Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
(1818-1887), Politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for IndiaSitter in 33 portraits
Initially Private Secretary to William Gladstone at the Board of Trade, he entered Parliament in 1855. He served as President of the Board of Trade, Secretary of State for India, and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was jointly responsible for one of the best-known social reforms of the century, was a financier of note, and loyally served two great Tory leaders, William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli. His name is now most associated with the Northcote-Trevelyan Report of 1835, which advised on various aspects of civil service reform. It recommended the widespread use of an examination system and recruitment on merit in place of patronage and 'old corruption'.
by Henry Gales
watercolour, 1868
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Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
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Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Edwin Longsden Long
oil on canvas, 1882
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Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
replica by Edwin Longsden Long
oil on canvas, 1889, based on a work of circa 1882
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Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of head, 1887
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Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
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Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by and published by William Walker
albumen print, published 1867
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Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s
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Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by John Watkins
albumen print, early 1870s
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Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1873
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Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen cabinet card, circa 1873
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Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Raphael Tuck & Sons, after London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
chromolithograph, mid-late 1880s (circa 1873)
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published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
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published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen carte-de-visite, 1876
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Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1877
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Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1877
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Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Unknown photographer
woodburytype, 1880s
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Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Elliott & Fry
albumen print, 1880s
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Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
woodburytype, published 1881
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Various politicians and others
by and after Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1890s
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