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10. Secretary of State for War. — Right Hon. Edward Card well, born 181 3, son of John Card well, Esq., merchant of Liverpool; educated at "Winchester, and at Balliol College, Oxford ; called to the Bar of the Inner Temple, 1838 ; M.P. for Clitheroe, 1842-7 ; Secretary to the Treasury. 1845—6; M.P. for Liverpool, 1847—52; President of the Board of Trade, 1852-55 ; Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1859-61; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1861—4 ; Secretary of State for the Colonies, 186-1-G ; M.P. for Oxford since 1853.

11. First Lord of the Admiralty. — Right Hon. Hugh Culling Eardley Childei'S, born 1827, son of the Rev. Eardley Childers, of Cantley, Yorkshire ; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge ; one of the junior Lords of the Admiralty, 1864-5; Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 18G5-G; M.P. for Pontefract since 1860; appointed First Lord of 'the Admiralty, Dec. 9, 1868.

12. President of the Board of Trade. — Right Hon. John Bright, born 1811, son of Jacob Bright, Esq., of Greenbank, Rochdale; entered as chief partner in the firm of Bright & Brothers, cotton spinners and manufacturers of Rochdale ; one of the leading mem- bers of the Anti-corn-law League, 1838-46; M.P. for Durham, 1843-7 ; M.P. for Manchester, 1847-57 : M.P. for Birmingham since 1857 ; appointed President of the Board of Trade, Dec. 9, 1868.

13. Postmaster-General. — Marquis of Hartington, born 1833, eldest son of the seventh Duke of Devonshire ; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; one of the junior Lords of the Admiralty, March to April 1863; Under-Secretary of State for War, 1863-6; Secre- tary of State for War, February to July 1866; M.P. for North Lancashire, 1857-68 ; appointed Postmaster General, Dec. 9, 1868; returned M.P. for New Radnor, 1869.

14. President of the Poor-Law Board. — Right Hon. George Joa- chim Goschen, born 1831, son of Wilhelm H. Goschen, Esq., banker, of London; educated at Rugby, and at Oriel College, Oxford; member of the firm of Friihling & Goschen, bankers, 1853-64 ; Vice-President of the Board of Trade, November 1865 to January 1866 ; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, January to July 1866 ; M.P. for the Citv of London since 1863 ; appointed President of the Poor Law Board, Dec. 9, 1868.

15. Chief Secretary for Ireland. — Right Hon. Chichester Samuel Fortescite, born 1823, son of Lieut-Col. Chichester Fortescue, of Dromisken, Co. Louth ; educated at Christ Church, Oxford ; one of the junior Lords of the Treasury, 1854-5 ; Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1857-8, and 1859-66 ; M.P. for Louth since 1847; appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, Dec. 9, 1868.

16. Vice-President of the Committee of Privy Council on Educa- tion. — Right Hon. William Edward Forster, born 1818, son of