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 HUGH CULLING EARDLEY CHILDERS - LoveToKnow Article on HUGH CULLING EARDLEY CHILDERS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
From 1882 to 1885 he was chancellor of the exchequer, and the beer and spirit duty in his budget of the latteryear was the occasion of the governments fall.
He retired from parliament in 1892, and died on the 29th of January 1896, his last piece of work beingthe drafting of a report for the royal commission on Irish financialrelations, of which he was chairman.
Childers was a capab]e and industrious administrator of the old Liberal school, and he did hisbest, in the political conditions then prevailing, to improve thenaval and military administration while he was at the admiraltyand war office.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CH/CHILDERS_HUGH_CULLING_EARDLEY.htm   (398 words)

  
 Hugh Childers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He therefore had to bear responsibility for cuts in arms expenditure, a policy that provoked controversy when rebellions against British authority broke out in South Africa in 1880 and Egypt in 1882.
Towards the end of his ministerial career "HCE" Childers was notable for his girth, and so acquired the nickname "Here Comes Everybody".
A cousin, Robert Erskine Childers, was author of the famous spy novel The Riddle of the Sands and father of the fourth President of Ireland, Erskine Childers.
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 Hugh Childers
In 1871 he was forced to resign due to ill-health but returned the following year as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
When the Liberals regained power in 1880 Childers was appointed Secretary for War, a position he accepted reluctantly.
At the subsequent election in December 1885 Childers lost his Pontefract seat, but returned as an independent Home Ruler for South Edinburgh (one of the few Liberals who adopted this policy before Gladstone's conversion in 1886).
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 CHILDEBERT - LoveToKnow Article on CHILDEBERT
There are several particular uses of child in the English version of the Bible, as of a ycung man in the Song of the three holy children, of descendants or members of a race, as in children of Abraham, and also to express origin, giving a description of character, as children of darkness.
Childeric was dethroned an d placed in the monastery of St Omer; his son, Theuderich, wasimprisoned at Saint-Wandrifie.See W. Junghans.
CHILDERS, HUGH CULLING EARDLEY (18271896), British statesman, was born in London on the 25th of June 1827.
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 Hugh Culling Eardley Childers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (June 25, 1827 - January 29, 1896), British statesman, was born in London.
From 1882 to 1885 he was chancellor of the exchequer, and the beer and spirit duty in his budget of the latter year was the occasion of the government's fall.
Childers was a capab]e and industrious administrator of the old Liberal school, and he did his best, in the political conditions then prevailing, to improve thenaval and military administration while he was at the admiralty and war office.
www.city-search.org /hu/hugh-culling-eardley-childers.html   (799 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Hugh Childers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
// Overview Robert Erskine Childers Robert Erskine Childers (June 25, 1870 - November 24, 1922) was an author and Irish nationalist who was executed by the authorities of the newly independent Irish Free State during the Irish Civil War.
The Riddle of the Sands is a 1903 novel by Erskine Childers.
Erskine Hamilton Childers (November 11, 1905 - November 17, 1974), the son of Robert Erskine Childers (the author of The Riddle of the Sands), served as the fourth President of Ireland from 1973 until his death in 1974.
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 Hugh Childers -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1871 he was forced to resign due to ill-health but returned the following (A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days) year as (Click link for more info and facts about Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
When the Liberals regained power in 1880 Childers was appointed (Click link for more info and facts about Secretary for War) Secretary for War, a position he accepted reluctantly.
He retired from parliament in 1892, and his last piece of work was the drafting of a report for the royal commission on (The Celtic language of Ireland) Irish financial relations, of which he was chairman.
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 Childers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Erskine Hamilton Childers and Rita Childers his wife,
Hugh Childers (also called Hugh Culling Eardley Childers),
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
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 Hugh Childers - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Hugh Childers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hugh Childers - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Hugh Childers.
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thumbHugh Culling Eardley Childers (June 25, 1827 - January 29, 1896) was a British and Australian Liberal statesman of the nineteenth century.
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 NPG 1631; Hugh Culling Eardley Childers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Educated at both Oxford and Cambridge, Hugh Childers decided to forge a career in the colonies.
In 1857 the Childers returned to London and two years later Hugh Childers was elected as Liberal MP for Pontefract.
After the election of Gladstone as Prime Minister in 1868, Childers was appointed Lord of the Admiralty (1868-71).
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 CHILDERS, HUGH CULLING EARDLEY (1827-1896) - Online Information article about CHILDERS, HUGH CULLING EARDLEY (1827-1896)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Egyptian War occurred, in which Childers acted with creditable See also:
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Life (1901) of Mr Childers, by his son, throws some interesting See also:
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 National Portrait Gallery | What's on? | Mirror Mirror | Virtual tour | Milly Childers caption   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Little is known about Milly Childers' artistic training, but she first exhibited a painting at the Royal Society of British Artists in 1890.
Her portrait of her father, Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (1827-96), who was MP for Pontefract (1860-85), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1882-5) and Home Secretary in Gladstone's cabinet (1886), is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.
The surrounding garden is a vibrant green, and this strength of colour is not unlike that displayed in her self-portrait.
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 Hugh
Hugh is a Germanic name meaning “Heart,” “Spirit,” or “Intelligence.”
Hugh started as a shortened form of many Germanic names starting “hug.” It was brought to Britain by the Normans after 1066 (in Northern France it was Hugues or Hugon, while in Southern France it was Hue or Huon).
It was a very common Norman and Medieval name, made more popular by St. Hugh, the Bishop of Lincoln (1135-1200).
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 ROBERT CAESAR CHILDERS - LoveToKnow Article on ROBERT CAESAR CHILDERS
ROBERT CAESAR CHILDERS - LoveToKnow Article on ROBERT CAESAR CHILDERS
(1838-1876), English Oriental scholar, son of the Rev. Charles Childers, English chaplain at Nice, was born in 1838.
In 1860 he received an appointment in the civil service of Ceylon, which he retained until 1864, when he was compelled to return to England owing to ill-health.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CH/CHILDERS_ROBERT_CAESAR.htm   (242 words)

  
 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (August 9, 1872 - September 30, 1873)
Hugh Dalton (May 31, 1948 - February 28, 1950)
John Hugh Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham (October 20, 1963 - October 16, 1964)
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 The 1871-1872 Flying/Detached Squadrons
Economies made by William Ewert Gladstone's 1868 cabinet led First Lord of the Admiralty Hugh Culling Eardley Childers to reduce the number of ships on foreign stations.
These reductions were compensated by the formation of successive "Flying Squadrons" (or "Detached Squadrons") of unarmoured screw ships which undertook extended world-wide cruises for training (and flag waving) under the command of a Rear Admiral.
The Immortalité will be paid off into the 4th Division of the Steam Reserve, and, as her hull is sadly out of repair, she will not probably be again called upon for service at sea.
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 Julian Browning History from 1800   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A collection of 50 autograph letters received by Hugh Childers during his political career, some brief letters responding to congratulations or invitations (with a few addressed to Childers' wife), some referring in detail to political matters, appointments and the concerns of government.
The condition is generally good and clean, but the majority do have tape stains either in the left margin or on the versos where formerly mounted.
c.1860-1895 Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (1827-1896), statesman, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1882), Home Secretary (1886), had a successful start to his career as a politician in Melbourne in the 1850's.
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 Nelly bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Human Being is an album by Seal that was released in 1998.
John Hugh MacLennan (March 20 1907 - November 7 1990) was a Canadian author and Professor of English at McGill University.
He won five Governor-General's Awards and the Royal Bank Award.
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 British ministries, political parties, etc.
1908) 28 Apr 1880 - 16 Dec 1882 Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (b.
1873) 21 Dec 1868 - 9 Mar 1871 Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (b.
1902) 1872 - 1873 Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (b.
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 John Quiggin: What I'm reading, and more
On 15 December 1852 the Auditor-General, Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, moved in the Victorian Legislative Council that a select committee be appointed to establish the principles on which a University should be established.
The bill subsequently drawn up by Childers and Attorney-General Stawell, modelled in the main on the Sydney University Bill of 1850 and therefore on the Act which established the University of London in 1836, received Royal assent on 22 January 1853.
The University thus established was state-funded, urban, secular, non-residential and open only to men.
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 Secretary of State for War - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (April 28, 1880 - December 16, 1882)
Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster (October 6, 1903 - December 4, 1905)
John Hugh Hare (October 18, 1956 - January 6, 1958)
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 Manuscripts Catalogue - Document Details
Letter from Hugh C.E. Childers to Sir William Drake.
Will vote for Seymour Haden [to be elected member of Athenaeum].
Part of MS Whistler A-Z (See series level record)
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