Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton
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Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
Preceded by | The Lord Tweedmouth |
Succeeded by | The Lord Beauchamp |
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Born | Sunderland, County Durham. England | 16 May 1830
Died | 25 February 1911 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England | (aged 80)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Ellen Thorneycroft |
Children | Ellen, Edith, and Henry |
Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton,
Early life
Fowler was born in
He moved to
Political career
At the
Fowler later held office under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1905 and 1908. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Wolverhampton, of Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford,[8] and served under Asquith as Lord President of the Council until 1910.[7] He was widely thought of as a future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, but his ill health prevented this.
In his approach to policymaking, according to Neil Smith, Sir Henry Fowler (who became Viscount Wolverhampton in 1908) was supportive of reform legislation in the areas of pensions, education, and the Poor Law.[9] According to his private secretary, however, he did not have "the patience to suffer Radical and Labour members gladly."[10]
He was an elected President of
Lord Wolverhampton died on 25 February 1911, aged 80.
Family
Fowler married Ellen Thorneycroft, daughter of ironmaster and first Mayor of Wolverhampton, George Benjamin Thorneycroft, in 1857. They had a son and two daughters.
Their son Henry succeeded to the viscountcy. Their daughters were the authors the Hon. Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler and the Hon. Edith Henrietta Fowler (who wrote a biography of her father).[12]
Viscountess Wolverhampton's great nephew was Peter Thorneycroft.
Arms
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References
- ^ ODNB Online, article "Fowler, Henry Hartley" (accessed 2 July 2010)
- ^ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
- ^ "No. 24829". The London Gazette. 2 April 1880. p. 2359.
- ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ "No. 25541". The London Gazette. 18 December 1885. p. 6139.
- ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 781.
- ^ Edinburgh Gazette
- ^ Smith, Neil (October 1972). "Social reform in Edwardian liberalism: the genesis of the policies of national insurance and old age pensions, 1906-11" (PDF). Durham e-Theses. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ISBN 9781135390488.
- ^ "The Law Society". The Times. No. 36752. London. 26 April 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "Review of The Life of Henry Hartley Fowler, First Viscount Wolverhampton by his daughter Edith Henrietta Fowler (Hon. Mrs. R. Hamilton), published in 1912 by Hutchinson & Company". The Athenaeum (4434): 439–440. 19 October 1912.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1921.
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