw     c 1679  5 Apr 1752
30 May 1734 Alexander Cuninghame     c 1689  1 Sep 1742
23 Dec 1742 William Mure   late 1718 25 Mar 1776 57
16 Apr 1761 Patrick Crauford     c 1704 10 Jan 1778
 7 Apr 1768 William McDowall     c 1719 29 Nov 1784
24 Oct 1774 John Crauford     c 1742 26 May 1814
30 Sep 1780 John Shaw-Stewart,later [1796] 4th baronet        1739  7 Aug 1812 73
21 Aug 1783 William McDowall     c 1749  3 Apr 1810
19 Oct 1786 John Shaw-Stewart,later [1796] 4th baronet        1739  7 Aug 1812 73
13 Jun 1796 Boyd Alexander    Jan 1758 15 Jul 1825 67
23 Jul 1802 William McDowall     c 1749  3 Apr 1810
 2 May 1810 Archibald Speirs 10 Feb 1758  2 Nov 1832 74
 4 Jul 1818 John Maxwell,later [1844] 8th baronet 12 May 1791  6 Jun 1865 74
9 Aug 1830 Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart,6th baronet 4 Oct 1788 19 Dec 1836 48
30 Jan 1837 George Houstoun 31 Jul 1810 14 Sep 1843 33
12 Jul 1841 Patrick Maxwell Stewart        1795 30 Oct 1846 51
 9 Dec 1846 William Mure  9 Jul 1799  1 Apr 1860 60
14 May 1855 Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart,7th
baronet 26 Nov 1826 10 Dec 1903 77
19 Jul 1865 Archibald Alexander Speirs        1840 30 Dec 1868 28
25 Jan 1869 Henry Austen Bruce,later [1873] 1st 
Baron Aberdare 16 Apr 1815 25 Feb 1895 79
13 Sep 1873 Archibald Campbell Campbell,later [1880] 1st
baronet and [1892] 1st Baron Blythswood 22 Feb 1837  8 Jul 1908 71
 7 Feb 1874 William Mure  9 May 1830  9 Nov 1880 50
29 Jul 1880 Alexander Crum        1828 23 Aug 1893 65
COUNTY SPLIT INTO EAST &
WEST DIVISIONS 1885
  RENFREWSHIRE EAST
 5 Dec 1885 James Finlayson        1823 17 Feb 1903 79
14 Jul 1886 Sir Michael Hugh Shaw-Stewart,8th
baronet 11 Jul 1854 29 Jun 1942 87
25 Jan 1906 Sir Robert Laidlaw 15 Jan 1856  3 Nov 1915 59
25 Jan 1910 John Gilmour,later [1920] 2nd baronet 27 May 1876 30 Mar 1940 63
14 Dec 1918 Joseph Johnstone        1860 13 Jan 1931 70
15 Nov 1922 Robert Nichol 12 Feb 1890 16 Apr 1925 35
29 Oct 1924 Alexander Munro MacRobert 5 Mar 1873 18 Oct 1930 57
28 Nov 1930 Douglas Douglas-Hamilton,styled Marquess of
Douglas and Clydesdale,later [1940] 14th Duke 
of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon  3 Feb 1903 30 Mar 1973 70
 9 May 1940 Sir Ernest Guy Richard Lloyd,later [1960]
1st baronet  7 Aug 1890 22 Sep 1987 97
 8 Oct 1959 Margaret Betty Harvie-Anderson,later [1979]
Baroness Skrimshire [L] 12 Aug 1913 7 Nov 1979 66
 3 May 1979 John Allan Stewart  1 Jun 1942
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
BUT REVIVED 2005
5 May 2005 James Murphy 23 Aug 1967
  RENFREWSHIRE WEST
 2 Dec 1885 Sir Archibald Campbell Campbell,later [1892] 1st
Baron Blythswood 22 Feb 1837  8 Jul 1908 71
   Jul 1892 Sir Charles Bine Renshaw,1st baronet 9 Dec 1848  6 Mar 1918 69
19 Jan 1906 Sir Thomas Glen Glen-Coats,1st baronet 19 Feb 1846 12 Jul 1922 76
21 Jan 1910 James William Greig 31 Jan 1859 10 Jun 1934 75
15 Nov 1922 Robert Murray 30 Jun 1869  9 Aug 1950 81
29 Oct 1924 Archibald Douglas MacInnes Shaw 15 Mar 1895 10 Jun 1957 62
30 May 1929 Robert Forgan 10 Mar 1891  8 Jan 1976 84
27 Oct 1931 Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn,
later [1953] 11th Earl of Dundee  3 May 1902 29 Jun 1983 81
26 Jul 1945 Thomas Scollan        1882     c 1974
23 Feb 1950 John Scott Maclay,later [1964] 1st Viscount
Muirshiel 26 Oct 1905 17 Aug 1992 86
15 Oct 1964 Norman Findlay Buchan 27 Oct 1922 23 Oct 1990 67
NAME ALTERED TO "RENFREWSHIRE WEST
& INVERCLYDE" 1983,BUT REVERTED 1997
1 May 1997 Thomas Graham 5 Dec 1943
7 Jun 2001 James Sheridan 24 Nov 1952
 CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2005
RENFREWSHIRE WEST & INVERCLYDE
 9 Jun 1983 Anna Anderson McCurley 18 Jan 1943
11 Jun 1987 Thomas Graham 5 Dec 1943
NAME ALTERED TO "RENFREWSHIRE
WEST" 1997
  RHONDDA (GLAMORGANSHIRE)
 3 Dec 1885 William Abraham 14 Jun 1842 14 May 1922 79
  CONSTITUENCY SPLIT INTO EAST &
WEST DIVISIONS 1918,RE-UNITED 1974
28 Feb 1974 Trevor Alec Jones 12 Aug 1924
 9 Jun 1983 Allan Ralph Rogers 24 Oct 1932
7 Jun 2001 Chris Bryant 11 Jan 1962
  RHONDDA EAST (GLAMORGANSHIRE)
14 Dec 1918 David Watts Morgan 18 Dec 1867 23 Feb 1933 65
28 Mar 1933 William Henry Mainwaring 14 Apr 1884 18 May 1971 87
 8 Oct 1959 Gwilym Elfed Davies,later [1974] Baron Davies
of Penrhys [L]  9 Oct 1913 28 Apr 1992 78
 CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED FEB 1974 
  RHONDDA WEST (GLAMORGANSHIRE)
14 Dec 1918 William Abraham 14 Jun 1842 14 May 1922 79
21 Dec 1920 William John  6 Oct 1878 27 Aug 1955 76
23 Feb 1950 Iorwerth Rhys Thomas 22 Jan 1895  3 Dec 1966 71
 9 Mar 1967 Trevor Alec Jones 12 Aug 1924
 CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED FEB 1974 
RIBBLE VALLEY (LANCASHIRE)
 9 Jun 1983 David Charles Waddington,later [1990]
Baron Waddington [L]  2 Aug 1929
7 Mar 1991 Michael Carr 31 Jan 1946
9 Apr 1992 Nigel Martin Evans 10 Nov 1957
  RICHMOND (SURREY)
14 Dec 1918 Clifford Blackburn Edgar        1857 20 Mar 1931 73
15 Nov 1922 Harry Thomas Alfred Becker 16 Jun 1892 6 Mar 1980 87
29 Oct 1924 Sir Newton James Moore 17 May 1870 28 Oct 1936 66
13 Apr 1932 Sir William Ray 17 Feb 1876 30 Sep 1937 61
25 Feb 1937 Sir George Steven Harvie-Watt,1st baronet 23 Aug 1903 18 Dec 1989 86
 8 Oct 1959 Sir Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle,later
[1983] Baron Fanshaw of Richmond [L] 27 Mar 1927 28 Dec 2001 74
NAME ALTERED TO "RICHMOND 
& BARNES" 1983
  RICHMOND (YORKSHIRE)
 3 Apr 1660 James Darcy 30 Nov 1617   late 1673 56
Sir Christopher Wyvill  6 Dec 1614  8 Feb 1681 66
 9 Apr 1661 Sir John Yorke  (to 1664)     c 1634  1 Apr 1663
Joseph Cradock  [he was unseated on      c 1605  6 Apr 1686
petition in favour of John Wandesford 
17 Jan 1662]
17 Jan 1662 John Wandesford  (to 1665)     c 1632  2 Dec 1664
 9 Apr 1664 Sir William Killigrew  (to 1679) 28 May 1606 17 Oct 1695 89
 9 Feb 1665 Marmaduke Darcy  4 Jun 1615  3 Jul 1687 72
13 Feb 1679 Thomas Cradock  8 Apr 1633 25 Feb 1690 56
Humphrey Wharton  (to 1685)    Feb 1626 24 Aug 1694 68
11 Feb 1681 John Darcy  (to Feb 1689)   [at the general  5 Nov 1659  6 Jan 1689 29
election held on 10 Jan 1689,Darcy was again
returned,notwithstanding that he had died 
four days earlier]
25 Mar 1685 Thomas Cradock  8 Apr 1633 25 Feb 1690 56
10 Jan 1689 Thomas Yorke  (to 1690) 29 Jun 1658 16 Nov 1716 58
15 Feb 1689 Philip Darcy  1 May 1661    mid 1694 33
25 Feb 1690 Sir Mark Milbanke,2nd baronet by 1660 May 1698
Theodore Bathurst c 1646 early 1697
25 Oct 1695 Thomas Yorke  (to 1710) 29 Jun 1658 16 Nov 1716 58
Sir Marmaduke Wyvill,5th baronet c 1666 2 Nov 1722
27 Jul 1698 James Darcy,later [1721] 1st Baron Darcy
of Navan [I] 21 Aug 1650 19 Jul 1731 80
25 Nov 1701 John Hutton 14 Jul 1659 2 Mar 1731 71
21 Jul 1702 James Darcy,later [1721] 1st Baron Darcy
of Navan [I] 21 Aug 1650 19 Jul 1731 80
14 May 1705 Wharton Dunch by 1679 22 Sep 1705
6 Dec 1705 William Walsh 6 Oct 1662 16 Mar 1708 45
10 May 1708 Harry Mordaunt  (to 1720) 29 Mar 1663  4 Jan 1720 56
11 Oct 1710 John Yorke 16 Dec 1685 14 Jul 1757 71
3 Sep 1713 Thomas Yorke 29 Jun 1658 16 Nov 1716 58
 5 Mar 1717 John Yorke  (to 1727) 16 Dec 1685 14 Jul 1757 71
25 Jan 1720 Richard Abell     c 1688  after 1744
17 Mar 1722 Conyers Darcy  [kt 1725]     c 1685  1 Dec 1758
24 Aug 1727 Charles Bathurst     c 1703 24 Sep 1743
Sir Marmaduke Wyvill,6th baronet        1692 27 Dec 1754 62
[Both members were unseated on petition in
favour of Sir Conyers Darcy and John Yorke
14 Mar 1728]
14 Mar 1728 Sir Conyers Darcy   [at the general election in      c 1685  1 Dec 1758
Jun 1747,Darcy was also returned for 
Yorkshire,for which he chose to sit]
John Yorke  (to 1757) 16 Dec 1685 14 Jul 1757 71
11 Dec 1747 William Henry Kerr,styled Earl of Ancram,
later [1767] 4th Marquess of Lothian  (to 1763)     c 1710 12 Apr 1775
14 Dec 1757 Thomas Yorke 19 May 1688 26 Mar 1768 79
30 Mar 1761 Sir Ralph Milbanke  (to 1768)     c 1721  8 Jan 1798
16 Mar 1763 Thomas Dundas,later [1781] 2nd baronet
and [1794] 1st Baron Dundas 16 Feb 1741 14 Jun 1820 79
21 Mar 1768 Sir Lawrence Dundas   [he was also returned     c 1710 21 Sep 1781
for Edinburgh,for which he chose to sit]
Alexander Wedderburn,later [1801] 1st
Earl of Rosslyn  (to 1769) 13 Feb 1733  2 Jan 1805 71
21 Nov 1768 William Norton,later [1789] 2nd Baron
Grantley  (to 1774) 19 Feb 1742 12 Nov 1822 80
26 May 1769 Charles John Crowle     c 1738  7 Mar 1811
12 Oct 1774 Sir Lawrence Dundas  (to Dec 1775)  [he was     c 1710 21 Sep 1781
also returned for Edinburgh,for which he
chose to sit]
Thomas Dundas,later [1781] 2nd baronet
and [1794] 1st Baron Dundas  [he was 16 Feb 1741 14 Jun 1820 79
also returned for Stirlingshire,for which he
chose to sit]
 6 Jan 1775 Charles Dundas,later [1832] 1st Baron Amesbury
(to 1780)  5 Aug 1751 30 Jun 1832 80
19 Dec 1775 William Norton,later [1789] 2nd Baron
Grantley  19 Feb 1742 12 Nov 1822 80
11 Sep 1780 Sir Lawrence Dundas  [he was also returned     c 1710 21 Sep 1781
for Edinburgh,for which he chose to sit]
James Graham,styled Marquess of Graham,later
[1790] 3rd Duke of Montrose  (to 1784)  8 Sep 1755 30 Dec 1836 81
 9 Apr 1781 George Fitzwilliam 28 Feb 1757  6 May 1786 29
 2 Apr 1784 Murrough O'Brien,5th Earl of Inchiquin [I],
later [1800] 1st Marquess of Thomond          1726 10 Feb 1808 81
(to 1796)
Charles Dundas,later [1832] 1st Baron Amesbury  5 Aug 1751 30 Jun 1832 80
 
 7 Feb 1786 Grey Cooper     c 1726 30 Jul 1801
22 Jun 1790 Lawrence Dundas,later [1820] 2nd Baron 
Dundas and [1838] 1st Earl of Zetland 10 Apr 1766 19 Feb 1839 72
(to 1802) 10 Apr 1766 19 Feb 1839 72
30 May 1796 Charles George Beauclerk 20 Jan 1774 25 Dec 1845 71
 3 Dec 1798 Arthur Shakespeare  (to 1808)     c 1748 12 Jun 1818
 7 Jul 1802 George Heneage Lawrence Dundas  8 Sep 1778  7 Oct 1834 56
24 Feb 1806 Charles Lawrence Dundas  (to 1810) 18 Jul 1771 25 Jan 1810 38
13 Jul 1808 Lawrence Dundas,later [1820] 2nd Baron 
Dundas and [1838] 1st Earl of Zetland 10 Apr 1766 19 Feb 1839 72
(to Jan 1812) 10 Apr 1766 19 Feb 1839 72
16 Feb 1810 Robert Chaloner  (to 1818) 23 Sep 1776  7 Oct 1842 66
21 Jan 1812 George Heneage Lawrence Dundas  8 Sep 1778  7 Oct 1834 56
 9 Oct 1812 Dudley North (Long-North from Dec 1812) 14 Mar 1748 21 Feb 1829 80
19 Jun 1818 James Maitland,styled Viscount Maitland,
later [1839] 9th Earl of Lauderdale [S] 12 Feb 1784 22 Aug 1860 76
Thomas Dundas,later [1839] 2nd Earl
of Zetland  (to 1830)  5 Feb 1795  6 May 1873 78
10 Mar 1820 Samuel Barrett Moulton-Barrett 31 Mar 1787 23 Dec 1837 50
8 Feb 1828 Sir Robert Lawrence Dundas  (to 1835) 27 Jul 1780 23 Nov 1844 64
2 Aug 1830 John Charles Dundas 21 Aug 1808 14 Feb 1866 57
 6 Jan 1835 Thomas Dundas,later [1839] 2nd Earl
of Zetland   5 Feb 1795  6 May 1873 78
Alexander Speirs  (to Feb 1841)
12 Mar 1839 Sir Robert Lawrence Dundas 
(to Jun 1841) 27 Jul 1780 23 Nov 1844 64
16 Feb 1841 George Wentworth Fitzwilliam  3 May 1817  4 Mar 1874 56
30 Jun 1841 John Charles Dundas  (to 1847) 21 Aug 1808 14 Feb 1866 57
William Nicholas Ridley Colborne 24 Jul 1814 23 Mar 1846 31
 8 Apr 1846 Henry Rich.later [1863] 1st baronet 
(to 1861) 1797  5 Nov 1869 72
29 Jul 1847 Marmaduke Wyvill  (to 1865) 22 Dec 1815 25 Jun 1896 80
 9 Jul 1861 Sir Roundell Palmer,later [1882] 1st Earl
of Selborne  (to 1872) 27 Nov 1812  6 May 1895 82
11 Jul 1865 John Charles Dundas 21 Aug 1808 14 Feb 1866 57
 6 Mar 1866 Marmaduke Wyvill 22 Dec 1815 25 Jun 1896 80
REPRESENTATION REDUCED
TO ONE MEMBER 1868
 7 Nov 1872 Lawrence Dundas,later [1873] 3rd Earl of
of Zetland and [1892] 1st Marquess of Zetland 16 Aug 1844 11 Mar 1929 84
27 May 1873 John Charles Dundas 21 Sep 1845 13 Sep 1892 46
 5 Dec 1885 Sir Frederick Acclom Milbank 21 Apr 1820 28 Apr 1898 78
15 Jul 1886 Sir George William Elliot,2nd baronet 13 May 1844 15 Nov 1895 51
23 Jul 1895 John Hutton 10 Jan 1847 19 Dec 1921 74
25 Jan 1906 Francis Dyke Acland,later [1926] 14th
baronet  7 Mar 1874  9 Jun 1939 65
21 Jan 1910 William George Algar Orde-Powlett,
later [1922] 5th Baron Bolton 21 Aug 1869 11 Dec 1944 75
14 Dec 1918 Sir Murrough John Wilson 14 Sep 1875 30 Apr 1946 70
30 May 1929 Thomas Lionel Dugdale,later [1945] 1st baronet 
and [1959] 1st Baron Crathorne 20 Jul 1897 26 Mar 1977 79
 8 Oct 1959 Sir Timothy Peter Geoffrey Kitson 28 Jan 1931
 9 Jun 1983 Leon Brittan,later [2000] Baron Brittan
of Spennithorne [L] 25 Sep 1939
23 Feb 1989 William Jefferson Hague 26 Mar 1961
RICHMOND & BARNES (LONDON)
 9 Jun 1983 Jeremy James Hanley 17 Nov 1945
 CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1997
RICHMOND PARK
1 May 1997 Jennifer Louise Tonge,later [2005] 
Baroness Tonge [L] 19 Feb 1941
5 May 2005 Susan Kramer 22 Jul 1950
  RIPON (YORKSHIRE)
 2 Apr 1660 Henry Arthington  1 Jan 1616 19 Jun 1671 55
Sir Edmund Jennings 30 Nov 1626    Sep 1691 64
John Lambert
Double return. Arthington and Jennings
seated 3 May 1660
c Apr 1661 John Nicholas  (to Feb 1679) 19 Jan 1624  9 Jan 1705 80
Thomas Burwell     c 1603 25 Mar 1673
27 Mar 1673 Sir Edmund Jennings  (to Aug 1679) 30 Nov 1626    Sep 1691 64
11 Feb 1679 Richard Sterne  (to 1685)     c 1641 29 Jan 1716
26 Aug 1679 Christopher Wandesford,later [1707] 1st 
Viscount Castlecomer 19 Aug 1656 15 Sep 1707 51
20 Mar 1685 Gilbert Dolben,later [1704] 1st baronet     c 1658 22 Oct 1722
Sir Edmund Jennings 30 Nov 1626    Sep 1691 64
11 Jan 1689 Sir Edward Blackett,2nd baronet 25 Oct 1649 22 Apr 1718 68
Sir Jonathan Jennings  (to 1695) 25 Apr 1633 27 Jan 1707 73
28 Feb 1690 Sir Edmund Jennings 30 Nov 1626    Sep 1691 64
30 Oct 1691 Jonathan Jennings  (to 1701) c 1655 Jun 1701
26 Oct 1695 John Aislabie  (to 1702) 4 Dec 1670 18 Jun 1742 71
24 Nov 1701 John Sharp  (to 1715) 18 Jun 1678 9 Mar 1727 48
20 Jul 1702 Sir William Hustler c 1658 20 Aug 1730
14 May 1705 John Aislabie  (to 1721)  [expelled 8 Mar 1721]  4 Dec 1670 18 Jun 1742 71
 
 4 Feb 1715 Christopher Wandesford,2nd Viscount
Castlecomer [I]  2 Mar 1684 23 Jun 1719 35
 5 Dec 1719 William Aislabie  (to 1722)  3 Dec 1671 10 Nov 1725
 1 Apr 1721 William Aislabie  (to 1781)      c 1699 17 May 1781
28 Mar 1722 John Scrope     c 1662  9 Apr 1752
16 Aug 1727 William Aislabie by 1706 11 Apr 1773
29 Apr 1734 Thomas Duncombe     c 1683 23 Mar 1746
 8 May 1741 Henry Vane,later [1754] 1st Earl of Darlington     c 1705  6 Mar 1758
 1 Jul 1747 Sir Charles Vernon     c 1683  4 Apr 1762
28 Mar 1761 William Lawrence     c 1723  2 Sep 1798
19 Mar 1768 Charles Allanson     c 1720 17 Sep 1775
30 Oct 1775 William Lawrence     c 1723  2 Sep 1798
11 Sep 1780 Frederick Robinson  (to 1787) 11 Oct 1746 28 Dec 1792 46
 5 Jun 1781 William Lawrence  (to Oct 1798)     c 1723  2 Sep 1798
21 Dec 1787 Sir John Goodricke,5th baronet 20 May 1708  3 Aug 1789 81
 1 Sep 1789 Sir George Allanson-Winn,1st baronet,later
[1797] 1st Baron Headley [I]   (to Apr 1798)        1725  9 Apr 1798 72
28 Apr 1798 John Heathcote  (to 1806) 14 Nov 1767  3 May 1838 70
27 Oct 1798 Sir James Graham,1st baronet  (to 1807) 22 Apr 1761 13 Apr 1824 62
 4 Nov 1806 Charles Winn Allanson,2nd Baron Headley [I] 25 Jun 1784  9 Apr 1840 55
 9 May 1807 Frederick John Robinson,later [1827] 1st Viscount
Goderich and [1833] 1st Earl of Ripon  (to 1827)  1 Nov 1782 28 Jan 1859 76
George Gipps 18 Dec 1783 26 Apr 1869 85
12 Jun 1826 Lancelot Shadwell  (to 1828)  3 May 1779 10 Aug 1850 71
15 May 1827 Louis Hayes Petit  (to 1832) 9 Nov 1774 13 Nov 1849 75
8 Feb 1828 Sir Robert Harry Inglis,2nd baronet 12 Jan 1786 5 May 1855 69
2 Mar 1829 George Spence 1787 12 Dec 1850 63
10 Dec 1832 Thomas Kitchenham Staveley 20 Feb 1860
Joshua Samuel Crompton 17 Jun 1881
 8 Jan 1835 Sir Charles James Dalbiac 1775 8 Dec 1847 72
Thomas Pemberton,later [1858] 1st Baron
Kingsdown  (to 1843) 11 Feb 1793  7 Oct 1867 74
24 Jul 1837 Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden,later [1852] 1st
Baron St.Leonards 12 Feb 1781 29 Jan 1875 93
27 Sep 1841 Sir George Cockburn,later [1852] 10th baronet 22 Apr 1772 19 Aug 1853 81
(to 1847)
18 Mar 1843 Thomas Berry Cusack-Smith        1795 13 Aug 1866 71
 2 Feb 1846 Edwin Lascelles  (to 1857) 25 Dec 1799 25 Apr 1865 65
28 Jul 1847 Sir James Robert George Graham,2nd
baronet  1 Jun 1792 25 Oct 1861 69
 7 Jul 1852 William Beckett        1784 26 Jan 1863 78
27 Mar 1857 John Greenwood  (to 1865) 20 Feb 1829 21 Feb 1874 45
John Ashley Warre  5 Oct 1787 18 Nov 1860 73
22 Dec 1860 Reginald Arthur Vyner        1839 28 Sep 1870 31
12 Jul 1865 Sir Charles Wood,later [1866] 1st Viscount
Halifax 20 Dec 1800  8 Aug 1885 84
Robert Kearsley  (to 1868)        1822 22 Oct 1892 70
26 Feb 1866 Lord John Hay 23 Aug 1827  4 May 1916 88
REPRESENTATION REDUCED
TO ONE MEMBER 1868
15 Feb 1871 Sir Henry Knight Storks        1811  6 Sep 1874 63
 3 Feb 1874 Frederick Oliver Robinson,styled Earl de Grey,
later [1909] 2nd Marquess of Ripon 29 Jan 1852 23 Sep 1923 71
2 Apr 1880 George Joachim Goschen,later [1900]
1st Viscount Goschen 10 Aug 1831  7 Feb 1907 75
 2 Dec 1885 William Harker 23 Jun 1819 18 Sep 1905 86
10 Jul 1886 John Lloyd Wharton 18 Apr 1837 11 Jul 1912 75
26 Jan 1906 Henry Finnis Blosse Lynch 18 Apr 1862 24 Nov 1913 51
21 Jan 1910 Edward Frederick Lindley Wood,later [1934] 3rd
Viscount Halifax and [1944] 1st Earl of Halifax 16 Apr 1881 23 Dec 1959 78
 5 Dec 1925 John Waller Hills        1867 24 Dec 1938 71
23 Feb 1939 Christopher York 27 Jul 1909 13 Mar 1999 89
23 Feb 1950 Sir Malcolm Stoddart-Scott 23 Sep 1901 15 Jun 1973 71
26 Jul 1973 David Austick  8 Mar 1920 9 Feb 1997 76
28 Feb 1974 Keith Hampson 14 Aug 1943
CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
RIVERSIDE (LIVERPOOL)
 9 Jun 1983 Robert Parry  8 Jan 1933 9 Mar 2000 67
1 May 1997 Louise Joyce Ellman 14 Nov 1945
  ROCHDALE (LANCASHIRE)
14 Dec 1832 John Fenton 25 Jul 1863
 9 Jan 1835 John Entwistle 16 Aug 1784  5 Apr 1837 52
19 Apr 1837 John Fenton 25 Jul 1863
 2 Jul 1841 William Sharman Crawford 3 Sep 1780 17 Oct 1861 80
10 Jul 1852 Edward Miall 8 May 1809 29 Apr 1881 71
30 Mar 1857 Sir Alexander Ramsay,3rd baronet 26 May 1813  3 Mar 1875 61
29 Apr 1859 Richard Cobden  3 Jun 1804  2 Apr 1865 60
15 Apr 1865 Thomas Bayley Potter 29 Nov 1817  6 Nov 1898 80
15 Jul 1895 Clement Molyneux Royds 3 Apr 1842 28 Jan 1916 73
13 Jan 1906 Alexander Gordon Cummins Harvey 31 Dec 1858  6 Nov 1922 63
14 Dec 1918 Alfred Joseph Law 31 May 1860 18 Jul 1939 79
15 Nov 1922 Stanley Burgess        1889 2 Jun 1972 82
 6 Dec 1923 John Ramsay Bryce Muir 30 Sep 1872  4 May 1941 70
29 Oct 1924 William Thomas Kelly 21 Jun 1874 13 Mar 1940 65
27 Oct 1931 Thomas Edward Jesson 28 Jul 1882 23 Jul 1958 76
14 Nov 1935 William Thomas Kelly 21 Jun 1874 13 Mar 1940 65
20 Jul 1940 Hyacinth Bernard Wenceslaus Morgan 11 Sep 1885  7 May 1956 70
23 Feb 1950 Joseph Hale 28 Oct 1913 7 Feb 1985 71
25 Oct 1951 Wentworth Schofield 17 Apr 1891 16 Dec 1957 66
12 Feb 1958 John McCann 4 Dec 1910 16 Jul 1972 61
26 Oct 1972 Cyril Smith 28 Jun 1928
9 Apr 1992 Elizabeth Lynne 22 Jan 1948
1 May 1997 Lorna Fitzsimons 6 Aug 1967
5 May 2005 Paul John Rowen 11 May 1955
Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, MP for Reigate 1790-1806 and 1818-1831, St. Germans
1806-1810, West Looe 1812 and Sandwich 1812-1818
Yorke joined the navy at an early age and enjoyed a distinguished career, taking part in
American Revolutionary, the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars before he
retired with the rank of Admiral in order to devote himself to politics. On 5 May 1831, the
yacht on which he was travelling sank in the English Channel. Although the following
report gives the cause of the yacht's sinking as a sudden squall, other reports state that
the yacht was struck by lightning. The report below is taken from the 'Hull Packet and
Humber Mercury' of 17 May 1831.
'An inquest was held [on 6 May 1831], by the coroner, at Hamblerice, on view of the
bodies of Admiral Sir J. Yorke, K.C.B.,Captain Matthew Barton Bradley, R.N., Captain Thomas
Young, R.N., and John Chandler, seaman, who were drowned by the upsetting of the
Catherine, a yacht of about fourteen tons burthen, near Browndown Point, between
Portsmouth and Hamble, about four o'clock on Thursday afternoon. The unfortunate
gentlemen, with poor Chandler, were returning from Spithead, under a press of canvass,
when a sudden squall took the vessel, and she immediately went down stern foremost, in
ten fathoms [of] water. The accident was seen by a fisherman half a mile off, and he
immediately hastened to their assistance. He first came to Chandler, who had not been in
the water more than five or six minutes, and was yet alive and sensible, but speechless and
quite exhausted. The next ten minutes were occupied in well-meant but injudicious and
unsuccessful attempts to preserve the poor fellow's life. Meantime the three unfortunate
gentlemen floated without attention, being so completely enveloped in their cloaks and 
great coats, which so encumbered and concealed their bodies, as to be mistaken for
empty garments. As soon, however, as the fisherman discovered, to his great surprise, that
they were bodies, he took out those of Captains Bradley and Young, which had been in the
water about a quarter of an hour, but life was quite extinct. The body of Sir Jos. Yorke
floated further down, and was picked up about the same time by another boat with no sign
of life. ……'
Yorke's death is the central feature of a well-known ghost story. The usual version is that
his wife, Lady Yorke, was attending a concert in London, when she suddenly saw the figure
of her husband standing before her, dripping with water. Although the apparition only
lasted for a few seconds, it was so perfect that Lady Yorke became so distressed that she
had to leave the concert. As she was on her way out of the concert-hall, she met a friend
who remarked to her that "I have just seen Sir Joseph, but he was in such a hurry that I
could not speak to him."  Lady Yorke returned home and the next day the news arrived of
her husband's drowning.
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