Members of Parliament (Lords)

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 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 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 Dick Newby

Newby, Dick

(1953 - )

Baron Newby of Rothwell

National Secretary of the SDP 1983-88

Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Lords 2012-16, Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords since 2016

Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard (Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords) 2012-15

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 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 Tom McNally

McNally, Tom

(1943 - )

Baron McNally of Blackpool

Labour/SDP MP for Stockport South 1979-83

Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords 2004-13

Minister of State for Justice 2010-13, Deputy Leader of the House of Lords 2010-13

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

Portrait of Robert Maclennan

Maclennan, Robert

(1936 - 2020)

Baron Maclennan of Rogart

Labour MP for Caithness and Sutherland 1966-81, SDP MP for Caithness and Sutherland 1981-1988, Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness and Sutherland 1988-97, Caithness Sutherland & Easter Ross 1997-2001

Leader of the SDP 1987-88

Portrait of Thomas Babington Macaulay

Macaulay, Thomas Babington

(1800 - 1859)

1st Baron Macaulay

Whig MP for Calne 1830-32, Leeds 1832-34, Edinburgh 1839-47, 1852-56

Secretary to the Board of Control 1832-33, Secretary at War 1839-41, Paymaster General 1846-48

Portrait of Jo Grimond

Grimond, Jo

(1913 - 1993)

Baron Grimond of Firth

Liberal MP for Orkney & Shetland 1950-83

Liberal Chief Whip 1950-56, Leader of the Liberal Party 1956-67, May-July 1976

Portrait of Edward Grey

Grey, Sir Edward

(1862 - 1933)

1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

Liberal MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1885-1916

Liberal Leader in the House of Lords 1923-24

Foreign Secretary 1905-16

Ambassador to the USA 1919-20, Chancellor of Oxford University 1928-33

Portrait of Herbert Gladstone

Gladstone, Herbert

(1854 - 1930)

1st Viscount Gladstone

Liberal MP for Leeds 1880-85, Leeds West 1885-1910

Liberal Chief Whip 1899-1905

First Commissioner of Works 1894-95, Home Secretary 1905-1910

Governor General of South Africa 1910-14

Son of William Ewart Gladstone, Liberal MP for Leeds West 1885-1910. Home Secretary 1905-10 and later Governor General of South Africa.

Portrait of Norman Birkett

Birkett, Norman

(1883 - 1962)

1st Baron Birkett of Ulverston

Liberal MP for Nottingham East 1923-24, 1929-31

Alternate British judge at the Nuremberg trials 1945-46

Portrait of Sydney Charles Buxton

Buxton, Sydney

(1853 - 1934)

1st Earl Buxton

Liberal MP for Peterborough 1883-85, Poplar 1886-1914

Postmaster Genertal 1905-10, President of the Board of Trade 1910-14

Governor General of South Africa 1914-20

Portrait of Herbert Henry Asquith

Asquith, Herbert Henry

(1852 - 1928)

1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith

Liberal MP for East Fife 1886-1918, Paisley 1920-24

Leader of the Liberal Party 1908-26

Home Secretary 1892-95, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1905-08, Prime Minister 1908-16

Portrait of Paddy Ashdown

Ashdown, Paddy

(1941 - 2018)

Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon

Liberal/Liberal Democrat MP for Yeovil 1983-2001

Leader of the Liberal Democrats 1988-99

High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002-06