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The Right Honourable Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, G.C.B., P.C.

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

Known as[]

  • 1818-1851: Stafford Northcote, Esq.
  • 1851-1855: Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart.
  • 1855-1857: Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart., M.P.
  • 1857-1858: Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart.
  • 1858-1866: Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart., M.P.
  • 1866-1880: The Rt. Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart., M.P.
  • 1880-1885: The Rt. Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart., G.C.B., M.P.
  • 1885-1887 The Earl of Iddesleigh, G.C.B., P.C.

Education[]

  • Eton College
  • Balliol College, Oxford
  • Inner Temple

Offices[]

Lord Lieutenancies[]

  • Lord Lieutenant of Devonshire, 1886-1887

Peerage Titles[]

  • Earl of Iddesleigh and Viscount St Cyres, 1885

Baronetcies[]

  • Northcote Baronet, 1851

Chivalric Orders[]

  • Companion of the Order of the Bath, 1851

Privy Council[]

Parliamentary Seats[]

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

Parliamentary Positions[]

Other Positions[]

  • 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:
Viscount Cranborne
Secretary of State for India
1867–1868
Succeeded by:
The Duke of Argyll
Preceded by:
William Gladstone
Chancellor of the Exchequer
1874–1880
Succeeded by:
William Gladstone
Preceded by:
William Gladstone
First Lord of the Treasury
1885–1886
Succeeded by:
William Gladstone
Preceded by:
The Earl of Rosebery
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
1886–1887
Succeeded by:
The Marquess of Salisbury
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