Hugh Childers
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (25 June 1827 – 29 January 1896) was a British and Australian Liberal statesman of the nineteenth century. He is perhaps best known for his reform efforts at the Admiralty and the War Office. Later in his career, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, his attempt to correct a budget shortfall led to the fall of the Liberal government led by William Ewart Gladstone.
Read more about Hugh Childers: Early Life, Australia, Return To Britain, Enters British Politics, First Lord of The Admiralty, 1871-1880, Secretary For War, Chancellor of The Exchequer, Home Secretary, Retirement and The Childers Commission, Family
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“He kicked the ball with his right foot,
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—Unknown. Hugh of Lincoln (l. 5–8)