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It was created on 7 January 1426 for Walter Hungerford, who was summoned to parliament, had been Member of Parliament, Speaker of the House and invested as Knight of the Order of the Garter before and was made Lord High Treasurer one year before he became a peer.
His elder brother Charles Manners-Sutton was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1805 to 1828 and the father of Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury, Speaker of the House of Commons from 1817 to 1834.
He was Speaker of the House of Commons between 1801 and 1802 and Lord Chancellor of Ireland between 1802 and 1806.
To take his seat and become an active Parliamentarian, he needed to signify his allegiance to the Crown and on 3 May Bradlaugh came to the Table of the House of Commons, bearing a letter to the Speaker "begging respectfully to claim to be allowed to affirm" instead of taking the religious Oath of Allegiance, citing the Evidence Amendment Acts of 1869 and 1870.
Many members of the Onslow family followed political careers—three of them, including Arthur Onslow, were Speakers of the House of Commons.
In the British House of Commons, a formal motion is not required to divide the question; since 1888, the Speaker has held that a question consisting of two or more propositions, each of which is able to stand on its own, can be divided on the objection of any Member of Parliament.
He qualified as a barrister in 1879 and was secretary to Lord Robert Grosvenor (a younger son of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster) at HM Treasury from 1880–84 and to Arthur Peel, Speaker of the House of Commons from 1884-95.
He was a great-grandson of Sir Thomas Englefield, Speaker of the House of Commons, and the nephew of Sir Francis Englefield.
The chair is chosen by the Speaker from the Panel of Chairs, and thirteen members are chosen to sit as one of the European Committees with respect to each referred document, with two being members of the ESC and two being members of the relevant departmental select committee where practicable.
He married Ann, daughter and eventual heir of Sir John Trevor, Master of the Rolls and Speaker of the House of Commons.
From the 1540s the presiding officer in the House of Commons became formally known as the "Speaker", having previously been referred to as the "prolocutor" or "parlour" (a semi-official position, often nominated by the monarch, that had existed ever since Peter de Montfort had acted as the presiding officer of the Oxford Parliament of 1258).
Brand was the fourth son of Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden, Governor of New South Wales, and the grandson of Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden, Speaker of the House of Commons.
For instance, Betty Boothroyd worked for him as a legislative assistant between 1960 and 1962; she later became Speaker of the British House of Commons.
The parents of the Civil War Speaker of the House Commons, William Lenthall, came from North Leigh and are buried in the church.
On 8 September 2009, it was announced that Hames would become Special Adviser to the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow.
He served as a Cabinet minister during World War Two; as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1951-1959, and as Governor-General of Australia from 1960-1961.
Speakers included Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable; John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons and the UK Youth Parliament and Pamela Warhurst Incredible Edible