Political
NORTHCOTE
(Sir Stafford, 1st Earl Iddesleigh, 1818-1887, Speaker of the House of Commons, Chancellor of the Exchequer under Disraeli, Secretary for India)
Autograph letter signed to Gathorne Hardy,
(1814-1906, Cabinet Minister, from 1878 Viscount Cranbrook, from 1892 1st Earl), saying they will come by the 3 o'clock train... Your house will be full and you must want your horses for all sorts of things, but asking if you would kindly order a good fly to meet us, 1 side 7 x 4½, Pynes, Exeter, 29th October
Item Date: 1876
Background
He became President of the Board of Trade in 1866, Secretary of State for India in 1867, and Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1874. In 1870, during the interval between these last two appointments, he was the Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. He was one of only two people to hold the office of First Lord of the Treasury without ever being Prime Minister.
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