Members of Parliament (Lords)

Addison, Christopher

(1869 - 1951)

1st Viscount Addison

Liberal MP for Hoxton Jan 1910-18; Shoredich 1918-22; Labour MP for Swindon 1929-31, 1934-35

Minister of Munitions 1917-18, Minister of Reconstruction 1917-19, President of the Local Government Board 1919, Minister of Health 1919-21, Minister Without Portfolio 1921, Minister of Agriculture 1930-31, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs 1945-47, Lord Privy Seal 1947-51

Clement-Jones, Tim

(1949 - )

Baron Clement-Jones of Clapham

Chair of the Liberal Party 1986-88

Treasurer of the Liberal Democrats 2005-10

Johnston, Russell

(1932 - 2008)

Baron Russell-Johnston of Minginish

Liberal/Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness 1964-83, Inverness, Nairn & Lochaber 1983-97

Chairman of the Scottish Liberal Party 1970-74, Leader of the Scottish Liberal Party 1974-88, President of the Scottish Liberal Democrats 1988-94

Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats 1988-92

President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 1999-2002

Jenkins, Roy

(1920 - 2003)

Baron Jenkins of Hillhead

Labour MP for Southwark Central 1948-50, Birmingham Stechford 1950-77; SDP MP for Glasgow Hillhead 1982-87

Deputy Leader of the Labour Party 1970-72, Leader of the SDP 1982-83, Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords 1988-97

Home Secretary 1965-67, 1974-76, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1967-70

President of the European Commission 1977-81

Harcourt, Lewis

(1863 - 1922)

1st Viscount Harcourt

Liberal MP for Rossendale 1904-17

First Commissioner of Works 1905-10, 1915-16, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1910-15

Dholakia, Navnit

(1937 - )

Baron Dholakia of Waltham Brooks

President of the Liberal Democrats 2001-04

Co-Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords since 2004

Dahrendorf, Ralf Gustav (Baron Dahrendorf)

(1929 - 2009)

German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and politician.

Alderdice, John

(1955 - )

Baron Alderdice of Knock

Alliance MLA for Belfast East 1998-2003

Leader of the Alliance Party 1987-98

Presiding Officer of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1998-2004

President of Liberal International 2005-09

Adonis, Andrew

(1963 - )

Baron Adonis of Camden Town

Secretary of State for Transport 2009-2010

Hamilton-Gordon, George

(1784 - 1860)

4th Earl of Aberdeen

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1828, Foreign Secretary 1828-30, 1841-46, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1834-35, Prime Minister 1852-55

British Ambassador to Austria 1813-14

Kramer, Susan

(1950 - )

Baroness Kramer of Richmond Park

Liberal Democrat MP for Richmond Park 2005-10

Minister of State for Transport 2013-15

Kirkwood, Archy

(1946 - )

Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope

Liberal/Liberal Democrat MP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire 1983-2005

Chief Whip 1992-97

Keynes, John Maynard

(1883 - 1946)

1st Baron Keynes

Grey, Charles

(1764 - 1845)

2nd Earl Grey

Whig MP for Northumberland 1786-1807, Appleby 1807, Tavistock 1807

Leader of the Whig Party 1830-34

First Lord of the Admiralty 1806, Foreign Secretary 1806-07,

Prime Minister 1830-34

Greaves, Tony

(1942 - 2021)

Baron Greaves of Pendle

Chair National League of Young Liberals 1970-71, Organising Secretary Association of Liberal Councillors 1977-85

Portrait of Granville George Leveson-Gower

Leveson-Gower, Granville George

(1815 - 1891)

2nd Earl Granville

Whig MP for Morpeth 1837-40, Lichfield 1841-46

Paymaster General 1848-52, Foreign Secretary 1851-52, 1870-74, 1880-85, Lord President of the Council 1852-54, 1855-58, 1859-66, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1854-55, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1868-70, 1886

Leader of the Whig Party in the House of Lords 1855-59, Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords 1859-68, 1868-91

Joint Leader of the Liberal Party 1875-80