Sir John Robert Mowbray, 1st Baronet PC, known as John Cornish until 1847, was a British Conservative politician and long-serving Member of Parliament, eventually serving as Father of the House.
John Robert Mowbray (Walter William Ouless, 1886)
"Committee of Selection" Mowbray as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, April 1882
Charles Pelham Villiers
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Charles Pelham Villiers was a British lawyer and politician from the aristocratic Villiers family. He sat in the House of Commons for 63 years, from 1835 to 1898, making him the longest-serving Member
Sir John Mowbray, 1st Baronet
…Right Honourable Sir John Mowbray Bt John Robert Mowbray (Walter William Ouless, 1886) Father of the House of Commons In office 1898–1899 Preceded by Charles Pelham Villiers Succeeded by William Wither Bramston Beach Personal details Born John Robert Cornish 3 June 1815 Died 22 April 1899 (aged 83) Occupation Member of…
Engraving by John Cochran after a portrait by C. A. Du Val.