GREAT BRITAIN. 



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:s Secretary of State for the Colonies in 



:lu-rH second admiiii>tration, fi-mii Febrn- 



ni-v ti> M.-i\, 1 v,s, .,,! Si-rivtary of State for 



is, to.hmr, ls;VJ; Secretary of 



Tor Foreign Attain*, July 0, 1866, to De- 

 ci'tnber _', 1H(58, during which time he aided in 

 settling the. Luxemburg question, and mvotl- 

 ated the treaty with Reverdy Johnson, then 

 I'niiftl Mates minister to Great Britain, for the 



mi-lit of tin.- Alabama claims, which the 

 Initi'l Mates Senate rejected. He succeeded 

 to the earldom in 1869. 



etary of State for the Coloniet. Right 

 I Ion. Henry Howard Molyneuz Herbert, Earl 



; narvon, born June 24, 1881, eldest son 

 of the third earl, educated at Eton, and Christ 

 Church, Oxford, graduated M. A., 1855; suc- 



'1 to the earldom 1849; Under-Secretary 



ate for the Colonies, February, 1858, to 

 June, 1859 ; Secretary of State for the Colonies, 

 July, 1806, to March, 1867, when he resigned, 



disapproving of Afr. Disraeli's Reform Bill. 

 The carl is author of a book on the "Druses 

 of Lebanon," and of several historical and anti- 

 quarian lectures. 



Secretary of State for India. Right Hon. 

 Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoigne-Cecil, Mar- 

 quis of Salisbury, born in 1880, eldest son of 

 the second Marquis; educated at Eton, and 

 Christ Church, Oxford, graduating M. A., 1858; 

 Fellow of All-Souls' College ; entered the House 

 of Commons as Lord Robert Cecil, for Stam- 

 ford, 1853, and sat for that borough till 1868; 

 becoming meantime Viscount Cranbourne; was 

 a contributor to the Quarterly Iteview, and at- 

 tacked Mr. Disraeli as unworthy the confidence 

 of the Conservatives ; from July, 1866, to March, 

 1867, as Viscount Cranbourne, Secretary of 

 State for India; resigned on account of the Re- 

 form Bill; succeeded to the marquisate in 1868. 



Secretary of State for War. Right Hon. Ga- 

 thorne Hardy, born 1814; son of John Hardy, 



ST. GEORGE'S HALL, LIVERPOOL. 



Esq., of Bradford, Yorkshire; educated at 

 Shrewsbury, and at Oriel College, Oxford, 

 graduating B. A., 1836; called to the bar at 

 the Inner Temple, London. 1840 ; was for some 

 years a practising barrister with a large prac- 

 tice ; represented Leominster in Parliament, 

 from 1856 to 1865, and Oxford University since 

 1865; Under-Secretary of State for the Home 

 Department, 1858-'59; president of the Poor 

 Law Board, July, 1866 to March, 1867; Secre- 

 tary of State for the Home Department, May, 

 1867, to December, 1868. He is an able admin- 

 istrative officer, and stands high in the confi- 

 driii-i- and esteem of his party. 



I-'i'rst Lord of the Admiralty. Right Hon. 

 George Ward Hunt, born in 1825; son of Rev. 

 George Hunt, Buckhurst, Berkshire ; educated 

 at Eton, and Christ Church, Oxford, gradu- 



ating M. A., 1851 ; called to the bar of the In- 

 ner Temple 1851 ; M. P. for Northamptonshire, 

 North, since 1857; Financial Secretary to the 

 Treasury, from 1866 to February, 1868; Chan- 

 cellor of the Exchequer, February to Decem- 

 ber, 1868. 



Postmaster- General. Right Hon. Lord John 

 James Robert Manners, born 1818, younger son 

 of the fifth Duke of Rutland ; educated at Eton, 

 and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating M. 

 A., 1839; member of Parliament for Newark, 

 1841-'47; member of Parliament for Colches- 

 ter, 1850-'57; member of Parliament for Lei- 

 cestershire, North, since 1857; Commissioner 

 of Works and Buildings, from March to De- 

 cember, 1852, from March, 1858, to June, 1859, 

 and from July, 1866, to December, 1868. 



The following ministerial functionaries are 





