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Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy

Born: 1 October 1814

Died: 3 October 1906

1st Viscount Cranbrook - 4 May 1878

1st Earl of Cranbrook - 22 August 1892

Member of Privy Council - 1866

husband of Jane Orr

son of Isabel Gathorne

Shrewsbury School

Oriel College, Oxford

Inner Temple (- 1840)

Barrister

Under Secretary of State, Home Office	1858	June 1859
President of the Poor Law Board	12 July 1866	17 May 1867
Secretary of State for the Home Department	17 May 1867	3 December 1868
Secretary of State for War	21 February 1874	2 April 1878
Secretary of State for India	April 1878	April 1880
Lord President of the Council	June 1885	January 1886
Secretary of State for War	21 January 1886	6 February 1886
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	3 August 1886	16 August 1886
Lord President of the Council	3 August 1886	18 August 1892

21 July 1847	Bradford	Conservative Party	812	45.93
19 February 1856	Leominster	Conservative Party	179	63.93
27 March 1857	Leominster	Conservative Party	Unopposed
29 April 1859	Leominster	Conservative Party	Unopposed
12 July 1865	Leominster	Conservative Party	208	59.77
1866 Gathorne Hardy elects to sit for Oxford University.
18 July 1865	Oxford University	Conservative Party	1,904	55.48
July 1866 Resignation of Gathorne Hardy on appointment as a President of the Poor Law Board.
12 July 1866	Oxford University	Conservative Party	Unopposed
17 May 1867 Resignation of Rt Hon Gathorne Hardy on appointment as Home Secretary.
20 May 1867	Oxford University	Conservative Party	Unopposed
18 November 1868	Oxford University	Conservative Party	Unopposed
31 January 1874	Oxford University	Conservative Party	Unopposed
21 February 1874 Resignation of Rt Hon Gathorne Hardy on appointment as Secretary of State for War.
14 March 1874	Oxford University	Conservative Party	Unopposed
4 May 1878 Elevation of Rt Hon Gathorne Hardy to the Peerage - Viscount Cranbrook.