Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Joseph Addison |
Author |
1-May-1672 |
17-Jun-1719 |
The Spectator |
Douglas Alexander |
Politician |
26-Oct-1967 |
|
British MP, Paisley and Renfrewshire South |
Herbert Henry Asquith |
Head of State |
12-Sep-1852 |
15-Feb-1928 |
UK Prime Minister, 1908-16 |
Clement Attlee |
Head of State |
3-Jan-1883 |
8-Oct-1967 |
UK Prime Minister, 1945-51 |
Kenneth Baker |
Politician |
3-Nov-1934 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 1990-92 |
Arthur Balfour |
Head of State |
25-Jul-1848 |
19-Mar-1930 |
UK Prime Minister, 1902-05 |
Ed Balls |
Politician |
25-Feb-1967 |
|
British MP, Normanton |
Lord Beaverbrook |
Business |
25-May-1879 |
9-Jun-1964 |
Media mogul, UK cabinet minister |
Margaret Beckett |
Government |
15-Jan-1943 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 2006-07 |
Hilary Benn |
Politician |
26-Nov-1953 |
|
UK Minister for the Environment |
Tony Benn |
Politician |
3-Apr-1925 |
14-Mar-2014 |
Radical left Labour MP |
Ernest Bevin |
Politician |
9-Mar-1881 |
14-Apr-1951 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1945-51 |
John Biffen |
Politician |
3-Nov-1930 |
14-Aug-2007 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1982-87 |
Hazel Blears |
Politician |
14-May-1956 |
|
British MP, Salford |
David Blunkett |
Politician |
6-Jun-1947 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 2001-04 |
Herbert Bowden |
Politician |
20-Jan-1905 |
30-Apr-1994 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1964-66 |
Leon Brittan |
Politician |
25-Sep-1939 |
21-Jan-2015 |
UK Home Secretary, 1983-85 |
Henry Brooke |
Politician |
9-Apr-1903 |
29-Mar-1984 |
UK Home Secretary, 1962-64 |
Peter Brooke |
Politician |
3-Mar-1934 |
|
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1989-92 |
George Brown |
Politician |
2-Sep-1914 |
2-Jun-1985 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1966-68 |
James Bryce |
Historian |
10-May-1838 |
22-Jan-1922 |
The Holy Roman Empire |
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute |
Head of State |
25-May-1713 |
10-Mar-1792 |
UK Prime Minister, 1762-63 |
Rab Butler |
Politician |
9-Dec-1902 |
8-Mar-1982 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1963-64 |
George Canning |
Politician |
11-Apr-1770 |
8-Aug-1827 |
Twice Foreign Secretary of Britain |
Robert Carr |
Politician |
11-Nov-1916 |
17-Feb-2012 |
UK Home Secretary, 1972-74 |
Robert Cecil |
Politician |
14-Sep-1864 |
24-Nov-1958 |
Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient |
Charles Clarke |
Politician |
21-Sep-1950 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 2004-06 |
Kenneth Clarke |
Politician |
2-Jul-1940 |
|
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1993-97 |
Stafford Cripps |
Politician |
24-Apr-1889 |
21-Apr-1952 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1947-50 |
Anthony Crosland |
Politician |
29-Aug-1918 |
19-Feb-1977 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1976-77 |
Richard Crossman |
Politician |
15-Dec-1907 |
5-Apr-1974 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1966-68 |
Alistair Darling |
Politician |
28-Nov-1953 |
|
Chancellor of the Exchequer |
John Denham |
Politician |
15-Jul-1953 |
|
British MP, Southampton Itchen |
Alec Douglas-Home |
Head of State |
2-Jul-1903 |
9-Oct-1995 |
UK Prime Minister, 1963-64 |
Anthony Eden |
Head of State |
12-Jun-1897 |
14-Jan-1977 |
UK Prime Minister, 1955-57 |
Nigel Evans |
Politician |
10-Nov-1957 |
|
British MP, Ribble Valley |
H. A. L. Fisher |
Historian |
21-Mar-1865 |
18-Apr-1940 |
The Medieval Empire |
Peter Fraser |
Politician |
29-May-1945 |
23-Jun-2013 |
Baron Fraser of Carmyllie |
Hugh Gaitskell |
Politician |
9-Apr-1906 |
18-Jan-1963 |
Leader of the Labour Party, 1955-63 |
Gwilym Lloyd George |
Politician |
4-Dec-1894 |
14-Feb-1967 |
UK Home Secretary, 1954-57 |
John Gilmour |
Politician |
27-May-1876 |
30-Mar-1940 |
UK Home Secretary, 1932-35 |
John Gummer |
Politician |
26-Nov-1939 |
|
British MP, Suffolk Coastal |
Peter Hain |
Politician |
16-Feb-1950 |
|
British MP, Neath |
Henry Hardinge |
Military |
30-Mar-1785 |
24-Sep-1856 |
Governor-General of India, 1844-48 |
Harriet Harman |
Politician |
30-Jul-1950 |
|
Leader, House of Commons |
Antony Head |
Politician |
1906 |
1983 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1956-57 |
Edward Heath |
Head of State |
9-Jul-1916 |
17-Jul-2005 |
British Prime Minister, 1970-74 |
Michael Heseltine |
Politician |
21-Mar-1933 |
|
UK Deputy Prime Minister, 1995-97 |
Michael Howard |
Politician |
7-Jul-1941 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 1993-97 |
Geoffrey Howe |
Politician |
20-Dec-1926 |
9-Oct-2015 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1983-89 |
David Howell |
Politician |
18-Jan-1936 |
|
Former MP, Guildford |
David Hunt |
Politician |
21-May-1942 |
|
Former MP, The Wirral |
John Hutton |
Politician |
6-May-1955 |
|
British MP, Barrow and Furness |
Patrick Jenkin |
Politician |
7-Sep-1926 |
|
Former MP, Wanstead and Woodford |
Roy Jenkins |
Politician |
11-Nov-1920 |
5-Jan-2003 |
Twice UK Home Secretary |
Alan Johnson |
Politician |
17-May-1950 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 2009-10 |
Aubrey Jones |
Politician |
20-Nov-1911 |
10-Apr-2003 |
Former MP, Birmingham Hall Green |
Keith Joseph |
Politician |
17-Jan-1918 |
10-Dec-1994 |
Conservative UK Minister, Thatcher influence |
Ruth Kelly |
Politician |
9-May-1968 |
|
UK Minister of Transport |
Horatio Herbert Kitchener |
Military |
24-Jun-1850 |
5-Jun-1916 |
Field Marshal, Secretary of State for War |
Ian Lang |
Politician |
27-Jun-1940 |
|
British MP for Galloway, 1979-97 |
John MacGregor |
Politician |
14-Feb-1937 |
|
Leader, House of Commons, 1990-92 |
Iain Macleod |
Politician |
11-Nov-1913 |
20-Jul-1970 |
UK Colonial Secretary, 1959-61 |
Harold Macmillan |
Head of State |
10-Feb-1894 |
29-Dec-1986 |
UK Prime Minister, 1957-63 |
Peter Mandelson |
Politician |
21-Oct-1953 |
|
EU Commissioner for Trade |
Roy Mason |
Politician |
18-Apr-1924 |
19-Apr-2015 |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1976-79 |
Theresa May |
Politician |
1-Oct-1956 |
|
UK Home Secretary |
David Miliband |
Politician |
15-Jul-1965 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 2007-10 |
Ed Miliband |
Politician |
24-Dec-1969 |
|
British MP, Doncaster North |
Andrew Mitchell |
Politician |
23-Mar-1956 |
|
British MP, Sutton Coldfield |
Herbert Morrison |
Politician |
3-Jan-1888 |
6-Mar-1965 |
UK Home Secretary, 1940-45 |
Frederick Mulley |
Politician |
3-Jul-1918 |
15-Mar-1995 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1976-79 |
Paul Murphy |
Politician |
25-Nov-1948 |
|
British MP, Torfaen |
Tony Newton |
Politician |
29-Aug-1937 |
|
Leader, House of Commons, 1992-97 |
Steven Norris |
Politician |
24-May-1945 |
|
Former Conservative MP, Epping Forest |
David Owen |
Politician |
2-Jul-1938 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 1977-79 |
Lord Palmerston |
Head of State |
20-Oct-1784 |
18-Oct-1865 |
Twice Prime Minister of UK |
Cecil Parkinson |
Politician |
1-Sep-1931 |
|
Thatcherite MP and Minister |
Chris Patten |
Politician |
12-May-1944 |
|
EU Commissioner for External Relations |
Henry Pelham |
Head of State |
1696 |
6-Mar-1754 |
UK Prime Minister, 1743-54 |
St. John Philby |
Government |
3-Apr-1885 |
30-Sep-1960 |
Sheikh Abdullah, Arabist |
William Pitt the Elder |
Head of State |
15-Nov-1708 |
11-May-1778 |
Seven Years War |
John Prescott |
Politician |
31-May-1938 |
|
Deputy Prime Minister of the UK, 1997-2007 |
John Profumo |
Politician |
30-Jan-1915 |
10-Mar-2006 |
Resigned House of Commons over an affair |
James Purnell |
Politician |
2-Oct-1970 |
|
British MP, Stalybridge and Hyde |
Nicholas Ridley |
Politician |
17-Feb-1929 |
4-Mar-1993 |
Thatcherite MP and Minister |
Geoffrey Rippon |
Politician |
28-May-1924 |
28-Jan-1997 |
Former MP, Hexham |
Alex Salmond |
Politician |
31-Dec-1954 |
|
First Minister of Scotland, 2004-14 |
Duncan Sandys |
Politician |
24-Jan-1908 |
26-Nov-1987 |
UK Colonial Secretary, 1962-64 |
Peter Shore |
Politician |
20-May-1924 |
24-Sep-2001 |
Former MP, Stepney |
Edward Short |
Politician |
17-Dec-1912 |
4-May-2012 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1974-76 |
Norman St. John-Stevas |
Politician |
18-May-1929 |
2-Mar-2012 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1979-81 |
Frederick Arthur Stanley |
Government |
15-Jan-1841 |
14-Jun-1908 |
Hockey's Stanley Cup |
Michael Stewart |
Politician |
6-Nov-1906 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Former UK Foreign Secretary |
Norman Tebbit |
Politician |
29-Mar-1931 |
|
Thatcherite MP and Minister |
Margaret Thatcher |
Head of State |
13-Oct-1925 |
8-Apr-2013 |
UK Prime Minister, 1979-90 |
Stephen Timms |
Politician |
29-Jul-1955 |
|
Labour MP for East Ham, stabbed |
Eric Varley |
Politician |
11-Aug-1932 |
|
Former MP, Chesterfield |
John Wakeham |
Politician |
22-Jun-1932 |
|
Baron Wakeham of Maldon |
Patrick Gordon Walker |
Politician |
7-Apr-1907 |
2-Dec-1980 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1964-66 |
Peter Walker |
Politician |
25-Mar-1932 |
|
Vice Chairman, Dresdner Kleinwort, Former MP |
Harold Watkinson |
Politician |
25-Jan-1910 |
19-Dec-1995 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1959-62 |
William Whitelaw |
Politician |
28-Jun-1918 |
1-Jul-1999 |
UK Deputy Prime Minister, 1979-88 |