Members of Parliament (Lords)

Portrait of Violet Bonham Carter

Bonham Carter, Violet

(1887 - 1969)

Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury

President of the Women's Liberal Federation 1923-25, President of the Liberal Party 1945-47

Portrait of Sarah Ludford

Ludford, Sarah

(1951 - )

Baroness Ludford of Clerkenwell

Liberal Democrat MEP for London 1999-2014

Portrait of Hartington

Hartington, Marquess of

(1833 - 1908)

8th Duke of Devonshire

Whig/Liberal MP for North Lancashire 1857-68, Radnor 1869-80, North East Lancashire 1880-85, Liberal/Liberal Unionist MP for Rossendale 1885-91

Secretary of State for War 1866, 1882-85, Postmaster General 1868-71, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1871-74, Secretary of State for India 1880-82

Leader of the Liberal Party 1875-80

Leader of the Liberal Unionists 1886-1903

Portrait of Sidney Herbert

Herbert, Sidney

(1810 - 1861)

1st Baron Herbert of Lea

Conservative/Peelite/Liberal MP for South Wiltshire 1832-61

Secretary at War 1845-46, 1852-54, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1855, Secretary of State for War 1859-61

Portrait of John Foot

Foot, John

(1909 - 1999)

Baron Foot of Buckland Monachorum

Portrait of Archibald Philip Primrose Rosebery

Primrose, Archibald Philip

(1847 - 1929)

5th Earl of Rosebery

Leader of the Liberal Party 1894-96

First Commissioner of Works 1885, Lord Privy Seal 1885, Foreign Secretary 1886 & 1892-94, Prime Minister 1894-95

Portrait of Chris Rennard

Rennard, Chris

(1960 - )

Baron Rennard of Wavertree

Chief Executive of the Liberal Democrats 2003-09

Portrait of William Lygon

Lygon, William

(1872 - 1938)

7th Earl Beauchamp

Liberal Leader in the House of Lords

Lord President of the Council 1910, 1914-15, First Commissioner of Works 1910-14

Governor of New South Wales 1899-1901

Portrait of Eric Lubbock

Lubbock, Eric

(1928 - 2016)

4th Baron Avebury

Liberal MP for Orpington 1962-70

Liberal Chief Whip 1963-70

Portrait of Gwilym Lloyd George

Lloyd George, Gwilym

(1894 - 1967)

1st Viscount Tenby

Liberal MP for Pembrokeshire 1922-24, 1929-45, National Liberal MP for Pembrokeshire 1945-50, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne North 1951-57

Minister of Fuel and Power 1942-45, Minister of Food 1951-54, Home Secretary 1954-57

Portrait of David Lloyd George

Lloyd George, David

(1863 - 1945)

1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor

Liberal MP for Caernarvon Boroughs 1890-1945

Leader of the Liberal Party 1926-31

President of the Board of Trade 1905-08, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1908-15, Minister of Munitions 1915-16, Secretary of State for War 1916, Prime Minister 1916-22

Portrait of Richard Livsey

Livsey, Richard

(1935 - 2010)

Baron Livsey of Talgarth

Liberal/Liberal Democrat MP for Brecon and Radnor 1985-92, 1997-2001

Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats 1988-92, 1997-2001

Portrait of Geraint Howells

Howells, Geraint

(1925 - 2004)

Baron Geraint

Liberal MP for Cardigan 1974-83, Liberal/Liberal Democrat MP for Ceredigion & Pembroke North 1983-92