The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-17
SketchcS of the New Ministers.

This is the third cabinet Mr. Gladstone has
formed; the first having conducted the gov
ernment from December 9, 1868, to tebruary
q. 1874, and the second from April y, 1sSO,
to June g, 1886 Most of the members of the
latter enter the new one, though in several
eases occupying new positions
Sir Farrar Herschel, selected for lortl hlSh
chancellor, and hence presiding officer of the
house OF lords, is lawyer, and was Mr.. Glao-
stones la solicitor general, holding that
Office five years. g
the council for the second time, having
served as such from 1880 to 1888. Though
only fifty -onc years of age, he IS a veteran IN
goye1nm entail service, having also been loro
lieutenant of Ireland from 1858 to 1914, ana
again from March 10, 1883, to June 70, 1889.
MT. Childers has held several cabinet
offices before He was one Of the junior lords
of the admiralty in 1854 then financial secre-
tary of the treasury, and from 1ooo 10 lo't
first lord of the admiralty. In the last liberal
cabinet he was at first secretary of state TOR
war. and later chancellor of the exchequer.
Earl Roseberry, age thirty-nlne, IS one OF
the Younger and newer ministers. Inns rlcn
Scottish peer, husband OF a Rothschlid oe-
voted lover Of horses. and fine scholar, IS
eninently democratic in his ideas, and has OF
late been regarded one of the most promising
If liberal statesmen. His ri-e to the office OF
secretary for foreign affairs has been rapid.
Earl Granville, next to Mr.. Gladstone, IS
the oldest member OF the new ministry In
wears. His age is seventy-one, or SIX years
less than that of the premier. AS early as
1S5l-'52 he was secretary of foreign AFFAIRS,
and held the same ofhce again M Ghe nlSI ana
second Gladstone cabinets He has also, az
various times, becn lord president of the
council. chancellor for the Duchy of Lancas.
ter and so ,retary for the colonies, which last
Office he now resumes.
Earl Kimberly, another veteran IN minis
terial service. aged sixty, is the only mem
ber of Mr.. Gladstones second cabinet VINO
takes up the same portfolio he laid down last
June. bsside his present office OF secretary
of state tor the Colonies, and has been lord
privy seal, lore, lieutenant of Ireland and he
has been in the diplomatic service.
Henry Campbell Bannermann, age fifty,
has sat IN parlia hent ior Still ng, Scotland,
ever since lS,jS but his experience in exe.u-
tive Office is comparatively brief.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, who has
been made chancellor of the exchequer Ii
steah of home secretary, held the latter Office
in the last liberal cauinet. He had previous
ly been professor OF international law at Cam
bridce. an was solicitor general in 1SI3-I4.
His age is fifty-nine.
nh ..,,ruu :, q. Kipon, who takes the office
of first lord or the admiralty, has held war
and Indian portfolios and served as lord resi-
dent of the council in former cabinets. His
latest office was that of viceroy OF India,
which he filled with marked ability from 1SSO
to October, 1854. He is a Catholic, and his
age is fifty nine:
joseph Chamberlain, who takes the presi.
dencv OF the Local government board WHICH
Sir Charlie, Dlke had in the last cabinet, was
from lSSu to lS>5 eident of the board OF
trade. He had been hitt1y conspicuous as
radical champion of lald reform, represent
ING the s'thrce a,res and cow lGea. lie
was mayor OF Birmingham from 1874 tc
1876. and is one of the members of parl.a.
1nent from that borough His age is fifty
one.
G. O. Trevelyan. secretary for Scotland, is
son Of MacaulayS nephew and blogra rh1r,
was one of the I'm l.r secretaries tor the ad-
,niralty from lNtS to 1870. and again from
1880 to 1882 He thon became CHIEF secretary
for Ireland, but srrerd cred that Office to be-
come chancellor OF the Duchy of Lancaster
in October. 1884
Mr. Mandel:a, the new president of the
board OF trasle WIS the vice-president Of the
committee of the council for education under
the last cabinet He has sat for Sheffield
since 1868 aino t continuously, and has lee
tured anl written eXtci sively on capital,
labor and education.
John Morley, So re*ary for Ireland, is new
to mini StpriaI ~r" His carn"r J."
literary rather tIlan POLITICAL. he wrote plo.
graphies of COP len, Burke and Voltaire, and
edited the Fortniyhtly, Pau Mall Gazette
before Mr.. StcaG) and Macmillan. He Is @
devote supporter of Mr.. Chamberlain, and
except the premier, is the only member OF The
cabinet openly committed to home rule.