See also:JOHN See also:CHARLES See also:HERRIES (1778-1855)
, See also:English politician, son of a See also:London See also:merchant, began his career as a junior clerk in the See also:treasury, and became known for his See also:financial abilities as private secretary to successive ministers
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He was appointed See also:commissary-in-See also:chief (1811), and, on the abolition of that 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 (1816), auditor of the See also:civil See also:list
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In 1823 he entered See also:parliament as secretary to the treasury, and in 1827 became See also:chancellor of the See also:exchequer under See also:Lord Goderich; but in consequence of See also:internal See also:differences, arising partly out of a slight put upon See also:Herries, the See also:ministry was broken up, and in 1828 he was appointed See also:master of the See also:mint
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In 183o he became See also:president of the See also:board of See also:trade, and for the earlier months of 1835 he was secretary at See also:war
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From 1841 to 1847 he was out of parliament, but during 1852 he was president of the board of See also:control under Lord See also:Derby
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He was a consistent and upright Tory of the old school, who carried See also:weight as an authority on financial subjects
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His eldest son, See also:SIR See also:CHARLES See also:JOHN HERRIES (1815-1882), was chairman of the board of inland See also:revenue
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See the See also:Life by his younger son, See also:Edward Herries (188o)
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