UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 10 May 1838, Belfast

Died: 22 January 1922

1st Viscount Bryce - 28 January 1914

Member of Privy Council - 1892

Member of Privy Council of Ireland - 1905

son of James Bryce

son of Margaret Young

husband of Elizabeth Marion Ashton

Belfast Royal Academy

Glasgow University

Heidelberg University

Trinity College, Oxford

Lincoln's Inn (- 1867)

Historian

Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	7 February 1886	20 July 1886
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	18 August 1892	28 May 1894
President of the Board of Trade	28 May 1894	21 June 1895
Chief Secretary for Ireland	10 December 1905	23 January 1907

13 February 1874	Wick District of Burghs	Liberal Party	730	46.00
2 April 1880	Tower Hamlets	Liberal Party	12,020	42.89
25 November 1885	Aberdeen South	Liberal Party	4,548	75.76
1 July 1886	Aberdeen South	Liberal Party	Unopposed
4 July 1892	Aberdeen South	Liberal Party	3,513	56.01
18 August 1892 Appointment of Rt Hon James Bryce as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
23 August 1892	Aberdeen South	Liberal Party	Unopposed
15 July 1895	Aberdeen South	Liberal Party	3,985	56.08
2 October 1900	Aberdeen South	Liberal Party	4,238	52.53
15 January 1906	Aberdeen South	Liberal Party	6,780	74.41
12 February 1907 Resignation of Rt Hon James Bryce on appointment as UK Ambassador to the United States of America.