List of Speakers of the British House of Commons

The list of Speakers of the British House of Commons ranks the speakers of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 with the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 1801.

List of speakers

Speakers of the House of Commons of Great Britain, 1707-1800

The Kingdom of Great Britain came into being with the Act of Union 1707 , which united Scotland and England. In 1801, Great Britain merged with the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland .

John Smith, Speaker of the House of Commons of England was elected the first Speaker of the House of Commons of Great Britain in October 1705.

image	Name constituency vital dates	Term of office †: died in office		elections (in brackets means no opponent) Electoral term		End-of-term peerage
	John Smith MP for Andover 1656-1723	Election: October 23, 1707 Royal confirmation: October 30, 1707	1708	(1707)	1	-
	Sir Richard Onslow MP for Surrey 1654-1717	Election: November 16, 1708 Royal confirmation: November 18, 1708	1710	(1708)	2	Baron Onslow
	William Bromley MP for Oxford University 1663-1732	Election: November 25, 1710 Royal confirmation: November 27, 1710	1713	(1710)	3	-
	Sir Thomas Hanmer Bt MP for Suffolk 1677–1746	Election: February 16, 1714 Royal confirmation: February 18, 1714	1715	(1714)	4th	-
	Sir Spencer Compton KB MP for Sussex (about 1673-1743)	Election: March 17, 1715 Royal confirmation: March 21, 1715	1727	(1715) (1722)	5 6	Earl of Wilmington
	Arthur Onslow MP for Surrey 1691-1768	Election: January 23, 1728 Royal confirmation: January 27, 1728	March 18, 1761	(1728) (1735) (1741) (1747) (1754)	7 8 9 10 11
	Sir John Cust Bt MP for Grantham 1718-1770	Election: November 3, 1761 Royal confirmation: November 6, 1761	January 19, 1770	(1761) (1768)	12 13
	Sir Fletcher Norton MP for Guildford 1716–1789	Election: January 22, 1770 Royal confirmation: January 23, 1770	October 31, 1780	1770 (1774)	13 14	Baron Grantley
	Charles Wolfran Cornwall MP for Winchelsea to 1784 MP for Rye from 1784 1735–1789	Election: October 31, 1780 Royal confirmation: November 1, 1780	January 2, 1789 †	1780 (1784)	15 16
	William Wyndham Grenville MP for Buckinghamshire 1759–1834	Election January 5, 1789 Received no royal confirmation	June 5, 1789	Jan. 1789	16	Baron Grenville
	Henry Addington MP for Devizes 1757-1844	Election: June 8, 1789 Royal confirmation: June 9, 1789	see next table	Jun. 1789 (1790) (1796)	16 17 18	Viscount Sidmouth

Speakers of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801

The United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland was created in 1801. In 1922 the Irish Free State separated . In 1927 the name was changed to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

image	Name constituency vital dates	Term of office †: died in office		elections (in brackets means no opponent) Electoral term		Political party	End-of-term peerage
	Henry Addington MP for Devizes 1757-1844	Election: January 22nd, 1801 Royal confirmation: January 23rd, 1801	February 10, 1801	(Jan. 1801)	1	Tory	Viscount Sidmouth
	Sir John Mitford QC FRS MP for East Looe 1748-1830	Election: February 11, 1801 Royal confirmation: February 12, 1801	February 9, 1802	(Feb. 1801)	1	Tory	Baron Redesdale
	Charles Abbot FRS MP for Helston to 1802 MP for Woodstock 1802–1806 MP for Oxford University since 1806 1757–1829	Election: February 10, 1802 Royal confirmation: February 11, 1802	June 2, 1817	(Feb. 1802) (Nov. 1802) (1806) (1807) (1812)	1 2 3 4 5	Tory	Baron Colchester
	Sir Charles Manners-Sutton GCB MP for Scarborough to 1832 MP for Cambridge University from 1832 1780–1845	Election: June 2nd, 1817 Royal confirmation: June 3rd, 1817	February 19, 1835	1817 (1819) (1820) (1826) (1830) (1831) 1833	5 6 7 8 9 10 11	Tory	Viscount Canterbury
	James Abercromby MP for Edinburgh 1776-1858	Election: February 19, 1835 Royal confirmation: February 20, 1835	May 27, 1839	1835 (1837)	12 13	Whig	Baron Dunfermline
	Charles Shaw-Lefevre MP for North Hampshire 1794–1888	Election: May 27, 1839 Royal confirmation: May 28, 1839	April 30, 1857	1839 (1841) (1847) (1852)	13 14 15 16	Whig	Viscount Eversley
	John Evelyn Denison MP for North Nottinghamshire 1800–1873	Election: April 30th, 1857 Royal confirmation: May 1st, 1857	February 9, 1872	(1857) (1859) (1866) (1868)	17 18 19 20	Liberal	Viscount Ossington
	Henry Brand GCB MP for Cambridgeshire 1814-1892	Election: February 9, 1872 Royal confirmation: February 12, 1872	February 26, 1884	(1872) (1874) (1880)	20 21 22	Liberal	Viscount Hampden
	Arthur Peel MP for Warwick until 1885 MP for Warwick and Leamington from 1885 1829–1912	Election: February 26, 1884 Royal confirmation: February 27, 1884	April 10, 1895	(1884) (Jan. 1886) (Aug. 1886) (1892)	22 23 24 25	Liberal	Viscount peel
	William Court Gully QC MP for Carlisle 1835–1909	Election: April 10, 1895 Royal confirmation: April 22, 1895	June 8, 1905	Apr. 1895 (Aug. 1895) (1900)	25 26 27	Liberal	Viscount Selby
	James Lowther MP for Penrith until 1918 MP for Penrith and Cockermouth since 1918 1855–1949	Election: June 8, 1905 Royal confirmation: June 20, 1905	April 28, 1921	(1905) (1906) (1910) (1911) (1919)	27 28 29 30 31	Conservative	Viscount Ullswater
	John Henry Whitley MP for Halifax 1866–1935	Election and royal confirmation: April 28, 1921	June 20, 1928	(1921) (1922) (Jan. 1924) (Dec. 1924)	31 32 33 34	Liberal (Coalition)
	Edward FitzRoy DL MP for Daventry 1869–1943	Election: June 20, 1928 Royal confirmation: June 21, 1928	March 3, 1943 †	(1928) (1929) (1931) (1935)	34 35 36 37	Conservative
	Douglas Clifton Brown MP for Hexham 1879-1958	Election and royal confirmation: March 9, 1943	October 31, 1951	(1943) (1945) (1950)	37 38 39	Conservative	Viscount Ruffside
	William Morrison MC QC MP for Cirencester and Tewkesbury 1893–1961	Election: October 31, 1951 Royal confirmation: November 1, 1951	September 19, 1959	1951 (1955)	40 41	Conservative	Viscount Dunrossil
	Sir Harry Hylton-Foster MP for Cities of London and Westminster 1905–1965	Election: October 20, 1959 Royal confirmation: October 21, 1959	September 2, 1965 †	(1959) (1964)	42 43	Conservative
	Dr. Horace King MP for Southampton Itchen 1901–1986	Election and royal confirmation: October 26, 1965	January 12, 1971	(1965) (1966) (1970)	43 44 45	Labor	Baron Maybray-King
	Selwyn Lloyd CH CBE QC DL MP for Wirral 1904–1978	Election and royal confirmation: January 12, 1971	3rd February 1976	1971 (March 1974) (Oct 1974)	45 46 47	Conservative	Baron Selwyn-Lloyd
	George Thomas MP for Cardiff West 1909-1997	Election and royal confirmation: February 3, 1976	June 10, 1983	(1976) (1979)	47 48	Labor	Viscount Tonypandy
	Bernard Weatherill MP for Croydon North East 1920–2007	Election: June 15, 1983 Royal confirmation: June 16, 1983	April 9, 1992	(1983) (1987)	49 50	Conservative	Baron Weatherill
	Betty Boothroyd MP for West Bromwich West (* 1929)	Election: April 27, 1992 Royal confirmation: April 28, 1992	October 23, 2000	1992 (1997)	51 52	Labor	Baroness Boothroyd
	Michael Martin MP for Glasgow Springburn until 2005 MP for Glasgow North East from 2005 1945–2018	Election and royal confirmation: October 23, 2000	June 22, 2009	2000 (2001) (2005)	52 53 54	Labor	Baron Martin of Springburn
	John Bercow MP for Buckingham (* 1963)	Election and royal confirmation: June 22, 2009	4th November 2019	2009 (2010) (2015) (2017)	54 55 56 57	Conservative	-
	Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP for Chorley (* 1957)	Election and royal confirmation: November 4, 2019	Officiating	Nov 2019 (Dec 2019)	57 58	Labor	-

References and comments

1. ↑ ^{a b} Henry Stooks Smith: The Parliaments of England: From 1st George I., to the Present Time . Simpkin, Marshall & Company, 1845 ( google.fr [accessed April 13, 2020]).
2. ↑ Smith resigned to become Chancellor of the Exchequer.
3. ↑ Onslow was not re-elected in his constituency.
4. ↑ Bromley resigned to become Secretary of State for the Northern Department
5. ↑ Hanmer stepped back
6. ↑ Compton stepped back
7. ↑ Onslow stepped back
8. ↑ Onslow was the speaker with the longest tenure as a speaker. He was the last speaker who lived longer after his term in office and did not become a peer.
9. ↑ Cust resigned and died 5 days later
10. ↑ Was not re-elected
11. ↑ Cornwall died in office
12. ↑ Due to the illness of King George III. he could not be confirmed and carried out the office executive.
13. ↑ Greenville resigned to become Home Secretary.
14. ↑ Party affiliation at the time of the first election. According to the current convention, the newly elected speaker gives up his party membership. Since 1935 the re-election of a speaker has been requested without specifying a party. There is no opposing candidate from the major parties in the speaker's constituency.
15. ↑ Addington resigned to become Prime Minister.
16. ↑ Mitford resigned to become Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
17. ↑ Was subject to the re-election as speaker and was then given peerange. Was the last speaker after his term of office was still a member of the lower house.
18. ↑ Whitley declined the usual peerage after leaving the House of Commons.
19. ↑ FitzRoy died in office and his widow was made 1st Viscountess Daventry .
20. ↑ Hylton-Foster died in office and his widow was raised to Baroness Hylton-Foster.
21. ↑ Had to resign after an expense report affair. For the first time since 1695 a speaker had to resign.
22. ^ House of Commons Hansard Debates on May 11, 2005 (pt 1) . Hansard. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
23. ^ Election of Speaker . Hansard. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
24. ^ Election of Speaker . Hansard. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
25. ^ Election of Speaker . Hansard. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
26. ^ Election of Speaker . Hansard. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
27. ↑ Hoyle re-elected Commons Speaker as MPs return (en-GB) . In: BBC News , December 17, 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2020. 
28. ^ Election of Speaker . Hansard. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
29. ^ Election of Speaker . Hansard. Retrieved December 17, 2019.

literature

• Philip Laundy: The Office of Speaker. Cassell & Company, 1964.
• Philip Marsden: The Officers of the Commons 1363-1978. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1979.
• David Butler, Gareth Butler: Twentieth Century Political Facts 1900–2000. Macmillan Press, 2000, ISBN 0-333-77221-0
• Richard Cobbett: The Parliamentary History of England.
• Chris Cook, Brendan Keith: British Historical Facts 1830-1900. Macmillan Press, 1975.
• Chris Cook, John Stevenson: British Historical Facts 1760-1830. Macmillan Press, 1980, ISBN 0-333-21512-5
• Timothy Venning: Compendium of British Office Holders. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, ISBN 978-1-4039-2045-4