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 10 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM • 4. Lord Privy Seal. — Right Hon. Viscount Cross (formerly Sir Richard Cross), G.C.B., born 1823 ; educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cam- bridge ; called to the Bar (Inner Temple), 1849 ; M.P. for Preston, 1857 ; for South-West Lancashire, 1868 ; for Newton division, 1885 ; Secretary of State for Home Department, 1885 ; created Viscount, 1886 ; Secretary of State for India, 1886 to 1892. Present appointment, June 28, 1895. 5. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. — Right Hon. Lord James of .Hereford (formerly Sir Henry James), born 1828 ; educated at Cheltenham College ; called to the Bar, 1852 ; M.P. for Taunton, 1869 ; Solicitor-General, September to November, 1873 ; Attorney-General, 1873-1874, and 1880- 1885 ; raised to Peerage, June, 1895. Present appointment, June 28, 1895. 6. First Lord of the Treasury. — Right Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, born 1848 ; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge ; Private Secretary to Marquis of Salisbury, 1878-80, at Berlin Congress; M.P. for Hertford, 1879 ; for Manchester East, 1885 ; President of Local Government Board, 1885 ; Secretary for Scotland, 1886 ; admitted to Cabinet, November, 1886 ; Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1887-1891 ; First Lord of the Treasury, No- vember, 1891, to August, 1892. Present appointment, June 25, 1895. 7. Secretary of State for the Home Department, — Right Hon. Sir M. White Ridley, Bart., born 1842 ; educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford ; M.P. for North Northumberland, 1868 ; Under-Secretary of State for Home Department, 1878-1880; Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1885 ; M.P. for Blackpool division of Lancashire, 1886. Present appointment, June 28, 1895. 8. Chancellor of the Exchequer. — Right Hon. Sir Michael E. Hicks-Beach, Bart., born 1837 ; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; M.P. for East Gloucestershire, 1864 ; Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board, February to December, 1868 ; Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1874 ; Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1878 ; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1885 ; Chief Sec- retary for Ireland, August 3, 1886 ; resigned, March 5, 1887, but retained seat in Cabinet ; President of the Board of Trade, 1888-1892. Present appointment, June 25, 1895. 9. Secretary of State for the Colonies. — Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, born 1836 ; educated at University College School, London ; Mayor of Bir- mingham, 1873-1876 ; Chairman of the Birmingham School Board, 1874- 1876 ; M.P. for Birmingham, 1876 ; for "West Birmingham, 1885 ; President of the Board of Trade, 1880-1885 ; President of the Local Government Board, February to April, 1886 ; one of the Commissioners to Washington on North American Fisheries, 1887. Present appointment, June 25, 1895. 10. Secretary of State for War. — Right Hon. the Marquis of Lansdowne, born 1845 ; succeeded to title, 1866 ; educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford ; a Lord of the Admiralty, 1868 ; Under-Secretary for War, 1872 ; Under-Secretary for India, May to July, 1880 ; Governor-General of Canada, 1883-1888 ; Governor-General of India, 1888-1893. Present appointment, June 28, 1895. 11. Secretary of State for India. — Right Hon. Lord George Hamilton, born 1845 ; educated at Harrow ; M.P. for Middlesex, 1868 ; for Ealing, 1885 ; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1885-86 ; and again, 1886-1892. Present ap- pointment, June 28, 1895. 12. First Lord of the Admiralty. — Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, born 1831 ; educated at Rugby and Oriel College, Oxford; M.P. for City of London, 1863 ; Vice-President of the Board of Trade, 1865 ; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1866 ; President of the Poor Law Board, 1868 ; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1871 ; M.P. for Ripon, 1880 ; Special Envoy to Constantinoijle, 1880; M.P. for East Edinburgh, 1885; for St. George's, Hanover-square, London, 1887 ; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1887-1892. Present appoint- ment, Juno 25, 1895.