JOHN

See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES

See also:

• JOHN CHARLES HERRIES (1778-1855)
• HERRIES, JOHN MAXWELL, 4TH LORD (c. 1512-1583)

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