See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

HUGH CULLING EARDLEY See also:

• HUGH CULLING EARDLEY CHILDERS (1827-1896)
• CHILDERS, ROBERT CAESAR (1838-1876)

CHILDERS (1827-1896)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 25th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1827 . On leaving See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge he went out to See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia (185o), and became a member of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria, but in 18J7 returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England as See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony . Entering See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament in 186o as Liberal member for See also:

• PONTEFRACT (pronounced and sometimes written " Pomfret ")

Pontefract (a seat that he continued to hold till 1885), he became See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty in 1864, and in 1865 See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial secretary to the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury . See also:

• CHILDERS, HUGH CULLING EARDLEY (1827-1896)
• CHILDERS, ROBERT CAESAR (1838-1876)

Childers occupied a See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession of prominent posts in the various See also:

• GLADSTONE
• GLADSTONE, JOHN HALL (1827-1902)
• GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART (1809–1898)

Gladstone ministries . He was first lord of the admiralty from 1868 to 1871, and as such inaugurated a policy of See also:

• RETRENCHMENT (Fr. retrenchemen.t, an old form of retranchement, from retrancher, to cut down, cut short)

retrenchment . See also:

• ILL

Ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health compelled his resignation of See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in 1871, but next See also:

• YEAR

year he returned to the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry as See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the duchy of See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster . From 188o to 1882 he was secretary for See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, a See also:

• POST

post he accepted somewhat unwillingly; and in that position he had to See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear the responsibility for the reforms which were introduced into the war office under the parsimonious conditions which were then See also:

• PART

part of the Liberal creed . During his See also:

• TERM

term of office the See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian War occurred, in which Childers acted with creditable See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy; and also the See also:

• BOER

Boer War, in which he and his colleagues showed to less See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage . From 1882 to 1885 he was chancellor of the See also:

• EXCHEQUER

exchequer, and the See also:

• BEER

beer and spirit See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty in his See also:

• BUDGET (originally from a Gallic word meaning sack, latinized as bulga, leather wallet or bag, thence in O. Fr. bougette, from which the Eng. form is derived)

budget of the latter year was the occasion of the government's fall . Defeated at the general See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election a.t Pontefract, he was returned as a See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

Home Ruler (one of the few Liberals who adopted this policy before Mr Gladstone's See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion) in 1886 for See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, and was home secretary in the ministry of 1886 . When the first Home See also:

• RULE

Rule See also:

• BILL

bill was introduced he demurred privately to its financial clauses, and their withdrawal was largely due to his See also:

• THREAT

threat of resignation . He retired from parliament in 1892, and died on the 29th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1896, his last piece of See also:

• WORK

work being the drafting of a See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report for the royal See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission on Irish financial relations, of which he was chairman .

Childers was a capable and industrious See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator of the old Liberal school, and he did his best, in the See also:

• POLITICAL

political conditions then prevailing, to improve the See also:

• NAVAL

naval and military See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration while he was at the admiralty and war office . His own See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

bent was towards See also:

• FINANCE

finance, but no striking reform is associated with his name . His most ambitious effort was his See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to effect a conversion of See also:

• CONSOLS

consols in 1884, but the See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme proved a failure, though it paved the way for the subsequent conversion in 1888 . The See also:

• LIFE

Life (1901) of Mr Childers, by his son, throws some interesting See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side-See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

lights on the inner See also:

• HISTORY

history of more than one Gladstonian See also:

• CABINET

cabinet .