UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 17 October 1859

Died: 26 February 1942

Viscount Wolmer - 30 December 1882

2nd Earl of Selborne - 4 May 1895

Knighted - 1919

Member of Privy Council - 1900

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office	2 July 1895
First Lord of the Admiralty	1900	1905
President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries	1915	1916

3 December 1885	Petersfield	Liberal Party	3,414	49.87
13 July 1886	Petersfield	Liberal Unionist Party	3,188	50.89
6 July 1892	Edinburgh West	Liberal Unionist Party	3,728	53.69
4 May 1895 Succession of Viscount Wolmer to the Peerage - 2nd Earl of Selborne.