Robert William Hanbury
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Robert William Hanbury PC (24 February 1845-28 April 1903), was a British Conservative politician. He served as President of the Board of Agriculture from 1900 to 1903.
Hanbury was the only son of Robert Hanbury, of Bodehall House, Tamworth, Staffordshire, and his wife Mary, daughter of Major T. B. Bamford, of Wilnecote Hall, Warwickshire. The Hanbury family were landowners but mainly derived their wealth from collieries. He was orphaned at an early age and was later educated at Rugby and Corpus Christi, Oxford. In 1872 he was elected to the House of Commons as one of two representatives for Tamworth, a seat he held until 1878, and then sat for Staffordshire North until 1880, when he lost his seat. He unsuccessfully contested Preston in 1882, but won the seat in 1885.
During the Liberal stay in power from 1892 to 1895 Hanbury was a vigorous critic of William Gladstone's Second Home Rule Bill from a financial perspective. When the Conservatives came to power in 1895 under Lord Salisbury, he was appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury and sworn of the Privy Council. After the 1900 general election he was promoted to President of the Board of Agriculture, with a seat in the cabinet. He held this post until his sudden death from pneumonia in April 1903, aged 58. He was buried in the churchyard at his country seat of Ilam, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
Hanbury married firstly Ismena Tindal, daughter of Thomas Morgan Gepp, in 1869. She died in 1871. He married secondly Ellen, only child of Knox Hamilton, in 1884. There were no children from the two marriages. His widow later married Victor Bowring and assumed the surname of Bowring-Hanbury.
[edit] References
- Lee, Sir Sidney (editor). The Dictionary of National Biography. Supplement: January 1901-December 1911. Oxford University Press.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Robert Peel John Peel |
Member of Parliament for Tamworth with Sir Robert Peel 1872–1878 |
Succeeded by Sir Robert Peel Hamar Alfred Bass |
| Preceded by Charles Adderley Colin Minton Campbell |
Member of Parliament for Staffordshire North with Colin Minton Campbell 1878–1880 |
Succeeded by William Young Craig Harry Tichborne Davenport |
| Preceded by William Farrer Ecroyd Sir William Tomlinson |
Member of Parliament for Preston with Sir William Tomlinson 1885–1903 |
Succeeded by Sir William Tomlinson John Kerr |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir John Tomlinson Hibbert |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1895–1900 |
Succeeded by Austen Chamberlain |
| Preceded by Walter Long |
President of the Board of Agriculture 1900–1903 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Onslow |
