UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 19 June 2026
Application Last Amended: 10 May 2026
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Born: 30 May 1718

Died: 7 October 1793

2nd Viscount Hillsborough - 5 May 1742

1st Viscount Kilwarlin - 3 October 1751

1st Earl of Hillsborough - 3 October 1751

1st Baron Harwich - 17 November 1756

1st Earl of Hillsborough - 28 August 1772

1st Viscount Fairford - 28 August 1772

1st Marquess of Downshire - 20 August 1789

Member of Privy Council - 1754

Member of Privy Council of Ireland - 1746

President of the Board of Trade	1741	1756
President of the Board of Trade	1766	1766
Postmaster-General	1766	1768
Secretary of State for the Colonies	1768	1772
President of the Board of Trade	1768	1772
Secretary of State, Northern Department	1779	1782