Henry Cecil

Raikes Raikes may refer to: Members of the prominent English family: * Robert Raikes the Elder (1690-1757), British printer and newspaper proprietor * Robert Raikes (1736-1811), English promoter of Sunday Schools and philanthropist, eldest son of the ab ...

PC (18 November 1838 – 24 August 1891) was a British

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politician. He was

Chairman of Ways and Means In the United Kingdom, the Chairman of Ways and Means is a senior member of the House of Commons who acts as one of the Speaker's three deputies. The incumbent is Dame Eleanor Laing, MP for Epping Forest, who was first elected to the office on ...

between 1874 and 1880 and served as

Postmaster General A Postmaster General, in Anglosphere countries, is the chief executive officer of the postal service of that country, a ministerial office responsible for overseeing all other postmasters. The practice of having a government official respons ...

between 1886 and 1891.

Background and education

Born in

Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

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was the grandson of Reverend Henry Raikes,

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of the

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, and the great-grandson of

Thomas Raikes Thomas Raikes ("the Elder") (28 March 1741 – 29 December 1813) was a British merchant particularly trading from London with Russia, a banker and newspaper proprietor. Notably, he was Governor of the Bank of England during the 1797 currency c ...

, a merchant and

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, who was

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and a personal friend of prime minister

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. He was educated at

Shrewsbury School Shrewsbury School is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13 –18) in Shrewsbury. Founded in 1552 by Edward VI by Royal Charter, it was originally a boarding school for boys; girls have been admitted into the ...

and

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

Political career

was

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for

between 1868 and 1880, for Preston in 1882 and for

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between 1882 and 1891. He served as Chairman of the

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from 1869 to 1874. In 1874 he was appointed

(Deputy Speaker of the

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), a post he held until 1880, when he was sworn of the

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. He later returned to party political life when he served as

under

Lord Salisbury Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (; 3 February 183022 August 1903) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times for a total of over thirteen y ...

between 1886 and 1891.

is one of the earliest British politicians to have had their voice recorded. George Edward Gouraud recorded him on behalf of

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on the evening of 5 October 1888 at his home in

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near

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Family

married Charlotte Blanche, of Plas Teg, Mold, daughter of Charles Blayney Trevor-Roper, on 26 September 1861. They had several children, including

Cecil Dacre Staveley Raikes Vice-Admiral Cecil Dacre Staveley Raikes, CBE (29 May 1874 – 15 February 1947) was a Royal Navy officer. Biography The son of the Conservative politician Henry Cecil Raikes, he entered the Royal Navy in 1888. He was promoted to lieutenant in ...

(1874–1947), a Vice-Admiral in the

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, and Henry St John Digby Raikes, father of the Conservative politician Sir Victor Raikes. The family lived at Llwynegrin Hall,

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. Raikes died on 24 August 1891, aged 52. Charlotte Raikes survived her husband by over 30 years and died in September 1922.thepeerage.com Rt. Hon. Henry Cecil Raikes
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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Raikes, Henry Cecil 1838 births 1891 deaths Presidents of the Cambridge Union Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the University of Cambridge United Kingdom Postmasters General People educated at Shrewsbury School UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom