Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton

Rt. Hon. Henry H. Fowler

Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton, PC (16 May 1830 – 25 February 1911), was born in Sunderland. He moved to Wolverhampton and practiced as a solicitor before entering Parliament as Liberal Member of Parliament 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 of the United Kingdom, but his ill health prevented this.

His daughters were the authors Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler and Edith Henrietta Fowler. He was succeeded as Viscount Wolverhampton by his son Henry.

[edit] References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Pelham Villiers Thomas Matthias Weguelin	Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton 2-seat constituency (with Charles Pelham Villiers) 1880–1885	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton East 1885–1908	Succeeded by George Rennie Thorne
Political offices
Preceded by Charles Thomson Ritchie	President of the Local Government Board 1892–1894	Succeeded by George John Shaw Lefevre
Preceded by The Earl of Kimberley	Secretary of State for India 1894–1895	Succeeded by The Lord George Hamilton
Preceded by Sir William Hood Walrond	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1905–1908	Succeeded by The Lord FitzMaurice
Preceded by The Lord Tweedmouth	Lord President of the Council 1908–1910	Succeeded by The Earl Beauchamp
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Viscount Wolverhampton 1908–1911	Succeeded by Henry Fowler