monarch predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place nationality party primeminister birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
edward vii charles ritchie herbert gladstone 15 january 1926 21 october 1851 west malling , kent london british conservative arthur balfour 21 october 1851 home secretary 12 july 1902 adeline austen-smith -lrb- d. 1929 -rrb- aretas akers-douglas . jpg aretas akers-douglas , 1st viscount chilston
 5 december 1905 the viscount chilston university college , oxford
aretas akers-douglas , 1st viscount chilston

aretas akers-douglas , 1st viscount chilston gbe pc -lrb- 21 october 1851 -- 15 january 1926 -rrb- , born aretas akers and known as aretas akers-douglas between 1875 and 1911 , was a british conservative statesman and politician who sat in the house of commons from 1880 until he was raised to the peerage in 1911 .
he notably served as home secretary under arthur balfour between 1902 and 1905 .
