Members of Parliament (Commons)

Portrait of George Dixon

Dixon, George

(1820 - 1898)

Liberal (Liberal Unionist from 1886) MP for Birmingham 1867-76, Birmingham Edgbaston 1885-98

Portrait of Hudson Kearley

Kearley, Hudson

(1856 - 1934)

1st Viscount Devonport

Minister of Food Control 1916-17

Portrait of Roundell Palmer

Palmer, Roundell

(1812 - 1895)

1st Earl of Selborne

Whig MP for Plymouth 1847-52, 1853-57, Richmond 1853-57

Solicitor General 1861-63, Attorney General 1863-66, Lord Chancellor 1872-74, 1880-85

Portrait of Percy Harris

Harris, Sir Percy

(1876 - 1952)

1st Baronet

Liberal MP for Harborough 1916-18, Bethnal Green South West 1922-45

Liberal Chief Whip 1935-45, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party 1940-45

Portrait of Henry Bruce

Bruce, Henry Austin

(1815 - 1895)

1st Baron Aberdare

Liberal MP for Merthyr Tydfil 1852-68, Renfrewshire 1869-73

Vice President for the Committee on Education 1864-66, Home Secretary 1868-74, Lord President of the Council 1873-74

Portrait of James Stansfeld

Stansfeld, Sir James

(1820 - 1898)

Liberal MP for Halifax 1859-95, President of the Poor Law Board 1871, President of the Local Government Board 1871-74, 1886

Portrait of A.J. Mundella

Mundella, Anthony John

(1825 - 1897)

Liberal MP for Sheffield 1868-85, Sheffield Brightside 1885-97

Vice-President of the Committee on Education 1880-85, President of the Board of Trade 1886, 1892-94

Portrait of George Howell

Howell, George

(1833 - 1910)

Liberal-Labour MP for Bethnal Green North East 1885-95

Secretary of the London Trades Council 1862-63, Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress 1873-76

Portrait of Alexander Macdonald

Macdonald, Alexander

(1821 - 1881)

Liberal-Labour MP for Stafford 1874-81

President of the Miners Union 1863-81, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress 1872-74

Portrait of Thomas Burt

Burt, Thomas

(1837 - 1922)

Liberal-Labour MP for Morpeth 1874-1918

Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade 1892-95

President of the Miners Union 1881-98, President of the Trades Union Congress 1891

Portrait of Henry Broadhurst

Broadhurst, Henry

(1840 - 1911)

Liberal-Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent 1880-85, Birmingham Bordesley 1885-86, Nottingham West 1886-92, Leicester 1894-1906

Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office 1886

Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee of the TUC 1876-85, 1886-90, Secretary of the Labour Representation League 1873-80

Portrait of Donald Wade

Wade, Donald

(1904 - 1988)

Baron Wade of Huddersfield

Liberal MP for Huddersfield West 1950-64

President of the Liberal Party 1967-68

Liberal Chief Whip 1956-62, Deputy Leader 1962-64

Portrait of Rhys Hopkin Morris

Morris, Sir Rhys Hopkin

(1888 - 1956)

Liberal MP for Cardiganshire 1923-32, Carmarthen 1945-56

Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means 1951-56

Portrait of William Mabane

Mabane, William

(1895 - 1969)

1st Baron Mabane

Liberal National MP for Huddersfield 1931-45

Minister for Home Security 1939-40, Parliamentary Secretary to the Home Office 1940-42, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food 1942-45, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs 1945

Portrait of Henry Fildes

Fildes, Sir Henry

(1870 - 1948)

Coalition Liberal/National Liberal MP for Stockport 1920-23, Liberal National MP for Dumfriesshire 1935-45

Portrait of Joseph Hunter

Hunter, Joseph

(1875 - 1935)

Liberal/Liberal National MP for Dumfriesshire 1929-35

Portrait of Algernon Moreing

Moreing, Algernon

(1889 - 1974)

Coalition Liberal/Liberal MP for Buckrose 1918-22, Camborne 1922-23, Constitutionalist/Conservative MP for Camborne 1924-29