Walter Stafford Northcote, 2nd Earl of Iddesleigh CB (7 August 1845 – 26 May 1927) was an English landowner, peer, civil servant, and author, a member of the

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from 1887 until his death.

Life and career

The son of Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh and Cecilia Frances Farrer, Northcote was Commissioner, deputy-chairman, and chairman of the

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between 1877 and 1892. In 1887 he succeeded his father in the recently created peerages of Viscount Saint Cyres and

Earl of Iddesleigh Earl of Iddesleigh ( ), in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1885 for the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, Sir Stafford Northcote ...

. In his youth his was educated at

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and

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. Walter worked and promoted from commissioner in 1877 to become department chairman of the

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in 1886, then chairman from 1892. He was also a Justice of the Peace for Devon and in 1887 was appointed as a

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. Iddesleigh, Alberta, was named in his honour.

Family

On 23 September 1868 Northcote married Elizabeth Lucy Meysey-Thompson, a daughter of Sir Harry Stephen Meysey-Thompson, 1st Baronet, and Elizabeth Anne Croft. They had a son and three daughters: * Stafford Harry Northcote, Viscount Saint Cyres (29 August 1869 – 2 February 1926) * Lady Katharine Cecilia Rachel Northcote (Died 21 October 1893) *Lady Rosalind Lucy Northcote (1873-31 December 1950) *Lady Elizabeth Mabel Northcote (8 March 1876- 27 September 1915) married 13th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia

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. The second Earl of Iddesleigh died on 26 May 1927, at the age of 81. As his only son had died childless the year before, he was succeeded by a nephew, Henry Stafford Northcote, 3rd Earl of Iddesleigh (1901–1970).

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