John Cannon was formerly Professor of Modern History at The University of Newcastle upon Tyne. His books include The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy and The Blackwell Dictionary of Historians.


Robert Crowcroft is a lecturer in Contemporary History at the University of Edinburgh. His first book, Attlee's War: World War II and the Making of a Labour Leader (2011), was named one of the best books of 2011 in Total Politics magazine. He also co-edited The Philosophy, Politics and Religion of British Democracy: Maurice Cowling and Conservatism (2010).

Affiliations were current in 2002 when the majority of entries were written and the revised first edition of the Companion published.

Geoffrey Alderman, Middlesex University
David Denis Aldridge, formerly University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Stephen Alford, University of St Andrews
Douglas J. Allen, Motherwell College
Stephen Badsey, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Richard N. Bailey, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
C. J. Bartlett, formerly University of Dundee
David Richard Bates, University of Glasgow
John Beckett, University of Nottingham
Hugh Berrington, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Clyde Binfield, University of Sheffield
Jeremy Boulton, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Keith Branigan, University of Sheffield
Roy C. Bridges, University of Aberdeen
Dauvit Broun, University of Glasgow
Nicholas J. Bryars, Cambridge High School, Abu Dhabi, UAE
R. Angus Buchanan, University of Bath
John Butt, University of Strathclyde
Kenneth Button, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va., USA
Euan Cameron, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
James Campbell, Oxford University
J. A. Cannon, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Sue Minna Cannon, formerly at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Harold Carter, University of Wales
Stuart Carter, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Muriel Evelyn Chamberlain, University of Wales, Swansea
Judith Champ, Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth
J. A. Chartres, Leeds University Business School
Thomas Owen Clancy, University of Glasgow
Alan Simon Esmonde Cleary, University of Birmingham
Colin M. Coates, University of Edinburgh
June Cochrane, formerly at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Bruce Coleman, University of Exeter
John Collis, University of Sheffield
Eric Cross, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Anne Curry, University of Reading
John W. Derry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Ian Donnachie, the Open University in Scotland
J. A. Downie, Goldsmiths College, London
Sean Duffy, Trinity College, Dublin
Sandra M. Dunkin, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
David Dutton, University of Liverpool
T. E. Faulkner, University of Northumbria
David French, University College London
Ian Gentles, York University, Toronto
John Gillingham, London School of Economics
Brian Golding, University of Southampton
Peter Gordon, University of London Institute of Education
Tim S. Gray, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Ralph Alan Griffiths, University of Wales, Swansea
John R. Guy, The Journal of Welsh Religious History
Andrew Hanham, History of Parliament Trust
A. S. Hargreaves, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
John F. C. Harrison, University of Sussex
Robert Holland, University of London
Michael Hopkinson, University of Stirling
Kenneth Ingham, University of Bristol
Alvin Jackson, Queen's University of Belfast
Andrew Jennings, University of Edinburgh
Clyve Jones, University of London
J. R. Jones, University of East Anglia
Ian John Ernest Keil, Loughborough University
David Knight, University of Durham
Christopher N. Lanigan, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Clive H. Lee, University of Aberdeen
Bruce Philip Lenman, University of St Andrews
Andrew Iain Lewer, Downing College, Cambridge
S. D. Lloyd, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Roger Lockyer, University of London
Henry Loyn, University of London
Charlotte M. Lythe, University of Dundee
Norman McCord, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Audrey MacDonald, formerly at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Norman Macdougall, University of St Andrews
Gordon Macmullan, King's College, London
William M. Marshall, Millfield, Somerset
Ged Martin, University of Edinburgh
Roger A. Mason, University of St Andrews
Lewis Mates, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
H. C. G. Matthew, University of Oxford
R. J. Morris, University of Edinburgh
Maureen Mulholland, University of Manchester
David M. Palliser, University of Leeds
R. A. C. Parker, Queen's College, Oxford
Nicholas Phillipson, University of Edinburgh
John Pimlott, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Anthony James Pollard, University of Teesside
Bernard Porter, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
John R. Presley, Loughborough University
Michael Prestwich, University of Durham
Martin Pugh, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
A. E. Redgate, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Glynis B. Ridley, University of Huddersfield
Pamela E. Ritchie, University of St Andrews
Lynda Rollason, University of Durham
Edward Royle, University of York
Andrew Sanders, University of Durham
John Saunders, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Eleanor Scott, King Alfred's College, Winchester
J. A. Sharpe, University of York
Gary Sheffield, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Richard C. Simmons, University of Birmingham
Alan Sked, London School of Economics
E. A. Smith, University of Reading
Richard A. Smith, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
R. L. Storey, University of Nottingham
Keith J. Stringer, University of Lancaster
Roland Tanner, University of Glasgow
J. B. Trapp, University of London
Rachel E. Utley, University of Leeds
John K. Walton, University of Lancaster
David Anthony Washbrook, Oxford University
Martyn Webb, University of Western Australia
Bruce Webster, the University of Kent at Canterbury
Philip Williamson, University of Durham
D. C. Whaley, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
David Wilkinson, The History of Parliament Trust
Margaret Wilkinson, University of Bradford
Peter Willis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Austin Woolrych, University of Lancaster
Barbara Yorke, King Alfred's College, Winchester