Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh

• Born: 27 October 1818
• Died: 12 January 1887

Contents 1 Education 2 Known as 3 Offices 4 Lord Lieutenancies 5 Peerage Titles 6 Baronetcies 7 Chivalric Orders 8 Privy Council 9 Parliamentary Seats 10 Parliamentary Positions 11 Other Positions

EducationEdit

• Eton College
• Balliol College, Oxford
• Inner Temple

Known asEdit

• 1818-1851 Stafford Northcote
• 1851-1885 Sir Stafford Northcote, 8th Bt.
• 1885-1887 The Earl of Iddesleigh

OfficesEdit

• Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1859
• President of the Board of Trade, 1866-1867
• Secretary of State for India, 1867-1868
• Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1874-1880
• First Lord of the Treasury, 1885-1886
• Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1886-1887

Lord LieutenanciesEdit

• Lord Lieutenant of Devonshire, 1886-1887

Peerage TitlesEdit

• Earl of Iddesleigh and Viscount St Cyres, 1885

BaronetciesEdit

• Northcote Baronet, 1851

Chivalric OrdersEdit

• Companion of the Order of the Bath, 1851

Privy CouncilEdit

• Privy Councillor, 1866

Parliamentary SeatsEdit

• Member of Parliament for Dudley, 1855-1857
• Member of Parliament for Stamford, 1858-1866
• Member of Parliament for Devonshire North, 1866-1885

Parliamentary PositionsEdit

• Leader of the House of Commons, 1876-1880
• Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, 1880-1885

Other PositionsEdit

• Private Secretary to William Gladstone, 1842-1850
• Secretary of the Great Exhibition, 1850-1851
• Co-Chairman of the Northcote-Trevelyan Commission on Civil Service Reform, 1853

Preceded by: The Earl of Rosebery

Foreign Secretary 1886–1887

Succeeded by: The Marquess of Salisbury