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5 unusual facts about Michael Hicks Beach


Armagh rail disaster

In the aftermath of the accident, questions to the President of the Board of Trade Sir Michael Hicks Beach revealed that

Michael Hicks Beach

Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn (1837–1916), 9th Baronet, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1885–1886 & 1895–1902, Conservative leader in the House of Commons 1885–1886

Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn

They had one son, Viscount Quenington, also a politician, and three daughters.

The sale of his Netheravon estates in Wiltshire to the War Office in 1898 occasioned some acrid criticism concerning the valuation, for which, however, Sir Michael himself was not responsible.

Michael Hicks Beach, Viscount Quenington

He sat as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Tewkesbury from 1906 to 1916 and a board member at Lloyds Bank.


Shadow Cabinet of Margaret Thatcher

The Lord St Aldwyn PC


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