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About Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn,, known as Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt, from 1854 to 1906 and subsequently as The Viscount St Aldwyn to 1915, was a British Conservative politician. Known as "Black Michael", he was notably Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1885 to 1886 and again from 1895 to 1902 and also led the Conservative Party in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1886. Due to the length of his service, he was Father of the House from 1901 to 1906, when he took his peerage.
Everything about Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Chancellor of the Exchequer, President of the Board of Trade, Member of the Privy Council of Ireland, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- October 23, 1837
- Died
- April 30, 1916