Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston

• Born: 21 October 1851
• Died: 15 January 1926

Contents 1 Known as 2 Education 3 Offices 4 Peerage Titles 5 Privy Council 6 Parliamentary Seats 7 Parliamentary Positions

Known asEdit

• 1851-1875 Aretas Akers
• 1875-1911 Aretas Akers-Douglas
• 1911-1926 The Viscount Chilston

EducationEdit

• Eton College
• University College, Oxford
• Inner Temple

OfficesEdit

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, 1885-1886, 1886-1892
• First Commissioner of Works, 1895-1902
• Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1902-1905

Peerage TitlesEdit

• Viscount Chilston, 1911

Privy CouncilEdit

• Privy Councillor, 1891

Parliamentary SeatsEdit

• Member of Parliament for East Kent, 1880-1885
• Member of Parliament for St Augustines, 1885-1911

Parliamentary PositionsEdit

• Opposition Whip, 1883-1885, 1886, 1892-1895
• Chief Whip, Commons, 1885-1886, 1886-1892

Preceded by: Charles Ritchie

Home Secretary 1902–1905

Succeeded by: Herbert Gladstone