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 as Chancellor of the Exchequer to A. F. Barny Esq, saying that he "will glady say a good word to the Duke of Richmond on behalf of your nephew. I am afraid however that the candidates from whom he has to select are very numerous ...", 1 side 8vo., 11 Downing Street, Whitehall headed paper, 23rd February

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.

Item Date:  1876

Stock No:  41215      £75

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