Members of Parliament (Commons)

Portrait of Herbert Samuel

Samuel, Herbert

(1870 - 1963)

1st Viscount Samuel

Liberal MP for Cleveland 1902-18, Darwen 1929-35

Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party 1929-31, Leader of the Liberal Party 1931-35, Leader of the Liberals in the House of Lords 1944-55

Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office 1905-09, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1909-10, 1915-16, Postmaster General 1910-14, 1915-16, President of the Local Goverment Board 1914-15, Home Secretary 1916, 1931-32

High Commissioner of Palestine 1920-25

Portrait of Jo Swinson

Swinson, Jo

(1980 - )

Liberal Democrat MP for East Dunbartonshire 2005-15, 2017-19

Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats 2010-12, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats 2017-19, Leader of the Liberal Democrats 2019

Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs 2012-15

Portrait of John Russell

Russell, Lord John

(1792 - 1878)

1st Earl Russell

Whig MP for Tavistock 1813-20, Huntingdonshire 1820-26, Bandon 1826-30, Devonshire 1831-32, Devon, Southern 1832-35, Stroud 1835-41, City of London 1847-61

Paymaster of the Forces 1830-34, Home Secretary 1835-39, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1839-41, Prime Minister 1846-52, 1865-66, Foreign Secretary 1852-53, 1859-65, Lord President of the Council 1854-55, Colonial Secretary 1855

Portrait of Walter Runciman

Runciman, Walter

(1870 - 1949)

1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford

Liberal/Liberal National MP for Oldham 1899-1900, Dewsbury 1902-18, Swansea West 1924-29, St Ives 1929-37

President of the Board of Education 1908-11, President of the Board of Agriculture 1911-14, President of the Board of Trade 1914-16, 1931-37, Lord President of the Council 1938-39

Portrait of James de Rothschild

Rothschild, James de

(1878 - 1957)

Liberal MP for the Isle of Ely 1929-45

Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply 1940-45

Portrait of Bill Rodgers

Rodgers, Bill

(1928 - )

Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank

Labour (SDP from 1981) MP for Stockton-on-Tees 1962-83

Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords 1997-2001

Secretary of State for Transport 1976-79

Portrait of Edmund Robertson

Robertson, Edmund

(1845 - 1911)

1st Baron Lochee of Gowrie

Liberal MP for Dundee 1885-1908

Civil Lord of the Admiralty 1892-95, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty 1905-08

Portrait of Henry John Temple

Temple, Henry John

(1784 - 1865)

3rd Viscount Palmerston

Tory MP for Newport, Isle of Wight 1807-11, Cambridge University 1811-30, Whig (later Liberal) MP for Cambridge University 1830-31, Bletchingly 1831-32, Hampshire South 1832-35, Tiverton 1835-65

Leader of the Whig/Liberal Party 1855-65

Secretary at War 1809-28, Foreign Secretary 1830-34, 1835-41 & 1846-51, Home Secretary 1852-55, Prime Minister 1855-58 & 1859-65

Portrait of David Owen

Owen, David

(1938 - )

Baron Owen of Plymouth

Labour MP for Plymouth Sutton 1966-74, Plymouth Devonport 1974-81, SDP MP for Plymouth Devonport 1981-1992

Deputy Leader of the SDP 1982-83, Leader of the SDP 1983-87

Foreign Secretary 1977-79

Portrait of Mark Oaten

Oaten, Mark

(1964 - )

Liberal Democrat MP for Winchester 1997-2010

Portrait of Dadabhai Naoroji

Naoroji, Dadabhai (MP)

(1825 - 1917)

Liberal MP for Finsbury Central 1892-95

President of the Indian National Congress 1886, 1893, 1906

Portrait of Emma Nicholson

Nicholson, Emma

(1941 - )

Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne

Conservative (Liberal Democrat from 1995) MP for Torridge and West Devon 1987-97, MEP for South East England 1999-2009

Portrait of Ramsay Muir

Muir, Ramsay

(1872 - 1941)

Liberal MP for Rochdale 1923-24

Chairman of the National Liberal Federation 1931-33, President of the National Liberal Federation 1933-36

Portrait of John Morley

Morley, John

(1838 - 1923)

1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn

Liberal MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1883-1895, Montrose Burghs 1896-1908

Chief Secretary for Ireland 1886, 1892-95, Secretary of State for India 1905-10, 1911, Lord President of the Council 1910-14

Portrait of Alfred Mond

Mond, Sir Alfred

(1868 - 1930)

1st Baron Melchett

Liberal/Coalition Liberal MP for Chester 1906-10, Swansea 1910-18, Swansea West 1918-23, Carmarthen 1924-28 (Conservative from 1926)

First Commissioner of Works 1916-21, Minister of Health 1921-22

Portrait of Edwin Montagu

Montagu, Edwin

(1879 - 1924)

Liberal MP for Chesterton 1906-18, Cambridgeshire 1918-22

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1915, 1916, Minister of Munitions 1916, Secretary of State for India 1917-22

Portrait of William Lamb

Lamb, William

(1779 - 1848)

2nd Viscount Melbourne

Whig MP for Leominster 1806, Haddington Burghs 1806-07, Portarlington 1807-12, Peterborough 1816-19, Hertfordshire 1819-26, Newport (Isle of Wight) 1827, Bletchingley 1827-28

Leader of the Whig Party 1834-42

Chief Secretary for Ireland 1827-28, Home Secretary 1830-34, Prime Minister 1834, 1835-41

Prime Minister 1834 and 1835-41

Portrait of Christopher Mayhew

Mayhew, Christopher

(1915 - 1997)

Baron Mayhew of Wimbledon

Labour MP for South Norfolk 1945-50, Woolwich East (Liberal from July 1974) 1951-October 1974