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3 unusual facts about Earl of Liverpool


2nd Earl of Liverpool

Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770 – 1828) British politician, longest-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 1801 Union with Ireland

Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1870 – 1941), British Liberal politician and the first Governor-General of New Zealand

Sir Francis Foljambe, 1st Baronet

A junior branch of the family became Earls of Liverpool, second creation.


Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool

The New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) was formed in 1915, served with the New Zealand Division during the war and was disbanded in 1919.

Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford

Gifford was elected to the House of Commons for Eye in 1817, a seat he represented until 1824, and served under the Earl of Liverpool as Solicitor General between 1817 and 1819 and as Attorney General between 1819 and 1824.

Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde

In January 1826 he was appointed Joint Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (alongside Lord Howard de Walden) by the Earl of Liverpool, a post he held until August of the same year.


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