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Sir Lindsay Harvey Hoyle MP PC (born 10 June 1957) is a British politician serving as Speaker of the House of Commons since November 2019, and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chorley since 1997. P...

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Sir Peter de la Mare (c. 1294 – c. 1387) was an English politician and Speaker of the House of Commons during the Good Parliament of 1376. Contents [show] Family[edit] His parents were Reginald/Reynold...

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Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd OM, PC (born 8 October 1929) is a British politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000, initially for the...

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Speaker of the House of Commons, 2009-2019

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Thomas George Thomas 1st and last Viscount Tonypandy, politician: born 29 January 1909; MP (Labour) for Cardiff Central 1945-50, Cardiff West 1950-83; PPS to Minister of Aviation 1951; member, Chairman...

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Weatherill was Speaker of the House of Commons, 1983-92

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Family and Education bap. 9 June 1597,2 3rd s. of Sir William Pelham† (d.1629) of Brocklesby, Lincs. and Anne, da. of Charles, 2nd Bar. Willoughby of Parham.3 educ. Trin. Camb. 1615; G. Inn 1616;4 emba...

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Thomas Snagge (1536–1593) was a Member of Parliament, barrister and landowner who served as Speaker of the English House of Commons, Attorney General for Ireland and as Queen's Sergeant.LifeSnagge was ...

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John Greene aka Grene, Green John Greene, Esq., Lord Drayton Born about 1387, in Drayton, Northamptonshire, England, 2nd or 3rd son Died 9 Feb 1433 at about age 46 in Hardwick, Northamptonshire...

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Family and Education==b. c.1623, 8th s. of John Bampfield of Poltimore by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Drake of Brendon Barton, Week St. Mary. educ. Exeter, Oxf. matric. 15 May 1640, aged 17; M. Temple 164...

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Powle (18 October 1630 – 21 November 1692) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1660 and 1690. He was Speaker of the House of Commons from Janua...

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Family and Education b. 27 Jan. 1603, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Harbottle Grimston, 1st. Bt.†, of Bradfield Hall, Essex by Elizabeth, da. of Ralph Coppinger of Stoke, Kent. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1619...

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Speaker of the House of Commons 1661.* Profile picture attr. to Thomas Athow. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery. ConstituencyDatesESSEX1654ESSEX11656ESSEX1659ESSEX1660HERTFORD1661 - 23 May 1671...

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Family and Education b. c.1614, o. surv. s. of Robert Charlton, Fishmonger, of Mincing Lane, London and Whitton Court, Salop by 1st w. Emma, da. of Thomas Harby of Adstone, Northants. educ. Magdalen Ha...

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Family and Education b. 1633, 1st s. of Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Bt.†, by Anne, da. of Sir John Portman, 1st Bt., of Orchard Portman, Som.; bro. of Henry Seymour Portman* and bro.-in-law of Sir Joseph T...

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Sir Robert Sawyer, of Highclere (1633–1692) was the Attorney General for England and Wales (1681–1687) and, briefly, Speaker of the English House of Commons.Robert was a younger son of Sir Edmund Sawye...

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Sir William Gregory (1 March 1625 – 28 May 1696) was a British judge and politician. He was educated at All Souls College, Oxford and was then called to the Bar. In 1653 he married Katharine, only daug...

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Biographical Summary == Sir William Williams, of Gray's Inn , co. Midx., Knt., Solicitor-General, being also of Glascoed, in Llansilin, co. Denbigh, was 2d s. of Hugh Williams, D.D., Rector of Llantris...

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Sir John Trevor (c. 1637 – 20 May 1717) was a Welsh lawyer and politician. He was Speaker of the English House of Commons from 1685 to 1687 (the Loyal Parliament) and from 1689 to 1695. Trevor also ser...

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Paul Foley (1644/5 – 13 November 1699), also known as Speaker Foley, was the second son of Thomas Foley of Witley Court, the prominent Midlands ironmaster.He took over his father's ironworks in and aro...

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