Iddesleigh
STAFFORD HENRY NORTHCOTE, ist EARL OF (id'desli), an English statesman; born in 1818. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, became private secretary to Gladstone in 1843, and was called to the bar in 1847. In 1851 he succeeded his grandfather in the family baronetcy. He held various offices, being long member for North Devon. He published a treatise, "Twenty Years of Financial Policy," in 1862. He was made special commissioner to the United States to arrange the "Alabama" difficulty. Subsequently he was secretary for India (1867-1868) and chancellor of the exchequer (1874- 1880). Upon Mr. Disraeli's elevation to the peerage he became leader of the Lower House. He was elected lord rector of Edinburgh University in 1883. Lord Salisbury having undertaken to form a government, he was created (1885) Earl of Iddesleigh, and became first lord of the treasury. He died in 1887.