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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-03-02 00:00:00

LORD OF THE TREASURY

CHANDOS, MARQUIS OF, Buckingham Borough. Only son
of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. Born 1823, mar-
ried 1851, Caroline, only daughter of Robert Harvey, Esq., of
Langleypark, Bucks.

UNDER-SECRETARY OF THE HOME DEPARTMENT.
JOLLIFFE. SIR WM. GEO. HYLTON, BART., son of the
Rev. W:n. Jolliffe, by the daughter arid coheir of Sir Abraham
Pytches, of Streatham, Surrey. Born 1800 ; ma! ried 1825, the
second daughter of the Hon. Berkeley Paget (born 18081; re-
presented Perersfield in Parliament, as likewise did his uncle,
Colonel Jolliffe, at diff,rent periods since 1796. Was returned
at the election in 1841 ; is a deputy-lieutenant for Surrey.

UNDER-SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
STANLEY, LORD, Lynn Regis. Eldest son of the fourteenth
Earl of Derby, by the second daughter of the first Lord Skel-
mersdale. Born at Knowsley Park, 1826.

JUDGE ADVOCATE.

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BANKER, GEORGE, Dorsetshire. Second son of Henry
Banks, Esq., who had been a Member of the House of Com-
mons for up wards of half a century. Married the daughter
of Sir Charles E. Nueent, Admiral of the Fleet. Was called
to the bar in 1813. Was appoii.ted a Commissioner of Bank-
rupts in 1822, and aftprwaids Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer;
Chairman of Dorsetshire Sessions ; Recorder of Weymouth.
A Conservative; voted for agricultural protection, 1846. Was
Secretary to the Board of Control under the Wellington Admi-
nistration. Was first elected Cir t:orfe Castle in 1816. which
he continued to represent until the passing of the Reform Act ;
unsuccessfully contested the University of Cambridge in 1829.
First returned for the county in 1841.

SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY.
STAFFORD, AUGUSTUS STAFFORD O'BRIEN. Northampton-
shire North, eldest son of Stafford O'Brien, Esq., and grand-
son of the late Baroness Barham. Born 1811. Was formerly
known as Mr. Stafford O'Brien ; but in 1847 assumed the
name of Stafford after O'Brien by royal license. Unsuc-
cessfully contested Limerick in 1837. A Tory. Voted for agri-
cultural protection, 1846 ; first returned for the county in 1841.

CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF POOR-LAW BOARD.
TROLLOPE, SIR JOHN, BART., South Lincolnshire. Son of
the sixth Baronet, by the daughter of henry Thor°ld, Esq.,
of Coxwold, Lincolnshire; born in 1800. Married in 1847.
Julia, eldest daughter of Sir Robert Sheffield. Bart., of
Normanby-Park, Lincolnshire. A Deputy-Lieutenant o the
county. Was Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1825. A Conserva-
tive; voted for agricultural protection, 1846. First returned
for the county in 1841.
SECRETARY OF THE POOR-LAW_BOARD.
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TENNENT, SIR JAMES EMERSON, LL.D. Creation 1815.
Son of Wm. Emerscn, Esq., Belfast, by the youngest daughter
of Wm. Arbuthnot, Esq., of Rockville, county Down. Born
at Belfast 1804 ; married 1831, the only daughter and heir of
Wm. Tennent, Esq., of Tempo House, county Fermanagh, on
whose death, in 1832, he assumed the name of Tennant. and
succeeded to estates in Sligo and Fermanagh. Was educated
at Trinity College, Dublin, and called to the bar at Lincoln's
Inn, but never practised. Was elected M.P. for Belfast in
1832 and 1835 ' • was defeated at the general election in 1837, but
afterwards seated on petition. Was returned again at the elec-
tion in 1841, but unseated on petition. Regained his seat in
1842, and held it till 1845. Was Secretary to the India Board
from September, 1841, to July, 1845, when he was appointed
Civil Secretary to the Colonial Government of Ceylon. Is the
author of various books, a deputy-lieutenant for the counties
of Fermanagh and Sligo, and a magistrate for Antrim and
Down. Was a prominent witness in the late inquiry respecting
the government of Ceylon, after which he was appointed Go-
vernor of St. Helena, but did not reach the island. Was elected
M.P. for Lisburn in 1851.
SECRETARY OF THE INDIA BOARD. - .

BAILLIE, 11 ENRY JAMES, laVernieSi-Sliire, son of Colonel
Baillie. Born 1804 ; married in 1840, daughter of the sixth
Viscount Strangford. A Conservative, but in favour of Free-
trade. Woe firet oloctorl in 1840.
UNDER-SECRETARY
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DESART, 3D EARL OF, created 1793; Viii;;;;;lip.nrt, 1781 ;
Viscount Castle-Cuffe, 1793; Baron of Desart, 1733 (Ireland).
John Otway O'Connor Cuffe, son of the 2nd Earl, by the elcest
daughter of Maurice N. O'Connor, Esq., of Mount Pleasant,
King's county. Born at Desart House, 1818; married, 1842,
the 3d daughter of the Ist Earl Cawdor (she was born 1822, and
was appointed a lady of the bedchamber to the Queen in 1845);
succeeded his father in 1820 ; graduated at Christ Church, Ox-
ford; was elected M.P. for Ipswich in June, 1842, but was un-
seated on petition in the August following; elected a represen-
tative peer of Ireland, 1846. The founder of tkis family in Ire-
land was Hugh Cuffe, who had a grant of lands from Queen
Elizateth, in the county of Cork, by patent, dated 1598.