Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton
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Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton, PC (16 May 1830 – 25 February 1911), was born in Darlington. He moved to Wolverhampton and practiced as a solicitor before entering Parliament as Liberal Member of Parliament for his adopted town in 1880. He had been both a local councillor and Mayor of the town. He held various posts in government including Secretary to the Treasury, President of the Local Government Board and Secretary of State for India. He was widely thought of as a future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, but his ill health prevented this.
His daughters were the authors Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler and Edith Henrietta Fowler. He was succeeded as Viscount Wolverhampton by his son Henry.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Charles Pelham Villiers Thomas Matthias Weguelin |
Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton 2-seat constituency (with Charles Pelham Villiers) 1880–1885 |
Succeeded by (constituency abolished) |
Preceded by (new constituency) |
Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton East 1885–1908 |
Succeeded by George Rennie Thorne |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Charles Thomson Ritchie |
President of the Local Government Board 1892–1894 |
Succeeded by George John Shaw Lefevre |
Preceded by The Earl of Kimberley |
Secretary of State for India 1894–1895 |
Succeeded by The Lord George Hamilton |
Preceded by Sir William Hood Walrond |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1905–1908 |
Succeeded by The Lord FitzMaurice |
Preceded by The Lord Tweedmouth |
Lord President of the Council 1908–1910 |
Succeeded by The Earl Beauchamp |
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by New Creation |
Viscount Wolverhampton 1908–1911 |
Succeeded by Henry Fowler |
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