Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin
Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin PC (22 December 1840 – 29 May 1923) was a British landowner, racehorse owner and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 until 1916 when he was raised to the peerage.
The Right Honourable The Viscount Chaplin PC | |
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Henry Chaplin, 1908 portrait by Arthur Stockdale Cope | |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| In office 24 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | George Trevelyan |
| Succeeded by | Edward Heneage |
| President of the Board of Agriculture | |
| In office 9 September 1889 – 11 August 1892 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Herbert Gardner |
| President of the Local Government Board | |
| In office 29 June 1895 – 12 November 1900 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | George Shaw-Lefevre |
| Succeeded by | Walter Long |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 December 1840 Ryhall, Rutland |
| Died | 29 May 1923 (aged 82) Londonderry House, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Lady Florence Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (d. 1881) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
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