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The Rt Hon Sir Algernon Edward West GCB (4 April 1832 – 21 March 1921)〔(Oxford biography )〕 was Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Gladstone. ==Biography== He was the son of Martin John West and Lady Maria Walpole, daughter of the second Earl of Orford. His father was a cousin to William Pitt, through alliance with the Temple family, and his mother was a great-granddaughter of Sir Robert Walpole, the prime minister.〔The Times, London, 22 March 1921〕 He married Mary Elizabeth Caroline Barrington, daughter of Hon. George Barrington and Lady Caroline Grey (daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, also a prime minister), on 12 August 1858.〔Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 990. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.〕 He was Private Secretary to Gladstone between 1861 and 1894. He held the office of Member of Parliament (MP). He held the office of Justice of the Peace (JP) for Middlesex. He held the office of Chairman of the Board of the Inland Revenue. He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (KCB) on 30 July 1886. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (PC). He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (GCB) on 26 June 1902.〔〕〔Announcements, The Times, London, UK, 22 March 1921〕 From 1880, he lived at the manor at Wanborough, Surrey. West entertained many political figures at the manor including Gladstone, Queen Victoria and Bismarck. West was also a director of the South Eastern Railway and he caused a new station, named Wanborough but actually at Normandy, to be opened in 1891. In 1900, Wanborough Manor was passed on to H. H. Asquith until he became Prime Minister. In 1908, West returned to stay in the manor until his death in 1921. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Algernon West」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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