British Offices and Honours
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The Right Honourable Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, F.R.S.

  • Born: 25 June 1827
  • Died: 29 January 1896

Known as[]

  • 1827-1860: Mr. Hugh Childers
  • 1860-1868: Mr. Hugh Childers, M.P.
  • 1868-1873: The Rt. Hon. Hugh Childers, M.P.
  • 1873-1885: The Rt. Hon. Hugh Childers, F.R.S., M.P.
  • 1885-1886: The Rt. Hon. Hugh Childers, F.R.S.
  • 1886-1892: The Rt. Hon. Hugh Childers, F.R.S., M.P.
  • 1892-1896: The Rt. Hon. Hugh Childers, F.R.S.

Education[]

  • Cheam School
  • Wadham College, Oxford
  • Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A., M.A.)

Offices[]

Privy Council[]

Parliamentary Seats[]

  • Member of Parliament for Pontefract, 1860-1885
  • Member of Parliament for South Edinburgh, 1886-1892


Preceded by:
Henry Lowry-Corry
First Lord of the Admiralty
1868–1871
Succeeded by:
George Goschen
Preceded by:
Frederick Stanley
Secretary of State for War
1880–1882
Succeeded by:
Marquess of Hartington
Preceded by:
W. E. Gladstone
Chancellor of the Exchequer
1882–1885
Succeeded by:
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach
Preceded by:
Richard Cross
Home Secretary
1886
Succeeded by:
Henry Matthews
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