UK Elections Info

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Born: 4 December 1811

Died: 27 July 1892

1st Viscount Sherbrooke - 25 May 1880

Member of Privy Council - 1854

Paymaster General	1855	1858
Vice President of the Board of Trade	13 August 1855	6 April 1858
Vice President of the Council of Education	1859	1864
Chancellor of the Exchequer	9 December 1868	11 August 1873
Secretary of State for the Home Department	11 August 1873	20 February 1874

7 July 1852	Kidderminster	Whig	246	61.81
13 August 1855 Resignation of Robert Lowe on appointment as Vice-President of the Council for Trade.
14 August 1855	Kidderminster	Whig	Unopposed
28 March 1857	Kidderminster	Whig	234	61.58
30 April 1859	Calne	Liberal Party	103	74.64
1859 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Lowe on appointment as Vice President of the Council of Education.
27 June 1859	Calne	Liberal Party	Unopposed
12 July 1865	Calne	Liberal Party	Unopposed
17 November 1868	London University	Liberal Party	Unopposed
9 December 1868 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Lowe on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
21 December 1868	London University	Liberal Party	Unopposed
4 February 1874	London University	Liberal Party	Unopposed
5 April 1880	London University	Liberal Party	1,014	65.46
25 May 1880 Elevation of Rt Hon Robert Lowe to the Peerage - Viscount Sherbrooke.