Hugh Childers

Politician

1827 – 1896

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Who was Hugh Childers?

Hugh Culling Eardley Childers 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.

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Born
Jun 25, 1827
London
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Education
  • Trinity College, Cambridge
  • Wadham College, Oxford
  • Cheam School
Lived in
  • London
Died
Jan 29, 1896
London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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