FATHERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
             Last updated 27/03/2008
Date   Name Born Died  Age
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the reader is referred to the following site -
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@ 1 Jan 1701 Sir John Fagg 18 Jan 1701
MP for Rye 1645-1653, Sussex 1654-1659
and 1681 and Steyning 1660-1681 and 1685-
1701
Jan 1701 Thomas Turgis  7 Oct 1623 11 Jun 1704 80
MP for Gatton 1660-1702
Jun 1704 Sir Christopher Musgrave c 1631 29 Jul 1704
MP for Carlisle 1661-1690, Westmorland
1690-1695,1701 and 1702-1704,
Appleby 1695-1698 Oxford University 1698-
1700 and Totnes 1701-1702
Jul 1704 Thomas Strangways        1643 21 Dec 1713 70
MP for Poole 1673-1679 and Dorset 
1679-1713
Dec 1713 Sir Richard Onslow 23 Jun 1654 5 Dec 1717 63
MP for Guildford 1679-1687,Surrey
1689-1710,St.Mawes 1710-1713 and Surrey
1713-1715
Nov 1715 Thomas Erle c 1650 23 Jul 1720
MP for Wareham 1679-1698,Portsmouth
1698-1701 and Wareham 1701-1718
Mar 1718 Edward Vaughan Dec 1718
MP for Montgomeryshire 1679-1718
Dec 1718 Richard Vaughan c 1655 26 Oct 1724
MP for Carmarthen 1685-1724
Oct 1724 Lord William Powlett c 1667 25 Sep 1729
MP for Winchester 1689-1710,Lymington
1710-1715 and Winchester 1715-1729
Sep 1729 Sir Justinian Isham 11 Aug 1658 13 May 1730 71
MP for Northampton 1685-1690 and 1694-
1698 and Northamptonshire 1698-1730
May 1730 Sir Charles Turner 11 Jun 1666 24 Nov 1738 72
MP for King's Lynn 1695-1738
Nov 1738 Sir Roger Bradshaigh c 1675 25 Feb 1747
MP for Wigan 1695-1747
Feb 1747 Edward Ashe c 1673 22 May 1748
MP for Heytesbury 1695-1747
Jun 1747 Thomas Cartwright 1671 10 Mar 1748
MP for Northamptonshire 1695-1698 and
1701-1748
Mar 1748 Richard Shuttleworth 3 Sep 1683 22 Dec 1749 66
MP for Lancashire 1705-1749
Dec 1749 Phillips Gybbon 11 Oct 1678 12 Mar 1762
MP for Rye 1707-1762
Mar 1762 Sir John Rushout 6 Feb 1685 2 Feb 1775 89
MP for Malmesbury 1713-1722 and 
Evesham 1722-1768
Mar 1768 William Aislabie c 1699 17 May 1781
MP for Ripon 1721-1781
May 1781 Charles Fitzroy Scudamore c 1713 22 Aug 1782
MP for Thetford 1733-1754,Hereford
1754-1768,Heytesbury 1768-1774 and
Thetford 1774-1782
Aug 1782 Robert Nugent,Earl Nugent 1709 14 Oct 1788 79
MP for St.Mawes 1741-1754,Bristol 1754-
1774 and St.Mawes 1774-1784
Jun 1784 Sir Charles Frederick 21 Dec 1709 18 Dec 1785 75
MP for New Shoreham 1741-1754 and
Queenborough 1754-1784
1784 Welbore Ellis,later Baron Mendip 15 Dec 1713 2 Feb 1802 88
MP for Cricklade 1741-1747,Weymouth and
Melcombe Regis 1747-1761,Aylesbury 
1761-1768,Petersfield 1768-1774,Weymouth
and Melcombe Regis 1774-1790 and 
Petersfield 1791-1794
Jun 1790 William Drake 12 May 1723 8 Aug 1796 73
MP for Amersham 1746-1796
May 1796 Sir Philip Stephens 11 Oct 1723 20 Nov 1809 86
MP for Liskeard 1759-1768 and Sandwich
1768-1806
Nov 1806 Clement Tudway 8 Oct 1734 7 Jun 1815 80
MP for Wells 1761-1815
Jun 1815 Sir John Aubrey 4 Jun 1739 14 Mar 1826 86
MP for Wallingford 1768-1774,Aylesbury
1774-1780,Wallingford 1780-1784,
Buckinghamshire 1784-1790,Clitheroe
1790-1796,Aldeburgh 1796-1812,Steyning
1812-1820 and Horsham 1820-1826
Mar 1826 Samuel Smith 14 Apr 1754 12 Mar 1834 79
MP for St.Germans 1788-1790,Leicester
1790-1818,Midhurst 1818-1820 and
Wendover 1820-1832
Dec 1832 George Byng 17 May 1764 10 Jan 1847 82
MP for Middlesex 1790-1847
Jan 1847 Charles Watkin Williams Wynn        1775  2 Sep 1850 75
MP for Montgomeryshire 1799-1850
Sep 1850 George Granville Vernon Harcourt 6 Aug 1785 19 Dec 1861 76
MP for Lichfield 1806-1830 and
Oxfordshire 1831-1861
Dec 1861 Sir Charles Merrik Burrell 24 May 1774 4 Jan 1862 87
MP for Shoreham 1806-1862
Jan 1862 Henry Cecil Lowther 27 Jul 1790 6 Dec 1867 77
MP for Westmorland 1812-1867
Dec 1867 Thomas Peers Williams 1795 8 Sep 1875 80
MP for Marlow 1820-1868
Nov 1868 Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry 9 Mar 1803 6 Mar 1873 69
MP for Tyrone 1826-1873
Mar 1873 George Cecil Weld Forester,later
Baron Forester 10 May 1807 14 Feb 1886 78
MP for Wenlock 1828-1874
Oct 1874 Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot        1803 17 Jan 1890 86
MP for Glamorganshire 1830-1885 and 
and Glamorganshire Mid 1885-1890
Jan 1890 Charles Pelham Villiers  3 Jan 1802 16 Jan 1898 96
MP for Wolverhampton 1835-1898
Jan 1898 Sir John Robert Mowbray  3 Jun 1815 22 Apr 1899 83
MP for Durham City 1853-1868 and Oxford
University 1868-1899
Apr 1899 William Withey Bramston Beach 25 Dec 1826  3 Aug 1901 74
MP for Hampshire North 1857-1885 and
Andover 1885-1901
Aug 1901 Michael Edward Hicks-Beach,later Earl 23 Oct 1837 30 Apr 1916 78
of St.Aldwyn
MP for Gloucestershire East 1864-1885
and Bristol West 1885-1906
Jan 1906 George Henry Finch 20 Feb 1835 22 May 1907 72
MP for Rutland 1867-1907
May 1907 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman  7 Sep 1836 22 Apr 1908 71
MP for Stirling 1868-1908
Apr 1908 Sir John Henry Kennaway 6 Jun 1837 6 Sep 1919 82
MP for Devonshire East 1870-1885 and
Honiton 1885-1910
Jan 1910 Thomas Burt 12 Nov 1837 13 Apr 1922 84
MP Morpeth 1874-1918
Dec 1918 Thomas Power O'Connor  5 Oct 1848 18 Nov 1929 81
MP for Galway 1880-1885 and Liverpool,
Scotland 1885-1929
Nov 1929 David Lloyd-George,later Earl Lloyd-
George of Dwyfor 17 Jan 1863 26 Mar 1945 82
MP for Carnarvon 1890-1945
Jan 1945 Edward Turnour,Earl Winterton  4 Apr 1883 26 Aug 1962 79
MP for Horsham 1904-1918,Horsham and
Worthing 1918-1945 and Horsham 1945-1951
Oct 1951 Sir Robert William Hugh O'Neill,
later Baron Rathcavan  8 Jun 1883 28 Nov 1982 99
MP for Mid Antrim 1915-1922,Antrim Co
1922-1950 and Antrim North 1950-1952
Oct 1952 David Rhys Grenfell 27 Jun 1881 21 Nov 1968 87
MP for Gower 1922-1959
Oct 1959 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 30 Nov 1874 24 Jan 1965 90
MP for Oldham 1900-1906,Manchester NW
1906-1908, Dundee 1908-1922,Epping 
1924-1945 and Woodford 1945-1964
Oct 1964 Richard Austen Butler,later Baron
Butler of Saffron Walden  9 Dec 1902  8 Mar 1982 79
MP for Saffron Walden 1929-1965
Jan 1965 Robert Hugh Turton,later Baron
Tranmire  8 Aug 1903 17 Jan 1994 90
MP for Thirsk and Malton 1929-1974
Feb 1974 George Russell Strauss,later Baron
Strauss 18 Jul 1901 5 Jun 1993 91
MP for Lambeth North 1929-1931 and 1934-
1950 and Vauxhall 1950-1979
May 1979 Herbert John Harvey Parker 15 Jul 1906 24 Nov 1987 81
MP for Romford 1935-1945 and Dagenham
1945-1983
Jun 1983 Leonard James Callaghan,later Baron
Callaghan of Cardiff 27 Mar 1912 26 Mar 2005 92
MP for Cardiff South 1945-1950,Cardiff
SE 1950-1983 and Cardiff South and
Penarth 1983-1987
Jun 1987 Sir Bernard Richard Braine,later 
Baron Braine of Wheatley 24 Jun 1914 5 Jan 2000 85
MP for Billericay 1950-1955,Essex SE
1955-1983 and Castle Point 1983-1992
Apr 1992 Sir Edward Richard George Heath 9 Jul 1916 17 Jul 2005 89
MP for Bexley 1950-1974,Bexley Sidcup
1974-1983 and Old Bexley and Sidcup
1983-2001
Jun 2001 Sir Tam Dalyell 9 Aug 1932
MP for West Lothian 1962-1983 and
Linlithgow 1983-2005
5 May 2005 Alan John Williams 14 Oct 1930
MP for Swansea West 1964-
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