Henry Cecil Raikes
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Henry Cecil Raikes (November 18, 1838 – August 24, 1891) was a British Conservative Party politician.
He was the son of Vicar Henry Raikes (1782-1854), Chancellor of the diocese of Chester and the grandson of Thomas Raikes, merchant and banker in London, who was Governor of the Bank of England (1797-1799) and a personal friend of prime minister William Pitt the Younger.
He married Charlotte Blanche Trevor-Roper of Plas Teg, Mold, daughter of Charles Blayney Trevor-Roper on 26 September 1861. He was the father of Vice-Admiral Cecil Dacre Staveley Raikes (1874-1947).Rt. Hon Henry Cecil Raikes lived in Llwynegrin Hall, Wales.He died on 24 August 1891.
He was successively Member of Parliament (MP) for Chester (1868–1880), Preston (1882) and Cambridge University (1882–1891), Chairman of Committees and Deputy Speaker of the British House of Commons 1874–1877 and Postmaster General 1886–1891.
He is one of the earliest British politicians to have had their voice recorded. George Edward Gouraud recorded him on behalf of Thomas Edison on the evening of October 5, 1888. [1].
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| Preceded by The Lord Wolverton |
Postmaster General 1886–1891 |
Succeeded by Sir James Fergusson |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Earl Grosvenor William Henry Gladstone |
Member of Parliament for Chester with Earl Grosvenor 1868–1869 Norman de l'Aigle Grosvenor 1869–1874 John George Dodson 1874–1880 Beilby Lawley 1868–1880 |
Succeeded by Constituency suspended |
| Preceded by Sir John Holker William Farrer Ecroyd |
Member of Parliament for Preston with William Farrer Ecroyd 1882 |
Succeeded by William Farrer Ecroyd William Edward Murray Tomlinson |
| Preceded by Spencer Horatio Walpole Alexander James Beresford-Hope |
Member of Parliament for Cambridge University with Alexander James Beresford-Hope 1882–1887 Sir George Gabriel Stokes 1887–1891 1882–1891 |
Succeeded by Sir George Gabriel Stokes Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb |
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