| FATHERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS | ||||||
| Last updated 27/03/2008 | ||||||
| Date | Name | Born | Died | Age | ||
| For a discussion on the history of this title, | ||||||
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| http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/m03.pdf | ||||||
| @ 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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