Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-08-11
ENGLAND'S NEW CABINET
RT. HON. WIN. HENRY SMITH.

~OSS~AAOS
partner of the well-known firm in the
Strand. In July, 1865, he unsuccess-
fully contested Westminster in the
Conservative interest, but his candi-
dature was renewed with success in
November, 1868, when he defeated Mr..
John Stuart Mill. He has continued
to sit for Westminster ever since. In
1874 his popularity was such that he
ran ahead Of al! his fellows, and was
returned at the head of the poll. Upon
his appointment as Secretary of War
it became necessary that he should be
reelected, and there were rumors that
the Liberals would leave no stone un-
turned to defeat him. When, how
ever, the election did take place, June
| 20, 1885, he was returned without OPP
position. In 1874 he was made Finau-
cial Secretary of the Treasury, serving
in that capacity until Aug. 8, 1877,
when he was appointed First Lord of
the Admiralty and a Cabinet Minister.
This promotion gave rise to the fanci-
full conceit of Sir Joseph Porter, X. e.
B., in Gilbert and Sullivan's opera of
''Pinafore. of which the couplet,
Stick close to your desks and never go to
And you may be the ruler of the Queens
| navee,
directly applies to William Henry
Smith. In this position he succeeded
the late Mr.. Ward Hunt. When the
Conservatives went out of Office in April,
1880, Mr.. Smith went with them. He
was a member of the First and Second
School Boards of London. but retired
therefrom IN 1874. The University of
Oxford conferred on him the degree of
D. C. l.. in 1879 and in 1880 he was
given the freedom of the Stationers'
Company. The known hostility of the
Salisbury Ministry to Russia makes
the position of War Secretary an es-
pacially important one.
! VIsCOUNT CRANBROOK.
The Viscount Cranbrook has receiv-
ed the appointment of Lord President
of the Council and Foreign Secretary.
The Viscount Cranbrook is the third
son of the ate Mr.. John Hardy of Dun
stall Hall. Staffordshire, who was
member of Parliament for the town of
Bradford for many years. The Wis.,
count Cranbrook was born at Brad
ford Oct. /, 1914. He was given q
most liberal education, which was fin
ished at Oriel College, Oxford, in 1886.
He was admitted to the bar in 1910.
where he soon became an active parti-
cipator in the affairs of the British ma
ton. The Conservative element slim
ulated his ambitious zeal in appoint
ing him Under-Secretary of the Home
Department. in 1858. In 1866 he became
President of the Poor-Law Board, dur
ing the formation of Lord Derby's
third administration which Office he
successfully maintained until Mr.. Dis
raeli's succession to the Premiership,
by whom he was nominated Secretary
of State for War. In 1878 Mr.. Hardy
was raised to the peerage by having
the title of Viscount Cranbrook con-
ferred upon him. In the same year he
succeeded the Marquis of Salisbury as
Secretary of State for India, and held
that office until the year 1880, when
the Conservative power was no longer
in the ascendency.
LORD GEO. FRANCIS HAMILTON.
Lord George Francis Hamilton, who
was made First Lord of the Admiralty,
is third son of the Duke of Abercorn,
by Lady Louisa, second daughter of
John, sixth Duke of Bedford. Lord
Hamilton was born at Brighton in
December, 1845. and received his edu-
cation at Harrow. In 1864 he was
appointed an ensign in the Rifle Brig
ade, and In 1868 was transferred to the
Coldstream Guards. At the general
election of December, 1868, he contest
ed the County of Middlesex in the Con-
sentative interest and was returned at
the head of the poll. His opponent
was the redoubtable Henry Labouch-
ere of the London Truth, and the vote
stood 6,507 for Hamilton against
6357 for Labouchere. This de-
cisive victory occasioned great surprize
in political circles, as Middlesex had
previously been regarded as one of the
most impregnable strongholds of the
Liberal party, At the general election
of 1874 Lord Hamilton again came in
at the head of the poll, but this time
the victory was overwhelming, Lord
Hamilton receiving 1C.34S votes, as
against 5,192 recorded for Viscount
Enfield. the most popular of the Liber-
al candidates. Lord Hamilton is deep
~ versed in the finances and history Of
India. Mr.. Disraeli, approaching this
fact, made him Under Secretary Of
State for that country. April 4, 1873.
he was appointed to succeed Viscount
Sandon as President of the Committee
of Council on Education and was sworn
to the Privy Council. When the Dis
raeh Ministry fell, in April, 1880, Lord
Hamilton went out with his party. His
| connection with the Beaconsfield Min
istry made his selection as q member
of the Salisbury Cabinet especially fit
ting. In 1871 he married Lady Maud
Caroline, youngest daughter of the
third Earl of lakewood.
Sir R. E. Webster, who has been ap-
pointed Attorney General in the
new Conservative Cabinet, was also
the Acknowledgement in the pre-
vions short-lived Salisbury Cabinet.
If the position taken by Gladstone,
Labouchere, and others of the OPPOSE
ton can he taken as an indication, the
present Salisbury Cabinet will be even
more short-Hved than the previous one.
| FRED. ARTHUR STANLEY.
The Rt.-Hon. Frederick Arthur
Stanley, NJ. p, who was appointed
Secretary of Colonial Department is .
man of great ability, and. like Hicks
Beach. Hamilton, and others, belongs
to the younger school of the Conserve
tive party. He is the youngest son of
the Fourteenth and brother of the
present Earl of Derby, aud was born in
l84l. He studied at Eaton, and,
graduating thence. entered the Grena-
der Guards in 1853. He was appoint
ed Lieutenant and Captain in 1862 and
retired in 1855. From July, 1865, till
December. 1868, he represented Pres