0 Talk Speaker of the House of Commons Edit History Name Entered office Left office Party Notes Peter de Montfort 1258 1258 held title of Prolocutor. Sir Peter de la Mare 1376 1376 Sir Thomas Hungerford 1377 1377 first to be called "Speaker" Sir Peter de la Mare 1377 1377 Sir James Pickering 1378 1378 Sir John Guildesborough 1379 1380 Sir Richard Waldegrave 1381 1382 Sir James Pickering 1382 1383 Sir John Bussy 1393 1398 Sir John Cheney 1399 1399 John Dorewood 1399 1399 Sir Arnold Savage 1400 1402 Sir Henry Redford 1402 1402 Sir Arnold Savage 1403 1404 Sir William Esturmy 1404 1404 Sir John Tiptoft 1405 1406 Thomas Chaucer 1407 1411 William Stourton 1413 1413 John Dorewood 1413 1413 Sir Walter Hungerford 1414 1414 Thomas Chaucer 1414 1415 Richard Redman 1415 1415 Sir Walter Beauchamp 1415 1416 Roger Flower 1416 1419 Roger Hunt 1420 1421 Thomas Chaucer 1421 1421 Richard Baynard 1421 1422 Sir John Russell 1423 1424 Sir Thomas Walton 1425 1425 Sir Richard Vernon 1425 1426 Sir John Tyrell 1427 1428 William Alington 1429 1430 Sir John Tyrell 1430 1431 Sir John Russell 1432 1432 Roger Hunt 1433 1433 John Bowes 1435 1435 Sir John Tyrell 1436 1436 William Burley 1437 1437 William Tresham 1439 1442 William Burley 1444 1445 William Tresham 1446 1447 Sir John Say 1448 1449 Sir John Popham 1449 1449 William Tresham 1449 1450 Sir William Oldhall 1450 1451 Thomas Thorpe 1452 1453 Sir Thomas Charlton 1453 1454 Sir John Wenlock 1455 1456 Sir Thomas Tresham 1459 1459 John Green 1460 1460 Sir James Strangeways 1461 1462 Sir John Say 1463 1468 William Alington 1472 1477 John Wood 1482 1483 William Catesby 1483 1484 Sir Thomas Lovell 1485 1486 Sir John Mordaunt 1487 1488 Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam 1489 1490 Sir Richard Empson 1491 1492 Sir Robert Drury 1495 1495 Sir Thomas Englefield 1496 1497 Edmond Dudley 1503 1503 Sir Thomas Englefield 1509 1509 Sir Robert Sheffield 1511 1513 Sir Thomas Nevill 1514 1515 Sir Thomas More 1523 1523 Sir Thomas Audley 1529 1533 Sir Humphrey Wingfield 1533 1536 Sir Richard Rich 1536 1536 Sir Nicholas Hare 1539 1540 Sir Thomas Moyle 1541 1544 Sir John Baker 1545 1552 Sir James Dyer 1553 1553 Sir John Pollard 1553 1553 Sir Robert Brooke 1554 1554 Sir Clement Heigham 1554 1555 Sir John Pollard 1555 1555 Sir William Cordell 1558 1558 Sir Thomas Gargrave 1559 1559 Thomas Williams 1562 1563 Richard Onslow 1566 1567 Sir Christopher Wray 1571 1571 Sir Robert Bell 1572 1576 Sir John Popham 1580 1583 Sir John Puckering 1584 1586 Thomas Snagge 1588 1589 Sir Edward Coke 1592 1593 Sir Christopher Yelverton 1597 1598 Sir John Croke 1601 1601 Sir Edward Phelips 1603 1611 Sir Randolph Crewe 1614 1614 Sir Thomas Richardson 1620 1622 Sir Thomas Crewe 1623 1625 Sir Heneage Finch 1625 1626 Sir John Finch 1628 1629 Sir John Glanville 1640 1640 William Lenthall 1640 1647 Henry Pelham 1647 1647 William Lenthall 1647 1653 Francis Rous 1653 1653 William Lenthall 1654 1655 Sir Thomas Widdrington 1656 1658 Chaloner Chute 1658 1659 Sir Liselbone Long 1659 1659 Thomas Bampfylde 1659 1659 William Lenthall 1659 1660 Sir Harbottle Grimston 1660 1660 Sir Edward Turnour 1661 1671 Sir Job Charlton 1672 1672 Sir Edward Seymour 1673 1673 Sir Robert Sawyer 1678 1678 Sir Edward Seymour 1678 1679 Sir William Gregory 1679 1679 Sir William Williams 1680 1681 Sir John Trevor 1685 1687 Henry Powle 1688 1689 Sir John Trevor 1689 1695 Paul Foley 1695 1698 Sir Thomas Littleton 1698 1700 Robert Harley 1701 1705 Tory John Smith 1705 1708 Whig Sir Richard Onslow 1708 1710 Whig William Bromley 1710 1713 Tory Sir Thomas Hanmer 1714 1715 Sir Spencer Compton 1715 1727 Whig Arthur Onslow 1728 1761 Whig Sir John Cust 1761 1770 Sir Fletcher Norton 1770 1780 Charles Cornwall 1780 1789 William Grenville 1789 1789 Tory Henry Addington 1789 1801 Tory Sir John Mitford 1801 1802 Tory Charles Abbot 1802 1817 Tory Charles Manners-Sutton 1817 1834 Tory James Abercromby 1835 1839 Whig Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1839 1857 Whig John Denison 1857 1872 Liberal Henry Brand 1872 1884 Liberal Arthur Peel 1884 1895 Liberal William Gully 1895 1905 Liberal James Lowther 1905 1921 Conservative John Whitley 1921 1928 Liberal Edward Fitzroy 1928 1943 Conservative Clifton Brown 1943 1951 Conservative William Morrison 1951 1959 Conservative Sir Harry Hylton-Foster 1959 1965 Conservative Horace King 1965 1971 Labour Selwyn Lloyd 1971 1976 Conservative George Thomas 1976 1983 Labour Bernard Weatherill 1983 1992 Conservative Betty Boothroyd 1992 2000 Labour Michael Martin 2000 current incumbent Labour Related Categories Add category
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