The Crown, episode 3.8, Dangling Man (2019) – party scenes filmed in the main entrance hall, staircase and dining room Tenet (2020) – scene in Shipley's Auction House Notable members Over the years the NLC has contained a large number of notable members. In addition to many politicians, including seven Prime Ministers – five Liberals from Gladstone to Lloyd George, one Labour (Ramsay MacDonald) and one Conservative (Winston Churchill), its membership has also contained a sizeable literary element, with writers including Rupert Brooke, G. K. Chesterton, John Creasey, Jerome K. Jerome, George Newnes, C. P. Scott, George Bernard Shaw, Bram Stoker, Edgar Wallace, H. G. Wells and Leonard Woolf. Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway, Liberal MP 1880–86, 1892–1910. John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland 1886 & 1905–15, Governor-General of Canada 1893–98; founder member Geoffrey Acland, Chairman of the Liberal Party 1954–56. Dr Donald Adamson, author and historian. Dr Paul Addison, historian. Elkan Nathan Adler, author, lawyer, historian, and noted collector of Jewish books and manuscripts. Sir William Agnew, art dealer and Liberal MP 1880–86. James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale, Liberal MP 1892–1907; President of the National Liberal Federation, 1893–90. Lord Alderdice, Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1998–2004 Abdullah Yusuf Ali, barrister, Islamic scholar, and translator of the Qur'an into English. Asaf Ali, Indian pro-independence politician, Indian Ambassador to the USA 1947–48, Governor of Odisha 1948–52 Charles Peter Allen, Liberal MP 1900–18. Ronald Wilberforce Allen, Liberal MP 1923–24. Sir William Allan, Liberal MP 1893–1903. William Allen, Liberal MP 1892–1900, National Liberal MP 1931–35. James Annand, Scottish newspaper editor, briefly a Liberal MP for 16 days before his death in 1906. George Latimer Apperson, Editor of The Antiquary, 1899–1915. Robert Applegarth, trade unionist and working class political activist. George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, Lord Privy Seal 1852–55, 1859–66 & 1880–81, and Secretary of State for India 1868–74 John Arlott, cricket commentator. George Armitstead, 1st Baron Armitstead, Liberal MP, 1868–73 & 1880–86. Paddy Ashdown, Baron Ashdown, Leader of the Liberal Democrats 1988–99, Liberal/Lib Dem MP 1983–2001 Sir Robert Aske, Liberal MP 1923-4 & 1929–45. H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister 1908–16, Leader of the Liberal Party 1908–26, Home Secretary 1892–95, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1905–08, Liberal MP 1886–1918 & 1920–24 David Austick, Liberal MP 1973–74. John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Liberal MP 1870–1900; founder member Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, Liberal MP 1962–70, Chief Whip of the Liberal Party