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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Hugh_Childers%2C_Lock_%26_Whitfield_woodburytype%2C_1876-83_crop.jpg/440px-Hugh_Childers%2C_Lock_%26_Whitfield_woodburytype%2C_1876-83_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="769" data-file-height="1001" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 August 1872 – 30 September 1873</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Gladstone</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood,_1st_Marquess_of_Dufferin_and_Ava" title="Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava">The Earl of Dufferin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Bright" title="John Bright">John Bright</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_War" title="Secretary of State for War">Secretary of State for War</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />28 April 1880 – 16 December 1882</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data">William Gladstone</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Stanley" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Stanley">Frederick Stanley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Cavendish,_8th_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire">Marquess of Hartington</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 December 1882 – 9 June 1885</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data">William Gladstone</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">William Gladstone</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hicks_Beach,_1st_Earl_St_Aldwyn" title="Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn">Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 February 1886 – 25 July 1886</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data">William Gladstone</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/R._A._Cross,_1st_Viscount_Cross" title="R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross">R. A. Cross</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Matthews,_1st_Viscount_Llandaff" title="Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff">Henry Matthews</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">25 June 1827<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart bday">1827-06-25</span>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, UK</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">29 January 1896<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend dday deathdate">1896-01-30</span>)</span> (aged 68)<br />London, UK</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Emily Walker (d. 1875)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">8, including <a href="/wiki/Milly_Childers" title="Milly Childers">Milly</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Erskine_Childers_(author)" title="Erskine Childers (author)">Erskine Childers</a> (cousin)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheam_School" title="Cheam School">Cheam School</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Wadham_College,_Oxford" title="Wadham College, Oxford">Wadham College, Oxford</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Cambridge" title="Trinity College, Cambridge">Trinity College, Cambridge</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hugh Culling Eardley Childers</b> (25 June 1827 – 29 January 1896) was a British <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/statesman" class="extiw" title="wikt:statesman">statesman</a> of the nineteenth century. He is perhaps best known for his reform efforts at the <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty</a> and the <a href="/wiki/War_Office" title="War Office">War Office</a>. Later in his career, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, his attempt to correct a budget shortfall led to the fall of the Liberal government led by <a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Gladstone</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Childers&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Childers was born in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, the son of Reverend Eardley Childers and his wife Maria Charlotte (<i>née</i> Smith),<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sister of <a href="/wiki/Sir_Culling_Eardley,_3rd_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Culling Eardley, 3rd Baronet">Sir Culling Eardley, 3rd Baronet</a> and granddaughter of <a href="/wiki/Sampson_Eardley,_1st_Baron_Eardley" title="Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley">Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley</a>. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Cheam_School" title="Cheam School">Cheam School</a> under Pestalozzi and then both <a href="/wiki/Wadham_College,_Oxford" title="Wadham College, Oxford">Wadham College, Oxford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Cambridge" title="Trinity College, Cambridge">Trinity College, Cambridge</a>, graduating <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a> from the latter in 1850.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Influential on his intellectual development were Adam Smith's theories of free trade, and capital returns. </p><p>Childers then decided to seek a career in Australia and on 26 October 1850 arrived in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a> along with his wife Emily Walker.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Australia">Australia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Childers&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Childers joined the government of Victoria and served as Inspector of <a href="/wiki/Religious_denomination" title="Religious denomination">Denominational schools</a> (meaning Protestant and Catholic schools) and immigration agent. In 1852 he became a director of the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne,_Mount_Alexander_and_Murray_River_Railway_Company" title="Melbourne, Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Company">Melbourne, Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Company</a>. Childers became auditor-general on 26 October 1852 and was nominated to the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Legislative_Council" title="Victorian Legislative Council">Victorian Legislative Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sweetman_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sweetman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1852 he placed a bill before the colonial legislature proposing the establishment of a university for Victoria, the second in Australia following the foundation of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sydney" title="University of Sydney">University of Sydney</a> in 1850. With the receipt of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Assent" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Assent">Royal Assent</a> in 1853, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Melbourne" title="University of Melbourne">University of Melbourne</a> was founded, with Childers as its first vice-chancellor.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Childers was Collector of Customs from 5 December 1853 to 28 November 1855 and <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Trade_and_Customs" title="Commissioner of Trade and Customs">Commissioner of Trade and Customs</a> 28 November 1855 to 25 February 1857.<sup id="cite_ref-VicParl_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VicParl-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Childers was elected to the inaugural <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Victorian Legislative Assembly">Victorian Legislative Assembly</a> for <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Portland" title="Electoral district of Portland">Portland</a> in November 1856, a seat he held until resigning in February 1857.<sup id="cite_ref-VicParl_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VicParl-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Return_to_Britain">Return to Britain</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Childers&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Return to Britain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Childers retained the vice-chancellorship until his return to Britain in March 1857 and received an <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts_(Oxbridge_and_Dublin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)">M.A.</a> from <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">Cambridge</a> in the same year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Enters_British_politics">Enters British politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Childers&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Enters British politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1860 he entered the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> member for <a href="/wiki/Pontefract" title="Pontefract">Pontefract</a>, and within a few years joined the government of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston">Lord Palmerston</a>, becoming a <a href="/wiki/Civil_Lord_of_the_Admiralty_(Royal_Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Lord of the Admiralty (Royal Navy)">Civil Lord of the Admiralty</a> in 1864 and then <a href="/wiki/Financial_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Financial Secretary to the Treasury">Financial Secretary to the Treasury</a> in 1865. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_Lord_of_the_Admiralty">First Lord of the Admiralty</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Childers&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: First Lord of the Admiralty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hugh_Childers,_Vanity_Fair,_1869-06-19.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Hugh_Childers%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1869-06-19.jpg/220px-Hugh_Childers%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1869-06-19.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="367" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Hugh_Childers%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1869-06-19.jpg/330px-Hugh_Childers%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1869-06-19.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Hugh_Childers%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1869-06-19.jpg/440px-Hugh_Childers%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1869-06-19.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="3200" /></a><figcaption>Caricature by <a href="/wiki/Carlo_Pellegrini_(caricaturist)" title="Carlo Pellegrini (caricaturist)">Ape</a> published in <a href="/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanity Fair (UK)">Vanity Fair</a> in 1869.</figcaption></figure> <p>With the election of Gladstone's government in December 1868, he rose to greater prominence, serving as <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_First_Lords_of_the_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="List of the First Lords of the Admiralty">First Lord of the Admiralty</a>. Childers "had a reputation for being hardworking, but inept, autocratic and notoriously overbearing in his dealing with colleagues."<sup id="cite_ref-CaptainChilders_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CaptainChilders-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He "initiated a determined programme of cost and manpower reductions, fully backed by the Prime Minister, Gladstone described him [Childers] as 'a man likely to scan with a rigid eye the civil expenses of the Naval Service'. He got the naval estimates just below the psychologically important figure of £10,000,000. Childers strengthened his own position as First Lord by reducing the role of the Board of Admiralty to a purely formal one, making meetings rare and short and confining the Sea Lords rigidly to the administrative functions... Initially Childers had the support of the influential Controller of the Navy, Vice-Admiral Sir <a href="/wiki/Robert_Spencer_Robinson" title="Robert Spencer Robinson">[Robert] Spencer Robinson</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "His re-organisation of the Admiralty was unpopular and poorly done."<sup id="cite_ref-CaptainChilders_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CaptainChilders-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Childers was responsible for the construction of <a href="/wiki/HMS_Captain_(1869)" title="HMS Captain (1869)">HMS <i>Captain</i></a> in defiance of the advice of his professional advisers, the Controller (Robinson) and the Chief Constructor <a href="/wiki/Edward_James_Reed" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward James Reed">Edward James Reed</a>. <i>Captain</i> was commissioned in April 1870, and sank on the night of 6/7 September 1870. She was, as predicted by Robinson and Reed, insufficiently stable. "Shortly before the battleship sank, Childers had moved his son, Midshipman Leonard Childers from Reed's designed <a href="/wiki/HMS_Monarch_(1868)" title="HMS Monarch (1868)">HMS Monarch</a> onto the new ship-of-the-line; Leonard did not survive."<sup id="cite_ref-CaptainChilders_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CaptainChilders-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Childers "faced strong criticism following the Court Martial on the loss of <i>HMS Captain</i>, and attempted to clear his name with a 359-page memorandum, a move described as "dubious public ethics". Vice Admiral Sir Robert Spencer Robinson wrote 'His endeavors were directed to throw the blame which might be supposed to attach to himself on those who had throughout expressed their disapproval of such methods of construction'." Childers unfairly blamed Robinson for the loss of the <i>Captain</i>, and as a result of this Robinson was replaced as Third Lord and Controller of the navy in February 1871.<sup id="cite_ref-Robinsonbiography_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robinsonbiography-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Following the loss of his son and the recriminations that followed, Childers resigned through ill health as First Lord in March 1871."<sup id="cite_ref-CaptainChilders_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CaptainChilders-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1871–1880"><span id="1871.E2.80.931880"></span>1871–1880</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Childers&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1871–1880"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following his resignation he spent some months on the Continent,<sup id="cite_ref-CaptainChilders_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CaptainChilders-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and recovered sufficiently to take office in 1872 as <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a>. The consequent <a href="/wiki/Ministerial_by-election_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministerial by-election (UK)">ministerial by-election</a> on 15 August 1872 was the first Parliamentary election to be held after the <a href="/wiki/Ballot_Act_1872" title="Ballot Act 1872">Ballot Act 1872</a> required the use of a <a href="/wiki/Secret_ballot" title="Secret ballot">secret ballot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Secretary_for_War">Secretary for War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Childers&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Secretary for War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hce_childers_cartoon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Hce_childers_cartoon.png/300px-Hce_childers_cartoon.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="471" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Hce_childers_cartoon.png/450px-Hce_childers_cartoon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Hce_childers_cartoon.png 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="816" /></a><figcaption>Caricature from <a href="/wiki/Punch_(magazine)" title="Punch (magazine)">Punch</a>, 1882</figcaption></figure> <p>When the Liberals regained power in 1880, Childers was appointed <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_War" title="Secretary of State for War">Secretary for War</a>, a position he accepted reluctantly. He therefore had to bear responsibility for cuts in arms expenditure, a policy that provoked controversy when Britain began fighting; first the Boers in <a href="/wiki/First_Boer_War" title="First Boer War">South Africa in 1880</a> and then the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_War" title="Anglo-Egyptian War">invasion of Egypt in 1882</a>. Childers was also very unpopular with <a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry" title="Household Cavalry">Horse Guards</a> for the reinforcement and expansion of the <a href="/wiki/Cardwell_reforms" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardwell reforms">Cardwell reforms</a>. On 1 May 1881 he passed <b>General Order 41</b>, which outlined a series of improvements known as the <a href="/wiki/Childers_reforms" class="mw-redirect" title="Childers reforms">Childers reforms</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Childers&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Chancellor of the Exchequer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Childers became <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a> in 1882, a post he had coveted. As such, he attempted to implement a conversion of <a href="/wiki/Consols" class="mw-redirect" title="Consols">Consols</a> in 1884. Although the scheme proved a failure, it paved the way for the <a href="/wiki/George_Joachim_Goschen,_1st_Viscount_Goschen" class="mw-redirect" title="George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen">subsequent conversion</a> in 1888. He attempted to resolve a budget shortfall in June 1885 by increasing alcohol duty and <a href="/wiki/Income_tax" title="Income tax">income tax</a>. His budget was rejected by <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">Parliament</a>, and the government – already unpopular due to <a href="/wiki/Charles_George_Gordon" title="Charles George Gordon">events in Egypt</a> – was forced out of office. Childers's colleague the <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Philip_Primrose,_5th_Earl_of_Rosebery" class="mw-redirect" title="Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery">Earl of Rosebery</a> commented resignedly: "So far as I know the budget is as good a question to go out upon as any other, and Tuesday as good a day." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_Secretary">Home Secretary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Childers&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Home Secretary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the subsequent election in December 1885 Childers lost his Pontefract seat, but returned as an independent <a href="/wiki/Home_Rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Home Rule">Home Ruler</a> for <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh South</a> (one of the few Liberals who adopted this policy before Gladstone's conversion in 1886). Childers then served as <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a> in the short-lived ministry of 1886. He was critical of the financial clauses of the <a href="/wiki/First_Home_Rule_Bill" class="mw-redirect" title="First Home Rule Bill">First Home Rule Bill</a>, and their withdrawal was largely due to his threat of resignation. Nevertheless, the bill still failed to pass, and its rejection brought down the Liberal government. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retirement_and_the_Childers_Commission">Retirement and the Childers Commission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Childers&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Retirement and the Childers Commission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hugh_Culling_Eardley_Childers_by_Emily_Maria_Eardley_(%27Milly%27)_Childers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Hugh_Culling_Eardley_Childers_by_Emily_Maria_Eardley_%28%27Milly%27%29_Childers.jpg/220px-Hugh_Culling_Eardley_Childers_by_Emily_Maria_Eardley_%28%27Milly%27%29_Childers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Hugh_Culling_Eardley_Childers_by_Emily_Maria_Eardley_%28%27Milly%27%29_Childers.jpg/330px-Hugh_Culling_Eardley_Childers_by_Emily_Maria_Eardley_%28%27Milly%27%29_Childers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Hugh_Culling_Eardley_Childers_by_Emily_Maria_Eardley_%28%27Milly%27%29_Childers.jpg/440px-Hugh_Culling_Eardley_Childers_by_Emily_Maria_Eardley_%28%27Milly%27%29_Childers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3201" /></a><figcaption>Painting of Hugh Childers by <a href="/wiki/Milly_Childers" title="Milly Childers">Milly Childers</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_grave_of_Hugh_Childers,_Brompton_Cemetery.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/The_grave_of_Hugh_Childers%2C_Brompton_Cemetery.JPG/220px-The_grave_of_Hugh_Childers%2C_Brompton_Cemetery.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/The_grave_of_Hugh_Childers%2C_Brompton_Cemetery.JPG/330px-The_grave_of_Hugh_Childers%2C_Brompton_Cemetery.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/The_grave_of_Hugh_Childers%2C_Brompton_Cemetery.JPG/440px-The_grave_of_Hugh_Childers%2C_Brompton_Cemetery.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2056" data-file-height="3088" /></a><figcaption>The grave of Hugh Childers, <a href="/wiki/Brompton_Cemetery" title="Brompton Cemetery">Brompton Cemetery</a></figcaption></figure> <p>He retired from parliament in 1892, and his last piece of work was the drafting of a report for the 1894 "Financial Relations Commission" on <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Irish</a> financial matters, of which he was chairman (generally known as the <b>Childers Commission</b>). This found that, compared to the rest of the United Kingdom, Ireland had been overtaxed on a <a href="/wiki/Per_capita" title="Per capita">per capita</a> basis by some £2 or £3 million annually in previous decades. The matter was finally debated in March 1897.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the following decades <a href="/wiki/Irish_nationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish nationalist">Irish nationalists</a> frequently quoted the report as proof that some form of fiscal freedom was needed to end imperial over-taxation, which was prolonging Irish poverty. Their opponents noted that the extra tax received had come from an unduly high consumption of tea, stout, whiskey and tobacco, and not from <a href="/wiki/Income_tax" title="Income tax">income tax</a>. His younger cousin <a href="/wiki/Erskine_Childers_(author)" title="Erskine Childers (author)">Erskine Childers</a> wrote a book on the matter in 1911.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Childers' 1894 report was still considered influential in 1925 in considering the mutual financial positions between the new <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a> and the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1926 an <a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann_(Irish_Free_State)" title="Seanad Éireann (Irish Free State)">Irish Senate</a> debate included claims by some Senators that, with <a href="/wiki/Compound_interest" title="Compound interest">compound interest</a>, Ireland was owed as much as £1.2 billion by Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This, however, ignored the changed economic conditions since 1894, and at the eve of secession <a href="/wiki/Southern_Ireland_(1921%E2%80%9322)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Ireland (1921–22)">Southern Ireland</a> was being heavily subsidised by the British taxpayer. This economic reality forced the initial <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a> government to cut the old age pension from five to four shillings. In 1932 on the start of the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Trade_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Irish Trade War">Anglo-Irish Trade War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_7th_D%C3%A1il" title="Government of the 7th Dáil">Irish government</a> made a claim for £400 million in respect of past overtaxation, amongst others, but this was not mentioned when the dispute was settled in 1938.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family,_later_life_and_death"><span id="Family.2C_later_life_and_death"></span>Family, later life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Childers&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Family, later life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Childers married Emily Walker in 1850. They had six sons and two daughters. One of their daughters, <a href="/wiki/Milly_Childers" title="Milly Childers">Emily "Milly" Childers</a>, was a portrait and landscape painter. His first wife died in 1875 and Childers married Katherine Anne Gilbert in 1879. A cousin, <a href="/wiki/Erskine_Childers_(author)" title="Erskine Childers (author)">Erskine Childers</a>, was the author of the spy novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Riddle_of_the_Sands" title="The Riddle of the Sands">The Riddle of the Sands</a></i>, an important figure in the <a href="/wiki/Irish_War_of_Independence" title="Irish War of Independence">Irish War of Independence</a> and <a href="/wiki/Irish_Civil_War" title="Irish Civil War">Irish Civil War</a> (during which he was executed), and father of the fourth <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">President of Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erskine_Hamilton_Childers" title="Erskine Hamilton Childers">Erskine Hamilton Childers</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Towards the end of his ministerial career "HCE" Childers was known for his girth, and so acquired the nickname "Here Comes Everybody", which was later used as a motif in <i><a href="/wiki/Finnegans_Wake" title="Finnegans Wake">Finnegans Wake</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/James_Joyce" title="James Joyce">James Joyce</a>. </p><p>Childers died in January 1896, aged 68. He is buried on the south side of the central enclosed roundel in <a href="/wiki/Brompton_Cemetery" title="Brompton Cemetery">Brompton Cemetery</a>, London. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Childers&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Childers,_Queensland" title="Childers, Queensland">Childers, Queensland</a>, town named after Childers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Childers_(ACPB_93)" title="HMAS Childers (ACPB 93)">HMAS Childers (ACPB 93)</a>, Australian ship named after the town</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Childers&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-adb-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHall1969" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Hall, H. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Constitutional+Development+of+Victoria%2C+1851-6&rft.pages=182&rft.pub=Whitcombe+%26+Tombs+Limited&rft.date=1920&rft.au=Sweetman%2C+Edward&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fconstitutionalde00swee&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHugh+Childers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-VicParl-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-VicParl_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-VicParl_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230423140418/https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/re-member/details/24/411">"Hugh Culling Eardley Childers"</a>. <i>Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851</i>. <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Victoria" title="Parliament of Victoria">Parliament of Victoria</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/re-member/details/24/411">the original</a> on 23 April 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 August</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Re-Member%3A+a+database+of+all+Victorian+MPs+since+1851&rft.atitle=Hugh+Culling+Eardley+Childers&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.parliament.vic.gov.au%2Fabout%2Fpeople-in-parliament%2Fre-member%2Fdetails%2F24%2F411&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHugh+Childers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CaptainChilders-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CaptainChilders_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CaptainChilders_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CaptainChilders_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CaptainChilders_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CaptainChilders_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hmscaptain.co.uk/Characters/hughchilders.htm">HMS Captain website biography of Hugh Childers.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071210142546/http://www.hmscaptain.co.uk/Characters/hughchilders.htm">Archived</a> 10 December 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Page 14, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Smith_(historian)" title="Paul Smith (historian)">Smith, Paul</a> (editor), <i>Government and the Armed Forces in Britain, 1856-1990</i>, (Hambledon Press, 1996), <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85285-144-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-85285-144-9">1-85285-144-9</a><br />Note that the original anachronistically says 'Sea Lord'; at the time the title was Naval Lord.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Robinsonbiography-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Robinsonbiography_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=112">Online biography Robert Spencer Robinson</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/WryVwsknTr-aa4IQ-ID9iQ">Pontefract's secret ballot box, 1872</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1897/mar/31/financial-relations-great-britain-and#S4V0048P0-00318">Hansard 31 March 1897</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15086">Online link to RE Childers' book on Home Rule</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.difp.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=694">Financial analysis November 1925</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie:80/S/0008/S.0008.192612150005.html">Senate debates, 15 December 1926, p.49</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120901232641/http://www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie/S/0008/S.0008.192612150005.html">Archived</a> 1 September 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/The_Annual_Register" title="The Annual Register">The Annual Register</a>, 1932, pp.125-126.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Childers&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Childers Commission</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHer_Majesty's_Commissioners_appointed_to_inquire_into_the_Financial_Relations_between_Great_Britain_and_Ireland1895" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Her Majesty's Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Financial Relations between Great Britain and Ireland (1895). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/op1253376-1001"><i>First Report; Minutes of Evidence Vol.1: to 28 March 1895, with Appendices</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Command_papers" class="mw-redirect" title="Command papers">Command papers</a>. Vol. C.7720, C.7720–I [HC 1895 XXXVI 1, 5] – via Internet Archive.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=First+Report%3B+Minutes+of+Evidence+Vol.1%3A+to+28+March+1895%2C+with+Appendices&rft.series=Command+papers&rft.date=1895&rft.au=Her+Majesty%27s+Commissioners+appointed+to+inquire+into+the+Financial+Relations+between+Great+Britain+and+Ireland&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fop1253376-1001&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHugh+Childers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHer_Majesty's_Commissioners_appointed_to_inquire_into_the_Financial_Relations_between_Great_Britain_and_Ireland1895" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Her Majesty's Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Financial Relations between Great Britain and Ireland (1895). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/op1253506-1001"><i>Minutes of Evidence Vol.2: 29 March to 15 November 1895, with Appendices</i></a>. Command papers. Vol. C.7720–II [HC 1896 XXXIII 291] – via Internet Archive.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Minutes+of+Evidence+Vol.2%3A+29+March+to+15+November+1895%2C+with+Appendices&rft.series=Command+papers&rft.date=1895&rft.au=Her+Majesty%27s+Commissioners+appointed+to+inquire+into+the+Financial+Relations+between+Great+Britain+and+Ireland&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fop1253506-1001&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHugh+Childers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHer_Majesty's_Commissioners_appointed_to_inquire_into_the_Financial_Relations_between_Great_Britain_and_Ireland1896" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Her Majesty's Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Financial Relations between Great Britain and Ireland (1896). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/op1253503-1001"><i>Final Report</i></a>. Command papers. Vol. C.8262 [HC 1896 XXXIII 59] – via Internet Archive.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Final+Report&rft.series=Command+papers&rft.date=1896&rft.au=Her+Majesty%27s+Commissioners+appointed+to+inquire+into+the+Financial+Relations+between+Great+Britain+and+Ireland&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fop1253503-1001&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHugh+Childers" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <dl><dt>Biography</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChilders1901" class="citation book cs1">Childers, Spencer (1901). <i>The Life and Correspondence of the Rt. Hon. Hugh C.E. Childers</i>. London: John Murray.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Life+and+Correspondence+of+the+Rt.+Hon.+Hugh+C.E.+Childers&rft.place=London&rft.pub=John+Murray&rft.date=1901&rft.aulast=Childers&rft.aufirst=Spencer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHugh+Childers" class="Z3988"></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/lifecorresponden01chiluoft">Vol. I</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/lifecorresponden02chiluoft">Vol. II</a></li> <li>Sweetman, E. (1940). <i>The Educational Activities in Victoria of the Right Hon. H. C. E. Childers.</i> Melbourne: Melbourne University Press in association with Oxford University Press.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMennell1892" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Mennell" title="Philip Mennell">Mennell, Philip</a> (1892). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Childers, Right Hon. Hugh Culling Eardley"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Dictionary_of_Australasian_Biography/Childers,_Right_Hon._Hugh_Culling_Eardley">"Childers, Right Hon. Hugh Culling Eardley" </a></span>. <i>The Dictionary of Australasian Biography</i>. London: Hutchinson & Co – via <a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Childers%2C+Right+Hon.+Hugh+Culling+Eardley&rft.btitle=The+Dictionary+of+Australasian+Biography&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Hutchinson+%26+Co&rft.date=1892&rft.aulast=Mennell&rft.aufirst=Philip&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHugh+Childers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Childers, Hugh Culling Eardley"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Childers,_Hugh_Culling_Eardley">"Childers, Hugh Culling Eardley" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i> (11th ed.). 1911.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Childers%2C+Hugh+Culling+Eardley&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.edition=11th&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHugh+Childers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarr1901" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Carr, William (1901). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement/Childers, Hugh Culling Eardley"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1901_supplement/Childers,_Hugh_Culling_Eardley">"Childers, Hugh Culling Eardley" </a></span>. In <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Lee" title="Sidney Lee">Lee, Sidney</a> (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Dictionary of National Biography</a> (1st supplement)</i>. London: Smith, Elder & Co.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Childers%2C+Hugh+Culling+Eardley&rft.btitle=Dictionary+of+National+Biography+%281st+supplement%29&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Smith%2C+Elder+%26+Co&rft.date=1901&rft.aulast=Carr&rft.aufirst=William&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHugh+Childers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarrMatthew" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Carr, William; Matthew, H. C. G. "Childers, Hugh Culling Eardley (1827–1896)". <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</a></i> (online ed.). 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font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #bebebe;">Government offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Ebden" title="Charles Ebden">Charles Ebden</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Auditor-General of <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a> </b><br />1852 – 1853 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Grimes_(politician)" title="Edward Grimes (politician)">Edward Grimes</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_Cassell" title="James Cassell">James Cassell</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Collector of Customs, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a> </b><br />1853 – 1855 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Merged into Commissioner of<br /><a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Trade_and_Customs" title="Commissioner of Trade and Customs">Trade and Customs</a> </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Legislative_Council" title="Victorian Legislative Council">Victorian Legislative Council</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Ebden" title="Charles Ebden">Charles Ebden</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Nominated member </b><br />1852 – 1856 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Original Council<br />abolished </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Victorian Legislative Assembly">Victorian Legislative Assembly</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New district</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member for <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Portland" title="Electoral district of Portland">Portland</a> </b><br />1856 – 1857 <br />With: <b> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Hughes_(politician)" title="Daniel Hughes (politician)">Daniel Hughes</a> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Findlay_(Australian_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Findlay (Australian politician) (page does not exist)">John Findlay</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Monckton_Milnes,_1st_Baron_Houghton" title="Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton">Richard Monckton Milnes</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/William_Overend" title="William Overend">William Overend</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member</a> for <a href="/wiki/Pontefract_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)">Pontefract</a> </b><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=1860_Pontefract_by-election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1860 Pontefract by-election (page does not exist)">1860</a> – <a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a> <br />With: <b> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Monckton_Milnes,_1st_Baron_Houghton" title="Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton">Richard Monckton Milnes</a> 1860–1863<br /><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Waterhouse" title="Samuel Waterhouse">Samuel Waterhouse</a>, 1863–1880<br /><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Woolf" title="Sidney Woolf">Sidney Woolf</a> 1880–1885 </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Rowland_Winn,_2nd_Baron_St_Oswald" title="Rowland Winn, 2nd Baron St Oswald">Rowland Winn</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_Harrison_(Edinburgh_South_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Harrison (Edinburgh South MP)">Sir George Harrison</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member</a> for <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh South</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1886_Edinburgh_South_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="1886 Edinburgh South by-election">1886</a> – <a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1892 United Kingdom general election">1892</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Woodfield_Paul" class="mw-redirect" title="Herbert Woodfield Paul">Herbert Woodfield Paul</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_Stansfeld" title="James Stansfeld">James Stansfeld</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Civil_Lord_of_the_Admiralty" title="Civil Lord of the Admiralty">Civil Lord of the Admiralty</a> </b><br />1864 – 1866 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Fenwick_(MP_for_Sunderland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Fenwick (MP for Sunderland)">Henry Fenwick</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Peel" title="Frederick Peel">Frederick Peel</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Financial_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Financial Secretary to the Treasury">Financial Secretary to the Treasury</a> </b><br />1865 – 1866 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_Ward_Hunt" title="George Ward Hunt">George Ward Hunt</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Lowry-Corry_(1803%E2%80%931873)" title="Henry Lowry-Corry (1803–1873)">Henry Lowry-Corry</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_First_Lords_of_the_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="List of the First Lords of the Admiralty">First Lord of the Admiralty</a> </b><br />1868 – 1871 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_Goschen,_1st_Viscount_Goschen" title="George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen">George Goschen</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood,_1st_Marquess_of_Dufferin_and_Ava" title="Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava">The Earl of Dufferin</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a> </b><br />1872 – 1873 </td> <td style="width: 30%; 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Sir Frederick Stanley</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_War" title="Secretary of State for War">Secretary of State for War</a> </b><br />1880 – 1882 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Compton_Cavendish,_8th_Duke_of_Devonshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire">Marquess of Hartington</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Gladstone</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a> </b><br />1882 – 1885 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hicks_Beach,_1st_Earl_St_Aldwyn" title="Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn">Sir Michael Hicks-Beach</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/R._A._Cross,_1st_Viscount_Cross" title="R. 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Cross</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a> </b><br />1886 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Matthews,_1st_Viscount_Llandaff" title="Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff">Henry Matthews</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #DAA520;">Academic offices </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New title</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_(education)#Vice-chancellor" title="Chancellor (education)">Vice-chancellor</a> of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Melbourne" title="University of Melbourne">University of Melbourne</a> </b><br />1853 – 1858 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a 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title="William Ashby (chancellor) (page does not exist)">Ashby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Ashton" title="Robert de Ashton">Ashton</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Barnham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Walter Barnham (page does not exist)">Barnham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Somer" title="Henry Somer">Somer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Somerset" title="John Somerset">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Browne_(died_1460)" title="Thomas Browne (died 1460)">Browne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Witham" title="Thomas Witham">Witham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Thwaites_(civil_servant)" title="Thomas Thwaites (civil servant)">Thwaites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Witham" title="Thomas Witham">Witham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Fowler_(chancellor)" title="Richard Fowler (chancellor)">Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Catesby" title="William Catesby">Catesby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lovell" title="Thomas Lovell">Lovell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bourchier,_2nd_Baron_Berners" title="John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners">Berners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell" title="Thomas Cromwell">Cromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Baker_(died_1558)" title="John Baker (died 1558)">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Sackville_(escheator)" title="Richard Sackville (escheator)">Sackville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Mildmay" title="Walter Mildmay">Mildmay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fortescue_of_Salden" title="John Fortescue of Salden">Fortescue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Home,_1st_Earl_of_Dunbar" title="George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar">Dunbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar_(judge)" title="Julius Caesar (judge)">Caesar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulke_Greville,_1st_Baron_Brooke" title="Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke">Greville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Weston,_1st_Earl_of_Portland" title="Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland">Portland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Barrett,_1st_Lord_Barrett_of_Newburgh" title="Edward Barrett, 1st Lord Barrett of Newburgh">Barrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Cottington,_1st_Baron_Cottington" title="Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington">Cottington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Colepeper,_1st_Baron_Colepeper" title="John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper">Colepeper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Hyde,_1st_Earl_of_Clarendon" title="Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon">Hyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Ashley_Cooper,_1st_Earl_of_Shaftesbury" title="Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury">Ashley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Duncombe_(Bury_St_Edmunds_MP)" title="John Duncombe (Bury St Edmunds MP)">Duncombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ernle" title="John Ernle">Ernle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Booth,_1st_Earl_of_Warrington" title="Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington">Delamer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hampden" title="Richard Hampden">Hampden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Montagu,_1st_Earl_of_Halifax" title="Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax">Montagu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer)" title="John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Boyle,_1st_Baron_Carleton" title="Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton">Boyle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Chancellors_of_the_Exchequer_of_Great_Britain" title="Category:Chancellors of the Exchequer of Great Britain">Great Britain</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Boyle,_1st_Baron_Carleton" title="Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton">Boyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer)" title="John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Harley,_1st_Earl_of_Oxford_and_Earl_Mortimer" title="Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer">Harley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Benson,_1st_Baron_Bingley" title="Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley">Benson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Wyndham,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet">Wyndham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Onslow,_1st_Baron_Onslow" title="Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow">Onslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Walpole" title="Robert Walpole">Walpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Stanhope,_1st_Earl_Stanhope" title="James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope">Stanhope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Aislabie" title="John Aislabie">Aislabie</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/John_Pratt_(judge)" title="John Pratt (judge)">Pratt</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Walpole" title="Robert Walpole">Walpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Sandys,_1st_Baron_Sandys" title="Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron 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Baron Ellenborough">Ellenborough</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Petty-Fitzmaurice,_3rd_Marquess_of_Lansdowne" title="Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne">Petty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Perceval" title="Spencer Perceval">Perceval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Vansittart,_1st_Baron_Bexley" title="Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley">Vansittart</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Chancellors_of_the_Exchequer_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Chancellors of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Vansittart,_1st_Baron_Bexley" title="Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley">Vansittart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._J._Robinson,_1st_Viscount_Goderich" title="F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Canning" title="George Canning">Canning</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Charles_Abbott,_1st_Baron_Tenterden" title="Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden">Tenterden</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Charles_Herries" title="John Charles Herries">Herries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Goulburn" title="Henry Goulburn">Goulburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Spencer,_3rd_Earl_Spencer" title="John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer">Althorp</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Denman,_1st_Baron_Denman" title="Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman">Denman</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Peel" title="Robert Peel">Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Spring_Rice,_1st_Baron_Monteagle_of_Brandon" title="Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon">Spring Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Baring,_1st_Baron_Northbrook" title="Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook">Baring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Goulburn" title="Henry Goulburn">Goulburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Wood,_1st_Viscount_Halifax" title="Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax">Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Disraeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cornewall_Lewis" title="George Cornewall Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Disraeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Disraeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Ward_Hunt" title="George Ward Hunt">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lowe" title="Robert Lowe">Lowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Northcote,_1st_Earl_of_Iddesleigh" title="Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh">Northcote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Childers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hicks_Beach,_1st_Earl_St_Aldwyn" title="Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn">Hicks Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Harcourt_(politician)" title="William Harcourt (politician)">Harcourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Randolph_Churchill" title="Lord Randolph Churchill">R. 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Addington">Sidmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Peel" title="Robert Peel">Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Sturges_Bourne" title="William Sturges Bourne">Sturges Bourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Petty-Fitzmaurice,_3rd_Marquess_of_Lansdowne" title="Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne">Lansdowne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Peel" title="Robert Peel">Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lamb,_2nd_Viscount_Melbourne" title="William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne">Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ponsonby,_4th_Earl_of_Bessborough" title="John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough">Duncannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington" title="Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington">Wellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Goulburn" title="Henry Goulburn">Goulburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Russell,_1st_Earl_Russell" title="John Russell, 1st Earl Russell">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_Phipps,_1st_Marquess_of_Normanby" title="Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby">Normanby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_James_Graham,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Grey,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet">Grey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Horatio_Walpole" title="Spencer Horatio Walpole">Walpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston" title="Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston">Palmerston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Grey,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet">Grey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Horatio_Walpole" title="Spencer Horatio Walpole">Walpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._H._S._Sotheron-Estcourt" title="T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt">Sotheron-Estcourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cornewall_Lewis" title="George Cornewall Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Grey,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet">Grey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Horatio_Walpole" title="Spencer Horatio Walpole">Walpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gathorne_Gathorne-Hardy,_1st_Earl_of_Cranbrook" title="Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook">Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bruce,_1st_Baron_Aberdare" title="Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare">Bruce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lowe" title="Robert Lowe">Lowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._A._Cross,_1st_Viscount_Cross" title="R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross">Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Harcourt_(politician)" title="William Harcourt (politician)">Harcourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._A._Cross,_1st_Viscount_Cross" title="R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross">Cross</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Childers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Matthews,_1st_Viscount_Llandaff" title="Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">Asquith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_White_Ridley,_1st_Viscount_Ridley" title="Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley">Ridley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Ritchie,_1st_Baron_Ritchie_of_Dundee" title="Charles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee">Ritchie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aretas_Akers-Douglas,_1st_Viscount_Chilston" title="Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston">Akers-Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Gladstone,_1st_Viscount_Gladstone" title="Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_McKenna" title="Reginald McKenna">McKenna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Simon,_1st_Viscount_Simon" title="John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon">Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Samuel,_1st_Viscount_Samuel" title="Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel">Samuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cave,_1st_Viscount_Cave" title="George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave">Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Shortt" title="Edward Shortt">Shortt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Bridgeman,_1st_Viscount_Bridgeman" title="William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman">Bridgeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Joynson-Hicks,_1st_Viscount_Brentford" title="William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford">Joynson-Hicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._R._Clynes" title="J. R. Clynes">Clynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Samuel,_1st_Viscount_Samuel" title="Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel">Samuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Gilmour,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet">Gilmour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Simon,_1st_Viscount_Simon" title="John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon">Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hoare,_1st_Viscount_Templewood" title="Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood">Hoare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Anderson,_1st_Viscount_Waverley" title="John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Morrison" title="Herbert Morrison">Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Somervell,_Baron_Somervell_of_Harrow" title="Donald Somervell, Baron Somervell of Harrow">Somervell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Chuter_Ede" title="James Chuter Ede">Chuter Ede</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Maxwell_Fyfe,_1st_Earl_of_Kilmuir" title="David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir">Maxwell-Fyfe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwilym_Lloyd_George" title="Gwilym Lloyd George">Lloyd George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rab_Butler" title="Rab Butler">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Brooke,_Baron_Brooke_of_Cumnor" title="Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor">Brooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Soskice" title="Frank Soskice">Soskice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Jenkins" title="Roy Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Callaghan" title="James Callaghan">Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Maudling" title="Reginald Maudling">Maudling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Carr" title="Robert Carr">Carr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Jenkins" title="Roy Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merlyn_Rees" title="Merlyn Rees">Rees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Whitelaw" title="William Whitelaw">Whitelaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Brittan" title="Leon Brittan">Brittan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hurd" title="Douglas Hurd">Hurd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Waddington" title="David Waddington">Waddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Baker,_Baron_Baker_of_Dorking" title="Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Clarke" title="Kenneth Clarke">K. Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Straw" title="Jack Straw">Straw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Blunkett" title="David Blunkett">Blunkett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Clarke" title="Charles Clarke">C. Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Reid,_Baron_Reid_of_Cardowan" title="John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan">Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacqui_Smith" title="Jacqui Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Johnson" title="Alan Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">May</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amber_Rudd" title="Amber Rudd">Rudd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Javid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suella_Braverman" title="Suella Braverman">Braverman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Shapps" title="Grant Shapps">Shapps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suella_Braverman" title="Suella Braverman">Braverman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Cleverly" title="James Cleverly">Cleverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yvette_Cooper" title="Yvette Cooper">Cooper</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 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href="/wiki/Thomas_Babington_Macaulay" title="Thomas Babington Macaulay">Macaulay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granville_Leveson-Gower,_2nd_Earl_Granville" title="Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville">Granville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stanley,_2nd_Baron_Stanley_of_Alderley" title="Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Abbot,_2nd_Baron_Colchester" title="Charles Abbot, 2nd Baron Colchester">Colchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stanley,_2nd_Baron_Stanley_of_Alderley" title="Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Pleydell-Bouverie" title="Edward Pleydell-Bouverie">Pleydell-Bouverie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lowe" title="Robert Lowe">Lowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hely-Hutchinson,_4th_Earl_of_Donoughmore" title="Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore">Donoughmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algernon_Percy,_6th_Duke_of_Northumberland" title="Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland">Lovaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Wilson_(businessman)" title="James Wilson (businessman)">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cowper-Temple,_1st_Baron_Mount_Temple" title="William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple">Cowper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hutt_(politician)" title="William Hutt (politician)">Hutt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Goschen,_1st_Viscount_Goschen" title="George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen">Goschen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Monsell,_1st_Baron_Emly" title="William Monsell, 1st Baron Emly">Monsell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Cave" title="Stephen Cave">Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood,_1st_Marquess_of_Dufferin_and_Ava" title="Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava">Dufferin</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Childers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Patrick_Adam" title="William Patrick Adam">Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Cave" title="Stephen Cave">Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Plunket,_1st_Baron_Rathmore" title="David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore">Plunket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Glyn,_2nd_Baron_Wolverton" title="George Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton">Wolverton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Lygon,_6th_Earl_Beauchamp" title="Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp">Beauchamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce,_5th_Baron_Thurlow" title="Thomas Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 5th Baron Thurlow">Thurlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Lygon,_6th_Earl_Beauchamp" title="Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp">Beauchamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adelbert_Brownlow-Cust,_3rd_Earl_Brownlow" title="Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow">Brownlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Child_Villiers,_7th_Earl_of_Jersey" title="Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey">Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Windsor-Clive,_1st_Earl_of_Plymouth" title="Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth">Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Seale-Hayne" title="Charles Seale-Hayne">Seale-Hayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hope,_7th_Earl_of_Hopetoun" title="John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun">Hopetoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Spencer-Churchill,_9th_Duke_of_Marlborough" title="Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough">Marlborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savile_Crossley,_1st_Baron_Somerleyton" title="Savile Crossley, 1st Baron Somerleyton">Crossley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Causton,_1st_Baron_Southwark" title="Richard Causton, 1st Baron Southwark">Causton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Guest,_1st_Viscount_Wimborne" title="Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne">Ashby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Strachey,_1st_Baron_Strachie" title="Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie">Strachie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Legh,_2nd_Baron_Newton" title="Thomas Legh, 2nd Baron Newton">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Compton-Rickett" title="Joseph Compton-Rickett">Compton-Rickett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tudor_Walters" title="Tudor Walters">Walters</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Joynson-Hicks,_1st_Viscount_Brentford" title="William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford">Joynson-Hicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Boyd-Carpenter" title="Archibald Boyd-Carpenter">Boyd-Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gosling" title="Harry Gosling">Gosling</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Sutherland-Leveson-Gower,_5th_Duke_of_Sutherland" title="George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland">Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Onslow,_5th_Earl_of_Onslow" title="Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow">Onslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Arnold,_1st_Baron_Arnold" title="Sydney Arnold, 1st Baron Arnold">Arnold</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tudor_Walters" title="Tudor Walters">Walters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lamb,_1st_Baron_Rochester" title="Ernest Lamb, 1st Baron Rochester">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hutchison,_1st_Baron_Hutchison_of_Montrose" title="Robert Hutchison, 1st Baron Hutchison of Montrose">Hutchison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_FitzClarence,_5th_Earl_of_Munster" title="Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster">Munster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Turnour,_6th_Earl_Winterton" title="Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton">Winterton</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_5th_Marquess_of_Salisbury" title="Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury">Cranborne</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Hankey,_1st_Baron_Hankey" title="Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey">Hankey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Jowitt,_1st_Earl_Jowitt" title="William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt">Jowitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Lindemann,_1st_Viscount_Cherwell" title="Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell">Cherwell</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Greenwood" title="Arthur Greenwood">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilary_Marquand" title="Hilary Marquand">Marquand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Addison,_1st_Viscount_Addison" title="Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison">Addison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Macdonald,_1st_Baron_Macdonald_of_Gwaenysgor" title="Gordon Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor">Macdonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Lindemann,_1st_Viscount_Cherwell" title="Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell">Cherwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Douglas-Hamilton,_10th_Earl_of_Selkirk" title="George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk">Selkirk</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Monckton" title="Walter Monckton">Monckton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Maudling" title="Reginald Maudling">Maulding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percy_Mills,_1st_Viscount_Mills" title="Percy Mills, 1st Viscount Mills">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Brooke,_Baron_Brooke_of_Cumnor" title="Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor">H. Brooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Boyd-Carpenter,_Baron_Boyd-Carpenter" title="John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter">Boyd-Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Wigg" title="George Wigg">Wigg</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Shackleton,_Baron_Shackleton" title="Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton">Shackleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Hart" title="Judith Hart">Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester" title="Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester">Lever</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Eccles,_1st_Viscount_Eccles" title="David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles">Eccles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Macmillan" title="Maurice Macmillan">Macmillan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Dell" title="Edmund Dell">Dell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Williams" title="Shirley Williams">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_Maude" title="Angus Maude">A. Maude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Pym" title="Francis Pym">Pym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Parkinson" title="Cecil Parkinson">Parkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gummer" title="John Gummer">J. Gummer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Clarke" title="Kenneth Clarke">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Brooke,_Baron_Brooke_of_Sutton_Mandeville" title="Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville">P. Brooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Sinclair,_20th_Earl_of_Caithness" title="Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness">Caithness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Ryder,_Baron_Ryder_of_Wensum" title="Richard Ryder, Baron Ryder of Wensum">Ryder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ganzoni,_2nd_Baron_Belstead" title="John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead">Belstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cope,_Baron_Cope_of_Berkeley" title="John Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley">Cope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Heathcoat-Amory" title="David Heathcoat-Amory">Heathcoat-Amory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Willetts" title="David Willetts">Willetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bates,_Baron_Bates" title="Michael Bates, Baron Bates">Bates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Robinson_(politician)" title="Geoffrey Robinson (politician)">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Primarolo" title="Dawn Primarolo">Primarolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tessa_Jowell" title="Tessa Jowell">Jowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Maude" title="Francis Maude">F. Maude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Gummer" title="Ben Gummer">B. 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href="/wiki/Francis_Cottington,_1st_Baron_Cottington" title="Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington">The Lord Cottington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Capell,_Baron_Capell_of_Tewkesbury" title="Henry Capell, Baron Capell of Tewkesbury">Sir Henry Capell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Finch,_2nd_Earl_of_Nottingham" title="Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham">The Earl of Nottingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Herbert,_1st_Earl_of_Torrington" title="Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington">The Earl of Torrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Herbert,_8th_Earl_of_Pembroke" title="Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke">The Earl of Pembroke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_3rd_Baron_Cornwallis" title="Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis">The Lord Cornwallis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Cary,_5th_Viscount_Falkland" title="Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland">The Viscount Falkland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Russell,_1st_Earl_of_Orford" title="Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford">The Earl of Orford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Egerton,_3rd_Earl_of_Bridgewater" title="John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater">The Earl of Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Herbert,_8th_Earl_of_Pembroke" title="Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke">The Earl of Pembroke</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/100px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="82" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Thomas_Wentworth,_1st_Earl_of_Strafford_(1672%E2%80%931739)" title="Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1672–1739)">The Earl of Strafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Russell,_1st_Earl_of_Orford" title="Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford">The Earl of Orford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Berkeley,_3rd_Earl_of_Berkeley" title="James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley">The Earl of Berkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington" title="George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington">The Viscount Torrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Wager" title="Charles Wager">Sir Charles Wager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Finch,_8th_Earl_of_Winchilsea" title="Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea">The Earl of Winchilsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Russell,_4th_Duke_of_Bedford" title="John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford">The Duke of Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Montagu,_4th_Earl_of_Sandwich" title="John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich">The Earl of Sandwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Anson,_1st_Baron_Anson" title="George Anson, 1st Baron Anson">The Lord Anson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Grenville-Temple,_2nd_Earl_Temple" title="Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple">The Earl Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Finch,_8th_Earl_of_Winchilsea" title="Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea">The Earl of Winchilsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Anson,_1st_Baron_Anson" title="George Anson, 1st Baron Anson">The Lord Anson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Montagu-Dunk,_2nd_Earl_of_Halifax" title="George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax">The Earl of Halifax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Grenville" title="George Grenville">George Grenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Montagu,_4th_Earl_of_Sandwich" title="John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich">The Earl of Sandwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Perceval,_2nd_Earl_of_Egmont" title="John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont">The Earl of Egmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Saunders_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)">Sir Charles Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Hawke,_1st_Baron_Hawke" title="Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke">Sir Edward Hawke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Montagu,_4th_Earl_of_Sandwich" title="John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich">The Earl of Sandwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Keppel,_1st_Viscount_Keppel" title="Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel">The Viscount Keppel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Howe,_1st_Earl_Howe" title="Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe">The Viscount Howe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Keppel,_1st_Viscount_Keppel" title="Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel">The Viscount Keppel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Howe,_1st_Earl_Howe" title="Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe">The Viscount Howe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pitt,_2nd_Earl_of_Chatham" title="John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham">The Earl of Chatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Spencer,_2nd_Earl_Spencer" title="George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer">The Earl Spencer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">of the United Kingdom</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Jervis,_1st_Earl_of_St_Vincent" title="John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent">The Earl of St Vincent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Dundas,_1st_Viscount_Melville" title="Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville">The Viscount Melville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Middleton,_1st_Baron_Barham" title="Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham">The Lord Barham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Grey,_2nd_Earl_Grey" title="Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey">Viscount Howick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Grenville" title="Thomas Grenville">Thomas Grenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Phipps,_1st_Earl_of_Mulgrave" title="Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave">The Lord Mulgrave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Philip_Yorke" title="Charles Philip Yorke">Charles Philip Yorke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Dundas,_2nd_Viscount_Melville" title="Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville">The Viscount Melville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_IV" title="William IV">The Duke of Clarence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Dundas,_2nd_Viscount_Melville" title="Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville">The Viscount Melville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_James_Graham,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet">Sir James Graham, Bt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Eden,_1st_Earl_of_Auckland" title="George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland">The Lord Auckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_de_Grey,_2nd_Earl_de_Grey" title="Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey">The Earl de Grey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Eden,_1st_Earl_of_Auckland" title="George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland">The Lord Auckland</a></li> <li><a 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(1825–1891)">William Henry Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Baring,_1st_Earl_of_Northbrook" title="Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook">The Earl of Northbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_George_Hamilton" title="Lord George Hamilton">Lord George Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Robinson,_1st_Marquess_of_Ripon" title="George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon">The Marquess of Ripon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_George_Hamilton" title="Lord George Hamilton">Lord George Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Spencer,_5th_Earl_Spencer" title="John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer">The Earl Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Goschen,_1st_Viscount_Goschen" title="George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen">George Goschen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Palmer,_2nd_Earl_of_Selborne" title="William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne">The Earl of Selborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Campbell,_3rd_Earl_Cawdor" title="Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor">The Earl Cawdor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Marjoribanks,_2nd_Baron_Tweedmouth" title="Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth">The Lord Tweedmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_McKenna" title="Reginald McKenna">Reginald McKenna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Balfour" title="Arthur Balfour">Arthur Balfour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Carson" title="Edward Carson">Sir Edward Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Geddes" title="Eric Geddes">Sir Eric Geddes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Long,_1st_Viscount_Long" title="Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long">Walter Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Lee,_1st_Viscount_Lee_of_Fareham" title="Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham">The Viscount Lee of Fareham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsley_Wood" title="Kingsley Wood">Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Anderson,_1st_Viscount_Waverley" title="John Anderson, 1st Viscount 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V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough">A. V. Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austen_Chamberlain" title="Austen Chamberlain">Sir Austen Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Eyres-Monsell,_1st_Viscount_Monsell" title="Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell">The Viscount Monsell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hoare,_1st_Viscount_Templewood" title="Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood">Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duff_Cooper" title="Duff Cooper">Duff Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Stanhope,_7th_Earl_Stanhope" title="James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope">The Earl Stanhope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._V._Alexander,_1st_Earl_Alexander_of_Hillsborough" title="A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough">A. V. Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Bracken" title="Brendan Bracken">Brendan Bracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._V._Alexander,_1st_Earl_Alexander_of_Hillsborough" title="A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough">A. V. Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hall,_1st_Viscount_Hall" title="George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall">The Viscount Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Pakenham,_7th_Earl_of_Longford" title="Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford">Lord Pakenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Thomas,_1st_Viscount_Cilcennin" title="James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin">Viscount Cilcennin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quintin_Hogg,_Baron_Hailsham_of_St_Marylebone" title="Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone">The Viscount Hailsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Douglas-Hamilton,_10th_Earl_of_Selkirk" title="George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk">The Earl of Selkirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Carington,_6th_Baron_Carrington" title="Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington">The Lord Carrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Jellicoe,_2nd_Earl_Jellicoe" title="George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe">The Earl Jellicoe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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