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LORD PRIVY SEAL,

SALISBURY, 2D MARQUIS OF, (Great Britain.)—Created 1789;
Earl of Salisbury, 1605; Viscount Cranbourne, 1604; Baron
Cecil, 1f.03; Privy Councillor, 1826. (England); K.G., 1842.
James Brownlow William Gascoigne Cecil. D.C.L., son of the
first Marquis, by the second daughter of the first Marquis of
Downshire. Born in Arlington-street, 1791 ; married, first,
1821, daughter and heir of Bamber Gascoigne, Esq., on which
occasion he assumed the name of Gascoigne—(she died 1839);
secondly, 1847, the second daughter of the fifth Earl De la
Warr—(she was born 1824); succeeded his father in 1823. Is
Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex; High Steward of Hertford,
and Colonel of the Herts militia; was appointed Main' of the
South Herts Yeomanry Cavalry, 1347 ; patron of eight livings.
The first peer was youngest son of Lord Treasurer Burghley,
and filled the office of z..ecretary of State temp. Elizabeth and
James I.

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HOME AFFAIRS

WA LPOLE, SPENCER HORATIO, Midhurst, second son of the
late Thos. Walpole, Esq., of Stagbury Park, Surrey, and Lady
Margaret, youngest daughter of the second Earl of Egmont.
Born 1806 ; married in 1835, Isabella, fourth daughter of the
late Right Hon. Spencer Perceval. Was educated at Eton, and
Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained the first Eng-
lish declamation prize, and the prize for the beat essay on the
character and conduct of William 111. Was called to the bar
in 1831 by the Society of Lincoln's Inn, of which he is a
Bendier; is a Queei.'s Counsel. A Conservative, and in favour
of protection to agriculture. First elected for Midhurst 1846.

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS

MA LNIESBURY, 3D EARL OF. - Created 1800; Viscount
Fitz-Harris, 1800 ; Baron Malmesbury, 1788 (Great Bri-
tain).—James Howard Harris, son of the second Earl,
by the daughter of Francis Bateman Dashwood. Esq., of
Wellvale, Lincolnshire. Born in Spring Gardens 1807 ; mar-
ried, 1830, the only daughter of the fifth Earl of Tankerville
(she was born in 1807); succeeded his lather in 1841 ; gradua-
ted at Oriel College, Oxford; is patron of one living; repre-
sented Wilton in Parliament from July to Sept. 1841; has
edited the Diaries and Correspondence of his grandfather, the
first Earl. The first Peer was a distinguished diplomatist.

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COLONIAL AFFAIRS,

PA ICI NGTON, SIR JOHN SOMERSET, BART. (created 1846),
iMUllrlll-11, ettll ur Will. Rurs.cll, Coy., of Pun it,k Court, wnrcester
shire, by the daughterofSir H. Perrot Pakington, Bart..of
wood. Born at Powick Court. 1799; married, first, 1822, only
child of M. A. Stoney, Esq., of Shiffnal, Salop (elle died in 1843) ;
secondly, in 1844, Augusta Anne, third daughter of Bishop
(Murray) of Rochester (she died 1848) ; thirdly, 1851, Augusta,
daughter of the late Thomas C. de Crespigi.y, and relict of
Colonel Davies, of Elmlev Park, Worcestershire. Assumed
the name of Pakington NI becoming heir to his maternal uncle,
Sir J. Pakington, Bart., 1830. Educated at Eton, and Oriel
College, Oxon. Chairman of the Worcestershire Quarter Ses-
sions since 1834. A Conservative; voted for agricultural pro-
tection, 1846. Has sat for Droitwich since 1837.

FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY

NORTHUMBERLAND, 4TH DUKE OF.—Created 1766; Earl of
Northumberland, 1749; Earl Percy, 1766; Baron Percy, 1299;
Baron Lucy, 1414; Baron Poynings, Fitz-Payne and Bryan,
1446; Baron Latimer, 1597; Baron Warkworth, 1749, (Great
Britain); Baron Prudhoe, 1816, (United Kingdom); Baronet
1660, (England.) Algernon Percy, D.C.L., F.R S., second son
of the second Duke, by his second wife, third daughter of
Peter Burrell, Esq.. of Beckenham, Kent. Born 1792, married
1842 eldest daughter of the second Marquis of Westminster—
(she was born 1820)); succeeded his brother in the dukedom,
1847, having been previously created Baron Prudhoe; became
a Rear-Admiral of the Blue in 1850; appointed constable of
Launceston Castle, 1847; is patron of twelve livings.

PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL

HERMES, RIGHT HON. JOHN CHARLES, Stamford, eldest
son of the late Col. Herries, who was distinguished as among
the first to set the example of raising volunteer companies
during the late war; is brotl-er to Major-General Sir William
Lewis Berries, K.C.H., Chairman of the Audit Board. Was
educated at the University of Leipsic. Married the daughter
of John Dorington, Esq., principal Committee Clerk to the
House of Commons; was Private Secretary to Mr. Perceval
during the greater part of his administration ; has filled the
office of Commissary in Chief, and Auditor of the Civil List
(for the abolition of the former office he is entitled to a pen-
sion of .C 1330 per annum, being half the emoluments); was
Secretary to the Treasury from 18?3 till Sept. 1827, when he
was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, an office which he
filled till Jan. 1828; was Master of the Mint from IS2B till 1830 ;
President of the Board of Trade from Feb. to Nov. 1830; and
Secretary at War from Dec. 1834 to April 1835. A Conservative
and Protectionist. Sat for Harwich from 1823 till 1841, when
he was an um uccessful condi:tote for Ipswich. First returned
for Stamford in 1847.