Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton
Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton, GCSI, PC (16 May 1830 – 25 February 1911) was a British solicitor and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1908 when he was raised to the peerage. A member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, he was the first solicitor and the first Methodist to enter the Cabinet or to be raised to the peerage.
The Right Honourable The Viscount Wolverhampton GCSI PC | |
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| Secretary of State for India | |
| In office 10 March 1894 – 21 June 1895 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Rosebery |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Kimberley |
| Succeeded by | Lord George Hamilton |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| In office 10 December 1905 – 13 October 1908 | |
| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Prime Minister | Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Sir William Walrond, Bt |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Fitzmaurice |
| Lord President of the Council | |
| In office 13 October 1908 – 16 June 1910 | |
| Monarchs | Edward VII George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The Lord Tweedmouth |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Beauchamp |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 May 1830 Sunderland, County Durham. England |
| Died | 25 February 1911 (aged 80) Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Ellen Thorneycroft |
| Children | Ellen, Edith, and Henry |
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