Hugh Childers Politician

Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (25 June 1827 – 29 January 1896) was a British and Australian Liberal statesman of the nineteenth century. He is perhaps best known for his reform efforts at the Admiralty and the War Office. Later in his career, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, his attempt to correct a budget shortfall led to the fall of the Liberal government led by William Ewart Gladstone.

Personal facts

Hugh Childers
Birth dateJune 25, 1827
Birth place
London
Nationality
British people
Date of deathJanuary 29, 1896
Place of death
London
Education
Trinity College Cambridge
Wadham College Oxford

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Office holder

monarch
Queen Victoria
party
Liberal Party (UK)
prime minister
successor
Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke of Devonshire
Henry Matthews 1st Viscount Llandaff

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