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THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH "A"

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�� Last updated 05/09/2018

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

� ANDOVER (HAMPSHIRE)

20 Apr 1660

Sir John Trott,1st baronet

�� c 1615

14 Jul 1672

John Collins� [kt 1681]� (to Feb 1679)

11 Jul 1624

�� 1711

31 Jan 1673

Sir Kingsmill Lucy,2nd baronet

�� c 1650

19 Sep 1678

Election declared void 6 Feb 1673. At the

subsequent by-election held on 10 Feb 1673,

Lucy was again elected

29 Oct 1678

Charles West

16 Jun 1645

22 Jun 1684

11 Feb 1679

Francis Powlett� (to 1681)

24 Jan 1640

by Aug 1695

William Wither

�� c 1647

25 Apr 1679

14 Aug 1679

Sir Robert Henley

�� c 1624

15 Dec 1692

�4 Mar 1681

Charles West

16 Jun 1645

22 Jun 1684

Sir John Collins�(to 1689)

11 Jul 1624

�� 1711

16 Mar 1685

Robert Phelips

�1 Feb 1619

21 Jun 1707

14 Jan 1689

Francis Powlett

24 Jan 1640

by Aug 1695

John Pollen

�� c 1642

2 Feb 1719

30 Oct 1695

John Smith� (to 1713)

c 1655

2 Oct 1723

Sir Robert Smyth,3rd baronet

c 1659

27 Jan 1745

21 Jul 1698

Anthony Henley

1667

Aug 1711

14 Jan 1701

Francis Shepheard

18 Oct 1676

23 Oct 1739

6 May 1708

William Guidott� (to 1727)

25 Jan 1672

30 Aug 1745

25 Aug 1713

Sir Ambrose Crowley

1 Feb 1658

7 Oct 1713

30 Mar 1714

Gilbert Searle

c 1687

1720

29 Jan 1715

John Wallop,later [1720] 1st Viscount

Lymington and [1743] 1st Earl of Portsmouth

15 Apr 1690

22 Nov 1762

[he was also retuned for Hampshire,for

which he chose to sit]

�1 Apr 1715

James Brudenell� (to 1734)

�� c 1687

�9 Aug 1746

23 Aug 1727

Charles Colyear,styled Viscount Milsington

later [1730] 2nd Earl of Portmore

27 Aug 1700

�5 Jul 1785

20 Jan 1730

William Guidott� (to 1741)

25 Jan 1672

30 Aug 1745

25 Apr 1734

John Pollen� (to 1754)

�� c 1702

24 Jul 1775

�5 May 1741

John Wallop,later [1743] styled Viscount�

Lymington

�3 Aug 1718

19 Nov 1749

28 Nov 1749

John Griffin Griffin [kt 1761],later [1784] 4th

Baron Howard de Walden and [1788] 1st

Baron Braybrooke�(to 1784)

13 Mar 1719

25 May 1797

16 Apr 1754

Francis Blake Delaval

16 Mar 1727

�7 Aug 1771

21 Mar 1768

Benjamin Lethieullier�(to 1797)

�� 1729

�5 Dec 1797

11 Aug 1784

William Fellowes

�� c 1726

�4 Feb 1804

25 May 1796

Coulson Wallop� (to 1802)

19 Sep 1774

31 Aug 1807

14 Dec 1797

Thomas Assheton-Smith�(to 1821)

�� c 1750

12 May 1828

�5 Jul 1802

Newton Fellowes,later [1853] 4th Earl of�

Portsmouth��

26 Jun 1772

�9 Jan 1854

8 Mar 1820

Sir John Walter Pollen,2nd baronet� (to 1831)

�6 Apr 1784

�2 May 1863

11 May 1821

Thomas Assheton-Smith��

�2 Aug 1776

�9 Sep 1858

2 May 1831

Henry Arthur Wallop Fellowes

29 Oct 1799

17 Feb 1847

Ralph Etwall� (to 1847)

30 May 1804

15 Dec 1882

�8 Jan 1835

Sir John Walter Pollen,2nd baronet

�6 Apr 1784

�2 May 1863

29 Jun 1841

Lord William Paget

�1 Mar 1803

17 May 1873

29 Jul 1847

Henry Beaumont Coles

�� 1794

23 Nov 1862

William Cubitt� (to 1861)

�� 1791

28 Oct 1863

28 Mar 1857

Dudley Francis Fortescue�(to 1874)

�4 Aug 1820

�2 Mar 1909

29 Jul 1861

Henry Beaumont Coles

�� 1794

23 Nov 1862

17 Dec 1862

William Cubitt�

�� 1791

28 Oct 1863

18 Nov 1863

William John Humphery,later [1868] 1st

baronet

25 Mar 1827

31 Mar 1909

11 Feb 1867

Sir John Burgess Karslake

13 Dec 1821

�4 Oct 1881

REPRESENTATION REDUCED

TO ONE MEMBER 1868

�9 Feb 1874

Henry Wellesley,later [1884] 3rd Duke of

Wellington

�5 Apr 1846

�8 Jun 1900

1 Apr 1880

Francis William Buxton

�5 Aug 1847

14 Nov 1911

�1 Dec 1885

William Withey Bramston Beach

25 Dec 1826

�3 Aug 1901

28 Aug 1901

Edmund Beckett Faber,later [1905]�

1st Baron Faber

�9 Feb 1847

17 Sep 1920

23 Jan 1906

Walter Vavasour Faber

11 Feb 1857

�2 Apr 1928

�

�CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918

� ANGLESEY

c Apr 1660

Robert Bulkeley,2nd Viscount Bulkeley [I]

�� c 1630

18 Oct 1688

�4 Apr 1661

Nicholas Bagenall

�9 Aug 1629

�� 1712

13 Feb 1679

Henry Bulkeley

�� c 1641

�� 1698

28 Aug 1679

Richard Bulkeley,later [1688] 3rd Viscount�

Bulkeley [I]

�� c 1658

�9 Aug 1704

�2 Apr 1685

Robert Bulkeley,2nd Viscount Bulkeley [I]

�� c 1630

18 Oct 1688

16 Jan 1689

Thomas Bulkeley

c 1633

23 Mar 1708

13 Mar 1690

Richard Bulkeley,3rd Viscount Bulkeley [I]

�� c 1658

�9 Aug 1704

30 Nov 1704

Richard Bulkeley,4th Viscount Bulkeley [I]

19 Sep 1682

�4 Jun 1724

10 Feb 1715

Owen Meyrick

�� 1682

�8 Apr 1759

11 Apr 1722

Richard Bulkeley,4th Viscount Bulkeley [I]

19 Sep 1682

�4 Jun 1724

10 Apr 1725

Hugh Williams

�� c 1694

14 Jan 1742

�9 May 1734

Nicholas Bayly,later [1741] 2nd baronet

�� 1709

�9 Dec 1782

28 May 1741

John Owen

�� c 1702

20 Feb 1754

16 Jul 1747

Sir Nicholas Bayly,1st baronet

�� 1709

�9 Dec 1782

16 Apr 1761

Owen Meyrick

�� 1705

�� Mar 1770

12 Apr 1770

Sir Nicholas Bayly,1st baronet

�� 1709

�9 Dec 1782

20 Oct 1774

Thomas James Bulkeley,7th Viscount

Bulkeley [I]

12 Dec 1752

�3 Jun 1822

22 Apr 1784

Nicholas Bayly

�� 1749

�7 Jun 1814

28 Jun 1790

William Paget

22 Dec 1769

�� Sep 1794

22 Nov 1794

Arthur Paget� [kt 1804]

15 Jan 1771

26 Jul 1840

12 May 1807

Berkeley Thomas Paget

�2 Jan 1780

26 Oct 1842

16 Mar 1820

Henry Paget,styled Earl of Uxbridge,later [1854]

2nd Marquess of Anglesey

�6 Jul 1797

�7 Feb 1869

19 Dec 1832

Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams-Bulkeley,10th

baronet

23 Sep 1801

28 Aug 1875

23 Feb 1837

William Owen Stanley

13 Nov 1802

24 Feb 1884

�7 Aug 1847

Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams-Bulkeley,10th

baronet

23 Sep 1801

28 Aug 1875

20 Nov 1868

Richard Davies

�� 1818

27 Oct 1896

12 Jul 1886

Thomas Lewis

�� 1821

�2 Dec 1897

19 Jul 1895

Ellis Jones Ellis-Griffith,later [1918] 1st

baronet

23 May 1860

30 Nov 1926

14 Dec 1918

Sir Owen Thomas

18 Dec 1858

�6 Mar 1923

�7 Apr 1923

Sir Robert John Thomas,1st baronet

23 Apr 1873

27 Sep 1951

30 May 1929

Megan Arfon Lloyd-George�[Lady Megan

from 1945]

22 Apr 1902

14 May 1966

25 Oct 1951

Cledwyn Hughes,later [1979] Baron Cledwyn

of Penrhos [L]

14 Sep 1916

22 Feb 2001

�3 May 1979

Keith Lander Best

10 Jun 1949

�CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983�

� ANGUS

See also "Forfarshire"

1 May 1997

Andrew Paton Welsh

19 Apr 1944

7 Jun 2001

Michael Fraser Weir

24 Mar 1957

8 Jun 2017

Kirstene Hair

� ANGUS EAST

�9 Jun 1983

Peter Lovat Fraser,later [1989] Baron�

Fraser of Carmyllie [L]

29 May 1945

23 Jun 2013

11 Jun 1987

Andrew Paton Welsh

19 Apr 1944

�CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1997

� ANGUS NORTH & MEARNS

23 Feb 1950

Colin Norman Thornton-Kemsley [kt 1958]

�2 Sep 1903

17 Jul 1977

15 Oct 1964

Alick Laidlaw Buchanan-Smith

�8 Apr 1932

29 Aug 1991

�CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983�

� ANGUS SOUTH

23 Feb 1950

Sir James Alexander Lawson Duncan,1st

baronet

�� 1899

30 Sep 1974

15 Oct 1964

John Bruce-Gardyne,later [1983] Baron

Bruce-Gardyne [L]

12 Apr 1930

15 Apr 1990

10 Oct 1974

Andrew Paton Welsh

19 Apr 1944

�3 May 1979

Peter Lovat Fraser,later [1989] Baron�

Fraser of Carmyllie [L]

29 May 1945

23 Jun 2013

�CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983�

ANNIESLAND (GLASGOW)

1 May 1997

Donald Campbell Dewar

21 Aug 1937

11 Oct 2000

23 Nov 2000

John Robertson

17 Apr 1952

�CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2005

� ANSTRUTHER EASTER BURGHS (FIFESHIRE)

comprising Anstruther Easter,Pittenweem,

Anstruther Wester,Crail and Kilrenny

26 May 1708

Sir John Anstruther,1st baronet

c 1678

27 Sep 1753

10 Apr 1712

George Hamilton

after 1658

after 1728

18 Sep 1713

Sir John Anstruther,1st baronet

c 1678

27 Sep 1753

16 Feb 1715

Philip Anstruther�(to 1741)

�� c 1680

11 Nov 1760

13 Apr 1722

Philip Anstruther

�� c 1680

11 Nov 1760

David Scott

Double return. Anstruther declared elected

27 Oct 1722

29 May 1741

John Stewart

�� c 1709

13 Aug 1796

23 Jul 1747

Philip Anstruther

�� c 1680

11 Nov 1760

10 May 1754

Sir Henry Erskine,5th baronet

23 Dec 1710

�9 Aug 1765

17 Jan 1766

Sir John Anstruther,2nd baronet

27 Dec 1718

�4 Jul 1799

�1 Nov 1774

Philip Anstruther,later [1799] 3rd baronet

13 Jan 1752

�5 Jan 1808

�9 Jan 1778

George Damer,later [1798] 2nd Earl

28 Mar 1746

�7 Mar 1808

of Dorchester

�6 Oct 1780

Sir John Anstruther,2nd baronet

27 Dec 1718

�4 Jul 1799

21 Jan 1783

John Anstruther,later [1798] 1st baronet

27 Mar 1753

26 Jun 1811

12 Jul 1790

Sir John Anstruther,2nd baronet

27 Dec 1718

�4 Jul 1799

20 Mar 1793

Robert Anstruther

31 Dec 1757

�7 Mar 1831

�1 Jul 1794

William Dundas

�� 1762

14 Nov 1845

21 Jun 1796

John Anstruther,later [1798] 1st baronet

27 Mar 1753

26 Jun 1811

19 Aug 1797

Alexander Campbell

�� c 1750

24 Feb 1832

25 Nov 1806

Sir John Anstruther,1st baronet

27 Mar 1753

26 Jun 1811

20 Aug 1811

Sir John Anstruther (Carmichael-Anstruther

from 1817), 2nd baronet

1 Jun 1785

28 Jan 1818

14 Mar 1818

Alexander Maconochie

�2 Mar 1777

30 Nov 1861

26 Jul 1819

Sir William Rae,3rd baronet

14 Apr 1769

19 Oct 1842

4 Jul 1826

James Balfour

c 1775

19 Apr 1845

24 May 1831

Andrew Johnston

1798

22 Aug 1862

�CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1832

� ANTRIM

05 Dec 1904

John Staples

�1 Mar 1734

22 Dec 1820

Edmund Alexander Macnaghten� (to 1812)

�2 Aug 1762

15 Mar 1832

19 Jul 1802

John Bruce Richard O'Neill,later [1841] 3rd

Viscount O'Neill�(to 1841)

30 Dec 1780

12 Feb 1855

21 Oct 1812

Francis Charles Seymour-Conway,styled Earl

of Yarmouth,later [1822] 3rd Marquess�

of Hertford

11 Mar 1777

�1 Mar 1842

27 Jun 1818

Hugh Henry John Seymour

25 Sep 1790

�2 Dec 1821

12 Jan 1822

Richard Seymour-Conway,styled Earl of

Yarmouth,later [1842] 4th Marquess�

of Hertford

22 Feb 1800

25 Aug 1870

20 Jun 1826

Edmund Alexander Macnaghten

�2 Aug 1762

15 Mar 1832

13 Aug 1830

George Hamilton Chichester,styled Earl of

Belfast,later [1844] 3rd Marquess of Donegall

10 Feb 1797

20 Oct 1883

�5 Aug 1837

John Irving� (to 1845)

5 Oct 1766

10 Nov 1845

14 Apr 1841

Nathaniel Alexander�(to 1852)

Aug 1815

�5 Jan 1853

22 Dec 1845

Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour

22 Nov 1791

21 Nov 1851

11 Aug 1847

Sir Edward Charles Workman-Macnaghten,

2nd baronet

�1 Apr 1790

�6 Jan 1876

23 Jul 1852

Edward William Pakenham

Sep 1819

�5 Nov 1854

George Macartney�(to 1859)

�� 1793

27 Dec 1854

Thomas Henry Pakenham�(to 1865)

28 Jun 1826

20 Feb 1913

10 May 1859

George Frederick Upton,later [1863] 3rd

Viscount Templetown

�5 Aug 1802

�4 Jan 1890

�6 May 1863

Edward O'Neill,later [1883] 2nd Baron O'Neill

(to 1880)

31 Dec 1839

19 Nov 1928

22 Jul 1865

George Henry Seymour

20 Mar 1818

25 Jul 1869

21 Aug 1869

Hugh de Grey Seymour,styled Earl of Yarmouth,

later [1884] 6th Marquess of Hertford

22 Oct 1843

23 Mar 1912

16 Feb 1874

James Chaine� (to May 1885)

�� 1841

�4 May 1885

9 Apr 1880

Edward Macnaghten,later [1887] Baron

Macnaghten [L]� (to 1885)

�3 Feb 1830

17 Feb 1913

21 May 1885

William Pirrie Sinclair

�� 1837

�1 Nov 1900

SPLIT INTO 4 DIVISIONS 1885

SEE "ANTRIM EAST","ANTRIM MID",

"ANTRIM NORTH" AND "ANTRIM SOUTH".

CONSTITUENCIES REUNITED 1922

15 Nov 1922

Robert William Hugh O'Neill,later [1953] 1st

Baron Rathcavan (to 1950)

�8 Jun 1883

28 Nov 1982

Charles Curtis Craig

18 Feb 1869

28 Jan 1960

30 May 1929

Sir Joseph McConnell,2nd baronet

17 Sep 1877

27 Aug 1942

11 Feb 1943

John Dermot Campbell

20 Jan 1898

23 Jan 1945

26 Jul 1945

Samuel Gillmor Haughton

�1 Dec 1889

19 May 1959

CONSTITUENCY SPLIT INTO "ANTRIM

NORTH" & "ANTRIM SOUTH" 1950

� ANTRIM EAST

�5 Dec 1885

James Martin McCalmont

23 May 1847

�2 Feb 1913

19 Feb 1913

Robert Chaine Alexander McCalmont� [kt 1952]

29 Aug 1881

�4 Nov 1953

27 May 1919

George Boyle Hanna

17 Dec 1877

30 Oct 1938

CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922,

BUT REVIVED 1983

�9 Jun 1983

Roy Beggs

20 Feb 1936

5 May 2005

Samuel Wilson

4 Apr 1953

� ANTRIM MID

�3 Dec 1885

Robert Torrens O'Neill

10 Jan 1845

25 Jul 1910

18 Jan 1910

Arthur Edward Bruce O'Neill

19 Sep 1876

�6 Nov 1914

17 Feb 1915

Robert William Hugh O'Neill,later [1953] 1st

Baron Rathcavan

�8 Jun 1883

28 Nov 1982

�CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922

� ANTRIM NORTH

30 Nov 1885

Edward Macnaghten,later [1887] Baron

Macnaghten [L]�

�3 Feb 1830

17 Feb 1913

11 Feb 1887

Sir Charles Edward Lewis,1st baronet

25 Dec 1825

10 Feb 1893

�� Jul 1892

Charles Cunningham Connor

�� 1842

10 Feb 1914

20 Jul 1895

Hugh McCalmont� [kt 1900]

�� 1845

�2 May 1924

25 Feb 1899

William Moore,later [1932] 1st baronet

22 Nov 1864

28 Nov 1944

26 Jan 1906

Robert Graham Glendinning

5 Apr 1844

�8 Jun 1928

21 Jan 1910

Peter Kerr-Smiley

22 Feb 1879

23 Jun 1943

�

CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922,

BUT REVIVED 1950

23 Feb 1950

Robert William Hugh O'Neill,later [1953] 1st

Baron Rathcavan

�8 Jun 1883

28 Nov 1982

27 Oct 1952

Phelim Robert Hugh O'Neill,later [1982] 2nd

Baron Rathcavan

�2 Nov 1909

20 Dec 1994

25 Oct 1959

Henry Maitland Clark

11 Apr 1929

24 Mar 2012

18 Jun 1970

Ian Richard Kyle Paisley,later [2010] Baron

Bannside [L]

6 Apr 1926

12 Sep 2014

6 May 2010

Ian Richard Kyle Paisley

12 Dec 1966

� ANTRIM SOUTH

�8 Dec 1885

William Grey Ellison Macartney� [kt 1912]

7 Jun 1852

�4 Dec 1924

�5 Feb 1903

Charles Curtis Craig

18 Feb 1869

28 Jan 1960

�

CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922,

BUT REVIVED 1950

23 Feb 1950

Douglas Lloyd Savory�[kt 1952]

17 Aug 1878

�5 Oct 1969

26 May 1955

Samuel Knox Cunningham,later [1963]�

1st baronet

�3 Apr 1909

29 Jul 1976

18 Jun 1970

James Henry Molyneaux [kt 1996],later [1997]

Baron Molyneaux of Killead [L]

27 Aug 1920

9 Mar 2015

�9 Jun 1983

Clifford Forsythe

24 Aug 1929

27 Apr 2000

21 Sep 2000

Robert Thomas William McCrea, later [2018]

Baron McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown [L]

6 Aug 1948

7 Jun 2001

David Wilson Boyd Burnside

24 Aug 1951

5 May 2005

Robert Thomas William McCrea, later [2018]

Baron McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown [L]

6 Aug 1948

7 May 2015

Daniel de Burgh Kinahan

14 Apr 1958

8 Jun 2017

Paul Girvan

6 Jul 1963

� APPLEBY (WESTMORLAND)

c Apr 1660

Sir Henry Cholmley

2 Apr 1609

30 Jun 1666

Christopher Clapham

c 1608

16 Aug 1686

�5 Apr 1661

John Lowther

c 1628

8 Jan 1668

John Dalston� (to 1679)

15 Oct 1611

13 Apr 1692

�2 Mar 1668

Thomas Tufton,later [1684] 6th Earl

of Thanet

30 Aug 1644

30 Jul 1729

25 Feb 1679

Richard Tufton,later [1680] 5th Earl

of Thanet

30 May 1641

8 Mar 1684

Anthony Lowther� (to Feb 1681)

15 May 1641

27 Jan 1693

�3 Jan 1681

Sackville Tufton�(to Jan 1689)

11 Jun 1646

30 Mar 1721

28 Feb 1681

Sir John Bland,4th baronet

2 Nov 1663

25 Oct 1715

27 Mar 1685

Philip Musgrave� (to Jul 1689)

21 Mar 1661

2 Jul 1689

11 Jan 1689

Richard Lowther� (to 1690)

15 Nov 1638

20 Nov 1703

25 Jul 1689

William Cheyne,later [1698] 2nd Viscount

Newhaven [S]�� (to 1695)

14 Jul 1657

26 May 1728

25 Feb 1690

Charles Boyle,later [1694] Baron Clifford of

Lanesborough and [1698] 2nd Earl of Burlington

30 Oct 1660

9 Feb 1704

13 Dec 1694

Sir John Walter,3rd baronet

c 1674

11 Jun 1722

1 Nov 1695

Sir William Twysden,3rd baronet

11 Dec 1635

27 Nov 1697

Sir Christopher Musgrave,4th baronet

c 1631

29 Jul 1704

(to 1698)

23 Dec 1697

Sir John Walter,3rd baronet� (to 1701)

c 1674

11 Jun 1722

9 Aug 1698

Gervase Pierrepont,later [1702] 1st�

Baron Pierrepont [I]��(to 1705)

1649

22 May 1715

8 Jan 1701

Wharton Dunch

by 1679

c Sep 1705

29 Jul 1702

James Grahme� (to 1708)

3 Apr 1650

26 Jan 1730

19 May 1705

William Harvey

18 Dec 1663

31 Oct 1731

20 May 1708

Edward Duncombe� (to 1713)

5 Sep 1675

by Jan 1744

Nicholas Lechmere,later [1721] 1st�

Baron Lechmere

5 Aug 1675

18 Jun 1727

5 Oct 1710

Thomas Lutwyche� (to 1722)

21 Sep 1674

13 Nov 1734

27 Aug 1713

Sir Richard Sandford,3rd baronet� (to 1723)

�8 Sep 1675

�2 Apr 1723

26 Mar 1722

Sackville Tufton,later [1729] 7th Earl�

11 May 1688

�4 Dec 1753

of Thanet (to 1730)

�2 May 1723

James Lowther,later [1731] 4th baronet

5 Aug 1673

�2 Jan 1755

�8 Sep 1727

Sir John Ramsden,3rd baronet� (to 1754)

21 Mar 1699

10 Apr 1769

24 Jan 1730

Walter Plumer

�� c 1682

�2 Mar 1746

11 May 1741

George Bubb Dodington,later [1761] 1st

Baron Melcombe�� [he was also returned

�� c 1691

28 Jul 1762

for Bridgwater,for which he chose to sit]

�1 Jan 1742

Sir Charles Wyndham,4th baronet,later [1750]�

2nd Earl of Egremont

19 Aug 1710

21 Aug 1763

�5 Jul 1747

Randle Wilbraham

�� c 1695

�3 Dec 1770

15 May 1754

Philip Honywood� (to 1784)

�� c 1710

21 Feb 1785

William Lee

�� c 1726

�� Aug 1778

Election declared void 10 Feb 1756

�4 Mar 1756

Fletcher Norton,later [1782] 1st

Baron Grantley�

23 Jun 1716

�1 Jan 1789

�8 Apr 1761

John Stanwix

19 Mar 1693

c Nov 1766

20 Jan 1767

Charles Jenkinson,later [1796] 1st Earl of

Liverpool

26 Apr 1727

17 Dec 1808

�1 Jan 1773

Fletcher Norton

16 Nov 1744

19 Jun 1820

15 Oct 1774

George Johnstone

�� 1730

24 May 1787

18 Sep 1780

William Lowther,later [1807] 1st Earl of

Lonsdale�� [he was also returned for

29 Dec 1757

19 Mar 1844

Carlisle,for which he chose to sit]

�8 Jan 1781

William Pitt

28 May 1759

23 Jan 1806

�9 Apr 1784

John Leveson-Gower

11 Jul 1740

15 Aug 1792

Richard Penn

�� c 1734

27 May 1811

�5 Jul 1790

Richard Ford� (to May 1791)

�� 1758

�3 May 1806

Robert Banks Jenkinson,later [1808] 2nd�

Earl of Liverpool�� [he was also returned for�

�7 Jun 1770

�4 Dec 1828

Rye,for which he chose to sit]

21 Jan 1791

William Grimston�(to 1796)

23 Jun 1750

25 Apr 1814

18 May 1791

John Theophilus Rawdon

19 Nov 1756

�5 May 1808

30 May 1796

John Tufton

22 Nov 1773

28 May 1799

John Courtenay� (to 1807)

22 Aug 1738

24 Mar 1816

18 Jun 1799

Robert Adair� [kt 1831]

24 May 1763

�3 Oct 1855

�6 Jul 1802

Philip Francis [kt 1806]

22 Oct 1740

23 Dec 1818

25 May 1807

Charles Grey,styled Viscount Howick,

later [1807] 2nd Earl Grey

13 May 1764

17 Jul 1845

James Ramsay Cuthbert�(to 1812)

�after 1771

29 Mar 1821

30 Jul 1807

Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne,later [1839]

1st Baron Colborne

14 Apr 1779

�3 May 1854

�9 Oct 1812

John Courtenay

22 Aug 1738

24 Mar 1816

James Lowther� (to 1818)

23 Feb 1753

�� 1837

29 Dec 1812

George Tierney

20 Mar 1761

25 Jan 1830

23 Jun 1818

George Fludyer

�� Sep 1761

15 Apr 1837

Lucius Concannon�(to 1820)

�� c 1764

29 Jan 1823

�5 Apr 1819

Adolphus John Dalrymple,later [1830] 2nd

baronet� (to 1826)

�3 Feb 1784

�3 Mar 1866

13 Mar 1820

George Tierney�� [he was also returned for

20 Mar 1761

25 Jan 1830

Knaresborough,for which he chose to sit]

23 May 1820

Thomas Creevey

�5 Mar 1768

�5 Jun 1838

12 Jun 1826

James Maitland,styled Viscount Maitland,

later [1839] 9th Earl of Lauderdale� (to 1832)

12 Feb 1784

22 Aug 1860

Henry Tufton,later [1832] 11th Earl

of Thanet

�2 Jan 1775

12 Jun 1849

24 May 1832

Charles Henry Foster-Barham

16 May 1808

15 Aug 1878

�CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1832,

BUT REVIVED 1885

�4 Dec 1885

William Lowther

14 Dec 1821

23 Jan 1912

�� Jul 1892

Sir Joseph Savory,1st baronet

23 Jul 1843

�1 Oct 1921

�5 Oct 1900

Richard Rigg

22 Aug 1877

29 Aug 1942

�3 Mar 1905

Leifchild Stratten Jones,later [1932] 1st

Baron Rhayader

16 Jan 1862

26 Sep 1939

19 Jan 1910

Lancelot Sanderson�[kt 1915]

24 Oct 1863

�9 Mar 1944

27 Oct 1915

Henry Cecil Lowther�[kt 1918]

27 Jan 1869

�1 Nov 1940

�CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918�

� ARDWICK (MANCHESTER)

14 Dec 1918

Augustine Hailwood

11 Dec 1875

�1 Dec 1939

15 Nov 1922

Thomas Louth

�� 1858

26 May 1931

22 Jun 1931

Joseph Henderson,later [1950] 1st�

Baron Henderson of Ardwick

�� 1884

26 Feb 1950

27 Oct 1931

Albert George Hubert Fuller

10 Dec 1894

27 Jul 1969

14 Nov 1935

Joseph Henderson,later [1950] 1st

Baron Henderson of Ardwick

�� 1884

26 Feb 1950

23 Feb 1950

Leslie Maurice Lever [kt 1970],later [1975]�

Baron Lever [L]

29 Apr 1905

26 Jul 1977

18 Jun 1970

Gerald Bernard Kaufman�[kt 2004]

21 Jun 1930

26 Feb 2017

�CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983

� ARFON (CARNARVONSHIRE)

�4 Dec 1885

William Rathbone

11 Feb 1819

�6 Mar 1902

20 Jul 1895

William Jones

�� 1860

�9 May 1915

�6 Jul 1915

Griffith Caradoc Rees

�� 1868

20 Sep 1924

�

�CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918

BUT RE-CREATED 2010

6 May 2010

Hywel Williams

14 May 1953

� ARGYLL

23 Feb 1950

Duncan McCallum� [kt 1955]

24 Nov 1888

10 May 1958

12 Jun 1958

Michael Antony Christobal Noble,later [1974]

Baron Glenkinglas [L]

13 Mar 1913

15 May 1984

28 Feb 1974

Iain Somerled MacDonald MacCormick

28 Sep 1939

19 Sep 2014

�3 May 1979

John Jackson Mackay,later [1991] Baron�

Mackay of Ardbrecknish [L]

15 Nov 1938

21 Feb 2001

�NAME ALTERED TO "ARGYLL & BUTE" 1983

� ARGYLL & BUTE

�9 Jun 1983

John Jackson Mackay,later [1991] Baron�

Mackay of Ardbrecknish [L]

15 Nov 1938

21 Feb 2001

11 Jun 1987

Janet Ray Michie,later [2001] Baroness

Michie of Gallanach [L]

�4 Feb 1934

6 May 2008

7 Jun 2001

Alan Reid

7 Aug 1954

7 May 2015

Brendan O'Hara

1964

� ARGYLLSHIRE

10 Jun 1708

Sir James Campbell,2nd baronet

�� c 1666

�5 Jul 1752

[At the general election in May 1734,he

was also returned for Stirlingshire,for

which he chose to sit]

27 Apr 1736

Charles Campbell

�� c 1695

�8 Oct 1741

�5 Feb 1742

James Stuart-Mackenzie

�� c 1719

�8 Apr 1800

�1 Aug 1747

Sir Duncan Campbell

�� c 1682

10 Mar 1765

20 May 1754

Dugald Campbell

�� c 1710

30 Dec 1764

17 Jan 1764

Lord William Campbell

�� c 1732

�4 Sep 1778

12 Dec 1766

Robert Campbell

�� c 1721

�7 Apr 1790

20 Feb 1772

Adam Livingston

�� c 1723

16 Jun 1795

�9 Oct 1780

Lord Frederick Campbell

20 Jun 1729

�8 Jun 1816

�3 Oct 1799

Lord John Douglas Edward Henry

Campbell,later [1839] 7th Duke of Argyll

21 Dec 1777

25 Apr 1847

14 Mar 1822

Walter Frederick Campbell

10 Apr 1798

�8 Feb 1855

21 Dec 1832

James Henry Callander

18 Aug 1803

31 Jan 1851

13 Jan 1835

Walter Frederick Campbell

10 Apr 1798

�8 Feb 1855

9 Jul 1841

Alexander Cameron Campbell

30 Dec 1812

�5 Jan 1869

�8 Sep 1843

Duncan McNeill

�� Aug 1793

31 Jan 1874

�6 Jun 1851

Sir Archibald Islay Campbell,3rd baronet

15 May 1825

11 Sep 1866

�3 Apr 1857

Alexander Struthers Finlay

21 Jul 1807

�9 Jun 1886

�3 Mar 1868

John George Edward Henry Douglas

Sutherland Campbell,styled Marquess of�

Lorne,later [1900] 9th Duke of Argyll

�6 Aug 1845

�2 May 1914

31 Aug 1878

Lord Colin Campbell

�9 Mar 1853

18 Jun 1895

For further information on this MP,see the

note at the foot of this page

�5 Dec 1885

Donald Horne Macfarlane�[kt 1894]

18 Jul 1830

�2 Jun 1904

16 Jul 1886

John Wingfield Malcolm,later [1896] 1st

Baron Malcolm

16 Apr 1833

�6 Mar 1902

�� Jul 1892

Donald Horne Macfarlane�[kt 1894]

18 Jul 1830

�2 Jun 1904

24 Jul 1895

Donald Ninian Nicol

8 Oct 1843

27 Jul 1903

26 Aug 1903

John Stirling Ainsworth,later [1917] 1st baronet

30 Jan 1844

24 May 1923

14 Dec 1918

William Sutherland�[kt 1919]

�4 Mar 1880

19 Sep 1949

29 Oct 1924

Frederick Alexander Macquisten

23 Jul 1870

29 Feb 1940

10 Apr 1940

Duncan McCallum� [kt 1955]

24 Nov 1888

10 May 1958

�NAME ALTERED TO "ARGYLL" 1950

� ARMAGH (CO.ARMAGH)

05 Dec 1904

Patrick Duigenan

�� c 1737

11 Apr 1816

�8 May 1816

Daniel Webb Webber

�� c 1757

18 Jul 1847

26 Jun 1818

John Leslie Foster

�� c 1781

10 Jul 1842

10 Mar 1820

William Stuart

31 Oct 1798

�7 Jul 1874

19 Jun 1826

Henry Goulburn

19 Mar 1784

12 Jan 1856

10 May 1831

Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot,styled Viscount

Ingestre,later [1856] 18th Earl of Shrewsbury

�8 Nov 1803

�4 Jun 1868

25 Aug 1831

Sir John William Head Brydges

5 Jul 1764

4 Sep 1839

15 Dec 1832

Leonard Dobbin

1775

19 Feb 1844

�2 Aug 1837

William Curry

16 Aug 1784

19 Sep 1842

22 May 1840

John Dawson Rawdon

�� 1804

�5 May 1866

�9 Jul 1852

Ross Stephenson Moore

�� 1809

�5 Oct 1855

�6 Dec 1855

Joshua Walter McGeough Bond

�� 1831

29 Aug 1905

�2 Apr 1857

Stearnhall Miller

�� 1813

�2 May 1897

�5 May 1859

Joshua Walter McGeough Bond

�� 1831

29 Aug 1905

17 Jul 1865

Stearnhall Miller

�� 1813

�2 May 1897

30 Jan 1867

John Vance

c 1817

21 Sep 1875

20 Oct 1875

George de la Poer Beresford

�� 1831

�3 Aug 1906

For information on the death of this MP,

see the note at the foot of this page

�CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1885�

� ARMAGH COUNTY

05 Dec 1904

Archibald Acheson,later [1807] 2nd Earl of�

Gosford� (to Mar 1807)

�1 Aug 1776

27 Mar 1849

Robert Camden Cope

�� c 1771

�5 Dec 1818

17 Jul 1802

Henry Caulfeild� (to May 1807)

29 Jul 1779

�4 Mar 1862

13 Mar 1807

William Brownlow�(to 1815)

�1 Sep 1755

10 Jul 1815

23 May 1807

William Richardson�(to 1820)

1749

23 Mar 1822

23 Sep 1815

Henry Caulfeild

29 Jul 1779

�4 Mar 1862

10 Jul 1818

Charles Brownlow,later [1839] 1st Baron�

Lurgan� (to 1832)

17 Apr 1795

30 Apr 1847

22 Mar 1820

Henry Caulfeild

29 Jul 1779

�4 Mar 1862

9 Aug 1830

Archibald Acheson,styled Viscount Acheson,

later [1849] 3rd Earl of Gosford� (to 1847)

20 Aug 1806

15 Jun 1864

19 Dec 1832

William Verner,later [1846] 1st baronet� (to 1868)

25 Oct 1782

20 Jan 1871

�9 Aug 1847

James Molyneux Caulfeild,later [1863] 3rd�

Earl of Charlemont

�6 Oct 1820

12 Jan 1892

16 Apr 1857

Maxwell Charles Close

25 Jun 1827

25 Jan 1903

23 Mar 1864

Sir James Matthew Stronge,3rd baronet

25 Nov 1811

11 Mar 1885

(to 1874)

21 Nov 1868

William Verner,later [1871] 2nd baronet

�4 Apr 1822

10 Jan 1873

15 Feb 1873

Edward Wingfield Verner,later [1886] 4th�

baronet� (to 1880)

�1 Oct 1830

21 Jun 1899

12 Feb 1874

Maxwell Charles Close�(to 1885)

25 Jun 1827

25 Jan 1903

13 Apr 1880

James Nicholson Richardson

7 Feb 1846

11 Oct 1921

SPLIT INTO "ARMAGH MID","ARMAGH

NORTH" AND "ARMAGH SOUTH" 1885

RE-UNITED 1922

15 Nov 1922

Sir William James Allen

15 Oct 1866

20 Dec 1947

�5 Mar 1948

James Richard Edwards Harden

12 Dec 1916

22 Oct 2000

20 Nov 1954

Christopher Wyborne Armstrong

�9 May 1899

8 Jul 1986

�8 Oct 1959

John Edward Maginnis

�7 Mar 1919

7 Jul 2001

28 Feb 1974

James Harold McCusker

�7 Feb 1940

12 Feb 1990

�CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983�

� ARMAGH MID

�3 Dec 1885

John McKane

11 Jan 1886

�1 Feb 1886

Sir James Porter Corry,1st baronet

8 Sep 1826

28 Nov 1891

17 Dec 1891

Dunbar Plunket Barton,later [1918] 1st baronet

29 Oct 1853

11 Sep 1937

12 Feb 1900

John Brownlee Lonsdale,later [1911] 1st baronet

and [1918] 1st Baron Armaghdale

23 Mar 1850

�8 Jun 1924

23 Jan 1918

James Rolston Lonsdale

31 May 1865

23 May 1921

23 Jun 1921

Henry Bruce Armstrong

27 Jul 1844

�4 Dec 1943

�CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922�

� ARMAGH NORTH

�1 Dec 1885

Edward James Saunderson

1 Oct 1837

21 Oct 1906

14 Nov 1906

William Moore,later [1932] 1st baronet

22 Nov 1864

28 Nov 1944

22 Nov 1917

William James Allen�[kt 1921]

15 Oct 1866

20 Dec 1947

�CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922�

� ARMAGH SOUTH

27 Nov 1885

Alexander Blane

�� 1856

7 Feb 1917

�� Jul 1892

Edward McHugh

�� 1846

28 Aug 1900

�9 Oct 1900

John Campbell

�� 1870

19 Jan 1906

William McKillop

�� 1860

25 Aug 1909

�4 Nov 1909

Charles O'Neill

�� 1849

14 Jan 1918

2 Feb 1918

Patrick Donnelly

�� 1878

13 Aug 1947

�CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1922�

�

Lord Colin Campbell, MP for Argyllshire 1878-1885 and his wife, Lady Colin Campbell,

formerly Gertrude Elizabeth Blood (3 May 1857-1 Nov 1911)

Lord Colin and Miss Blood were married in July 1881. At the time of their marriage, Lord Colin

was suffering from a venereal disease (generally assumed to have been syphilis), with the

result that the marriage was not consummated for several months after the marriage had�

taken place. Lady Colin sought and was granted a judicial separation in 1884, on the grounds

of her husband's cruelty in that he had knowingly infected her with his disease. Lord Colin�

unsuccessfully appealed the decision. Later that year, both parties filed for a divorce, but

the case was not heard until December 1886. Each party accused the other of adultery,

Lord Colin naming four co-respondents and Lady Colin one. The case ended with Lady Colin

being denied a divorce. Lord Colin was bankrupted the following year, and subsequently

went out to India where he practised as a barrister until his death in 1895.

The divorce trial dragged on for three weeks, and filled a huge number of column inches in

the contemporary newspapers. To attempt to summarise these reports would be extremely

difficult, so I have contented myself with the following summary which appeared in the "New

Zealand Herald" of 10 January 1887:-

'The English papers are full of this cause celebre, the hearing of which lasted nearly three�

weeks, and resulted.....in the dismissal of both Lord [Colin] Campbell's petition against his wife

and Lady [Colin] Campbell's against her husband. We take the following extracts from an over-

whelming mass of printed matter:-

'The following statement shows how the case stands:- Two years ago, in March, 1884, Lady�

Colin Campbell sought a divorce from her husband, Lord Colin Campbell, and the suit was tried

in camera before a special jury, who in the result returned a verdict, the effect of which was

that the petitioner was granted a decree of judicial separation on the ground of her husband's

cruelty. Further legal proceedings were instituted by Lord Colin Campbell, and inquiries were

afterwards made by both sides, which resulted in Lord Colin Campbell presenting a petition

praying for the dissolution of his marriage, which [the marriage] took place on the 21st of July,

1881, on the ground of the adultery of Lady Colin Campbell with the co-respondents -�

allegations which they all deny; and Lady [Colin] Campbell, on her part, filed a further petition,

in which she, too, prayed to have the marriage dissolved, on the ground of misconduct on the

part of Lord Colin Campbell with Mary Watson, which he denied. These two suits have been�

consolidated by order of the Court. Lord Colin Campbell is the fifth son of his Grace the Duke of�

Argyll, an officer in the Argyllshire Volunteers, and barrister-at-law, and Lady Gertrude�

Elizabeth Campbell is the youngest daughter of Edmond Maghlin Blood, Esq., of Birckhill, County

Clare.

�

'Sir Charles Russell said he had to open to them [the jury] a remarkable and a painful case. The

petitioner in the first suit was Lady Colin Campbell, now judicially separated from Lord Colin

Campbell, and she was the respondent in the second suit, the two being consolidated. Lady�

Colin Campbell was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Blood, a family of respectability and good

position. Lord Colin was one of several sons of the Duke of Argyll, and it appeared that in�

September, 1880, Lady Colin, who was then Miss Blood, was staying with some friends in

Scotland, not far from the seat of the Duke of Argyll. On that occasion Miss Blood met Lord

Colin, who was then enjoying the sports of the season, and apparently in good health. He

appeared to have been greatly attracted by Miss Blood, whose acquaintance he then made for

the first time. She was a lady of no inconsiderable gifts, and there was little doubt that he

speedily fell in love with her; and there was equally little doubt she returned sincerely and truly

the affection he had conceived for her. There was no reason to suggest that the marriage�

which ultimately took place was based on other than sincere and mutual affection. She was�

bringing her husband no fortune, but she brought considerable gifts and accomplishments.

Upon his part, as his father's son, he occupied a good social position. He was a man of

circumscribed means, and upon his marriage he had settled upon him a sum of �10,000.

'The marriage took place on the 21st July, 1881, when they went on a "melancholy" honey-

moon trip to the Isle of Wight, Lord Colin Campbell being attended by a hospital nurse. In

fact, from the time of the engagement in September, 1880, down to the end of their married

life in 1883, he was never without such an attendant. Owing to the disease from which Lord�

Colin was suffering [syphilis] the marriage was not consummated until October, 1881. The�

case was a very horrible one, and counsel said he would as far as possible refrain from going

into details. He proceeded to state that Dr. Bird, who was attending Lord Colin, also attended

Lady Colin, whose life at that time was almost unbearable. She desired to remain a companion

and even a nurse to her husband, and hide her misery from the world, but she could not any

longer submit to enforced cohabitation. She wrote to that effect to her husband, who replied

that she was mistaken about him, and added a statement which it is difficult to suppose Lord

Colin Campbell believed to be true when he made it. In April, 1883, after Lady Colin had had a

miscarriage, Lord Colin suggested there had been improper intercourse with Dr. Bird, who

insisted upon a withdrawal of the accusation. Lord Colin did thereupon withdraw the�

accusation, and requested Dr. Bird to continue his attendance upon Lady Colin. Lady Colin

persisted in refusing to cohabit, where upon Lord Colin said if she persisted she must leave

his house. This she refused to do. But all money supplies having been stopped she filed a

petition for judicial separation. The condition of Lady Colin became so serious that in�

September, 1883, a surgical operation had to be performed, and it was during this period of

almost uninterrupted illness and suffering that the charges of adultery with various persons

were made against her. In March, 1884, the petition for judicial separation was heard, and

Lady Colin obtained a decree. She then went in company with her father to stay with her

father and mother at Florence. In June, 1884, returning from Italy, they stopped at an hotel

in Paris, where the Duke of Marlborough called upon them.

'That was made the occasion of a charge of adultery. Lord Colin Campbell actually made a

formal demand in writing to the criminal authorities in Paris to have his wife arrested and�

lodged in a prison for prostitutes in Paris. It was difficult to believe that any man with the

ordinary instincts of a man could act thus towards a wife whom he had so injured. But his

pride had been lowered in the dust. Counsel then detailed the grounds for the charge of

adultery against Lord Colin Campbell, which is said to have taken place on the 17th of June,

1882, at Cadogan Place, with one Mary Watson. Sir C. Russell, proceeding, said Lady Colin

Campbell was in a position to meet all the charges made against her. The Duke of Marlborough

was an old friend of the family, so was Captain [Eyre Massey] Shaw [1828-1908], and to this

day Lady Colin Campbell was on terms of intimacy with Mrs. Shaw. Then there was General

[William Francis] Butler [1838-1910], a celebrated man, who had married a celebrated woman,

Miss [Elizabeth Southerden] Thompson [1846-1933], the painter of "The Roll Call." General

Butler was old enough to be Lady Colin's father, and Mrs. Butler was one of Lady Colin's

dearest friends. Then came Dr. Bird, the medical attendant, who had taken steps to protect

his character by bringing an action in that court. Sir C. Russell concluded by saying that Lady

Colin Campbell would be able to refute every one of the foul charges made against her.

'Mr. Finlay [later Viscount Finlay], in opening the case for the respondent, said: It was a

matter of irrepressible relief to Lord Colin to at last have the opportunity of defending himself

in open court from the gross and cruel imputations which had been so long hanging over him.

The jury now knew what evidence it was on which this trumped-up charge was made against

Lord Colin Campbell, and their eyes had been opened to its character. The parties were�

engaged in 1880, and after that Lord Colin took a sea voyage to get rid of an Eastern fever

he had caught while in the East with Mr. Goschen. On his return from the voyage the marriage

was brought on the tapis [i.e. under consideration]. With regard to Lord Colin's health, he was

suffering from a stricture, but his illness was in no sense of the term a venereal one. It was

quite true that the stricture was the result of indiscretion many years previously at Cambridge.

The state of Lord Colin's health was an obstacle to the marriage, and both his surgeons�

advised him not to marry, not on account of any possible danger to his wife, but on account

of danger to himself. These facts were communicated to Mrs. Blood, but she continued to urge

on the marriage, saying that Lord Colin's state of health need be no obstacle, as her daughter

would be perfectly satisfied to be his nurse only. Mrs. Blood wrote to the Duke of Argyll, who

did not approve of the engagement, and had not at that time called on the Bloods or�

recognised Miss Blood in any way. The way Mrs. Blood urged on the marriage was inconsistent

with the most elementary sense of decency or propriety, and in an evil hour the marriage took

place on the 21st of July, 1881. It was for them to consider whether such a marriage was�

likely to be a happy one. The marriage was not consummated until nearly the end of November

or the beginning of December, 1881, and for that Sir Charles Russell had denounced Lord Colin

and held up to execration as the basest of men for not being wiser than the two surgeons who

had made these matters their special study. After that, marital intercourse between Lord and

Lady Colin Campbell was only very occasional, and it ceased altogether after the 19th of June,

1882

'He [Finlay] would give a brief summary of the charges against the four co-respondents. The

Duke of Marlborough (then Lord Blandford) was first introduced to Miss Blood in 1881. Lord�

Colin expressed to his wife his objection to her acquaintanceship with Lord Blandford. At Easter,

1882, Lord Blandford was a visitor at Leigh Court, and so was Lady Colin. There Lady Miles's

arrangement was to put Lord Blandford's bedroom on the same floor as Lady Colin's. Lady�

Colin's maid, Rose Baer, the one who was sent off without the slightest warning to Switzer-

land, would give evidence that Lady Colin certainly did not occupy her bed alone. When Lord

Blandford wanted to come into the room, Lady Colin coughed loudly to signify she was not�

alone, and he returned to his room. It would also be given in evidence that at Purfleet they

passed as man and wife from Saturday to Monday. He would not weary them [the jury] by

giving them over again the story of the cabman and the note, but he would appeal to them as

men with some knowledge of the world whether there was any reason but a culpable one for

Lady Colin calling up the blushing cabman to her bedside to give him the note for Lord�

Blandford into his own hands. And now he came to the case against Mr. Tom Bird. He was a

surgeon, a young unmarried man. Together they went away to a concert at New Cross, and

together they were driven back. On the way the cabman's attention was attracted by noisy

laughing inside the cab. With a curiosity not altogether inexcusable he opened the little�

window, and saw Lady Colin's head reclining on Mr. Tom Bird's shoulder, while both of them

were caressing one another and behaving as only lovers could. He drove them to Brook-

street, where not only Mr. Bird but also Lady Colin got out. They went into the house and

discharged the cabman; but he, knowing that Lady Colin did not live there (having driven her

from Cadogan Place), loitered about in the hopes of getting another job. He went into a public

house to get a drink, and gave a man 2d to watch the door. Lady Colin, however, stayed so

long that the cabman went away in disgust. Mr. Tom Bird's devotion to his fair patient on the

occasion of her illness, too, was extraordinary. He was not like a doctor. He was more than a

doctor, and his attentions were altogether different to those of a medical man. The next co-

respondent on the record was Captain Shaw. He had, it seemed, known Miss Blood before her

marriage, and the first occasion on which suspicion was excited between them was in October,

1881. At this time the house at 79 Cadogan Place was not furnished, and Lady Colin was�

staying with her husband at Argyle Lodge and in Sloane-street. Lady Colin often went to 79

Cadogan Place for the purpose of seeing how the furnishing arrangements were proceeding,

and it was during one of these visits that Captain Shaw called upon her and remained in the

unfurnished drawing room alone with her for a very long time. When the house was furnished

he continued his calls, and he generally stayed with her for about three-quarters of an hour

or a full hour. On one of these occasions they were alone in the dining room, and one of the

servants hearing a noise proceeding from the floor of the room took upon himself to look�

through the keyhole, and he saw them under undoubtedly suspicious circumstances. The last

co-respondent was Colonel Butler, and the evidence in regard to him was confined to the�

13th of April. On the afternoon of that day Colonel Butler called upon Lady Colin and remained

in the drawing room with her for nearly two hours. While he was in the house a lady called,

and Lady Colin gave instructions to the servant to the effect that she was to inform the

visitor that she (Lady Colin) was not at home. Lord Colin returned while Colonel Butler was in�

the house, but he escaped without seeing his lordship. He [Finlay] had dealt with the case�

against the co-respondents, and he must deal at some length with the case against Lord Colin.

This was a matter of life and death to Lord Colin, for on its settlement depended his future

existence.

'The evidence taken would fill a volume. We need only publish two or three extracts. The first

witness called by the plaintiff's counsel was Lady Miles. She deposed substantially as follows:-

She told Lord [Colin] Campbell in 1882 that Lady [Colin] Campbell had resolved to refuse to live

with him as his wife and her reason for such decision, but would continue to maintain the�

kindest friendly relations towards him and refrain from all mention of her separation in other�

respects from him. Lord [Colin] Campbell was shocked at the information. He protested very

hard against his wife's decision, and said if she would recall it he would let Lady [Colin]�

Campbell have her own way for a period of two years, and would treat her with affection.�

Witness subsequently visited Lord and Lady [Colin] Campbell in London. She found Lady [Colin]

Campbell suffering intense pain, and Lord Colin Campbell explained by saying, "There has been

foul play upstairs, and Lady [Colin] Campbell has had a miscarriage." Lady Miles protested that

this could not be so, and the defendant reaffirmed that it was so. Witness, believing Lord Colin

Campbell, that he had kept his promise relating to the two years and had been deceived,

straightway accused Dr. Bird of having taken advantage of his position. Dr. Bird denied the

accusation, and refused to longer attend Lady [Colin] Campbell unless the accusation was

withdrawn. A family council ensued. At this Lord Colin admitted that he had not meant all that

he said, and asked Lady Miles to apologise for him to Dr. Bird. At the same time he complained

of the length of time General Butler remained when he called upon Lady [Colin] Campbell.�

Witness, continuing, said that bat Lord Colin Campbell's request she had consented to be his

witness so far as to state that he had not been guilty of ill-usage of his wife, but said she

urged the defendant not to call her [as a witness], because she knew of his relations with the

girl Mary Watson, and felt sure they would transpire under cross-examination. After Lady�

[Colin] Campbell had separated from defendant he complained to witness of having been badly

treated. She retorted that he ought to think himself lucky because his wife had obtained a

mere separation and not a divorce, which she would have got if witness had been called to

testify. Concerning Mary Watson, Lady Miles testified that the girl was a housemaid. Witness

found Mary Watson in Lord Colin Campbell's bedroom, in Cadogan Place. Witness, continuing,

said that when she saw Lord Colin Campbell and Mary Watson together, he said:- "Mary is a

good little thing. She is very fond of me. She has very nice hair. I often take it down and play

with it." Witness had seen letters from Mary Watson to the defendant signed "Your�

affectionate Mary." Witness, being questioned, admitted she had heard Lady [Colin] Campbell

say in the presence of her husband that there were a dozen men she liked better than him.

Here a letter was produced written by the witness to the defendant advising him to get

divorced and then to take a nice little woman to be a companion and a comfort to him.�

Witness admitted that she wrote the letter, and said that in reply to it Lord [Colin] Campbell

asked her whether Lady [Colin] Campbell would require alimony if he allowed her to get�

divorced from him. To this witness answered that the Blood family would not ask for alimony

and would pay Lady [Colin] Campbell's costs.

'Lady Colin Campbell entered the witness box amid profound silence. She was very pale, and

testified slowly, but in a distinct voice. She said that until the family meeting at Thurles-

square, in 1883, she had exchanged letters daily with her husband when absent. Before their

marriage Lord Colin asked her if she would consent, when married, to their occupying separate

rooms. She consented, and Lord Colin asked her not to divulge the fact that he had made this

request, but she insisted upon telling her mother. The nature of his illness was unknown to her

until May, 1883. She never urged Lord Colin to marry her, but her mother disliked long

engagements. Continuing, Lady Colin said she was educated in Italy, and spoke Italian and

French before she learned the English language. She sang, painted, and wrote books. She was

also a journalist. She sang at 40 charity concerts, not one of which Lord Colin attended. She

taught night classes of factory girls; visited the poor in the daytime, and served soup for two

hours, and worked daily aiding the poor of Saffron Hill. Lord Colin knew of every engagement

and of her work among the poor, and he never objected. She went into society alone, her

husband's express wish, in order that the fact of his illness should be unknown. He wished it

understood that he was engaged in the House of Commons. Lord Colin accepted engagements

for both, and then desired her to go alone. Her husband went to Scotland in 1882 without a

nurse and she attended him. She left him there in order to visit her mother. He was better at

that time and preferred her to go. In November, 1881, she was very ill, and was never free

from symptoms of illness until 1885. In February, 1882, Lord Colin returned home. On one

occasion, while sitting beside her, he began to cry, and said that people were "very cruel" in

saying that he ought not to have married, on account of his health. She consulted Dr. Bird in

November, 1882. In April, 1883, she was seriously ill, and was attended by Dr. Bird, and Dr.

Hicks was twice summoned. She did not know the nature of her own or of her husband's�

illness. Lord Colin urged her to dismiss Rose Baer, who, he said, gossiped about him in the

kitchen. She (witness) objected, because she thought Rose a good maid. Lord Colin insisted,

and she gave Rose a month's notice. She asked O'Neill what Rose had been saying, and O'Neill

replied: "She said the Duke of Marlborough visited your room at Leigh Court." It was untrue

that she (witness) said to O'Neill: It is a ------ lie!" Rose denied what she was accused of,

cried and said she was a wicked girl. Witness told Rose that as she had lied so wickedly she

(witness) would withdraw the advertisement for a situation for her and would refuse to give

her a certificate of good character. She dismissed Rose forthwith. She never told the servants

how to announce visitors. She never had the Duke of Marlborough at supper. Sir Philip Miles

occupied the room next to hers at Leigh Court. The room on the other side was empty, being

kept for her husband. She did not know that the Duke of Marlborough occupied a room there.

She was never at Purfleet. On the Saturday night on which she was accused of being there

with the Duke of Marlborough, she went to a theatre with a lady friend. On the Sunday

following she took tea with Lady Miles and dined with her mother, Mrs. Blood. Referring to her

visit to Paris in May, 1884, she said she was on her way to Italy. The meeting with the Duke

of Marlborough was purely accidental. She was once taken ill at a concert, and was in great

pain. She drove to Dr. Bird's house, and remained until the doctor prepared some medicine for

her, when she returned home, arriving there at eleven o'clock. It was untrue that she leaned

head upon Dr. Bird's shoulder while driving home. She gave an absolute denial to the evidence

of Rose Baer, Mrs. Duffy, O'Neill, and other witnesses, and declared that she was never guilty

of infidelity with the Duke of Marlborough or any other man. Lady [Colin] Campbell gave her

evidence with perfect composure and the fullest self-possession. She gave ready responses�

to the questions asked.� She wore a plain blue serge dress and black blouse. Her whole style

was that of simple elegance. She is tall, lithe, and shapely, and has full black eyes, with a�

clear, pallid complexion. Witness said she refused to continue her relations with Lord Colin

because of the physical and moral suffering it entailed upon her. She told Lord Colin if he

endeavoured to coerce her he would find her dead on the following morning. She would, she

said, prefer death at her own hands to suffer again as she had suffered at his hands. Witness

added that she told Lord Colin that she preferred to live apart from him under the same roof to

avoid scandal, but declared that if there was to be a separation it must be an open and public

one. She would not permit Lord Colin's family to give any version of the affair that suited them.

Witness was never accused of any impropriety until the family meeting in 1883. On cross-

examination she said the book written by her was a child's book. It was illustrated by Kate

Greenaway and eight editions of it had been printed. Witness began writing for the Saturday

Review in 1880. She wrote three articles every week. Witness really meant that she would

commit suicide when she said she would be found dead next morning if Lord Colin ever attemp-

ted to force her to occupy the same apartment with him.

'Lord Colin Campbell testified that he first met his wife in the month of September, 1880, at

Inverary, the chief seat of the Argyll family and the capital of Argyll county, Scotland. The

acquaintance soon resulted in an engagement of marriage. He next saw Miss Blood in London

during October. At this time witness was suffering from fistula. An operation was performed

upon him, but it failed on account of the fever he had, and which was aggravated by anxiety

respecting his engagement. He was not suffering in any sense from an infectious disease. Miss

Blood frequently visited him. When he was sent away on a voyage Miss Blood sent him a letter

in every mail. In April, 1881, another operation was performed, and it was also a failure. His

father's opposition to his engagement was at this time causing witness constant anxiety.

Witness knew before he married that Miss Blood was acquainted with the Duke of Marlborough.

She told witness once that she had been to the theatre with her sister and several others,

including the Duke of Marlborough. Witness replied, "I do not think you were in good company."

Witness had known Chief Shaw a long time, but not General Butler or Dr. Bird. Witness was

married to Miss Blood in July, 1881. In the October following his doctors released him from the

prohibition he had been under because of his malady. Lord Colin, continuing, said he heard�

while staying at Argyll Lodge, his father's London residence, that the Duke of Marlborough had

called at the Lodge. He then said he did not know the Duke. Witness remonstrated with the

plaintiff for riding out with Chief Shaw, and she became violent. When witness was ill at�

Bournemouth Lady Colin left him without assigning any reason. She usually dined out, and

generally spent her time away. She never complained to witness that their relations had any

ill effect on her health. Witness had a long talk with his wife in Decmeber, 1881, about the

Duke of Marlborough and Chief Shaw. She then promised that they should not visit her any

more. Witness and plaintiff ceased their relations in June, 1882. In July, 1883, while staying

at Zion House, witness upbraided plaintiff for her conduct with other men, and she became

very violent, and she said to him, "If you put me in a divorce court you will get the worst of�

it." '

George de la Poer Beresford, MP for Armagh 1875-1885

From the Chelmsford "Essex Newsman" of 11 Aug 1906:-

'The death took place at 5 o'clock on Friday morning, at Danbury Palace, of Mr. George de la

Poer Beresford, J.P., D.L., of co. Cavan, and Ovenden, Sundridge, Sevenoaks. The deceased

gentleman, who was 75 years of age, was, with his wife and daughter, on a visit to Sir Thos.

Hanbury, at Danbury Park. On Thursday night, before going to bed, he fell over the bannister

[sic] into the front hall, while returning from the lavatory, sustaining injuries which proved fatal.

'The deceased was the eldest son of the Most Rev. Marcus Gervaise Beresford, D.D., later

Archbishop of Armagh.

'The inquest was held on Saturday, at Danbury Palace, before Dr. J. Harrison, coroner. The

Coroner said it was a very distressing accident which the jury had been called to consider. The

deceased was a gentleman of independent means. When found by Mr. Cecil Hanbury, he�

exclaimed, "I am killed."

'Mr A.E. Lyster, surgeon, said: There was a considerable bruise on the deceased's head, and

he had sustained a compound fracture and dislocation of the great toe. He told me that he was

walking back to his room, when it seemed that he was suddenly taking a dive. Death resulted

from shock and exhaustion, the result of the fall. The skull was not fractured - that is the

curious part about it.

'P.S. Webb said that two steps from the landing from which the deceased fell was 20ft. 6in.�

above the hall floor, and from the bottom of the steps the distance was 14ft. 6in. The�

bannisters were a little less than 4ft. high. It was supposed that the deceased fell on to a�

and then on to the floor. The floor, where not carpeted, was polished, and he might have

slipped and shot over, or he might have turned giddy.

'The jury found a verdict accordingly, and expressed deep sympathy with the relatives of the

deceased and with Sir Thomas Hanbury and family.'

Edward James Saunderson, MP for Cavan 1865-1874 and Armagh North 1885-1906

In the introduction to his book "Great Political Eccentrics", the author, Neil Hamilton [MP for�

Tatton 1983-1997], discusses the question of members wearing hats and the rules regarding

their usage. Mr. Hamilton states that "The only method of reserving a seat is for a Member to

attend prayers, having left a card with his name written on it on the designated seat in�

advance. Formerly, it was the custom to leave one's hat on a seat for this purpose but, of

course, few Members wear hats today. In Victorian times tall hats were worn at most times,

except when entering, leaving or actually addressing the House. In 1900 the hat-wearing rules

were set out as follows:

"At all times remove your hat on entering the House and put it on upon taking your seat;�

remove it again on rising for whatever purpose. If the MP asks a Question he will stand with�

his hat off and he may receive the Minister's answer seated and with his hat on. If, on a�

Division, he should have to challenge the ruling of the Chair, he will sit and put his hat on.�

If he wishes to address the Speaker on a Point of Order not connected with a Division, he will

do so standing with his hat off. When he leaves the Chamber to participate in a Division he

will take his hat off, but will vote with it on. If the Queen sends a Message to be read from

the Chair the Member will uncover. In short, how to take his seat, how to behave at Prayers

and what to do with his hat form between them the ABC of the Parliamentary scholar."

Hamilton then relates the following story. "In 1892 a scuffle occurred between the ferocious

Ulster Conservative, Col. Saunderson (MP for North Armagh 1885-1906), finding a strange hat

on his accustomed seat, absent-mindedly sat down upon it and squashed it. J.S. Wallace

(Liberal MP for Limehouse 1892-1895), the flattened hat's furious owner, then tried to drag

the colonel out of his seat. Henry Lucy, a Parliamentary sketch-writer, recalled 'the colonel

stands six feet high, is all bone and muscle and was born fighting. He gently but firmly laid

Mr. Wallace on his back and resumed his seat.' Stern action by the Speaker was avoided

only by Saunderson's agreement to replace the hat."

A somewhat different version of the event can be found in "The Derby Mercury" of 15 February

1893 [not 1892]. According to this report, a large number of members had gathered at the�

doors to the chamber awaiting their opening, and, once opened, there was a furious dash for

seats, rather like a shopping crowd at a sale. The newspaper report then states that "an

unpleasant incident in connection with the rush for seats was a squabble between Mr.

Stewart, the Liberal M.P. for Limehouse, and Colonel Saunderson, the Conservative member

for North Armagh. Mr. Wallace accused the Colonel of taking his seat, with the added�

aggravation of sitting on Mr. Wallace's hat. The member for Limehouse seized the Colonel by

the collar. The member for Armagh [North], nothing loth, gripped his assailant, and the two

stood glaring at each other for some seconds. Finally the Colonel, having asked Mr. Wallace

to pledge his word of honour that he had been first in the field, yielded the seat and secured

one elsewhere."