William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow

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William Hillier Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow, GCMG, PC (7 March 185323 October 1911) was a British Conservative politician.

The Earl of Onslow by Leslie Ward, 1883.
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The Earl of Onslow by Leslie Ward, 1883.

Having succeeded as 4th Earl of Onslow in 1870, he held office in the governments of Lord Salisbury and Arthur Balfour, including as a Lord in Waiting from 1886 to 1887. From 1889 until 1892 he served as Governor of New Zealand, and from 1905 to 1911 he was Lord Chairman of Committees (Deputy Speaker) of the House of Lords. He was made a Privy Counsellor on his appointment to the Cabinet post of President of the Board of Agriculture in 1903.

Political offices
Preceded by:
The Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
1887–1888
Succeeded by:
Henry de Worms
Preceded by:
Henry de Worms
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade
1888–1889
Succeeded by:
The Lord Balfour of Burleigh
Preceded by:
Sir William Jervois
Governor of New Zealand
1889–1892
Succeeded by:
The Earl of Glasgow
Preceded by:
The Lord Reay
Under-Secretary of State for India
1895–1900
Succeeded by:
The Earl of Hardwicke
Preceded by:
The Earl of Selborne
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
1900–1903
Succeeded by:
The Duke of Marlborough
Preceded by:
Robert Hanbury
President of the Board of Agriculture
1903–1905
Succeeded by:
Ailwyn Fellowes
Preceded by:
The Earl of Morley
Lord Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords
1905–1911
Succeeded by:
The Earl of Donoughmore
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by:
Arthur Onslow
Earl of Onslow
1870–1911
Succeeded by:
Richard Onslow