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Henry Cecil Raikes

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 25 November 1838, Chester, Cheshire

Died: 24 August 1891

Member of Privy Council - 1880

husband of Charlotte Blanche Trevor-Roper

grandfather of Henry Victor Alpin MacKinnon Raikes

Education

Shrewsbury School

Trinity College, Cambridge

Appointments

Elections fought

30 April 1859		Derby	Conservative Party	648	36.55
12 July 1865		Chester	Conservative Party	533	32.88
22 May 1866		Devonport	Conservative Party	1,216	48.88
16 November 1868		Chester	Conservative Party	2,198	48.74
3 February 1874		Chester	Conservative Party	2,356	52.52
1 April 1880		Chester	Conservative Party	2,056	39.60
4 February 1882		Preston	Conservative Party	6,045	58.94
16 November 1882 Resignation of Henry Raikes in order to contest Cambridge University.
28 November 1882		Cambridge University	Conservative Party	3,491	72.85
24 November 1885		Cambridge University	Conservative Party	Unopposed
2 July 1886		Cambridge University	Conservative Party	Unopposed
1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Raikes on appointment as Postmaster-General.
13 August 1886		Cambridge University	Conservative Party	Unopposed
24 August 1891 Death of Rt Hon Henry Raikes.