Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh GCB PC FRS (27 October 1818 – 12 January 1887), known as Sir Stafford Northcote, 1st Baronet 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.
Educated at Downside School, Northcote succeeded his father in his peerages and a baronetcy in 1970. [1]
23 de out. de 2023 · Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 8th Baronet, (born October 27, 1818, London, England—died January 12, 1887, London), British statesman and a leader of the Conservative Party who helped to shape national financial policy.
Earl of Iddesleigh ( / ˈɪdzliː / IDZ-lee ), [2] [3] in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [4] It was created in 1885 for the Conservative politician Sir Stafford Northcote, 8th Baronet, of Pynes in the parish of Upton Pyne near Exeter in Devon and lord of the manor of Iddesleigh, [5] 28 miles ...
14 de nov. de 2023 · Henry Stafford Northcote, Baron Northcote, British diplomat and administrator, governor-general of Australia from 1904 to 1908. The second son of Sir Stafford Henry Northcote (afterward 1st Earl of Iddesleigh), he attended Eton College and Merton College, Oxford (B.A., 1869; M.A., 1873). He became
Personal life Northcote married Edith Juliet Mary Adams on 27 October 1910; she was the daughter of James Adams. The couple had three sons: Maxwell Adams Stafford, Arthur Geoffrey Stafford, and Amyas Henry Stafford. Northcote died in July 1948, aged 67. Honours C.M.G., 1931 K.C.M.G., 1935. K.St.J.
Henry Stafford Northcote, Baron Northcote of Exeter (1846-1911), governor-general, was born on 18 November 1846 at Marylebone, London, second son of Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, later 1st earl of Iddesleigh, and his wife Cecilia Frances, née Farrer.