Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton
The Viscount Wolverhampton | |
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| Secretary of State for India | |
| In office 10 March 1894 – 21 June 1895 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Rosebery |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Kimberley |
| Succeeded by | Lord George Hamilton |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| In office 10 December 1905 – 13 October 1908 | |
| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Prime Minister | Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Sir William Walrond, Bt |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Fitzmaurice |
| Lord President of the Council | |
| In office 13 October 1908 – 16 June 1910 | |
| Monarchs | Edward VII George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The Lord Tweedmouth |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Beauchamp |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 May 1830 Sunderland, County Durham. England |
| Died | 25 February 1911 (aged 80) Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Ellen Thorneycroft |
| Children | Ellen, Edith, and Henry |
Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton, GCSI, PC (16 May 1830 – 25 February 1911) was a British solicitor and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1908 when he was raised to the peerage. A member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, he was the first solicitor and the first Methodist to enter the Cabinet or to be raised to the peerage.