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See also: RICE, 1st BARON (1790—1866), See also: English statesman, son of S
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Rice and See also: Catherine Spring, came of a See also: Limerick See also: family, whose ancestor was See also: Sir See also: Stephen Rice (1637—1715), chief baron of the Irish See also: exchequer and a leading Jacobite
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In 182o he became Whig member for Limerick (from 1832 member for Cambridge); and after holding minor offices became secretary for war and the colonies in 1834 and in 1835—1839 chancellor of the exchequer
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He was disappointed in not obtaining the speakership, but in 1839 was created Baron Monteagle of See also: Brandon (a title intended earlier for his ancestor Sir Stephen Rice), and made controller of the exchequer
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He differed from the See also: government as regards the exchequer control over the See also: treasury, and the abolition of the old exchequer (q.v.) was already determined upon when he died on the 7th of See also: February 1866
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His eldest son, Stephen Edmund Spring-Rice (1814—1865), deputy chairman of the See also: board of customs, having predeceased him, he was succeeded in the title by his See also: grandson, See also: Thomas, 2nd baron (b
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1849)
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Another son was
See also: father of S
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Spring-Rice (1856—1902), of the treasury, and of Sir See also: Cecil A
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Spring-Rice (b
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1859), the diplomatist . |
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