THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
		CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH "D"
		Last updated 09/09/2012
Date		Name	Born	Died	Age
		Dates in italics in the first column denote that the election held on that
		date was a by-election. Dates shown in normal type were general elections,
		or, in some instances, the date of a successful petition against a
		previous election result.
		Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the MP was baptised on
		that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate that the MP was
		buried on that date
		DOVER
19 Apr 1660		Edward Montagu,later [Jul 1660] 1st
		Earl of Sandwich	27 Jul 1625	28 May 1672	46
		Arnold Braemes  (to 1661)	3 Oct 1602	13 Nov 1681	79
16 Aug 1660		George Montagu  (to 1679)	28 Jul 1622	19 Jul 1681	58
6 May 1661		Sir Francis Vincent,3rd baronet	c 1621	c May 1670
3 Nov 1670		Edward Montagu,styled Viscount
		Hinchingbrooke,later [1672] 2nd
		Sandwich	3 Jan 1648	29 Nov 1688	40
1 Feb 1673		Sir Edward Spragge		11 Aug 1673
		Election declared void 6 Feb 1673. At the
		subsequent by-election held on 11 Feb 1673,
		Spragge was again elected,but was unseated
		on petition in favour of Thomas Papillon
		16 Jan 1674
16 Jan 1674		Thomas Papillon  (to 1685)	6 Sep 1623	5 May 1702	78
3 Mar 1679		William Stokes	4 Apr 1624	6 Nov 1691	67
		John Strode
		Double return. Stokes declared elected
		1 Apr 1679
4 Apr 1685		Arthur Herbert,later [1689] 1st Earl of Torrington	c 1648	14 Apr 1716
		William Chapman	c 1647	after 1687
10 Jan 1689		Sir Basil Dixwell,2nd baronet	11 Dec 1665	25 Mar 1750	84
		Thomas Papillon  (to 1695)	6 Sep 1623	5 May 1702	78
6 Mar 1690		James Chadwick  (to 1697)	c 1660	19 May 1697
20 Oct 1695		Sir Basil Dixwell,2nd baronet  (to Jan 1701)	11 Dec 1665	28 Mar 1750	84
15 Dec 1697		Matthew Aylmer,later [1718] 1st Baron
		Aylmer [I]  (to 1713)	c 1658	18 Aug 1720
3 Jan 1701		Sir Charles Hedges	30 Jan 1650	10 Jun 1714	64
21 Nov 1701		Philip Papillon  (to 1720)	26 Nov 1660	12 Sep 1736	75
28 Aug 1713		Sir William Hardres,4th baronet	25 Jul 1686	7 Jul 1736	49
26 Jan 1715		Matthew Aylmer,later [1718] 1st Baron
		Aylmer [I]	c 1658	18 Aug 1720
20 Dec 1720		George Berkeley	c 1692	20 Oct 1746
		Henry Furnese	after 1688	30 Aug 1756
24 Apr 1734		David Papillon	1691	26 Feb 1762	70
		Thomas Revell  (to 1752)		26 Jan 1752
4 May 1741		Lord George Sackville,later [1782] 1st Viscount
		Sackville  (to 1761)	26 Jan 1716	26 Aug 1785	69
7 Feb 1752		William Cayley		14 Feb 1768
19 Apr 1755		Peter Burrell	6 Aug 1692	16 Apr 1756	63
6 May 1756		Hugh Valence Jones	9 Dec 1722	9 Jan 1800	77
8 Jun 1759		Edward Simpson  (to 1765)	c 1699	20 May 1764
27 Mar 1761		Sir Joseph Yorke,later [1788] 1st Baron Dover
		(to 1774)	24 Jun 1724	2 Dec 1792	68
16 Jan 1765		John Campbell,styled Marquess of Lorne,
		later [1770] 5th Duke of Argyll	Jun 1723	25 May 1806	82
23 Dec 1766		John Bindley	c 1735	18 Feb 1786
18 Mar 1768		George Bussy Villiers,styled Viscount Villiers,
		later [1769] 4th Earl of Jersey	9 Jun 1735	22 Aug 1805	70
20 Jan 1770		Sir Thomas Pym Hales,4th baronet	c 1726	18 Mar 1773
2 Apr 1773		Thomas Barret	c 1743	8 Jan 1803
11 Oct 1774		John Henniker,later [1781] 2nd baronet
		and [1800] 1st Baron Henniker [I]	15 Jun 1724	18 Apr 1803	78
		John Trevanion	c 1740	21 Apr 1810
5 Apr 1784		Robert Preston,later [1800] 6th baronet	21 Apr 1740	7 May 1834	94
		(to 1790)
		James Luttrell	c 1751	23 Dec 1788
14 Jan 1789		John Trevanion  (to 1806)	c 1740	21 Apr 1810
19 Jun 1790		Charles Small Pybus	3 Nov 1766	5 Sep 1810	43
9 Jul 1802		John Spencer Smith	11 Sep 1769	5 Jun 1845	75
6 Nov 1806		John Jackson,later [1815] 1st baronet  (to 1820)	30 Dec 1763	17 May 1820	56
		Charles Jenkinson,later [1851] 10th
		baronet	23 Feb 1779	6 Mar 1855	76
17 Jun 1818		Edward Bootle-Wilbraham,later [1828] 1st
		Baron Skelmersdale  (to 1828)	7 Mar 1771	3 Apr 1853	82
6 Mar 1820		Joseph Butterworth	c 1770	30 Jun 1826
19 Jun 1826		Charles Edward Poulett Thomson,later [1840]
		1st Baron Sydenham  (to 1833)   [at the	13 Sep 1799	19 Sep 1841	42
		general election in Dec 1832,he was also
		returned for Manchester,for which he
		chose to sit]
11 Feb 1828		William Henry Trant	Feb 1781	1 Oct 1859	78
5 Aug 1830		Sir John Rae Reid	2 Dec 1791	30 Jul 1867	76
28 Apr 1831		Robert Henry Stanhope	21 Apr 1802	2 Mar 1839	36
13 Dec 1832		Sir John Rae Reid  (to 1847)	1791	30 Jul 1867	76
7 Mar 1833		John Halcomb	1790	3 Nov 1852	62
7 Jan 1835		John Minet Fector	1812	24 Feb 1868	55
25 Jul 1837		Edward Royd Rice  (to 1857)	1790	27 Nov 1878	88
30 Jul 1847		Sir George Clerk,6th baronet	19 Nov 1787	23 Dec 1867	80
8 Jul 1852		Henry Charles Cadogan,styled Viscount
		Chelsea,later [1864] 4th Earl Cadogan	15 Feb 1812	8 Jun 1873	61
28 Mar 1857		Ralph Bernal Osborne	26 Mar 1808	4 Jan 1882	73
		Sir William Russell,2nd baronet	5 Apr 1822	19 Mar 1892	69
30 Apr 1859		Sir Henry John Leeke	1794	26 Feb 1870	75
		William Nicol	15 Sep 1790	8 Aug 1879	88
12 Jul 1865		Alexander George Dickson  (to 1889)	1834	3 Jul 1889	55
		Charles Kaye Freshfield	11 Mar 1808	6 Jun 1891	83
17 Nov 1868		George Jessel  [kt 1872]	13 Feb 1824	21 Mar 1883	59
		For information regarding an attempt on his life,
		see the note at the foot of this page
23 Sep 1873		Edward William Barnett
5 Feb 1874		Charles Kaye Freshfield	11 Mar 1808	6 Jun 1891	83
		REPRESENTATION REDUCED
		TO ONE MEMBER 1885
12 Jul 1889		George Wyndham	29 Aug 1863	8 Jun 1913	49
23 Jun 1913		Vere Brabazon Ponsonby,styled Viscount
		Duncannon,later [1920] 9th Earl of
		Bessborough [I]	27 Oct 1880	10 Mar 1956	75
12 Jan 1921		Sir Thomas Andrew Polson	28 Aug 1865	22 Aug 1946	80
15 Nov 1922		John Jacob Astor,later [1956] 1st Baron
		Astor of Hever	20 May 1886	20 Jul 1971	85
26 Jul 1945		John Richard Thomas	8 Mar 1897	4 Jul 1968	71
23 Feb 1950		John Sinclair Wemyss Arbuthnot,later [1964]
		1st baronet	11 Feb 1912	13 Jun 1992	80
15 Oct 1964		David Hedley Ennals,later [1983] Baron
		Ennals [L]	19 Aug 1922	17 Jun 1995	72
18 Jun 1970		Peter Wynford Innes Rees,later [1987]
		Baron Rees [L]	9 Dec 1926	30 Nov 2008	81
		NAME ALTERED TO "DOVER & DEAL"
		FEB 1974,BUT REVERTED 1983
9 Jun 1983		Peter Wynford Innes Rees,later [1987]
		Baron Rees [L]	9 Dec 1926	30 Nov 2008	81
11 Jun 1987		David Lawrence Shaw	14 Nov 1950
1 May 1997		Gwynfor Mathews Prosser	27 Apr 1943
6 May 2010		Charles Brett Anthony Elphicke	14 Mar 1971
		DOVER & DEAL
28 Feb 1974		Peter Wynford Innes Rees,later [1987]
		Baron Rees [L]	9 Dec 1926	30 Nov 2008	81
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983
		DOWN
1801		Robert Stewart,styled Viscount Castlereagh,
		later [1821] 2nd Marquess of Londonderry	18 Jun 1769	12 Aug 1822	53
		Francis Savage  (to May 1812)	16 Dec 1769	19 Sep 1823	54
27 Jul 1805		John Meade  (to 1817)	c 1775	6 Aug 1849
30 May 1812		Robert Ward	14 Jul 1754	May 1831	76
21 Oct 1812		Robert Stewart,styled Viscount Castlereagh,
		later [1821] 2nd Marquess of Londonderry
		(to 1821)	18 Jun 1769	12 Aug 1822	53
26 Feb 1817		Lord Arthur Moyses William Hill,later [1836]
		2nd Baron Sandys  (to 1836)	10 Jan 1792	16 Jul 1860	68
9 May 1821		Matthew Forde	17 May 1785	5 Aug 1837	52
8 Jul 1826		Frederick William Robert Stewart,styled
		Viscount Castlereagh,later [1854] 4th Marquess
		Londonderry  (to 1852)	7 Jul 1805	25 Nov 1872	67
30 Aug 1836		Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull
		Windsor Hill,styled Earl of Hillsborough,
		later [1845] 4th Marquess of Downshire	6 Aug 1812	6 Aug 1868	56
3 Jun 1845		Lord Arthur Edwin Hill-Trevor,later [1880] 1st
		Baron Trevor  (to 1880)	4 Nov 1819	25 Dec 1894	75
26 Jul 1852		David Steward Ker	c 1817	8 Oct 1878
13 Apr 1857		William Brownlow Forde	1823	8 Feb 1902	78
12 Feb 1874		James Sharman Crawford	1812	28 Apr 1878	65
20 May 1878		Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart,
		styled Viscount Castlereagh,later [1884]
		6th Marquess of Londonderry  (to 1884)	16 Jul 1852	8 Feb 1915	62
10 Apr 1880		Lord Arthur William Hill  (to 1885)	28 Jul 1846	13 Jan 1931	84
27 Nov 1884		Richard William Blackwood Ker	1850	19 Jun 1942	91
		SPLIT INTO 4 DIVISIONS 1885
		SEE "DOWN EAST","DOWN NORTH',
		"DOWN SOUTH" AND "DOWN WEST"
		CONSTITUENCIES RE-UNITED 1922
15 Nov 1922		David Douglas Reid,later [1936] 1st baronet	24 Aug 1872	23 Mar 1939	66
		(to 1939)
		John Morrow Simms	23 Nov 1854	29 Apr 1934	79
27 Oct 1931		Edward Charles Stewart Robert Vane-
		Tempest-Stewart,styled Viscount Castlereagh,
		later [1949] 8th Marquess of Londonderry	18 Nov 1902	17 Oct 1955	52
		(to 1945)
10 May 1939		James Little  (to 1946)	Oct 1868	31 Mar 1946	77
26 Jul 1945		Sir Walter Dorling Smiles  (to 1950)	8 Nov 1883	31 Jan 1953	69
		For further information on this MP,see
		the note at the foot of the page containing
		details of the MPs for Blackburn
6 Jun 1946		Charles Heron Mullan	17 Feb 1912	26 Oct 1996	84
		CONSTITUENCY SPLIT INTO NORTH
		& SOUTH DIVISIONS 1950
		DOWN EAST
Dec 1885		Richard William Blackwood Ker	1850	19 Jun 1942	91
25 Mar 1890		James Alexander Rentoul	1854	12 Aug 1919	65
5 Feb 1902		James Wood	1865	31 Oct 1936	71
20 Jan 1906		James Craig,later [1918] 1st baronet and [1927]
		1st Viscount Craigavon	8 Jan 1871	24 Nov 1940	69
14 Dec 1918		David Douglas Reid,later [1936] 1st
		baronet	24 Aug 1872	23 Mar 1939	66
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922
		DOWN MID
14 Dec 1918		James Craig,later [1918] 1st baronet and [1927]
		1st Viscount Craigavon	8 Jan 1871	24 Nov 1940	69
2 Jul 1921		Robert Gordon Sharman-Crawford	8 Sep 1853	20 Mar 1934	80
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922
		DOWN NORTH
2 Dec 1885		Thomas Waring	1828	12 Aug 1898	70
7 Sep 1898		John Blakiston-Houston	11 Sep 1829	27 Feb 1920	90
12 Oct 1900		Thomas Lorimer Corbett	1854	6 Apr 1910	55
28 Apr 1910		William Mitchell-Thomson,later [1918] 2nd
		baronet and [1932] 1st Baron Selsdon	15 Apr 1877	24 Dec 1938	61
14 Dec 1918		Thomas Watters Brown	17 Mar 1879	7 Oct 1944	65
21 Feb 1922		Sir Henry Hughes Wilson,1st baronet	5 May 1864	22 Jun 1922	58
		For further information on the death of this
		MP,see the note at the foot of the page
		containing details of his baronetcy
21 Jul 1922		John Morrow Simms	23 Nov 1854	29 Apr 1934	79
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922,
		BUT REVIVED 1950
23 Feb 1950		Sir Walter Dorling Smiles	8 Nov 1883	31 Jan 1953	69
		For further information on this MP,see
		the note at the foot of the page containing
		details of the MPs for Blackburn
15 Apr 1953		Patricia Ford	5 Apr 1921	23 May 1995	74
26 May 1955		George Boyle Hanna Currie	19 Dec 1905	20 Jan 1978	72
18 Jun 1970		James Alexander Kilfedder  [kt 1992]	16 Jul 1928	20 Mar 1995	66
15 Jun 1995		Robert Law McCartney	24 Apr 1936
7 Jun 2001		Sylvia Eileen, Lady Hermon	11 Aug 1955
		DOWN SOUTH
9 Dec 1885		John Francis Small	1853
13 Jul 1886		Michael McCartan	1851	30 Sep 1902	51
19 Feb 1902		Jeremiah MacVeagh	1870	17 Apr 1932	61
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922,
		BUT REVIVED 1950
23 Feb 1950		Lawrence Percy Story Orr	16 Sep 1918	11 Jul 1990	71
10 Oct 1974		John Enoch Powell	16 Jun 1912	8 Feb 1998	85
11 Jun 1987		Edward Kevin McGrady	3 Jun 1935
6 May 2010		Margaret Ritchie	25 Mar 1958
		DOWN WEST
27 Nov 1885		Lord Arthur William Hill	28 Jul 1846	13 Jan 1931	84
19 Jul 1898		Arthur Hill	30 Dec 1873	27 Jun 1913	39
10 Jul 1905		Harry Liddell	1866	8 Jul 1931	65
7 Sep 1907		Lord Arthur William Hill	28 Jul 1846	13 Jan 1931	84
18 Mar 1908		William John MacGeagh MacCaw	1850	3 Mar 1928	77
14 Dec 1918		Daniel Martin Wilson	1862	5 Jan 1932	69
23 Jun 1921		Thomas Browne Wallace	28 Jan 1865	28 Apr 1951	86
17 Feb 1922		Hugh Hayes		5 Sep 1928
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922
		DOWNPATRICK (DOWN)
1801		Clotworthy Rowley	c 1731	25 Mar 1805
10 May 1801		Samuel Campbell Rowley	19 Jan 1774	28 Jan 1846	72
17 Jul 1802		Charles Stewart Hawthorne	c 1760	after 1831
18 Nov 1806		Edward Southwell Ruthven	3 Nov 1773	31 Mar 1836	62
22 May 1807		John Wilson Croker	20 Dec 1780	10 Aug 1857	76
20 Oct 1812		Charles Stewart Hawthorne	c 1760	after 1831
9 Mar 1815		William Richard Annesley,styled Viscount
		Glerawly,later [1824] 3rd Earl Annesley	16 Jul 1772	25 Aug 1838	66
28 Mar 1820		John Waring Maxwell	1788	22 Dec 1869	81
7 Aug 1830		Edward Southwell Ruthven	3 Nov 1773	31 Mar 1836	62
13 Dec 1832		John Waring Maxwell	1788	22 Dec 1869	81
9 Jan 1835		David Guardi Ker	c 1772	30 Dec 1844
2 Jul 1841		David Steward Ker	c 1817	8 Oct 1878
4 Aug 1847		Richard Ker	1822	18 Dec 1890	68
8 Aug 1851		Charles Stewart Hardinge,later [1856] 2nd
		Viscount Hardinge	2 Sep 1822	28 Jul 1894	71
12 Feb 1857		Richard Ker	1822	18 Dec 1890	68
3 May 1859		David Steward Ker	c 1817	8 Oct 1878
5 Aug 1867		William Keown	1816	19 Jan 1877	60
3 Feb 1874		John Mulholland,later [1892] 1st Baron
		Dunleath	16 Dec 1819	11 Dec 1895	75
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1885
		DOWNTON (WILTSHIRE)
9 Apr 1660		Thomas Fitzjames	c 1624	1705
		William Coles	c 1616	1697
		Giles Eyre	28 May 1635	2 Jun 1695	60
		John Elliott	c 1633	10 Aug 1670
		Double return. Eyre and Elliott declared
		elected 9 May 1660
1 Apr 1661		Gilbert Raleigh  (to 1675)	1622	c Mar 1675	52
		Walter Bockland	21 Nov 1619	c Oct 1670	50
		John Elliott	c 1633	10 Aug 1670
		Giles Eyre	28 May 1635	2 Jun 1695	60
		Double return. Raleigh and Buckland seated
		17 May 1661
15 Dec 1670		Sir Joseph Ashe,1st baronet  (to 1685)	16 Feb 1617	15 Apr 1686	69
22 Apr 1675		Henry Eyre	23 Oct 1628	18 Jul 1678	49
30 Oct 1678		Maurice Bockland  (to 1695)	20 Apr 1648	by Nov 1710	62
14 Mar 1685		Sir Charles Raleigh  (to May 1698)	23 Sep 1651	9 May 1698	46
30 Oct 1695		Charles Duncombe  [kt 1699]	16 Nov 1648	9 Apr 1711	62
		[expelled 1 Feb 1698]
21 Feb 1698		Maurice Bockland  (to Jul 1698)	20 Apr 1648	by Nov 1710	62
23 May 1698		John Eyre  (to 1701)	12 Apr 1665	2 Nov 1715	50
28 Jul 1698		Carew Raleigh  (to 1702)	after 1675	19 Mar 1709
26 Nov 1701		Sir James Ashe,2nd baronet  (to 1705)	27 Jul 1674	8 Nov 1733	59
18 Jul 1702		Sir Charles Duncombe  (to 1711)	16 Nov 1648	9 Apr 1711	62
12 May 1705		John Eyre  (to Dec 1715)	12 Apr 1665	2 Nov 1715	50
9 May 1711		Thomas Duncombe	c 1683	23 Mar 1746
28 Aug 1713		John Sawyer	8 Jul 1685	6 Sep 1750	65
28 Jan 1715		Charles Longueville  (to 1722)	c 1678	25 Aug 1750
2 Dec 1715		Giles Eyre  (to 1734)	27 May 1692	7 Jun 1750	58
27 Mar 1722		John Verney	23 Oct 1699	5 Aug 1741	41
26 Apr 1734		Anthony Duncombe,later [1747] 1st Baron
		Feversham  (to 1747)	c 1695	18 Jun 1763
		Joseph Windham-Ashe	11 Aug 1683	30 Jul 1746	62
4 May 1741		John Verney	23 Oct 1699	5 Aug 1741	41
4 Jan 1742		Joseph Windham-Ashe	11 Aug 1683	30 Jul 1746	62
28 Nov 1746		George Proctor  (to 1751)	7 Oct 1704	5 Apr 1751	46
29 Jun 1747		George Lyttelton,later [1756] 1st Baron
		Lyttelton   [he was also returned for	17 Jan 1709	22 Aug 1773	64
		Okehampton,for which he chose to sit]
17 Dec 1747		Richard Temple	c 1726	8 Aug 1749
24 Nov 1749		Henry Vane,later [1758] 2nd Earl of Darlington
		(to 1753)	c 1726	8 Sep 1792
22 Apr 1751		Thomas Duncombe  (to 1754)	c 1724	23 Nov 1779
12 May 1753		James Hayes  (to 1757)	27 Oct 1715	9 Sep 1800	84
15 Apr 1754		James Cope	c 1709	1 Aug 1756
13 Dec 1756		Edward Poore  (to 1761)	c 1704	19 May 1780
13 Jul 1757		Charles Pratt,later [1786] 1st Earl Camden
		(to 1762)	21 Mar 1714	18 Apr 1794	80
27 Mar 1761		James Hayes  (to 1768)	27 Oct 1715	9 Sep 1800	84
1 Feb 1762		Sir Thomas Pym Hales,4th baronet	c 1726	18 Mar 1773
18 Mar 1768		Thomas Duncombe  (to 1775)	c 1724	23 Nov 1779
		Richard Croftes	c 1740	5 Jul 1783
11 Feb 1771		James Hayes	27 Oct 1715	9 Sep 1800	84
10 Oct 1774		Thomas Dummer	c 1739	3 Jun 1781
		[Both sitting members (Duncombe and Dummer)
		were unseated on petition in favour of
		John Cooper and Sir Philip Hales 14 Feb 1775]
14 Feb 1775		John Cooper	c 1726	7 Aug 1779
		Sir Philip Hales  (to Sep 1780)	c 1735	12 Apr 1824
8 Sep 1779		Thomas Duncombe	c 1724	23 Nov 1779
17 Dec 1779		Bartholomew Bouverie   [he was unseated on	29 Oct 1753	31 May 1835	81
		petition in favour of Robert Shafto 21 Feb 1780]
21 Feb 1780		Robert Shafto  (to 1790)	c 1732	24 Nov 1797
13 Sep 1780		Henry Seymour-Conway	15 Dec 1746	5 Feb 1830	83
6 Apr 1784		Robert Shafto  (to 1790)	c 1732	24 Nov 1797
		Henry Seymour-Conway	15 Dec 1746	5 Feb 1830	83
		Edward Bouverie	5 Sep 1738	3 Sep 1810	71
		William Scott,later [1821] 1st Baron Stowell	17 Oct 1745	28 Jan 1836	90
		Double return. Seymour-Conway, Bouverie
		and Scott declared not elected 19 July 1784
		with only Shafto being declared duly elected
26 Jul 1784		William Seymour-Conway	3 Oct 1760	31 Jan 1837	76
		Edward Bouverie	5 Sep 1738	3 Sep 1810	71
		Double return. Seymour-Conway declared
		elected 11 Mar 1785
19 Jun 1790		Bartholomew Bouverie	29 Oct 1753	31 May 1835	81
		Sir William Scott,later [1821] 1st Baron Stowell	17 Oct 1745	28 Jan 1836	90
		(to 1801)
28 May 1796		Edward Bouverie  (to Jun 1803)	20 Sep 1760	30 Dec 1824	64
25 Mar 1801		William Pleydell Bouverie,styled Viscount
		Folkestone,later [1828] 3rd Earl of Radnor	11 May 1779	9 Apr 1869	89
7 Jul 1802		John William Ward,later [1827] 1st Earl of Dudley
		(to Aug 1803)	9 Aug 1781	6 Mar 1833	51
18 Jun 1803		John Blaquiere,1st Baron de Blaquiere [I]
		(to 1806)	15 May 1732	27 Aug 1812	80
13 Aug 1803		Charles Marsham,styled Viscount Marsham,
		later [1811] 2nd Earl of Romney	22 Nov 1777	29 Mar 1845	67
3 Nov 1806		Bartholomew Bouverie  (to 1812)	29 Oct 1753	31 May 1835	81
		Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie	28 Jun 1780	5 Nov 1850	70
8 May 1807		Sir Thomas Plumer  (to 1813)	10 Oct 1753	24 Mar 1824	70
8 Oct 1812		Charles Henry Bouverie  (to 27 Apr 1813)	Feb 1782	27 May 1836	54
26 Apr 1813		Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell,2nd baronet	23 Jan 1757	18 Jun 1826	69
		(to 1818)
27 Apr 1813		Edward Golding	16 Jun 1746	23 Jul 1818	72
20 Jun 1818		William Pleydell Bouverie,styled Viscount
		Folkestone,later [1828] 3rd Earl of Radnor	11 May 1779	9 Apr 1869	89
		[he was also returned for Salisbury,for which he
		chose to sit]
		Sir William Scott,later [1821] 1st Baron Stowell	17 Oct 1745	28 Jan 1836	90
		(to 22 Feb 1819)  [he was also returned for
		Oxford University,for which he chose to sit]
20 Feb 1819		Bartholomew Bouverie  (to Jun 1826)	29 Oct 1753	31 May 1835	81
22 Feb 1819		Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell,2nd baronet	23 Jan 1757	18 Jun 1826	69
10 Jun 1826		Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt	3 Aug 1775	26 Jul 1853	77
		[he was also returned for Oxford University,
		for which he chose to sit]
		Robert Southey  (to 18 Dec 1826)	12 Aug 1774	21 Mar 1843	68
		[he was found to be not qualified to be
		elected]
		For further information regarding Southey's
		election,see the note at the foot of this page
16 Dec 1826		Bartholomew Bouverie  (to 1830)	29 Oct 1753	31 May 1835	81
18 Dec 1826		Alexander Powell	9 Jun 1782	25 Dec 1847	65
2 Aug 1830		James Brougham  (to Jul 1831)	16 Jan 1780	24 Dec 1833	53
		Charles Shaw-Lefevre,later [1857] 1st Viscount
		Eversley	22 Feb 1794	28 Dec 1888	94
4 May 1831		Thomas Creevey  (to 1832)	5 Mar 1768	5 Jun 1838	70
20 Jul 1831		Philip Pleydell-Bouverie	21 Oct 1788	27 May 1872	83
		CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1832
		DRAKE (PLYMOUTH)
14 Dec 1918		Sir Arthur Shirley Benn,later [1936] 1st
		Baron Glenravel	20 Dec 1858	13 Jun 1937	78
30 May 1929		James John Hamlyn Moses	14 Aug 1873	28 May 1946	72
27 Oct 1931		Frederick Edward Guest	14 Jun 1875	28 Apr 1937	61
15 Jun 1937		Christian Henry Charles Guest	15 Feb 1874	9 Oct 1957	83
26 Jul 1945		Hubert Moses Medland	1 Jul 1881	11 Dec 1964	83
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950,
		BUT REVIVED FEB 1974
28 Feb 1974		Janet Evelyn Fookes [Dame 1989],later [1997]
		Baroness Fookes [L]	21 Feb 1936
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1997
		DROGHEDA (LOUTH)
1801		Edward Hardman	Sep 1741	10 Feb 1814	72
14 Nov 1806		Henry Meade Ogle	1762	18 Feb 1823	60
28 May 1807		Thomas Henry Foster (Skeffington from 1817),
		later [1824] 2nd Viscount Ferrard	Jan 1772	18 Jan 1843	71
21 Oct 1812		Henry Meade Ogle	1762	18 Feb 1823	60
22 Mar 1820		Henry Metcalfe	20 Aug 1780	11 Feb 1822	41
9 Mar 1822		William Meade Smythe	16 May 1786	9 Jul 1866	80
17 Jun 1826		Peter van Homrigh	1768	5 Mar 1831	62
13 Aug 1830		John Henry North	c 1788	30 Sep 1831
20 Oct 1831		Thomas Wallace	13 Apr 1765	9 Jan 1847	81
15 Dec 1832		Andrew Carew O'Dwyer   [following the		15 Nov 1877
		general election in Jan 1835,his election was
		declared void 7 Apr 1835. At the subsequent
		by-election held on 24 Apr 1835,O'Dwyer
		was again returned,but he was unseated on
		petition in favour of Randal Edward Plunket
		29 Jun 1835]
29 Jun 1835		Randal Edward Plunket,later [1848] 15th
		Baron Dunsany	4 Sep 1804	7 Apr 1852	47
3 Aug 1837		Sir William Meredyth Somerville,5th baronet,
		later [1863] 1st Baron Athlumney	1802	7 Dec 1873	71
13 Jul 1852		James McCann
17 Jul 1865		Benjamin Whitworth   [following the general	1816	24 Sep 1893	77
		election in Nov 1868,his election was
		declared void 16 Feb 1869]
15 Mar 1869		Thomas Whitworth	1844
5 Feb 1874		William Hagarty O'Leary		15 Feb 1880
2 Mar 1880		Benjamin Whitworth	1816	24 Sep 1893	77
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1885
		DROITWICH (WORCESTERSHIRE)
9 Apr 1660		Samuel Sandys	15 Jun 1615	5 Apr 1685	69
		Thomas Coventry,later [1687] 5th Baron
		Coventry and [1697] 1st Earl of Coventry	1637	15 Jul 1699	62
18 Apr 1661		Henry Coventry  (to 1685)	c 1618	7 Dec 1686
		Samuel Sandys	c 1637	4 Aug 1701
21 Feb 1681		Samuel Sandys	15 Jun 1615	5 Apr 1685	69
23 Mar 1685		Thomas Windsor,later [1699] 1st Viscount
		Windsor of Blackcastle [I] and [1712] 1st
		Baron Mountjoy	c 1670	8 Jun 1738
		[aged only about 15 or 16!!]
		Samuel Sandys   (to 1690)	c 1637	4 Aug 1701
14 Jan 1689		Richard Coote,2nd Baron Coote of Coloony [I],
		later [Nov 1689] 1sr Earl of Bellomont [I]
		(to 1695)	c 1655	5 Mar 1701
6 Mar 1690		Philip Foley	12 May 1648	c Dec 1716	68
9 Nov 1695		Edward Harley	7 Jun 1664	30 Aug 1735	71
		Charles Cocks  (to 1708)	9 Sep 1646	early 1727	80
27 Jul 1698		Thomas Foley,later [1712] 1st Baron Foley	8 Nov 1673	22 Jan 1733	59
		[he was also returned for Stafford,for which he
		chose to sit]
14 Jan 1699		Thomas Foley	c 1641	1 Feb 1701
25 Feb 1701		Philip Foley	12 May 1648	c Dec 1716	68
24 Nov 1701		Edward Foley  (to 1711)	23 Sep 1676	4 Apr 1747	70
13 May 1708		Edward Winnington (Jeffreys from 1709)	8 Oct 1669	20 Jul 1725	55
		(to 1726)
18 Jul 1711		Richard Foley  (to 1732)	19 Feb 1681	27 Mar 1732	51
31 Jan 1726		Thomas Winnington  (to 1742)  [at the	31 Dec 1696	23 Apr 1746	49
		general election in May 1741,he was also
		returned for Worcester,for which he chose
		to sit]
15 Apr 1732		Edward Foley	23 Sep 1676	4 Apr 1747	70
11 May 1741		Thomas Foley,later [1776] 1st Baron Foley
		(to Dec 1747)	8 Aug 1716	18 Nov 1777	61
4 Jan 1742		Lord George Bentinck	24 Dec 1715	1 Mar 1759	43
1 Jul 1747		Thomas Foley,later [1776] 1st Baron Foley	8 Aug 1716	18 Nov 1777	61
		Francis Winnington  (to 1754)	c Feb 1704	after 1754
		Samuel Masham
		Double return. Foley and Winnington declared
		elected 9 Dec 1747. Foley was unseated on
		petition in favour of Edwin Sandys 16 Dec 1747
16 Dec 1747		Edwin Sandys,later [1770] 2nd Baron Sandys	18 Apr 1726	11 Mar 1797	70
16 Apr 1754		Robert Harley  (to Apr 1774)	c 1706	15 Mar 1774
		Thomas Foley,later [1776] 1st Baron Foley	8 Aug 1716	18 Nov 1777	61
		[at the general election in Mar 1768,he was
		also returned for Herefordshire,for which he
		chose to sit]
27 May 1768		Edward Foley  (to May 1774)	16 Mar 1747	22 Jun 1803	56
7 Apr 1774		Andrew Foley  (to 1818)	c 1748	28 Jul 1818
31 May 1774		Rowland Berkeley	c 1733	1805
15 Oct 1774		Thomas Foley,later [1777] 2nd Baron Foley	24 Jun 1742	2 Jul 1793	51
27 Nov 1777		Sir Edward Winnington,2nd baronet	14 Nov 1749	9 Jan 1805	55
30 Jan 1805		Thomas Foley	19 Jul 1778	11 Jan 1822	43
7 May 1807		Sir Thomas Edward Winnington,3rd baronet	13 Mar 1779	24 Sep 1839	60
2 Apr 1816		William Philip Molyneux,2nd Earl of
		Sefton [I]   (to 1831)	18 Sep 1772	20 Nov 1838	66
16 Feb 1819		Thomas Foley	19 Jul 1778	11 Jan 1822	43
14 Feb 1822		John Hodgetts Hodgetts-Foley  (to 1835)	17 Jul 1797	13 Nov 1861	64
30 Apr 1831		Sir Thomas Edward Winnington,3rd baronet	13 Mar 1779	24 Sep 1839	60
		REPRESENTATION REDUCED
		TO ONE MEMBER 1832
9 Jan 1835		John Barneby	20 Nov 1799	30 Nov 1846	47
24 Jul 1837		John Somerset Pakington,later [1846] 1st
		baronet and [1874] 1st Baron Hampton	20 Feb 1799	9 Apr 1880	81
3 Feb 1874		John Corbett	c Jun 1817	22 Apr 1901	83
Jul 1892		Richard Biddulph Martin,later [1905] 1st baronet	12 May 1838	23 Aug 1916	78
23 Jan 1906		Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth,later [1939] 1st
		Baron Harmsworth	28 Sep 1869	13 Aug 1948	78
28 Jan 1910		John Cavendish Lyttelton,later [1922] 9th
		Viscount Cobham	23 Oct 1881	31 Jul 1949	67
29 Feb 1916		Herbert James Huntingdon-Whiteley,later
		[1918] 1st baronet	8 Dec 1857	22 Jan 1936	78
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918
		DROYLESDEN
23 Feb 1950		George Saville Woods	13 Sep 1886	9 Jul 1951	64
25 Oct 1951		William Richard Williams	7 Mar 1895	11 Sep 1963	68
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1955
		DUBLIN
1801		John Claudius Beresford  (to 1804)	23 Oct 1766	20 Jul 1846	79
		George Ogle	14 Oct 1742	10 Aug 1814	71
4 Aug 1802		John Latouche  (to 1806)	by Apr 1775	30 Jan 1820
31 Mar 1804		Sir Robert Shaw,later [1821] 1st baronet	29 Jan 1774	10 Mar 1849	75
		(to 1826)
19 Nov 1806		Henry Grattan	3 Jul 1746	4 Jun 1820	73
30 Jun 1820		Thomas Ellis	10 Jun 1774	25 Jan 1832	57
12 Jun 1826		George Moore  (to 1831)	13 Oct 1778	after 1846
		Henry Grattan	c 1787	16 Jul 1859
4 Aug 1830		Frederick Shaw,later [1869] 3rd baronet	11 Dec 1799	30 Jun 1876	76
6 May 1831		Robert Way Harty,later [1831] 1st baronet	27 Dec 1779	18 Oct 1832	52
		Louis Perrin	15 Feb 1782	7 Dec 1864	82
		[election declared void 8 Aug 1831]
18 Aug 1831		Frederick Shaw,later [1869] 3rd baronet	11 Dec 1799	30 Jun 1876	76
		Henry John Chetwynd,styled Viscount Ingestre,
		later [1856] 18th Earl of Shrewsbury	8 Nov 1803	4 Jun 1868	64
17 Dec 1832		Daniel O'Connell	8 Aug 1775	15 May 1847	71
		Edward Southwell Ruthven	c 1772	31 Mar 1836
		[Following the general election in Jan 1835,
		both members were unseated on petition in
		favour of George Alexander Hamilton and
		John Beattie West 16 May 1836]
16 May 1836		George Alexander Hamilton	29 Aug 1802	17 Sep 1871	69
		John Beattie West		c Jan 1842
31 Jul 1837		Daniel O'Connell	8 Aug 1775	15 May 1847	71
		Robert Hutton		23 Aug 1870
10 Jul 1841		John Beattie West		c Jan 1842
		Edward Grogan,later [1859] 1st baronet	5 Nov 1802	26 Jan 1891	88
		(to 1865)
29 Jan 1842		William Henry Gregory  [kt 1875]	12 Jul 1817	6 Mar 1892	74
2 Aug 1847		John Reynolds		21 Aug 1868
12 Jul 1852		John Vance		21 Sep 1875
17 Jul 1865		Benjamin Lee Guinness,later [1867] 1st baronet	1 Nov 1798	19 May 1868	69
		Jonathan Pim  (to 1874)	1806	6 Jul 1885	79
1 Jun 1868		Sir Arthur Edward Guinness,later [1880] 1st
		Baron Ardilaun   [his election was declared	1 Nov 1840	20 Jan 1915	74
		void 5 Feb 1869. Writ for the second seat
		suspended until Aug 1870]
18 Aug 1870		Sir Dominick John Corrigan,1st baronet	2 Dec 1802	1 Feb 1880	77
7 Feb 1874		Sir Arthur Edward Guinness,later [1880] 1st
		Baron Ardilaun	1 Nov 1840	20 Jan 1915	74
		Maurice Brooks  (to 1885)	1823	6 Dec 1905	82
14 Apr 1880		Robert Dyer Lyons	1826	19 Dec 1886	60
		SPLIT INTO 4 DIVISIONS 1885
		SEE "COLLEGE GREEN","HARBOUR"
		"ST.PATRICK'S" AND "ST.STEPHEN'S GREEN"
		DUBLIN COUNTY
1801		Hans Hamilton  (to 1823)	19 Jul 1758	22 Dec 1822	64
		Frederick John Falkiner,later [1812] 1st
		baronet	8 Apr 1768	14 Sep 1824	56
26 May 1807		Richard Wogan Talbot,later [1834] 2nd
		Baron Talbot de Malahide  (to 1830)	1766	29 Oct 1849	83
11 Feb 1823		Henry White,later [1863] 1st Baron Annaly	1791	3 Sep 1873	82
		(to 1832)
16 Aug 1830		William Brabazon,styled Baron Brabazon,
		later [1851] 11th Earl of Meath	25 Oct 1803	26 May 1887	83
22 Dec 1832		Christopher Fitzsimon	1793	1 Aug 1856	63
		George Evans  (to 1841)
7 Aug 1837		William Brabazon,styled Baron Brabazon,
		later [1851] 11th Earl of Meath	25 Oct 1803	26 May 1887	83
16 Jul 1841		James Hans Hamilton	Feb 1810	30 Jun 1863	53
		Thomas Edward Taylor  (to 1883)	1812	3 Feb 1883	70
22 Apr 1863		Ion Trant Hamilton,later [1897] 1st Baron
		Holm Patrick  (to 1885)	14 Jul 1839	6 Mar 1898	58
27 Feb 1883		Edward Robert King-Harman	1838	10 Jun 1888	49
		COUNTY SPLIT INTO NORTH &
		& SOUTH DIVISIONS 1885
		DUBLIN COUNTY NORTH
3 Dec 1885		John Joseph Clancy	15 Jul 1847	25 Nov 1928	81
14 Dec 1918		Francis Lawless	c 1872	16 Apr 1922
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922
		DUBLIN COUNTY SOUTH
30 Nov 1885		Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde,11th
		baronet	21 Sep 1862	15 Sep 1935	72
Jul 1892		Horace Curzon Plunkett  [kt 1903]	24 Oct 1854	26 Mar 1932	77
9 Oct 1900		John Joseph Mooney	1874	12 Apr 1934	59
26 Jan 1906		Walter Hume Long,later [1921] 1st Viscount
		Long of Wraxall	13 Jul 1854	26 Sep 1924	70
28 Jan 1910		Bryan Ricco Cooper	17 Jun 1884	5 Jul 1930	46
Dec 1910		William Francis Cotton	1847	8 Jun 1917	69
6 Jul 1917		Michael Louis Hearn	1866
14 Dec 1918		George Gavan Duffy	21 Oct 1882	10 Jun 1951	68
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922
		DUBLIN UNIVERSITY
1801		George Knox	14 Jan 1765	13 Jun 1827	62
13 May 1807		John Leslie Foster	c 1781	10 Jul 1842
12 Oct 1812		William Conyngham Plunket,later [1827] 1st
		Baron Plunket	1 Jul 1764	5 Jan 1854	89
15 May 1827		John Wilson Croker	20 Dec 1780	10 Aug 1857	76
5 Aug 1830		Thomas Langlois Lefroy  (to 1842)	8 Jan 1776	4 May 1869	93
		REPRESENTATION INCREASED
		TO TWO MEMBERS 1832
18 Dec 1832		Frederick Shaw,later [1869] 3rd baronet	11 Dec 1799	30 Jun 1876	76
		(to 1848)
11 Feb 1842		Joseph Devonsher Jackson	23 Jun 1783	19 Dec 1857	74
10 Feb 1843		George Alexander Hamilton  (to 1859)	29 Aug 1802	17 Sep 1871	69
19 Feb 1848		Joseph Napier,later [1867] 1st baronet	26 Dec 1804	9 Dec 1882	77
27 Mar 1858		Anthony Lefroy  (to 1870)	1800	12 Jan 1890	89
11 Feb 1859		James Whiteside	12 Aug 1804	25 Nov 1876	72
30 Jul 1866		John Edward Walsh	12 Nov 1816	20 Oct 1869	52
12 Feb 1867		Hedges Eyre Chatterton	5 Jul 1819	30 Aug 1910	91
27 Aug 1867		Robert Richard Warren	3 Jun 1817	24 Sep 1897	80
23 Nov 1868		John Thomas Ball  (to 1875)	24 Jul 1815	17 Mar 1898	82
14 Feb 1870		David Robert Plunket,later [1895] 1st Baron
		Rathmore  (to 1895)	3 Dec 1838	22 Aug 1919	80
22 Jan 1875		Edward Gibson,later [1885] 1st Baron
		Ashbourne	4 Sep 1837	22 May 1913	75
30 Jun 1885		Hugh Holmes	17 Feb 1840	19 Apr 1916	76
12 Jul 1887		Dodgson Hamilton Madden	28 Mar 1840	6 Mar 1928	87
Jul 1892		Edward Henry Carson,later [1921] Baron
		Carson [L]  (to 1918)	9 Feb 1854	22 Oct 1935	81
6 Dec 1895		William Edward Hartpole Lecky	26 Mar 1838	22 Oct 1903	65
6 Mar 1903		James Henry Mussen Campbell,later [1917] 1st
		baronet and [1921] 1st Baron Glenavy	4 Apr 1851	22 Mar 1931	79
5 Feb 1917		Arthur Warren Samuels  (to 1919)	19 May 1852	11 May 1925	72
14 Dec 1918		Sir Robert Henry Woods  (to 1922)	27 Apr 1865	8 Sep 1938	73
28 Jul 1919		William Morgan Jellett	19 May 1857	27 Oct 1936	79
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922
		DUDDESTON (BIRMINGHAM)
14 Dec 1918		Eldred Hallas	1870	13 Jun 1926	55
15 Nov 1922		Sir Ernest Varvill Hiley	11 Oct 1868	19 Jul 1949	80
6 Dec 1923		John Bedford Burman	6 Oct 1867	4 Mar 1941	73
30 May 1929		George Francis Sawyer	1871	27 Aug 1960	89
27 Oct 1931		Oliver Edwin Simmonds  [kt 1944]	1897	26 Jul 1985	88
26 Jul 1945		Edith Agnes Wills	21 Nov 1892	7 Apr 1970	77
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950
		DUDLEY (WORCESTERSHIRE)
12 Dec 1832		Sir John Campbell,later [1841] 1st
		Baron Campbell	15 Sep 1779	24 Jun 1861	81
28 Feb 1834		Thomas Hawkes	1778
8 Aug 1844		John Benbow		24 Feb 1855
8 Mar 1855		Sir Stafford Henry Northcote,8th baronet,
		later [1885] 1st Earl of Iddesleigh	27 Oct 1818	12 Jan 1887	68
27 Mar 1857		Henry Brinsley Sheridan	1820	19 Apr 1906	85
		[Following the general election in Feb 1874,
		his election was declared void 4 May 1874.
		At the subsequent by-election held on 21
		May 1874, he was again returned]
6 Jul 1886		Brooke Robinson	1836	20 Oct 1911	75
15 Jan 1906		Arthur George Hooper	30 Jan 1857	28 Apr 1940	83
Dec 1910		Arthur Sackville Trevor Griffith-
		Boscawen  [kt 1911]	18 Oct 1865	1 Jun 1946	80
3 Mar 1921		James Wilson	24 Aug 1879	15 Aug 1943	63
15 Nov 1922		Cyril Edward Lloyd	21 Nov 1876	19 Feb 1963	86
30 May 1929		Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin,styled Viscount
		Corvedale from 1937,later [1947] 2nd
		Earl Baldwin of Bewdley	1 Mar 1899	10 Aug 1958	59
27 Oct 1931		Dudley Jack Barnato Joel	27 Apr 1904	28 May 1941	37
23 Jul 1941		Cyril Edward Lloyd	21 Nov 1876	19 Feb 1963	86
26 Jul 1945		George Edward Wigg,later [1967] Baron Wigg [L]	28 Nov 1900	11 Aug 1983	82
28 Mar 1968		William Donald Williams	17 Oct 1919	5 Jan 1990	70
18 Jun 1970		John William Gilbert,later [1997] Baron Gilbert [L]	5 Apr 1927
		CONSTITUENCY SPLIT INTO EAST
		& WEST DIVISIONS FEB 1974
		DUDLEY EAST
28 Feb 1974		John William Gilbert,later [1997] Baron Gilbert [L]	5 Apr 1927
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1997
		DUDLEY NORTH
1 May 1997		Ross Frederick Cranston  [kt 2007]	23 Jul 1948
5 May 2005		Ian Christopher Austin	6 Mar 1965
		DUDLEY SOUTH
1 May 1997		Ian Phares Pearson	5 Apr 1959
6 May 2010		Christopher Kelly	1978
		DUDLEY WEST
28 Feb 1974		Colin Barry Phipps	23 Jul 1934	10 Jan 2009	74
3 May 1979		John Graham Blackburn	2 Sep 1933	12 Oct 1994	61
15 Dec 1994		Ian Phares Pearson	5 Apr 1959
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1997
		DULWICH
28 Nov 1885		John Morgan Howard	1837	10 Apr 1891	53
1 Dec 1887		John Blundell Maple [kt 1892],later [1897]
		1st baronet	1 Mar 1845	24 Nov 1903	58
		For further information on this MP, see the
		note at the foot of the page containing
		details of his baronetcy
15 Dec 1903		Frederick Rutherfoord Harris	1 May 1856	1 Sep 1920	64
15 May 1906		Andrew Bonar Law	16 Sep 1858	30 Oct 1923	65
Dec 1910		Frederick Hall,later [1923] 1st baronet	7 Oct 1864	28 Apr 1932	67
8 Jun 1932		Bracewell Smith [kt 1945],later [1947]
		1st baronet	29 Jun 1884	12 Jan 1966	81
26 Jul 1945		Wilfrid Foulston Vernon	17 Oct 1882	1 Dec 1975	93
25 Oct 1951		Robert Christmas Dewar Jenkins	29 Sep 1900	25 Jun 1978	77
15 Oct 1964		Samuel Charles Silkin,later [1985] Baron
		Silkin of Dulwich [L]	6 Mar 1918	17 Aug 1988	70
9 Jun 1983		Gerald Francis Bowden	26 Aug 1935
9 Apr 1992		Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell	17 Sep 1947
		NAME ALTERED TO "DULWICH AND WEST
		NORWOOD" 1997
		DULWICH AND WEST NORWOOD
1 May 1997		Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell	17 Sep 1947
		Sir George Jessel, MP for Dover 1868-1873
		Sir George was one of the leading legal figures of his time, being Solicitor-General from 1871-
		1873, when he was appointed Master of the Rolls, which post he retained until his death in
		1883. In February 1878, he was the subject of an assassination attempt by a deranged
		petitioner to the Courts. The following article on this attempt appeared in 'The Scotsman'
		of 23 February 1878:-
		'Yesterday morning at ten minutes to ten o'clock, a clergyman, said to be the Rev. Henry John
		Dodwell, of 19 Moor Street, Soho, who is believed to be insane, made a deliberate attempt to
		assassinate the Right Hon. Sir George Jessel, the Master of the Rolls in London. The clergyman
		was seen waiting about the Rolls Court in Chancery Lane for some time previous to his
		Lordship's arrival, and when Sir George stepped from a hansom cab in which he had driven to
		Court, and was about to enter the Court-house, Dodwell discharged a pistol, and the bullet
		missed his Lordship, but passed so close to his ear that a partial deafness ensued. Dodwell
		was immediately taken into custody, and was temporarily locked up at the Police Station in
		Rolls Yard. The Master of the Rolls took his seat on the bench within twenty minutes after the
		occurrence, when Mr. Roxburgh, Q.C., the senior member of the bar practising in his Lordship's
		Court, addressed his Lordship and expressed on behalf of the bar the grief with which they had
		heard of the attempt which had been made on the life of his Lordship. His Lordship in reply
		thanked the gentlemen of the bar for their kind expressions of sympathy. He had every reason
		to believe, he said, that the man who made the attempt was insane. I may state, he added,
		that the reason for the attempt was no doubt this - that this man had presented a petition
		of the most absurd character to Vice-Chancellor [Sir Richard] Malins, who rejected it. He
		appealed to the Appeal Court one day when I was sitting there, and we came to the
		conclusion that the decision of the Vice-Chancellor was right. Since that time he has
		attended, I think, almost every motion day of the Appeal Court with an absurd motion for
		another hearing, and Lord Justice Thesiger  knew the man, and told me he was insane. But
		the last time but one that I sat in the Appeal Court, when he came again, as he would not sit
		down, I told him if he would not do so, he must be removed, and he then went away. I have
		no doubt that that made him angry, and was the cause of his making this attempt on my life.
		'The prisoner was subsequently charged at Bow Street Police Court, before Mr. Flowers, with
		having feloniously fired a pistol at Sir George Jessel, with the intent to murder him or to do
		him some grievous bodily harm. He was undefended. Wm. Hayes, court keeper and usher of
		the Rolls Court, said that he saw the prisoner in the Court that morning about half-past nine.
		He asked the witness what time the Master arrived, and was told that he sat at ten o'clock,
		but usually arrived about ten minutes before. The prisoner then left the Court. Shortly
		afterwards Sir George Jessel drove up in a cab, and, according to custom, witness went out
		to receive him. His Lordship had scarcely got out of the cab when the witness heard the
		report of a pistol so close to his face as to deafen him. He turned round, and then saw the
		prisoner standing with a pistol in his hand. He called for the police, who came and took the
		prisoner into custody. The prisoner made no attempt to run away, and he offered his card to
		somebody. The witness produced the pistol taken from the prisoner. It was a single-barrelled
		weapon. After some further evidence had been given, it was stated that a letter had been
		found on the prisoner which he wished posted, but which the magistrate on reading said
		referred to his trouble. He now said he had a letter from the Lord Chancellor which would
		prove his case. The prisoner, who appeared not at all to realise the seriousness of his position,
		was remanded.'
		At his subsequent trial, Dodwell was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and was ordered to
		be detained during her Majesty's pleasure in the Broadmoor Lunatic Asylum. From here he
		constantly petitioned the Home Secretary for his release, but all such petitions were rejected
		and he died, still incarcerated in Broadmoor, in June 1900.
		Robert Southey, MP for Downton Jun-Dec 1826
		The following note was written by my friend Paul Buttle and is included in his extremely
		interesting book "Rotten Rides; An Exploration of England's Rotten Boroughs" and is here
		reproduced with his kind permission.
		'Over the centuries several persons have doubtlessly been surprised to find themselves
		elected to Parliament but none more so, surely, than Robert Southey when he was elected
		to represent Downton in 1826. Southey could have had no expectation of being elected as
		he had never sought to enter Parliament.
		'As well as being Poet Laureate, Southey was a prolific writer generally. One of the books he
		wrote was called "The Book of the Church" [1824], a history of the Church of England. The
		work expressed Southey's opposition to Catholicism - sentiments which greatly pleased Jacob
		Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor. Although he had never met Southey, or had any contact
		with him, Radnor decided that Southey was just the sort of man who should be in Parliament
		and therefore had him elected to represent Downton.
		'Southey was not even in England at the time of his election, but travelling in the Low
		Countries. He, therefore, first learnt of his election when he was in Brussels. When he returned
		to London he found an anonymous letter from Radnor awaiting him which told him "A zealous
		admirer of the British Constitution in Church and State" had read his book, agreed with it and
		thought its author should have a seat in Parliament, and, "having a little interest," the writer
		had secured Southey that seat. Although the letter was anonymous the handwriting was
		recognised by a friend of Southey's to be that of Radnor.
		'Southey, however, had no wish to be a Member of Parliament, and was pleased he had a
		ready justification for refusing his seat. At that time in Parliament's history to qualify to sit
		in Parliament a borough MP had to be in possession of a landed estate that produced an
		income of £300 a year (in the case of a county MP the amount was £600). Southey did not
		possess such an estate. Astonishingly, when Southey explained his ineligibility to sit in the
		House of Commons active consideration was given in Tory circles to provide him with an
		estate that would enable him to qualify. Southey made it clear, however, that even this offer
		would not induce him to be an MP.'
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