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 206 GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

Wareham, 1831-32; M.P. for Halifax, 1832-6 >; Secretary to the Admiralty, 1835-39; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1846-52; President to the Board of Control, 1852-55; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1855-58 ; Secretary of State for India, 1859-66 ; raised to the peerage as Viscount Halifax, 1866 ; appointed Lord Privy Seal, July 4, 1870.

5. Chancellor of the Exchequer. — Right. Hon. Robert Lowe, born 1811, son of the Rev. Robert Lowe, of Bingham, Notts; educated at Winchester, and at University College, Oxford ; called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1842 ; one of the Secretaries of the Board of Con- trol, 1852-5; Vice-President of the Board of Trade, 1855-8; Vice- President of the Board of Education of the Privy Council, 1859—64 ; M.P. for Kidderminster, 1852-9; M.P. for Calne, 1859-68; re- turned first M.P. for the University of London November 1868 ; appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, Dec. 9, 1868.

6. Secretary of State for the Home Department. — Right Hon Henry Austin Bruce, born 1815, second son of John Bruce-Pryce, Esq., of Duffryn St. Nicholas, Glamorganshire; called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1837 ; police magistrate of Merthyr-Tydfil and Abei- dare, 1847—52 ; Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1862-4; Vice-President of Board of Education, 1865-6; M.P. for Merthyr-Tydfil, 1852-68; returned M.P. for Renfrewshire, 1868; appointed Secretary of State for the Home Department, Dec. :% 1868.

7. Secretary of State for Foreir/n Affairs. — Earl Granville, born 1815, eldest son of the first earl ; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford ; returned M.P. for Morpeth, 1836, and for Lichfield, 1840 ; succeeded to the earldom, 1846 ; Vice-President of the Board of Trade, 1848-51 ; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1851-2 ; Lord President of the Council, 1852-4; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1854-5; for the second time Lord President of the Council, 1859-66; Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1868-70; appointed Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, July 4, 1870.

8. Secretary of State for the Colonies. — Earl Kimherley, born 1826, grandson of second Baron Wodehouse ; educated at Eton, and at Christ Chinch, Oxford ; succeeded to his grandfather's title, 1846 ; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1852-6; Ambassador to Russia, 1856-8; again Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1859-61 ; Lord -Lieutenant of Ireland, 1864-6 ; created Earl of Kimberley, 1866; Lord Privy Seal, 1868-70; appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, July 4, 1870.

9. Secretary of State for India. — Duke of Argyll, born 1823, eldest son of the seventh duke; succeeded to the title, 1847 ; Lord Privy Seal, 1852-5 ; Postmaster- General, 1855-8 ; for the second time Lord Privy Seal, 1859-66 ; appointed Secretary of State for India, Dec. 9, 1868.