Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh

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Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh

Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh GCB , PC (born October 27, 1818 in London , † January 12, 1887 ibid) was a British nobleman , conservative politician and statesman.

Life

Stafford Northcote was born into a centuries- old Devonian family. He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College at the University of Oxford . In 1842 he became private secretary to William Ewart Gladstone and then became one of the secretaries of the Great Exhibition . In 1851 he followed his grandfather as the 8th Baronet , of Haine in the County of Devon.

Northcote was first elected to the House of Commons as a Conservative in 1855 . In 1866 he became President of the Board of Trade and a year later Minister for India . Chancellor of the Exchequer since 1874 , he is responsible for the introduction of the Friendly Societies Bill 1875.

From 1876 he was also Leader of the House of Commons . After Disraeli's death he shared the chairmanship of the Conservative Party with Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury .

In 1880 he was made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath and in 1885 he was made Earl of Iddesleigh . In the cabinet, he moved at the same time to the office of First Lord of the Treasury . In the second cabinet in Salisbury, he became Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom in 1886 , but resigned from office in early January 1887 for health reasons. He passed away a few days later.

Northcote had been married since 1843. He had a total of ten children. The earliest dignity passed to his eldest son upon his death.

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  1. ↑ Knights and Dames at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
  2. ^ The London Gazette : 25486, p. 3060 , July 3, 1885.
  3. ^ Peerage at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
predecessor Office successor
Stafford Northcote Baronet, of Haine
1851-1887 		Walter Northcote
New title created Earl of Iddesleigh
1885-1887 		Walter Northcote
personal data
SURNAME Northcote, Stafford, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Iddesleigh, 1st Earl of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British nobleman, Conservative politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1887
Place of death London