1963–70. Sir John Baker, Liberal MP 1892–1900 & 1906–09. John Arnold Baker, judge and Liberal parliamentary candidate; Chairman of the club. Joseph Allen Baker, engineer and Liberal MP 1905–18. Desmond Banks, Baron Banks, President of the Liberal Party 1968–69; President of the Club Sir Godfrey Baring, Liberal MP 1906–18. Sir John Barker, Liberal MP 1900–01 & 1906–10. Arthur Rhys Barrand, Coalition Liberal MP 1918–22. Sir Edmund Broughton Barnard, Liberal MP 1906–10. Ernest Belfort Bax, socialist journalist and philosopher Thomas Bayley, Liberal MP 1892–1906. Catherine Bearder, Lib Dem MEP 2009–present Sir Andrew Beattie, Senator of the Parliament of Southern Ireland, 1920–2. Sir Leonard Behrens, President of the Liberal Party, 1958–59. Sir Alan Beith, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats 1992–2003, Liberal (later Lib Dem) MP 1973–2015; currently President of the Club Sir Hugh Bell, Mayor of Middlesbrough, 1874, 1883 & 1911. Joseph Bell, physician and real-life inspiration for Sherlock Holmes Sir William Bellairs, army general. David Bellotti, Lib Dem MP 1990–92 George Jackson Bentham, Liberal MP 1910–18. Cornelis Berkhouwer, Dutch Liberal MEP 1963–84, President of the European Parliament 1973–75. Sir Charles Bernard, Chief Commissioner of Burma, 1880–83 & 1886–87. Sir Thomas Berridge, solicitor and Liberal candidate. Charles Albert Berry, nonconformist divine. Sir James Berry, surgeon. Peter Bessell, Liberal MP 1964–70 John Bethell, 1st Baron Bethell, banker and Liberal MP 1906–22. Alfred Billson, Liberal MP 1892–95, 1897–1900 & 1906–07. Sir James Blindell, Liberal and National Liberal MP 1929–37. Herbert Mills Birdwood, colonial administrator, Acting Governor of Bombay in 1895. Peter Boizot, Liberal Party candidate, founder of the PizzaExpress chain. Joseph Cheney Bolton, Liberal MP 1880–92. The Rt Hon Charles Booth, philanthropist and shipowner William Copeland Borlase, Liberal MP 1880–87; founder member Bhupendra Nath Bose, President of the Indian National Congress, 1914. Sharon Bowles, Baroness Bowles, Lib Dem MEP 2005–14 and peer. Laurence George Bowman, Liberal candidate and Headmaster of the Jews Free School, 1908–30. Arthur Boyer, Canadian Liberal Senator, 1909–22. Charles Bradlaugh – see "Notable rejections" below. William Bradshaw, Baron Bradshaw, Lib Dem peer and academic Thomas Bramsdon, Liberal MP 1900, 1906–10, 1918–22 & 1923–4. Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, Liberal MP 1865 & 1868–86, Governor of Victoria, Australia 1895–1900; founder member Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane, Liberal Whip in the Lords, 1873–95. Frank Briant, Liberal MP 1918–29 & 1931–34. Sir John Brigg, Liberal MP 1895–1911. Jacob Bright, Liberal MP 1867–74, 1876–85 & 1885–95; founder member. George Bryant Britton, Coalition Liberal