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Lord Iddesleigh was elected lord rector of the [[University of Edinburgh]] in [[1883]], in which capacity he addressed the students on the subject of "Desultory Reading". He was not a prolific or notable writer, but amongst his works were ''Twenty Years of Financial Policy'' (1862), a valuable study of Gladstonian finance, and ''Lectures and Essays'' (1887). His ''Life'' by Andrew Lang appeared in [[1890]]. Lord Iddesleigh married in 1843 Cecilia Frances Farrer (d. 1910) (sister of Thomas, 1st Lord Farrer), by whom he had seven sons and three daughters. His second son, [[Henry Northcote, Baron Northcote|Henry, 1st Baron Northcote]], was [[Governor-General of Australia]] [[1904]]–[[1908]].
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Lord Iddesleigh was elected lord rector of the [[University of Edinburgh]] in 1883, in which capacity he addressed the students on the subject of "Desultory Reading". He was not a prolific or notable writer, but amongst his works were ''Twenty Years of Financial Policy'' (1862), a valuable study of Gladstonian finance, and ''Lectures and Essays'' (1887). His ''Life'' by Andrew Lang appeared in 1890. Lord Iddesleigh married in 1843 Cecilia Frances Farrer (d. 1910) (sister of Thomas, 1st Lord Farrer), by whom he had seven sons and three daughters. His second son, [[Henry Northcote, Baron Northcote|Henry, 1st Baron Northcote]], was Governor-General of Australia 1904–1908.
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He inherited the spirit of religion from his mother and grew up to have strong religious opinions. For a period of time - April-October 1836 - he stayed at the Shirley Vicarage in Derby where he stidied the Bible and the calssics. He desired unity in the Church of England and felt that God was bringing a purification to the church. He belived the church as the bride of Christ was not ready for the Second Coming and it was the role of the church had the "obligation to spread the Gopsel thoughout the world".
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While at college, these ideas led him to join Newman Street Congregation which followed the teachings of the controversial evangelist Edwin Irving. The Newman church believed in the nearness of the Second Coming of Christ and prepared itself as a bride for the returning Messiah. The church believed in action in preparing for the return of Christ and recruited established men in society to take on the role of Christ's new disciples. It also was open to new prophecies and the practice of speaking in tongues.
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==Controversy Over faith==
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The Newman Street Church was not liked by the establishment, especially Northcote's father, and it was taken into account by Northcote's future in-laws when he was to marry. Nothcote was forced to sever his ties with the sect in oder to marry.
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Some ill-advised person even tried to frighten his mother, by hinting that his leanings to the Newman Steet Church would prejudice his college examiners at Oxford University against him.
  
 
==Life at No. 10 Downing Street==
 
==Life at No. 10 Downing Street==
  
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==Death==
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Northcote's death came in a dramatic manner. On January 1887 Northcote visited the Foreign Office to talk with the great explorer [[Mr. H.M. Stanley]] (of "Livingstone I presume" fame) about his expedition to relieve German explorer Emin Bey. He then walked across to Downing Street to talk to the Prime Minister Lord Salisbury. On reaching the anteroom at Number Ten, he sank into a chair and died.
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His funeral took place at Upton on Pynes and services took place at [[Exeter Catherdral]], Westminister Abbey and St. Giles Catherdral in Edinburgh. 
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In its obitury the Times of London wrote that Nothcote was "the man of perfect courtesy of soul, the man who by word, deed and conduct always strove to make others content with themselves and with him".
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Queen Victoria also mentioned Northcote's death in her personal dairy.
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==Personal Life==
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Ther is strong oral evidence to support the theory that Northcote had an illegitimate daughter while working in London and raised this girl on his estate in Devon.
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==References==
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*Lang, Andrew. 1895. ''Life of the Earl of Iddesleigh.'' (This book is only available by special request from the House of Commons Library.)
 
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The Rt Hon. The Earl of Iddesleigh

Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh GCB PC (1818–1887), was British statesman who served under two of Britain's most influential Prime Ministers, William Ewart Gladstone and Disraeli's.

Early Life

Northcote was born in London on 27 October 1818. His ancestors had long been settled in Devon, tracing their descent from Galfridas de Nordcote who settled there in 1103. he was born 23 Portland Place in London, the eldest son of Sir. Stafford Northcote. His mother was Agnes Cockburn of the famed famil of Cockburn of Henderland.

Gladstone days

After a successful career at Balliol College, Oxford, he became in 1843 private secretary to William Ewart Gladstone at the board of trade. He was afterwards legal secretary to the board; and after acting as one of the secretaries to the Great Exhibition of 1851, co-operated with Sir Charles Trevelyan, in framing the report which revolutionized the conditions of appointment to the Civil Service. He succeeded his grandfather, Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, as 8th baronet in 1851. He entered Parliament in 1855 as Conservative Member of Parliament for Dudley, and was elected for Stamford in 1858, a seat which he exchanged in 1866 for North Devon.

Steadily supporting his party, he became President of the Board of Trade in 1866, Secretary of State for India in 1867, and Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1874. In the interval between these last two appointments he was the president of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1870, when they gave the Northwest Territories to Canada, and one of the commissioners for the settlement of the Alabama difficulty at the Treaty of Washington with the United States in 1871.

Working with Disraeli

On Disraeli's elevation to the House of Lords as Earl of Beaconsfield in 1876 he became leader of the Conservative party in the Commons. As a finance minister he was largely dominated by the lines of policy laid down by Gladstone; but he distinguished himself by his dealings with the Debt, especially his introduction of the New Sinking fund in 1876, by which he fixed the annual charge for the Debt in such a way as to provide for a regular series of payments off the capital. His temper as leader was, however, too gentle to satisfy the more ardent spirits among his own followers, and party cabals (in which Lord Randolph Churchill, who had made a dead set at the "old gang," took a leading part) led to Sir Stafford's elevation to the Lords in 1885, when Lord Salisbury became prime minister. Taking the titles of Earl of Iddesleigh and Viscount St Cyres, he was included in the cabinet as First Lord of the Treasury. In Lord Salisbury's 1886 ministry he became Foreign Secretary, but the arrangement was not a comfortable one, and his resignation had just been decided upon when on 12 January 1887 he died very suddenly at Lord Salisbury's official residence in Downing Street.

Outside of Government

Lord Iddesleigh was elected lord rector of the University of Edinburgh in 1883, in which capacity he addressed the students on the subject of "Desultory Reading". He was not a prolific or notable writer, but amongst his works were Twenty Years of Financial Policy (1862), a valuable study of Gladstonian finance, and Lectures and Essays (1887). His Life by Andrew Lang appeared in 1890. Lord Iddesleigh married in 1843 Cecilia Frances Farrer (d. 1910) (sister of Thomas, 1st Lord Farrer), by whom he had seven sons and three daughters. His second son, Henry, 1st Baron Northcote, was Governor-General of Australia 1904–1908.

Religious Life

He inherited the spirit of religion from his mother and grew up to have strong religious opinions. For a period of time - April-October 1836 - he stayed at the Shirley Vicarage in Derby where he stidied the Bible and the calssics. He desired unity in the Church of England and felt that God was bringing a purification to the church. He belived the church as the bride of Christ was not ready for the Second Coming and it was the role of the church had the "obligation to spread the Gopsel thoughout the world". While at college, these ideas led him to join Newman Street Congregation which followed the teachings of the controversial evangelist Edwin Irving. The Newman church believed in the nearness of the Second Coming of Christ and prepared itself as a bride for the returning Messiah. The church believed in action in preparing for the return of Christ and recruited established men in society to take on the role of Christ's new disciples. It also was open to new prophecies and the practice of speaking in tongues.

Controversy Over faith

The Newman Street Church was not liked by the establishment, especially Northcote's father, and it was taken into account by Northcote's future in-laws when he was to marry. Nothcote was forced to sever his ties with the sect in oder to marry. Some ill-advised person even tried to frighten his mother, by hinting that his leanings to the Newman Steet Church would prejudice his college examiners at Oxford University against him.

Life at No. 10 Downing Street

Death

Northcote's death came in a dramatic manner. On January 1887 Northcote visited the Foreign Office to talk with the great explorer Mr. H.M. Stanley (of "Livingstone I presume" fame) about his expedition to relieve German explorer Emin Bey. He then walked across to Downing Street to talk to the Prime Minister Lord Salisbury. On reaching the anteroom at Number Ten, he sank into a chair and died. His funeral took place at Upton on Pynes and services took place at Exeter Catherdral, Westminister Abbey and St. Giles Catherdral in Edinburgh. In its obitury the Times of London wrote that Nothcote was "the man of perfect courtesy of soul, the man who by word, deed and conduct always strove to make others content with themselves and with him". Queen Victoria also mentioned Northcote's death in her personal dairy.

Personal Life

Ther is strong oral evidence to support the theory that Northcote had an illegitimate daughter while working in London and raised this girl on his estate in Devon.

References
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  • Lang, Andrew. 1895. Life of the Earl of Iddesleigh. (This book is only available by special request from the House of Commons Library.)
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