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Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell

(1813-1886), Politician; MP for several constituencies and Secretary of State for War

Sitter in 24 portraits
Statesman; first elected M.P. 1842; first had office as secretary to the treasury under Peel 1845-6; president of the Board of Trade 1852-5; colonial secretary 1864-6; secretary of war under Gladstone 1868-74, when the purchase of commissions was abolished.

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Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell ('Statesmen, No. 9'), by Carlo Pellegrini - NPG D43373

Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell ('Statesmen, No. 9')

by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 3 April 1869
NPG D43373

Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell ('Control!'), published by Frederick Arnold, after  Unknown artist - NPG D48249

Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell ('Control!')

published by Frederick Arnold, after Unknown artist
lithograph, published in the Hornet 16 August 1871
NPG D48249

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Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell

by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG x5627

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Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell

by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862-1866
NPG Ax8543

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