Stafford Northcote 1st Earl of Iddesleigh Politician

For the 4th Earl of Iddesleigh, see Stafford Northcote, 4th Earl of IddesleighStafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh GCB, PC (27 October 1818 – 12 January 1887), known as Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt, from 1851 to 1885, was a British Conservative politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1874 and 1880 and as Foreign Secretary between 1885 and 1886, and was one of only two people to hold the office of First Lord of the Treasury without being Prime Minister.

Personal facts

Stafford Northcote 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
Birth dateOctober 27, 1818
Birth place
London
Nationality
British people
Date of deathJanuary 12, 1887
Place of death
London
Education
Balliol College Oxford

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Office holder

monarch
Queen Victoria
party
Conservative Party (UK)
prime minister
Benjamin Disraeli
Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
successor
Charles Gordon-Lennox 6th Duke of Richmond
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Stafford Northcote 1st Earl of Iddesleigh on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Rowers_of_Vanity_Fair/Northcote_SH
  2. http://www.thepeerage.com
  3. http://www.thepeerage.com/info.htm