Records of Members of Parliament of The United Kingdom - Members of Parliament Who Have Committed Suicide

Members of Parliament Who Have Committed Suicide

Title/Rank Name known by while in Commons Born Died Political Party MP's Seat Offices Held
His Grace the Duke of Bolton Charles Powlett, Marquess of Winchester 1718 1765 Whig Hampshire left Commons 1759 Lieutenant of the Tower of London 1754–1760, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire 1758–1763 and Vice-Admiral of Dorset and Hampshire (1759 until death) and KCB, PC
The Most Honourable Marquess of Londonderry Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh 1769 1822 Conservative Party Orford Foreign Secretary (1812-till death), Leader of the House of Commons (1812-till death) and KG, GCH, PC, PC (Ire)
The Right Honourable Earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley 1831 1886 Liberal Cricklade left Commons in 1865
The Right Honourable Earl of Bath Charles Granville, Lord Lansdown 1661 1701 Unknown Cornwall left Commons 1686 Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall and Devon (1691–1693), Lord of the Bedchamber (1692), also Count of the Holy Roman Empire
The Right Honourable Earl of Scarbrough Richard Lumley, Viscount Lumley 1686 1740 Unknown Arundel left Commons 1715 Colonel of the Coldstream Guards (1722 until death), Vice-Admiral of Durham (1710 until death), Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (1722 until death), Custos Rotulorum of Northumberland (1722 until death) and KG, PC
The Right Honourable Viscount Harcourt Lewis Harcourt 1863 1922 Liberal Rossendale left Commons in 1916 Secretary of State for the Colonies (1910–1915) and PC
The Right Honourable Baron Clifford of Chudleigh Sir Thomas Clifford 1630 1673 Unknown Totnes Comptroller of the Household (1666–1668), Treasurer of the Household (1668–1672), Lord High Treasurer (1672-till death) and PC
Baron Clifton Gervase Clifton c.1579 1618 Huntingdonshire
Sir Charles Cayzer 1896 1940 Conservative Party City of Chester (1922–death)
Sir Sir Arthur Braithwaite 1893 1959 Conservative Party Harrow West DSO
Sir Sir Samuel Romilly 1757 1818 Whig Arundel
Sir Sir John Brownlow 1659 1697 Tory Grantham
The Right Honourable Charles Yorke 1722 1720 Whig University of Cambridge Lord Chancellor (1770), also PC
The Right Honourable Ellen Wilkinson 1891 1947 Labour Party Jarrow Minister of Education (1945-till death), also PC
Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Muirhead 1890 1939 Conservative Party Wells Parliamentary Under-Secretary for India and Burma (1938-till death) and MC & Bar TD
Mr Jocelyn Cadbury 1946 1982 Conservative Party Birmingham Northfield
Mr John Heddle 1943 1989 Conservative Party Mid Staffordshire
Mr Alan Grahame Brown 1913 1972 Labour Party, had joined the Conservative Party by time of death Tottenham left Commons in 1964
Mr Desmond Donnelly 1920 1974 Labour Party, had joined the Conservative Party by time of death Pembrokeshire left Commons in 1970
Mr Bernard Floud 1915 1967 Labour Party Acton Not an office but was classified as a traitor to the UK for being a secret KGB Russian Spy
Mr Gordon McMaster 1960 1997 Labour Party Paisley South
Mr Thomas William Stamford 1882 1948 Labour Party Leeds West (1923–31) (1945–death)
Mr John Edmondson Whittaker 1897 1945 Labour Party Heywood and Radcliffe (1945–death)
Mr Samuel Whitbread 1758 1815 Whig Bedford
Mr Hans Stanley 1721 1780 Southampton Governor of the Isle of Wight (1764–1766)and (1770–1790) Vice-Admiral of the Isle of Wight (1765–1767) and (1771–1780) Privy Councillor

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