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I'd like to nominate the Pitts, Grenvilles and Stanhopes as one of the most complicated families to handle. There are several marriages, and within the family tree are no less than four Prime Ministers (as well as one leading minister from the pre Walpole era). As a result several people have to appear in more than one place.

And there are far too many reuses of the same names (especially Thomas Pitt) to keep things simple.

Below is the best shot so far - anyone know a better way to display all this? Timrollpickering 16:58, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Pitts, Grenvilles and Stanhopes

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Three prominent political dynasties of the 18th 19th and 20th centuries who were heavily related to each other through several marriages.

Asquiths/ Bonham Carters

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A noteworthy family missing from the list. Asquith, his daughter Violet Bonham-Carter (Life Peer) her son Mark (MP and later Life Peer) and I believe her niece Jane is now also a Life Peer. Also married into the Grimonds.

Pelhams

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Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne was also a cabinet minister but i don't know what relation he was to the first DukeA Geek Tragedy 19:29, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If I remember correctly the Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne title passed to the first Duke's brother's son-in-law or something. So he'd probably be a great great great nepew or something. Timrollpickering 20:04, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction

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Does anyone agree that we should write a short introduction - maybe only a few lines - of introduction to this article, explaining that it is a list of families from which several generations of office holders have been drawn? Or something along those lines... (WestminsterWatch (talk) 17:36, 28 July 2011 (UTC))[reply]

Agree.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:26, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sawfords

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Following the election of Andy Sawford as MP for Corby & East Northamptonshire at the recent by-election, his family should be added to the list in the main article as his father, Phil Sawford, was MP for nearby Kettering from 1997 to 2005. Zippy2112 (talk) 15:51, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The section on Billinghams and Skinners

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This seems a very tenuous connection and should maybe be deleted? Paraphrased (talk) 23:45, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]