| Activity | Educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge; Liberal Unionist MP, East Worcestershire (1892-1914), West Birmingham (1914-37); elected to Parliament in 1892: Junior Whip, 1893; Civil Lord of the Admiralty, 1895-1900; Financial Secirca to the Treasury, 1900-1902; Postmaster General, 1902-1903; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1903-1905 and 1919-1921; Secirca of State for India 1915-1917; Leader of the House and Lord Privy Seal, 1921-1922; Foreign Secirca, 1924-1929; awarded Knighthood of the Garter and Nobel Peace Prize, 1926; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1931 |