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Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton

Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton (1830-1911), was born in Darlington. He moved to Wolverhampton and practiced as a solicitor before entering Parliament as Liberal MP for his adopted town in 1880. He had been both a local councillor and Mayor of the town. He held various posts in government including Secretary to the Treasury, President of the Local Government Board and Secretary of State for India. He was widely thought of as a future Prime minister but his ill health prevented this.

Preceded by: Charles Thomson Ritchie	President of the Local Government Board 1892-1894	George John Shaw Lefevre
Preceded by: The Earl of Kimberley	Secretary of State for India 1894-1895	Followed by: The Lord George Hamilton
Preceded by: Sir William Hood Walrond	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1905-1908	Followed by: The Lord FitzMaurice
Preceded by: The Lord Tweedmouth	Lord President of the Council 1908-1910	Followed by: The Earl Beauchamp

Preceded by: New Creation

Viscount Wolverhampton

Followed by: Henry Ernest Fowler

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