Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
(1837-1916), Politician; Chancellor of the ExchequerSitter in 25 portraits
Hicks Beach entered Parliament as a Conservative MP in 1864. He was opposed to the 1867 Reform Bill, but acted as a go-between for the parties over reform in 1884, when he negotiated a compromise that allowed the Liberals' Franchise Bill through the House of Lords on condition that a redistribution bill followed. He held many senior political offices, including Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1878 to 1880, but his career reached its peak in 1885 when he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons. His involvement with electoral reform and his unpopularity as Leader of the House sent his career on a downward path, and in 1887 he resigned, blaming his failing eyesight.
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil
NPG 2320
by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
pen and ink, 1900s?
NPG 2864
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
oil on canvas, 1906
NPG 2948
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 27 May 1861
NPG Ax53964
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1876
NPG Ax17481
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by Lock & Whitfield
woodburytype, 1876 or before
NPG Ax8711
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, 1880s
NPG x4981
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1891
NPG Ax5521
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by James Russell & Sons
woodburytype, published 7 February 1891
NPG x22325
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by James Russell & Sons
carbon print, (circa 1891)
NPG x22326
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by James Russell & Sons
albumen cabinet card, circa 1891
NPG x17089
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1892
NPG Ax16005
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by James Russell & Sons, published by Charles Newman & Co
carbon print, published before 1895
NPG Ax15881
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1897
NPG x8692
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1897
NPG x8693
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by James Russell & Sons
carbon print
NPG Ax15969
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by Elliott & Fry
carbon print
NPG Ax16075
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn ('Statesmen. No. 182.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 22 August 1874
NPG D43654
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1896)
NPG D20738
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1896)
NPG D18076
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